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  <row Id="3" PostId="3" Score="0" Text="Do you have any preference for screen size and weight?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:15:24.387" UserId="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4" PostId="3" Score="0" Text="@michaelpri Preference on size edited in. Weight - well, most phones are within a range of weights, all of which are acceptable - no preference." CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:16:56.857" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5" PostId="5" Score="0" Text="Nice. Native local hotspot would be preferable, so we'll see what else comes in, but this is looking like a good choice." CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:22:49.227" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6" PostId="3" Score="1" Text="I think &quot;[…] for this case&quot; is not a good title. Maybe you could include the most important criteria in the title instead?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:23:14.207" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7" PostId="5" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode - I'm not sure what you mean by &quot;native local hotspot&quot;. Care to provide a link?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:23:26.013" UserId="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9" PostId="5" Score="0" Text="As in &quot;the capability to set up a local hotspot, provided without the need to root or otherwise modify the phone&quot;" CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:27:01.997" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10" PostId="3" Score="0" Text="@unor Yep, couldn't think of a better one. That's a good idea" CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:27:32.497" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11" PostId="6" Score="1" Text="To clarify, could you cycle power for the USB power converter itself? Or does it need to be after the power is converted into USB?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:28:14.370" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13" PostId="8" Score="0" Text="Can you expand on this &quot;buy with an invite&quot;? What does that involve, and how might one go about it?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T17:35:30.540" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="24" PostId="8" Score="1" Text="I'm not a OnePlus expert, but I seem to recall there were major pain points with invite system fro OnePlus 1" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:01:50.700" UserId="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="29" PostId="8" Score="0" Text="@DVK ya true, that's only issue with OnePlus" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:04:23.107" UserId="25" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="30" PostId="3" Score="2" Text="FYI: I'm half a mind to close this as too-broad. With exception of the non-root hotspot wish, almost every modern Android phone would really qualify, with exception of Samsung's 2015 flagships (no SD card) and some ultra-high-end models (which cost closer to $700 than under $600)." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:06:01.697" UserId="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="34" PostId="3" Score="0" Text="@DVK Close vote if you think it right - we need to establish scope at this point. Recommendations have a very strange status with regards to the standard close reasons, though." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:07:43.217" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="37" PostId="11" Score="5" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's asking for technical explanations, not for recommendations (except for a bolted-on too-broad addendum — as a recommendation it's lacking price points, capacity requirements, performance requirements, …)." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:10:08.620" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="40" PostId="3" Score="1" Text="@ArtOfCode - I have a fair dinkum of experience on Software Recommendations.SE, most of that should apply here." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:11:22.750" UserId="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="46" PostId="17" Score="0" Text="As per anything it depends on what you consider an upside. PC World has a good [post](http://www.pcworld.com/article/240939/mechanical_keyboards_should_you_switch_.html) on the subject that may be worth taking a look at." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:19:05.430" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="51" PostId="17" Score="0" Text="I have had an issue in the past with coding in a work environment (cubes) and using mechanical due to the noise level annoying coworkers. Is this a potential concern to you?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:21:19.123" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="53" PostId="18" Score="1" Text="Trackballs are usually used for precision (drawing), not high-speed actions (gaming). The market will be limited." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:24:02.717" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="57" PostId="17" Score="0" Text="@Gram Noise isn't too much of an issue for me, but they can indeed ne quite loud, I agree" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:25:23.347" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="61" PostId="19" Score="1" Text="How does head tracking work? Controlled by neck movements? By tracking where your eyes are focusing? By some ad hoc controls like twitching your nose to click?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:27:52.647" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="65" PostId="19" Score="1" Text="@Gilles neck movements. Gaze tracking systems aren't good or super expensive (&gt; 1kUSD) and don't support well multi-monitor. BCI even worse. To click: http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/3457/903 More info: http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5907" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:29:41.863" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="66" PostId="7" Score="0" Text="Are you wanting to buy a phone for the camera? I guess you get the advantage of having the camera built into the phone, but if that's not important to you, you might want to just look at getting a point and shoot." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:36:05.377" UserId="49" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="71" PostId="23" Score="1" Text="Do you care if it's different than your current one? For me, that'd be the factor to influence my decision the most. I couldn't handle two different monitors next to each other..." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:49:59.593" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="72" PostId="6" Score="0" Text="http://askubuntu.com/questions/149242/is-it-possible-to-power-up-ports-on-a-usb-hub-from-ubuntu http://stackoverflow.com/a/3246415/27727" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:52:32.597" UserId="26" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="73" PostId="10" Score="1" Text="It is a shame that a lot of resellers do not list the sensor size." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:52:55.493" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="74" PostId="23" Score="0" Text="@enderland No, I totally don't. I already got a 21&quot; next to my 24&quot; one. I had to get used to it, but I'm totally okay with it. Like stated in my question I would just like it to be pretty much at the same height.&#xA;Actually, I don't want your answers to focus too much on the fact that it'll be a second monitor. I'm just wondering what specs one has to look for and thus, what I've possibly done wrong when buying the first one." CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:54:49.627" UserId="75" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="75" PostId="10" Score="0" Text="@Gram Same question here: How do you find detailed information about the sensor? I currently use a Huawei Ascend P7. The only information about the camera from Huawei is **13MP AF BSI F2.0**. [specifications](http://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-phones/tech-specs/ascend-p7.htm)" CreationDate="2015-09-09T18:57:46.163" UserId="78" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="77" PostId="17" Score="0" Text="VTC: Atwood's blog covered this in excruciating detail :)" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:12:54.643" UserId="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="78" PostId="17" Score="0" Text="@DVK http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-code-keyboard/ ? a bit too wordy though :)" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:15:07.713" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="79" PostId="17" Score="0" Text="@FranckDernoncourt - Yes" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:16:30.223" UserId="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="80" PostId="29" Score="0" Text="Are you willing to consider a digital desk?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:28:01.507" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="81" PostId="29" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Absolutely, it would seem to be the only way to get more channels/auxes without being ginourmous." CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:29:04.307" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="84" PostId="27" Score="0" Text="Is a google nexus phone FLOSS? It comes with stock android. I don't recall how open source it is, though" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:35:40.597" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="86" PostId="6" Score="0" Text="I've had to deal with this exact problem involving a Raspberry Pi and a USB 3G modem. The solution was to power cycle the USB port on a low software level using an automated bash script. I think that would be more practical than a hardware solution." CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:38:58.180" UserId="74" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="87" PostId="36" Score="0" Text="To be clear, you're looking for something like a Wacom tablet?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:40:51.417" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="88" PostId="15" Score="0" Text="N9 is almost 4 years old." CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:40:51.487" UserId="99" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="89" PostId="36" Score="0" Text="Yes.  Is there a different term for that category of input hardware?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:41:11.513" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="91" PostId="36" Score="0" Text="I just wasn't familiar with that term, wanted to make sure it was what I thought it was. It does look like that's the official term." CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:41:58.360" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="92" PostId="5" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode, isn't hotspot part of recent Android versions? So any recent Android device should have 'native hotspot'." CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:43:15.217" UserId="103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="94" PostId="36" Score="1" Text="I've always seen them referred to as drawing tablets, though Wikipedia redirects that term to [graphics tablet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_tablet). Perhaps we should take a page out of their book? I've never seen them referred to as digitizers before this question (though wiki does recognize that as an alternative name)" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:49:43.163" UserId="74" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="95" PostId="15" Score="1" Text="@99tharun Age was not a requirement." CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:51:23.427" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="96" PostId="27" Score="0" Text="@SSumner: I’d assume (please correct me) that these come with various Google apps pre-installed, e.g., with the Play Store ([which is proprietary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Play#Compatibility))." CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:58:29.293" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="97" PostId="27" Score="0" Text="I would also recommend the Nexus devices, however they do come pre-installed with some software. Notably *google play* and *google play services*, along with the Google suite of apps (Maps, Gmail, etc). Are these proprietary apps acceptable? (Edit I see you replied to this just before my comment)" CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:59:14.133" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="98" PostId="27" Score="0" Text="What about contacting with the small scale cellphone manufacturers in China? If it is a big project it is worth it. I don't think there are big cellphone manufacturers that sell phones without an OS." CreationDate="2015-09-09T19:59:28.537" UserId="104" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="106" PostId="38" Score="0" Text="Weird: the Pen &amp; Touch Small (CTH-480) I bought a year ago for $80 *did* have an eraser, although I normally just toggle to erase mode rather than flipping it over to use the pen's eraser." CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:15:51.030" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="109" PostId="38" Score="0" Text="Huh, maybe they changed something. On the site it says that it doesn't have one. I use Krita for drawing so if it does have one, it doesn't work there anyway. I'll get rid of that bit in case I'm wrong." CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:22:51.373" UserId="49" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="110" PostId="41" Score="0" Text="It is supposedly less noisy." CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:26:22.067" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="111" PostId="46" Score="0" Text="Thanks a lot! There is some information in here that I didn't know. I also had color depth in mind. But I suppose, since you didn't mention it, I'll only have to worry about that if I'm working with image editors (such as Photoshop) and that most modern monitors will have a big enough color depth for gaming. Is that true?&#xA;I didn't really look into &gt;1080p resolutions yet, because there isn't much content (e.g. movies) available yet. But since I do have a decent GPU I suppose a 4K monitor will bring me some kind of advantage (see more details) in modern games?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:37:05.690" UserId="75" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="112" PostId="38" Score="0" Text="I agree that the current Intuos Pen Smalls don't appear to have them (per their online specs).  I was just noting the odd feature change." CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:40:51.873" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="113" PostId="46" Score="0" Text="And don't forget about angle of view." CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:42:27.350" UserId="58" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="114" PostId="46" Score="0" Text="And wide / normal screen. If you play games where seeing left-right is more necessary than seeing what's on top/bottom side of screen (racing games, usual RPGs, most of shooters) then wide screen is a better option. But if you mostly play strategies, casual games then normal screens are good as well." CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:50:36.183" UserId="58" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="115" PostId="21" Score="1" Text="Also you can add pretty fast chinese phones like Teclast, Chuwi, Onda. Pros - they are pretty fast and have reasonable price. Cons - usually heavier than iPhones." CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:54:14.063" UserId="58" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="117" PostId="54" Score="0" Text="Really? Link answers, or answers of lower quality? Not really what we're looking for in closed betas..." CreationDate="2015-09-09T21:14:43.760" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="118" PostId="54" Score="0" Text="@Zizouz212 Am I supposed to copy-paste answers from other SEs? Not my fault if your question was posted in another SE already." CreationDate="2015-09-09T21:15:11.280" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="119" PostId="54" Score="2" Text="@Zizouz212 Meta: [What to do when a question has an answer in another SE?](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/30/40)" CreationDate="2015-09-09T21:19:29.333" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="121" PostId="10" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode, Wouldn't the Camera app itself make a big difference when it comes to smartphone cameras?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T21:20:45.810" UserId="140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="122" PostId="10" Score="0" Text="@Pacerier The app is limited by the physical capabilities of the camera, in terms of image. Sure, you can get fancy bits like post-processing in an app, but without a good camera the app is nothing." CreationDate="2015-09-09T21:22:32.423" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="123" PostId="57" Score="3" Text="When a product advertises itself to have &quot;hyper-threading&quot;, couldn't the definition be anything the advertiser decides it to be? Are there some official law/guidelines that they need to adhere to?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T21:24:09.153" UserId="140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="128" PostId="48" Score="2" Text="`Android version above 2.3`, including or excluding 2.3?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T21:43:19.893" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="130" PostId="60" Score="0" Text="Can you expressed low cost in some currency (other than PCs :) )?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T21:55:36.783" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="139" PostId="48" Score="0" Text="Do you have any specific feature requirements, such as Bluetooth LE, front-facing camera, etc.?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T22:37:44.060" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="140" PostId="47" Score="0" Text="Another benefit is less dust. Obviously a case fan is still needed for the components that aren't watercooled but there's a lot less dust, and that means less cleaning. (Some heatsinks are really hard to clean)" CreationDate="2015-09-09T22:55:00.650" UserId="152" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="141" PostId="63" Score="0" Text="Could it be a standard tablet?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T23:05:09.507" UserId="113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="145" PostId="68" Score="0" Text="Maybe you add VGA?" CreationDate="2015-09-09T23:19:53.430" UserId="58" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="146" PostId="68" Score="0" Text="Good call, I will add that." CreationDate="2015-09-09T23:20:51.977" UserId="70" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="148" PostId="63" Score="0" Text="@Benjamin, yes. I currently use a Nexus 7 but it is getting old and will not get Android updates anymore." CreationDate="2015-09-09T23:47:08.410" UserId="103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="151" PostId="64" Score="1" Text="Today, most mouse have a scroll wheel which can click. I would recommend you to go through stores and try the demo that are available, you'll find one pretty quickly, even if you stick to Logitech." CreationDate="2015-09-09T23:59:36.843" UserId="156" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="152" PostId="76" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for any specific resolution or types of ports on the monitor?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T00:17:41.163" UserId="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="153" PostId="76" Score="0" Text="@michaelpri No specific ports, but I was thinking 1080p for resolution, if possible." CreationDate="2015-09-10T00:20:17.273" UserId="150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="154" PostId="52" Score="0" Text="Thanks for all your suggestions, I'm going to check into the list of builders you gave. Also thank you for the advices about the heat." CreationDate="2015-09-10T00:44:33.903" UserId="106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="160" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="For that many VMs and other processes, it seems like you'll need a low-end workstation at the very least." CreationDate="2015-09-10T01:11:58.577" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="161" PostId="77" Score="0" Text="Looks like the M325 has micro-precise scrolling (not clicking). The M510 looks like it might be worth a shot although I'm a little wary of the form factor. Thanks for the list." CreationDate="2015-09-10T01:17:15.800" UserId="147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="163" PostId="86" Score="0" Text="A quick google search would have been more effective than asking this question on Hardware Recommendations." CreationDate="2015-09-10T01:46:23.073" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="164" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="$1300 will possibly get you a workstation that could do such a thing, but the workstations would be very low end and would probably not be very reliable. Also, are you willing to put this computer together yourself? Otherwise, that needs to be factored into the price. Finally, does $1300 include the operating system?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T01:49:51.917" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="165" PostId="63" Score="4" Text="I think that it's important to point out that many (if not all) Android devices do not yet have Android 6.0." CreationDate="2015-09-10T01:50:54.263" UserId="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="166" PostId="69" Score="1" Text="You failed to mention Instructions Per Clock. That is also a very imposrtant factor in this kind of comparison... For the record, IPC is the number of instructions your CPU can send in one clock cycle. The higher, the better. This is why quad core AMD CPUs are usually inferior to quad core intel i5 CPUs, even when clocked higher." CreationDate="2015-09-10T01:53:49.477" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="167" PostId="63" Score="1" Text="Why do you want it to run Android? A kindle would be effective." CreationDate="2015-09-10T01:59:31.667" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="168" PostId="63" Score="0" Text="The ASUS Zenpad s 8 will be coming out soon. It has very low specs and is around your budget. Perhaps you should wait until September 25th for it's release." CreationDate="2015-09-10T02:00:34.913" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="169" PostId="41" Score="7" Text="I don't think this question should have been marked as off topic..." CreationDate="2015-09-10T02:01:44.750" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="170" PostId="11" Score="0" Text="It is a an interesting question, but not particularly about modern computer hardware, and is way to broad. Again, an interesting question, but off-topic." CreationDate="2015-09-10T02:07:58.153" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="175" PostId="64" Score="0" Text="@TheBird956 It seems to me that Logitech is taking the route of making their mice *not* click. I guess it's desirable for web browsing, but how are you supposed to use it for things like switching weapons in games or flipping through a list of items where each click is an item? I can't find any from Logitech that fit my needs and I don't think a physical store will be an exception." CreationDate="2015-09-10T02:24:24.527" UserId="147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="176" PostId="63" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701, I will use the device mainly for reading but not solely, I use other Android applications regularly and carrying around two 7&quot; devices is not practical for me." CreationDate="2015-09-10T02:25:42.333" UserId="103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="177" PostId="63" Score="0" Text="@michaelpri, by officially support I mean there is a official plan to have it run Android 6. E.g. Google has said it is not going to update Nexus 7." CreationDate="2015-09-10T02:28:03.470" UserId="103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="178" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701 yeah i'm willing to put it together myself. And the price doesn't include the OS" CreationDate="2015-09-10T03:01:15.610" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="180" PostId="72" Score="0" Text="Do you have any requirements for the total surface area / dimensions of the desk?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T03:59:50.693" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="182" PostId="55" Score="1" Text="What are you doing in these VMs? Lots of computation? How much ram are you assigning to these VMs? Are the VMs all running at once?&#xA;&#xA;Likewise, will you have 80 chrome tabs open at once (I can't see how that could be useful from a productivity stand point)?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T04:07:49.257" UserId="163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="183" PostId="60" Score="0" Text="Are you willing to make your own? Re-purpose an older computer etc. Would save you a fair bit." CreationDate="2015-09-10T04:19:07.783" UserId="163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="187" PostId="47" Score="0" Text="There is no disadvantages ?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T05:33:00.983" UserId="157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="188" PostId="97" Score="0" Text="I am really interested in options available in India, but I was feeling it may be too narrow to get useful answers at this stage. Atleast in India, I do not think it will be too extensive as of now. Do you like editing the question to be country specific ?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T05:36:16.097" UserId="174" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="189" PostId="95" Score="0" Text="+1, First look at the technologies within the server that you could find in an everyday home computer. These technologies, such as SATA RAID or hot swapping, can be big pricing pivot points for larger systems." CreationDate="2015-09-10T05:40:12.140" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="192" PostId="95" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the answer, the entry level servers do not have RAID at all though, for a data intensive application this would be important is my guess, so a desktop-ish machine with say a RAID 5 (if at all that existis) would do ?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T07:22:31.097" UserId="87" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="193" PostId="95" Score="0" Text="Most entry level servers (eg: Dell PowerEdge T110 II , HP Proliant ML 10) in India has built in SATA RAID and if ordered with 3 hard disks, can be setup as RAID 5 at a price point aroung 50K Indian Rupees." CreationDate="2015-09-10T08:16:59.663" UserId="174" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="194" PostId="95" Score="0" Text="Redundant power supply or hot swappable drives  will cost much more..in the same entry level models" CreationDate="2015-09-10T08:18:22.227" UserId="174" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="196" PostId="78" Score="0" Text="It would be worth mentioning about multi stream transport for display port." CreationDate="2015-09-10T08:30:19.373" UserId="193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="197" PostId="63" Score="2" Text="Does “ebook reader” imply e-paper, or are you prepared to accept a backlit display?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T08:32:34.150" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="200" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="Not enough info provided. what operation system do VMs use? whats the operation system of the host? assuming that all of them are light linux disto then you would need to spend at least 3000$ for a low end system if you want to run all of them at the same time without even being able to do much computation. again the provided info is not enough. what are going to be in those tabs? Google chrome 45 has became a very efficient browser and you'll likely need at least 1 GB of RAM for all those 20 tabs unless you're running flash-based websites or games in them and then you'll need 1GB for each tab" CreationDate="2015-09-10T08:41:34.317" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="201" PostId="51" Score="0" Text="If the purpose is to create a demo, then this [SO link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14638038/combining-videos-in-opencv-and-qt) can be of help!" CreationDate="2015-09-10T09:11:38.100" UserId="197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="202" PostId="6" Score="0" Text="@enderland I don't know what you understand on &quot;cycle power for the USB power converter&quot;. I want to power off and on an 5V DC of an USB line programmatically, from a linux server." CreationDate="2015-09-10T09:16:06.237" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="203" PostId="6" Score="0" Text="@derobert Some of the answers are quite usable there, but not all. Actually, the most usable is imho the &quot;hub-ctrl&quot; command. Anyways, my main problem with a such software-centric attitude that I won't ever know if the _power_ of the device is really off, or it got only a &quot;suspend yourself&quot; or similar command." CreationDate="2015-09-10T09:19:42.157" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="204" PostId="30" Score="0" Text="1: Wonderful idea, I will try it! 2: Can be done, but if I can buy a such, cheap device this is what I will do. 3. In my case it is impossible, this is not a &quot;buy another usb stick for $5&quot; thing." CreationDate="2015-09-10T09:56:00.937" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="205" PostId="58" Score="0" Text="1. Afaik most KVM control only usb hids, and from the usb slave side (so, I could select which _master_ controller I want the slave to see). I need exactly the opposite. 2. Good idea, I will try it - unfortunately I can pipe only one answer, but yours also deserved it." CreationDate="2015-09-10T09:57:42.047" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="208" PostId="95" Score="0" Text="@Jamess thanks for the info, though I am considering this for a client in Middle East, your advice is very helpful thanks" CreationDate="2015-09-10T10:29:43.647" UserId="87" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="209" PostId="11" Score="0" Text="How would I know if it's not about modern hardware without asking? The article is few years old." CreationDate="2015-09-10T10:32:57.417" UserId="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="210" PostId="15" Score="1" Text="@Mast Okay, but it doesn't meet most of the requirements anyway." CreationDate="2015-09-10T10:39:05.557" UserId="99" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="211" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="I disagree with the down voting of your question, but you really should add more information" CreationDate="2015-09-10T12:20:31.437" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="212" PostId="76" Score="2" Text="What connectivity does your laptop have (VGA, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort)? How would a monitor be “designed specifically as a second monitor”? Should it have a label that says “#2”?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T12:24:18.923" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="213" PostId="51" Score="0" Text="Budget? Throughput?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T12:26:36.543" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="214" PostId="72" Score="2" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about furniture, not about computing hardware." CreationDate="2015-09-10T12:27:14.693" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="215" PostId="97" Score="2" Text="What needs to run on the client? Is it just a display and entry point (so running an X server and pretty much nothing else)? What kind of network connectivity do you need? What video resolution and monitor type?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T12:32:38.090" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="217" PostId="63" Score="0" Text="@Gilles, doesn't imply e-paper." CreationDate="2015-09-10T12:36:16.260" UserId="103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="218" PostId="26" Score="0" Text="This is a great answer! Very detailed and has everything I need." CreationDate="2015-09-10T12:51:33.797" UserId="42" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="219" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="It's a fairly interesting problem. When do you plan on purchasing?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:09:01.677" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="220" PostId="32" Score="0" Text="The Pure XL could be a good phablet(6&quot; so fcking big) but it isnt even out and the phones arent made by BLU i think they just rebrand devices or something like that. Better invest some more euros to get a future proof device that will do its job for some time and not a new low-midrange device every year or two." CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:13:08.117" UserId="205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="221" PostId="21" Score="0" Text="the problem with all these brands and even Xiaomi is that you can't buy most of there devices in Europe or the USA. Then you need to use a importer and he takes a margin. So for most of the devices you can rather add the extra money that you would need to spend as margin and get a phone thats available on your regional market." CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:19:00.970" UserId="205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="222" PostId="51" Score="0" Text="@Gilles Doesn't matter." CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:27:04.823" UserId="100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="223" PostId="5" Score="0" Text="@DVK ArtOfCode used the british pound so ill assume he lives in the UK and in europe(also UK) the Moto X Style isnt even realeased and the lower speced version, the Moto X Play already starts at £279.00/379€ and thats only the price if you dont add anything in the Moto Maker. The Moto X Style will start around 529€ if we can believe rumors. So its alot cheaper in the US and thats why i wouldnt buy it in europe beacause compared to devices at 400$ on the american market like the OnePlus Two it has some advantages but its in a completly other price range in the EU." CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:29:09.733" UserId="205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="224" PostId="5" Score="0" Text="@Nikusch - I'm extremely surprised that Style would be 50%-100% more expensive in Europe vs US. I'll delete the answer if the actual pricing does start this high." CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:33:15.550" UserId="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="225" PostId="8" Score="0" Text="even as a OnePlus fanboy and someone that ordered the OnePlus Two three days ago i wouldnt recommend the phone. There are alot of things that arent clear like the response of the home button/fingerprint reader or the invite system and when you would even get the phone(was pure luck that i got an invite, it was from a friendly random dude). More a niche product. Dont get me wrong its a really great phone but its not a safe bet that it will do its job like you wish." CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:34:31.593" UserId="205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="226" PostId="37" Score="0" Text="There might also be the option of buying from the US and having it shipped to Europe." CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:37:20.897" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="227" PostId="85" Score="0" Text="Presumably cost is a consideration?  What about automated shutdown trigger (i.e., a USB-connected UPS)?  Also, if you really want to finagle the runtime you'd need to list more info about the computer: e.g., number of spinning drives, CPU wattage, and any high-powered graphics cards." CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:37:47.930" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="228" PostId="5" Score="0" Text="@DVK here you can see where the Moto X Play starts in the UK(http://www.motorola.co.uk/products/moto-x-play) and here what it costs in germany(http://www.motorola.de/products/moto-x-play). Both start at around 380€. Ok just found this: https://twitter.com/Motorola/status/626060529560350720 the starting price for the Moto X Style will be 500€ and you can preorder it 32GB on Amazon for these 500€ aswell. http://www.amazon.de/dp/B014699X30?tag=tablethype-21 . So 30€ less then i read last time when it still were rumors but still 100€ more then in the US" CreationDate="2015-09-10T13:40:25.887" UserId="205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="229" PostId="105" Score="0" Text="Some shops will offer a full refund within the first 14 days if the device turns out not to work with Linux. If you ask for it, you may even get that in writing." CreationDate="2015-09-10T14:03:59.793" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="230" PostId="94" Score="0" Text="Is this an existing POTS extension that you'd like to interface on a smart phone, or are you shopping around for either VOIP or POTS solutions?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T14:33:23.573" UserId="74" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="231" PostId="104" Score="2" Text="I would also add in the ability to make them quieter by placing O-rings on the keys. At work, I have MX-Clear with red O-rings (from wasdkeyboards) and it is only slightly louder than rubber dome keyboards. Also, nice StarFox coffee mug." CreationDate="2015-09-10T14:44:23.070" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="232" PostId="104" Score="0" Text="As an advantage or disadvantage? I wonder if that is better left as an addendum of useful info (which would improve the post to be sure). Much as I enjoy the sound of my keyboard and might get o-rings in the future volume might well be a disadvantage in office situations." CreationDate="2015-09-10T14:48:39.970" UserId="198" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="233" PostId="104" Score="0" Text="I would say an advantage, because no one is forcing you to install the O-rings. I got the O-rings (and clear switches) to make it as quiet as possible for work environments. If noise is wanted, than you have the options of green or blue switches (which I use at home)." CreationDate="2015-09-10T14:53:42.647" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="234" PostId="104" Score="0" Text="Are you suggesting I extend the customisability section?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T15:10:58.943" UserId="198" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="235" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="@RedShift  80 chrome tabs probably isn't productive.. but that wouldn't be something i'd address much here(maybe a lifehacks SE chat or something)!!      I've modified my question to a more sane number of VMs.. RAM reqyurements on each of them would be fairly minimal.. I may want to experiment with different linux desktop environments.  But not running RAM hungry programs on any of them" CreationDate="2015-09-10T15:20:37.407" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="236" PostId="21" Score="2" Text="@Nikusch A good chunk of the world population is in Asia. Don't forget to make the same comment for products that are more expensive to buy there." CreationDate="2015-09-10T15:21:29.067" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="237" PostId="104" Score="1" Text="It should be fine to leave it in the comments. It is a rather small part to consider when buying a mechanical keyboard." CreationDate="2015-09-10T15:50:35.433" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="238" PostId="108" Score="0" Text="I own a OnePlus One, Nexus 5, and a Asus ZenPhone2 (ZE551ML-23-4G64GN-BK). The ZenPhone2 is full of bloat-wear like 30+ apps most can not be uninstalled and continually nag me with notifications. It also crashes repetitively when using audio apps, not the plus side I do however enjoy the battery life and price point. May be worth it once/if they get the software in order." CreationDate="2015-09-10T15:58:05.117" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="239" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="Depends what your VMs and tabs are running. Some hypervisors can also overcommit memory and/or share memory across VMs running the same guest OS. Memory limitations will be your biggest issue. 16 GB RAM is barely adequate for me to run multiple Chorme windows with several tabs each, and a 6 GB Windows VM with Eclipse. I have to reboot or restart VMware and/or Chrome occasionally to free up RAM." CreationDate="2015-09-10T16:28:02.090" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="241" PostId="72" Score="1" Text="Meta: http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/50/107" CreationDate="2015-09-10T16:34:24.893" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="242" PostId="72" Score="0" Text="Be sure to consider other alternatives, like a tall desk with a tall chair and a footrest. You can switch between sitting and standing in one second or less." CreationDate="2015-09-10T16:36:49.893" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="243" PostId="108" Score="0" Text="@Gram Thats not so good but spec wise this phone is great, do you know if there are any good custom roms for the ZenPhone 2 so you could get rid of the bloatware." CreationDate="2015-09-10T16:44:57.157" UserId="205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="244" PostId="10" Score="0" Text="I would add one more to this list for phone cameras - good Image Stabilization support.  You can get away without it for a regular camera (arguable for point and shoot) but for a phone it is essential to avoid blurry results" CreationDate="2015-09-10T17:13:45.043" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="245" PostId="120" Score="0" Text="+1; A good point, sir. However, there ought to be a frontier between a phone __being__ a camera &amp; a phone __with__ a camera." CreationDate="2015-09-10T17:24:20.340" UserDisplayName="user16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="246" PostId="120" Score="1" Text="I definitely come down on the phone side of the equation, but I can see someone wanting it to be the other way around.  Given the current ratio of models that are primarily phones to those that are primarily cameras, it would seem that the market generally skews that way too" CreationDate="2015-09-10T17:28:22.580" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="250" PostId="118" Score="2" Text="`to better enable line of sight connectivity to another router` &lt;-- I've seen this done with satellite dishes to pick up public wifi from almost a mile away." CreationDate="2015-09-10T17:55:16.123" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="251" PostId="108" Score="0" Text="It has the potential (specs) to be a good phone, if the software does not improve soon I am going to try a custom ROM, so far the [Paranoid Android-L](http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/orig-development/rom-t3169921) ROM looks ok." CreationDate="2015-09-10T18:04:08.507" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="254" PostId="123" Score="0" Text="What is your budget for the drive? At this time, a 1TB 2.5&quot; HDD is going to be much cheaper than a 1TB SSD. Can you link to the drives that you have been looking into? Is this going to be an internal or external drive?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T18:45:43.043" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="255" PostId="123" Score="0" Text="This will be an internal hard drive and I am starting to see why I should just go for a HDD instead of SDD. I updated the question with links to the Samsung 850s. I will look into HDD and modify the question" CreationDate="2015-09-10T19:02:41.143" UserId="229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="256" PostId="123" Score="0" Text="After some Amazon searching for what I want, I am looking into something like [this](http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-HN-M201RAD-Momentus-SpinPoint-ST2000LM003/dp/B00I8O6OQ4/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_y). It has a really good price and it seems to have really good rep." CreationDate="2015-09-10T19:44:17.817" UserId="229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="257" PostId="123" Score="0" Text="@SimpleSandman I think you mean SSD, not SDD." CreationDate="2015-09-10T19:56:39.493" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="258" PostId="123" Score="1" Text="@ArtOfCode Wow...thank you for pointing that out to me. *face palm*" CreationDate="2015-09-10T19:57:37.893" UserId="229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="259" PostId="102" Score="0" Text="Good answer. It's also worth pointing out that certain types of apps can be difficult to test with the emulator. It may have improved since I last used it a few years ago, but as I recall there were a few simulation features missing at that time, such as injecting GPS coordinates or connecting/disconnecting a cable." CreationDate="2015-09-10T20:23:08.967" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="261" PostId="124" Score="0" Text="What are you talking about? A hard drive is way less reliable than an SSD..." CreationDate="2015-09-10T21:04:09.893" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="262" PostId="124" Score="3" Text="@Firepower0701 Long-term, magnetic storage beats electronics, which have delicate components liable to failure on impact or extreme conditions. Magnetic storage would be strongly affected if you put a magnet next to it, but you don't, generally. Read my linked answer." CreationDate="2015-09-10T21:06:33.173" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="265" PostId="128" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure about CODE, but most of the cherry-MX based boards have compatible keycaps, so if the style used on that keyboard aren't too unique you could always order a replacement keycap with a mac command icon for the windows keys.  Also worth mentioning cherry-MX brown switches for the tactile feel without the clicky click click." CreationDate="2015-09-10T21:36:46.323" UserId="82" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="266" PostId="124" Score="0" Text="hard drives also have electronic storage methods by the way. It is called cache." CreationDate="2015-09-10T21:37:23.540" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="273" PostId="76" Score="0" Text="@Gilles It has HDMI connectivity. I'm really not sure if there is any way a monitor could be designed as I said; I was curious in part as to whether or not that would be possible." CreationDate="2015-09-10T22:13:56.263" UserId="150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="274" PostId="76" Score="0" Text="The choice is very large. You don't have to care that much about HDMI because you can easily convert it to DisplayPort. Do you have DVI also?" CreationDate="2015-09-10T22:20:40.833" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="275" PostId="76" Score="0" Text="@Belford I don't. My laptop is a little out-of-date, so I may simply end up buying a new one." CreationDate="2015-09-10T22:21:59.457" UserId="150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="276" PostId="76" Score="0" Text="I'd recommend to buy second-hand monitors. It is mentioned in my answer where I was talking about Dell U2412M - you can check it on the market before. I am sure that convenience of your work will increase significantly if you decide to buy an IPS monitor. Great viewing angle + pivot/180 degree rotation meets engineering applications requirements." CreationDate="2015-09-10T22:25:29.463" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="281" PostId="123" Score="0" Text="I've read that when upgrading the HDD in a PS3 that it will take any replacement drive as long as it has equal or higher RPMs as the original; but a lower RPM drive will fail to boot. Don't know if that's true for PS4 but worth considering, I suppose." CreationDate="2015-09-10T23:37:39.533" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="282" PostId="105" Score="1" Text="This problem is very different for different types of devices. Restricting to USB doesn't narrow it down all that much. Some types of peripherals have a standard protocol so that all peripherals will work. Others are a mess of incompatible firmware versions sold under the same (or no) brand." CreationDate="2015-09-10T23:39:10.090" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="283" PostId="135" Score="2" Text="I've had very bad luck with Seagate Barracuda drives: five out of six drives have failed in the past two years." CreationDate="2015-09-10T23:46:36.830" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="284" PostId="137" Score="5" Text="1%-100% is any percent..." CreationDate="2015-09-10T23:47:18.597" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="285" PostId="137" Score="2" Text="@Adam, there's a whole range of numbers between 0% and 1%, and for something as critical as data storage, I consider a 1% failure rate to be too high -- if I had to go with just a single drive for backup, I'd want a five-year failure rate of 0.01% or lower." CreationDate="2015-09-10T23:48:54.893" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="286" PostId="137" Score="0" Text="Why are you ruling out optical media? At 12GB, it's still workable." CreationDate="2015-09-10T23:56:08.743" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="287" PostId="124" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701 reliability can be measured in different ways. For instance, with data that changes frequently, the SSD will eventually exhaust its rewrite cycles." CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:01:08.777" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="288" PostId="8" Score="0" Text="Ya I agree, it has got both pros and cons. Based on your requirement you can opt for it." CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:03:40.203" UserId="25" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="289" PostId="135" Score="0" Text="@Mark That's interesting - I've never had one fail, although I'm not pushing them terribly hard. Were all of yours from the same production run or anything like that?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:03:52.073" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="290" PostId="135" Score="0" Text="Based on the serial numbers, I think the five that failed may have been." CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:05:04.427" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="292" PostId="128" Score="4" Text="I wouldn't recommend MX Blue switches for programming in a million years. Blues are extremely loud compared to any other type. If audible tactile sound and feedback are needed, MX Brown is the way to go." CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:05:54.770" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="295" PostId="124" Score="0" Text="But if you buy a reasonable SSD, the time it takes to fufill all of those read write cycles will far exceed the duration your hard drive will last. For example, if you read and wrote 10gb (more than most people do in one day) of data every day, it would still take you over 30 years to get through an Intel 750 series SSD. (I am assuming optimal conditions... at room temperature and no rapid vibration throughout the drive's life.)" CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:12:19.570" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="296" PostId="137" Score="1" Text="@Gilles, cost and ease of use.  A 12GB working set means Blu-Ray if you want each set to fit on a single disc.  BD-R discs appear to be around $1 each; five years of weekly backups would be around $250.  You could try saving money with BD-RE discs ($2.50 each, $35 for three-month retention), but my experience is that rewriteable discs don't come anywhere near the claimed durability.  Additionally, you can find external hard drives that fit in your pocket; you can't do the same with optical media." CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:16:39.580" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="297" PostId="113" Score="1" Text="For sizing a UPS, you need the Volt-Amp draw, not the watt rating (a Kill-A-Watt can measure either).  Power supplies with PFC usually have identical VA and watt numbers, but you still need to check." CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:28:08.737" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="298" PostId="119" Score="0" Text="That doesn't work with POTS, only VOIP, but that is certainly interesting.  Does it support ALL VOIP providers?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T00:59:55.767" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="299" PostId="94" Score="0" Text="A POTS solution would work for both, so that would be ideal, but VOIP-only solutions would work for many (probably most these days) people." CreationDate="2015-09-11T01:01:19.777" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="300" PostId="116" Score="0" Text="I'm not taking about number porting--my wife still wants to use the regular phones--this would be in ADDITION to regular phones." CreationDate="2015-09-11T01:06:25.143" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="301" PostId="102" Score="0" Text="The emulator that comes with the Android development kit is quite slow, you might want to check out Genymotion for a faster VM." CreationDate="2015-09-11T01:23:19.010" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="302" PostId="102" Score="0" Text="@FranckDernoncourt It does depend on what your app does. If it's intended to run on low-end phones, then testing on the slow emulator is a good refresher." CreationDate="2015-09-11T01:38:51.260" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="304" PostId="102" Score="0" Text="@Gilles I agree, the provided VM can be good enough." CreationDate="2015-09-11T01:48:06.680" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="305" PostId="86" Score="0" Text="Do you need frequency conversion as well as voltage conversion (ie. will your charger work with 110V/50Hz or does it need 110V/60Hz)?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T01:48:47.120" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="306" PostId="86" Score="0" Text="@Mark I'm not sure if the frequency is important, but my charger 110V/60Hz and my country output is 220V/50Hz ." CreationDate="2015-09-11T01:55:47.890" UserId="157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="308" PostId="48" Score="0" Text="@Timmy including android 2.3" CreationDate="2015-09-11T03:23:44.657" UserId="123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="309" PostId="48" Score="0" Text="@rob I don't have any specific requirements except wifi and cellular (3G is okay). My application only uses data." CreationDate="2015-09-11T03:25:07.810" UserId="123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="310" PostId="130" Score="3" Text="I would definitely second this. Extremely comfortable to use. I have two of these, one for home, one for work. You can also carry it in a backpack. This is an amazing keyboard. The mouse that comes with it is also amazing." CreationDate="2015-09-11T03:50:14.713" UserId="103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="311" PostId="69" Score="1" Text="PassMark has been invaluable for me as a professional.  I don't even have to run anything--just look it up on their website most of the time.  The relative scores of the processors turned out to be very accurate for server capacity planning." CreationDate="2015-09-11T03:54:11.457" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="312" PostId="154" Score="3" Text="What kind of memory pressure are you currently operating at?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T04:06:16.747" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="313" PostId="153" Score="1" Text="Just checking, are you sure it's your *router* that can't handle it and not your *modem*? If you connect your computer directly to the (DSL, I'm assuming) modem, does the problem go away?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T04:08:43.410" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="314" PostId="153" Score="1" Text="Yes, that's correct.  I have measured the raw speed as full gigabit both ways." CreationDate="2015-09-11T04:10:02.910" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="315" PostId="155" Score="3" Text="Interesting question - I'd like to see an answer! Fair warning: a VR desktop would likely be a little disorienting to work in, at least until VR tech catches up a little bit." CreationDate="2015-09-11T04:20:39.947" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="319" PostId="152" Score="1" Text="What other specs are you looking for? It's difficult to recommend IP cameras based on just a compatible OS and connectivity." CreationDate="2015-09-11T05:56:55.903" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="320" PostId="155" Score="0" Text="@Undo I agree. VR tech is already disorienting from playing games for just an hour or two. Using it for all computer work would really do some damage. However, it does seem like a great thing to look into." CreationDate="2015-09-11T06:09:00.157" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="321" PostId="128" Score="1" Text="I like my clicky keys, so I'm probably not the person to recommend keycaps. If MX Brown is quieter, and you want that, then go for those. Keycaps are substitutable." CreationDate="2015-09-11T07:45:52.963" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="323" PostId="41" Score="0" Text="@kasperd, that is incorrect. Water cooling is quite a bit more noisy than the top end air coolers, as they also have a pump, which makes quite a bit of noise." CreationDate="2015-09-11T09:39:10.770" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="324" PostId="138" Score="0" Text="Bitlocker isn't a very good choice. Thank you for pointing out the successors of the TrueCrypt." CreationDate="2015-09-11T10:01:36.897" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="325" PostId="154" Score="0" Text="What % of the memory is being used when you run all of them, like the maximum you had?  The same for your processor and hard drive(s). If you have an SSD I assume you run the emulators on that, since it will improve performance." CreationDate="2015-09-11T10:10:48.183" UserId="248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="326" PostId="154" Score="0" Text="@Undo I usually only use 6-7 GB's at any given time but more ram would allow me to open more tabs and one or two more emulators" CreationDate="2015-09-11T11:36:21.303" UserId="123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="327" PostId="154" Score="0" Text="@AdrianPop the maximum 7 GB's on the average day for RAM and about 40-50% for the processor, and yes the emulators are stored on the SSD to increase their speed." CreationDate="2015-09-11T11:42:39.200" UserId="123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="329" PostId="152" Score="0" Text="As Adam says, it would be nice to have more requirements. What kind of focal length are you looking for? How wide should the field of vision be?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T14:38:36.230" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="330" PostId="119" Score="0" Text="@James It should support all VoIP providers using the SIP protocol, which is the standard in VoIP right now" CreationDate="2015-09-11T14:39:18.207" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="331" PostId="113" Score="0" Text="@Mark True. The linked UPS is rated at 600VA/300W, but it seems to have PFC. Why would this be, or did I miss something? I'm a hobbyist, not a professional, so I'm genuinely curious to expand on what I know. Feel free to suggest an edit." CreationDate="2015-09-11T15:10:48.610" UserId="132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="332" PostId="156" Score="3" Text="I would suggest that if you have no experience with PLCs that you seek an expert. Designing, spec'ing, and implementing safety critical systems with no background in the technology is not even remotely a good idea." CreationDate="2015-09-11T15:22:30.357" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="333" PostId="159" Score="1" Text="By earphones, you mean earbuds? Like the ones that go inside your ear? Simple design, not those that are inside but have an outer ear attachment so that they stay in place (like the ones designed for people who go running)." CreationDate="2015-09-11T15:38:04.497" UserId="248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="334" PostId="156" Score="1" Text="Enderland has it right. Good question, bad idea." CreationDate="2015-09-11T15:38:54.370" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="335" PostId="159" Score="0" Text="I don't really mind one design or another, as long as they sound good and fit comfortably on my ear." CreationDate="2015-09-11T15:39:54.133" UserId="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="342" PostId="161" Score="0" Text="I just remembered (thanks to  [Adrian Pop](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/248/adrian-pop) comment) that I need the earphone to be comfortable too since I will be using it a lot." CreationDate="2015-09-11T15:49:05.960" UserId="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="343" PostId="161" Score="1" Text="@0rkan - they are comfortable. I've edited that into my answer." CreationDate="2015-09-11T15:49:17.110" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="347" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="Observation: at 500m range, you won't get any kind of detail from any unzoomed camera. The resulting footage wouldn't be admissible in a criminal trial, except for proving that *someone* broke in." CreationDate="2015-09-11T16:43:36.123" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="348" PostId="147" Score="1" Text="How many outlets are you looking to control, and do you need independent control of them? Also, does your LAN maintain Internet connectivity when your server dies (or does this device need to sit outside your firewall?)" CreationDate="2015-09-11T16:51:40.650" UserId="26" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="350" PostId="152" Score="0" Text="More requirements to consider that could narrow your question: Do you want cameras that can pan? Tilt? Zoom? All three? Should they have a microphone as well? Weatherproof or indoor?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:14:29.967" UserId="74" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="351" PostId="105" Score="1" Text="I think this is a good question but I think it would be better off elsewhere, perhaps Super User." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:16:39.077" UserId="74" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="352" PostId="113" Score="0" Text="Well, you need both the watts and the volt-amps. You can't exceed either." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:35:44.163" UserId="26" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="353" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="I don't understand the question: What do you mean to &quot;cover&quot; a distance?  Are you talking about imaging something at a given distance with some minimum resolution at that distance?  If so then you need to incorporate both focal length *and* sensor resolution into the equation." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:37:32.347" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="354" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Yes I know, I wasn't looking for an unzoomed camera either. I'm looking for a camera which utilized both mechanical and digital zoom in order to provide clear realtime video footage." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:37:51.513" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="355" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="@feetwet What I mean by 500 meters coverage distance is exactly what the camera manufacturers specify about their camera details." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:39:35.273" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="356" PostId="113" Score="0" Text="@amon41amarth PFC is to correct [power factor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_factor), which is the ratio between watts and volt-amps. A PFC supply should have a power factor near 1, meaning watts and volt-amps should be approximately equal. If the UPS has a PFC supply, that just means the UPS's own power draw (not the connected load) will have W≈V-A." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:42:22.280" UserId="26" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="357" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="But your question says that none of the popular brands provide this specification.  And I don't understand how you can make an association between focal length and distance coverage without associating a resolution specification." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:48:53.843" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="358" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="@feetwet &quot;none of the popular brands&quot; in my point of view. maybe in my opinion popular brands consist of only TP-link and D-link. and about the resolution I'd rather trust the camera manufacturer and take their word about their camera's distance coverage. so when there's said in a camera's spec page that it covers 400meters that would be enough, because that means you'll get a reasonable resolution in that distance." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:55:24.267" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="360" PostId="59" Score="1" Text="Maybe none of the popular brands do it because it would be misleading.  E.g., what do you consider &quot;reasonable&quot; resolution at a distance?  Enough to see the presence of a vehicle?  Or enough to read its license plate from an angle?  This is not a small point of discussion: Holding the lens and even sensor size constant, higher sensor resolution and quality can offer vastly different zoom potential." CreationDate="2015-09-11T17:57:43.247" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="364" PostId="113" Score="0" Text="@derobert There's the lightbulb. My brain substituted UPS for what was actually the PC's power supply in Mark's comment. Thanks for the added info." CreationDate="2015-09-11T18:14:53.440" UserId="132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="365" PostId="156" Score="0" Text="@enderland, my post might be misleading in this respect, but I am not in charge of the system design, neither the electrotech part. Just the programming. We don't have PLC expert in our company,  as we have a MCU-based solution for most of our applications. Nevertheless we have some who have *some* experience programming it. We can find some allright, I just wanted to see if someone had any suggestion about different PLCs." CreationDate="2015-09-11T19:12:18.883" UserId="180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="366" PostId="169" Score="0" Text="How solid is that budget? Would a $40-50 mic be acceptable?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T19:15:11.923" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="367" PostId="169" Score="0" Text="@Undo, a few dollars over would be ok, but I don't want to go overbudget. So no, not really." CreationDate="2015-09-11T19:37:29.940" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="368" PostId="171" Score="0" Text="Be careful about transferring aircraft control skills to a different system. The control characteristics will almost certainly be different, so the hover and flight control input thresholds won't match what your muscles remember. Always take care and time to re-learn controls after transferring craft." CreationDate="2015-09-11T20:02:09.117" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="369" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="@feetwet Okay so based on what you're saying we can't trust what the manufacturers are saying about their products. I personally can't test each product one by one to find a suitable one so as I told before, I'm just looking for the specified coverage distance in the camera's specs page. anyway, If I told you that I'm only looking for an IP camera capable of recognizing car plates in 500 meters how would you search for this type of camera and suggest me one?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T20:11:35.070" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="370" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="Well what *are* the manufacturers saying when they assert &quot;coverage at a distance?&quot;  If they don't define it it could mean anything.  Resolution at a distance is easy to compute if you know angle-of-view and image resolution: height *Y* &quot;covered&quot; at distance *X*: *Y* = *X* tan (*angle-of-view*).  Image height resolution is *H* pixels.  So take *H* / *Y* and decide if it's what you want.  (To read a license plate *I* would probably require that ratio to be at least 10 pixels/inch.)" CreationDate="2015-09-11T20:20:57.500" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="371" PostId="147" Score="2" Text="https://xkcd.com/1495/" CreationDate="2015-09-11T20:47:56.157" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="372" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="@feetwet I'm not sure about angle of view but the video footage can be HD quality. 10 pixels per inch? okay. any suggestions?" CreationDate="2015-09-11T21:19:29.110" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="375" PostId="41" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 In that case I have been given incorrect information. I haven't tested it myself, because when I want a quiet computer I get one with passive cooling." CreationDate="2015-09-11T22:01:11.727" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="376" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="No product suggestions, but I would suggest you edit the question to incorporate these comments so that *somebody* can provide a good answer." CreationDate="2015-09-11T22:23:34.933" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="377" PostId="147" Score="0" Text="I don't know of any specific piece of hardware, but a DIY solution could possibly be done cheaply. I have a set of three remote controlled power relays which cost me less than 20$. With a bit of soldering I imagine the remote control could be hooked up to GPIO pins on a cheap single-board computer." CreationDate="2015-09-11T23:05:31.883" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="378" PostId="172" Score="2" Text="I second this. I just got the same drone a couple days ago, and I'm definitely happy with it as my first drone. Easy to learn on, responsive, cheap, and very durable (I crashed it a few times already, and nothing broke). The camera isn't that great, although that's to be expected with a cheap drone such as this." CreationDate="2015-09-11T23:43:54.403" UserId="116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="379" PostId="69" Score="0" Text="The ISA is also very important, for example, IPCs are often far higher with the ARMv8 ISA versus the CISC x86-64, but x64 uses far fewer instructions to do the same thing. That, and instruction level parallelism, such as SIMD, affect the performance in far more subtle ways." CreationDate="2015-09-12T03:46:01.547" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="380" PostId="178" Score="0" Text="It's great that you were using RAID; don't let this ruin your trust in it. What got you is the dead mobo. Your drive setup works perfectly, but your mobo didn't." CreationDate="2015-09-12T04:05:01.567" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="381" PostId="178" Score="5" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it belongs on SuperUser." CreationDate="2015-09-12T04:21:16.283" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="382" PostId="178" Score="1" Text="This is about hardware usage, not hardware recommendation." CreationDate="2015-09-12T04:21:36.620" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="384" PostId="179" Score="0" Text="It's difficult to find a set of baby monitors with one parent and three child monitors. This and the fact that everyone is obsessed with video monitors nowadays doesn't help much. Aside from that, not many manufacturers list details about specific frequencies anymore." CreationDate="2015-09-12T06:58:53.373" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="385" PostId="125" Score="0" Text="Thanks, 3S N5012 is the best one so far, the lens module are good too for digital zoom. I'm going to find a way to get the prices too." CreationDate="2015-09-12T07:13:31.947" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="386" PostId="178" Score="0" Text="@Mark, the question is, do I need to get exact the same controller or can I just purchase any new mobo. I think that's recomendation and not usage. I'll remove that last line about usage ok?" CreationDate="2015-09-12T08:11:36.677" UserId="211" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="387" PostId="47" Score="0" Text="Obviously, everything has disadvantages. In this case it's high price." CreationDate="2015-09-12T10:37:34.913" UserId="58" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="389" PostId="59" Score="0" Text="Based on your edit you have not understood my explanation of requirements.  I will post an answer that will probably help you." CreationDate="2015-09-12T12:57:15.280" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="391" PostId="184" Score="3" Text="It's not really about your question, but I would recommend to invest the money you will pay for this adapter into a new HDD. 15k is real loud and 72 is quiet small -- I assume the HDD is old as well. You won't have fun for a long time." CreationDate="2015-09-12T13:08:57.587" UserId="226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="393" PostId="187" Score="0" Text="Thanks but that's too much of a work and I'm not going to do that for my needs. In my question I just added information about video quality, not being able to read license plates." CreationDate="2015-09-12T14:31:48.070" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="394" PostId="187" Score="0" Text="@Saeed - the problem is that you didn't clearly define the resolution/quality/coverage you're looking for.  In the question comment discussion I explained that 10px/inch *at target distance* would be a reasonable minimum to read license plates *at that distance*.  You ask for &quot;coverage&quot; to 500m.  What do you want to be able to resolve at 500m?  Because technically a single-pixel camera &quot;covers&quot; all the way to the horizon, but it doesn't provide *useful* coverage." CreationDate="2015-09-12T14:38:37.473" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="395" PostId="187" Score="0" Text="I know, because of the fact that it is hard to find such a camera with this exact details I said I'd be satisfied with what camera manufacturer is told about its camera, I assume when they say a camera supports a specific distance that would mean that it gives a reasonable video quality at that distance, not necessarily being able to read license plates. It would be good if there was some demo videos for the camera too." CreationDate="2015-09-12T16:00:25.087" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="396" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="Well it may be an unnecessary feature, but many home routers can do these tasks, and you'll probably get them cheaper than a dedicated WLAN point." CreationDate="2015-09-12T17:15:36.113" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="397" PostId="186" Score="0" Text="The machine you're looking for *is* a photocopy machine. 20-30 pages with auto feeder is not a feature I've ever seen on a home scanner/printer." CreationDate="2015-09-12T17:17:49.197" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="398" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode, from my experience a router with 802.11ac will hardly be available for less than $100 and usually be rather around $200+ and I *really* hope the dedicated WLAN points are alot cheaper as they don't have all those extraneous features. I think for this question to make more sense I'll drop n support." CreationDate="2015-09-12T17:19:18.983" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="399" PostId="193" Score="2" Text="Sure, they're expensive, but the only feature the WLAN point takes out is the Internet connectivity - which is actually a pretty trivial bit of software. There may be a couple of cheaper options around, but I wouldn't be surprised if most were pretty expensive." CreationDate="2015-09-12T17:21:52.193" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="400" PostId="186" Score="0" Text="Portable Canon P-150M could actually handle 20 pages, but not very efficiently. I'm not looking for exactly the same feeder as in copy machines, any feeder with duplex would be good." CreationDate="2015-09-12T17:29:41.447" UserId="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="401" PostId="186" Score="0" Text="And you're looking for something that can handle *more* pages, with *more* efficiency? Unlikely." CreationDate="2015-09-12T17:44:21.923" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="402" PostId="186" Score="0" Text="Not necessary more pages, the large number is not my priority, but it should work reliably, so it just scan the pages into PDFs, rather than keep restarting the whole scanning process, because of one page has been stuck for some reason. Or the feeder gets more pages than it should." CreationDate="2015-09-12T17:49:45.810" UserId="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="405" PostId="178" Score="6" Text="@Mark I'm voting to reopen this question because the fact that it's on-topic on some other site is irrelevant. This question is about what hardware to buy, so it's on-topic *here*." CreationDate="2015-09-12T18:51:37.937" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="407" PostId="125" Score="0" Text="The 3S N5012 will meet the requirement of 10 nominal pixels per inch at 500 meters, but won't really do what the OP is asking for.  [This](http://imgur.com/jzf56Tq) is what a car will look like at 500 meters.  Yes, the six-inch-high license plate is the requested 60 pixels tall, but there's no way you'd be able to actually read it." CreationDate="2015-09-12T19:32:19.267" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="410" PostId="202" Score="1" Text="[home theater PC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_pc)? This would be the name for the class of computers, if you're asking for a form factor (like ATX and ITX) this can get more tricky." CreationDate="2015-09-12T19:49:50.947" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="411" PostId="202" Score="0" Text="Yes, I'm looking for the form factor that would best fit the description above." CreationDate="2015-09-12T19:53:09.273" UserId="106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="412" PostId="202" Score="1" Text="[ATX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_form_factor#Tabular_information) mainboards should fit. Your only problem would be the case then, it may not fit 3.5 inch (HDD) drives and will most likely not fit 5.25 inch (optical) drives. Apparently your best hit would be thin &quot;mini ITX cases&quot;. You may consult your favorite pc search engine for specific cases." CreationDate="2015-09-12T20:15:36.397" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="413" PostId="178" Score="1" Text="I agree substantially with Gilles that it doesn't matter whether or not the question's on-topic somewhere else, but I don't see how it's asking for a specific recommendation." CreationDate="2015-09-12T21:08:55.927" UserId="150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="415" PostId="204" Score="4" Text="180 degrees is some serious fisheye you've got there." CreationDate="2015-09-12T21:56:24.393" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="416" PostId="204" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Very much so. We'd like to play around with the recording a bit, to get an interesting view of what it's like (or not like) to run. I also put that there partly because I wasn't entirely sure where to draw the line." CreationDate="2015-09-12T21:58:00.090" UserId="150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="417" PostId="204" Score="0" Text="To put it in perspective, human visual field is 200 degrees laterally (160 per eye), of which just 17 degrees are in any kind of detail. An average camera uses 60 degrees field, and a fisheye can be 100 degrees." CreationDate="2015-09-12T22:04:03.160" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="418" PostId="203" Score="5" Text="Which country are you interested in?  It's likely that the Alfa is the most powerful legal wifi adapter you can find." CreationDate="2015-09-12T22:32:02.793" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="419" PostId="204" Score="2" Text="Would you be willing to go a little higher on the price? Maybe like under $75? I'm not sure you can actually get a good camera for under $50." CreationDate="2015-09-12T22:43:04.703" UserId="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="422" PostId="124" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701 Would this 30 year figure still hold true if you're reading and writing 10GB per day on a mostly-full drive that only has 80GB of free space left? I suspect not, that it's based on 10GB/day compared to the full capacity, which is only applicable on an empty, or mostly empty, drive." CreationDate="2015-09-13T00:59:12.700" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="423" PostId="127" Score="1" Text="Don't HDDs outpace SSDs for data transfer speeds in the specific case of high-volume sequential data (e.g. an unfragmented, high-bandwidth video stream)? Or is that no longer true today?" CreationDate="2015-09-13T01:04:21.213" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="425" PostId="124" Score="0" Text="@Dan that is not how read write cycles work." CreationDate="2015-09-13T02:47:46.657" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="426" PostId="127" Score="0" Text="That used to be true, when SSDs were basically glorified thumb drives, bu that is no longer true. You are correct that HDDs are faster than some flash based storage systems, but not modern SSDs." CreationDate="2015-09-13T02:49:31.763" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="427" PostId="178" Score="0" Text="I would agree with the closure, but he was asking about replacement RAID controllers, so at least it was mostly on topic. Also, questions about this sort of thing are really badly received on SuperUser." CreationDate="2015-09-13T04:10:21.197" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="428" PostId="200" Score="1" Text="Laser is typically better for hard surfaces. Don't trust optical mice without explicit proof that they work on hard surfaces." CreationDate="2015-09-13T04:13:13.783" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="429" PostId="203" Score="1" Text="I'd rather not talk about its legal perspectives because there are many hardware that might be legal in one country and illegal in another. I'm just looking for hardware recommendation and will discuss legal issues later on another SE site. maybe Bolivia is a good choice, just maybe." CreationDate="2015-09-13T05:39:26.103" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="430" PostId="184" Score="0" Text="@frlan , that is exactly what my first reaction was, adapter cost value didn't return much. Still I thought I should know if such setup is possible and effective." CreationDate="2015-09-13T06:08:14.187" UserId="253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="431" PostId="125" Score="0" Text="@Mark That's why I included the part about digital zoom severely affecting video quality. I'm 90% sure there are no IP cameras with a sane price tag that can cover 500m (by any means) without the use of digital zoom." CreationDate="2015-09-13T06:26:42.903" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="432" PostId="214" Score="2" Text="I've heard that's a great system, but the look is just too much for me. I'm a minimalistic kind of person." CreationDate="2015-09-13T06:41:47.577" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="433" PostId="125" Score="0" Text="This is so weird. digital zooming shouldn't decrease the quality this much. is digital zooming in IP cameras the same one in phones, compact cameras etc? because they don't decrease the quality so much. (e.x. in a compact camera when you use digital zoom the quality doesn't decrease a lot but the camera becomes so sensitive against vibration.). this picture of that IP camera in 500m is abnormal and clearly tells us that the camera does not support 500m in anyway. and you said that it's very rare to find such an IP camera, is it easier to find such thing in normal surveillance cameras?" CreationDate="2015-09-13T07:04:10.680" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="434" PostId="178" Score="2" Text="Consider this logically, RAID controller has to record your config somewhere, if you had RAID-0 or RAID-1 for example. Some do that in own flash memory, others do that on the disk. In the latter case an area on each disk must be allocated to store configuration. There's no guarantee that different manufactures would pick same format. Same goes for checksums for higher-level RAID schemes. Good news is that RAID-1 is easy to recover in either case -- try whole disk, or if that doesn't work, find an offset and use data starting from that offset." CreationDate="2015-09-13T07:19:58.807" UserDisplayName="user281" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="435" PostId="204" Score="0" Text="Honestly, an iPhone might be able to work, although you'd need some DIY setup for mounting and all that. Figured this because pretty much everyone already has an iPhone or something similar." CreationDate="2015-09-13T07:25:11.457" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="436" PostId="138" Score="1" Text="But if you 'really' want to use BitLocker there is also the possibility of installing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). [http://www.quietpc.com/gc-tpm]:&#xA;&quot;Easy to install on TPM-ready motherboards from Gigabyte and ASUS&quot;&#xA;&quot;Allows Microsoft BitLocker drive encryption to fully operate&quot;&#xA;&#xA;&quot;Because the TPM uses its own internal firmware and logic circuits for processing instructions, it does not rely upon the operating system and is not exposed to external software vulnerabilities.&quot;" CreationDate="2015-09-13T08:12:22.420" UserId="282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="438" PostId="173" Score="0" Text="The Tonor seems nice, although it does seem somewhat cheap. Would there be any (dis)advantage (sound quality wise) in the USB version of it ?" CreationDate="2015-09-13T10:16:58.003" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="439" PostId="203" Score="4" Text="Related [meta](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/90/15)." CreationDate="2015-09-13T10:48:54.420" UserId="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="440" PostId="115" Score="0" Text="I'm not that familiar with what's out there at the moment, what kind of beastlymulti core CPUs do you have in mind?" CreationDate="2015-09-13T11:02:12.473" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="441" PostId="219" Score="1" Text="I created a [meta question](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/100/are-questions-related-to-hosting-requirements-on-topic) about third party host hardware" CreationDate="2015-09-13T13:40:28.573" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="442" PostId="203" Score="1" Text="[This device](http://www.dx.com/p/kinamax-high-power-5800mw-802-11b-g-n-150mbps-wi-fi-wireless-network-adapter-white-108309) claims to be 5.8w, but beware, It comes from China, and is probably _not_ 5.8w. The same site (DX) also has other similar devices, and you can probably find similar things on Ebay. As others have said, it's probably not legal anywhere, so you won't find it on Amazon or similar. Be careful when buying from China.." CreationDate="2015-09-13T14:41:05.987" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="444" PostId="219" Score="0" Text="The location is irrelevant. If we're recommending a product, then it'll be located wherever you want/can locate it." CreationDate="2015-09-13T15:18:30.303" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="446" PostId="224" Score="0" Text="You've one found of the weaker NUCs. [This](https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc5i7ryh.html) is the high-end model with a Broadwell 3.1GHz dual core CPU." CreationDate="2015-09-13T16:44:42.977" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="447" PostId="203" Score="1" Text="@JonasCz Thanks for your effort. but here is the thing. first of all this is a totally Fake product because 1. Ralink 3070 chipset does not operate at 5Watt. 2. a 58dBi directional antenna has a coverage distance of around 60 KM, not 3 KM. 3. a 5800 mW network adapter is worth higher than 30$ regardless of whatever it's made of. I really would buy this product if I knew somehow that it is real but well we all know it isn't." CreationDate="2015-09-13T17:05:04.357" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="448" PostId="203" Score="1" Text="Yep, that's true. There may also be the possibility of doing a hardware mod to an existing wifi device to increase the power, that would only be doable if you have knowlege about these things and know if it can be done (I don't). If you have signigicant signal loss in the cable, it might make sense to use a longer USB cable and a shorter RF cable to reduce losses. Also a more directional antenna, but you already seem to know all this." CreationDate="2015-09-13T17:36:05.227" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="449" PostId="203" Score="1" Text="@JonasCz I don't honestly know much about these things, just to solve my problems. hardware mod can't be possible with that price tag. because a standalone 4W wireless amp is about  700$, you know the rest. yea I'm already using the maximum length of 5M but the USB cable isn't waterproof, nor is the adapter so they can't be put outside. Tbh these stuff I'm looking for are great but rare." CreationDate="2015-09-13T19:26:28.870" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="450" PostId="115" Score="0" Text="Basically any intel i7 with 4+ cores and you'd be good. Personally I've always gone for AMD 6/8 cores but performance/watt is better on intels." CreationDate="2015-09-13T21:03:15.083" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="451" PostId="178" Score="0" Text="+1 Thanks @qarma, at least one substantial answer. I think the rest belong to &quot;meta&quot;. Any way, I'm not sure how to interpret the &quot;offset&quot;, I guess this is an option in some recovery software? I just had one big NTFS partition, so I hope the start of that partition should be recognized somehow (no bit-locker was used). I was hoping to get by without using recovery software and just plugging it into a new board. In the case I use recovery software I guess the answer to this question would be &quot;Any new board would do, as long as it also has a SATA2 connector&quot;? Or am I wrong?" CreationDate="2015-09-13T22:08:41.650" UserId="211" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="454" PostId="115" Score="0" Text="you mean more performance less watts, on intels? so more performance for the cost of the electricity and for the noise of any fans" CreationDate="2015-09-13T23:10:22.540" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="459" PostId="206" Score="0" Text="As an additional comment, the form factor that most  fitted my needs was referred to as &quot;Slim / Compact Towers&quot; by the maker." CreationDate="2015-09-14T02:23:43.633" UserId="106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="461" PostId="115" Score="0" Text="yeah performance per watt" CreationDate="2015-09-14T03:03:11.603" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="463" PostId="235" Score="0" Text="You mean both are quite 'uncomfortable'?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T03:24:17.760" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="464" PostId="235" Score="0" Text="@James yes, thanks!" CreationDate="2015-09-14T03:33:51.517" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="466" PostId="178" Score="0" Text="Cheers, your old setup could be: a) no raid metadata -- you can plug one disk into regular mobo and boot; b) disks first partitioned and then partitions are raided with metadata -- you'll have to adjust start of partition in the partitions table; c) disks first raided with metadata and the volume is partitioned -- you may have to create new partition table (bios) or may be ok (gpt); Trying the first costs you nothing; wrt the other two, you can try disk cloning software, your layout may be recognized ;-)" CreationDate="2015-09-14T07:14:25.143" UserDisplayName="user281" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="467" PostId="235" Score="0" Text="If it's only clicks, perhaps something that register eye blink instead?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T07:28:50.280" UserDisplayName="user281" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="468" PostId="239" Score="0" Text="What kind of school work? Will he be just typing things up, or might he be doing some viewport/rendering?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T07:41:26.143" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="470" PostId="235" Score="0" Text="@qarma Thanks, indeed that's another way (that's actually why I used for https://github.com/Franck-Dernoncourt/neuroclick), I'll create a question for visual detection or facial muscle tracking for eye blinks a bit later." CreationDate="2015-09-14T07:48:22.373" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="472" PostId="37" Score="0" Text="What about second-hand items? Does weight really matter that much?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T11:25:09.710" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="473" PostId="188" Score="0" Text="Is there any company which you are interested in?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T12:41:09.880" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="475" PostId="239" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 He _might_ be rendering. Hopefully he will decide what he wants to do soon." CreationDate="2015-09-14T13:05:40.617" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="479" PostId="179" Score="0" Text="[Meta discussion](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/105/are-small-electronics-on-topic) about whether is is on or off topic" CreationDate="2015-09-14T15:49:41.820" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="480" PostId="239" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for an Intel,  or AMD option? Or does it not matter?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T16:04:49.383" UserId="116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="481" PostId="239" Score="0" Text="@hhaslam11 It doesn't matter at this time. That will be my next question, based on the answers I get from this question." CreationDate="2015-09-14T16:05:50.020" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="482" PostId="188" Score="0" Text="@belford, no I don't have any preferences concerning brands / companies as long as they are somewhat relieable." CreationDate="2015-09-14T16:25:34.653" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="485" PostId="248" Score="0" Text="*&quot;Three USB 3.0 ports&quot;* isn't bad, bad I was asking for 4x 2.0 + 4x 3.0 (-&gt; 8x USB) so it'd require me to buy another hub :( but nice pictures though :) And nice that it already has thunderbolt (although 2) :) May I ask what is the usual way to connect this dock to your laptop? USB? Thunderbolt? &quot;Whatever you want&quot;?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T18:08:11.937" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="487" PostId="248" Score="0" Text="Thunderbolt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y21dgDHsq0" CreationDate="2015-09-14T18:11:39.110" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="488" PostId="247" Score="1" Text="To some extent, streaking is a product of your eyes, rather than the projector. Yes, projectors can reduce the effects, but only to a certain extent - when looking at a bright light, the pigments in your eye that recognise colours get bleached by the bright colours. When the image moves fast, you notice this bleaching as trails left by the moving object. So yes, you can get projectors that have less of this - just be aware that it's unlikely you'll get rid of all of it." CreationDate="2015-09-14T18:12:34.850" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="489" PostId="138" Score="1" Text="Great answer.  In general, I would trust a solution that you can control over something that is virtually inaccessible by you as a customer (i.e. software vs manufacturer firmware).  As always, I'd recommend that you actually run tests that closely simulate your actual usage conditions.  That way, you can make sure that, for **your** use case, the solution works." CreationDate="2015-09-14T18:57:32.277" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="490" PostId="219" Score="0" Text="Maybe it's just me not getting the question, but, are you thinking of *buying* a server which you will host for this purpose, or *renting* one?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T19:02:35.500" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="491" PostId="219" Score="0" Text="@JuanCarlosCoto, renting." CreationDate="2015-09-14T19:08:35.810" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="492" PostId="247" Score="0" Text="Do you care about price or fan volume?" CreationDate="2015-09-14T19:59:49.233" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="493" PostId="247" Score="0" Text="I'd prefer something quiet (home theater and all), price wise, if you can keep the price below $700, I'd be happy. I don't know if that's possible though." CreationDate="2015-09-14T20:02:15.857" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="496" PostId="253" Score="2" Text="It wasn't mentioned as a requirement, but it's worth noting that the TI-89 is not permitted on the ACT, where the TI-84 is." CreationDate="2015-09-14T22:06:28.137" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="497" PostId="253" Score="0" Text="@Mark True. A scientific calculator would be fine there (or on the SAT), but more capabilities is often a plus." CreationDate="2015-09-14T22:07:47.610" UserId="150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="498" PostId="247" Score="1" Text="@ArtOfCode Streaking can also be grouped as a type of ghosting. Ghosting is created from the delay between changing from black to white or vice versa (and things in between) which leaves usually a light gray color streak behind moving things. This can be almost 100% eliminated with better hardware. But then you still have the eye problem you mentioned." CreationDate="2015-09-14T22:13:07.123" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="500" PostId="247" Score="0" Text="@Adam aye, that's the improvement you can get in hardware I mentioned. Sadly though, you can't improve your eye hardware." CreationDate="2015-09-14T22:55:26.227" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="502" PostId="239" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley, if he is rendering, the Welsburg platform (X99, for Haswell-E/EP/EX and Broadwell-E/EP/EX) would definitely be preferable. I don't think AMD has any current SKUs with DDR4 support." CreationDate="2015-09-15T02:42:30.710" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="503" PostId="255" Score="0" Text="To clarify, you want the scroll wheel to be on the side? I'm slightly confused by what you said because traditional scroll wheels are usually used with the pointer finger and not the middle finger." CreationDate="2015-09-15T03:07:35.837" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="504" PostId="255" Score="0" Text="@Adam: really?  I've never used my index finger, always middle finger." CreationDate="2015-09-15T03:30:07.630" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="507" PostId="239" Score="0" Text="What socket? At least make a decision between AMD and Intel. Once you make your choice between good and evil (or the other way around) you are stuck with that for years :)" CreationDate="2015-09-15T07:12:04.760" UserDisplayName="user281" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="508" PostId="255" Score="0" Text="I'd guess which finger to use to scroll might be influenced by the mouse size, among other things." CreationDate="2015-09-15T07:13:41.103" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="509" PostId="39" Score="0" Text="+1, Yamaha is always a best bet with big boards like this one." CreationDate="2015-09-15T07:24:12.610" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="510" PostId="219" Score="3" Text="@Juan There isn't really any difference between buying and renting for our purposes. Either way, OP is looking to acquire hardware for himself." CreationDate="2015-09-15T07:50:42.603" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="511" PostId="125" Score="0" Text="@Saeed I have to say it's extremely rare  or even nonexistent in any kind of IP or surveillance camera. Firstly, the optical zoom number (e.g. 3x or 4x) doesn't really mean anything. It's just the max focal length divided by the minimum focal length (e.g. 18-55mm = 3x). Now, digital zoom takes the video and scales it up instead of shifting the lenses to optically zoom in. If you've ever zoomed way into a picture and it becomes extremely pixelated, that's exactly what digital zoom is. It's the same thing across any kind of device." CreationDate="2015-09-15T09:02:54.597" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="512" PostId="249" Score="1" Text="You could always try the highly-revered [RFID powder](http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/14/hitachis-rfid-powder-freaks-us-the-heck-out/). ;)" CreationDate="2015-09-15T09:10:20.003" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="513" PostId="27" Score="0" Text="[Ubuntu has a phone lineup](http://www.ubuntu.com/phone/devices) which comes close to your requirements. Although [labeled as Open Source](http://www.ubuntu.com/phone), [they don't follow the FSF definitions](https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.en.html#Ubuntu)." CreationDate="2015-09-15T10:28:02.560" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="514" PostId="125" Score="0" Text="@Adam so what are those two products you suggested ?" CreationDate="2015-09-15T10:50:27.880" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="515" PostId="224" Score="0" Text="If you're intrested in one that has a desktop processor, the Gigabyte BRIX might be for you: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/list.aspx?s=47&amp;ck=104&amp;p=367&amp;v=3" CreationDate="2015-09-15T11:17:26.740" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="516" PostId="255" Score="0" Text="I use a [Logitech MX master](https://secure.logitech.com/en-us/product/mx-master) which has a thumb scroll wheel. It defaults to horizontal scrolling but can be reconfigured within the software that comes with it. Unfortuenatly, it doesn't meet your cost criterion. I suggest you add it to a watch list it case it goes on sale anytime soon. It is of a high quality, and it helped with my wrist pain" CreationDate="2015-09-15T12:14:39.110" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="517" PostId="249" Score="1" Text="I've been using [Duet by Protag](http://theprotag.com/sg-en/), but I have also experienced similar issues with the device going off by itself on rare occasions so I wouldn't consider it a definite recommendation. Might still be worth checking out if nothing else came up" CreationDate="2015-09-15T12:42:20.693" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="519" PostId="200" Score="0" Text="Suddenly, lots of Logitech gaming mice are on sale today. Bought my own for a full price, thinking about an extra one ) But they are no cheaper than $30." CreationDate="2015-09-15T15:22:55.207" UserId="311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="522" PostId="125" Score="0" Text="@Saeed They're the best I could find based on your requirements. Keep in mind they technically do reach 500m just not quite with a good quality. You'd need to lower your standards a bit to find a good camera." CreationDate="2015-09-15T18:17:46.220" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="531" PostId="261" Score="0" Text="I've created a [meta post](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/115/57) about this question and whether recommendations that depend as much on software as hardware are on topic. Please take a look at the question and feel free to chime in over there if this question receives a poor response." CreationDate="2015-09-15T19:37:52.090" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="533" PostId="265" Score="1" Text="Can you specify the speed you're looking for? _Quicker than current door_ doesn't help much." CreationDate="2015-09-15T23:13:53.313" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="534" PostId="265" Score="0" Text="@Adam Above I say my current door opens in about 12 seconds. I guess somewhere around 10 seconds would be nice." CreationDate="2015-09-15T23:15:30.380" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="536" PostId="265" Score="0" Text="So as far as I know, remote controllers for garage doors don't include the actual motor — they're just to communicate with the motor in a different way." CreationDate="2015-09-15T23:21:19.037" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="537" PostId="265" Score="0" Text="@Adam I will admit that I do not know too much about garage door openers besides what they are supposed to do. If you are right about the motor, I will edit my question to reflect that." CreationDate="2015-09-15T23:29:53.917" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="539" PostId="232" Score="4" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not related to computer hardware or even electronics in any way." CreationDate="2015-09-15T23:47:48.067" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="541" PostId="260" Score="1" Text="Does “e-book reader” entail e-paper for you, or would something with a backlight fit the bill? (A backlight wouldn't count as “easy on the eye” to me, but I know there are people who don't mind.)" CreationDate="2015-09-15T23:55:46.937" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="542" PostId="263" Score="1" Text="What do you mean by “higher level of security”? Is this about being resistant to hardware attacks, in which case you mostly care about the security of the unit that analyzes the fingerprint and takes decisions based on that, as well as the security of the lock or whatever the system controls? Is this about not accepting fake but resembling fingerprints? Is this about telling actual fingerprints on live skin from copies on rubber or other materials?" CreationDate="2015-09-16T00:02:42.857" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="543" PostId="263" Score="0" Text="&quot;Not accepting fake but resembling fingerprints&quot; is the main reason." CreationDate="2015-09-16T00:07:09.123" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="544" PostId="260" Score="1" Text="Does the display have to be in color, or is black-and-white okay?" CreationDate="2015-09-16T00:09:07.000" UserId="150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="545" PostId="232" Score="0" Text="Thinking about it, you are both correct. A shredder is really automatic only in the sense that it detects if paper is present. It's a simple on/off machine. I'll vote to close" CreationDate="2015-09-16T00:26:05.037" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="547" PostId="260" Score="0" Text="@HDE226868 It isn't a big influencer. If asked for a choice, I would prefer the one which is **easy on the pocket**. So, maybe the black-and-white one?" CreationDate="2015-09-16T03:04:33.630" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="551" PostId="274" Score="0" Text="What do you use the computer for? Most video cards with three output ports can &quot;handle&quot; the monitors. But, if you plan on doing intensive things (ie. gaming) you may have different needs than someone who is writing documents and browsing the internet." CreationDate="2015-09-16T12:57:16.023" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="553" PostId="274" Score="1" Text="@Andy Mostly coding and type. But I would like to have the ability to play some games without flickering or any other kind of problem." CreationDate="2015-09-16T13:05:13.500" UserId="323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="554" PostId="274" Score="2" Text="It'd be if you'd like to edit your question and specify what kind of games you'd like to play etc... Many  old graphic cards will support this configuration in terms of programming but not in terms of gaming." CreationDate="2015-09-16T13:26:07.843" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="556" PostId="262" Score="0" Text="I'm just curious: Where do you know this from? Are you a diner-owner yourself, do you work at Clover or did you just look this up?" CreationDate="2015-09-16T13:31:35.950" UserId="75" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="558" PostId="262" Score="2" Text="I have done development work for a local business that uses the system. My experience with Clover itself is very limited. My development wasn't related to the PoS system. I've heard the owner saying very complimentary things about compared to what they had and looked it up for this answer." CreationDate="2015-09-16T13:34:00.653" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="559" PostId="129" Score="0" Text="This site was created for questions seeking specific hardware recommendations given a set of definitive requirements. General computing hardware issues are on topic at [Super User](http://superuser.com)." CreationDate="2015-09-16T13:52:55.127" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="562" PostId="184" Score="1" Text="Aritra, Hardware Recommendations was created for questions seeking a specific hardware recommendation given a set of definitive requirements. General computing and hardware issues are on topic at [Super User](http://superuser.com)." CreationDate="2015-09-16T15:51:43.930" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="564" PostId="178" Score="0" Text="Hardware Recommendations was created for questions seeking a \*specific\* hardware recommendation given a set of *definitive* requirements. If your question involved general computing or hardware issues, it can asked on [Super User](http://superuser.com); nevertheless, it is outside the scope of *this* site." CreationDate="2015-09-16T16:16:10.960" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="565" PostId="154" Score="0" Text="This site was created for questions seeking a specific hardware recommendation given a set of definitive requirements. If your question involved general computing or hardware issues, it can asked on [Super User](http://superuser.com); nevertheless, it is outside the scope of *this* site." CreationDate="2015-09-16T16:25:42.503" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="570" PostId="154" Score="0" Text="@RobertCartaino I don't see how my question doesn't fit that. I am asking for ram recommendations for running virtual machines and android studio." CreationDate="2015-09-16T16:59:48.083" UserId="123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="573" PostId="154" Score="0" Text="@NickWinans You are asking about the effectiveness of RAM upgrades. There's nothing asking for a product recommendation in your post." CreationDate="2015-09-16T17:45:59.573" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="578" PostId="41" Score="0" Text="&quot;Hardware Recommendations&quot; was created for questions seeking a specific hardware products given a set of *definitive* requirements. If your question involved general computing or hardware issues, it can likely be asked on [Super User](http://superuser.com); but nevertheless, it is outside the scope of *this* site." CreationDate="2015-09-16T18:05:06.327" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="585" PostId="264" Score="1" Text="I've owned both a Kindle PW and a Kindle Voyage. If cost isn't a big concern, I can personally recommend splurging for the Voyage for the PagePress sensors with haptic feedback. The lack of physical page turning buttons on the PW was an annoying experience for me." CreationDate="2015-09-16T18:16:01.613" UserId="74" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="586" PostId="68" Score="1" Text="&quot;Hardware Recommendations&quot; was created for questions seeking a specific hardware products given a set of *definitive* requirements. If your question involved general computing or hardware issues, it can likely be asked on [Super User](http://superuser.com); but nevertheless, it is outside the scope of *this* site." CreationDate="2015-09-16T18:19:54.157" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="589" PostId="286" Score="1" Text="I use the Sennheiser HD 203's, which I find aren't too bad. I'd recommend them, but you've specified the 201's don't work for you, which makes me hesitant. Worth a consider, perhaps." CreationDate="2015-09-16T19:58:59.007" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="590" PostId="286" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode: The product spec of HD 203 at sennheiser.com says that it's a closed one while spec of HD 201 seems almost empty. If HD 201 is open HD 203 could be better." CreationDate="2015-09-16T20:15:23.313" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="591" PostId="286" Score="1" Text="I don't see massive differences between the two. The 203 is slightly better quality, but if it's noise reduction you're looking for I doubt there'll be much difference." CreationDate="2015-09-16T20:30:42.593" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="593" PostId="51" Score="0" Text="What type of DVR do you use? Is it possible to run 3rd party software on it, does it have a central platform as an option?" CreationDate="2015-09-16T23:14:52.813" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="594" PostId="274" Score="2" Text="What is your price range, what card are you currently using. What power supply and motherboard are you using. These items can influence what card your system can support. :)" CreationDate="2015-09-16T23:20:38.380" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="595" PostId="51" Score="0" Text="@Gram I didn't said I have a DVR. That was just an example for what layout I'm looking for. I would be surprised if a DVR device would be prepared for this kind of usage. DVR inputs are usually not HDMI/VGA. Even in that case it wouldn't be the intended usage and I would also pay for other functionality that is not related to what I'm loking for." CreationDate="2015-09-16T23:39:54.453" UserId="100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="596" PostId="239" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Actually, I'd make a strong case for choosing form factor first of all. If you're going to get an ATX case, you'll probably wan't an ATX MoBo, as they're cheaper for the same features compared to m-ITX and have more room for headers. ASrock boards generally have thin PCBs, so they're not recommended if you're getting a big tower cooler. I'd recommend choosing Motherboard after the CPU and GPU as well, as they are more important to fit to requirements." CreationDate="2015-09-16T23:42:17.823" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="597" PostId="291" Score="1" Text="What price point are you looking at?" CreationDate="2015-09-17T00:06:08.513" UserId="123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="598" PostId="291" Score="1" Text="@NickWinans I didn't put a price range because I don't know my price range. My sennheiser were $150, so definitely less than them, but I don't have a very specific range." CreationDate="2015-09-17T00:06:47.737" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="602" PostId="292" Score="0" Text="Just curious, have you used the [G430](http://gaming.logitech.com/en-us/product/g430-7-1-surround-sound-gaming-headset)? I'm extremely pleased with mine and was just wondering what the difference was between the two. The 430 doesn't have the keys on the headset, but everything else you list sounds similar to the 430." CreationDate="2015-09-17T03:53:36.717" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="603" PostId="292" Score="0" Text="@Andy The G930's volume and mute are on the headset instead of inline, the ear pads are covered by pleather instead of a mesh (both are equally great though), it's wireless, and the mic mutes when folded up (I'm pretty sure this is only the G930, correct me if I'm wrong). So not a ton of differences. Mainly just for people who prefer wireless." CreationDate="2015-09-17T04:40:08.050" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="604" PostId="292" Score="1" Text="The 430 does not automatically mute when the mic is folded up. That is a feature I never knew I wanted, until now." CreationDate="2015-09-17T04:41:46.743" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="605" PostId="292" Score="0" Text="@Andy It's pretty awesome. I use it all the time along with the mute button. Having all the buttons and volume right there is a big improvement from having to fish around for the controls on the wire." CreationDate="2015-09-17T04:43:19.173" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="612" PostId="73" Score="2" Text="Would be better if you attach a link to the product." CreationDate="2015-09-17T06:46:46.610" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="613" PostId="297" Score="0" Text="Although the 212 EVO is an awesome cooler, there are usually many alternatives at a similar price point: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2467876/alternatives-hyper-212-evo-budget-cooling.html" CreationDate="2015-09-17T10:35:14.373" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="614" PostId="298" Score="0" Text="So, a point of sale machine?" CreationDate="2015-09-17T11:13:26.753" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="615" PostId="298" Score="0" Text="@Zizouz212 Yes.  But, a portable one which can be plugged into a mobile phone port.&#xA;&#xA;Thank you for the term. Edited the question." CreationDate="2015-09-17T11:15:34.690" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="616" PostId="298" Score="1" Text="Alright, I think I know of something that is compatible with both android and iOS for just about $50, but I'm at school right now so I'll see if I can post an answer during my lunch break :)" CreationDate="2015-09-17T13:01:58.460" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="617" PostId="297" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 There are absolutely lots of alternatives available. The 212 EVO is just a better bet than some of the others." CreationDate="2015-09-17T13:36:46.610" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="620" PostId="299" Score="3" Text="As a user from the customer side, this is a good device. It maps your email address to your card, so even if you use a different device, you will still get the receipt emailed to you." CreationDate="2015-09-17T14:45:42.263" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="621" PostId="274" Score="1" Text="@GiwrgosGkogkas What kind of games do you hope to play? If you mean battlefield 4 and Arma 3, I would recommend a very different kind of gpu then if you mean solitaire and minesweeper." CreationDate="2015-09-17T15:14:24.153" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="622" PostId="299" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley And that's an awesome feature for recurring customers. Mine would be so happy!" CreationDate="2015-09-17T15:22:43.857" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="623" PostId="297" Score="0" Text="Warning: Check the height restrictions of your setup first as sometimes the heatsink size causes issues." CreationDate="2015-09-17T15:27:47.277" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="624" PostId="300" Score="0" Text="Are you on your phone a lot during the day? Would making the phone physically bigger be ok with you? What are your goals for the new battery? What is your budget? Would you please edit your question to include the answers to these questions?" CreationDate="2015-09-17T15:31:58.970" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="626" PostId="296" Score="1" Text="It won't work with your budget, and it's not wireless (you'll have to drop some coax on the ground), but you could consider security camera systems. You'll need power at the receiving unit (so, e.g., bring an UPS with you), but that powers the cameras. They're typically analog video cameras, so constant, predictable latency, the same on all the cameras." CreationDate="2015-09-17T16:35:14.590" UserId="26" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="631" PostId="308" Score="2" Text="That's awesome. I didn't realize a mainstream brand like LG made a multiple-input monitor. Nice recommendation!" CreationDate="2015-09-17T19:20:44.137" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="632" PostId="274" Score="0" Text="I am sorry, probably you don't like this type of answers, this is why I suggest it in comment: why don't you buy a common mainboard with an integrated graphic slot and extend it with an also common 2-headed video card?" CreationDate="2015-09-17T20:37:48.067" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="634" PostId="7" Score="0" Text="@user36790, a good question would be &quot;I want to take pictures in dimly-lit nightclubs.  What besides pixel count should I look for in a smartphone camera?&quot; or &quot;I want to take action shots of my soccer-playing son.  What besides pixel count should I look for in a smartphone camera?&quot;." CreationDate="2015-09-17T20:49:53.153" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="637" PostId="301" Score="0" Text="What about the drivers of the embedded hardware? Many of them contains binaryonly firmware. :-(" CreationDate="2015-09-17T22:05:11.270" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="638" PostId="27" Score="0" Text="I think a somehow google-freed Android could be done, but it wouldn't be all-preinstalled. You had to root it, and then kill all of the google things on it. Many of the drivers of the embedded hw would be still binaryonly." CreationDate="2015-09-17T22:07:01.317" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="642" PostId="297" Score="1" Text="@Gram, OP hasn't picked a case yet, but it won't be too small, as apparently OP is opting for a ATX mid tower case." CreationDate="2015-09-17T23:30:13.513" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="644" PostId="271" Score="0" Text="Can you explain point 2 in more depth? I noticed  while trying to research an answer myself that most front end developers use macbooks and many favor the pro model line. I would really like to understand why." CreationDate="2015-09-18T01:55:13.787" UserId="320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="645" PostId="324" Score="0" Text="Are you thinking of a cooling pad like this one? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Belkin-Laptop-Cooling-Pad/9203344" CreationDate="2015-09-18T02:00:12.603" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="647" PostId="50" Score="0" Text="Just as an FYI, &quot;hyper-threading&quot; isn't new in the i7 series. Intel Xeons in 2002 had it as did the consumer grade Pentium 4 Extreme Editions." CreationDate="2015-09-18T04:01:48.957" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="650" PostId="271" Score="0" Text="First of all: Being successful as a front end developer does not depend on the kind of computer you have, especially in the beginning. The most likely reason to hate Windows is a terminal &amp; interation with the OS. You can check this topic also: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/why-mac-not-pc. I would like to recommend installing Ubuntu as a second OS just for test purposes.  For now, you do not have to worry much about it. The power of the command line lies in the fact that many things can be done faster and it forces you to understand the topic." CreationDate="2015-09-18T09:32:08.340" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="651" PostId="271" Score="0" Text="If we are talking about useful tools... Check http://emmet.io/." CreationDate="2015-09-18T09:33:29.693" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="652" PostId="301" Score="0" Text="@peterh: In this question I’d like to keep it 100% free/libre. However, I (or someone else) might create another question with a similar compromise like with the smartphone, where firmware/drivers may be proprietary." CreationDate="2015-09-18T11:50:12.993" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="653" PostId="300" Score="0" Text="I have a Galaxy S3 Mini with a 3rd party battery and works perfect. The battery is 2680 mAh so I can work with the mobile about a day and half without charge it. It is almost the same size of the stock battery." CreationDate="2015-09-18T12:31:14.143" UserId="321" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="654" PostId="329" Score="0" Text="I've got an external amp as well I use with my headphones already, this looks like an interesting idea to just get a simple microphone! I never thought about doing it this way." CreationDate="2015-09-18T13:59:39.153" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="655" PostId="332" Score="1" Text="http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/292/6 ?" CreationDate="2015-09-18T14:18:50.630" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="656" PostId="332" Score="0" Text="@enderland That does mention the same headset, but it does not list all the advantages and disadvantages I consider relevant to mention about this headset." CreationDate="2015-09-18T14:33:29.463" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="657" PostId="271" Score="0" Text="Having read the treehouse forum p osts, I see that some tools either don't work or are simply hampered in functionality due to the windows command prompt. So I could get a windows machine and install Ubuntu on it as a second os and use that as my primary development environment. Would running Ubuntu in a virtual machine work?" CreationDate="2015-09-18T15:36:25.940" UserId="320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="658" PostId="271" Score="0" Text="Sure. Being familiar with the Linux command line is always a plus. If you are curious about the terminology, this question may be helpful: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4126/what-is-the-exact-difference-between-a-terminal-a-shell-a-tty-and-a-con" CreationDate="2015-09-18T15:39:47.483" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="659" PostId="301" Score="0" Text="Afaik your question will be left open very, very long time. The true answer is probably: there is none. Although a tablet with 100% free software could be constructed, and it would be also possible to select only the hw devices for it which have opensource driver. The nearest to your wish would be to get an android hardware, and making it google-free. It is possible, there are many initiative for this and many of them produced already working results. But you can't simply buy it in the next shop, you need to hack it." CreationDate="2015-09-18T17:12:42.240" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="660" PostId="292" Score="0" Text="I have this one as well. The fold-up mute in combination with the programmable keys that are very easy to change is a huge convenience, I was _not_ expecting the sound quality to be so great. I love classical music, and these bring _close_ to the same depth as my much more expensive [brand redacted] pair with a preamp. They're a nice set to have for everyday use when you _aren't_ trying to hear that precise moment when the pick squeaks a tiny bit hitting the guitar strings. Also, range is actually better than advertised." CreationDate="2015-09-18T17:32:27.190" UserId="221" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="661" PostId="325" Score="6" Text="Chromecast would do all this, but it's not a standalone device, as it requires a tablet or phone." CreationDate="2015-09-18T18:21:26.377" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="663" PostId="292" Score="0" Text="I would also recommend the [G35](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104281&amp;ignorebbr=1&amp;cm_re=g35-_-26-104-281-_-Product) (the wired version of these). It has a 10 ft durable cable. The only downside is that the thin cover on the ear pieces is peeling off. It is like 3-4 years old tho." CreationDate="2015-09-18T18:46:23.953" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="664" PostId="300" Score="0" Text="There are a lot of third party batteries on Amazon. I picked one up for my Galaxy s5 that is made by Anker. The battery(7500 mAh) usually lasts me about 2 full days with frequent use. It came with its own case as well. Just be prepared to have a bigger phone." CreationDate="2015-09-18T19:07:00.743" UserId="331" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="666" PostId="46" Score="1" Text="Also I would like to point out that it is also important to find out what video connections the video card and monitor support. (HDMI, DVI, Displayport, VGA, etc...)" CreationDate="2015-09-18T19:34:22.573" UserId="331" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="667" PostId="335" Score="2" Text="It sounds like you want [ATA over Ethernet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATA_over_Ethernet), which means the minimum hardware is a cheap Linux computer. ATAoE isn't popular (corporate IT prefers iSCSI for flexibility and control, while home users prefer the ease of NAS or a fileserver).  I haven't been able to find any dedicated hardware -- the searches I've done have turned up nothing but Cisco Analog Telephone Adapters." CreationDate="2015-09-18T19:49:10.640" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="668" PostId="335" Score="0" Text="@Mark Yes it does sound like ATA over Ethernet is the protocol I am looking for. Your comment &quot;minimum hardware is a cheap Linux computer&quot; sounds like you are telling me what hardware I could use on the host side. But my question is about what hardware I could use on the other end of the connection to connect to the disk. The Wikipedia article mention a LayerWalker product which sounds relevant, but that link is dead." CreationDate="2015-09-18T20:03:29.803" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="669" PostId="329" Score="0" Text="Yep.  I was looking around for a while to get a good quality headset to replace an old Creative set I had, and found some forums (forget if it was Head-Fi) where they mentioned it.  Then, I got some good headphones and voila! awesome &quot;headset&quot;.  You may need a splitter if your audio jack is one of those in/out mic + headphones one (like I have on my laptop), FYI.  They're pretty easy to find online." CreationDate="2015-09-18T20:10:43.000" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="672" PostId="334" Score="0" Text="Comparing the internal workings of the ssd to a raid is a wonderful idea." CreationDate="2015-09-18T21:14:56.103" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="675" PostId="333" Score="1" Text="Although it's a bit bigger and bulkier of the form factor in the M505 that looks like it has all the features I want. I also saw the MX Anywhere 2 mouse which is the form factor of the M505 but unfortunately they made the mouse wheel engage/disengage smooth scrolling instead of working as the middle click button. I really wish Logitech would stop overlooking the importance of middle click." CreationDate="2015-09-18T22:32:45.633" UserId="147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="676" PostId="333" Score="0" Text="@Keavon I haven't tried the MX Anywhere product line, but the Logitech SetPoint software usually allows you to reconfigure most of the additional buttons. Was it not possible to do so for the wheel?" CreationDate="2015-09-18T22:36:45.857" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="677" PostId="11" Score="1" Text="After reflection, and based on [meta](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/4/are-what-should-i-consider-when-buying-questions-allowed) [discussions](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/139/is-a-scope-of-product-recommendations-pre-purchase-inquiries-agreeable), I've voted to reopen. The answer is probably that there's still more marketing hype than technology at this point, and you should come back in a decade or two, but that should be an answer (if it's true), it isn't a reason to close." CreationDate="2015-09-18T22:52:14.057" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="678" PostId="333" Score="1" Text="From what I can tell from some videos, clicking the mouse button down physically engages and disengages the mouse's click-to-click/smooth scrolling toggle so I wouldn't think it could be rebound with software. But I will ask about it on the Logitech forums with my fingers crossed!" CreationDate="2015-09-18T22:54:36.620" UserId="147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="679" PostId="63" Score="5" Text="@Kaveh If you take away the e-paper requirement and require the device to run Android it sounds to me like you are really asking for a tablet and not an e-book." CreationDate="2015-09-18T22:56:30.907" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="680" PostId="333" Score="0" Text="I posted that here, for reference http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Mice-and-Pointing-Devices/Possible-to-use-the-scroll-wheel-for-middle-click-with-the-MX/td-p/1440564" CreationDate="2015-09-18T23:03:01.463" UserId="147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="681" PostId="11" Score="1" Text="@Gilles Seconded. At a glance, the recommendation part seems broad, but then again the technology in question isn't exactly a broad topic itself, so a recommendation without parameters is acceptable." CreationDate="2015-09-18T23:15:40.230" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="682" PostId="340" Score="1" Text="Could you elaborate on the product you're recommending? What are its pros and cons, pricing, etc.?" CreationDate="2015-09-18T23:17:40.040" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="683" PostId="340" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the recommendation, but as I have to replace the current opener anyway, I might as well get an all-in-one solution." CreationDate="2015-09-19T03:04:22.767" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="684" PostId="345" Score="0" Text="Looks great ;)." CreationDate="2015-09-19T13:06:32.167" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="686" PostId="344" Score="0" Text="What color would you like it to be. Also, can it take up more than 1 5.25 inch slot?" CreationDate="2015-09-19T16:35:50.677" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="687" PostId="344" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701 Anything grayscale is good. Not a huge fan of color on a PC. And yes it can take up more than one slot." CreationDate="2015-09-19T16:43:56.197" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="689" PostId="173" Score="0" Text="@JonasCz USB condenser mics will never work as well as ones using an XLR input, but this one is great quality compared to others in the price range." CreationDate="2015-09-19T17:38:36.570" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="690" PostId="349" Score="7" Text="You've got contradictory requirements.  Tape gives you the capacity and life you want, but costs too much.  Optical gives you the price and life, but not the capacity.  And hard drives give you the capacity and cost, but not the life.  (Flash gives neither the price, nor the life, and capacity is hard to find.)" CreationDate="2015-09-19T18:04:25.410" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="691" PostId="347" Score="3" Text="Do you have a weight requirement / preference? From my (admittedly limited) experience wearing Glass it's on the heavy side, and is somewhat uncomfortable to wear for long stretches." CreationDate="2015-09-19T18:32:14.037" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="692" PostId="345" Score="3" Text="I know! It's like *the* fashion statement for USB hubs :P" CreationDate="2015-09-19T19:06:36.823" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="693" PostId="351" Score="0" Text="Thank your for your answer. Mostly I was using Thinkpads but even with the new versions, I was easily able to cheat the reader. Surprisingly, the best experience I had was with Thinkpad T60. Check this article: http://blog.elcomsoft.com/2012/08/upek-fingerprint-readers-a-huge-security-hole/" CreationDate="2015-09-19T19:12:26.020" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="694" PostId="351" Score="0" Text="Sadly : good fingerprint scanner is hard to achieve because the cheap way to do it is using image recognition. internal thermal detection is hard to achieve too due to the fact that it adds heat to the computer ... in a laptop it's unwanted. Any enhancement is achieved by tricks kept secret : It's just matter of time for them being cheated too. For instance : http://www.thefullsignal.com/apple/15853/apples-fingerprint-scanner-can-be-cheated or https://security-today.com/articles/2014/09/24/iphone-6-touch-id-susceptible-to-fake-fingerprint-hack.aspx" CreationDate="2015-09-19T19:21:28.293" UserId="339" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="695" PostId="334" Score="1" Text="Watch out with the SSD lifespan (in how much write it can handle). If your database writes a lot you must plan to replace your SSD before that is limit is passed. If the SSD is damaged due of too much writes the data is still readable in the damaged sector at the last state before the error. Some SSD have a security zone in order to correct this event but don't push too much your luck : if it occurs change it ! (you must monitor it)" CreationDate="2015-09-19T19:31:08.937" UserId="339" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="696" PostId="347" Score="0" Text="@Undo No weight requirement, as I'm new into this and I was disappointed that I haven't got tested Google Glass, so I would be happy that anything would be similar there, as I heard some companies planned to do some competition to it. In case there are too many choices, I could narrow it down." CreationDate="2015-09-19T21:36:49.343" UserId="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="697" PostId="352" Score="0" Text="I am aware that the drive can only be used by one computer at any given time and also mentioned in the question that this limitation is fine for me. I don't need additional security features as I intend to use a dedicated VLAN anyway, but I don't mind having additional security features. As far as I can tell from the documentation, the specific NAS you link to does not provide access to the physical drive over iSCSI. The iSCSI targets are virtual drives (similar to LVM)." CreationDate="2015-09-19T22:15:15.327" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="698" PostId="349" Score="1" Text="At the moment they may be, but comparable solutions have existed in the past and may exist in the future, which is why I asked.  Software Recommendations is filled with questions asking for software that doesn't exist (most of the questions).  Is that off-topic here?" CreationDate="2015-09-19T23:54:55.297" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="699" PostId="334" Score="0" Text="@AntoineRodriguez, You're right about that, but with the SLC SSDs (especially at larger process nodes), that's not much of a worry, as they can stand about 8000 write operations per cell. That's 2 PB written before a 250 GB SSD fails. That said, failures can be unpredictable, so if OP does see some reallocated sectors, he should add another drive to the array." CreationDate="2015-09-19T23:57:00.377" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="700" PostId="353" Score="0" Text="Related - but not an exact duplicate: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/107/97" CreationDate="2015-09-20T08:32:42.450" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="702" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Routing traffic between LAN and WAN at 1Gbit/s in software requires more CPU power than most embedded CPUs can deliver." CreationDate="2015-09-20T10:37:12.447" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="703" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="@kasperd That's not what I'm talking about..." CreationDate="2015-09-20T10:42:31.697" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="704" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode What are you talking about then?" CreationDate="2015-09-20T10:46:49.690" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="705" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="@kasperd The fact that the software used to get a working Internet connection via an ISP is a fairly trivial bit of software." CreationDate="2015-09-20T10:47:31.017" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="706" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode If it is still required to act as a router (which it might be, but that is not entirely clear from the question), then it is indeed correct that the part about configuring the connection to an ISP is just a piece of software which doesn't significantly affect the price." CreationDate="2015-09-20T10:55:14.100" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="707" PostId="353" Score="0" Text="I've read that answer but thanks." CreationDate="2015-09-20T13:21:27.617" UserId="341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="708" PostId="353" Score="0" Text="About the open source firmware: http://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1772/open-source-firmware-e-g-openwrt-supporting-manufacturers If the firmware isn't locked down, you won't really find anything with that." CreationDate="2015-09-20T15:58:09.247" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="709" PostId="354" Score="0" Text="Concerning hardware: I'd guess Quadro M and mobile Xeon would be best?" CreationDate="2015-09-20T17:13:44.527" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="710" PostId="356" Score="3" Text="Thanks for the suggestions! I'll look into it tomorrow. I'm only going to buy one. Why do I need at least three for gaming across multiple monitors?" CreationDate="2015-09-20T17:27:53.283" UserId="312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="712" PostId="355" Score="0" Text="I highly recommend that you get IPS panels. They're so much better than TN for something like graphic design. You'll have s very hard time with the view angle and seeing correct colors with TN." CreationDate="2015-09-20T17:42:12.413" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="717" PostId="355" Score="0" Text="@Adam Can you recommend a specific one?&#xA;&#xA;@ belford I don't like it. And I'll have problems editing 16/9 footage, there will be black bars when I watch 16/9 movie ... It's just not for me" CreationDate="2015-09-20T18:25:14.153" UserId="312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="718" PostId="356" Score="0" Text="@MoritzLost, how would you game with only two monitors? The middle of your game would be on the middle between your monitors which may not be optimal. Three is definitively better for gaming than two." CreationDate="2015-09-20T19:15:36.360" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="719" PostId="356" Score="0" Text="Ah I see. I haven't used more than one monitor before, so I didn't think of it. But I'll only use one monitor for gaming anyway" CreationDate="2015-09-20T19:20:40.083" UserId="312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="720" PostId="354" Score="0" Text="&quot;Even though the analytics is done in the Map Reduce framework (or distributed computing), yet the computations are heavy and time taking and also slows down the laptop in most cases.&quot; -&gt; you run on your computer or some server?" CreationDate="2015-09-20T19:32:02.670" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="721" PostId="360" Score="0" Text="thank you for taking the time to recommend this router. I forgot to mention wireless speeds but according to your link it appears this router can handle up to 1300mbs which is nice!! It costs more than I'd like but I'm sure I can pick up a used one for cheaper." CreationDate="2015-09-20T20:09:47.030" UserId="341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="722" PostId="301" Score="2" Text="@peterh If there is nothing, that is a valid answer :)" CreationDate="2015-09-20T21:20:00.073" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="723" PostId="301" Score="0" Text="@Zizouz212 True, but how can you be _sure_, that there is nothing? This problem came multiple times for, in completely different contexts (see, for example, [this](http://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/37004/does-an-electrically-conductive-gas-exist-at-room-conditions)). The result is often a bikesched, or the close of the question." CreationDate="2015-09-20T22:17:18.833" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="724" PostId="350" Score="0" Text="Solid-state drive suffer from charge leakage.  If you leave a SSD sitting at room temperature for ten years, you're going to get data corruption." CreationDate="2015-09-21T01:33:25.933" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="727" PostId="365" Score="0" Text="Somewhat related: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/362/1" CreationDate="2015-09-21T02:33:12.647" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="728" PostId="350" Score="0" Text="Hi Mark, Are you sure that you're not mixing with magnetic hard drive ? There is no charge involved with SSD storage itself ... A charge is used to change the physical state of the memory like a light switch. So how a charge could leak if turned off unless you keep your hard drive badly and expose it to electrical charges ?" CreationDate="2015-09-21T04:59:37.737" UserId="339" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="730" PostId="350" Score="1" Text="[I'm absolutely certain that SSDs use trapped charges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Principles_of_operation).  I'm also [absolutely certain those charges leak over time](http://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the-truth-about-ssd-data-retention)." CreationDate="2015-09-21T05:12:40.280" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="731" PostId="362" Score="0" Text="Do you need x86 architecture, or will ARM work?" CreationDate="2015-09-21T05:17:16.510" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="732" PostId="350" Score="0" Text="Good thing to know indeed ! Thank you for the links. I'll remove the SSD option because in this matter keeping the SSD on without use is not a possible option and obviously cannot warranty the availability of the device in a 10 years long activity." CreationDate="2015-09-21T06:09:31.630" UserId="339" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="738" PostId="352" Score="0" Text="Look at the specs that are badly redacted .... iSCSI lun at dsm spec :) the device does support iSCSI." CreationDate="2015-09-21T09:23:38.520" UserId="339" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="739" PostId="363" Score="2" Text="There is no problem with the question and is completely on-topic here.&#xA;&#xA;It asks about a computer which can be compatible with the given details. So, there's nothing wrong about it, and the question is not broad." CreationDate="2015-09-21T09:50:35.357" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="740" PostId="362" Score="0" Text="@Mark x86 preferred, but not a requirement." CreationDate="2015-09-21T13:06:06.687" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="741" PostId="358" Score="2" Text="I would add https://system76.com/ to the list when considering Linux.  They have Nvidia high end options, and with the last one I ordered you could have an extra battery or throw in an extra drive for more IO - nice flexibility" CreationDate="2015-09-21T13:57:42.070" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="743" PostId="356" Score="0" Text="@MoritzLost The middle of the game is the main issue. But also at least if you use nVidia you need at least 3 monitors to enable the built-in functionality of the graphics card. There are some workarounds, but they don't really work well." CreationDate="2015-09-21T16:08:23.947" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="745" PostId="378" Score="2" Text="FYI, Fairphone already released the first edition 2013/2014, and the second edition is supposed to be shipped this year. However, as far as I read, they didn’t care about using FLOSS, so both edition come with proprietary software (e.g., the Google apps)." CreationDate="2015-09-21T17:10:42.250" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="746" PostId="378" Score="1" Text="Re. Firefox OS: This is my hope, too. However, the problem is what the vendors/carriers do (just like with Android or Ubuntu Phone devices), as they might install proprietary apps/customizations, as far as I know. I currently own a Firefox OS device for development, and I think it shipped with proprietary apps. -- The devices from [GeeksPhone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeeksPhone) sounded great, but, at least back then, they never managed to release the source code (which they were required to do, but oh well)." CreationDate="2015-09-21T17:16:23.163" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="747" PostId="356" Score="0" Text="@szoszk thanks, that's good to know - my new PC has an Nvidia GPU indeed ..." CreationDate="2015-09-21T17:27:14.810" UserId="312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="750" PostId="375" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I was aware of the Pi, but I was wondering what else could be a good, or better, substitute... :-)" CreationDate="2015-09-21T17:59:37.690" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="756" PostId="385" Score="0" Text="If this is better suited for two different cards, I will split the question up. Please let me know if I need to add more info, as I do not know too much about 3D rendering." CreationDate="2015-09-21T21:46:09.503" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="758" PostId="375" Score="0" Text="Go for the Raspberry Pi B+ it has a very low price in these days." CreationDate="2015-09-21T22:16:28.000" UserId="348" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="765" PostId="386" Score="0" Text="The other issue with workstation cards is that (at least the last time I checked) they were *horrible* for gaming.  Think &quot;a tenth to a hundredth the speed&quot;-horrible for gaming." CreationDate="2015-09-22T08:09:21.770" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="767" PostId="383" Score="3" Text="Just modify it so that after booting it unpacks essentials to a ramdisk and makes the SD card read-only. Otherwise you *will* run into [filesystem corruption problems](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/136269/corruption-proof-sd-card-filesystem-for-embedded-linux) sooner or later if the device is e.g. switched off for the night." CreationDate="2015-09-22T08:37:01.920" UserId="352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="771" PostId="388" Score="0" Text="It would be interesting to know the minimum requirements of the games you are trying to play on it and how well you expect the pc to perform." CreationDate="2015-09-22T09:35:22.707" UserId="355" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="773" PostId="260" Score="0" Text="What e-book formats the device supports and where these e-books can be purchased might be an important factor." CreationDate="2015-09-22T11:05:59.447" UserId="51" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="774" PostId="260" Score="0" Text="@w3d Thank you. Add it to the question. But, as I mostly buy them from Amazon store, the **where** isn't necessary, I guess as it is not location dependent." CreationDate="2015-09-22T11:09:14.720" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="776" PostId="260" Score="0" Text="If you &quot;mostly buy them from Amazon&quot; then **where** would seem to be an important factor. Since if you mostly buy from Amazon then a Kindle would seem to be the obvious choice IMO. (?) TBH, when I've chosen an e-book reader in the past, this was the #1 deciding factor. Although maybe that doesn't fit into the &quot;hardware&quot; side of the recommendation?" CreationDate="2015-09-22T12:21:23.223" UserId="51" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="777" PostId="260" Score="0" Text="@w3d Ohh, I seem to misunderstood your question. Yeah, I understand that Kindle books can't(or can they?) be read on Nook as far as the info. on the Amzon forums are to be trusted.  But, if I manage to get a reader which has the specs which I've mentioned, then I don't have a problem with the stores.   I've looked at Nook and Kindle. Just interested whether there are any more lesser known and nice ebook readers out there." CreationDate="2015-09-22T12:26:35.163" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="782" PostId="388" Score="0" Text="What is the wattage and voltage of your PSU?" CreationDate="2015-09-22T13:36:52.853" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="784" PostId="388" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701: Wattage :875 W 80% plus efficiency&#xA;Voltage : auto-sensing power supply—90 V to 264 V at 50/60 Hz" CreationDate="2015-09-22T13:40:03.787" UserId="352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="785" PostId="388" Score="0" Text="@Armfoot: Let's say Witcher 3 on medium settings to run smoothly. From its page, &quot;Minimum:  Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / Phenom II X4 940; GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7870&quot;, &quot;Recommended:  Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 4 GHz GeForce GTX 770 / Radeon R9 290&quot;. So probably something in the middle gfx-wise." CreationDate="2015-09-22T13:44:59.997" UserId="352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="788" PostId="386" Score="0" Text="@Mark I knew that workstation cards are bad for gaming. I _thought_ that gaming cards are bad for rendering. I guess what I should have asked Adam was if it was worth it to buy a less powerful gaming card and a mid to low level workstation card to fit both needs." CreationDate="2015-09-22T14:27:50.180" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="792" PostId="391" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for AMD, Intel, or does it even matter yet?" CreationDate="2015-09-22T14:43:42.560" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="795" PostId="391" Score="0" Text="Do you want a CPU for a gaming computer?" CreationDate="2015-09-22T14:49:35.817" UserId="348" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="796" PostId="391" Score="0" Text="Relevant is the [site's first question](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/1/8) about benchmarking processors." CreationDate="2015-09-22T15:05:53.203" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="799" PostId="380" Score="1" Text="Question: do you have a controller that supports SATA port-multiplier?" CreationDate="2015-09-22T15:31:36.913" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="801" PostId="388" Score="0" Text="Related, but not a duplicate - http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/385/60" CreationDate="2015-09-22T15:43:26.543" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="802" PostId="380" Score="0" Text="@AdamComerford yes, my current enclosure uses a port-multipler and my system reports it as `ata6.15: Port Multiplier 1.2, 0x197b:0x0325 r0, 5 ports, feat 0x5/0xf`" CreationDate="2015-09-22T16:16:26.467" UserId="82" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="803" PostId="391" Score="0" Text="I haven't any experience with this myself, which makes me wary of putting a recommendation on it, but a [benchmark](https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html) puts the Intel i7-4790K (4GHz) well above the rest." CreationDate="2015-09-22T16:32:51.020" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="804" PostId="386" Score="0" Text="You'll get a ton out of this GTX 980 for both gaming and rendering. I do a lot of 3D stuff myself with my 770 and even that performs great." CreationDate="2015-09-22T16:44:20.297" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="806" PostId="393" Score="4" Text="This answer seems to be throwing many products at OP. Can you narrow it down a bit and compare the products? I also don't expect OP to ditch his Android phone just to track calories." CreationDate="2015-09-22T17:51:30.360" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="807" PostId="392" Score="0" Text="Have you utilized the Probox before? How loud is it?" CreationDate="2015-09-22T18:04:07.243" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="808" PostId="393" Score="2" Text="I believe Greenonline's response is on topic as OP did not specifically ask for a shortlist. It also adds values to other people who have similar questions. For example, it stopped me from asking another question as it was comprehensive." CreationDate="2015-09-22T18:15:01.983" UserId="362" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="809" PostId="393" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley - The comment about the additional purchase of an iPhone was a bit tongue-in-cheek, as the OP said that there was _no issue_ w.r.t. cost. :-)" CreationDate="2015-09-22T18:31:30.810" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="810" PostId="393" Score="0" Text="@SS I never said that it should be deleted. I was only suggesting for Greenonline to clarify his post a bit. I _personally_ would prefer a product or two per answer on _my_ questions, as I can get a quick overview about the product. This lists a handful of products telling the OP to look into these devices without actually saying why they should look into them." CreationDate="2015-09-22T18:47:32.713" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="811" PostId="393" Score="0" Text="@Greenonline Ok. I'm the OP here, and I don't think **no issue wrt cost** meant that I can buy an iphone just for using the device. It is just a term used for signifying a considerable wide price range." CreationDate="2015-09-22T18:56:18.030" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="812" PostId="393" Score="1" Text="@Cfinley yes I get what you were saying. I was only suggesting that the bigger list is/could be useful for the wider community. I agree a few points of pros and cons of each or some of the options would definitely add value." CreationDate="2015-09-22T19:09:07.803" UserId="362" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="813" PostId="393" Score="0" Text="@Dawny33 - I fully understand that, and like I said, that comment was a throw away light-hearted attempt at humour (which obviously failed). W.R.T clarification of my answer, I can certainly do that, as the bare list is, admittedly, somewhat lacking in content - however, in the past when I have provided the beef of the link (in case of link death) I have been accused of plagiarising the link's content, and was told, instead, to give a brief summary/synopsis of the link's (review's) content. That is what I tried to achieve with my answer, although maybe I went overboard on the brevity." CreationDate="2015-09-22T19:26:40.053" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="815" PostId="397" Score="0" Text="That looks like an amazing system. Pretty much everything I want. I'll definitely keep my eye on it." CreationDate="2015-09-22T19:43:04.140" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="816" PostId="397" Score="0" Text="@Adam The only problem with it is when it gets released. I haven't found anything consistent with the date. I will update this answer with more information when I find it." CreationDate="2015-09-22T19:45:46.457" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="817" PostId="348" Score="0" Text="Have you used this fan controller? What kind of problem occurs out of the box and how easy is it to fix?" CreationDate="2015-09-22T19:52:08.960" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="818" PostId="375" Score="1" Text="Will a Pi be able to handle home automation and a MySQL database?" CreationDate="2015-09-22T19:53:04.390" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="819" PostId="348" Score="0" Text="No, I have not used this fan controller. I have read, however, that cableing can be a menace, that the touch screen is responsive, and some units do not work out of the box." CreationDate="2015-09-22T19:56:51.237" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="820" PostId="348" Score="0" Text="Why was my answer immediately down voted after receiving best answer. Feedback on why my answer was bad is way more useful than just down voting it. I haven't used stack exchange for all that long, so I really would appreciate some insight on how I can improve my answers." CreationDate="2015-09-22T19:59:11.670" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="821" PostId="375" Score="3" Text="@Andy, MySQL?  Easily, assuming you're not trying to do something like make a local copy of Wikipedia or host a multi-thousand-user forum.  Home automation?  Depends on what you're trying to do." CreationDate="2015-09-22T20:00:19.407" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="822" PostId="375" Score="0" Text="I'm just clarifying based on the OP's requirements." CreationDate="2015-09-22T20:01:15.070" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="823" PostId="391" Score="0" Text="@MarceloEspinosa: I'm considering it - although not as the primary machine. Specifically, the games wouldn't be very Gfx-heavy, so the GPU wouldn't need to be a monster. Two titles coming to mind: Kerbal Space Program, where massive ships require lots of CPU computation, and Dwarf Fortress, where the gfx is nonexistent (ASCII/tiles) but if you're into heavy waterworks - water channels, lakes etc, your framerate will be killed nevertheless. Both suffer seriously from single-thread nature." CreationDate="2015-09-22T20:49:04.320" UserId="352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="825" PostId="388" Score="0" Text="I'd say the [Nvidia GTX 960](http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-960) fits your price range most (if you can't get a cheap [GTX 970](http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970))." CreationDate="2015-09-22T21:09:42.987" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="829" PostId="402" Score="0" Text="That's 30 pounds total for anyone who's too lazy to do the math ;)" CreationDate="2015-09-23T00:50:08.863" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="830" PostId="402" Score="0" Text="Are you able to clamp the mount to the back of the desk? I.e. does it have a &quot;lip&quot; you can access, or is it snug up against a wall and immovable?" CreationDate="2015-09-23T02:05:18.273" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="831" PostId="402" Score="1" Text="Relevant meta post if people want to discuss the scope of the site: http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/50/1. This question is on an edge that I'm not sure we've fully hashed out yet. Good question, IMO, though :)" CreationDate="2015-09-23T02:05:57.073" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="832" PostId="402" Score="1" Text="@Undo The desk is not against the wall. I do have access to clamp it to the desk from behind. The desk is approxamatly 1 1/8 inch thick." CreationDate="2015-09-23T02:08:24.797" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="834" PostId="402" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about accessories and thus, out of scope here." CreationDate="2015-09-23T03:28:24.923" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="835" PostId="416" Score="1" Text="I would recommend the Corsair K70, but it's out of your price range." CreationDate="2015-09-23T04:31:59.033" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="836" PostId="402" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this isn't about [electronic hardware](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/50/57). I don't think this falls within the scope meta discussions have led toward." CreationDate="2015-09-23T04:37:19.643" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="837" PostId="415" Score="3" Text="Take into account that students have often free Windows because of the participation in the Microsoft DreamSpark. You can even buy second-hand notebook without hdd and invest money for bigger ssd." CreationDate="2015-09-23T10:10:13.700" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="838" PostId="415" Score="0" Text="@belford I thought about that, but it's balanced out by OS X always being free, with free upgrades for the life of the machine (2009 MacBook Pros were still getting upgrades). As for buying a second-hand one, you could do the same with OS X - I'm fairly certain that half of the for-parts ones on eBay just need a new HDD or HDD controller, possibly a new battery." CreationDate="2015-09-23T13:13:06.960" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="839" PostId="268" Score="1" Text="I'd have to disagree with the price point - see [my answer](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/415/1)." CreationDate="2015-09-23T13:17:15.603" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="840" PostId="78" Score="1" Text="Suggestion: you mention the various HDMI versions but not the DisplayPort versions - 1.3 was only approved in 2014 and is required for some of the really high end bandwidth capabilities, basically similar to HDMI 2.0 in 2013.  The way it is worded now implies that DisplayPort is all the same whereas HDMI you have to worry about version, when in reality it is basically the same for both." CreationDate="2015-09-23T13:21:20.447" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="841" PostId="268" Score="0" Text="Damn, that's a nice analysis.  I've considered the showroom price in my answer.  Nevertheless, a job well done on the answer @Undo" CreationDate="2015-09-23T13:23:28.587" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="842" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="What is a pocket device?  Can this (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/YP-G70CWY/XAA) be called a pocket device?" CreationDate="2015-09-23T14:23:35.860" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="843" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="@Dawny33. Thanks for getting back to me with feedback. Sorry, but I thought &quot;pocket device&quot; was self-explanatory; I mean a device that is small enough to fit in one's (shirt or pants) pocket. It's difficult to say just from a description and specs, but the device you linked to does appear to fit my definition." CreationDate="2015-09-23T14:34:38.283" UserId="367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="844" PostId="402" Score="2" Text="I'd argue for this question to be included in our scope, I've posted my reasoning [here](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/172/74)." CreationDate="2015-09-23T14:52:06.907" UserId="74" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="845" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="Are you basically looking for an Android iPod touch? What about getting a very cheap android phone, but not activating it? Something like the [Moto E](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/53/60)." CreationDate="2015-09-23T14:53:16.003" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="846" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="Yes, an Android device similar to the iPod is what I'm looking for. The idea of getting a smartphone and not activating/removing the SIM card has been suggested, but I have been hoping to find something without the unwanted functionality.  Also, the Samsung I had before was thinner than the equivalent phone version." CreationDate="2015-09-23T14:59:51.410" UserId="367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="847" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="I know of a lot of very small android devices , without phone capabilities, sometimes also called &quot;mini pc´s ) and usually chinese made , In fact I have one at home . see example of one for TV ( with HDMI ) [here](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008BFXOZE/ref=as_at?tag=mak041-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;) - But there are hundreds of varients - and I have uses a few in some projects ." CreationDate="2015-09-23T15:08:33.827" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="848" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="@ObmerkKronen: Thanks for responding. That looks to be a device dedicated to a special purpose. Also, it's too big to fit in a pocket.  I'm looking for something more general purpose, on which I can take keep a calendar, make notes, load apps, etc." CreationDate="2015-09-23T15:19:00.227" UserId="367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="849" PostId="73" Score="2" Text="Why is this the best option?" CreationDate="2015-09-23T15:22:46.313" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="851" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="First of all the MR802 is extremely small . It is just slightly bigger than a standard BIC lighter . Granted, it has no screen. There are literally hundreds of devices that fit your question - problem is , most of them would not be available in the US...  ( and I suggest you change the title of the question. you are looking for a tablet type android device. not a general purpose one )" CreationDate="2015-09-23T15:36:00.043" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="852" PostId="348" Score="0" Text="I provided the downvote. I mentioned your answer [here](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/163/57), but the TL;DR is that the quality here could be improved greatly. A [meta post](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/59/what-is-required-for-an-answer-to-be-high-quality) was created with suggestions on how to provide a high quality answer. If you could address some of the concerns I mentioned in my post and take a look at the other one, I'd be more than happy to reverse the down vote." CreationDate="2015-09-23T15:42:03.880" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="853" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="@ObmerkKronen: Sorry, I mis-read the specs you linked to, thinking the MK802 to be 8.8 inches long, not 8.8 cm. If you didn't notice, I did change the title in response to your earlier comment, since you linked to a dedicated purpose device. I state in the body of the question that I want to replace a mini-tablet, so I think most people will understand what I mean. Also, by some definitions I've seen, a tablet has a minimum screen size of 6 or 7 inches, which would be too big for my purposes." CreationDate="2015-09-23T15:53:18.883" UserId="367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="854" PostId="421" Score="0" Text="I'm having a hard time following your question here. Are you asking for a specific touchscreen to use outside? Recommendations on what type of technology?" CreationDate="2015-09-23T16:12:41.233" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="855" PostId="421" Score="0" Text="@enderland No.. not a specific touch screen `model` or `manufacturer`. I am asking   about `type` or `technology`.. see my original question again. there are many available technologies, all with pros and cons , and all with different types of implementations. I am searching a use specific technology to be adapted to a specific case use scenario . in my case - outdoors use ." CreationDate="2015-09-23T16:16:59.277" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="857" PostId="417" Score="2" Text="I do not own a PlayStation 4, but I am pretty sure they only accept 2.5 inch drives. Also beware of Seagate 3TB drives as they have a [high failure rate](http://techreport.com/news/27697/latest-backblaze-reliability-data-shows-carnage-for-3tb-seagate-drives)." CreationDate="2015-09-23T16:48:22.530" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="858" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="@PTBNL I cannot find anything that meets your requirements. It appears that there isn't a strong enough market for android powered mp3 players. I read an article awhile ago that had a rumor that even apple was going to stop updating its iPod touch line due to low sales." CreationDate="2015-09-23T16:55:46.823" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="859" PostId="417" Score="0" Text="You are correct - I should have checked - the principle is the same, but I will re-do with 2.5&quot; in mind shortly" CreationDate="2015-09-23T16:57:23.200" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="860" PostId="422" Score="0" Text="Can you rotate the middle monitor without taking the monitor off first? I would like to try a landscape, portrait, landscape orientation first (-|-), but I'm not sure if I would like that. Its not a huge deal if it isn't, I just want to know before getting it. It didn't seem that way from the video." CreationDate="2015-09-23T17:13:02.333" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="861" PostId="422" Score="1" Text="The middle one is the one I don't have to confirm in person.  I can tell you that on the longer arms you can indeed rotate to portrait without a problem (also makes cabling them up easier). In the video the joint used looks the same and it seems to be rotatable.  You will need to move the longer arms out of the way to rotate the middle one but then you can just move them back - you will also have to mount it high enough to allow for rotation into portrait - my preferred viewing height was sufficient to do this without modification." CreationDate="2015-09-23T17:20:42.763" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="862" PostId="423" Score="0" Text="Is there anything else that you would like in a laptop? How big of a screen? Full keyboard or is one without the numpad ok? What OS? How big of a hard drive? The more you give us, the better our recommendations." CreationDate="2015-09-23T17:38:28.677" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="863" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: Thanks for replying. Not finding anything has been my experience, thus I'm asking about it here. It seems weird to me that there's no market for this type of device. I know I'm not the only one who wants something like this." CreationDate="2015-09-23T17:40:49.743" UserId="367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="864" PostId="423" Score="0" Text="Edited to put more informations." CreationDate="2015-09-23T18:00:33.037" UserId="372" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="865" PostId="423" Score="3" Text="Do you have a budget for this laptop? I could easily find one that fits your needs for over $1200 USD." CreationDate="2015-09-23T18:15:21.903" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="866" PostId="420" Score="1" Text="Based on [the canonical Linux wireless driver list](https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers), the only cards that meet your requirements are those based on the [Atheros QCA988x chip family](https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k) and those supported by the [Broadcom bcmfmac driver](https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/brcm80211#brcmfmac).  There are some Intel devices that support both AP mode and AC wireless, but I think they're laptop-only." CreationDate="2015-09-23T20:02:42.530" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="867" PostId="416" Score="1" Text="If you cannot find a keyboard that has programmable keys, there is always the third party application [Auto Hot Key](http://ahkscript.org/) to help fill in the gap." CreationDate="2015-09-23T20:04:56.760" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="868" PostId="425" Score="0" Text="I don't only want it to be region-free, I _also_ want it to allow me to skip unskippable titles." CreationDate="2015-09-23T20:56:43.377" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="869" PostId="425" Score="1" Text="Can you elaborate on a *specific* one, and explain *why* it helps?" CreationDate="2015-09-23T20:57:02.503" UserId="150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="870" PostId="425" Score="0" Text="My apologies, I skipped right over that requirement. The Phillips dvd player i linked to does upscaling as well as playing region free, but it does not allow you to skip the unskippable ads." CreationDate="2015-09-23T21:00:29.150" UserId="374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="871" PostId="424" Score="0" Text="it sounds like you need a HTPC with a DVD drive that you can just run VLC on, or does it have to be a dedicated player?" CreationDate="2015-09-23T21:03:37.800" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="872" PostId="424" Score="0" Text="@Adam, I would prefer a dedicated player, as I currently don't need a HTPC, plus it's much cheaper." CreationDate="2015-09-23T21:05:19.310" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="873" PostId="425" Score="0" Text="I'm unable to find any dvd player that allows you to skip the items in question. It does appear that you can skip them with the use of [certain button combinations on the remote](http://lifehacker.com/5518076/hit-stop---stop---play-and-other-tricks-to-skip-dvd-trailers-and-warnings)." CreationDate="2015-09-23T21:05:24.533" UserId="374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="874" PostId="402" Score="0" Text="Such accessories are inextricably linked with electronics. Imho it is on topic." CreationDate="2015-09-23T22:09:43.697" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="875" PostId="423" Score="0" Text="I don't have a budget limit." CreationDate="2015-09-23T22:25:05.633" UserId="372" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="884" PostId="427" Score="0" Text="Here is the [Newegg](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3BG16H8959&amp;cm_re=VIVO_Triple_LCD_Monitor_Desk_Mount_Stand_%28STAND-V003%29-_-9SIA3BG16H8959-_-Product) link in case anyone wants to look at more reviews" CreationDate="2015-09-23T23:58:54.007" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="887" PostId="205" Score="0" Text="Does the tablet have to support both &gt;= Android 5.0 *and* &gt;= Cyanogenmod 12.1? Also, would you be willing to go for a little bit large display size, such as 10.5&quot;?" CreationDate="2015-09-24T01:01:27.480" UserId="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="888" PostId="267" Score="2" Text="I ended up purchasing a Macbook Pro 15 retina (mid 2015) laptop. Several factors played into this choice. The main two factors are: 1) The people who will be mentoring me alongside the class all use Macbook Pros so following their instructions will be easier. 2) It turns out that I get a big discount from apple through my place of employment." CreationDate="2015-09-24T01:17:55.267" UserId="320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="889" PostId="205" Score="0" Text="A larger display size is fine. As for supported version, either is fine. It does not have to support both." CreationDate="2015-09-24T01:24:31.777" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="891" PostId="429" Score="1" Text="One note about the G105: The media keys are not dedicated keys. They are on the F keys and require you to press the `Fn` key to utilize. Other than that, this is a good keyboard." CreationDate="2015-09-24T13:20:07.207" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="892" PostId="429" Score="0" Text="Yes, that's right. Luckily, Logitech G710+ is cheaper than $100 and has these buttons placed separately (volume control, mute and media playback)." CreationDate="2015-09-24T13:26:50.060" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="893" PostId="432" Score="0" Text="How flexible are you on that $100?" CreationDate="2015-09-24T14:26:03.150" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="894" PostId="432" Score="0" Text="Also, what kind of brakes do you have on your bicycle?" CreationDate="2015-09-24T14:30:50.570" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="895" PostId="432" Score="0" Text="@Andy: Can be double if really necessary, but I hope not." CreationDate="2015-09-24T15:25:14.557" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="896" PostId="432" Score="0" Text="@Andy: My brakes are exactly like this: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/images/vbrake-overallsm.jpg" CreationDate="2015-09-24T15:26:19.923" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="897" PostId="68" Score="2" Text="@Jordan, Check my answer: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/323/54 There is some useful info about DVI." CreationDate="2015-09-24T16:16:15.110" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="898" PostId="288" Score="0" Text="How are you going to attach it to your helmet? Would using Velcro be ok? What helmet do you have?" CreationDate="2015-09-24T16:43:16.483" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="900" PostId="430" Score="0" Text="Should this have cellular capability (i.e. how does it connect to the internet)?  This sounds like you want a XyFi but not entirely sure based on your initial use case description" CreationDate="2015-09-24T18:04:03.113" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="901" PostId="416" Score="0" Text="The only problem may be with changeable colors. G710+ mentioned in my answer seems to be fine for you ;). http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009C98NPY" CreationDate="2015-09-24T18:26:19.677" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="902" PostId="416" Score="0" Text="There was a question a while back about keyboards in which I recommended a CODE keyboard. Can't remember any of the specs offhand, but I know mine has a numpad and backlit keys, and definitely works with Win X" CreationDate="2015-09-24T18:37:11.867" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="903" PostId="430" Score="0" Text="@AdamComerford XYFI sounds great, please post as an answer then. It basically can offer net via USB, SIM or as extender, doesn't matter, as long it offer something (I'm more curious towards the nano size, but the USB stick size is great). For example I was thinking more about possibility of broadcasting SSID as the way of advertisement around some places, but if it offers connection to the net, that's even cooler." CreationDate="2015-09-24T18:37:42.740" UserId="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="904" PostId="288" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: Velcro is ok for me. It's something like this one: http://www.bellhelmets.com/en_eu/cycling/helmets/recreational/xlp" CreationDate="2015-09-24T20:23:24.870" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="905" PostId="431" Score="9" Text="In my experience, &quot;pocket size&quot; and &quot;programmer&quot; are mutually-exclusive requirements." CreationDate="2015-09-24T20:25:30.663" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="906" PostId="446" Score="2" Text="Civilian non-surveyor GPS units typically have an accuracy under ideal conditions of 10 feet and report position once per second.  Your arm swing is getting lost in the sampling noise -- it might be biasing the noise slightly, but I can't imagine a way to compensate for it." CreationDate="2015-09-24T23:23:55.263" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="907" PostId="447" Score="0" Text="I think the correct adapter would be a &quot;Micro B female to A male&quot;, and with the adapter (of whatever sort), the ND100 would be sticking out far enough that I'm worried it would break off or catch on something and get unplugged." CreationDate="2015-09-25T03:06:54.780" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="908" PostId="447" Score="0" Text="Ah, yes; My mistake, that's the adapter I meant. I updated the link (Unless I got it wrong again, that'd be awkward..) I get what you mean by it might be too long, but from what I saw, this is the closest there was that was a thumb-drive form factor. Hopefully someone else can provide a better option that suits your needs.." CreationDate="2015-09-25T03:15:11.717" UserId="116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="909" PostId="431" Score="0" Text="See my [answer](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/165/60) for a good customizable keyboard. It is on the heavy side, but I love mine. Keep in mind that this might be bigger than you were looking for, hence this is only a comment." CreationDate="2015-09-25T03:22:25.403" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="910" PostId="174" Score="0" Text="I am tey to try this Rasperri-pi as thin client. The documentation here describes how to setup Rasperri-Pi as thin clients of a Ubuntu 14.04 LTSP. http://www.uzerp.com/blog/running-raspberry-pis-as-thin-clients-with-ubuntu-14-04-lts/" CreationDate="2015-09-25T08:03:22.510" UserId="174" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="911" PostId="293" Score="0" Text="Solution: get a foam wrist-rest." CreationDate="2015-09-25T08:08:44.730" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="912" PostId="450" Score="0" Text="Think about Lenovo mentioned in my answer: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/426/54" CreationDate="2015-09-25T15:08:38.227" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="913" PostId="452" Score="0" Text="I do want to note that with such a high resolution on such a small screen that everything on the screen will be much smaller than you expect. Notice the title bars in [this picture](http://i.dell.com/sites/imagecontent/products/PublishingImages/xps-15-9530/notebook-xps-15-uhd-mag-feature-2.jpg) from dell." CreationDate="2015-09-25T15:12:31.147" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="914" PostId="452" Score="0" Text="That's essentially quad HD which &quot;shrinks&quot; any UI that isn't made to scale up when needed. It'll shrink things like command prompt and Notepad++. The picture you linked is Photoshop which has an up-scaling option for quad HD." CreationDate="2015-09-25T15:49:20.410" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="915" PostId="449" Score="0" Text="I've figured out why this one never showed up in my searches. [Amazon lists it as running Windows](http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Venue-Pro-7000-Refurbished/dp/B00RNF9TXY) and I can't find a 10&quot; one that runs Android there." CreationDate="2015-09-25T18:08:57.877" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="916" PostId="450" Score="1" Text="I think you will struggle to get the same build quality, and it will be hard to assess unless you try the alternative yourself.  Why not just install Bootcamp and use it as a Windows machine?" CreationDate="2015-09-25T18:42:59.910" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="926" PostId="450" Score="1" Text="For what it's worth, I have *never* seen a Windows machine with a trackpad that's anywhere close to a MacBook trackpad. I've made a point of trying out all the high-end machines at Walmart, Best Buy, Staples, etc. Some of them have comparable build quality, but never anything close to a comparable trackpad." CreationDate="2015-09-25T23:45:12.857" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="930" PostId="454" Score="1" Text="The BlinkStick Strip looks great for my purposes, I'll have to order one." CreationDate="2015-09-26T04:39:24.817" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="937" PostId="457" Score="0" Text="A bit too small (32 instead of 64 GB): But [this](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A9VABEU/ref=twister_B006K8WBG2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1) may be worth a look." CreationDate="2015-09-26T19:00:35.310" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="938" PostId="457" Score="0" Text="Thanks @SEJPM but the pinpad is not a good solution for what I'm trying to do. And also there is no way to interact with the pindpad apis..." CreationDate="2015-09-26T19:04:11.517" UserId="396" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="939" PostId="457" Score="0" Text="What if the pendrive would have 2 partitions: 1) a small, unencrypted Linux (for boot and encryption setup) and a 2) the real OS running in virtualization (on the encrypted partition)? Sorry for the software solution, this is why I didn't wrote in an answer." CreationDate="2015-09-26T19:27:43.293" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="942" PostId="180" Score="0" Text="Ironically, that's exactly the firewall I already have." CreationDate="2015-09-26T20:40:02.353" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="947" PostId="458" Score="3" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is more of a poll, in that answers are really going to be a &quot;yes&quot; or a &quot;no&quot;. This question is very opinion based and subjective, which is not reflective of the sites quality standards." CreationDate="2015-09-27T15:04:35.073" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="949" PostId="458" Score="1" Text="Related Meat Post: http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/199/how-to-deal-with-yes-or-no-questions" CreationDate="2015-09-27T15:15:02.057" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="951" PostId="349" Score="0" Text="[This podcast](http://techdistortion.com/podcasts/pragmatic/episode-7-a-category-called-general) describes the advantages and drawbacks of current storage and backup media. I recommend you give it a listen" CreationDate="2015-09-27T19:15:48.110" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="952" PostId="458" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to leave this question open. Although I agree the content of the meta post, I disagree to apply rules retroactively. On other SE sites there is a tag named &quot;historical&quot; for such content, and this should be done here as well." CreationDate="2015-09-27T19:45:39.227" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="953" PostId="458" Score="5" Text="@peterh this site is still in closed beta. A &quot;historical&quot; perspective on a question which during the closed beta doesn't fit does not make sense at all." CreationDate="2015-09-27T19:46:27.757" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="955" PostId="458" Score="0" Text="The question has been changed. I would not narrow the choice." CreationDate="2015-09-27T20:29:15.550" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="957" PostId="458" Score="0" Text="@enderland Well, you have right. :-) But finally the op changed the question to a more acceptable form." CreationDate="2015-09-28T02:04:40.390" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="971" PostId="274" Score="2" Text="There is not enough information to give a meaningful answer. Are you building a new PC? If not, you need to tell us what your motherboard supports. Are you only going to run a recent version of Windows, or does OS support matter? Are noise and heat a concern? How much are you prepared to pay?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T00:12:24.517" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="972" PostId="468" Score="0" Text="Do you have any preference on screen size? I'm assuming you won't want it to be small because it will be used for some gaming and video stuff, but do you have a specific size in mind?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T00:33:09.843" UserId="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="973" PostId="468" Score="0" Text="@michaelpri Good point. Let me go ask him." CreationDate="2015-09-29T00:33:49.810" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="976" PostId="468" Score="0" Text="Also, what is his OS preference? I would guess Windows because Macs cost more than twice as much as you are willing to pay, but a specific version of Windows would be helpful to know." CreationDate="2015-09-29T00:37:05.413" UserId="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="977" PostId="468" Score="0" Text="@michaelpri Darn questions... I'm going to assume Windows because that's what he likes (although I'm more a Mac person). But wouldn't new computers come with the latest OS? Oh well... Any more questions before I go to him and get into a laptop argument? :)" CreationDate="2015-09-29T00:40:38.593" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="978" PostId="468" Score="0" Text="Hehe, I don't think I have anymore :P" CreationDate="2015-09-29T00:41:32.157" UserId="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="983" PostId="468" Score="11" Text="$300 USD is a really tight squeeze for a video editing and gaming laptop." CreationDate="2015-09-29T02:19:07.443" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="994" PostId="470" Score="0" Text="Do controllers in SSDs vary so much? How it relates to the durability?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T08:43:19.553" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="995" PostId="383" Score="0" Text="Using a ramdisk might be a good idea, but will reduce the amount of ram available to your application, esp. if you are using one of the older Raspberry Pi models. If you shut it down properly instead of pulling the power, you'll be fine. The Pi is also great because you can simply swap out the SD card if it goes bad / gets corrupted (make sure you have a spare one preloaded with your software). cc @SF." CreationDate="2015-09-29T09:41:22.960" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="996" PostId="326" Score="0" Text="I don't know if proximity is really a major issue. In my experience any laptop with a tendency to get hot, I can simply place on my kitchen table (which has a very high heat capacity) and it will will run a lot colder than it used to." CreationDate="2015-09-29T14:00:59.037" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="997" PostId="473" Score="0" Text="If you don't want a fan, you're looking at liquid cooling, which is an expensive option." CreationDate="2015-09-29T15:54:46.903" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="998" PostId="473" Score="2" Text="Your first requirement makes your question a little confusing to me. Are you wanting a low-latency monitor as well? Or are you actually looking for a laptop solution here?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T16:12:05.323" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="999" PostId="473" Score="1" Text="Can we clarify: are you looking for a monitor, a PC and separate monitor, a laptop, or something else?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T16:12:10.787" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1000" PostId="358" Score="0" Text="Thank you for a wonderful answer. Upgrading my laptop seems like a better option.&#xA;&#xA;And can my Macbook Pro (15' retina) be upgraded for with the specs you've mentioned?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T16:25:57.947" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1001" PostId="473" Score="0" Text="So, I can recommend something that meets the other requirements, but not sure about the 50ms delay since I use the device for something that is not latency sensitive in the slightest.  Even if I used my webcam to try to estimate it, the latency could be down to a cheap webcam on my end, right?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T16:27:55.293" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1002" PostId="477" Score="1" Text="I guess you should include product names and images into the question, links tend to broke over time." CreationDate="2015-09-29T19:13:11.967" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1003" PostId="478" Score="0" Text="Josef, it would be nice to be more specific. What requirements do you have?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T20:21:04.343" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1004" PostId="477" Score="0" Text="Maybe it just split it into right and left channel? Could you check it?" CreationDate="2015-09-29T20:27:27.617" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1005" PostId="478" Score="0" Text="I am interested in the capabilities so that I might be able to innovate from there. I edited the question a little. Copying files from the card, without requiring authentication from a human being each time, would be the minimum requirement." CreationDate="2015-09-29T20:47:32.243" UserId="416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1006" PostId="358" Score="0" Text="@Dawny33 I believe RAM is soldered but SSD should be easy to change." CreationDate="2015-09-29T21:00:25.017" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1009" PostId="473" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode I am actually looking at only the PC, the monitor does not have to be extremely low latency. By fanless, I mean a small, passively cooled computer which is under 10W TDP." CreationDate="2015-09-29T22:46:58.053" UserId="409" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1010" PostId="468" Score="0" Text="@Adam Maybe, but I wouldn't take that too literally. Think of it as really minor video editing (small videos), and then you've got really low-end gaming, nothing too graphics intensive." CreationDate="2015-09-29T23:28:41.653" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1011" PostId="475" Score="0" Text="I think a good majority of the laptops in this range will end up being around 15.6&quot;. I'm having a hard time finding anything smaller." CreationDate="2015-09-29T23:37:18.543" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1012" PostId="479" Score="0" Text="Should this use a 3.5mm jack, or is there something else standard for these devices?" CreationDate="2015-09-30T01:59:38.733" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1014" PostId="479" Score="0" Text="@Undo I believe jack is the standard. Otherwise I'm fine getting some adapters." CreationDate="2015-09-30T02:45:51.270" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1016" PostId="482" Score="0" Text="Ah, the final (?) piece of the puzzle has arrived. The PSU will largely depend on the other components you're getting. Any speculation on those yet?" CreationDate="2015-09-30T04:10:54.247" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1017" PostId="482" Score="0" Text="@Adam More than the ones I have listed at the end of my question? I will give this a few days and then ask about the case, which I believe is the last question" CreationDate="2015-09-30T04:12:01.177" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1018" PostId="482" Score="0" Text="What type of hard drives? HDD/SSD? If HDD, what spin speed?" CreationDate="2015-09-30T04:21:45.393" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1019" PostId="482" Score="0" Text="@Andy I will probably get him one or two 3.5&quot; 7200 RPM 2TB HDD for backups and maybe a small SSD for the OS." CreationDate="2015-09-30T04:23:52.867" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1020" PostId="482" Score="0" Text="Based on the components you have and 16GB of RAM, you'll need a PSU with a minimum of 600W." CreationDate="2015-09-30T04:24:44.417" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1023" PostId="488" Score="0" Text="Hi Mish, your question isn't concerning a hardware recommendation as it is right now. However, you could reword it to ask for solutions to your problem so that your question won't get closed." CreationDate="2015-09-30T07:45:35.923" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1024" PostId="488" Score="0" Text="@Adam ok, I tried to add a recommendation question, I hope it's ok now" CreationDate="2015-09-30T07:50:20.217" UserId="420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1033" PostId="490" Score="0" Text="I think I have read that it is possible to use both VGA and HDMI but what I am tryign to solve is a difference in display quality. I don't understand this are of computers so I don't know if I can use something to make VGA act like HDMI, so it looks the same on monitors. I know that there are docking stations but they are very expensive and I need it only to solve this." CreationDate="2015-09-30T18:47:38.393" UserId="420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1034" PostId="491" Score="0" Text="I know that there are docking stations but they are very expensive and I need it only to solve VGA looking like HDMI on display screen. My question is on converters or something just to do that." CreationDate="2015-09-30T18:49:03.130" UserId="420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1035" PostId="490" Score="0" Text="VGA can support 1920x1080. You can do some calibration to make the image sharpest: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/clock_phase.php" CreationDate="2015-09-30T18:55:42.407" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1036" PostId="488" Score="0" Text="You got it wrong. You need VGA to HDMI converter. Your computer has VGA output then your converter should have VGA input. Check this topic: http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-1716596/vga-computer-hdmi-monitor.html" CreationDate="2015-09-30T19:21:50.473" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1037" PostId="488" Score="0" Text="But the most important part is that this monitor has VGA input. Just use VGA to VGA cable (check my answer)." CreationDate="2015-09-30T19:22:11.493" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1038" PostId="493" Score="1" Text="A *lot* of wireless mice use a USB transceiver. Straight BT mice do exist, but are expensive IIRC. Have you got any requirements about pricing?" CreationDate="2015-09-30T21:25:10.550" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1039" PostId="493" Score="0" Text="Well, the Magic Mouse is straight-up right-up bluetooth, no USB thingie attached... And the Logitech one that I have, I still don't understand why it needs the USB thingie to connect to my computers since Bluetooth is standard on Macs... And to answer your question, I don't have a price range in mind. Below 200$ would be good lol" CreationDate="2015-09-30T21:48:56.967" UserId="429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1042" PostId="488" Score="0" Text="@belford my notebook has one VGA and one HDMI and I want two monitors with the same representation and I am afraid that a monitor with VGA would look much worse so I want to get rid of the difference by making VGA change to HDMI" CreationDate="2015-10-01T13:53:26.493" UserId="420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1043" PostId="488" Score="0" Text="@belford and the link in my question leads to VGA to HDMI converter, it literally says &quot;Can convert VGA singal on desktop PC, laptops, DVD to HD digital signal&quot; so I don't know what I got wrong" CreationDate="2015-10-01T13:58:05.350" UserId="420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1044" PostId="488" Score="0" Text="I just wanted to note that HDMI to VGA and VGA to HDMI are not the same. The second part is that converter wouldn't make the quality better. I'd recommend to buy a good VGA cable. Check this topic http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2485278/switching-vga-hdmi-converter-graphics-card-improve-quality.html" CreationDate="2015-10-01T14:26:46.423" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1045" PostId="488" Score="0" Text="VGA supports 1080p as it is and if you have an opportunity to connect VGA-VGA, you won't notice any difference." CreationDate="2015-10-01T14:49:55.817" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1046" PostId="326" Score="0" Text="@kasperd Interesting.  Has this been a good solution for keeping a laptop without an internal fan working for extended periods of time?  For instance, in cases when  the computer automatically shuts down due to overheat, has moving it to the kitchen table solved it?" CreationDate="2015-10-01T16:03:36.403" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1047" PostId="496" Score="0" Text="What are the prices for the devices? You have this question tagged with [ssd], but you dont mention anything about the storage device. If you could update your question with this information, I could tell you what I would buy in that situation." CreationDate="2015-10-01T17:55:09.983" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1048" PostId="496" Score="0" Text="Is this the [ASUS](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232199) and the [MSI](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152915)? The MSI link says it's refrebished, but I am just interested in the spec sheet." CreationDate="2015-10-01T18:18:16.240" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1049" PostId="496" Score="0" Text="Sorry, links must have auto generated, but here's the links from where I would actually buy from. These have the specs.http://www.frys.com/product/8320007?source=google&amp;gclid=CO2YwOPxocgCFYI9aQod6QcDCg" CreationDate="2015-10-01T18:25:42.233" UserId="433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1050" PostId="496" Score="0" Text="Oops. Hit the wrong button. Here's the ASUS link. http://www.frys.com/product/8311217?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG I'm not worried about price. I'm more interested in what specs are better." CreationDate="2015-10-01T18:28:31.913" UserId="433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1051" PostId="431" Score="0" Text="I have two Microsoft Natural 4000s, both at home and at work. Solves the problem." CreationDate="2015-10-01T19:17:24.583" UserId="311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1052" PostId="431" Score="0" Text="I don't like those Ergonomic Keyboards, they're just slowing my typing and they're way too big." CreationDate="2015-10-01T19:22:50.407" UserId="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1053" PostId="495" Score="0" Text="Any price limits?" CreationDate="2015-10-01T20:24:01.940" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1058" PostId="495" Score="0" Text="Ideally less than $2,000 US." CreationDate="2015-10-02T02:31:59.257" UserId="432" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1059" PostId="288" Score="0" Text="Would charging your action cam over USB work?" CreationDate="2015-10-02T02:36:21.787" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1060" PostId="500" Score="1" Text="Could you clarify exactly what you're looking for? Add some specific requirements for what kind of heatsink you need." CreationDate="2015-10-02T03:37:30.383" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1061" PostId="500" Score="0" Text="Well, the *kind* of heatsink I need is part of what I'm trying to find out. I don't know if they come in standard kinds. Looking at cards similar to mine from PNY and EVGA at least, it looks like there's a variety of them, so I'm guessing replacing it with similar will not be feasible unless I just buy a whole card. And, judging by eBay, there are cards out there (for fairly low cost) whose heat sinks don't start as far back as the one I'm trying to replace, so I may just get a new card." CreationDate="2015-10-02T04:34:38.410" UserId="440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1063" PostId="501" Score="0" Text="The price point you want might be an issue. Headphone amps are low-volume products... so they tend to have high prices (relative to the components inside). I've always made my own for that very reason." CreationDate="2015-10-02T05:21:55.277" UserId="441" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1065" PostId="490" Score="0" Text="OK, thank you, I'll try to relax. I'll see if there will be any problems after I'll buy the monitors in a few weeks. I will definitely try to calibrate it according to the link." CreationDate="2015-10-02T06:32:41.383" UserId="420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1066" PostId="288" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: Yes, it works." CreationDate="2015-10-02T06:40:46.697" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1068" PostId="502" Score="2" Text="Hi Respawned Fluff. Although you haven't personally used this product, it's still best to list the pros and cons and provide some extra info on it in your own words. This makes reading answers easier and faster." CreationDate="2015-10-02T06:55:20.407" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1071" PostId="503" Score="5" Text="There's no difference between &quot;1.3V&quot; and &quot;1.3Vdc&quot;: they both refer to RAM that works off of 1.3-volt electricity." CreationDate="2015-10-02T07:16:19.757" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1076" PostId="472" Score="0" Text="What does your on-motherboard chip provide? Actually, its model number would be enough. What you request above is satisfied by  a mobo with an ALC889, if I recall correctly. (That's $2 chip or so.)" CreationDate="2015-10-02T09:03:45.917" UserId="441" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1077" PostId="453" Score="1" Text="Given the complexity of your requirements, you should probably look in a network &quot;KVM&quot; (KVM-over-IP). I honestly read them twice, but I still don't quite grok them." CreationDate="2015-10-02T09:18:50.490" UserId="441" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1078" PostId="326" Score="0" Text="@JuanCarlosCoto At a one point a visitor had brought a laptop which repeatedly froze after running for only a brief period. Placing that laptop on the kitchen table did make it possible to keep it running for hours. I haven't tested the approach with a fanless laptop. But with one of the laptops I tested with it does sound like the fan isn't running as long as it stays on that kitchen table. Not that it is the most convenient solution, but it does give some hints about what might work." CreationDate="2015-10-02T11:15:04.617" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1079" PostId="501" Score="1" Text="Are you only interested in using a standard headphone jack output? There are other options which may work, too, but you seem to be set on using a standard headphone jack output. It seems you are defining your solution criteria rather than the _problem_ driving the criteria - you will get better answers if you explain the problem you want your hardware to solve." CreationDate="2015-10-02T13:17:04.177" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1080" PostId="326" Score="0" Text="@kasperd Hmm, that's pretty cool (no pun intended... really!)  It's definitely a good tip for situations where a better way to solve it isn't immediately available.  Is there something particularly special about the table's surface?" CreationDate="2015-10-02T13:17:37.610" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1081" PostId="472" Score="0" Text="@Respawned I want a dedicated sound card regardless of what onboard chipset I have." CreationDate="2015-10-02T13:20:53.540" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1082" PostId="472" Score="0" Text="Ok, just be aware that when I bought my last HTPC motherboard (for $50) it came with said chip... which is meeting your specs. It even gets a bit of praise in that direction at http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/high-end-pc-audio,3733-6.html" CreationDate="2015-10-02T13:22:48.837" UserId="441" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1092" PostId="501" Score="0" Text="@enderland: Really? I thought that was pretty clear--I have two *existing* sets of headphones that I need to use and they both have standard 3.5mm jacks.  As I stated at the end, if you have some other solution with some other input/output and can include adapters within the price and still remain reasonably portable that would certainly solve the problem (though not having 4 separate items to lose would be ideal)." CreationDate="2015-10-02T13:57:40.360" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1093" PostId="501" Score="0" Text="@James I use [this](http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-L-Shaped-Line-Cable-iPhone/dp/B005N6ZAT2/) to bypass my iPod amp, and connect to an external amp, which would probably help with your problem or solve it entirely (but doesn't fit the criteria you are listing)." CreationDate="2015-10-02T14:00:12.847" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1095" PostId="506" Score="1" Text="Just to make sure I'm understanding, you want to connect a bluetooth speaker to your PC, correct?" CreationDate="2015-10-02T14:18:07.293" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1098" PostId="501" Score="0" Text="@enderland: I have an iPad 4, so that doesn't fit (lightning vs. 30-pin), and it looks like that just gives line-out instead of headphone out, so I'd still need an amp, just one that took line-in instead of headphone-in." CreationDate="2015-10-02T14:31:12.857" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1099" PostId="501" Score="0" Text="@James my point is that there are other devices options. Obviously the one I use with my 5 year old iPod won't work with your iPad." CreationDate="2015-10-02T14:31:48.563" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1101" PostId="506" Score="2" Text="Do check whether you have integrated Bluetooth first, though. It can sometimes be hard to find, but it would be really annoying to buy a separate Bluetooth dongle only to discover you didn't need it." CreationDate="2015-10-02T15:51:11.453" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1103" PostId="507" Score="0" Text="Hi.   Yes I am trying to make a bluetooth speaker connect to my computer.  The speaker has bluetooth capability but it only connects to my smartphone (Motorola or samsung or any other smartphone) but not my Personal Desktop Computer.     I am already using a bluetooth Dongle like the one shown above.  While it sometimes does detect the speaker it provides no functionality to the speaker." CreationDate="2015-10-02T16:28:41.487" UserId="448" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1105" PostId="507" Score="1" Text="@Svetsi, if that is your question, this is off topic for Hardware Recommendations. We don't provide technical support for hardware issues. I have it on decent authority that this type of support would be on topic on [Super User](http://superuser.com). However, you need to clarify your question. I didn't take your original question as a technical support question." CreationDate="2015-10-02T16:36:37.100" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1106" PostId="507" Score="0" Text="@Svetsi In order for this question to be a high quality question on SU, you must state what you have tried to fix the issue yourself. This could be Google searches, tweaking settings, etc. You also have to word is as a problem, not as a recommendation. Let me know if you have any questions about asking on SU." CreationDate="2015-10-02T16:44:46.220" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1107" PostId="326" Score="0" Text="@JuanCarlosCoto The surface is granite (3cm of it to be exact)." CreationDate="2015-10-02T17:21:18.650" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1111" PostId="508" Score="0" Text="Any specifications on the country and carrier? I am looking at the specs of Kyocera Brigadier, but it seems to only be available through Verizon in the US" CreationDate="2015-10-02T21:50:13.517" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1112" PostId="507" Score="0" Text="Clearly I have googled this to death.  I am asking if there is something available, maybe  a special dongle which mimics the Bluetooth on a mobile phone but used on a PC.   This is a very good question because if it is solvable many people will take something from it's answer. I am not looking for technical support at all.  That is something you have derived from my question.  As mentioned, there must be a device which enables a connection for devices (normally meant for a phone) which can be connect that device to a PC.  Does such a device exist as thousands of searches leaves me with nothing" CreationDate="2015-10-03T00:47:40.263" UserId="448" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1113" PostId="507" Score="0" Text="To add to this, Andy has tried to help by providing a Bluetooth Dongle.  As I have stated, I have tried this.  I'm thinking that this matter will require no ordinary dongle.  My Dongle supports Bluetooth 2.0.  Should be enough." CreationDate="2015-10-03T00:51:35.873" UserId="448" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1115" PostId="512" Score="0" Text="How should it connect to computers? Should it be able to record, or just stream to a computer?" CreationDate="2015-10-03T14:36:27.320" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1116" PostId="512" Score="0" Text="It should also be able to record." CreationDate="2015-10-03T14:39:33.290" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1117" PostId="510" Score="0" Text="For that dpi in a 21-23&quot; panel you are looking for 4k resolution. What is your budget?" CreationDate="2015-10-03T17:18:07.917" UserId="82" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1119" PostId="510" Score="0" Text="Hi John, could you specify some more requirements? What video inputs, panel type, contrast ratio, etc. are you looking for?" CreationDate="2015-10-03T17:30:22.590" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1120" PostId="506" Score="0" Text="Do the speakers have an audio-in plug? Looks similar to a headphones one" CreationDate="2015-10-03T18:15:22.517" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1123" PostId="503" Score="0" Text="@Adam How so? The question is asking whether a particular piece of hardware fits some requirements. That's what this site is for." CreationDate="2015-10-03T20:46:57.603" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1124" PostId="503" Score="1" Text="@Mark Please post this as an answer." CreationDate="2015-10-03T20:47:18.257" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1128" PostId="503" Score="0" Text="Note: Despite the fact that it is quite common to use VDC, SI doesn't allow  symbols to be modified. Instead of &quot;1.3VDC&quot; it should be &quot;DC 1.3V&quot;." CreationDate="2015-10-03T22:02:38.703" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1130" PostId="424" Score="0" Text="AFAIK the &quot;DVD consortium&quot; would never approve a DVD player that lets you skip the ads, so your only option in this respect is a non-official player and I don't think a company could sell such a player without being sued.  VLC is slightly different since it relies on the dvdcss library (which is not considered part of VLC itself, IIUC, yet is the part over which they would risk being sued)." CreationDate="2015-10-04T03:22:41.050" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1138" PostId="524" Score="0" Text="the G3258 seems pretty great. Dual core is helpful for shuffling all but The One Thread to the other core - more cores are not helpful really, and the price is great. The savings can easily be spent on better cooling." CreationDate="2015-10-04T11:56:23.347" UserId="352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1141" PostId="525" Score="0" Text="I need to be able to calibrate my spectral imager to the monitor. A computer program reads the camera output then determines what to display next and does that repeatedly until the calibration sequence is complete. I suppose I could sit there and program the next image, but that gets tedious after hundreds of measurements." CreationDate="2015-10-04T16:58:14.907" UserId="432" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1142" PostId="424" Score="0" Text="@Stefan, Even So, I wouldn't be surprised to see some company in China making them and selling on eBay. Firmware hacks are also very possible too." CreationDate="2015-10-04T17:10:35.770" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1146" PostId="512" Score="0" Text="How far is the speaker from the recording device?" CreationDate="2015-10-04T18:48:09.940" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1147" PostId="525" Score="0" Text="@ArizonaWildcats So the app on the watch would obtain the next image from the computer. This is not a hard problem." CreationDate="2015-10-04T19:06:38.260" UserId="465" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1149" PostId="486" Score="2" Text="It's going to be almost impossible to find a keyboard with a touch UI that lives up to Razer's." CreationDate="2015-10-04T21:12:18.240" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1152" PostId="524" Score="1" Text="@SF. Software tips: If you didn't already know, you can do that by setting processes priority to Realtime. Be careful though, as if it's a dual core, continuous, process, this can lead to unresponsiveness. that can be fixed by using High instead, or setting affinity to one core only. Some times one core can give a marginally better overclock than the others. Never use the BIOS autotune for a 24/7 OC, they tend to push the voltage too high, reducing chip lifetime." CreationDate="2015-10-05T01:57:02.213" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1153" PostId="512" Score="0" Text="@Andy About 10m (TEDx sized stage)" CreationDate="2015-10-05T03:52:09.137" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1155" PostId="509" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately the two PCIe slots I mentioned are the only ones. It looks like I might be building a new system at some point in the future, but until then, there appear to be other cards with more clearance. I'll see if I can get one refurbished or used. (My 430 was refurbished and sold at a low price, so I don't feel too bad about messing it up.)" CreationDate="2015-10-05T07:59:39.130" UserId="440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1156" PostId="521" Score="0" Text="Is AA/AAA batteries really more important than internal battery?" CreationDate="2015-10-05T16:21:19.443" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1157" PostId="521" Score="0" Text="@enderland: It's nice to have as internal batteries tend to die after a few years, usually hard to replace them or buy replacement ones but you can buy AA batteries in every shop." CreationDate="2015-10-05T18:04:43.757" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1159" PostId="481" Score="0" Text="To clarify, are you looking for ≥30 fps (i.e., 30fps is OK) or do you actually mean &gt; 30 fps (i.e., 31 fps is OK, but 30 is not.)" CreationDate="2015-10-05T19:50:36.503" UserId="26" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1160" PostId="481" Score="0" Text="@derobert Greater than 30 fps. However, it is implied that _greater than_ essentially means _much greater than_, so something like 60 or 45 fps is ideal and 31 is not." CreationDate="2015-10-05T19:56:38.807" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1166" PostId="468" Score="0" Text="I think it should be said that if it has a VGA port, No." CreationDate="2015-10-05T23:35:37.693" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1168" PostId="544" Score="0" Text="Have you considered attaching solor panels to your devices?" CreationDate="2015-10-06T00:13:46.217" UserId="144" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1172" PostId="544" Score="2" Text="@TheWob-buffet, 30000 mAh corresponds to a rather large solar panel." CreationDate="2015-10-06T00:46:20.717" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1174" PostId="544" Score="1" Text="@mark i mean get one good them good enough per device so they dont run out of battery during the day, assuming he doesnt live in a cave." CreationDate="2015-10-06T00:47:59.953" UserId="144" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1175" PostId="553" Score="0" Text="Hi enigmatic, while this is a fantastic question, what you're looking for is still a little vague. Could you list out some more specs you'd like in the laptop you're looking for?" CreationDate="2015-10-06T04:10:47.767" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1177" PostId="553" Score="0" Text="Just to echo Adam's point. If you can bullet point some specific requirements, that really can help us answer your question." CreationDate="2015-10-06T07:47:42.857" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1179" PostId="522" Score="0" Text="I have done considerable searching and so far 6&quot; seems to be the limit manufacturers like. The only 13&quot; screen I have found is a Mobius screen. These are all 6 inch: https://www.energysistem.com/en/products/ebook_reader/e-ink_series/42492-energy_ereader_pro_+ , http://www.banggood.com/Boyue-T62-8G-Dual-Core-6-Inch-WIFI-Android-Ebook-Reader-p-942029.html , http://onyx-boox.ru/boox_c67ml_darwin" CreationDate="2015-10-06T13:40:51.223" UserId="198" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1180" PostId="522" Score="0" Text="This list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers#Electronic-paper_displays only has one 13 inch which is the Sony Mobius one" CreationDate="2015-10-06T13:43:04.397" UserId="198" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1181" PostId="522" Score="0" Text="Kobos have up to 8.6&quot;: https://uk.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura-h2o" CreationDate="2015-10-06T13:49:05.700" UserId="198" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1182" PostId="552" Score="0" Text="Fair warning: Stack Exchange rewrites Amazon affiliate links to its own - you won't be getting any clickthrough credit for that :) Good answer, though." CreationDate="2015-10-06T15:16:15.457" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1183" PostId="528" Score="0" Text="wow.. that is quit a list of requirements, I am not sure that you can have all in one printer . maybe you could order the requirements by preference of importance ? btw - why do you need 2+ printing nozzles ? there are accessories to feed up to 7 different filaments in one nozzle ..also, the 240v power should not be a real requirement, you can always use a transformer - but since the last requirement is an Aussie supplier - I guess that is a given ." CreationDate="2015-10-06T16:16:30.733" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1184" PostId="553" Score="2" Text="Why do you need a 10-year laptop? What is causing you to want this (vs for example a lower priced laptop you could easily replace in 5 years)?" CreationDate="2015-10-06T16:25:05.373" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1185" PostId="554" Score="0" Text="Very interesting. How does one buy a laptop off-lease?" CreationDate="2015-10-06T17:31:21.967" UserId="478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1186" PostId="553" Score="0" Text="@Adam, added the spec list you wanted. You were right about that." CreationDate="2015-10-06T17:37:29.303" UserId="478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1187" PostId="553" Score="0" Text="@enderland, added more rationale as to why I want a laptop that will last for so long. A fair question to ask." CreationDate="2015-10-06T17:37:56.317" UserId="478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1190" PostId="554" Score="0" Text="You can find them even on ebay. Just read the description - many companies use this kind of mobile workstation and that's why there's a lot of refurbished ones etc... I bought many Thinkpads this way - every one was second-hand and I replaced an HDD only. You can buy it even without a hard disk and then buy an SSD and install your favourite OS. 	&#xA;If you don't care about a graphics card, then you can choose T520 which is cheaper: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-Thinkpad-T520-Notebook.51596.0.html" CreationDate="2015-10-06T17:51:16.890" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1193" PostId="555" Score="0" Text="I think the Lenovo P50 would be a really good fit for you. And if you can accept 17&quot; the P70 would be even better, although I think both don't have VGA any longer... However it looks like neither is available (yet)." CreationDate="2015-10-06T21:20:27.713" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1194" PostId="555" Score="0" Text="As for the specs they both should pass &quot;mil-tests&quot; which may imply they are pretty robust, the P70 has an optical drive bay (the p50 doesn't), they are both highly certified for all kinds of software, they run Quadro M5000M GPUs along with Intel Xeon E3v5 Ms have 3/4 drive bays, HDMI 1.4 and Thunderbolt 3 (1x / 2x). And the usual &quot;fun&quot; stuff like smartcard readers, fingerprint sensors etc." CreationDate="2015-10-06T21:28:01.133" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1196" PostId="558" Score="0" Text="You'll need to look at individual cameras instead of &quot;camera systems&quot; to find something that will fit here. This would mean you're looking for two different things now: security cameras and a server." CreationDate="2015-10-06T22:10:27.540" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1198" PostId="528" Score="0" Text="@ObmerkKronen, As I stated, I don't expect that all of the requirements can be fulfilled.  The most important ones are at the top.  I need two nozzles so that I can print with one plastic, and add soluble support material with the other.  A multiple feed single nozzle is only of use for CMYKW-type colour printing (which I don't need), and were such to be used with e.g. PC and PVA, there would be temperature issues, and even with similar temperature materials such as ABS and PVA, the need to purge the nozzle before each change of material would exist, wasting a lot of filament." CreationDate="2015-10-06T23:10:37.450" UserId="376" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1199" PostId="553" Score="0" Text="Any recommendation of a laptop which is known to be durable enough to last for 10 years would necessarily mean a laptop which has been for sale 10 or more years ago. It is unlikely any such laptop is still on sale today. Even if the manufacturer still produce a laptop with the same specs there is no guarantee it is made of the same components. Additionally any recommendations about durability would suffer from survivorship bias." CreationDate="2015-10-07T00:13:12.013" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1200" PostId="560" Score="3" Text="Hi John, on Hardware Recommendations answers are required to include detailed commentary on why a product is being recommended. Please see [this post](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/60/155) for more information." CreationDate="2015-10-07T01:00:38.813" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1201" PostId="560" Score="0" Text="@Adam Are you like serial downvoting every post I've made here? And yes, I fixed it." CreationDate="2015-10-07T01:04:07.087" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1202" PostId="560" Score="0" Text="Not at all. That downvote didn't come from me. I just came here to let you know of the guidelines I linked to." CreationDate="2015-10-07T01:06:31.170" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1203" PostId="560" Score="0" Text="@Adam OK, sorry. Thx for letting me know." CreationDate="2015-10-07T01:07:28.803" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1204" PostId="560" Score="0" Text="@JohnLee - thanks for the reference ( +1 )  . This computer does look powerful, but it really lacks in portability . Any computer  that have a numpad ( or full-keyboard ) would qualify as too large . Thanks again though for the eurocom reference , which honestly I did not know before ..I also did not see any dual GPU laptop before. Do you know any others ?" CreationDate="2015-10-07T03:22:27.273" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1205" PostId="563" Score="0" Text="Hi cj, welcome to Hardware Recommendations. This is a great question, but it sounds like you're wanting DIY help. Could you try to reword your question to ask for a recommendation of hardware?" CreationDate="2015-10-07T03:28:38.253" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1207" PostId="563" Score="0" Text="I am also not sure that this is the right place for this , but the answer is YES. the power and data pins on USB are [totally seperated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#/media/File:USB.svg) and in fact, I have done it many times before. Just double check the wires and do not trust the colors if you do not see thee weldings." CreationDate="2015-10-07T03:44:22.633" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1208" PostId="565" Score="2" Text="Hi unor, fantastic question. Is there a weight preference involved at all?" CreationDate="2015-10-07T05:45:07.420" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1209" PostId="103" Score="0" Text="Xtion is discontinued after Primesense was acquired by Apple. MS Kinect v2 is probably the most accurate 3D sensor in the market, with a price tag of $150 + $50 for a PC adapter." CreationDate="2015-10-07T09:46:23.177" UserId="177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1213" PostId="562" Score="0" Text="The only downside of this case, IMO, is that the door blocks airflow. This isn't a big deal for most setups, but if the machine will be used heavily for gaming, kept in a relatively closed environment (ie with already limited airflow) or overclocked heavily, it may be worth considering the largely similarbut open-fronted Fractal Arc Midi r2. You sacrifice a little of the quietness, but that's about the only tradeoff" CreationDate="2015-10-07T11:24:57.507" UserId="498" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1214" PostId="570" Score="1" Text="While it's not exactly a sensor, you can use two webcams and use angle differences to calculate depth." CreationDate="2015-10-07T11:48:13.550" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1216" PostId="568" Score="0" Text="I think you may have confused what the OP is asking for. Your recommendation is for a product that measures distance to a target. The OP wants to transmit data between two points. Also, the idea of pointing two handheld laser devices at one another for communication is a little impractical." CreationDate="2015-10-07T12:33:56.313" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1218" PostId="568" Score="0" Text="They send and receive laser pulses; from the detail of the question i'd assume OP is familiar with modifying hardware." CreationDate="2015-10-07T13:02:56.327" UserId="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1221" PostId="565" Score="0" Text="@Adam: If the device itself (instead of just the keyboard) would be used on the lap (in the current situation, an overbed table can’t be used), I think the device weight should be low enough that you can use it comfortably for several hours. Unfortunately I have no idea to which max weight this would typically correspond." CreationDate="2015-10-07T14:46:31.263" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1222" PostId="569" Score="0" Text="thanks , that is a great reference. In fact I was looking into the Z series because of my former HP - which really worked faster than same-period desktops, and in fact , it is still faster than current day consumer laptops on some tasks ( it is a desktop CPU after all )" CreationDate="2015-10-07T15:08:23.257" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1223" PostId="528" Score="1" Text="I was referring to external accessories like [this one](http://www.mosaicmanufacturing.com/) for example - but others exists . It can even print conductive materials embedded to create simple pcb mockups. anyhow, Maybe the [Raide N-series](http://3dprint.com/98140/raise3d-n-series-3d-printers/) could answer some if not most requierments" CreationDate="2015-10-07T15:28:45.067" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1224" PostId="563" Score="0" Text="Same question [over on SuperUser](http://superuser.com/questions/649803/is-there-a-usb-wire-that-splits-into-two-a-plugs-for-separating-data-and-power)." CreationDate="2015-10-07T17:50:33.760" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1226" PostId="190" Score="1" Text="What range and bandwidth are you aiming for?" CreationDate="2015-10-07T19:55:23.897" UserId="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1227" PostId="574" Score="0" Text="Are you a fan of auto-opening and closing or manual?" CreationDate="2015-10-07T20:01:52.350" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1228" PostId="574" Score="0" Text="@Adam Doesn't really matter. As long as it works :)" CreationDate="2015-10-07T20:02:18.063" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1229" PostId="575" Score="3" Text="You'll need more information than just the CPU socket type. Could you list out the product names of all the other parts that still work?" CreationDate="2015-10-07T20:03:55.793" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1230" PostId="453" Score="0" Text="Have you considered connecting one KVM to each monitor such that you can switch them independently?" CreationDate="2015-10-07T22:52:40.493" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1231" PostId="453" Score="0" Text="Sounds like a duplicate of: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/366/kvm-with-dual-output-for-extended-desktop" CreationDate="2015-10-07T22:56:25.397" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1232" PostId="528" Score="0" Text="@ObmerkKronen, the Raise 3D printers appear to be almost exactly what I'm looking for.  It's a pity that they're pre-kickstarter, and don't have prices yet, let alone a purchaseable product.  Still, as I'm likely a while away from making a purchase, this is a potential option, pending a successful launch of course.  You might want to make this into an answer." CreationDate="2015-10-07T23:25:13.820" UserId="376" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1233" PostId="578" Score="1" Text="Could you specify some more requirements to narrow the process down? For example, what PCIe lane size do you need (x1, x8, x16)? What external connections are you using?" CreationDate="2015-10-08T00:28:45.300" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1234" PostId="578" Score="0" Text="@Adam At this stage, I have not selected the server hardware, so I can use whatever makes for the best value." CreationDate="2015-10-08T00:40:41.477" UserId="502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1235" PostId="579" Score="1" Text="Do you have a price range?" CreationDate="2015-10-08T00:42:56.617" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1237" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="Is this laptop only for programming? You mention a gaming oriented GPU. Will this be used for gaming at all, or strictly business?" CreationDate="2015-10-08T00:44:26.823" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1238" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="@Adam I've added a budget of $2000" CreationDate="2015-10-08T00:45:04.193" UserId="502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1239" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I have no expectations for gaming performance, but if a GPU is part of the configuration I'd prefer it be gaming oriented." CreationDate="2015-10-08T00:48:24.703" UserId="502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1240" PostId="578" Score="0" Text="@Adam Most likely, yes. But it will need to be somewhat future proof. Support and the strength of the API are also very important." CreationDate="2015-10-08T00:51:18.207" UserId="502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1243" PostId="574" Score="0" Text="Any drive that follows the USB mass storage standard (ie. most of them) should work." CreationDate="2015-10-08T05:03:50.253" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1245" PostId="570" Score="0" Text="Well I can but it would be insanely stupid because the development cost is huge and the result would be worse than existing products." CreationDate="2015-10-08T07:36:13.577" UserId="177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1247" PostId="570" Score="1" Text="It's not bad, actually. That technique is cheap in terms of hardware, and the development once you work out the maths is trivial, really. It gets used regularly in student projects here. That said, a sensor is certainly more convenient." CreationDate="2015-10-08T09:29:37.660" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1248" PostId="453" Score="0" Text="@kasperd No.  That question has several different requirements." CreationDate="2015-10-08T11:02:58.557" UserId="389" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1249" PostId="334" Score="1" Text="I bought a Kingston SSDNow hard drive to replace my old platter drive years ago as my first ever SSD, and it was dramatically faster.  I don't know what you're talking about with its being slower than a HDD.  Virtually any solid state drive will blow most HDDs out of the water in terms of random read/write performance." CreationDate="2015-10-08T11:06:39.627" UserId="389" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1250" PostId="334" Score="0" Text="@Jez, it depends if you got the ones with synchronous NAND, which they switched out later. The difference is mainly in sequential write though." CreationDate="2015-10-08T12:08:49.413" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1257" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="A surface pro 4 would work. It has a fingerprint reader and comes out in December" CreationDate="2015-10-08T16:01:58.830" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1258" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="Same with a surface book" CreationDate="2015-10-08T16:02:30.850" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1259" PostId="190" Score="1" Text="@CeesTimmerman Some km. Fewer than 5." CreationDate="2015-10-08T16:08:04.213" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1260" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="@Coder, about the trackpad... Do you want to avoid &quot;clickable&quot; pad?" CreationDate="2015-10-08T17:07:13.483" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1262" PostId="458" Score="0" Text="The Intel 730 series SSDs are great, but more expensive than samsung ones. Buy one if you are willing to splurge, as they are the best on the market" CreationDate="2015-10-08T21:26:57.587" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1263" PostId="521" Score="0" Text="Why do you want a microUSB cable when you will use replaceable batteries?" CreationDate="2015-10-08T21:31:21.897" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1264" PostId="521" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701: For uploading mp3 files/podcasts :)" CreationDate="2015-10-08T21:32:08.290" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1265" PostId="521" Score="0" Text="That makes sense. I was thinking of something more like an SD card transfer. But why do you want to charge replaceable batteries?" CreationDate="2015-10-08T21:33:11.067" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1268" PostId="521" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701: I've updated the question, nice to have features are rather contradictory together." CreationDate="2015-10-09T06:02:15.233" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1269" PostId="27" Score="0" Text="In the meanwhile, it's a good practice to only install new apps if they are FLOSS. Google Play is horrible to search in and has no licensing information, probably in order to diseducate users; but https://f-droid.org/ is very easy to use and you don't have to worry what you're installing." CreationDate="2015-10-09T06:06:29.563" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1271" PostId="588" Score="0" Text="The screens of both the Razer Blade 14 and Dell XPS 13 are far too small for long periods of programming." CreationDate="2015-10-09T07:48:15.457" UserId="502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1272" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701It's still too early to say, but I don't see the Surface Book sporting a quad core processor." CreationDate="2015-10-09T07:49:26.483" UserId="502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1273" PostId="570" Score="0" Text="Even if your labor cost is zero, why not get a $100 RealSense F200 which is the same price as webcams and you save the effort of doing your own stereo engine." CreationDate="2015-10-09T10:54:22.867" UserId="177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1274" PostId="588" Score="0" Text="@Coder I program on an 11inch screen.... But it's your opinion I suppose." CreationDate="2015-10-09T11:26:13.520" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1275" PostId="588" Score="0" Text="@Coder I added a 3rd one to my answer." CreationDate="2015-10-09T11:32:50.460" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1277" PostId="301" Score="0" Text="Might be possible to build your own, as some people have done with the Raspberry Pi. AFAIK, The Pi can be run on 100% FOSS. Building your own is probably not really what you want though.." CreationDate="2015-10-09T12:01:21.520" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1280" PostId="595" Score="7" Text="[Definitely not a related XKCD comic](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/network.png)" CreationDate="2015-10-09T15:21:16.677" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1281" PostId="596" Score="0" Text="Correct me if I'm wrong: you want a Bluetooth headset (so will connect wirelessly to multiple devices) that *also* has a 3.5 mil phone jack?" CreationDate="2015-10-09T15:47:12.233" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1282" PostId="596" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode My current setup (which I'll probably post as an answer sometime) has a 'base' thing that is used for charging, with a USB port on the back. The headset connects to the base, the base connects to the computer." CreationDate="2015-10-09T15:48:09.073" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1283" PostId="596" Score="0" Text="Right-o. So are you looking for something like that, or a setup where the phones themselves have the wire and the wireless?" CreationDate="2015-10-09T15:51:43.037" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1284" PostId="596" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode I'd be fine with either, but the base setup has served me well. Haven't used any other style, so I'm open to anything." CreationDate="2015-10-09T15:52:26.443" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1288" PostId="597" Score="1" Text="What do you mean by cold start?" CreationDate="2015-10-09T16:46:32.093" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1290" PostId="596" Score="0" Text="I'd be inclined to recommend the same headset I did for the question you linked to. Not sure though." CreationDate="2015-10-09T18:12:00.287" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1291" PostId="598" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget for this?" CreationDate="2015-10-09T19:43:12.680" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1292" PostId="598" Score="0" Text="It's primarily a work device, so my budget is...generous, heh. I'll entertain any suggestion, regardless of price." CreationDate="2015-10-09T19:45:08.433" UserId="525" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1303" PostId="127" Score="2" Text="You should try and list the name of your product in your answer, rather than just give a &quot;link&quot; to them." CreationDate="2015-10-10T02:44:05.580" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1306" PostId="556" Score="0" Text="Instead of linking to reviews, try to quote them in your answer to support your argument for why this product is better." CreationDate="2015-10-10T02:47:39.453" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1309" PostId="214" Score="3" Text="Hi jazz! This answer could be improved if you could list some of the features that your product holds. Otherwise, I like the Soundsticks as well :)" CreationDate="2015-10-10T02:51:26.650" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1312" PostId="593" Score="0" Text="The lack of a quad core upgrade to the HP EliteBook 850 is a real shame--it tops out at the Intel Core i7-5600U. As for battery life, it's not an important factor as I almost always have the option to have it plugged in." CreationDate="2015-10-10T06:04:09.083" UserId="502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1313" PostId="588" Score="0" Text="Now that the XPS 15 is available with 6th generation Intel quad core processors and InfinityEdge, it's a decent option on paper. If you are a frequent user of the webcam, it's position under the screen may be more then a bit quirky. It's very similar to the ThinkPad T540p, but doesn't appear to have nearly the same quality keyboard." CreationDate="2015-10-10T06:17:13.737" UserId="502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1314" PostId="556" Score="0" Text="It is a simple product and the review is posted as a video. I will edit my answer to add part of another review." CreationDate="2015-10-10T07:44:50.333" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1315" PostId="603" Score="0" Text="If you're looking for a recommendation based on a warranty, you'll still need to include other requirements for the SSD you want. If you aren't looking for a recommendation, this question doesn't fit on this site." CreationDate="2015-10-10T08:52:07.273" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1316" PostId="603" Score="0" Text="@Adam, what sort of requirements? I'm asking for a producer recommendation; I think all producers are the same when it comes to other requirements so it wouldn't help much to say I want a SATA 2.5&quot; 250 GB or whatever." CreationDate="2015-10-10T09:02:54.603" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1317" PostId="603" Score="0" Text="And thanks for creating the &quot;warranty&quot; tag. :)" CreationDate="2015-10-10T09:04:26.997" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1318" PostId="603" Score="0" Text="So you're asking for a recommendation of a manufacturer and not a product?" CreationDate="2015-10-10T09:16:08.837" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1319" PostId="603" Score="0" Text="@Adam seems like it. I'd be prepared to give this question a chance, could be interesting." CreationDate="2015-10-10T09:24:11.777" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1321" PostId="608" Score="0" Text="This question needs [psu] and maybe [80plus] tags." CreationDate="2015-10-10T09:45:56.010" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1322" PostId="608" Score="0" Text="In theory, what you want is an [80plus Titanium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Plus#Efficiency_level_certifications)-certified PSU rated for twice your expected power consumption: this guarantees an efficiency of at least 94%.  Real-world power supplies may vary from this ideal, giving a different load percentage where efficiency peaks." CreationDate="2015-10-10T09:55:33.923" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1323" PostId="608" Score="0" Text="@Mark, see my answer for the (alleged) practice. :)" CreationDate="2015-10-10T09:56:19.957" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1324" PostId="609" Score="0" Text="Now go figure how to get one of these. ;) Probably G500 and T-500 are sold rebranded, but by whom?" CreationDate="2015-10-10T10:01:18.390" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1332" PostId="605" Score="5" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is asking about manufacturing processes for a wide variety of manufacturers. It may lead to a product recommendation in the future, but as written, it is too broad. If you can focus your question to a small selection of manufacturers, it may be more on topic." CreationDate="2015-10-10T13:52:30.320" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1333" PostId="604" Score="0" Text="This question seems easy enough to Google. Have you done research already that compares various manufacturers? If so, what did that research reveal (or not reveal) that you expect from this answer?" CreationDate="2015-10-10T13:54:20.860" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1334" PostId="605" Score="0" Text="@Andy I don't think it's too broad. Answering it might as easy as finding one data recovery company which says &quot;we can repair SSD X, but not SSD Y, Z&quot;." CreationDate="2015-10-10T14:29:04.387" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1335" PostId="604" Score="0" Text="@Andy in my experience it's not so easy at all to find precise testing around the web; last time I searched, I did not find any. So, what I expect that I didn't find is the «For &quot;real life&quot; I mean» paragraph." CreationDate="2015-10-10T14:31:18.583" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1337" PostId="597" Score="2" Text="A cold start is when the receiver must acquire the satellite location from scratch. http://www.gtop-tech.com/en/faq/4.9.-What-differentiate-between-Cold-Start-Warm-Start-and-Hot-Start/GPS_Module_Design-4_9.html" CreationDate="2015-10-10T17:38:07.100" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1338" PostId="605" Score="0" Text="It is cheaper, simpler, and more reliable to plan for avoiding the data recovery scenario ever becoming relevant in the first place. I guess most customers of data recovery companies are the kind of people who didn't plan on how to prevent data loss. If you do run a RAID-1 across two SSD and are unlucky enough to have both die on you within a too short time frame to replace the defective SSD, you will still be better off in a data recovery scenario, because you have two physical media you can send off for data recovery rather than just one." CreationDate="2015-10-10T18:43:37.733" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1339" PostId="611" Score="0" Text="What about mixing external usb hub and docking station? It'd be pretty easy to find external usb 3.0 hub with 8 slots http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/341/cheap-usb3-0-hub/345#345" CreationDate="2015-10-10T20:34:24.090" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1340" PostId="611" Score="0" Text="@belford, I'd prefer not having to use external hubs as well, because this will result in a mess with the power supply cables (the 3.5&quot; needs external power, the dock needs power and the hub would need power as well). I'm asking this to find a solution that doesn't two-level require additional hardware. If there's no such hardware, I guess I just get the recommended hub and the [toshiba dock](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006ZGWJU2?keywords=dynadock%20u3&amp;qid=1444509634&amp;ref_=sr_1_1&amp;sr=8-1)." CreationDate="2015-10-10T20:41:31.943" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1341" PostId="611" Score="0" Text="Check this one (or suggestions by amazon) http://www.amazon.com/Woopower%C2%AEWPUL02-Superspeed-Universal-Ethernet-Microphone/dp/B012D05QY4/" CreationDate="2015-10-10T20:52:15.147" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1342" PostId="611" Score="0" Text="@belford, it meets the most criteria (105€ in Germany atm :) ) (assuming the charger ports also provide a data interface) and it would be an acceptable answer. I guess this could only be beat by an answer with a 10-port dock." CreationDate="2015-10-10T21:06:38.177" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1343" PostId="611" Score="0" Text="I was trying to find information about these ports (sometimes the red one has only the charge wires connected). However, you have one external  2.5&quot; hdd support. Would it be useful for you? Check also: http://superuser.com/questions/70662/why-does-my-usb-cable-have-an-extra-red-plug and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Colors" CreationDate="2015-10-10T21:12:26.523" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1344" PostId="611" Score="0" Text="@belford, I don't think this helps as I really don't want to deconstruct my external HDD :(" CreationDate="2015-10-10T21:17:38.200" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1345" PostId="611" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/30115/discussion-between-belford-and-sejpm)." CreationDate="2015-10-10T21:33:24.420" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1346" PostId="605" Score="0" Text="@kasperd I acknowledged that in the question itself, but when I choose an SSD I don't necessarily control all the other data loss factors and I can still want to consider them all albeit with different weights." CreationDate="2015-10-10T21:37:36.693" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1347" PostId="597" Score="0" Text="Can you clarify what you mean by sensitivity? Are you concerned about accuracy during those 30ish seconds during locating the device? If not, I'm not entirely sure what you are asking. What's to goal of the hardware? Is there a reason you can't wait for the location once cold start is completed?" CreationDate="2015-10-10T21:38:18.983" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1348" PostId="597" Score="2" Text="Sensitivity means that the receiver can receive a signal that has a power of -xdBm, in the case of Telit SE868 that is -148dBm, (1.5848931925e-18 watts).  3dBm represents a power doubling, (approximately).  So there is a big difference between -148dBm an -145dBm.  The later is twice the power.  A good GPS receiver means that you can find a GPS signal even in built up area where the may be overhead obstructions." CreationDate="2015-10-10T22:25:17.263" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1349" PostId="386" Score="0" Text="I'm currently running a 4K monitor for gaming, and a second 1080p for normal use off of my 980TI. Its a zotac but close enough." CreationDate="2015-10-11T00:05:24.463" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1350" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="What motherboard do you have? That was greatly influence what CPU you can get." CreationDate="2015-10-11T01:02:17.220" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1351" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="@Andy I haven't chosen a motherboard yet. My plan is to pick the CPU first and then pick out a good motherboard that's compatible with it." CreationDate="2015-10-11T01:03:26.043" UserId="532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1352" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="The transcoding will be the worst thing you do, but it will depend greatly on what formats, resolutions, and frame rates you are transcoding from and to." CreationDate="2015-10-11T03:07:43.300" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1353" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="@James Yeah, unfortunately I'm not exactly sure what formats and resolutions I'll be using. Probably not 4k, but aside from that I'm not really sure." CreationDate="2015-10-11T03:09:25.887" UserId="532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1354" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="@Ajedi32, you need to decide on your formats before you can know what CPU is required.  An Intel Atom CPU can transcode to 320x240 MPEG-1 without breaking a sweat; at the other extreme, a six-core i7-3930K cannot transcode to 2048x1536 h264 in realtime." CreationDate="2015-10-11T04:06:11.023" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1355" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="@Mark Good point. I haven't actually set up a Plex server before (partly why I'm doing this build is because I want to set one up) so I'm actually not really sure what formats to use, but I can at least give you a ballpark range. In all likelihood the source files will be ripped DVDs and Blu-Rays, and the output will be 1080p in whatever formats are appropriate for Chromecast." CreationDate="2015-10-11T04:17:30.583" UserId="532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1356" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="@Mark My setup is really flexible right now though, since I still haven't even bought any hardware. If I need to make some compromises to keep the CPU within a &quot;budget&quot; price range, that's fine by me, just so long as I leave the door open for upgrades in the future. (Hence why I said &quot;expandable&quot; in the question.)" CreationDate="2015-10-11T04:18:30.313" UserId="532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1357" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="can plex use quicksync? It *massively* reduces the load/time it takes to transcode video" CreationDate="2015-10-11T05:56:47.750" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1358" PostId="552" Score="2" Text="I don't think this type of device is what they're wanting.  The last line says they're wanting to be able to charge a laptop with it." CreationDate="2015-10-11T06:08:55.267" UserId="536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1360" PostId="544" Score="0" Text="@Mark, it's about power not capacity. Assuming a ~90 W charger for the laptop, a 200 Wp panel should be plenty and the first search result has half the weight the asker envisages. http://www.amazon.com/Go-Power-GP-FLEX-200-Crystalline-Controller/dp/B00HSM39TW Just saying." CreationDate="2015-10-11T07:08:56.387" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1361" PostId="616" Score="0" Text="Why &quot;&lt; 10-inch screen&quot; but no weight requirement? Is your aim really to save on occupied surface, or just to have a light computer?" CreationDate="2015-10-11T07:24:18.173" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1362" PostId="544" Score="0" Text="@Nemo, 200W corresponds to 40A at the 5V typical of a power bank.  Now, in practice, you're only going to get about half of that due to poor solar angles or shade, so the twelve square feet of solar panel you've linked to will take about two hours to equal a 30 Ah power bank.  Thanks for proving my point." CreationDate="2015-10-11T08:06:53.540" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1363" PostId="544" Score="0" Text="@Mark are you assuming that the asker needs to draw all power from the power bank in less than 2 hours? I see no such specification in the question." CreationDate="2015-10-11T08:21:23.343" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1364" PostId="616" Score="0" Text="It is just what I am used to through their are several advantages: (roughly ranked). The smaller the screen the: Tougher the screen (less leaverage on a bend, and less size to be knocked off something), the cheaper the laptop, the lower the power use and the smaller occupied surface (handy for on one leg with a book on the other, or on a tiny coffee table). Weight is the least concern as cheep laptops tend to have  heavy batteries and other components. It is not a strict requirement I'ld settle for a 11inch" CreationDate="2015-10-11T09:04:51.307" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1365" PostId="616" Score="0" Text="Ok. I'm asking because nowadays for 200€ you can get a 15&quot;, 2 kg laptop with AMD Beema double-core APU and 4GB RAM, i.e. the 4th technology update on the same line of your Toshiba. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_accelerated_processing_unit_microprocessors#.22Beema.22.2C_.22Mullins.22_.282014.2C_28_nm.29" CreationDate="2015-10-11T10:00:54.643" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1366" PostId="621" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your recommendation! But I think 15 inch/2kg is a bit too heavy for me since I move with it REALLY A LOT. That looks nice though." CreationDate="2015-10-11T11:31:45.640" UserId="533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1367" PostId="621" Score="0" Text="@Taxxi It's actually one of the lightest laptops I've had. 2kg you won't even notice. I go around with mine in a backpack." CreationDate="2015-10-11T11:48:32.847" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1368" PostId="621" Score="0" Text="Hm... I'll consider about it more. I also use my backpack but it's usually something like water+some papers or books+laptop. Probably 2kg might be ok." CreationDate="2015-10-11T12:00:49.393" UserId="533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1369" PostId="69" Score="0" Text="Clockspeed isn't really the most important parameter. In fact in the modern context its completely meaningless, since we have significant performance differences between different contemporary architectures of the same ISA. For that matter, you'd expect a mainstream core processor (of laptop or desktop varient) to significantly outperform say, a atom ISA processor. A pretty odd example of this would be the original pentium M (banias) which was, to my recollection, something like twice as fast as a PIV with a *faster* clock speed." CreationDate="2015-10-11T12:14:13.633" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1370" PostId="614" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek I'm not sure. Did a bit of Googling though and it looks like this answer is no." CreationDate="2015-10-11T12:30:01.073" UserId="532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1371" PostId="575" Score="0" Text="Its worth looking at what works. Chances are your HDD could be transferred over. Your screen might fit into another motherboard, or trivially, and fairly cheaply have a driver board added to it. As for &quot;something that's a computer that's cheap&quot; - what sort of budget are we talking about? What sort of ram do you have? is the HDD sata or pata? what socket's the CPU?" CreationDate="2015-10-11T13:19:39.747" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1372" PostId="605" Score="2" Text="Cheapest data recovery is backups ;)" CreationDate="2015-10-11T13:20:12.880" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1373" PostId="555" Score="0" Text="VGA is essentially dead. Any specific reason you need it? DVI on the monitor side  might, just might be an option (you can convert HDMI or dp to it I believe) and any monitor that uses VGA is probably a little terrible." CreationDate="2015-10-11T13:22:01.433" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1374" PostId="575" Score="0" Text="That's what I'm talking about. I want to use all other still working parts which include sodimm 4gb ram, sata hdd 500gb, i5 2,4ghz 430m socket pga988 I believe, Dell n5010 screen. I could add all those parts to other cheaper not dell motherboard and it should be compatible I think I just need to find the right board. BTW I would use external monitor and budget is 50 eur" CreationDate="2015-10-11T13:34:16.767" UserId="501" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1375" PostId="555" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek The reason is that MANY ( my guess 90% ) of the conferences rooms around the world still have the projectors connected with VGA to the tables . Same in confrence halls, universities , lecture halls etc . There are also HDMI-VGA converters , but that is always another fail point ." CreationDate="2015-10-11T16:48:50.473" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1376" PostId="616" Score="0" Text="your listed software requirements are actually close to null, and I can not think of any computer that can not run these ( and that includes the Raspberry PI !! )  so if the only requirement is size ( BTW why ) and price I know a lot of models that will be around 600us$ , but most are Chinese made, if you have an access to buying one .." CreationDate="2015-10-11T17:00:03.563" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1377" PostId="326" Score="0" Text="@JuanCarlosCoto - Although your answer follows a certain logic - I must disagree . External coolers can be extremely efficient -  but not the pad types that you have mentioned but exhaust fans ( suck air out, not blow in or on surface ) . On my laptop a 20 sec worth of activating will cause an almost instant drop of about 30 degrees testing on the CPU internal sensor ( !! )  Airflow capacity in terms of Volume / Min is much higher on the external exhaust  simply because there is no way that such a fan can fit as an internal one ." CreationDate="2015-10-11T17:07:09.240" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1378" PostId="628" Score="2" Text="This is more of a (rather long) comment than an answer. Can you recommend one of these exhaust type fans in your answer?" CreationDate="2015-10-11T20:46:34.093" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1379" PostId="616" Score="0" Text="@Obmerk $600US is insanely expensive when my software requirements are basically none (I answered why above). I paid $300 for the Dell mini, and the NB550" CreationDate="2015-10-11T22:56:28.803" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1380" PostId="616" Score="0" Text="@Oxinabox -  I am sorry, it was a miscalculations of exchange rate . The price range is closer to 180$US.. Sorry for the confusion ." CreationDate="2015-10-12T02:02:17.283" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1381" PostId="616" Score="0" Text="Ah, that makes a lot more sense. Why not suggest them as a answer? (rather than a comment)" CreationDate="2015-10-12T02:53:56.100" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1382" PostId="324" Score="0" Text="I have an off brand cooling pad with a huge fan somewhere. Something worth considering is sound *volume*. That said, replacing the burnt out fan would be a less... erm... goldburgian option." CreationDate="2015-10-12T04:25:37.187" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1383" PostId="296" Score="0" Text="+1 for xkcd and the idea of actually trying this, perhaps with Google Cardboard for viewing. You might want to just buy a UPS and set up a laptop to run two normal webcams and stream it over the internet to you." CreationDate="2015-10-12T06:24:44.163" UserId="147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1384" PostId="631" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2015-10-12T06:42:43.847" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1385" PostId="631" Score="0" Text="@Adam As low as possible while maintaining full video quality, but a higher priced answer is still better than no answer." CreationDate="2015-10-12T06:52:46.570" UserId="147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1388" PostId="632" Score="0" Text="Interesting. Who's the manufacturer? I don't see Seasonic in the list of certificates, maybe it's another name." CreationDate="2015-10-12T17:06:22.147" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1389" PostId="633" Score="0" Text="This is a test question to see how the community feels about cases/accessories. This scope being discussed in this [meta post](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/267/57)." CreationDate="2015-10-12T17:23:00.460" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1390" PostId="633" Score="0" Text="Ah, finally a test question. Looking forward to seeing how this does. Do you prefer bulky/durable or minimal/stylish?" CreationDate="2015-10-12T17:32:31.973" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1391" PostId="633" Score="0" Text="Minimal. The previous case I had (linked in the post) is thin. It would not protect the case if I dropped it onto a hard surface. I'm much more interested in protecting the screen while the tablet is resting and unused and propping it up. I'm *usually* careful with my toys." CreationDate="2015-10-12T17:34:46.397" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1392" PostId="642" Score="0" Text="This is a test question to see how the community feels about cases/accessories. This scope being discussed in this [meta post](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/267/57)." CreationDate="2015-10-12T20:52:08.720" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1393" PostId="643" Score="0" Text="This question is being discussed in a [meta post](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/277/57)" CreationDate="2015-10-13T03:57:42.033" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1396" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="264 kWh is over 50 € for the typical consumer price in Italy. (We are still paying for waste management of old nuclear experiments, sigh.)" CreationDate="2015-10-13T13:56:33.297" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1398" PostId="645" Score="0" Text="Does it have to be open source drivers, or are free but proprietary acceptable?" CreationDate="2015-10-13T15:08:53.573" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1404" PostId="650" Score="1" Text="Two years ago, when I did a head-to-head comparison between the open-source drivers for comparably powerful ATI and NVidia cards, the NVidia was much slower for certain settings in some of the games I tested: the ATI was running at a few frames per second, while the NVidia was running at 5-10 seconds per frame." CreationDate="2015-10-13T19:51:16.027" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1406" PostId="643" Score="0" Text="if you use blender (and its cycles engine) better put a GTX 980 Ti into your system. A single one will do and it will max out most games as well as perform well for productivity purposes. You want to go with SLI x2 if you want maximum power. Three are not currently as stable (I have read in many places)." CreationDate="2015-10-13T20:34:17.603" UserId="385" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1407" PostId="649" Score="0" Text="By those last two points, I'm assuming you mean that _wireless connectivity_ is a plus?" CreationDate="2015-10-13T21:03:48.383" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1408" PostId="628" Score="0" Text="Wow, I'd definitely love to know more about this! Does this only work with laptops that have a fan grille? How is the exhaust fan placed? Which fan did you get and how is it used? I'd love to try something like this out o my MBP, and I think it sounds like a great solution. If you could expand this, it'd be great!" CreationDate="2015-10-13T21:06:36.847" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1409" PostId="609" Score="0" Text="They do have titanium certified psus I think? Isn't the AX1500i a 80+ titanium PSU? Correct me if I'm wrong." CreationDate="2015-10-13T22:50:02.760" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1410" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="Wonderful answer. You covered everything I said, and more. +1" CreationDate="2015-10-13T22:51:44.027" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1411" PostId="643" Score="0" Text="@FarhanAnam You do not need SLI to run two GPUs with blender." CreationDate="2015-10-13T23:01:22.630" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1412" PostId="560" Score="0" Text="@ObmerkKronen Consider the Razerblade 14 or EVO15-S before the HP Z-books, which use low power cpus." CreationDate="2015-10-13T23:40:16.483" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1414" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="@Nemo, the price difference is more like 70 €, and if you buy a 10Y government bond with it, it becomes 80 - 100 €. Are you likely to be using it 24/7 though?" CreationDate="2015-10-14T02:40:05.747" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1420" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 yes I use it 24/7. Government bonds are hardly something with guaranteed performance, especially nowadays with negative interest rates... Anyway I'm only interested in saving energy no matter the cost." CreationDate="2015-10-14T07:30:46.953" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1421" PostId="649" Score="0" Text="Sorry for not being clear. I meant a possibility to cancel the noise without an audio. Rechargeable is in terms of an active noise reduction." CreationDate="2015-10-14T07:52:49.183" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1423" PostId="653" Score="0" Text="Do you have any sort of preference as to screen size?" CreationDate="2015-10-14T10:34:50.747" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1424" PostId="650" Score="1" Text="@Mark a lot can change in two years, especially when it comes to computers" CreationDate="2015-10-14T12:25:48.167" UserId="564" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1425" PostId="653" Score="0" Text="user2350838, these questions may be helpful for you:  http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/553/what-is-a-durable-laptop-targeting-a-10-year-lifetime/554, http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/579/laptop-for-programming-that-meets-the-listed-requirements/586 and http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/468/laptop-for-school/475" CreationDate="2015-10-14T12:55:59.123" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1430" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="USA or what? AMD Carrizo laptops are currently only available in USA (mostly from HP)." CreationDate="2015-10-14T15:44:09.217" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1435" PostId="609" Score="0" Text="@JohnLee yes I had neglected to look at the &quot;115 V Internal&quot; table which is the bulk of the products (most if not all of which work in the 100-240 V range). I now updated the answer." CreationDate="2015-10-14T17:54:33.303" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1436" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="Let's see.. [SF-350P14XE](http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/SUPER%20FLOWER_SF-350P14XE_ECOS%202103_350W_Report.pdf) is around 88 % at 100 W, 89.62 % average. So it's more like a 3 % difference for a 50-70 € save. Hmmmm." CreationDate="2015-10-14T18:05:39.950" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1437" PostId="654" Score="0" Text="+1 for the Bose QC - I have used them for many, many long haul flights (picked mine up in 2005 or so and still going strong) and I just use a couple of AAA rechargeables - sound quality is pretty good too." CreationDate="2015-10-14T18:15:46.900" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1438" PostId="660" Score="1" Text="Thanks! The exact same happened to mine &quot;Hama Mirano&quot; so it might be a brand issue." CreationDate="2015-10-14T19:15:20.970" UserId="565" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1440" PostId="650" Score="0" Text="@Mark Not anymore. Most popular games are now optimized for nVidia" CreationDate="2015-10-14T20:30:37.160" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1441" PostId="345" Score="0" Text="@Zizouz212 xD You should have added that to your answer. &quot;It looks like a model for USB hubs, not ugly like the other ones.&quot;" CreationDate="2015-10-14T20:44:26.753" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1443" PostId="650" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk, Last I heard, the open-source NVidia drivers were still being developed by a third-party reverse-engineering effort, while the ATI open-source drivers were being developed from hardware documentation released by AMD.  Has that changed?" CreationDate="2015-10-14T20:58:49.330" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1444" PostId="650" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk, and, as a side note, the groups &quot;games I play&quot; and &quot;popular games&quot; have almost no overlap." CreationDate="2015-10-14T21:00:26.873" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1445" PostId="650" Score="0" Text="@Mark then theirs a differences. :P" CreationDate="2015-10-14T21:02:10.377" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1450" PostId="662" Score="1" Text="That is cool. It folds! Would it be hard to type with that break in the middle?" CreationDate="2015-10-14T23:53:32.243" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1451" PostId="662" Score="0" Text="It really depends. I suspect it would be a small learning curve, but its about the only way to do it. The *other* keyboard I was thinking of is vaporware" CreationDate="2015-10-14T23:55:47.620" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1452" PostId="662" Score="0" Text="The OP said that he could fit it in his backpack... So it doesn't need to be tiny, although I can't help but admit that foldable keyboards are awesome ;-)" CreationDate="2015-10-14T23:57:49.413" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1453" PostId="663" Score="0" Text="the old ones, new version is probably even better." CreationDate="2015-10-15T00:00:48.900" UserId="567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1454" PostId="663" Score="1" Text="Could you provide some more commentary on the products you're recommending? One sentence and a link don't help much for people who will see this answer in the future." CreationDate="2015-10-15T00:07:05.287" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1455" PostId="653" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk I do not have a preference on screen size." CreationDate="2015-10-15T00:48:26.450" UserId="559" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1456" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="I have never heard of the &quot;Super Flower&quot; brand.  Power supplies from no-name brands have an unfortunate habit of exploding or catching fire when near their limits, so I would not recommend such a power supply without finding a stress-test review of it." CreationDate="2015-10-15T00:49:35.790" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1458" PostId="664" Score="1" Text="Related: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/36887/how-can-i-determine-if-my-device-has-usb-host-mode-otg-support" CreationDate="2015-10-15T02:04:09.173" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1459" PostId="663" Score="0" Text="Please see our [guidelines](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/60/57) for a high quality answer." CreationDate="2015-10-15T02:15:15.743" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1460" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="@Mark, Super Flower is the OEM for EVGA's G2 series. Their Golden Green PSUs are on par with Seasonic." CreationDate="2015-10-15T02:37:49.047" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1461" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="@Nemo I was using 3 W difference, because that's pretty much the efficiency difference at most the power levels." CreationDate="2015-10-15T02:39:47.283" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1462" PostId="648" Score="0" Text="One thing to not though, is the use of caps rated at 85 Celsius, which may reduce lifespan in hot environments." CreationDate="2015-10-15T02:55:29.980" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1463" PostId="665" Score="0" Text="In this case you can choose &quot;anything&quot;. Tell us more about your price range and storage capacity." CreationDate="2015-10-15T05:28:26.160" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1464" PostId="665" Score="0" Text="Any USB drive that follows the USB mass storage standard (ie. almost every drive ever made) and is large enough meets your needs." CreationDate="2015-10-15T05:30:31.543" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1465" PostId="665" Score="0" Text="I have asked this because I have an old 2GB USB drive, but I think that it goes slow when I install the distros. I want 8Gb (max 16 Gb) drive." CreationDate="2015-10-15T07:32:48.510" UserId="569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1466" PostId="665" Score="1" Text="@linofex, please edit your question and put this information &amp; price range." CreationDate="2015-10-15T12:07:12.387" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1470" PostId="671" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the prompt reply, this is what I tought also. Right now I am using an old pc, which has a GeForce 8800GTS, with 300+ bits, and I remembered that when I bought this system 6 years ago, everyone said that bits are one of the most important parts to consider when building a system for gaming. I tought that with the new technologies, they do not matter so much anymore. I am now looking into the series 9, 256 bit GeForce's, but they are rather expensive(+100-120$). What about the Radeon cards, they are considerably more cheap then the GeForces, are they so much worse than a GeForce?" CreationDate="2015-10-15T22:34:27.717" UserId="576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1471" PostId="671" Score="1" Text="Both manufacturers put their own useful features in their cards. Nvidia cards have CUDA Cores which are extremely good with graphical programs (not necessarily restricted to games) such as Photoshop, After Effects, or 3ds Max. AMD cards are extremely good with OpenCL and OpenGL processing which is good for more general computing. At the mid range, which is about where you are, AMD gives the most bang for your buck." CreationDate="2015-10-15T22:46:49.157" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1472" PostId="671" Score="0" Text="Sorry for the overwhelming amount of questions, but just to be clear: after re-reading your original answer to my question, I've noticed that you say that memory bus size should scale with VRAM. Is this means, that regarding to my gaming needs, both cards would suit me well, only with the smaller memory bus size, I don't need a card with such a large VRAM? So basically, a card, with 128 bits of memory bus size, can be good for gaming, only with, let's say, only 2GB of VRAM? Or if I plan to use my system for gaming, I would need at least 256 bits, to be on the safe side?" CreationDate="2015-10-15T22:52:55.407" UserId="576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1473" PostId="671" Score="2" Text="What I mean by that is the bus size and amount VRAM should &quot;match&quot; to a certain degree. So yes, a 128-bit card would be good for 2GB of VRAM or less, but nothing more. 256-bit is good for 4GB at the very most, 384-bit is good for up to about 6-8GB, and so on. Strive for at least 256 bits to be safe." CreationDate="2015-10-15T23:03:05.307" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1474" PostId="670" Score="0" Text="Can you provide links to the models you're asking about?" CreationDate="2015-10-15T23:07:38.670" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1475" PostId="670" Score="0" Text="@Adam done, though I really cannot tell the differences between those models and other with the same specs (only know that OC means overclocked)." CreationDate="2015-10-15T23:48:45.490" UserId="577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1476" PostId="671" Score="0" Text="4gb is an odd amount of vram for these cards. The 'standard' factory design is 2gb. Its worth noting that the 970 has trouble accessing that much memory, so a closer to stock spec card might not be a bad idea." CreationDate="2015-10-16T02:36:23.090" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1478" PostId="682" Score="0" Text="Hi de-facto, your question doesn't appear to meet the current [quality guidelines](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/206/155). Could you provide us with a list of specific requirements for a potential monitor?" CreationDate="2015-10-16T08:23:44.667" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1479" PostId="682" Score="0" Text="&quot;28-inch monitor, 3840x2160&quot; doesn't narrow things down very much.  Are there specific features of the Dell (eg. panel technology) that you're looking for?" CreationDate="2015-10-16T08:30:25.247" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1480" PostId="682" Score="1" Text="Thanks for the comments. Actually not. The only criterias are the resolution and the size. Price should be below € 350. A higher refrash rate would be great, as it is only 30 Hz for the Dell. It sould be the same quality respectively the cost-benefits should be similar. I would also invest in a monitor from a different company for the same price, if recommended." CreationDate="2015-10-16T08:35:06.307" UserId="580" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1481" PostId="683" Score="0" Text="The sale is amazing  but I live in Italy and on amazon.it the drive costs  more, out  of my budget." CreationDate="2015-10-16T14:06:46.310" UserId="569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1482" PostId="683" Score="0" Text="if you can get your hands on sandisk extreme or ultra you should be in the right ballpark" CreationDate="2015-10-16T14:09:48.613" UserId="582" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1483" PostId="683" Score="0" Text="sorry, I don't  understand" CreationDate="2015-10-16T14:12:54.707" UserId="569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1484" PostId="683" Score="0" Text="Ha, sorry, ballpark reference meaning: if you can find Sandisk Extreme or Ultra drives locally, you should be able to get good price / performance." CreationDate="2015-10-16T14:15:45.817" UserId="582" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1485" PostId="683" Score="0" Text="ok, thank you. I'm reading  the USB benchmark  and I'll buy the best p/p" CreationDate="2015-10-16T14:17:41.000" UserId="569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1486" PostId="685" Score="1" Text="What is the maximum size the mouse pad can be? Are you okay with colors and/or designs?" CreationDate="2015-10-16T19:39:49.740" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1487" PostId="685" Score="1" Text="@Adam any size will be good. I heard that for son mouses coloured pads might not be the bed option" CreationDate="2015-10-16T20:23:43.027" UserId="587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1488" PostId="670" Score="0" Text="Have you considered the R9 390? It has greater performance than the GTX 970, and certainly no VRAM issues :P And you are correct, the 980 is not worth the money for an extra 0.5GB and a few CUDA cores." CreationDate="2015-10-17T00:59:13.740" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1490" PostId="691" Score="0" Text="My own thoughts: Cheap tablet or phone display plus an HDMI controller board, or something like AT070TN90 -- Forget the PumpkinPi altogether and just grab the cheapest possible 7-8 inch Android tablet, as long as it supports mouse and keyboard input and can preferably support an optical drive. -- Automobile backup camera-type display" CreationDate="2015-10-17T03:45:48.660" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1491" PostId="687" Score="1" Text="This doesn't answer the question that was asked." CreationDate="2015-10-17T03:52:23.500" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1494" PostId="691" Score="4" Text="Hi JTL, fantastic question. I feel like this deserves a special [pumpkin-computing] tag..." CreationDate="2015-10-17T05:21:03.207" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1495" PostId="649" Score="0" Text="There are headphones, used on shooting ranges to protect ears from the sound of shooting. They're probably the most effective for canceling noise. But no music, alas." CreationDate="2015-10-17T06:07:09.190" UserId="311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1497" PostId="693" Score="0" Text="I updated my question to clarify that I already own the raspi and am not considering that to be part of the budget.&#xA;Otherwise, this seems like a great option; I hadn't realized that those things were priced competitively with &quot;disposable&quot; tablets.  However, unfortunately, it looks like they are sold out until the 25th. &#xA;This is probably the wrong place to ask, but how do you create the amazon referral link?  Is that automatic?" CreationDate="2015-10-17T14:49:24.203" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1498" PostId="60" Score="0" Text="Would a Raspberry Pi which runs on USB power (i.e. max 5W) be an option?  You get a full Linux machine (or if brave a Windows 10 embedded machine) and it is dead quiet." CreationDate="2015-10-17T14:58:46.590" UserId="598" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1499" PostId="693" Score="0" Text="Yup. I don't do referral links for me. SE does that automatically (And I'm cool with that). I know DX has some tablets in the same price range but they're dubious as heck." CreationDate="2015-10-17T14:59:27.000" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1500" PostId="65" Score="0" Text="The new Raspberry Pi 2 which is substantially faster and larger than the previous model can also run Windows 10 embedded.  I have not tried it." CreationDate="2015-10-17T14:59:41.043" UserId="598" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1501" PostId="696" Score="0" Text="I have an X220. *Great* laptop. Swapped my onboard HDD for a SSD tho. which is a pretty good upgrade considering it was the old, free ssd from my desktop. Built like a tank it is!  Its also one of the last thinkpads with the old 'classic' keyboard." CreationDate="2015-10-17T15:06:08.980" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1503" PostId="360" Score="0" Text="I just want to update that I bought the router and currently using. My signal is MUCH MUCH better however do you know of a setting or tweak that would increase my speeds? My ISP package is currently &quot;up to 50 MBs&quot;. From modem to laptop directly I get around there however with wireless it is 1/4 of that. I actually called my ISP and the girl asked if I still had the receipt for the router.. LOL! She was clueless anyways." CreationDate="2015-10-17T18:51:34.663" UserId="341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1504" PostId="360" Score="0" Text="Do you have slow wireless speeds on the local network? The symptoms you describe sound like something is connected at wireless &quot;B&quot; speeds. Is the slow device capable of running at &quot;g&quot; or &quot;n&quot; speeds?" CreationDate="2015-10-17T19:08:19.730" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1505" PostId="687" Score="0" Text="@Mark true. I wasn't sure where to put it. I will edit." CreationDate="2015-10-17T19:24:31.593" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1506" PostId="360" Score="0" Text="Andy, I am honestly not sure. I am running on a HP pavilion DV6. I have just upgraded the firmware to DD-WRT and changed the Wireless Network Mode to NG-Mixed. After running a speed test, I think it improved a little." CreationDate="2015-10-17T19:44:10.250" UserId="341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1507" PostId="670" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk Thanks for the tip... yes I thought about it, it is more or less the same price range than the 970 and obviously won't have VRAM issues. I'll check it again." CreationDate="2015-10-18T00:31:51.417" UserId="577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1508" PostId="698" Score="0" Text="I put &quot;raspberry pi 7 inch display&quot; into duckduckgo and got a lot of options including from eBay and others, depending on where you want it from and if you want touch or not. With Halloween only 2 weeks away, I guess you want somewhere close." CreationDate="2015-10-18T01:25:17.257" UserId="593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1512" PostId="704" Score="2" Text="I wouldn't recommend a DDR3/DDR4 board, if one exists already. Boards that use two memory types are almost always very low quality due to the need of twice the amount of components. Also, DDR4 in mid to low-end setups currently provides almost no improvement and in a lot of cases is worse with many tasks." CreationDate="2015-10-18T09:36:22.293" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1516" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="What cpu do you have/are you looking at?" CreationDate="2015-10-18T15:00:30.767" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1520" PostId="706" Score="0" Text="Thanks! The product description for the WinTV-HVR-1955 says &quot;… for North America&quot;, and under features it lists &quot;NTSC&quot; but not &quot;PAL&quot; -- is this only relevant if you want to capture TV programs, or might this also be a problem for capturing from the PAL Dreamcast (Europe)?" CreationDate="2015-10-18T20:49:02.290" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1521" PostId="707" Score="0" Text="Interesting recommendation. It definitely isn't what I was originally looking for, but it could work." CreationDate="2015-10-18T22:40:13.710" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1523" PostId="682" Score="1" Text="That's an older dell model, and its wierd the price rose. The newer ones are awesome tho. SST, colour caliberation, and so on. Not quite in your price range tho" CreationDate="2015-10-19T00:54:45.420" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1524" PostId="706" Score="0" Text="Edited with a PAL option" CreationDate="2015-10-19T01:25:31.997" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1525" PostId="706" Score="0" Text="Great, thank you :)" CreationDate="2015-10-19T03:24:51.317" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1526" PostId="618" Score="0" Text="Can you tell me, if the RAM is soldered in place? I'ld like to be able to swap my 4Gb stick in" CreationDate="2015-10-19T06:20:45.243" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1527" PostId="618" Score="0" Text="I believe that's true for anything of that class I'm afraid. And from the service manual, it seems to be soldered on,They're essentially better tablet class CPUs.  The X220 is a much better option if you want upgradability." CreationDate="2015-10-19T06:23:54.083" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1528" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="@Adam thank you for the insight, I wasn't aware of that drawback, I was hoping to make bridging the jump a bit less painful." CreationDate="2015-10-19T07:10:59.230" UserId="604" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1529" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="@DJMcMayhem I currently have an AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 850 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz. However I am planning to upgrade to an I5, hopefully the new skylake (6600?)." CreationDate="2015-10-19T07:12:57.210" UserId="604" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1530" PostId="618" Score="0" Text="It wasn't true 3 years ago  :-(.  Something like the X220 is only in the price range if second hand. (and wouldn't need the upgrade)" CreationDate="2015-10-19T08:33:13.260" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1531" PostId="709" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your recommendations! 35&quot; is too big for me, as I want to use the screen on a not so big table. But the price is awesome! I'm not sure if I could trust the Crossover regarding quality requirements. Where do you know Crossover from? I'm not sure if there is any European reseller." CreationDate="2015-10-19T09:17:42.077" UserId="580" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1532" PostId="709" Score="1" Text="Quite a few people used to buy quad HD IPS monitors from these korean vendors. They tend to be cheap and stripped down, but people typically seem to like them for what they are. They also ship to europe. Its a bit of a risk, but at your specifications/price range its still tricky to get a big manufacturer with a Grade A panel and warranty. That said, I'd seriously consider this for a second monitor when the time comes, simply cause its pretty hard to go 4K at that price point! While its for QHD http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/449537-korean-monitor-guide/ talks about various brands of monitors." CreationDate="2015-10-19T09:52:37.710" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1533" PostId="618" Score="0" Text="Alas, that is no longer the case. I guess its a very different set of tradeoffs. Oldschool netbooks had removable hard drives and batteries. This has something like 6-8 hours of battery life, depending on what you do, as compared to 4, and nearly nothing upgradable. I actually miss the replacable battery more than anything else since when the battery eventually dies, replacing it will be a pain. Its a VERY nice machine however, and least for what I do, very snappy." CreationDate="2015-10-19T10:52:10.783" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1535" PostId="618" Score="0" Text="yeah, times are changing (I blame the tablet market shift). Seems the HP11 is out of stock literally everywhere in my city (I guess they have just ended production prior to the new version you mention). Looks like I'll be going with a Lenvo 100S which is spec wise very similar the the HP 11.  No USB3, and swap the celeron for a Atom." CreationDate="2015-10-19T11:22:32.387" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1537" PostId="710" Score="0" Text="Can you tell in what way does those 2 versions differ? speed one is like easier to move or what?" CreationDate="2015-10-19T15:21:32.707" UserId="587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1538" PostId="711" Score="1" Text="Your bonus question doesn't really make sense. The processor and the disk are two separate and distinct parts of the system - an i5 is a better processor and it's debatable which of HDD and SSD is better, but comparing compounds of each is a strange prospect." CreationDate="2015-10-19T15:29:45.097" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1539" PostId="711" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode This guys reasoning, was that if the disc writes the output of the cpu faster, then the cpu will be free sooner, thus moving to the next process/thread" CreationDate="2015-10-19T15:40:51.793" UserId="607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1540" PostId="711" Score="0" Text="I can sort of see that, but bear in mind that the CPU output isn't always written to disk." CreationDate="2015-10-19T16:06:49.877" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1544" PostId="605" Score="0" Text="Disappointing. This is definitely on topic and there are entire studies from consumerist associations and scientific labs on durability design of products. I'll answer myself at some point." CreationDate="2015-10-19T18:15:36.213" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1545" PostId="711" Score="0" Text="Actually, AMD tends to also have higher clock speeds. I think the biggest difference is that intel is just more efficient." CreationDate="2015-10-19T19:44:17.813" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1546" PostId="710" Score="0" Text="Yes, since its smoother." CreationDate="2015-10-19T19:47:27.203" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1548" PostId="553" Score="0" Text="Recommendations based on 2-year rates of failure would not suffer from bias. I am assuming a laptop with a low 2-year rate of failure will have a low 10+ year rate of failure—often true. You are right, though. No laptop has been in continuous production for 10 years. Maybe some day..." CreationDate="2015-10-19T20:30:01.293" UserId="478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1550" PostId="698" Score="0" Text="@Andrew, yes, since I don't have time for a slowboat right now, that did limit my options.  Otherwise, there are indeed quite a few out there.  I'll post another answer when my stuff comes in and I determine its suitability for my purposes." CreationDate="2015-10-20T03:04:41.767" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1551" PostId="711" Score="0" Text="@DJMcMayhem Clock speed is rather irrelevant if the IPC doubled on the same (or similar, anyway) ISA." CreationDate="2015-10-20T04:36:54.283" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1552" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="@Nemo Not USA, but could I've the details? Something could be managed through the gray market." CreationDate="2015-10-20T07:45:19.620" UserId="560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1553" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="I mean things like http://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Pavilion-17-g054ng-Notebook-Review.147794.0.html . They mention a very low heat; it's also easy to downclock Carrizo AFAIK. However so far there is not much on the market, let alone niche products like fanless solutions... http://www.pcworld.com/article/2870794/amds-carrizo-chip-promises-aggressive-power-savings-but-not-fanless-pcs.html" CreationDate="2015-10-20T08:19:08.827" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1554" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="@Nemo I still think I've seen some mentioned somewhere... but regardless, AMD APUs are &quot;preferable&quot; not the absolute bottom line. Speaking of fanless Intel, Surfaces come to mind." CreationDate="2015-10-20T08:45:10.227" UserId="560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1555" PostId="716" Score="1" Text="Something worth considering. A lot of places are dropping 2g support sooner rather than later. That might be as much of a factor as anything else on hitting your 10+ year lifespan. Might be worth including if that's the case in your question. A pity really, my old nokia did something like 3 weeks on a charge, but would be unusable at the end of the year since my country is dropping 2g support." CreationDate="2015-10-20T09:34:00.137" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1556" PostId="721" Score="0" Text="My answer http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/627/531 and the other options may be worth a look." CreationDate="2015-10-20T09:36:14.280" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1557" PostId="723" Score="0" Text="I know ;) This is the one i was looking at to be honest. Should i go for that or go the extra mile and get an i7? that is the 900Euro question:)" CreationDate="2015-10-20T11:36:06.123" UserId="607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1558" PostId="711" Score="0" Text="“if the disc writes the output of the cpu faster, then the cpu will be free sooner” [It doesn't work like that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_memory_access) (well, to some extent it does, but it has nothing to do with how fast the storage medium is, rather with the communication protocol between the storage controller and the main CPU, and that doesn't depend on HDD vs SDD). *Read* speed does matter in practice because often the CPU has nothing useful to do (no other process is doing anything at the moment) until it has read the data." CreationDate="2015-10-20T12:42:26.480" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1559" PostId="711" Score="0" Text="“I am guessing 4GB” With Java development environments, go for 8GB if at all possible." CreationDate="2015-10-20T12:44:42.247" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1560" PostId="723" Score="0" Text="That is up to you. Depends how much you are willing to spend on it. If it is 300 euro for an upgrade to i7 only, I would say forget it. Too much for the upgrade, unless there is an upgrade on the RAM or HDD included. Read this link where they are being compared. The difference between the specific i5 and i7 isn't great.  http://www.ultrabookreview.com/6135-intel-core-i5-5200u-i7-5500u/" CreationDate="2015-10-20T13:43:28.783" UserId="508" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1562" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="What type of switches and caps do you prefer and what is your budget?" CreationDate="2015-10-20T20:07:41.387" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1563" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="I can pay up to 100-150$. As for extra keys, only volume up/down and pause/play will be sufficient." CreationDate="2015-10-20T20:22:18.480" UserId="620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1564" PostId="716" Score="0" Text="Hmm... Okay. Thanks for the info. Will look into how soon this is happening for Aus." CreationDate="2015-10-20T22:33:58.703" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1565" PostId="722" Score="0" Text="Following the link (from that link) to the JVC store, it says it's about $53 AUD. Everything else looks good about them though :) Will keep this suggestion in mind if I haven't bought anything new by next year..." CreationDate="2015-10-20T22:41:08.477" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1566" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="I haven't run across anything like this. I'd like to see something like this, but I suspect that it's very hard to get a screen with high enough resolution inside a keycap assembly." CreationDate="2015-10-20T22:46:11.783" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1567" PostId="721" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Hmm, about $21.85 AUD from one site. They look pretty good too... If you post that as an answer here, even if it's not accepted in the end (I'm going to wait some time before accepting any answer), I'd still upvote it. (FYI: Price found here http://www.geekbuying.com/item/New-Original-Xiaomi-Smartphone-Piston-II-In-Ear-Earphones-Wire-Control-Mic-for-iPhone-iPod-Android---Black-343327.html )" CreationDate="2015-10-20T22:57:47.560" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1568" PostId="721" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek On that same site, there's another Xiaomi model for $13.10 (here: http://www.geekbuying.com/item/New-Original-Xiaomi-Piston-III-Youth-Edition-3-5mm-In-ear-Stereo-Earbud-Headphone-For-Xiaomi-Android-iPhone---Black-345070.html?utm_source=EMS&amp;utm_medium=EMSPD_Product_Link&amp;utm_campaign=EMSPD_Feed_345070 ). If that model is any good, would be a good addition to if you do decide to put an answer on this question..." CreationDate="2015-10-20T22:59:04.463" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1569" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="Holy Toledo. That Optimus keyboard is nifty. I have strong doubts there is a cheaper alternative though." CreationDate="2015-10-20T23:09:14.720" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1570" PostId="716" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Yup, looked into it, 2g is being retired in Aus in late 2016. Will edit the question. Thanks again." CreationDate="2015-10-20T23:14:35.210" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1572" PostId="726" Score="0" Text="Ignore previous comment (since deleted) about GeekBuying. Lots of people online saying they had no problem with the company, lots of others saying they had a whole mess of problems. Seems to be a very hit-and-miss company to buy from. Still, answer upvoted nonetheless because the model discussed (just) falls into my price range from some sites, the other (plastic) model more easily falls into the price range, and both sound very good for their price and my preferences. :)" CreationDate="2015-10-20T23:48:28.647" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1573" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="I'm rather doubtful such a thing exists. As always being proven wrong would be *nice*. I'd just buy two keyboards or an unlabelled keyboard ;)" CreationDate="2015-10-20T23:52:39.773" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1574" PostId="724" Score="4" Text="This answer seems completely legitimate to me - I'm not sure why there are downvotes on it. MacBooks run Windows better than most laptops designed to run Windows in my experience, so this would seem to be a solid recommendation." CreationDate="2015-10-21T00:38:10.807" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1575" PostId="450" Score="0" Text="I don't get what's so special about the MBP touchpad. Maybe I'm just too used to a Synaptics touchpad, but it doesn't feel too different to me, aside from, perhaps, the Force Touch, which I doubt you can use with Windows anyway." CreationDate="2015-10-21T02:49:49.620" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1576" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="You might take a look at code keyboards, it has dip switches that let you do a good bit of customization and is around $200 (USD). https://codekeyboards.com/" CreationDate="2015-10-21T02:55:25.947" UserDisplayName="user622" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1577" PostId="724" Score="0" Text="@Undo I guess I'd like it to be obvious I already know about that particular machine since I _own that particular machine._ I will edit the question to clarify but this answer seems pretty pointless for me. Not to mention battery life will be much worse." CreationDate="2015-10-21T02:59:56.440" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1580" PostId="730" Score="0" Text="I'm not familiar with Compulab. What kind of products do they make and what kind of threats do they protect against? How is the Odroid eMMC more secure: is it just that it isn't removable and so requires hardware tools? (Or to put it another way: how do you unbrick an Odroid flashed with an OS that won't boot?) Regarding encryption: that's a given, the problem is storing the encryption key securely." CreationDate="2015-10-21T13:13:36.177" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1581" PostId="732" Score="0" Text="Does the device need to be mounted somewhere, or carried around? You seem to be saying both in your question." CreationDate="2015-10-21T14:00:04.770" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1582" PostId="725" Score="1" Text="I've seen those (don't remember the model names), but they're pretty expensive and you don't get a lot of choice. What I did in a similar situation was to learn to touch-type (and I always use the same layout no matter what language I'm typing in, but that's only possible because I only use languages based on the Latin alphabet). YMMV." CreationDate="2015-10-21T14:03:49.923" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1583" PostId="722" Score="0" Text="Half price on ebay :-). I got mine for £15 so you should be able to get it around $25. http://www.ebay.com.au/bhp/jvc-xtreme-xplosives" CreationDate="2015-10-21T14:07:42.127" UserId="508" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1584" PostId="723" Score="0" Text="Btw, if you think this is the best answer please mark it as correct. Struggling to get points around here... Xairetismous apo Agglia :-P" CreationDate="2015-10-21T14:19:37.383" UserId="508" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1585" PostId="732" Score="0" Text="@Gilles No device won't be mounted somewhere or carried around." CreationDate="2015-10-21T14:42:39.350" UserId="625" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1586" PostId="431" Score="2" Text="I ordered a [Text Blade](https://waytools.com/) quite some time ago on a kickstarter type thing. Hopefully will be shipping mid-October. It looks like it has the potential to be a comfortable and portable keyboard." CreationDate="2015-09-30T06:18:59.273" UserId="419" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1588" PostId="55" Score="0" Text="What kind of budget?" CreationDate="2015-10-21T19:39:18.640" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1589" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="@nickson104 If you are planning to upgrade to an i5, and skylake, check out the i5 6600k. I am not sure if this is overkill for your computer though, what do you plan on using it for, and why are you upgrading. You could get a huge deal of help from me if you could specify what you plan on using your computer for. If you find your computer 'sluggish' upgrading RAM may not help. Consider upgrading to an SSD instead." CreationDate="2015-10-21T19:51:14.140" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1590" PostId="716" Score="1" Text="Have a look into Doro. I don't know if they ship in Aus, but they do good simple phones, and there's a (more expensive) smart(er)phone in their range too. Also, I seem to recall that JCB are doing rugged phones these days." CreationDate="2015-10-21T21:29:34.540" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1592" PostId="732" Score="0" Text="&quot;which add significant amount to its cost.&quot; There's very few devices that meet that pricepoint in the embedded field I suspect." CreationDate="2015-10-21T23:27:47.073" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1593" PostId="716" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Had a look into Doro. They look pretty good and simple haha, but couldn't find anything on how tough they are... I assume not very, given they're targeted at seniors? Also, looks like only their newer models run on 3G. As for JCB, they look like good contenders, but possibly a bit more expensive than I'd like... Couldn't find 3G handsets from them below $100 in/ordered into Australia, but possibly I just wasn't looking hard enough?" CreationDate="2015-10-22T02:27:23.037" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1594" PostId="730" Score="0" Text="[Compulab](http://www.compulab.co.il/products/embedded-pcs/) makes embedded computers that are more targeted for industrial use instead of educational/hobby like RasPi. You can still easily remove an eMMC but it does not stick out of the case like an SD card." CreationDate="2015-10-22T06:40:03.980" UserId="177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1595" PostId="716" Score="0" Text="@Ricky Doro's phones aren't too bad on toughness. They should survive knocks and bumps, and probably being left out. JCB are indeed quite expensive, though you do get for what you pay for. I saw a video of them driving a JCB tractor over their phone recently. The phone still worked fine." CreationDate="2015-10-22T06:58:43.983" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1596" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk Mostly games, however I may end up using VS at home some day, certainly I plan on trying to learn Unity and Blender/Maya/3DS. I will edit the question and place my current specs in." CreationDate="2015-10-22T07:11:41.820" UserId="604" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1597" PostId="738" Score="0" Text="Hi Filippo, can you elaborate on what specs you're looking for in this router? Things like price range, number of ports, power options, size, etc. are all very useful for people to provide recommendations." CreationDate="2015-10-22T08:30:04.093" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1598" PostId="214" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the comment! I added some features to the post" CreationDate="2015-10-22T09:04:08.130" UserId="111" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1599" PostId="739" Score="3" Text="I donno about regular lenovos but Thinkpads have a whitelist of cards and they must have specific firmware for it. You can work around that tho." CreationDate="2015-10-22T12:03:31.353" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1600" PostId="737" Score="1" Text="I wouldn't recommend the 8400. I'm an nvidia fan, and that particular series had a tendancy to cook itself." CreationDate="2015-10-22T12:14:02.837" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1601" PostId="618" Score="0" Text="managed to find one, grabbed it. Your right about how solid it feels. It's almost metally solid. Not done much yet, upgrading to 10. Thanks." CreationDate="2015-10-22T13:11:28.050" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1602" PostId="618" Score="0" Text="Small note about the windows 10 upgrade. You'll want to grab the *last* windows 8 touchpad driver rather than the windows 10 one. Multitouch is borked with the official windows 10 driver. I believe version 18 is the one you want, and version 19 is the latest. Shouldn't be too hard to find on HP's webpage, or grab me on chat if you're lost/" CreationDate="2015-10-22T13:14:08.563" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1603" PostId="740" Score="1" Text="It is easy to get a mouse with an extra button (sometimes even in the middle, but normally on the sides). Then you remap the button to be middle click. Either with the mouse config in windows 10, or with Autohot-key in earlier version of windows (I'm sure similar can be done on other OS's). My mouse has a broken middle click, so this is what I have done." CreationDate="2015-10-22T13:18:04.963" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1606" PostId="745" Score="0" Text="That would be a shame if it was true but as long as there was an appropriate driver I don't believe that is the case. Either way if you have a technical reference to back that up I would appreciate it." CreationDate="2015-10-22T14:19:54.473" UserId="609" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1607" PostId="745" Score="2" Text="@Matt: Which part of a driver is not software?" CreationDate="2015-10-22T14:21:48.390" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1608" PostId="740" Score="0" Text="@Oxinabox Windows is not an option for me. Remapping keys might work, but I do want three buttons on the top - each of which is large enough for a finger. So the extra button on the side is not what I want. If you can recommend one with an extra button in the middle, I might accept that as an answer." CreationDate="2015-10-22T14:26:20.073" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1610" PostId="740" Score="1" Text="I'm certain you can do it in linux (I've seen it done), and I would be very odd if you couldn't in Mac. Most side buttons are are easier to press than top buttons -- several ergonomic mice move the main keys to the side for this reason." CreationDate="2015-10-22T14:42:34.450" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1612" PostId="744" Score="0" Text="Thank you! I already have a Zotac and probably a NUC replacement soon. But I am looking for something integrated with screen but without peripherals (a la All-In-One). The problem is that most all-in-ones aare not portable, bigger than 17&quot; and also you need to pay for the touchscreen feature. The later is appliable to most tablets, which also are shipped with android/ios systems." CreationDate="2015-10-22T15:15:19.700" UserId="628" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1621" PostId="737" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek, if you're not doing gaming graphics, the card will never get loaded enough to overheat." CreationDate="2015-10-22T18:42:09.250" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1625" PostId="716" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode fair enough! Feel free to put one or both of them up as an answer. I'll be waiting a while to accept an answer (especially given how few people are being attracted to this question at the moment), but I'll at least vote it up. :)" CreationDate="2015-10-22T22:08:04.777" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1627" PostId="687" Score="1" Text="Regardless of the downvotes, I believe this fully answers the questions." CreationDate="2015-10-23T00:47:57.557" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1628" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="@nickson104 You do not really need to upgrade to DDR4 or skylake. It may be possible to return the RAM if you don't want it, or you can just buy a Z97 board and a Devil's Canyon CPU. I can't really write an answer, because recommending specs would not be 'answering the question' and I would get a bunch of downvotes :P" CreationDate="2015-10-23T00:50:38.820" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1630" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk I am leaning towards a devils canyon now, following the advice that boards supporting both ddr3 and 4 are substandard. I wanted skylake and DDR4 primarily for future proofing. I agree with your statement, recommending specs is bad form. I asked the question more to discuss the motherboards rather than what I require, the question is valid regardless of reason, otherwise I would delete it myself as off topic" CreationDate="2015-10-23T07:05:18.043" UserId="604" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1631" PostId="732" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Can you list out the names of those very few devices. May be something turns fruitful for me." CreationDate="2015-10-23T07:12:39.553" UserId="625" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1632" PostId="732" Score="0" Text="I can't think of any off the top of my head. The fact that you need to run node.js rules out many ultra cheap microprocessors. 35 dollars and running linux is *rare* raspi, maybe the odroid c1+ (but that's 2 dollars more + shipping, tho its got a few interesting features)... beaglebone's pricier....  and with most of these wifi and bt is optional. For what it is, the rpi/rpi2 is actually pretty cheap." CreationDate="2015-10-23T07:19:47.747" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1633" PostId="732" Score="0" Text="Ok. All i need to do from Node.js is to do some logical processing and making some HTTP calls. So, if Node.js is real big stone then i will use something else (like perl, python, or you can suggest me whatever is more suitable) to make the board economical for my business." CreationDate="2015-10-23T07:25:17.243" UserId="625" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1635" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="@nickson104 I don't think that skylake provides that much 'future-proofing' anyway. When you upgrade, it's probably going to make sense to get a new motherboard, regardless of whether you use Z170 or Z97." CreationDate="2015-10-23T11:32:12.123" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1636" PostId="618" Score="0" Text="Sorted (For me about 8 drivers didn't work at all with windows update and so had to be done manually, doing to touchpad manually on to the 8.1 version was no trouble). A note to anyone else getting this. Upgrading to 10 is a pain, as there is not enough space on the disk for it to hold both 10 and 8 and the recovery/WMIBoot partition. The solution is install from an SD card (you can tell the upgrade wizard to make a bootable disk like this)" CreationDate="2015-10-23T13:12:07.930" UserId="535" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1638" PostId="745" Score="0" Text="I was only using vmware player for this. I could check to see if it supports similar functionality. I would have assumed that the driver tells the OS what hardware it has so in theory the driver can present whatever it wants. Thanks for the information." CreationDate="2015-10-23T15:00:15.213" UserId="609" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1639" PostId="753" Score="0" Text="That's actually the one that I have. IMO, it's complete junk because of the stupid wire that's needed for XBL chat. I've had it for almost a year. Bought it directly from Astro for $344. Two months ago, I started getting a ton of static, so purchased a new wire from them for $46.22 (which included tax and shipping). Now I'm getting static again. So ridiculous that I spent almost $400 and now I have something I can't even use. Was hoping to find something else to replace the A50 with one that didn't need _any_ wires." CreationDate="2015-10-23T20:06:51.983" UserId="636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1640" PostId="753" Score="0" Text="I haven't had that experience at all. I've been pleased with mine." CreationDate="2015-10-23T20:41:23.980" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1642" PostId="740" Score="0" Text="I'm happy with my mouse (a cheap one I bought ~15 years ago) with a thumb button and a clickable wheel, but if you want three button on top, ok. That being said, have you tried different mice? They vary a lot in terms of how much force it takes to click the wheel, all the way from “pretty much can't scroll without clicking” to “will make your middle finger very strong”." CreationDate="2015-10-24T02:02:19.703" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1644" PostId="628" Score="0" Text="@JuanCarlosCoto - yes, naturally this  will work only on a laptop ( or desktop ) that have a grill - otherwise how would the air be sucked out ? The exhaust is placed on the grill and has usually several adapters ( silicon sleeves ) that can be adjusted to specific models for seal. the [one I have used](http://gdp.alicdn.com/imgextra/i4/1658883438/TB2b4vzfVXXXXXvXXXXXXXXXXXX_!!1658883438.jpg) was bought in HK for about 5 or 6 usd - but you should inquire in your area ( and also, I have used about 6 or 7 different ones - all efficient) .All work on a standard 5v USB." CreationDate="2015-10-24T05:54:57.417" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1645" PostId="628" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley - why do you consider this a comment ? I have recommended a type of product unknown to the OP before , that would potentially solve the problem presented . It would be useless for me to point to a specific product not knowing where the OP is located ." CreationDate="2015-10-24T05:57:27.733" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1646" PostId="740" Score="0" Text="@Gilles I have tried a few, but not a lot compared to how many presumably exists. So far I haven't come across one with a middle button that worked as good as the mice from before the invention of the scroll wheel." CreationDate="2015-10-24T09:00:02.530" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1651" PostId="755" Score="1" Text="I think this question actually might abide by the rules. It seems very interesting..." CreationDate="2015-10-24T21:48:14.950" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1652" PostId="755" Score="2" Text="This post is being discussed on [meta](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/303/is-this-question-on-topic)" CreationDate="2015-10-24T23:58:03.103" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1653" PostId="755" Score="2" Text="I think this is an excellent question, but it's so specific (and well done) that we're overwhelmed. It just ***exceeds*** our site quality standards! :D" CreationDate="2015-10-25T00:24:27.947" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1654" PostId="756" Score="0" Text="Good answer, especially for such a broad ranged question." CreationDate="2015-10-25T00:43:47.963" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1655" PostId="756" Score="2" Text="*&gt; Windows only supported the second core if you were running one of the business/server editions* -- not according to [this](http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-hardware/multi-core-processor-and-multiprocessor-limit-for/abd0a0ce-4ac2-484b-88cb-fbf93beb54e0), which says that (1) XP Professional supports 2 processors and (2) &quot;dual-core processors count as a single processor&quot;. It is unclear if this was added in a Service Pack (2 was released 2004), but there was a 2006 [hotfix](https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/kb/896256) to improve performance in dual-core systems." CreationDate="2015-10-25T03:23:26.203" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1656" PostId="756" Score="2" Text="I also find the claim of needing a Fast Ethernet card somewhat dubious - onboard Gigabit Ethernet was becoming common around 2006/2007, and I think onboard Fast Ethernet became common probably around 2000 -- maybe even earlier. For example, the 2002 GA-8IRXP [had an Intel PRO100VE](http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/179/gigabyte_ga_8irxp_i845_motherboard_review/index3.html) network adapter, which [supported Fast Ethernet](http://www.cnet.com/products/intel-pro-100-ve-desktop-connection-network-adapter/)." CreationDate="2015-10-25T03:36:08.373" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1657" PostId="756" Score="0" Text="@Bob, XP Home, which is what would be installed on a gaming computer, as of 2005 counted two cores as two processors.  This exceeded the one-processor limit, so it ignored the second core.  As for networking, onboard was hit-or-miss at the time.  I've got one computer from that era with it built-in, and one that needed a card.  GIgabit networking didn't become common on desktops until the adoption of PCIe, because the data rates required would saturate a 32-bit 33MHz PCI bus (servers got around it by using the faster, wider PCI-X bus)." CreationDate="2015-10-25T04:53:57.333" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1658" PostId="756" Score="2" Text="@Mark You absolutely certain about that? While  Idid not have a dual-core system in 2005, all resources I can find suggest that XP would have coped perfectly well with one - both the licensing and technical restrictions look at the *sockets*. There are forum threads discussing this in [2006](http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/484365-windows-xp-home-edition-dual-core/) and [2007](http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/244567-28-does-home-limit-dual-core) (dual-core was not very common in 2005 yet)." CreationDate="2015-10-25T05:03:04.883" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1659" PostId="756" Score="0" Text="*However* there are some reported instances of only a single core being used, primarily when either the firmware (BIOS) settings were set incorrectly (e.g. ACPI disabled), or when moving/upgrading an old installation - XP's would detect multi-core at install time and enable a different HAL, which would not be correct if you moved an existing installation. I wouldn't know the actual proliferation of onboard FE in 2005, but I'd guess that cards were far from &quot;ubiquitous&quot;. As far as GbE -- I only said those became common in 2006+. Incidentally, Intel chipsets from 2004 onwards supported PCIe." CreationDate="2015-10-25T05:04:06.493" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1660" PostId="756" Score="0" Text="@Bob, [Yes](http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/163442-31-processor-home)" CreationDate="2015-10-25T05:15:18.563" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1661" PostId="756" Score="1" Text="@Mark http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/51151-45-does-home-edition-support-dual-core -- someone actually called Microsoft back in June 2005 to confirm that, yes, XP Home supports multiple cores on a single CPU. Apparently that *might* have been false before dual-core processors actually existed, but that's at least confirmation for XP Home allowing it within a month of those CPUs coming to market, at the latest. [Here](https://web.archive.org/web/20041126035305/http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/highlights/multicore.mspx)'s MS explicitly defining &quot;processor&quot; and &quot;core&quot; (albeit for servers)." CreationDate="2015-10-25T07:47:17.697" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1662" PostId="334" Score="0" Text="Cf. http://www.techspot.com/article/997-samsung-ssd-read-performance-degradation/" CreationDate="2015-10-25T10:13:45.430" UserId="518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1663" PostId="756" Score="2" Text="I also consider the Fast Ethernet card very unusual. I remember that back at the time, I've used Asus K7N8X-E Deluxe, which was a higher class but not top of the line motherboard, and it had both an integrated Fast Ethernet card and an integrated Gigabit Ethernet card. Also at the time, I've had (today a bit unusual) 3 GiB of RAM as well, due to limitation of chipset used." CreationDate="2015-10-25T12:12:26.157" UserId="656" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1665" PostId="756" Score="0" Text="speaking of OS, he might have more than one of them easily (so-called &quot;dual boot&quot;), even on 1 hard drive. So he might have Windoze XP for gaming, and anything at all for other activities." CreationDate="2015-10-25T16:07:39.683" UserId="660" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1666" PostId="301" Score="1" Text="DO NOT go for Android with proprietary drivers. You'll lose the ability to upgrade Android in no time. Vendors usually stop upgrading system software for &quot;old&quot; devices (0.5..1 years is old) to force customers buy newer devices. And old Android versions tend to suffer badly from security holes." CreationDate="2015-10-25T16:16:43.403" UserId="660" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1667" PostId="129" Score="0" Text="Their support from the software side is currently lacking. If you do not want to be tied to Windows only, your best bet is probably software full disk encryption + regular SSD." CreationDate="2015-10-25T16:29:49.557" UserId="660" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1668" PostId="758" Score="0" Text="When you say programmer, I wonder if you plan to connect it to your computer? If so not all video cards support HDMI 2.0 (you may already know this). Also as a programmer myself reading lines of code on a 4k is quite helpful, however the farther you have the screen away it is harder to work with. For example Visual Studio (or whatever IDE) is much easier to read on a 4k monitor at 28&quot; one foot away than a 40&quot; at 6 feet away. (This is my own experience and opinion based an assumption in your question.)" CreationDate="2015-10-25T16:58:23.047" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1671" PostId="760" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this as off-topic since half of this question is a product review: *Do you have any experience* is incredibly opinion-based, and is more or less not a good fit here, as we are about recommendations. It's also quite broad: what size of SD card? Micro SD? This need to be more specific." CreationDate="2015-10-25T21:34:05.667" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1672" PostId="760" Score="1" Text="@Zizouz212 Edited the question. Hope the wording suits you better." CreationDate="2015-10-25T21:49:08.320" UserId="626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1673" PostId="570" Score="0" Text="The kinect isn't that bad if you make your own power supply (main power goes into the motors that adjust it's position anyways), and similarly can cut all the cables to the standards that you want" CreationDate="2015-10-25T23:12:48.033" UserId="663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1674" PostId="469" Score="0" Text="Could connect a (2nd) micro SD card to the pi, connect it's wires to the Pi's SPI interface and store any sensitive stuff there, then once it's there use some epoxy such that removing it would be a pain and more than likely to destroy the entire system - still won't help from someone accessing it via software after re-programming the pi (this is assuming you want to be able to re-program the Pi and pull out it's SD card - if not, just glue all over that instead) - it might push your budget a bit but an electronics potting compound would work best, but any non-conductive epoxy would also work" CreationDate="2015-10-25T23:16:26.853" UserId="663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1675" PostId="759" Score="0" Text="Wonderful answer to such a vague question. And, also, welcome to HR SE!" CreationDate="2015-10-25T23:36:41.473" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1676" PostId="763" Score="2" Text="Canons also are refillable, if you don't mind keeping a track of ink yourself. I think I bought ink for ~40 sgd... I don't remember how many years ago." CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:10:18.200" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1677" PostId="760" Score="0" Text="I think the specific advantage of those drives is they're a wierd form factor that dosen't stick out. Its a full sd card with a bit lopped off." CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:17:49.720" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1678" PostId="766" Score="0" Text="Hmm. I think that's above my budget, and also I forgot to mention that I would like to use this for gaming, (just a little :P), so those weird arrow keys might be a bit annoying. Thank you for the help, though." CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:22:14.767" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1679" PostId="711" Score="0" Text="Note that if you need this device mostly for travel and claim you won't be using it much for non-travel work, maybe you should consider something  smaller than 15&quot;? Smaller devices are easier for transport." CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:23:22.240" UserId="667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1680" PostId="766" Score="0" Text="Logitech makes good solid keyboards, and are worth taking a look at anyway. Dell's OEM keyboards are pretty usable, and I know a place that sells em surplus/cheap locally. That said, I'm out of touch with cheap keyboards, but at that price range, I'd just get a generic cheapie or three ;p" CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:24:12.027" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1681" PostId="766" Score="0" Text="Haha, I'm using a MS keyboard that was probably very fancy back in the day, but now it's failing on me, the W key doesn't work that great, and it's battery life is like 4 months, so you can understand why I want a new one :) Thank you for your help though, and I hope this answer helps someone else :)" CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:25:49.260" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1682" PostId="765" Score="0" Text="Bluetooth keyboards under $20 alone are going to be very low quality, add backlighting, full-size, etc. and you are not going to find anything that will last a long time. &quot;Gaming&quot; keyboards are mechanical, and those are no-where near $20.&#xA;&#xA;You can get a keyboard with some of these things, but it won't last long under heavy use." CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:30:54.207" UserId="668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1683" PostId="765" Score="0" Text="@PrestonBadeer Lol, no I do not want a mechanical keyboard. Just one with normal arrow keys ^-^" CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:31:47.467" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1684" PostId="765" Score="0" Text="&quot;Must last a long time (more than 2 years)&quot; is why I brought that up. It totally depends on how much you use it, but you can easily wreck a non-mechanical keyboard in under two years." CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:32:42.703" UserId="668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1685" PostId="765" Score="0" Text="@PrestonBadeer Well, the use of a normal user, some coding, and some gaming (with arrow keys, WASD, and mouse) I'm not sure if I am asking to much?" CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:33:31.810" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1686" PostId="765" Score="0" Text="I would ask friends (incl. Steam/Origin buddies) and look on craiglist. I got a free gaming keyboard with my gaming PC that fits your description and never use it, I'm sure there are people close by you who have the same story." CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:36:29.463" UserId="668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1687" PostId="99" Score="1" Text="I've been coding for about ten years and scissor switch keyboards have failed me a lot in the past. Keys broke or came loose, silicon wore down, sensors broke, etc." CreationDate="2015-10-26T00:42:06.307" UserId="668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1688" PostId="762" Score="2" Text="Are you excluding laser printers? Technically, they use toner, not ink - your use of 'ink' makes it unclear. Thoughts?" CreationDate="2015-10-26T03:41:58.797" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1690" PostId="712" Score="0" Text="All those you mention (as well as the S3 you have) come with this support out of the box. IOW your problem must be one of configuration (probably on the PC side)." CreationDate="2015-10-22T13:41:24.900" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1691" PostId="712" Score="0" Text="there is no &quot;support out of the box&quot; for the S3. Only MTP is supported. For UMS you need to root the device and install extra software." CreationDate="2015-10-23T07:26:36.813" UserId="550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1692" PostId="712" Score="0" Text="@Herr_Schwaullek: Ah, UMS is indeed problematic in general (you can't export via UMS while having that same partition also available in the phone at the same time, for fairly deep technical reasons), which is why MTP is used instead.  You're probably better off trying to get MTP working on the PC side." CreationDate="2015-10-24T13:38:20.400" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1693" PostId="712" Score="0" Text="I don't have any problems with MTP. But in some cases UMS is superior to MTP so it would be nice to have native support or at least no problems to activate it on a smartphone." CreationDate="2015-10-25T15:22:31.457" UserId="550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1694" PostId="712" Score="0" Text="As I said, there are fundamental limitations in the use of UMS, mostly the fact that you can't let a PC access a partition via UMS while that same partition is mounted locally (unless both access are read-only, but I don't know if this exception is well-supported by the Linux kernel), so it's pretty much always problematic (typically, you'd have to first unmount your SD card, then export it via UMS, and when done, stop the UMS export and re-mount the SD card; and for most other partitions, unmounting is nigh-on impossible because there's always some part of the partition that's in active use)." CreationDate="2015-10-25T19:46:11.743" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1697" PostId="570" Score="0" Text="I'm not looking for &quot;not bad&quot; sensors, I'm looking for the best. Kinect V1 is big and not as accurate as V2." CreationDate="2015-10-26T07:14:26.170" UserId="177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1699" PostId="711" Score="0" Text="Do you mean it the other way round by sny chance? If i don't need it for travel i would get bigger than 15&quot;, but i haven't found a mid range 17&quot; model, they are either cheaper ones (eith celeron) or hogh end." CreationDate="2015-10-26T07:24:42.647" UserId="607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1702" PostId="767" Score="0" Text="This looks VERY good. May be the one I end up buying. I will add an accepted answer once I do buy one." CreationDate="2015-10-26T10:39:24.260" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1703" PostId="768" Score="0" Text="Also beautiful keyboard. When I buy one, I will update this question with an accepted answer." CreationDate="2015-10-26T10:40:07.907" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1708" PostId="770" Score="0" Text="The problem is, it doesn't have a backslash key :( I will still consider it though." CreationDate="2015-10-26T10:51:57.350" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1710" PostId="739" Score="0" Text="You should try calling Lenovo support. They should be able to help you." CreationDate="2015-10-26T11:09:24.020" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1711" PostId="770" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk the pictures that were added show the German layout. Did you check the English one?" CreationDate="2015-10-26T11:49:24.423" UserId="674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1712" PostId="756" Score="0" Text="Something worth considering - PIVs while they ran hot, thermal throttled. AMDs could/would occasionally burn out. Might be a consideration here." CreationDate="2015-10-26T12:01:49.770" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1714" PostId="752" Score="0" Text="do you have any older hardware available? You could build your own NAS pretty easily. Because I think this is the perfect place for a NAS to do it's job. Benefits from having a NAS: add more storage to it really easy - expand the features you can use by installing few new packages + real controll over the device and your data. You can install a NAS OS like openmediavault and even use your own Cloud service to share files." CreationDate="2015-10-26T12:18:16.433" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1715" PostId="104" Score="0" Text="Regarding key rollover, might want to consider my question [In what way does non-“full n-key rollover” hinder fast typists?](http://superuser.com/q/762611/53590) (unfortunately currently closed as opinion-based) on [su]." CreationDate="2015-10-26T12:19:19.053" UserId="496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1716" PostId="99" Score="1" Text="Isn't the actuation *force* a more interesting metric than depth of keypress? Back when mechanical typewriters were a thing, people would have *killed* for a 3-4 mm actuation depth..." CreationDate="2015-10-26T12:21:08.813" UserId="496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1717" PostId="762" Score="0" Text="What Undo said above. Color laser printers have come down *significantly* in price in recent years, and while the price per purchase of consumables tends to be higher, those consumables also (generally speaking) last *significantly* longer, which brings the cost per printed page down *a lot*. Because toner is already dry, you also don't have to use them regularly to keep the cartridges from drying out. I would recommend that you focus more on cost per printed page (note that this varies by color coverage) than the cost of a replacement set of print matter (ink or toner)." CreationDate="2015-10-26T12:24:18.387" UserId="496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1718" PostId="752" Score="0" Text="@benjaminS : no, not really, I don't have anything, and I am really not the guy who starts wireing :-)" CreationDate="2015-10-26T13:10:55.470" UserId="638" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1720" PostId="767" Score="0" Text="I'm using one of these right now, and I agree wholeheartedly with your statement. I have a backlit mechanical keyboard as well, but at my office I use this Dell which came with my brother's computer in 2006. It's a great piece of plastic." CreationDate="2015-10-26T16:12:54.253" UserId="682" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1723" PostId="767" Score="0" Text="Pretty bad typing feeling tough. And rather noisy. None of which matters much for gaming I guess." CreationDate="2015-10-26T18:07:31.860" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1725" PostId="770" Score="0" Text="@AndréStannek The product page shows that a US layout exists, but it's not clear from the data sheet whether the US layout has a US-style physical layout. In any case, the physical layout shown will, if configured for a US layout, have backslash on the key labeled `#'`." CreationDate="2015-10-26T18:31:42.330" UserId="686" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1726" PostId="745" Score="0" Text="If he needs to use an exotic parallel port device this won't work - actual PC parallel port controllers supported many operating modes other than Centronics which likely won't be supported by a typical general-purpose USB adapter. Frankly, I'm not even sure if a virtual machine could do this with _real_ parallel ports." CreationDate="2015-10-26T18:36:56.517" UserId="686" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1727" PostId="784" Score="2" Text="Can you add a link to the thread?" CreationDate="2015-10-26T19:24:59.317" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1729" PostId="770" Score="0" Text="@AndréStannek I cannot find it.... Could you provide a link?" CreationDate="2015-10-26T20:00:16.393" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1730" PostId="770" Score="0" Text="@Random832 yeah, you can always change the layout software side, but you need to know your layout by heart for that. I once used an English keyboard because it's better for programming. When I switched to German layout (e.g. because of umlauts), I couldn't find any special chracter anymore ;-)" CreationDate="2015-10-26T20:04:26.660" UserId="674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1731" PostId="770" Score="0" Text="@AndréStannek yes, but the issue is the physical layout. Even with a US software layout, a European keyboard has a strangely shaped Enter key and backslash key in the wrong place for a US user. Software layouts can't fix that (though AIUI they do *store* that information, for use with on-screen keyboard apps)" CreationDate="2015-10-26T20:05:39.433" UserId="686" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1732" PostId="770" Score="0" Text="@Random832 oh, yeah. Point taken..." CreationDate="2015-10-26T20:06:35.717" UserId="674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1733" PostId="770" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Cherry-eVolution-STREAM-Multimedia-Keyboard/dp/B001QUDJX8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1445889901&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=cherry+stream) has the predecessor listed but it seems quite pricey to me. They don't have the 3.0 but it was just introduced. Maybe it'll hit the US in a few days. After all Cherry is a German manufacturer. Didn't think of that, sorry :-/" CreationDate="2015-10-26T20:09:52.113" UserId="674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1734" PostId="767" Score="0" Text="@Gilles lol, I type too, It's not mainly intended for gaming. I just want the capability." CreationDate="2015-10-26T20:46:44.673" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1737" PostId="712" Score="0" Text="Without installing other software on the phone, on the computer, or both? Why don't you use MTP?" CreationDate="2015-10-26T23:21:08.443" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1743" PostId="819" Score="7" Text="If you're that price-sensitive, you need to tell us where you're going to purchase it. Shipping and taxes will make the difference. Do you actually need an enclosure or just an adapter?" CreationDate="2015-10-27T00:41:51.500" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1744" PostId="836" Score="0" Text="Is the model linked the one you've had experience with?" CreationDate="2015-10-27T00:46:18.743" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1745" PostId="745" Score="0" Text="IIUC his virtual machine runs some old ms-dos program which only knows how to print to a printer connected over the centronics port.  If that's what it's about, then Qemu-style simulation of a parallel port should work fine." CreationDate="2015-10-27T01:01:48.500" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1747" PostId="758" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your info, infact I have an hdmi2.0 card. I understand your comments on monitor size, but if I do not like it I can recycle it as a tv!" CreationDate="2015-10-27T09:46:10.100" UserId="652" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1748" PostId="712" Score="0" Text="@Gilles (and Stefan): I know about the benefits of MTP and I am too lazy to explain the benefits of UMS in detail. I have many workflows in which MTP doesn't work. In my question there are already some cases listed where UMS is preferable. My hope is still there is a modern smartphone out there which natively supports both UMS and MTP ;-)" CreationDate="2015-10-27T10:50:22.543" UserId="550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1751" PostId="771" Score="0" Text="Depending on what kind of content you're displaying and the synchronization requirements, you might be able to use one computer per monitor instead of multiple monitors for the same computer." CreationDate="2015-10-27T11:19:53.963" UserId="695" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1757" PostId="844" Score="1" Text="heh. No offence but that processor is *seriously* on the low end. That said, quicksync does wonders for re-encoding. Is that an option?" CreationDate="2015-10-27T14:13:36.197" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1758" PostId="845" Score="1" Text="If you're willing to possibly do a little repair, usually these ferrite cores will just come off. If you're lucky, the core itself is on the outside of the cable and you won't have to put the cable back together." CreationDate="2015-10-27T14:21:10.683" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1759" PostId="844" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Besides QuickSync, are there any more options?" CreationDate="2015-10-27T14:43:20.240" UserId="692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1760" PostId="844" Score="0" Text="Not too sure, I don't actually use  vegas, but I experimented with a handbrake fork with quicksync." CreationDate="2015-10-27T14:44:39.987" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1762" PostId="848" Score="0" Text="Are you running any plugins? What game mode are you hosting? An MvM server takes a different amount of RAM than others." CreationDate="2015-10-27T14:54:04.690" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1764" PostId="759" Score="1" Text="I had to check, but I am correct: openSUSE wasn't actually called that until October 2005, before that it was simply SuSE Linux and SuSE Linux Professional. For me personally, it took quite a while before Ubuntu got to a point where it could be used for day-to-day usage so I would have a PC at that time run either Fedora or SuSE Linux, but that might be my personal bias causing me to misremember.&#xA;Additionally, I can confirm that at the time, enthusiasts were fairly commonly running a dual boot of Linux and Windows XP, the latter specifically for gaming purposes." CreationDate="2015-10-27T14:55:45.703" UserId="564" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1765" PostId="764" Score="2" Text="I was going to suggest the same thing. The old version was decent, the new version is expensive but amazing. +1 from me." CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:00:06.747" UserId="564" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1766" PostId="845" Score="1" Text="why not just take them off from your cables with cutters? you can break the rings into pieces without damaging the cable if you're careful" CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:06:53.790" UserId="669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1767" PostId="18" Score="1" Text="If your Logitech mouse still works fine you might be interested to know that recent studies have shown that higher DPI actually does not increase precision for the purposes of gaming once you pass a certain minimum. If you still like your mouse and are simply looking to increase the amount of buttons you can easily access, something like a razer orbweaver chroma might be more up to your requirements. The gist of these is that you put your left hand on it and have easier access to a greater number of buttons than on a conventional keyboard due to modifier keys." CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:09:45.450" UserId="564" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1768" PostId="843" Score="6" Text="I'd recommend getting an SSD instead of more RAM or a faster CPU. After some point (really weak intel atom cpu or 2gb ram) the real bottleneck becomes IO operations per second on the hard drive." CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:09:55.890" UserId="669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1771" PostId="850" Score="3" Text="Related: [Keyboard for programmers?](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/126/keyboard-for-programmers)" CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:32:37.937" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1772" PostId="852" Score="0" Text="Should take into account the OS usage, although that won't be much." CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:36:25.663" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1775" PostId="771" Score="0" Text="I have to make some computer screen mirroring there. I will be telling people about some website's features and show it to people there, making it interactive." CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:44:12.040" UserId="681" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1776" PostId="851" Score="0" Text="@Andy how much was your system?" CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:45:11.820" UserId="696" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1777" PostId="851" Score="0" Text="Right around $500." CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:46:13.800" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1779" PostId="843" Score="1" Text="What's your current memory usage at now on your worst/highest load? Is it even near 16GB? If not, I would not worry too much about it. What about your compiling time? Is that a few seconds, or is it a few minutes? Compile time mostly relies on the CPU. Again, it all comes down to your usage as James stated." CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:53:40.973" UserId="701" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1783" PostId="843" Score="1" Text="16GB should be enough unless you're running 5+ instances of each editor.&#xA;Here's the breakdown:&#xA;If your editors/computer is running slow, you probably need more ram.&#xA;If your compiling isn't fast enough, CPU/HDD need upgrading.  In the case of programming, it would probably be more beneficial to have a higher core count than processor speed if you're using multi-threaded compiling (such as make -j)." CreationDate="2015-10-27T16:02:50.230" UserId="702" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1785" PostId="851" Score="0" Text="Do those cameras pan tilt and zoom?" CreationDate="2015-10-27T16:18:31.807" UserId="696" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1786" PostId="851" Score="0" Text="The bullet cameras do not. You need to get a [Pan/Tile/Zoom enabled camera](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dphoto&amp;field-keywords=amcrest+camera+tilt). They may be included in one of the bundles Amcrest has available." CreationDate="2015-10-27T16:22:25.073" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1790" PostId="851" Score="0" Text="I dont think armcrest makes any PTZ weatherproof cameras. Would you happen to know if I can mix and match components (dvr/cameras). I suppose that's a different question." CreationDate="2015-10-27T16:42:43.563" UserId="696" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1792" PostId="851" Score="0" Text="Cameras can be mixed/matched to a degree. They sell bundles of dome/bullet cameras. My experience is limited to the bullet cameras only, though. I don't know how well cameras outside of the bundles work together." CreationDate="2015-10-27T16:44:44.760" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1794" PostId="843" Score="1" Text="To find out if you're low on ram or cpu, have a look at how much of both your processes are consuming via task manager or process explorer (windows)." CreationDate="2015-10-27T16:55:37.127" UserId="669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1795" PostId="843" Score="0" Text="Currently my task manager shows that I am consuming 5.2 GB of RAM out of my current available 8, although I cannot imaging this to be the case since Android Studio is constantly lagging and is generally very slow." CreationDate="2015-10-27T16:58:24.190" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1796" PostId="853" Score="0" Text="I've started a [meta discussion](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/331/1) for questions like these, if anyone wants to weigh in." CreationDate="2015-10-27T16:59:22.850" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1797" PostId="845" Score="0" Text="There are a lot of coreless cables on UK Amazon, but they're all &quot;free shipping with purchases over £20.&quot;" CreationDate="2015-10-27T17:08:49.180" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1798" PostId="856" Score="0" Text="I had the option of going for a 400GB SSD instead of the 800GB HDD, is the SSD a better option?" CreationDate="2015-10-27T17:12:04.943" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1799" PostId="856" Score="0" Text="Personally, I'd stay with the larger drive. I had a 500 GB one dedicated to a server. My issues were almost exclusively with the hidden AFK farms. Additionally, if you are setting world borders, there are ways to pregenerate chunks, in which case you won't see much benefit anyway. The downside to that is, when new biomes are created, they won't randomly appear." CreationDate="2015-10-27T17:15:31.323" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1802" PostId="855" Score="1" Text="More RAM has another benefit: buffer cache can hoard more files for you. It is not only about going over capacity resulting in swapping." CreationDate="2015-10-27T17:22:10.337" UserId="708" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1803" PostId="843" Score="4" Text="Don't neglect the recently-released [Xeon E3-1230 v5](http://ark.intel.com/products/88182/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1230-v5-8M-Cache-3_40-GHz) -- all the performance of the i7 at a price halfway between the i5 and i7.  If you need the iGPU, go with the [Xeon E3-1245 v5](http://ark.intel.com/products/88173/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1245-v5-8M-Cache-3_50-GHz), which has higher specs and still lower price than the i7." CreationDate="2015-10-27T18:12:27.173" UserId="303" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1805" PostId="843" Score="1" Text="It should be noted that I've been happily using an E3-1230 v2 for a few years now, passively cooled, undervolted at stock clock speeds, DDR3L ECC RAM, and absolutely zero hardware issues ever.  I expect that the Skylake generation will be more efficient and no less reliable." CreationDate="2015-10-27T18:16:58.840" UserId="303" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1809" PostId="18" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the comment it is interesting that DPI stops giving an advantage after a certain level. I do in fact own a (non-chroma) **orb-weaver** and it provides a lot of extra buttons (this is good). However, because WASD is on my left if I am moving I was hoping to use the pinky finger on the right for since it currently does nothing. (On a side note I also own two **stinkyboards** for extra buttons but I find it hard to use for anything aside from jump and crouch)." CreationDate="2015-10-27T18:51:14.657" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1810" PostId="859" Score="0" Text="I've removed all but your last question here because the first two are borderline off-topic. It's also easier to answer your question as single questions, rather than lots of things at once." CreationDate="2015-10-27T18:54:12.503" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1811" PostId="758" Score="0" Text="I see, I have seen many reviewers say that OLED (the one that turns off the pixel when is is black) is an good choice if you have the cash.&#xA;I also warn if you plan to use for gaming check to see if the screen has a delay (not the Xms refresh time). Several TV's have a delay between input and the result on the screen, this happens from my understanding due to the processing on the screen itself. This display kills reaction-based games like FPS or RB/GH.&#xA;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I44RJYOVAoo&#xA;http://www.techhive.com/article/183928/how_to_find_and_fix_input_lag_in_your_HDTV_or_monitor.html" CreationDate="2015-10-27T18:56:04.673" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1813" PostId="758" Score="0" Text="Sorry it looks like the 43PUH4900 is not on it but I found a good site that lists display lag that may be of interest: http://www.displaylag.com/display-database/" CreationDate="2015-10-27T19:01:57.553" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1814" PostId="855" Score="2" Text="@ArekBulski Also, more memory means that you can create more space for a simple RAM disk. Using (for example) 512MB to create a disk for temporary files may help to increase the lifespan of your SSD. Since those writes aren't going to the SSD, the SSD will be more free for disk-intensive tasks, more free space and (repeating) as a side effect, it will last longer. But use a disposable RAM disk, created on boot." CreationDate="2015-10-27T19:23:46.073" UserId="712" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1815" PostId="859" Score="2" Text="Your other two questions would be better off in separate questions, though they may be off topic here. You might get better results on another site." CreationDate="2015-10-27T19:32:33.597" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1816" PostId="843" Score="1" Text="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4533116/minimum-hardware-requirements-for-android-development and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16732021/why-emulator-is-very-slow-in-android-studio seem to be relevant readings" CreationDate="2015-10-27T20:38:42.727" UserId="714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1818" PostId="843" Score="2" Text="RAM is usually faster than any harddisk.  So, first max out your memory - the actual speed is less important - and then upgrade any non-SSD disk to SSD." CreationDate="2015-10-27T20:59:05.887" UserId="598" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1819" PostId="859" Score="2" Text="You've cross-posted this on 4 different sites: [CS.SE](http://cs.stackexchange.com/q/48768/755), [HardwareRec.SE](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/859), [RaspPI.SE](http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/q/37701), and [Arduino.SE](http://arduino.stackexchange.com/q/17238).  Please [do not post the same question on multiple sites](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/64068). Each community should have an honest shot at answering without anybody's time being wasted. If you don't get a satisfying answer after a week or so, feel free to flag for migration." CreationDate="2015-10-27T21:03:15.317" UserId="716" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1820" PostId="768" Score="0" Text="Do you know if they have a version of the K750 without solar?" CreationDate="2015-10-27T21:06:55.393" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1827" PostId="883" Score="0" Text="I'm going out on a limb here since you have a cassette player, but does your car have a radio? If so, there are plenty of great phone accessories for locally broadcasting to your car's radio" CreationDate="2015-10-28T02:01:40.317" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1828" PostId="883" Score="0" Text="I've used several of those without good results, even when wired (or directly attached) to the phone.  The signal just doesn't come through clearly on the radio.  Cassette adapters generally have a static-free signal transfer, but have those fragile wires. I'm hoping that Bluetooth does better transferring the signal without static than FM radio because Bluetooth is digital, whereas FM is analog.  I realize that doesn't always fix the problem, but I've had good luck with Bluetooth indoors and am hoping that kind of good signal transfer works in the car too." CreationDate="2015-10-28T02:07:27.923" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1830" PostId="883" Score="0" Text="I know this is not what you are looking for, however I have been using an AUX Bluetooth adapter for some time with good quality audio. Sadly a lot of radios don't have an AUX (3.5mm) input port. :\" CreationDate="2015-10-28T04:14:05.007" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1838" PostId="890" Score="0" Text="What games do you play/plan on playing with your upgrade?" CreationDate="2015-10-28T11:59:56.840" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1839" PostId="890" Score="0" Text="Mainly, Star Citizen...I can play it right now in medium settings, would like to improve." CreationDate="2015-10-28T12:04:11.353" UserId="732" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1840" PostId="883" Score="0" Text="Yes, that has bothered me ever since I started driving. (I have yet to own a car with one)." CreationDate="2015-10-28T12:10:17.887" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1841" PostId="891" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer. My power-supply is 500W...if I put both cards (550 Ti and the 960) will need to upgrade it, right? responding to your edit, my budget is around 400-500€." CreationDate="2015-10-28T12:23:09.613" UserId="732" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1842" PostId="891" Score="2" Text="@Fustigador You will, I'd recommend at least a 650W PSU (750W recommended) for that." CreationDate="2015-10-28T12:24:18.723" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1845" PostId="844" Score="0" Text="So do you already have a whole computer? What's your motherboard? Power supply?" CreationDate="2015-10-28T12:27:59.043" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1850" PostId="895" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I never thought of looking for a touch monitor. We'll probably go with a 27&quot; touch." CreationDate="2015-10-28T13:17:42.207" UserId="735" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1851" PostId="844" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Yes I have. `Motherboard: ECS H61H2-M17 , Power Supply: ATX-500W`" CreationDate="2015-10-28T13:19:55.287" UserId="692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1854" PostId="894" Score="1" Text="This might be better if it was broken into multiple questions. You can ask one about the case, the motherboard, and anything else that you have a question about." CreationDate="2015-10-28T17:02:17.457" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1855" PostId="873" Score="1" Text="It's *very hard* to find hardware incompatibility issues with popular Linux flavours." CreationDate="2015-10-28T17:12:04.813" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1857" PostId="900" Score="0" Text="Let's say I get an XPS 13 and put it in a backpack. How easy is it to use a 13&quot; on a somewhat cramped bus? And how easily would adding a data plan fit in my budget?" CreationDate="2015-10-28T18:13:40.893" UserId="715" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1858" PostId="900" Score="0" Text="@tepples Depends how large the buses are. Here in Guernsey, I have to sit near the front where there are no seats in front of me to use my 15.6&quot; laptop comfortably, but I've never had a 13&quot; laptop so unfortunately I can't tell you exactly." CreationDate="2015-10-28T18:18:22.880" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1860" PostId="904" Score="0" Text="What if I only host servers running sourcemod, few plugins and standard valve maps? Would it make any difference in performance in my case?" CreationDate="2015-10-28T18:27:08.680" UserId="739" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1861" PostId="904" Score="0" Text="@P.Nick As Andy mentioned, you won't have enough resources to run all three servers above 24 slots, even if they're all vanilla." CreationDate="2015-10-28T18:28:31.477" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1862" PostId="904" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your edit. I took a look at their VPSes and my budget is around 20 dollars. Would their Plus X8 VPS be good enough to run my wanted server? And how much bandwidth do you get per month? They dont say anything about that." CreationDate="2015-10-28T18:59:39.487" UserId="739" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1863" PostId="904" Score="0" Text="@P.Nick Yeah- it'll be more than enough. Their VPSes have unlimited bandwidth." CreationDate="2015-10-28T19:04:26.483" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1864" PostId="904" Score="0" Text="Thanks again for your response, I dont have much knowledge about these things! How many 24 player servers do you think I would be able to run then, if they're custom gamemodes? I'm just a bit excited :)" CreationDate="2015-10-28T19:09:32.587" UserId="739" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1865" PostId="904" Score="0" Text="@P.Nick I'd say around 14." CreationDate="2015-10-28T19:10:56.543" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1866" PostId="904" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/30832/discussion-between-p-nick-and-bob)." CreationDate="2015-10-28T19:15:26.840" UserId="739" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1871" PostId="896" Score="0" Text="Looks like you've got interference. What is your home made of? It'll also be helpful to know the model of your router." CreationDate="2015-10-28T21:07:12.580" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1872" PostId="894" Score="0" Text="Yeah, definitely break this up into a few questions if you want. We'd be more than happy to help with each. Doing so also allows us to provide a whole lot more detail about each component." CreationDate="2015-10-28T21:40:22.483" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1874" PostId="106" Score="0" Text="Do you have a specific budget that you can give as a guideline? Also, what are some _specific_ features you're looking for?" CreationDate="2015-10-28T22:59:47.223" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1875" PostId="896" Score="0" Text="It's pretty old (about 20-30years minimum) so no clue in what was used in the walls.&#xA;And for the Modem it's Neufbox SFR. it's a pretty standard crappy general purpose modem (I get a maximum of 50mbps while my laptop (wifi n) is litterally on top of it)." CreationDate="2015-10-29T05:14:38.457" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1877" PostId="905" Score="0" Text="PLC is what we call CPL here or homeplug as you say it. I've used the homeplug solution (200mbps as per advertisement) I got the same result as the wifi as in a mediocre 25mbps.&#xA;My router is unfortunately not movable. The fibre optic port is installed there and thus restricting me from moving it around.&#xA;there is a fridge and a washing machine nearby other than that it's pretty much the only electronic (Waves producing) device so the only interference I think is the walls materials." CreationDate="2015-10-29T05:24:22.257" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1878" PostId="905" Score="0" Text="For the channel interference I used an android app that scans existing wifi signals to choose the best possible channel.&#xA;As for the last part I'm sure of that it's the wifi, First thing I did when I got router working was try the internet speed through gigabyte ethernet port and that's where I got the 300mbps, updated nvidia drivers at 37MB/s (nerdgasm)." CreationDate="2015-10-29T05:28:14.870" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1879" PostId="916" Score="0" Text="Wonderful. I'll try to find them in France, I can see they're on a discount in US so maybe i'll buy from there if the port is cheap. :D&#xA;anyways thanks a lot" CreationDate="2015-10-29T05:34:14.110" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1880" PostId="916" Score="0" Text="Make sure its for the correct voltage and plug type." CreationDate="2015-10-29T05:34:59.890" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1882" PostId="106" Score="0" Text="I have $100-200, and the reason I'm asking this question is I don't know what features I need." CreationDate="2015-10-29T05:55:34.520" UserId="209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1883" PostId="873" Score="0" Text="5ghz is the tricky thing here . Not widely supported on low end gear. Also, any specific distro? I know fedora works mostly out of the box on my stream 11 (and since its a pretty stock bay trail platform, any similar system should work) but fedora didn't need me to turn off secure boot." CreationDate="2015-10-29T08:02:18.327" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1884" PostId="894" Score="0" Text="Small and *6* hard drives is tricky. I'm seeing mitx, a pentium class processor, same amount of ram. But that many drives wouldn't work with mini itx boards or cases. If not for the storage requirements a brix or NUC class machine would be perfect. Would splitting it up between a NAS and another system be an option?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T08:06:25.797" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1885" PostId="899" Score="0" Text="How do you use FolderSync? through Wifi? Automatically? Or what is with the FTP ?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T09:38:34.483" UserId="638" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1888" PostId="896" Score="0" Text="Wait a minute, you *did* do a proper connection speedtest (for example, speedtest.net) right? A 200Mbits/sec homeplug will deliver a speed of around 20MB/s. Please perform an Internet speed test with [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) and insert a screenshot in your question." CreationDate="2015-10-29T09:58:51.237" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1889" PostId="916" Score="0" Text="I can't see what this adds that my answer doesn't cover, besides the *no powerstrips*." CreationDate="2015-10-29T09:59:33.217" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1890" PostId="916" Score="0" Text="And to consider professional grade APs, and that sometimes washing machines interfere with homeplug devices, and some degree of specifics over the speeds I get, and why 'faster' homeplug standards may be better despite the advertised speeds never being reached and...." CreationDate="2015-10-29T10:10:58.220" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1892" PostId="896" Score="0" Text="I did run a proper speed test on seedtest.net. i do not have the screen shot on me right now, but trust me on wired connection i get 37.4MB/s that's 300mbps. the 200mbps homeplug was just like everyother product in the market, THEORETICAL. My wifi is supposed to give me 300mbps since it's 'N' but i put my laptop on top of the box and i get a crappy 50mbps. the wifi provided by the ISP modem/router is bad. I need something more powerfull or a better homeplug, caus if a 200mbps delivers 25mbps, then i'd need a 2.4gbps homeplug to get the full 300mbps, that's how bad the signal quality is." CreationDate="2015-10-29T10:20:56.407" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1893" PostId="896" Score="0" Text="The homeplug connects via Ethernet, not WiFi. Are you sure you're using the correct product?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T10:27:56.180" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1894" PostId="916" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek 'Your router is too close to other appliances`, `Could simply be that you need a new router` (not entirely 'professional grade AP')." CreationDate="2015-10-29T10:29:25.863" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1898" PostId="896" Score="0" Text="My wifi N gives me max of 50mbps and 25mbps in my room, my homeplug in my room gets me 25mbps. There's no difference in speed between them from my room, they're equally crappy.&#xA;it doesn't matter if the homeplug is gigabyte ethernet or 100mps ethernet or not, it's connection speed is crappy inbetween the homeplugs so the issue remains. I need a better homeplug under 100bucks that can get me atleast 100mbps (real) in my room or a wifi solution that can get me that speed in my room." CreationDate="2015-10-29T10:44:08.260" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1899" PostId="916" Score="0" Text="I've added a bit of information on why I would pick these APs. Also, the washing machine thing is something specific to homeplug, and is worth knowing. There's a clear difference in focus in our answers which is why I decided to write a seperate one rather than commenting or editing." CreationDate="2015-10-29T10:53:56.617" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1913" PostId="899" Score="1" Text="Yes, I use FolderSync via WiFi. I have set it to automatically update my folders every day. But you can change the interval or turn auto-sync off completely. I only need to set it up as an FTP so it is accessible from outside my home. If you don't need that, you could probably set FolderSync to copy your photos to a network drive (your HDD connected to the router) instead of copying them via internet (FTP) to your HDD." CreationDate="2015-10-29T13:00:50.187" UserId="75" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1914" PostId="630" Score="0" Text="Ah, yeah that Falcon guide definitely looks useful. I have been looking into AMD processors since they have a reputation for good multi-core performance per dollar, but I also got the impression that intel CPUs tend to be more power efficient. Future-proofness (if that's even a word) is also important here, so I'll definitely look into the parts you mentioned." CreationDate="2015-10-29T13:20:21.753" UserId="532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1915" PostId="630" Score="0" Text="Quite honestly, Picking a CPU is far more complex than it used to be.  Back in the day you just picked the most clockspeed for your money and you were done ;)" CreationDate="2015-10-29T13:37:02.643" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1916" PostId="630" Score="0" Text="Yeah, that's why I ended up here. Initially I was just using PCPartPicker, but I found that wasn't very good for comparing CPUs since it doesn't have benchmarks or any other good way of comparing CPU performance. That's when I came here. I've since discovered cpubenchmark.net which is good for comparing performance of CPUs, but not as good at comparing other factors as PCPartPicker is, and now looking at the Falcon guide it seems like that might help as a good starting point. Still really tricky though..." CreationDate="2015-10-29T13:46:23.377" UserId="532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1922" PostId="934" Score="3" Text="My feeling is that water cooling is overkill and you should go for fans, but my experience here is so limited that I can't stretch to recommending something." CreationDate="2015-10-29T14:31:22.803" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1923" PostId="934" Score="0" Text="Yes, I also had a feeling that water cooling is unnecessary, however I have read numerous reviews about top of the range fans which state that they are relatively noisy - I mainly want a quiet CPU cooler." CreationDate="2015-10-29T14:32:44.073" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1924" PostId="873" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek I've clarified that 5 GHz is not a requirement. Currently I use Xubuntu (Ubuntu with Xfce desktop). Unlike Ubuntu, Fedora refuses to package FCEUX or other console emulators, even if free software that runs in those emulators exists. A user on Fedora's legal list told me this is because Red Hat doesn't want to incur the trial costs of a substantial noninfringing use defense citing Sony v. Connectix." CreationDate="2015-10-29T14:41:46.110" UserId="715" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1925" PostId="934" Score="2" Text="It depends on what you are using your computer for. If you are doing any process intensive work, I would not recommend a fanless cooler. In order to cool effectively, they need a lot of surface area which is not available in many cases." CreationDate="2015-10-29T14:41:52.377" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1926" PostId="873" Score="0" Text="Does the version of ubuntu you use play well with secureboot based systems?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T14:44:42.437" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1927" PostId="873" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Ubuntu [uses Shim to load GRUB](http://askubuntu.com/q/493409/232993), and there's a [`linux-signed-image-generic` package](http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/kernel/linux-signed-image-generic), whatever that means. Are you planning to recommend a device whose manufacturer has locked out the owner from configuring Secure Boot?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T14:52:26.560" UserId="715" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1928" PostId="873" Score="0" Text="Naw. I'm too lazy to turn it off on my stream 11 to test. Its an option, but would mess with my current install." CreationDate="2015-10-29T14:54:23.260" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1934" PostId="938" Score="1" Text="&quot;very slow&quot;. What does this mean? Are you sure it's not related to bad queries? How do you define &quot;fast&quot; drives?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T16:26:45.743" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1935" PostId="938" Score="0" Text="Sorry I ment the SATA drives I'm using. Looking for fast read on the drives, not too bothered about the write speed. :)" CreationDate="2015-10-29T16:29:46.703" UserId="755" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1936" PostId="937" Score="0" Text="So are you looking for a hub of some sort to keep all these devices connected at the same time?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T16:41:31.860" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1937" PostId="899" Score="0" Text="one more question, did you ever check your HDD connected to the router, does it always spin, or it stops if it's not used. I have someone told me that his HDD was always spinning, and he didn't like that. This is probably software-based ... I mean if the router is working ok, and the android app is working ok, then the HDD should not be spinning all the time... (2.5 HDD right? without power cable ...)" CreationDate="2015-10-29T16:57:29.260" UserId="638" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1938" PostId="899" Score="1" Text="Well, I have a 3.5 HDD attached to it. But, especially with USB 3.0, a 2.5 HDD should work just as well.&#xA;I believe this depends on the HDD. Mine is one from WesternDigital and does **not** spin all the time. I guess it has its own sleep time, when it's not used.&#xA;I'm not sure about this, but I think there also is a setting in the router itself to let the HDD sleep if it's not used for a specific time.&#xA;Though, I do believe every hard disk does this, when not used. Maybe your friend has a weird router or HDD which is *always* doing something," CreationDate="2015-10-29T17:01:45.083" UserId="75" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1940" PostId="936" Score="2" Text="The 212 Evo is a very, very large cooler. However, with the OP's case, this shouldn't be an issue." CreationDate="2015-10-29T18:58:32.140" UserId="757" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1941" PostId="936" Score="2" Text="Expanding slightly on @tombull89 's comment.  The 212, and other similar 120mm tower coolers should fit in any case that puts a 120mm fan over the IO panel.  At this point, that's most full size aftermarket tower cases; with 80/92mm fans in that region (and no minimal space between the side panel and expansion slots) are uncommon outside of OEM designs and thin cases that only support half height cards.  Worries about heat sink fit in conventional towers is mostly only a problem with the even larger 140mm towers or if reusing an older case." CreationDate="2015-10-29T19:27:15.040" UserId="665" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1942" PostId="934" Score="0" Text="@BG_Programmer Do you plan on overclocking? You have an unlocked processor and motherboard. Also, do you have a preferred budget?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T19:45:08.693" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1945" PostId="934" Score="0" Text="@ RubyJunk I do not plan on overclocking, and my budget for the cooler is maximum £60 - £70" CreationDate="2015-10-29T20:06:45.413" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1946" PostId="942" Score="0" Text="Good idea - this one is a bit over my budget so I will probably look into the slightly cheaper alternative, such as the X41 or X31." CreationDate="2015-10-29T20:09:07.633" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1956" PostId="943" Score="2" Text="Note that the NH-D14 is an *enormous* heatsink.  You'll want to check [the compatibility list](http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_gen&amp;products_id=34&amp;lng=en) to make sure it won't run into your video card, RAM, or mainboard heatsinks." CreationDate="2015-10-29T21:10:38.700" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1957" PostId="938" Score="0" Text="What is your budget? If you can stretch it, go with a 2x 1TB SSDs in RAID (mirrored, in the case of failure)." CreationDate="2015-10-29T21:13:22.583" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1958" PostId="934" Score="0" Text="I would rather invest in a more powerfull PSU, then spending loads of cash on a over kill fan." CreationDate="2015-10-29T21:21:38.750" UserId="761" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1959" PostId="934" Score="0" Text="Is it worth getting a PSU much more powerful than this though?" CreationDate="2015-10-29T21:22:36.340" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1960" PostId="936" Score="1" Text="+1 I actually just put this into my build that also uses the Core i5-6600K.  I use a HAF 932 full tower case.  The size wasn't a problem and there are no issues at all keeping the CPU cool while gaming. I'm not overclocking.  My previous cooler was a stock liquid cooler and it leaked all over my old mobo, which is why I ended up with a new mobo/cpu.  I lost faith in liquid coolers for regular use.  If OP is going to do some big OC-ing, then LC is more of a concern.  The new i5's are also on 14 nm dies vs the 22nm, which should generate less heat but I'm not sure how significant that is." CreationDate="2015-10-29T22:07:28.517" UserId="762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1964" PostId="938" Score="0" Text="@bob, 4x SSDs in RAID 10 may be faster (but will also cost more)." CreationDate="2015-10-29T23:08:28.463" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1966" PostId="944" Score="0" Text="The h100i has a reputation for being ***extremely*** *ehm* ***extremely*** noisy. BG_Programmer seems to want an extremely silent build. What is your experience w/ the h100i's noise level? Some reviews say it goes up to 60+dBA which is insane." CreationDate="2015-10-30T00:31:28.047" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1967" PostId="934" Score="0" Text="Water cooling is **not** quieter." CreationDate="2015-10-30T00:37:53.920" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1968" PostId="944" Score="0" Text="The fans in it are pretty lousy, yeah, I did end up swapping the fans out with some cheap low-noise ones. Probably not the most silent thing out there. I did find that even with almost no airflow the thing still keeps my 8350 cool enough, but that might not be true with higher-end processors." CreationDate="2015-10-30T01:10:24.817" UserId="537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1969" PostId="935" Score="0" Text="I think you should make a judgement on what size to buy on your own accord. If you plan on storing movies on the PI, then 32/64Gb makes sense. Otherwize, if you plan on streaming media to it, 8 should be fine. In addition, there is little fluxuation between speeds of high end MicroSD cards (as seen here:http://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/fastest-microsd-cards), so you should just choose one from a brand you trust." CreationDate="2015-10-30T01:21:28.883" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1971" PostId="934" Score="0" Text="Again, what are you going to be doing with the computer?" CreationDate="2015-10-30T02:21:59.360" UserId="746" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1972" PostId="944" Score="0" Text="The 8350 is 125 W. The 6600K won't be as hot, it's only 95 W." CreationDate="2015-10-30T02:43:12.650" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1973" PostId="947" Score="0" Text="I would recommend the Cryorig H7 as well, because it's a decent bit cheaper, and slightly better than the EVO in performance, but availability is an issue." CreationDate="2015-10-30T02:45:34.040" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1974" PostId="894" Score="0" Text="Why not get 5 TB drives? I'm thinking HTPC case, but even those are probably not small enough." CreationDate="2015-10-30T02:54:14.593" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1975" PostId="736" Score="0" Text="Sounds very niche. Apparently, no one thought to not include a touchscreen on an AiO yet." CreationDate="2015-10-30T06:58:27.593" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1977" PostId="936" Score="0" Text="+1 I also have one of these (on i5-4590k) and it is very, very quiet compared to, say, my old 60mm Pentium IV cooler. I cannot hear my 212 EVO over traffic noises outside (disclaimer: I live 200m from a main road)." CreationDate="2015-10-30T09:13:51.717" UserId="765" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1978" PostId="950" Score="0" Text="What country are you going to buy this in? If you're looking for low cost, that could make the difference." CreationDate="2015-10-30T11:01:08.760" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1979" PostId="894" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Because 5TB drives are far more costly than 3TB ones." CreationDate="2015-10-30T11:27:58.163" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1980" PostId="894" Score="0" Text="@bob [The toshiba one is only $28/TB](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OP2PKH2/)" CreationDate="2015-10-30T11:54:18.257" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1981" PostId="943" Score="0" Text="This or the EVO would both be great.  Big air can be quieter than water in the right circumstances.  On a stock i5, with decent case airflow, you could probably run this cooler fanless and it would be fine.  With fans and a decent profile, you can definitely run the fans at minimums most of the time." CreationDate="2015-10-30T12:40:34.460" UserId="771" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1982" PostId="946" Score="0" Text="Interesting. You make a good point about AMD processors' multicore performance. I am a bit concerned about the power efficiency though given the TDP of those CPUs. I'm also not too sure about the potential for future expandability, as I haven't seen a lot of faster AMD processors using the FM2+ socket. (Meaning I'd have to replace the motherboard to upgrade, right?)" CreationDate="2015-10-30T14:13:24.043" UserId="532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1983" PostId="936" Score="0" Text="I have the NZXT H440 Case along with the Hyper Evo 212, now this is quite a large Heat Sink. By looking at images of your motherboard it looks very similar to my Asus Maximus vii Ranger. The RAM slots are close to the CPU, and when the 212 is fitted it hangs over the first RAM slot slightly. I could not fit my high profile Corsair Vengeance modules into this slot with this cooler, so I had to use slots 2 and 4. So as a warning you may have to purchase low profile RAM if you are looking to upgrade in the future. As a side note, the heatsink is brilliant. Very quiet and keeps my OC I5 4690K cool" CreationDate="2015-10-30T11:50:18.303" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1984" PostId="936" Score="0" Text="Looking at pictures of the MOBO the OP chose, low-profile RAM will not be necessary. OTOH it may be necessary to remove the fan (which clips on) to add or remove RAM. Not something you do every day, of course, though I ended up doing so more than once when I was building my last machine with this cooler. Which is awesome BTW." CreationDate="2015-10-30T15:23:58.987" UserId="775" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1985" PostId="947" Score="0" Text="I have both the Be Quiet Dark Rock 10 and EVO and out of the two the Be Quiet cools better, looks better, and is more quiet. That said is is more pricey and a hell of a lot harder to install than the EVO. I have had no issues with the EVO aside from replacing the default fan with two better ones." CreationDate="2015-10-30T15:39:48.283" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1986" PostId="936" Score="0" Text="I have the EVO and replaced the default fan with two Noctua's. It wasn't pretty but it was quiet and cool. So far I have had no issue arise in use." CreationDate="2015-10-30T15:55:46.410" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1987" PostId="880" Score="0" Text="The &quot;cure&quot; for rowhammer is not the RAM itself, but the dram refresh rate. Set it to smaller intervals to mitigate possibilities of rowhammer striking. This means that your bios/firmware/spd needs to have this ability. Enabling it will cost a bit performance though." CreationDate="2015-10-30T15:58:52.107" UserId="773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1988" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="It looks like the Sonder keyboard might be what you are looking for, but it is not there yet. Preorder price is claimed to be $199 and regular retail $350. but no one knows when (or if ever) it will arrive. Generally you should probably look for e-ink instead of LEDs" CreationDate="2015-10-30T16:03:27.763" UserId="773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1990" PostId="934" Score="0" Text="Why in the hell would you get a K if your not overclocking - that's what the K is for. Unloc`K`ed `K`ores. http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/496/Intel_Core_i5_i5-6600_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-6600K.html That PSU is nearly perfect for this build unless you plan to get a high end GPU." CreationDate="2015-10-30T16:53:16.600" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1991" PostId="953" Score="0" Text="This is a very broad question. I assume the end goal is to play games. If that's the only goal, is there a reason to go with SteamOS over Windows? Windows still has a much larger library of games available through Steam (and it's Big Picture mode) versus the Linux based SteamOS." CreationDate="2015-10-30T16:58:40.003" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1992" PostId="953" Score="0" Text="Hmm if I ask for a mobo, case, and CPU/RAM only would that narrow the scope? I am looking for 400$ combined price so breaking it apart would limit the ability to provide a whole solution. Also if I ask just for a CPU and then for a mobo it would not be including the restriction that they must work together." CreationDate="2015-10-30T18:24:17.090" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1993" PostId="953" Score="0" Text="@Andy thank you for the suggestion, I do have an existing Windows box, however windows is no free and generally requires more horsepower. Not to mention my windows box is fairly noisy and I like its current location (not near my TV). I would like to use it where it is and also have the option of paying more TV-friendly games on/though my steam OS box." CreationDate="2015-10-30T18:31:02.823" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1995" PostId="943" Score="1" Text="I use this heat sink. CPU is at about 42 degrees C at idle and about 74 with all 6 cores at full load (i7-3960X CPU 3300MHz overclocked to 3600 MHz). But it also blocked one PCI-Express port and all memory is right under it." CreationDate="2015-10-30T18:38:43.393" UserId="779" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2016" PostId="958" Score="0" Text="Wait what? Apple supports waaaaay more than 8GB in their products. While it may not be able to access all the ram that it provides, it can definitely access more than that. Where did you find that out? (You should be able to put links into a comment, and then if you want, I can put them into the question for you :D )" CreationDate="2015-10-31T01:14:52.047" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2017" PostId="900" Score="0" Text="bob Wow. You get seats. \o/ I never get a seat whenever I take the bus to school. Lucky duck. Anyways, @tepples, if you've got a seat, and your seat pitch is the same as the one I've got, you should be able to have a 13&quot; (maybe even 14&quot;) quite comfortably." CreationDate="2015-10-31T01:17:56.180" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2020" PostId="958" Score="0" Text="Hi, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201165#1 explains it besides many other tech docs." CreationDate="2015-10-31T01:51:02.083" UserId="781" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2022" PostId="958" Score="0" Text="So the recommendation by Crucial is: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct2k8g3s160bm wheres a faster one would be: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/bls2k8g3n169es4 which is CL 9. Will it work?" CreationDate="2015-10-31T03:22:32.870" UserId="781" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2023" PostId="880" Score="0" Text="@PlasmaHH: Based on the paper I linked to, the degree of the effect varies by ram module used, so it seems reasonable to approach the problem from both sides, especially since it's not clear to me that adjusting the refresh interval always provides a complete mitigation. If you claim it does, do you have any info on how to determine whether particular hardware has the capability to adjust the interval appropriately?" CreationDate="2015-10-31T03:54:32.783" UserId="724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2027" PostId="935" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? That's one of the most important factors here since MicroSDs aren't too complex." CreationDate="2015-10-31T14:43:56.110" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2028" PostId="935" Score="0" Text="@Adam I have a budget of 100€ for the sd card alone but if I can spend less the better." CreationDate="2015-10-31T14:52:03.063" UserId="753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2035" PostId="971" Score="0" Text="Might note that &quot;*in-ear headphones*&quot; are earphones; earphones sit in the ear, headphones sit on or around the ear." CreationDate="2015-10-31T21:39:57.367" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2036" PostId="971" Score="0" Text="@bob true, but a lot of people use the two interchangeably." CreationDate="2015-10-31T21:41:10.373" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2038" PostId="974" Score="0" Text="Hi Enias. I've edited your question a bit; since this site is primarily aimed at hardware recommendations, I've made that part the primary question. I've also removed your original second question, because answers to it will be very opinion-based, which doesn't lend itself to keeping a site objective. Good question, though. I hope you get some good answers!" CreationDate="2015-10-31T22:07:07.953" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2041" PostId="938" Score="0" Text="What is &quot;Super fast&quot; Do you want sequential speeds? 4KiB chunk speeds? Other? You should specify that in your answer" CreationDate="2015-10-31T23:02:09.640" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2043" PostId="976" Score="1" Text="Just curious...where are you parking your car that it is reaching 90C?" CreationDate="2015-11-01T02:21:08.673" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2044" PostId="976" Score="1" Text="@Andy: I read an artical about not keeping animals in the car, that the &quot;room&quot; temperature goes up to 60°C and they used a grey car, so I figured that the black parts probably get a lot hotter?" CreationDate="2015-11-01T03:43:11.577" UserId="798" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2045" PostId="972" Score="0" Text="The low end 920M isn't really much better than the GT2/GT3 of Intel's current generation. Except being more power hungry, of course." CreationDate="2015-11-01T05:00:48.897" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2046" PostId="973" Score="1" Text="Yes, Sennheiser HDs are all very good headphones. I've got the 203s and very good they are." CreationDate="2015-11-01T07:59:14.473" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2048" PostId="979" Score="0" Text="Hi, thanks for your answer. I'd like to talk about things you mentioned: SPEED: I agree the RAM will get clock from machine, whatever it is. CAPACITY: can you reference anything your answer is based on? CL: your answer is against my university studies where we were tough that whenever the CPU needs data from memory it tells the memory and will wait for it, if the memory needs 1 cycle time or 1000 to give the data it will wait that many cycles, as a conclusion it's always the CPU that waits for the memory never the other way (in case of reading).Why would CPU tell the memory not to supply data?" CreationDate="2015-11-01T10:00:03.040" UserId="781" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2049" PostId="979" Score="0" Text="@user3563097 See my edit. CL is latency; you want the lowest possible the machine is able to support." CreationDate="2015-11-01T10:01:52.780" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2050" PostId="979" Score="0" Text="Why would the CPU tell the memory not to supply data what it's already waiting for?" CreationDate="2015-11-01T10:10:20.320" UserId="781" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2051" PostId="979" Score="1" Text="@user3563097, because it can't trust the data to be accurate.  It takes *time* for electrical signals to change from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0.  If the data shows up faster than the memory controller is designed to handle, some of it will get scrambled." CreationDate="2015-11-01T10:34:48.827" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2057" PostId="980" Score="0" Text="Which instruments?" CreationDate="2015-11-01T14:16:10.520" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2058" PostId="980" Score="0" Text="@DJMcMayhem Piano mostly, though I might use it for any acoustic instrument." CreationDate="2015-11-01T14:21:18.710" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2059" PostId="979" Score="0" Text="@user3563097 That's off-topic for this website, but the CPU can only work with memory as fast as it is capable of using; any higher and it must slow the memory down." CreationDate="2015-11-01T14:50:07.780" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2060" PostId="980" Score="0" Text="`be in shops in the UK` - does this include online stores such as Amazon?" CreationDate="2015-11-01T14:53:10.690" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2061" PostId="980" Score="0" Text="@bob Yes, if it's amazon.co.uk not amazon.com." CreationDate="2015-11-01T15:52:13.170" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2062" PostId="980" Score="0" Text="There's also some good answers on my own question [here](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/169/good-cheap-microphone-for-speech-voice-recording) (including your own :-) ). While my question was mostly about voiceover recording,  those microphones are probably also suitable for what you want to do. You'll also have to pay more than $30 if you want to get something really good." CreationDate="2015-11-01T16:17:30.570" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2063" PostId="169" Score="0" Text="Thank you all for your answers ! In the end I ended up getting a used Sennheiser shotgun mike from a friend for free, and I'm quite happy with it." CreationDate="2015-11-01T16:18:22.530" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2066" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="An arduino based system would probably be good. Arduino + WiFi shield + small character display + Buttons would not cost much. You will need to write some arduino code + a REST / Http api for your server though. I can expand on this and write an answer if you are interested in some more information." CreationDate="2015-11-01T18:17:18.447" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2071" PostId="979" Score="0" Text="That's the point: if the memory is capable of supplying data in 9 cycles than the memory will not fail in this. As a CL 9 memory was designed this way. Now Crucial suggests a CL 11 memory. I can not see any problem using a CL 9 however I'd love to hear story of a real world experience in this particular laptop as I don't want to buy two sets of memories just to try. (Once I've tried lower CL memories than what a mac came with and it become significantly faster. That one definitely worked.)" CreationDate="2015-11-01T19:52:34.033" UserId="781" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2072" PostId="979" Score="0" Text="@user3563097 What CL does the Macbook currently have?" CreationDate="2015-11-01T19:58:19.433" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2073" PostId="880" Score="0" Text="I don't have any papers/links at hand, but this is just how dram and rowhammer works, electrically. While surely some ram is more supectible than other, for every ram you will have refresh rates where there is a reasonable possibility of rowhammer to succeed. In the same way, for every ram you will have a refresh rate where the probability falls under an acceptable threshold, but there is always a possibility, you can not completely get rid of it." CreationDate="2015-11-01T20:00:05.417" UserId="773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2074" PostId="979" Score="0" Text="11 (I have to write 12 more characters here :) )" CreationDate="2015-11-01T20:02:42.483" UserId="781" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2075" PostId="979" Score="0" Text="@user3563097 It seems that your laptop only supports CL11 RAM, which I'm not surprised about as it isn't supposed to be for serious work (serious work is what the more expensive models are for). See edit." CreationDate="2015-11-01T20:04:33.623" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2076" PostId="880" Score="0" Text="@PlasmaHH: Well do you have any useful info on how to determine if a board allows setting the refresh rate (and if so, the range of settings)? Or anything else that could be turned into practical buying advice?" CreationDate="2015-11-01T21:12:07.337" UserId="724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2077" PostId="980" Score="1" Text="heh. As an *investment*, a breakout box and a *good* mic would run you a few hundred. TOTALLY worth it tho. I have an old old old model maudio mbox2 and a pair of SM57s and the recordings are insanely good." CreationDate="2015-11-02T00:00:00.063" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2078" PostId="940" Score="0" Text="I've never heard of anyone doing this, but this seems *potentially* awesome." CreationDate="2015-11-02T00:01:19.477" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2079" PostId="940" Score="0" Text="Geek, no one did it (at least) because eDP is common in 2012+ (?) laptops, and panels that use other semi-standard interfaces are likely incompatible.&#xA;&#xA;Today, eDP connector on motherboard is likely wired directly to, say, Intel HD graphics inside CPU, so panels are likely to work the same in all laptops.&#xA;&#xA;Also, **edit**ed question." CreationDate="2015-11-02T06:11:58.073" UserId="756" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2080" PostId="940" Score="0" Text="That is why its odd. Breaking out eDP is trivial too so in some cases buying a bare panel and a suitable controller would be awesome." CreationDate="2015-11-02T11:25:44.963" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2086" PostId="984" Score="0" Text="OK, thanks for the answer. I guess I'm not willing to spend 1K+ Euro for the 5960X. On the other hand, for my purposes the 5820K wouldn't make much difference when I understood another page correctly. I will use only a single GPU and the PCIe lanes seem one difference (except the obvious 8core - 6core) between the 5960X and 5820." CreationDate="2015-11-02T14:20:17.270" UserId="784" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2087" PostId="984" Score="4" Text="Can you pull relevant bits of information from your links into this answer? If those links become broken, this answer loses a lot of value." CreationDate="2015-11-02T14:42:11.480" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2089" PostId="984" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations! Can you add in the relevant parts of the link into your answer? We ask this to help the OP out, so they will not have to search through information that may not pertain to them. This is also to preserve the relevant information in case the hosting site goes down. For more information, see this [meta post](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/8259)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T15:28:12.877" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2090" PostId="940" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's more of a general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T16:16:41.937" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2092" PostId="1" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's more of a general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want‌​-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T17:28:34.593" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2093" PostId="7" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's more of a general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want‌​-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T17:29:55.383" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2094" PostId="23" Score="1" Text="I've closed this question because it's more of a general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want‌​-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T17:31:23.927" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2095" PostId="50" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's more of a general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want‌​-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T17:31:54.880" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2096" PostId="107" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's more of a general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want‌​-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T17:32:33.123" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2097" PostId="330" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's more of a general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want‌​-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T17:34:05.693" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2098" PostId="503" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's a broad general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want‌​-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-02T17:37:05.500" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2100" PostId="988" Score="0" Text="I'm really not sure if that price range is feasible." CreationDate="2015-11-02T18:47:48.527" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2102" PostId="988" Score="0" Text="What is? Like I said, the only ones I could find had all the bells and whistles attached to it, so I had nothing to compare it to besides other blu-ray players with more or less bells and whistles. I couldn't find a simple blu-ray player only. I'm open to any suggestions and price ranges since I have such limited knowledge on these. It's just cheaper would have been ideal." CreationDate="2015-11-02T19:06:18.640" UserId="807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2103" PostId="119" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, it looks like my current provider (Ooma--one of the most popular around here), uses SIP, but a modified, tunneled version, so I don't think this will work--and I don't have Android. :-(" CreationDate="2015-11-02T19:49:50.927" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2104" PostId="119" Score="0" Text="@James If you only wanted to get an android because of VoIP, then you can risk it, because Ooma offers an android app, in case it won't work. But on the other hand, why use Ooma, when there are different providers, that use SIP non-modified. The benefit of VoIP is, that you can use it anywhere in the world." CreationDate="2015-11-02T20:56:43.860" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2105" PostId="119" Score="0" Text="Why use Ooma?  Other than taxes, it's free.  Are there other free VOIP providers?" CreationDate="2015-11-02T21:35:13.190" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2106" PostId="184" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's more of a general advice-type question, which [are no longer in scope](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/343/do-we-still-want‌​-general-advice-questions/345#345)." CreationDate="2015-11-03T00:10:04.073" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2107" PostId="1024" Score="0" Text="Do you have any requirements, i.e USB 3.0, or a budget?" CreationDate="2015-11-03T01:31:13.213" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2108" PostId="1024" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk no budget apart from &quot;reasonable&quot; in the sense that i wouldn't pay $2k for it (unless it's made from pure gold or comes with a newborn AI). as for USB requirement i can never really tell what the version of USB things like keyboards and mice are. only Harddrives and i generally can stick USB 2 and 3 Hardrives in the same USB Port at home" CreationDate="2015-11-03T01:36:45.363" UserId="810" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2109" PostId="1024" Score="1" Text="All USB is backwards compatible, i.e USB 3.1 works with USB 3.0 which works with USB 2.0 which works with USB 1.0, etc. The only USB type that is not backwards compatible is **USB 3.1 Type C**, but I doubt you are using that, so no worries. Type C is not that common and very new at the moment." CreationDate="2015-11-03T01:44:24.903" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2111" PostId="984" Score="0" Text="True, I never thought of that, I'll try to do my best.&#xA;thanks" CreationDate="2015-11-03T05:14:48.433" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2115" PostId="984" Score="0" Text="@RudraMatroja After a lot of thinking, I guess the Haswell-E arch will be my choice like you suggested. I'll report back but I'm currently tending to give the 5960x a chance. I know it's very very expensive, but the performance is just incredible." CreationDate="2015-11-03T05:49:05.187" UserId="784" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2116" PostId="984" Score="0" Text="I know right. But be careful of the other parts prices too, the mobo to be precise, the socket is not cheap." CreationDate="2015-11-03T05:56:18.743" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2118" PostId="984" Score="0" Text="@Rudra I was thinking about an ASUS X99-A/U3.1. But I haven't decided yet for sure. I'm online in [chat] and I would welcome your opinion on this. Additionally, I was planning to put G.SKILL 64GB DDR4-2133 in it since the CPU only supports max 2133GHZ." CreationDate="2015-11-03T07:12:18.807" UserId="784" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2122" PostId="1025" Score="1" Text="IOGEAR is one of those brands that dips into all the &quot;tiny gadget&quot; markets. It's a generally trustworthy brand in my opinion. I don't doubt this switch in particular would be worth the money." CreationDate="2015-11-03T09:20:13.683" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2125" PostId="301" Score="0" Text="Looking at Free driver support, I think the main issue will be the wifi: while there are wifi chips which have 100% Free code, I haven't seen any tablet with those.  The rest seems doable if you're willing to live with unaccelerated graphics.  Of course, the second problem is to find someone who distributes such a tablet without bundling proprietary code." CreationDate="2015-11-03T14:05:40.207" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2130" PostId="1035" Score="1" Text="Work in a logical order with requirements for each. I'd start with the CPU. You mentioned no ANDs. Set a budget for the CPU and explain what you do with the machine (game...what else that could be cpu intensive? Video editing, data manipulation, finding the last digit in pi, etc). Once you have a cpu recommendation or two, post the mother board question and mention the cpu(s) you are considering. Alternatively ask about GPU next and the use the CPU and GPU to limit your motherboard question" CreationDate="2015-11-03T14:50:57.680" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2135" PostId="1037" Score="0" Text="You don't provide a lot to work with. &quot;Gaming&quot; - what kind of gaming? &quot;Not willing to spend a lot of money&quot; - What is your budget? For you, what will make one CPU useful and another not useful?" CreationDate="2015-11-03T15:51:43.743" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2137" PostId="1039" Score="0" Text="This is a decent suggestion (+1) although it is not really what I had in mind -- I'm already aware of the bottom end 3D cards (a 5450 based card on newegg.ca is still &gt;= $40).  I've clarified the question by introducing the issue of power consumption.  I am sure it is possible to make a 16 MB card with a GPU that requires no cooling or heatsink at all (think tablets)." CreationDate="2015-11-03T16:31:43.450" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2138" PostId="1037" Score="0" Text="'Extreme gaming' I will add another GTX 980 Ti as probably the only updgrade. Budget - N/A. Which one of the three is the best?" CreationDate="2015-11-03T16:43:45.700" UserId="385" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2139" PostId="983" Score="0" Text="I'm still asking 4 questions in one, but hopefully they'll be considered related enough for the moderators to open it up again." CreationDate="2015-11-03T16:45:54.247" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2140" PostId="1037" Score="0" Text="@FarhanAnam If you're unwilling to spend a lot, define what your maximum is. If it doesn't matter, remove it from the question. Additionally, &quot;best&quot; is subjective - best by what criteria? Please add some more detail to your question about the situation you're going to be using this in." CreationDate="2015-11-03T17:42:02.610" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2142" PostId="983" Score="0" Text="@Neophyte or even the community, as happened here. This post had 4 community reopen votes, so I put the last one in." CreationDate="2015-11-03T17:44:57.280" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2149" PostId="1036" Score="0" Text="Does your motherboard have a [DisplayPort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#/media/File:Lenovo_x220_dp_crop.jpg)? If so then you can buy a [DisplayPort hub](http://www.accellcables.com/products/displayport-1-2-to-3-hdmi-multi-display-mst-hub?variant=1245911928), assuming it fits into your budget." CreationDate="2015-11-03T20:45:51.327" UserId="714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2150" PostId="1039" Score="1" Text="@delicateLatticeworkFever even the GPU on a tablet will have more than 16MB of ram (but shared with the main memory) - that combined with the fact that there aren't any ram chips that small means you won't find anything (or you will only find very old chips, which consume more power than a newer chip with 16x the capacity)" CreationDate="2015-11-03T21:42:10.530" UserId="663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2151" PostId="1041" Score="0" Text="I have USB 3.0 ports, lol -- it is not an old, or cheap, computer, I just don't play video games and don't see the need for a 50W graphics card.  I will double check the CPU (ivy bridge) WRT # of monitors.  A display port adapter is a decent option WRT the power saving.  WRT mem, I meant more that 1/2 GB is very excessive for basic desktop use, not that I want only 16 MB.  WRT margins, that's malarkey --" CreationDate="2015-11-03T23:07:26.370" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2152" PostId="1041" Score="0" Text="-- if a bunch of nobodies can get famous for selling a complete 256 MB SoC board with GPU (RPi A+) for $25 (still), it is absolute B.S. that AMD could not sell a simple PCI board (based on, e.g., the ES1000, which they sell as integrated, but not after market) for less than that.  It would cost them $5, they could sell it for $10, distributors for $20.  The reason they don't do this, I am sure, is because they do not want to compete with themselves, and they know I or anyone else will be happy to pay $40 anyway considering it's for a system that's $1000+ (so who cares, right?)." CreationDate="2015-11-03T23:07:47.790" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2153" PostId="1039" Score="0" Text="@user2813274 I meant WRT not requiring massive power draw and cooling; I used the 16MB figure just to indicate that you don't need 512 to run an HD display, but excellent point about available RAM chips.  The other video card in my closet was a relatively antique S3 virge w (!) 4 MB (I think you are very wrong about it consuming anywhere close to the power the card above does, BTW).   Once intel started making onboard video standard, I guess the bottom dropped out of basic workstation oriented cards, which is why no wants to bother with them now." CreationDate="2015-11-03T23:15:42.893" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2159" PostId="1043" Score="1" Text="Plan would be to not have a managed switch. That said, I seem to have found a decent solution." CreationDate="2015-11-04T00:39:13.293" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2160" PostId="1045" Score="1" Text="Do you have a chipset for this?  If it was intel it would be great, if it was broadcom then fine, however if it was a cheap realtek I'd not touch it with a bargepole." CreationDate="2015-11-04T00:59:12.670" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2161" PostId="1019" Score="0" Text="Do you have a rack?  There are plenty of 19&quot; items and some are quite shallow depth, but they're not even vaguely like a NUC in size.  However you would get more physical interfaces." CreationDate="2015-11-04T01:01:29.770" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2167" PostId="1045" Score="1" Text="More likely a realtek. Nuc class  systems are a mixed bag, and at this price its unlikely to be an Intel." CreationDate="2015-11-04T02:46:32.887" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2168" PostId="1019" Score="1" Text="Nucs have high paf/waf. I'd love to have a rack but these things are insanely practical for home servers." CreationDate="2015-11-04T02:48:37.107" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2169" PostId="1048" Score="0" Text="Those are *nice* but I'm uncertain of local (singapore) availability.  Upvoted, but not as neat as being able to stack these little things up, with standard 12V power, and essentially swappable machines." CreationDate="2015-11-04T03:28:52.017" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2170" PostId="1048" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek They are standard 12V power, and the cases are plain aluminium boxes which could be stacked fine." CreationDate="2015-11-04T03:32:38.050" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2171" PostId="1036" Score="0" Text="Amusingly, [matrox has a card](http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-Millennium-PCIex1-128MB-DualHeadgraphics/dp/B000Y1HETU) that ticks off all your boxes. Only that RRP is &gt;200usd, though you can get it as cheap as [70usd.](http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-Millennium-PCIex1-128MB-DualHeadgraphics/dp/B000Y1HETU). There's an older model that might work too but its XDDM only" CreationDate="2015-11-04T03:54:30.130" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2173" PostId="1037" Score="0" Text="The more specific you are, the better. Gaming? Give use the games you want to play. Don't want to spend a lot? How much do you have for the whole system? 2k? 1k? $500? What country are you in?" CreationDate="2015-11-04T04:22:04.103" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2174" PostId="355" Score="0" Text="Do you have a preference for matte vs. glossy finish?" CreationDate="2015-11-04T05:09:56.087" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2175" PostId="1041" Score="1" Text="A USB video adapter was going to be my suggestion. It's about as convenient and easy to use as you can get, and handles HD just fine." CreationDate="2015-11-04T05:25:31.943" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2176" PostId="450" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 I was very skeptical as a PC user for 19 years, but after a week on a MacBook I grew to love the Mac touchpad, its size, and its nice gestures. When I switch back to a Synaptics-style touchpad, the awkward crisscrossing of my thumb under my palm to push the right-click button reminds me of the hand pain I used to suffer constantly, yet I can't seem to break the habit even when I try to configure it to work similar to the Mac touchpad. Also the Mac touchpad just seems to work more reliably. I just wish Mac OS would treat home, end, etc., correctly." CreationDate="2015-11-04T05:39:54.923" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2177" PostId="450" Score="0" Text="@rob Oh, right. I don't use the buttons that often. I usually prefer to tap with 2 fingers. I can see how that would be annoying though." CreationDate="2015-11-04T05:43:55.693" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2178" PostId="1048" Score="1" Text="I've seen these in action before, good stuff. Would also recommend, though I don't own one." CreationDate="2015-11-04T08:38:43.257" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2183" PostId="1059" Score="0" Text="Well that's pretty clear, it's all about the money now, either the cheaper 4970k and cheaper ram and cheaper mobo? or the expensive 6770k and all that goes with it.&#xA;http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-review&#xA;there you have quite a bunch of benchmarks and real life tests to see where the 6770k is worth the money ;)" CreationDate="2015-11-04T12:57:40.280" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2184" PostId="1059" Score="0" Text="future proof? i said I was not going to upgrade a lot. future proof not in terms of upgrade path but in performance when the latest games come out?" CreationDate="2015-11-04T13:05:15.193" UserId="385" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2185" PostId="1059" Score="0" Text="future proof as in having usb3.1 when the 3.0 is starting to get common. The 3.1 (gen2) is 10times faster. it's the little stuff in 5years time that'll make you glad you chose this and not that. I'm not talking about upgradibility. But you'll get external hardrives and what not connected to your pc (basic stuff from everyday life) and having usb3.1 speed instead of 3.0 will make a difference. ;)" CreationDate="2015-11-04T13:11:30.190" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2186" PostId="1059" Score="0" Text="i think I'll go for the Skylake then." CreationDate="2015-11-04T13:56:09.783" UserId="385" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2191" PostId="1036" Score="0" Text="@MonkeyZeus That or a USB 3.0 adapter would probably be fine -- I'm guessing displayport is more optimal." CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:03:15.533" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2193" PostId="1086" Score="0" Text="Please check the other answer, to me it seems quite good. Anyways, it is not clear to me, why would be the two-way communication a showstopper. &quot;Home budget size&quot; is not a very clear limit, and the 2-way communication only doubles the price. With other words: if a single way communication in home budget size exists, why I couldn't buy two from them for the two directions?" CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:14:56.430" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2194" PostId="1041" Score="0" Text="You were right -- the onboard graphics (3rd gen, Intel HD 4000) should support 3 displays.  I think I got into my head wrongly because (sheepish grin) I don't have a displayport or DVI-D cable here (there are 4 different jacks, the VGA and HDMI are taken) whereas I had the old card and a monitor. Doesn't invalidate the question, of course.  **This answer does help me to understand why there isn't the market I thought there should be** -- presumably walking into a computer store would have got me there too. Using a multiheaded adapter, either USB or displayport, is probably the sanest solution." CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:15:30.960" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2195" PostId="1049" Score="0" Text="Wow, now that is irony.  Good to at least know someone makes such a thing.  The existence of the USB or multihead displayport adapters made me realize why this would be such a niche market." CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:18:02.510" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2196" PostId="301" Score="2" Text="@JonasCz The Raspberry Pi is not fully open source, though there are efforts to create FLOSS software to replace some proprietary drivers for the underlying broadcom processor. http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/27005/how-is-raspberry-pi-open-source-if-it-uses-arm" CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:29:56.927" UserId="832" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2197" PostId="1041" Score="1" Text="I would just like to point out that even though Intel has claimed triple monitor support for the past few generations of their CPUs, you will be hard-pressed to find a motherboard which implemented triple-monitor support from the iGPU. The odds are heavily against you in terms of having a motherboard which supports triple-monitors on the iGPU. If you are running Haswell or later then your chances of getting triple-monitor do go up slightly..." CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:34:42.010" UserId="714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2198" PostId="1086" Score="1" Text="@peterh I've modified my answer slightly - I didn't mean to emphasize that two way communications would be much harder than one way. What I should have emphasized is that optical path losses, even on a seemingly clear day, are significant, and there are so many other issues that a cheap solution is not reasonable, and certainly doesn't exist except for the electronics and optical engineers who are counting their hundreds of hours work on this as &quot;free&quot;. &quot;Home budget&quot; and &quot;less than 5km&quot; doesn't exist for even one way communications - unless your time is free and you are an expert." CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:36:42.667" UserId="832" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2199" PostId="1086" Score="1" Text="@peterh Even the ronja solution doesn't reach half that distance, and requires significant time and expertise to build." CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:37:32.837" UserId="832" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2200" PostId="687" Score="0" Text="@Mark The issue is that my question was poorly worded; my actual question was a generic doubt (what happens when a game needs more memory than available VRAM -crash vs performance lost-) but I mixed it with thee 3.5 GB question." CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:39:34.060" UserId="577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2201" PostId="1036" Score="0" Text="Please read http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1036/low-power-draw-hd-resolution-video-card/1041#comment2197_1041" CreationDate="2015-11-04T15:40:52.157" UserId="714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2202" PostId="716" Score="1" Text="So you want a strong, durable phone that costs you less than $10 per year for the hardware? (10 years, $100) That seems like a stretch, particularly when all your other needs can be met with a Telstra Tough 3. Unfortunately that will cost you $25/year, or about 7 cents a day for the hardware - quite a bit more than the 3 cents a day you're aiming for..." CreationDate="2015-11-04T16:05:45.267" UserId="832" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2204" PostId="1090" Score="0" Text="That one CPU was one which I was looking at among i5-4670K (strange - higher price than 4690K) and i5-4570 as low budget option." CreationDate="2015-11-04T17:35:48.073" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2208" PostId="1092" Score="0" Text="I have read that motherboards based on Z170 chipset have big failure rate (DOA or boot problems). Not sure if a technology is too new and is better to wait another year and get it stable as Z97 is." CreationDate="2015-11-04T21:07:04.737" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2210" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="Which Country do you live in? Because Samsung and Sony for example don't sell laptops in Europe anymore." CreationDate="2015-11-04T21:12:14.863" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2212" PostId="1086" Score="0" Text="If you don't mind law and ethics, you can get a class 3B laser to distract people and sensors [well over 6 km](http://www.lasersafetyfacts.com/resources/Laser-hazard-distance-chart.pdf)." CreationDate="2015-11-04T21:56:52.097" UserId="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2215" PostId="716" Score="0" Text="@AdamDavis Indeed, hence asking a question here about any hidden options out there I may not have found. I've actually found one which almost fit the bill perfectly. Everything on that list was ticked, including costing about $90 AUD. Unfortunately, it's made overseas, and it's 3G band is for 950 MHz instead of our 900 MHz (or possibly the other way around). So once 2G is retired, it wouldn't be able to work on it's 3G band! So close. But yes, I realise it's a big ask, and at this point I've simple decided to keep my..." CreationDate="2015-11-04T22:04:29.047" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2216" PostId="716" Score="0" Text="@AdamDavis ... Telstra T96, and create my own custom thick-genuine-leather case for it, which will mostly do the trick - or at least help with accidental drops - with thin, see-through plastic for the screen and keypad, which will offer water protection, and will be cheap and easy to replace if it breaks. I just haven't put it up as an answer from myself, because it doesn't technically answer the question as proposed. I'll leave the question up for now, because someone else might have an answer in future. Given enough time though, I may delete the question if it's an impossible ask after all." CreationDate="2015-11-04T22:09:33.897" UserId="615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2218" PostId="355" Score="0" Text="Age of monitor has an effect on overall brightenss and colour.  I have an older LCD beside a newer LED and they're hugely different.  If you can afford it, get two panels." CreationDate="2015-11-04T22:34:03.397" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2219" PostId="419" Score="0" Text="Not an answer - I don't use it as a pocket device, but I do run android x86  http://www.android-x86.org/   on an old HP thin client.   So there's possibility to have any portable PC device be an android device.&#xA;&#xA;An 8&quot; windows tablet like the Acer Iconica W3 could do the job, if you can get android installed on it.  Many modern tablets use some form of secure-boot with UEFI or bypass the bios completely.&#xA;&#xA;And even a small tablet is still larger than a pocket device." CreationDate="2015-11-04T22:48:44.880" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2220" PostId="1042" Score="2" Text="Might not meet OP's power requirements and of course, you need spare machines." CreationDate="2015-11-04T22:49:23.333" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2221" PostId="1042" Score="0" Text="True - however the second machine can be completely turned off when not needed, saving all the power.  Most geeks will have some device laying about spare... I use a 9&quot; Eee netbook from ~7 years ago.." CreationDate="2015-11-04T22:52:33.587" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2223" PostId="1091" Score="0" Text="Are you looking to buy the cpu and the mobo or do you have the cpu already bought?&#xA;In the first case you could eventually look into upgrade kits, they often come with some pretty handy discounts.&#xA;The i5 4690k will hold nicely for 3years at the minimum without being a bottleneck (it can handle a SLI gtx 980ti without issues), but that R9 290 will hold you back severely." CreationDate="2015-11-05T05:35:12.953" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2224" PostId="1091" Score="1" Text="So you can pick a &quot;normal&quot; mobo like a ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 (about $150 https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-maximusviihero) or you can go for the high end Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (about $200 https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97extreme6). use the remaining budget on a second r9 290 or get something like a GTX 970 (or amd equivalent). That would last you for 4-5 years." CreationDate="2015-11-05T05:36:18.747" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2229" PostId="976" Score="1" Text="I think power is going to be your main limiting factor.  Run all this stuff off your car's battery and you'll be unable to start the motor after a day.&#xA;I think you'd be better putting cameras outside the car and monitoring it via POE cabling." CreationDate="2015-11-05T09:24:45.673" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2232" PostId="1091" Score="0" Text="@RudraMatroja I'm going to get the CPU and a mobo based on CPU choice.  I have looking at that ASRock Z97 Extreme6 but I have read multiple reviews comments about low quality (pins broken, plastic parts broken or dented), high returns value (around 20%) due DOA or booting issues. It looks like Russian roulette - you are going to get great mobo or DOA. I like that motherboard but no clue if I want to play that game ;)" CreationDate="2015-11-05T15:07:24.493" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2235" PostId="325" Score="0" Text="I would seriously wait till black friday and check if the amazon fire stick gets discounted (it's highly likely)" CreationDate="2015-11-05T15:48:09.037" UserId="193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2237" PostId="1104" Score="0" Text="How is quality of that product? Have heard a lot of problems to get RMA during the warranty period as ASUS is trying to charge repair fees anyway." CreationDate="2015-11-05T16:49:02.940" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2241" PostId="1099" Score="0" Text="Thanks for answering. However, I can't upvote because that article - in spite of a fairly recent date tag - is out of date. The Samsung Galaxy Players have been discontinued, and the &quot;5&quot; refers to screen size (in inches), not the Android version. Does the Sony Walkman run Android? I can't find anything verifying that. Nor can I find much about the Creative Zen and the Philips Go Gear." CreationDate="2015-11-05T20:27:20.783" UserId="367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2246" PostId="1107" Score="0" Text="How much work are you willing to put into it? I vaguely remember a similar project on HAD but a certain degree of coding might be needed" CreationDate="2015-11-05T22:20:51.827" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2247" PostId="1107" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Coding is fine. DYI a bit less, I'm more comfortable with software than hardware :)" CreationDate="2015-11-05T22:28:37.517" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2248" PostId="1098" Score="0" Text="For starters, your link has returned a &quot;File Not Found&quot; error every time I've tried to view it (which is  now a few times over a couple hours).  As I asked in a response to the other answer, does the Sony run Android? I don't see that in any of the specs I've been able to find on the product." CreationDate="2015-11-05T22:36:45.550" UserId="367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2249" PostId="337" Score="0" Text="My nokia 6310i is 15 years old and still runs for a week on a charge.   Downside, its not dual sim.    Carring two phones might be better, because dual sim often means the phone can switch networks, not that its on two networks at once." CreationDate="2015-11-05T22:45:14.403" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2251" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="@JonasCz If the hardware would be significantly cheaper than the ~$100 Raspberry Pi build I was considering in the question, please do put together an answer! There hasn't been much interest in this question, so if you write a good answer to this question, I'll accept it." CreationDate="2015-11-06T05:52:05.797" UserId="731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2252" PostId="1099" Score="0" Text="the sony walkman does run android: Sony NW-ZX2&#xA;it's insanely pricey(hi-res audio quality marketing) but it is probably the only android based media player. You could find some chinese made no name players but in branded quality players the market is pretty much lost." CreationDate="2015-11-06T05:54:28.100" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2253" PostId="1110" Score="1" Text="here is a website that shows you your potential power consumption:&#xA;http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator&#xA;(don't forget to mark the charge at 105% to be sure ;) )&#xA;With that GPU and CPU i'd highly recommence atleast a 550W PSU&#xA;Also I do not understand a part of the question. the PC you have is the ibuy power right?&#xA;and the PC part picker is the PC you want to build? or add to the current PC?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T06:09:19.547" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2254" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="playing fallout 4 on that is gonna be tough, i'm not sure if it'll even start on it.&#xA;I'd recommend going for a build like this one :&#xA;https://pcpartpicker.com/b/W73Ff7&#xA;it's budget friendly and will run fallout 4 on high (if you can manage to get that gpu at that price)" CreationDate="2015-11-06T06:17:00.820" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2255" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="if you can't find that gpu at that price go for a 960 ou  a r9 290 if you can.&#xA;There is also this one : https://pcpartpicker.com/b/Rz8dnQ&#xA;not sure of how much the port will cost you in total but well it's within your budget and you can add stuff as you go on ;)" CreationDate="2015-11-06T06:20:56.117" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2256" PostId="1098" Score="0" Text="The bracket was included into the link, by removing that, the link works. Zhe problem is that I only could find it on the german site. The only english site i found was for the more expensive one: http://www.sony.com/electronics/walkman/nw-zx2" CreationDate="2015-11-06T06:26:50.357" UserId="840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2257" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="@Rudra Matroja When you say playing FO4 on &quot;that&quot;, what exactly do you mean by &quot;that&quot;? The old GPU? If so, that's not a problem because I don't plan to play the game on release but instead wait for a Steam sale and by the time they'll put it on sale I'll have also upgraded my GPU." CreationDate="2015-11-06T06:34:00.340" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2259" PostId="1109" Score="0" Text="TDP = thermal design power or something else? I'm unfamiliar with the acronym and just Googled it now.&#xA;&#xA;If I decide not to reuse my old GPU and get a new one, would an APU have any tangible benefits?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T07:03:14.977" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2260" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="I reckon a GTX 950 would do for 30 FPS at medium, though OP's plan of waiting to get the GPU later would give us more information to go on when the time comes." CreationDate="2015-11-06T07:04:09.970" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2261" PostId="1109" Score="1" Text="@Neophyte Yes, it is thermal design power. Basically, how much electricity the thing is allowed to use." CreationDate="2015-11-06T07:05:47.153" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2262" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="Oh if you plan on getting a new gpu then there's no issue i guess, but for Fallout 4 on that cpu you'll have to do with low/medium settings as it'll most likely be a bottleneck." CreationDate="2015-11-06T07:29:04.500" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2263" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="For the Motherboards, have you tried amazon?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T07:30:48.663" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2264" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="@RudraMatroja I don't think Amazon ships to Slovenia, so it may not be an option for OP. Generally settings affect GPU usage much more than CPU usage, besides which OP should be able to get about 10% increase in clock speed with a decent air cooler." CreationDate="2015-11-06T08:15:30.237" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2265" PostId="1104" Score="0" Text="the quality seems great, the only thing I found was the covers on the usb 3.0 sockets are a bit flimsy. The RAM and PCI slots are pretty solid and and it looks pretty damn cool when the LEDs come on. Anything Asus I have owned has not broke before being upgraded so unfortunately I cannot comment on their returns and service." CreationDate="2015-11-06T08:33:18.457" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2266" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="Amazon does ship to Slovenia, but the selection is limited and does not include any motherboards compatible with the processor I've chosen." CreationDate="2015-11-06T10:24:43.950" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2267" PostId="1105" Score="0" Text="@Rudra Matroja, I'm a little confused by your comments. The first configuration you linked uses the same processor that I'm planning to get and you said it would run the game on high settings. But then you said the processor is likely going to be a bottleneck and would only allow me to run the game on medium settings. Can you clarify? BTW, I'm perfectly happy to run the game on medium settings. I played Skyrim on medium settings without the HD patch and those graphics were good enough for me. I just want the game to run smoothly with a consistent 30+ fps." CreationDate="2015-11-06T10:41:15.193" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2269" PostId="1110" Score="0" Text="It is nearly equivalent to what I currently have but with a lot of place holders" CreationDate="2015-11-06T14:03:29.640" UserId="845" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2271" PostId="1104" Score="1" Text="It looks like that mobo is actually hard to get. Out of stock on NewEgg, Amazon only two new sources" CreationDate="2015-11-06T14:14:55.977" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2272" PostId="1104" Score="0" Text="Hmm I checked both US and UK sites, seems it is more available over here in the UK unfortunately. It will be due to the Ranger viii being released I am guessing so making this one 'obsolete'." CreationDate="2015-11-06T14:34:02.560" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2273" PostId="1117" Score="1" Text="19V and 12V outputs in what format? USB connector? Quarter-inch jack? 3.5mm jack? Some other arcane connector?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T15:18:29.947" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2274" PostId="1120" Score="0" Text="Thanks, isn't EEG for spotting electrical activity of the brain? or is it another acronym in the context of your answer?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T16:08:40.087" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2275" PostId="1110" Score="0" Text="It appears Neweg's PSU calculator is broken, because it says you need almost 700W, while all the others agree, saying between 350-420" CreationDate="2015-11-06T16:09:20.903" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2276" PostId="1120" Score="1" Text="@FranckDernoncourt electroencephalograph. Usually used for measuring brain activity, yes, but can be used on any muscle because they work on electrical signals." CreationDate="2015-11-06T16:09:52.433" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2278" PostId="1118" Score="0" Text="Some Monitors have displayPort in and out, not sure about VGA, which appears to be your only option" CreationDate="2015-11-06T16:15:07.733" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2280" PostId="1118" Score="0" Text="Can you recommend or direct to me to such a monitor?  I was unable to find such a beast." CreationDate="2015-11-06T18:19:20.740" UserId="850" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2281" PostId="763" Score="1" Text="Do you find ink is wasted with the color combined into one cartridge?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T18:22:58.080" UserId="51" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2285" PostId="1120" Score="0" Text="@FranckDernoncourt, in fact, one of the harder parts of working with an EEG is setting things up so the electrical signals from the facial muscles don't overwhelm the signals from the brain." CreationDate="2015-11-06T19:01:48.310" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2289" PostId="1124" Score="0" Text="Thanks for you suggestion . Do you have anything to say about my choices ?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T19:05:58.217" UserId="853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2291" PostId="1120" Score="0" Text="@Mark true I had quite some fun with neurosky... the emotiv headset seemed better from that standpoint." CreationDate="2015-11-06T19:10:43.697" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2292" PostId="1118" Score="0" Text="off the top of my head, the p2715q does displayport passthrough, though you trade off half your refresh rate for that. Its 4K tho, and pretty high end." CreationDate="2015-11-06T19:15:33.960" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2293" PostId="1124" Score="0" Text="Both mostly looks identical. I would go for Dell. I do have my reason not going for Asus as I dont like the keybaord. But what I used for sometime was a old one. So I am not sure about new ones. They may be good as well." CreationDate="2015-11-06T19:25:14.713" UserId="814" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2294" PostId="1118" Score="0" Text="@LarryM, - several of Dell's Ultrasharps can, such as the U2715H" CreationDate="2015-11-06T20:01:15.210" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2295" PostId="1118" Score="0" Text="What if you point a camera at the primary display?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T20:10:29.540" UserId="686" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2296" PostId="1121" Score="0" Text="What are the prices of the two machines and what is your budget?" CreationDate="2015-11-06T20:17:24.240" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2297" PostId="1121" Score="0" Text="both are same with little difference nearly 800 USD in my country" CreationDate="2015-11-06T20:24:49.473" UserId="853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2298" PostId="1129" Score="0" Text="Super cheap too!" CreationDate="2015-11-06T21:40:41.787" UserId="851" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2313" PostId="1117" Score="1" Text="@artofcode if they have the right voltage, I can easily find an adapter" CreationDate="2015-11-07T04:22:18.740" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2317" PostId="1054" Score="0" Text="This question is being [discussed on Meta](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/366/how-can-i-make-my-question-clearer)." CreationDate="2015-11-07T12:22:25.613" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2318" PostId="208" Score="0" Text="Why hasn't anyone mentioned the Droid Turbo 2?" CreationDate="2015-11-07T12:41:57.027" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2320" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="If you are looking for something like tablet &amp; laptop think about Thinkpad Twist or HP: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/ads/elitebook-revolve/landing.html or Dell Latitude XT3:http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Latitude-XT3-Convertible.92919.0.html." CreationDate="2015-11-07T14:13:42.617" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2321" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="I'd recommend to be more specific about your requirements because adjustable screens are quite common nowadays. Tell us more and put some price range." CreationDate="2015-11-07T14:18:06.147" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2322" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="@belford&#xA;Yes you are right about adjustable screens being very common these days. However none of them (what I've seen so far) move up and down vertically. You cannot set the distance between the screen and the keyboard of the laptop on those popular types of laptops. I hope I made it clear for you. Thanks" CreationDate="2015-11-07T14:31:42.480" UserId="104" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2323" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="Forget about expensive sliding thing, even with something similar to radio antenna concept designers can accomplish this task. As you know those antennas hold very small place when they are folded. The rest is finding a good way to handle the cabling." CreationDate="2015-11-07T15:02:36.810" UserId="104" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2324" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="is Acer Aspire R7 close to what you need? http://static.acer.com/up/Resource/Acer/Notebooks/AGW2%20Aspire%20R/photo%20Gallery/20130315/R7_571-photo-gallery-02.png" CreationDate="2015-11-07T16:16:16.633" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2325" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="@belford That can be one option. I am still open to other recommendations though, I would like have broad discussion on this question. I wonder what other people think, and also want to know what others prefer. Thank You Belford" CreationDate="2015-11-07T17:03:09.783" UserId="104" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2330" PostId="274" Score="0" Text="Please edit your question to include your budget and specifically what you will be doing with the 3 monitors. If gaming, specify which games you will be playing and if those games support multiple monitor configurations." CreationDate="2015-11-07T20:42:54.340" UserId="107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2333" PostId="1135" Score="0" Text="P.S what's your price range?" CreationDate="2015-11-07T22:38:29.287" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2334" PostId="1135" Score="0" Text="I'd say up to 1750$" CreationDate="2015-11-07T22:41:03.297" UserId="867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2335" PostId="1135" Score="0" Text="You sure? That's a lot of ca$h." CreationDate="2015-11-07T22:43:32.107" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2336" PostId="1140" Score="0" Text="I will add on to this list later on." CreationDate="2015-11-07T23:18:43.610" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2337" PostId="1140" Score="0" Text="Since OP is planning to replace the HD, bloatware probably won't be a problem. Just nuke the old one and flash windows on the the new one." CreationDate="2015-11-08T00:27:41.120" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2338" PostId="1118" Score="0" Text="@Random832 We considered this option, but it seemed like too much of a workaround hack than a true and professional solution." CreationDate="2015-11-08T01:07:56.910" UserId="850" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2339" PostId="1140" Score="0" Text="True... But you will need the drivers :(" CreationDate="2015-11-08T01:30:17.220" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2340" PostId="685" Score="0" Text="@Adam, He's asking for a gaming mousepad for shooting games.... size and colors would be irrelevant. Gaming mouse pads are usually not meant to be portable, so it doesn't matter *even if* it's half a metre by half a metre (never seen *that* one before!)." CreationDate="2015-11-08T02:30:38.593" UserId="140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2342" PostId="1135" Score="0" Text="@AbcXyz, What do you mean by &quot;does it exist&quot;? **Most laptops allow you to add RAM and have replaceable HDD.** I'm using a [HP N1W13PA#AB4](https://www.google.com/search?q=HP+N1W13PA%23AB4) with Intel i7-5500U and 16 GB (half of it is addon) laptop right now and the total cost is under 1.3k SGD (= 915 USD). You can get the exact same thing at a much much cheaper price if you live in U.S." CreationDate="2015-11-08T02:45:39.597" UserId="140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2343" PostId="685" Score="0" Text="@Pacerier Size and colors are absolutely relevant when recommending a product. Many people use massive pads for gaming and others only have a tiny space to work with." CreationDate="2015-11-08T02:49:42.243" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2345" PostId="7" Score="0" Text="@Undo, Same comment as http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/50/should-i-find-a-processor-with-hyper-threading#comment2344_50. Also http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/133/140" CreationDate="2015-11-08T03:19:05.160" UserId="140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2347" PostId="7" Score="0" Text="@Pacerier That meta question you linked to was from the very early days of the site, when we though we could handle these. Please post an answer to [the current thread](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/343/1) if you have something to add." CreationDate="2015-11-08T03:31:10.097" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2348" PostId="1110" Score="0" Text="I am going to settle on the CX500M because I like the reviews and I like the modular idea." CreationDate="2015-11-08T03:55:51.267" UserId="845" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2350" PostId="1142" Score="0" Text="You really do *not* want to put such a cheap PSU at such high load." CreationDate="2015-11-08T07:50:57.727" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2354" PostId="1048" Score="0" Text="Meh. I'll see about picking one up when I've settled into job +1. This is the *sensible* answer, and dosen't involve cutting holes in a case and voiding warranties." CreationDate="2015-11-08T12:13:56.877" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2357" PostId="1135" Score="1" Text="I said I don't want an ultra-low voltage cpu." CreationDate="2015-11-08T14:56:22.533" UserId="867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2358" PostId="1140" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately it has a ultra-low voltage CPU." CreationDate="2015-11-08T14:58:20.640" UserId="867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2360" PostId="843" Score="2" Text="This is going to also depend on other factors. For example, if you have SSD and you never fully use your existing RAM while developing, then the CPU will be the best bet. If you have many IDEs open or your program uses a lot of RAM, such that you rarely have any free for caching, the RAM will be the best bet. Most other scenarios will be somewhere in between." CreationDate="2015-10-27T12:48:44.270" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2361" PostId="1147" Score="0" Text="That's a great suggestion.  If I really can't find a another way around it then I'll gladly help him with the raspberry pi option, it just surprises me that there isn't a sort of out-of-the-box device that does this.  I would've thought that this is the sort of problem that many people encounter and I'd like to know how they solve it." CreationDate="2015-11-08T16:52:57.780" UserId="878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2366" PostId="685" Score="0" Text="@Adam, I have enough space" CreationDate="2015-11-08T17:55:09.650" UserId="587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2367" PostId="1141" Score="0" Text="I'm not going to try to compete with this beast." CreationDate="2015-11-08T18:09:47.930" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2368" PostId="1141" Score="0" Text="@RookieTEC9 Haha :) I figured if he didn't want a low voltage CPU, this is what he needs. Of course, the battery life and size/weight aren't to good. Yours is leaning towards 'superlight', and mine is leaning more towards 'powerhouse'" CreationDate="2015-11-08T18:11:33.813" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2369" PostId="1141" Score="1" Text="What's wrong with low voltage CPU? You guys are confusing me." CreationDate="2015-11-08T18:14:51.030" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2370" PostId="1141" Score="0" Text="@RookieTEC9 Your CPU isn't nearly as powerful as mine, and because it is low voltage, it isn't as powerful. I'm pretty sure the 6700k is over 3x as powerful than the 5600U, quite literally." CreationDate="2015-11-08T18:16:09.880" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2371" PostId="1141" Score="0" Text="Oh, okay. `Voltage = Power`" CreationDate="2015-11-08T18:16:40.473" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2372" PostId="1141" Score="0" Text="@RookieTEC9 Yes. More power to the CPU = Higher Clock = More performance. Plus, my CPU has 4C/8T. Yours is 2C/4T. Double cores = double performance, not even including IPC and clock speeds. (Sorry, I'm a CPU geek. If there is one component you can ask me about, it's CPUs." CreationDate="2015-11-08T18:22:25.400" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2373" PostId="1141" Score="0" Text="@RookieTEC9 Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/31272/discussion-between-rubyjunk-and-rookietec9)." CreationDate="2015-11-08T19:03:31.513" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2376" PostId="1145" Score="0" Text="Is he ok with a Chromecast? It does everything but have a HD but you can stream from a computer with smartphone/tablet control." CreationDate="2015-11-08T22:04:53.583" UserId="82" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2377" PostId="1151" Score="0" Text="hm... I will reasearch it. But one question, why is the power supply I have chosen so far not looked at as good? What is the issue with it? (other than not being able to put out 500W)" CreationDate="2015-11-09T00:33:12.697" UserId="845" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2378" PostId="1151" Score="0" Text="The manufacture for the CX-Series PSUs use cheaper capacitors, which results in more ripple in the voltages and less heat tolerance, which means the PSU will die faster. You can find much more information with a google search." CreationDate="2015-11-09T00:45:44.810" UserId="91" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2379" PostId="1151" Score="0" Text="Alright so corsair isn't bad, it is just the CX series that is not great... Thank you!" CreationDate="2015-11-09T00:51:15.823" UserId="845" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2380" PostId="1151" Score="0" Text="No problem, if this answer helped you, be sure to accept it by clicking the check-mark underneath the down vote button" CreationDate="2015-11-09T00:54:45.577" UserId="91" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2381" PostId="1151" Score="0" Text="I have the 620w version of that PSU. Its awesome. Also has more ports and definately has the right power adaptors for that card." CreationDate="2015-11-09T01:18:07.893" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2382" PostId="1151" Score="0" Text="Yeah, I checked the PSU ports (FX Series is a bit old), I have used that PSU in console-killer builds for friends. It works amazingly" CreationDate="2015-11-09T01:20:16.860" UserId="91" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2385" PostId="1134" Score="0" Text="Most android phones (if not all) are 3g capable at the least and have rear cameras. I'd recommend looking into Chinese markets or Indian markets. They both have pretty cheap phones and 90% of them are android based" CreationDate="2015-11-09T05:17:18.877" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2386" PostId="950" Score="0" Text="I am from **India**." CreationDate="2015-11-09T05:47:15.583" UserId="171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2387" PostId="950" Score="0" Text="you could try mixing up MTS usb stick with an existing router" CreationDate="2015-11-09T07:08:02.300" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2388" PostId="950" Score="0" Text="You mean ADSL router with USB port? Closest I could find is [this](http://www.dlink.com/uk/en/home-solutions/connect/broadband-modems-and-routers/dwr-730-portable-hspa-plus-21-mbps-router)" CreationDate="2015-11-09T07:26:39.937" UserId="171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2389" PostId="1134" Score="0" Text="@RudraMatroja Any recommendations? You seem to know something about these..." CreationDate="2015-11-09T11:37:25.287" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2390" PostId="1134" Score="0" Text="Well 40 dollars is really cheap, you'll find a few models but they won't be of a great build quality. Look for micromax, or karbonn. It's gonign to be tough to get a sub $40 phone. Maybe secondhand ?" CreationDate="2015-11-09T12:37:19.757" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2395" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="Yup, It should be cheaper (~$50). I'll write up an answer when I have time. Other people have done this with the Arduino too." CreationDate="2015-11-09T16:48:22.777" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2397" PostId="1156" Score="0" Text="Does this make it available over the Internet or just extend the range of your keyboard, mouse, and video?" CreationDate="2015-11-09T16:55:34.820" UserId="890" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2398" PostId="1156" Score="0" Text="It makes it accessible via the network. With the right network management, it is accessible via the internet." CreationDate="2015-11-09T16:56:34.257" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2405" PostId="1159" Score="0" Text="860W is not too much to go for?" CreationDate="2015-11-09T19:21:43.697" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2406" PostId="1159" Score="0" Text="If you are not going to be doing any upgrades in the future, 860 is probably to much and the 760 will be fine. If you are planning major updates to the video card or more hard drives, the bigger PSU will be helpful" CreationDate="2015-11-09T19:22:49.897" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2407" PostId="1159" Score="0" Text="I think maybe 2nd Radeon in the future for the Crossfire with CPU upgrade and maybe additional HDD." CreationDate="2015-11-09T19:27:04.600" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2410" PostId="1134" Score="1" Text="@RudraMatroja Did you read the requirements? What I want is a mini tablet, or a phone without reception/2G/3G/4G. I've already provided a link to one that costs $20." CreationDate="2015-11-09T20:33:31.643" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2414" PostId="1166" Score="0" Text="and these will both work really well with this GPU?" CreationDate="2015-11-09T21:52:10.020" UserId="845" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2415" PostId="1166" Score="0" Text="@SBlas Yes. I do have one thing to say though... Have you considered the R9 390? It has better performance the the GTX 970, no VRAM issues, and is the same price." CreationDate="2015-11-09T22:31:42.007" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2416" PostId="1166" Score="0" Text="looking into it" CreationDate="2015-11-09T22:32:22.183" UserId="845" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2420" PostId="1167" Score="1" Text="Not an answer: Would you consider a case with screen protector?" CreationDate="2015-11-10T00:21:46.073" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2422" PostId="1139" Score="0" Text="I'm flagging this as off-topic because it's not directly a recommendation question, and asks for the capabilities of a specific device, which qualifies as a technical support request." CreationDate="2015-11-10T01:05:23.960" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2424" PostId="1167" Score="0" Text="If the case meets the requirements for kitchen-proofing, yes." CreationDate="2015-11-10T04:09:51.320" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2425" PostId="1134" Score="0" Text="well this one: http://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/asin/B00REYV0VS/2/&#xA;but honestly you're better off with the lg. unless you find a something like this worthy: http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Desire-510-Sprint-Prepaid/dp/B00ODLYMHY/&#xA;It's prepaid and it's $10 more but it's HTC." CreationDate="2015-11-10T05:33:07.210" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2427" PostId="1165" Score="0" Text="anything above (and including) i5 2300 will not bottleneck the gtx 970. There's one thing that's frequently mis interpreted: Cpu bottleneck happens to mid to low end and 2-3years old. if you've a fairly high end cpu like an i5 2300 or above you're good to go with mono gpu's. The only place where cpu might be relative would be in cpu heavy games (civilisation V). any recent game like the witcher 3 will not load the cpu but the gpu." CreationDate="2015-11-10T05:53:25.603" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2428" PostId="1165" Score="0" Text="The GPU technology is really behind the rest in computing. high end gpu (gtx 980ti) don't even use a x16 pci express 2.0 port to it's full capacity. last year's high end cards (780 or more) lost only 5% on a x16 pci exp 1.1 port.&#xA;For gaming just get a high end i5 and you're good for 4-5years  without getting a cpu bottleneck.&#xA;so i'd recommend a i5 4670 or above just in case you're doing some cpu heavy stuff on your time off gaming." CreationDate="2015-11-10T05:54:40.690" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2429" PostId="1166" Score="0" Text="I'd recommend getting a dx 12 oriented  gpu and a an i5 above 4440.&#xA;dx12 which will be the new standard in the upcoming games reduces the cpu load by a lot. so truthfull even an i5 2300 will not bottleneck on a dx12 game and fallout 4 will run just fine ;)" CreationDate="2015-11-10T06:00:17.140" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2436" PostId="1165" Score="0" Text="This is not a hardware recommendation. What you are asking for is what would happen if CPU+GPU were put together." CreationDate="2015-11-10T12:03:37.073" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2439" PostId="1097" Score="0" Text="Would the answer change if I have another 100€ to spare because I'm getting the graphics card later?" CreationDate="2015-11-10T14:32:23.407" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2447" PostId="1150" Score="0" Text="You could also download the NOOBS online installer, drag&amp;drop it on the SD-Card, put it in, connect to the Internet via LAN, select OSMC raspi 2 edition, after the download has finished you are good to go." CreationDate="2015-11-10T18:09:44.570" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2449" PostId="1054" Score="0" Text="There is actually a docking station available for the portable MiFi router that was initially recommended.  It is wall-mountable, includes a five port gigabit switch, and has 2 built in external antennae to extend the Wi-Fi range.  There may be others like this, though they may not have the same processing power as something designed only for home use, and they may ultimately cost more once you buy the dock." CreationDate="2015-11-10T18:38:02.517" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2452" PostId="819" Score="0" Text="@Gilles Must be available in the USA." CreationDate="2015-11-10T21:12:07.073" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2453" PostId="1134" Score="0" Text="Your looking at the iPhone... oh wait, you would like it to boot up before the next ice age comes and goes... :(" CreationDate="2015-11-10T21:31:33.173" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2454" PostId="1134" Score="0" Text="@RookieTEC9 I'm pretty sure that was a joke, but in case you haven't seen my budget... =P Think I should get a 6S Plus? Or maybe a Galaxy S6 Edge?" CreationDate="2015-11-10T22:04:17.313" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2455" PostId="176" Score="0" Text="Data loss meaning, in simpler terms, fake storage capacities, so the drive pretends to be gajillions of bytes and whatnot, and then overwrites everything you give it inside of it's 2MB of storage..." CreationDate="2015-11-10T22:06:12.337" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2457" PostId="1167" Score="0" Text="...a laserprinter and a 3-ring binder. Plastic page protectors for the major mess protection if you need that. This is one of those places where old tech is better suited to the task." CreationDate="2015-11-10T22:50:11.650" UserDisplayName="user910" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2464" PostId="1097" Score="0" Text="@Neophyte You could get a locked i5 4460, or something similar. It'll be less complicated and perform very well. I'd pair that with a €270 GPU like the R9 380 or GTX 960, whereas the Athlon would probably be paired with  a €200 GPU like the GTX 950." CreationDate="2015-11-11T01:43:24.067" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2465" PostId="1182" Score="4" Text="Welcome to [hardwarerecs.se]. Please take a look at our [guidelines for high quality answers](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/60/57). This answer seems to be lacking the details needed for a high quality answer." CreationDate="2015-11-11T03:02:13.830" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2466" PostId="1181" Score="1" Text="Citation needed for &quot;it is more durable&quot;." CreationDate="2015-11-11T03:58:58.713" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2467" PostId="1141" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately I can't buy this laptop where I live." CreationDate="2015-11-11T07:24:35.930" UserId="867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2468" PostId="1097" Score="0" Text="What does &quot;locked&quot; mean in this context?" CreationDate="2015-11-11T11:32:08.820" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2469" PostId="1097" Score="2" Text="@Neophyte, sorry about that, I keep on slipping into technobabble. Locked in this case means that the processor multiplier is fixed. You can't set it higher than stock (factory settings) to get a faster processor. Clock speed is determined by multiplying the multiplier with the BCLK or FSB frequency, in the case of modern Intel, that's usually 100 MHz. Bumping up the multiplier is the easiest way of overclocking. Nowadays, BCLK is usually tied up with PCI-E frequency, and that does not like to be overclocked" CreationDate="2015-11-11T11:38:48.943" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2470" PostId="1097" Score="0" Text="Basically, Multiplier Unlocked CPUs let you make your CPU faster for free. This was really common back in the pentium days, before Intel decided to lock their CPUs, so they can sell models with +200 MHz increments for $20, and people would be willing to pay for the more expensive ones. They find a way to make more money, they're going to milk it. The only Intel SKUs that are unlocked end in K or X. Lots of gamers like these, though overclocking Intel (and Hyperthreading) is of negligible benefit IMO. AMD is another story, but this is already my second comment, so I won't go into it." CreationDate="2015-11-11T11:43:17.040" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2471" PostId="1141" Score="0" Text="@AbcXyz Ouch. Where do you live? Can you add that to your post? Just the country, no one needs to know your address :)" CreationDate="2015-11-11T12:21:08.367" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2472" PostId="1156" Score="1" Text="I've used similar devices (with a KVM switch), so I thought Andy's cheaper solution was interesting.  I did some research to see if it will actually work.  Unfortunately, the RJ45 ports on those modules are not actually network interfaces (notice that lack of a link light and MAC address).  Sadly, those modules require you to own their respective Cat 5 IP KVM switches. The Lantronix SLS200USBX0-01 SecureLinx Spider that he mentions, however, will work, though it is currently cheaper on Amazon.  I believe the second USB port is actually for power if needed." CreationDate="2015-11-11T14:49:57.177" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2473" PostId="1185" Score="1" Text="I suggest looking it up on http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/ if you want to compare 2 GPUs... if you want to compare the CPUs go to https://www.cpubenchmark.net/. In both cases look for the score of them. If you want to compare technologies... Intel's HD won't compare to a GPU. But for your case, those game can be run @Medium - High settings" CreationDate="2015-11-11T15:29:32.463" UserId="248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2475" PostId="1185" Score="0" Text="It appears my old GPU has a [5% better G3D mark](http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=95&amp;cmp[]=2451), but I presume those results are for a brand new one and not for one that's been in use for over 7 years. So essentially it seem the integrated GPU is at least as good and there is  no point in reusing the GeForce." CreationDate="2015-11-11T18:32:18.860" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2476" PostId="1187" Score="2" Text="Hi there! I've put this question on hold because it's asking about using existing hardware and software to create a system, rather than asking for a recommendation of hardware. This site doesn't deal with such questions. However, addressing your actual problem - if you asked for a recommendation of a cheap NAS system, compatible with your systems, with X storage, bonus points for compatibility with your existing stuff, that would be on-topic. Remember to specify as much as you can, though." CreationDate="2015-11-11T18:39:12.863" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2477" PostId="1186" Score="0" Text="Yes, I will be getting a dedicated graphic card eventually. Reusing my old GPU was always intended as only a temporary solution while I save up money for a decent modern graphics card." CreationDate="2015-11-11T18:50:04.437" UserId="803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2478" PostId="1134" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk It depends on what you want. If you want simplicity, go with IOS. If you want more control, S6 edge wins. I would get a 6S (not plus) and jailbreak it. I have no prior experience using any of them, just their older syblings. I'm still deciding whether to go with a Nokia or a IPhone. (Yes, I saw your budget.)" CreationDate="2015-11-11T19:00:52.917" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2479" PostId="1187" Score="0" Text="ops, sorry for the confusion. I posted something similar on askubuntu and i was told it was more appropriate for this site (reason why i deleted my original post from askubuntu). the thing is that i'm feeling a little bit lost because i am not sure where to get minimal help for this issue :(" CreationDate="2015-11-11T19:47:18.293" UserId="916" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2480" PostId="1187" Score="1" Text="I'm sorry you've been thrown around the network a bit - we're having a bit of trouble communicating what's OK here to other sites. You *may* be able to get help on [su], though don't hold me to that and read their [help center](http://superuser.com/help/on-topic) first. If you can rephrase this to ask us what hardware we'd recommend for this task, then it'll be OK here." CreationDate="2015-11-11T21:50:49.750" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2483" PostId="1185" Score="1" Text="@Neophyte First of all GPUs performance does not degrade over he years, what made you think of that? Also, that site isn't exceedingly reliable, so I'd be careful about that small difference. The 9600 GT is practically the same, and you should only use videocardbenchmark.com for comparing drastically different cards in my opinion" CreationDate="2015-11-12T01:28:57.507" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2484" PostId="403" Score="0" Text="In my opinion, the R9 390 is the best. Similar price to the 970, better performance, more VRAM, no 3.5GB issues, etc. :)" CreationDate="2015-11-12T01:30:34.333" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2485" PostId="1185" Score="1" Text="I'd actually try testing this, considering you arn't spending any money testing an old card, which has about the same resale value as a smart potato anyway. Run some benchmarks etc. I'd also consider the fact that the newer integrated GPU has some advantages, like  quicksync and your output options." CreationDate="2015-11-12T02:27:45.287" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2486" PostId="1187" Score="1" Text="Thank you very much! i am going to modify the question" CreationDate="2015-11-12T04:24:42.087" UserId="916" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2487" PostId="1190" Score="0" Text="Could you add some information about the MCU on that board? As I am asking for the MCU, not a final board..." CreationDate="2015-11-12T06:09:36.250" UserId="180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2511" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="@Criggie: But shouldn't low power equipment last longer? If I used the camera on my iPhone I don't think it would drain the whole car battery? Just for explanation, I live on the eight floor and the street is 100 m away and usually I park another 200-500 m from there, so cabling that distance would be pretty hard. Lots of trees, so most of the time there is no line of sight either." CreationDate="2015-11-12T16:19:52.473" UserId="798" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2512" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="I would be also happy for a partial recommendation for the cameras, I think from there the rest can be figured out somehow, but I have no clue how to find out which camera works at night without extra IR leds or similar." CreationDate="2015-11-12T16:23:14.880" UserId="798" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2513" PostId="1193" Score="0" Text="Please add more specs, also your question would be better worded `Which one do you think is better and why`" CreationDate="2015-11-12T21:07:46.700" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2518" PostId="1194" Score="3" Text="Hi! Could you edit your question and put more details? At this moment your question is too broad. Almost every laptop will handle these tasks." CreationDate="2015-11-12T21:50:18.317" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2525" PostId="1193" Score="0" Text="http://ark.intel.com/compare/87715,75121" CreationDate="2015-11-12T22:25:23.687" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2527" PostId="1196" Score="0" Text="I don't think that such hardware exists.  Since the output of the test is not that complicated, there doesn't seem to be much need for a cable tester to have some sort of USB or Bluetooth interface.  Even if there was such hardware, there would still have to be two parts to it for it to work, so you probably wouldn't be cutting down the amount of gear your techs have to carry." CreationDate="2015-11-12T22:55:11.767" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2528" PostId="1196" Score="1" Text="Damn, I'm sorry about that. We get a number of questions that have been thrown round the network, mainly because we've got issues communicating the fact that our scope is very specific to other sites. I can't actually recommend you another site to ask on because I don't know their scopes well enough. However, you could try asking in [chat] - there are usually a few people around there." CreationDate="2015-11-12T22:55:26.817" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2529" PostId="1193" Score="0" Text="Could you provide a link? I cannot find an HP ProBook 450G2 with an i7. The only thing I can find is i5-5200U.." CreationDate="2015-11-12T22:56:18.883" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2530" PostId="1196" Score="1" Text="@Mike The moderators are for different sites, they are not inter-site moderators.. I'm so sorry that this has to happen to you. We seem to be having inter-site communication issues. Again, so sorry." CreationDate="2015-11-13T02:01:59.703" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2531" PostId="1182" Score="1" Text="To clarify on what Andy is saying, could you provide some details as to **why** you think of that certain CPU and RAM? To be honest, you didn't even specify if he should get an H97/Z97 board... Please be a bit more specific. Thank you." CreationDate="2015-11-13T02:19:21.617" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2533" PostId="1196" Score="0" Text="How about a usb type C to gigabyte ethernet device?&#xA;http://plugable.com/products/usbc-e1000&#xA;&#xA;There is a micro usb 2.0 version : &#xA;http://plugable.com/products/usb2-otge100&#xA;but it's only 100mbps&#xA;&#xA;You could also go for a usb 3.0 male to gigabyte device and use a connector from micro b usb 3.0 to a female device.&#xA;You'l need a usb 3.0 capable device like a nexus 6p or the new upcoming devices to get the full speed." CreationDate="2015-11-13T06:13:06.977" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2535" PostId="1197" Score="0" Text="It look like good, but the sales is only for 2 day and I will buy it after Christmas... Thanks anyway" CreationDate="2015-11-13T09:02:06.480" UserId="928" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2537" PostId="1197" Score="0" Text="@user5537808 Even after the sale, it still meets your budget. $600 = 550EU according to google, anyway" CreationDate="2015-11-13T11:56:21.087" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2539" PostId="1201" Score="0" Text="Have you considered contacting the ASUS support team? They may be able to help you better." CreationDate="2015-11-13T11:59:53.013" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2541" PostId="1201" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk: The laptop is no longer in support period. But there are some vendors on the Internet that offer it. I would be performing the installation myself.&#xA;&#xA;Asus is certainly answers that only the same board fits, but is it really so?" CreationDate="2015-11-13T12:10:08.913" UserId="937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2543" PostId="1201" Score="0" Text="I'm honestly not sure, sorry. I meant that the ASUS support team may be able to send you a replacement, even if you had to pay them for it. And, if the current revision in the notebook is 2.1, I'd recommend you get that. Notebooks aren't very flexible when it comes to replacing parts, and honestly, nobody really knows if others would fit. As I said, the only people who would know are the ASUS support." CreationDate="2015-11-13T12:12:47.427" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2545" PostId="1201" Score="0" Text="I know that it is a very difficult question. But of course I hope to get the best solution. Errors can be resolved within in the new revision. They could be incompatible but they do not have to be." CreationDate="2015-11-13T12:28:20.500" UserId="937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2546" PostId="1201" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk: Asus Support can not answer my question." CreationDate="2015-11-13T13:29:03.027" UserId="937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2547" PostId="1203" Score="0" Text="Which one do you think is better if i installed hackintosh?" CreationDate="2015-11-13T13:39:00.813" UserId="927" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2548" PostId="1203" Score="0" Text="Well they both will work fine since they're both supported but in case you run into some trouble, the 4th gen will have more support due to the sheer number of adopters." CreationDate="2015-11-13T13:55:27.500" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2549" PostId="1201" Score="0" Text="You may be able to talk to some of the third party parts suppliers.  At least when it comes to server hardware, I have dealt with such a company before, and they were fairly knowledgeable about their products.  It's *possible* that their sales people know more about the hardware than anyone that you are likely to get on the phone at Asus." CreationDate="2015-11-13T14:40:08.837" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2554" PostId="1204" Score="1" Text="&quot;Performance of a standard notebook&quot; is rather vague.  If it weren't for a lack of memory (and having the wrong CPU architecture for Office), my Raspberry Pi could perform all the tasks you list." CreationDate="2015-11-13T21:36:14.757" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2555" PostId="1204" Score="0" Text="@Mark There is a long way to go from a Raspberry Pi to a Steve Jobs' user friendly tablet." CreationDate="2015-11-13T22:08:28.747" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2556" PostId="1181" Score="2" Text="@Alpha3031 IDK? Experience?" CreationDate="2015-11-14T02:39:57.083" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2557" PostId="1208" Score="0" Text="Bit short. Can you elaborate and maybe say how one might procure the Deathadder in the EU (maybe using an Amazon link)" CreationDate="2015-11-14T03:11:50.937" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2559" PostId="1210" Score="0" Text="What about the graphics card?" CreationDate="2015-11-14T07:06:27.223" UserId="935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2560" PostId="1207" Score="0" Text="Yes, Microsoft Surface Pro 4 was the top suggestion I've heard of. But, between a U$300 standard notebook and a U$800 tablet, I think notebooks are still worth it. yet ..." CreationDate="2015-11-14T09:38:52.983" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2561" PostId="1212" Score="0" Text="Can you give us some examples as to what games/software you use?" CreationDate="2015-11-14T11:51:55.900" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2562" PostId="1212" Score="0" Text="Blender, Photoshop, Maya, Lightworks, Unity, Unreal Engine, Gimp. Skyrim with mods, I don't have any other high end games because my current computer can't run them ( Far cry 4 is a good example)." CreationDate="2015-11-14T13:29:56.087" UserId="949" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2564" PostId="1212" Score="0" Text="3ds max, gta 5, audacity" CreationDate="2015-11-14T13:42:55.163" UserId="949" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2569" PostId="1217" Score="0" Text="If you post the rest of the build, I can suggest the most appropriate CPU." CreationDate="2015-11-14T19:24:24.360" UserId="91" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2570" PostId="1217" Score="0" Text="Hi Piotr, we aren't able to accurately recommend anything if you ask about two computer components in the same question. It would benefit you greatly to split this question into two, one for the CPU and one for the motherboard." CreationDate="2015-11-14T19:31:44.473" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2571" PostId="1217" Score="0" Text="I would disagree, because the CPU depends on the Motherboard and Vice-Versa" CreationDate="2015-11-14T19:33:03.587" UserId="91" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2572" PostId="1217" Score="0" Text="@Roboter I plan on posting the cpu specific question, when I'll decide witch socket I'll go." CreationDate="2015-11-14T19:58:45.120" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2573" PostId="1219" Score="0" Text="Wow I wasnt aware of this socket capabilities, as it turns out." CreationDate="2015-11-14T19:58:48.630" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2574" PostId="1217" Score="0" Text="Hi, welcome to HR! Also, if you plan on going AMD, get the FX-8320E instead of the FX-8320. The FX-8320E is essentially a better binned version of the FX-8320, and is the same price :)" CreationDate="2015-11-14T20:59:35.780" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2575" PostId="1214" Score="0" Text="By standard notebook I mean the most common notebook configuration being sold. My guess would be US$300 range notebooks." CreationDate="2015-11-15T01:17:41.073" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2576" PostId="1218" Score="1" Text="Dell XPS 13 family seems to be an excellent laptop. But still is a laptop, and this is the problem. It still have moving parts (vents), get hot in your leg, and you cannot remove the keyboard when you don't need it. My guess is that this is the reason some folks are switching their laptop s to tablets." CreationDate="2015-11-15T01:52:26.500" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2577" PostId="1218" Score="1" Text="I agree with you about the issue you mention of specifications. For such kind of user, internals don't have to be top of line. But screen size close to the ones of laptops is really important." CreationDate="2015-11-15T01:57:23.017" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2578" PostId="1218" Score="0" Text="Touch screen is also a must." CreationDate="2015-11-15T01:58:55.247" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2579" PostId="1214" Score="0" Text="@MarkMessa Oh, then I suppose this is not what you are looking for." CreationDate="2015-11-15T02:02:17.207" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2580" PostId="1207" Score="0" Text="@MarkMessa You will be surprised the specs you can get for a $800 tablet." CreationDate="2015-11-15T02:16:36.240" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2581" PostId="1210" Score="1" Text="@Victor The M2000M is a slightly faster/cooler running card than the K3100M. The M2000M is also one generation newer then the K3100M. So I would go for the M2000M." CreationDate="2015-11-15T02:19:05.990" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2583" PostId="1207" Score="0" Text="Ok, I believe so. But for such kind of users, specs are not that important. All they need is run smoothly such simple tasks. So, if they can achieve that, my guess is that most of them would still prefer paying $300 for a cumbersome standard notebook than $800 for a cool top tablet." CreationDate="2015-11-15T02:37:07.760" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2584" PostId="1207" Score="0" Text="@MarkMessa yeah, they can get a $300 laptop to satisfy their needs, but is it enjoyable? The slow boot times, slow browser loads, and generally sluggish performance will make their time less enjoyable." CreationDate="2015-11-15T02:39:44.560" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2586" PostId="1214" Score="0" Text="My guess is that, such users I've mentioned, would prefer Surface Pro 4 than Surface Book. The only real advantage they would perceive in Surface Book would be the 13.5&quot; screen size compared to the 12.1&quot; screen size of Surface Pro 4 (which is smaller than their current notebooks), but for a huge increase in price. Specs for them are not that important if they can run smoothly their simple tasks." CreationDate="2015-11-15T02:59:11.913" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2587" PostId="1207" Score="0" Text="@petershu2118 Of course the Surface Pro 4 would be much more enjoyable: no moving parts, no vents, no noise, no heat on the legs, no boot time and detachable keyboard+touchpad when not needed (I'm considering their simple tasks would run as smoothly as in their current standard notebooks, including browser loads). But this party has a considerable price increase. My guess is that most of such users I've mentioned would still prefer $300 standard notebook ..." CreationDate="2015-11-15T03:08:08.643" UserId="939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2588" PostId="1222" Score="1" Text="Actually, the LGA1151 socket will be used for 2 more generations but 2011-3 is on its last generation (look at the history behind lga2011)" CreationDate="2015-11-15T04:10:22.153" UserId="91" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2591" PostId="1210" Score="1" Text="So everything points to the Dell Precision 7510! Thank you very much! I will post a photo with it soon :p" CreationDate="2015-11-15T07:46:00.603" UserId="935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2593" PostId="1222" Score="0" Text="@peterzhu2118 You wrote &quot;none of them are good at it&quot;, so what socket would you recommend? AM3+?" CreationDate="2015-11-15T09:49:27.633" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2595" PostId="1217" Score="1" Text="Since the time SLI was on the market, many people thought &quot;hey, I'll get a second 6600 GT when needed&quot;, but in fact it was always a better choice to simply buy a more powerful single-chip card." CreationDate="2015-11-15T12:40:44.607" UserId="661" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2596" PostId="1214" Score="0" Text="@MarkMessa I was thinking more of what I would use if I needed a Tablet/Laptop, which is why I posted this." CreationDate="2015-11-15T12:47:18.643" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2597" PostId="1222" Score="0" Text="@PiotrFalkowski I don't mean Intel makes bad chips, heck, they make great chips, all I'm saying is that their sockets don't usually last for more than 1 generation. I am an hardcore Intel fanboy, and would not recommend AMD." CreationDate="2015-11-15T14:06:52.680" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2598" PostId="1225" Score="0" Text="Can't help with that, but while you're looking: I click the scroll wheel to get the &quot;pan&quot; functionality, then use the trackball to scroll any/every direction, including horizontal. I have the M570. Wheel clicking that way works in many applications." CreationDate="2015-11-15T14:25:15.503" UserDisplayName="user960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2602" PostId="1222" Score="2" Text="@peterzhu2118 You are incorrect, the LGA2011 Socket is replaced every generation (LGA2011, LGA 2011-2, LGA2011-3), but LGA1151 will be for Skylake, Cannonlake, and Kaby Lake" CreationDate="2015-11-15T19:08:50.060" UserId="91" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2606" PostId="1185" Score="0" Text="If you plan on doing video editing, some video editors support heterogeneous GPUs and also CPU+GPU at the same time. Perhaps having the 9600 GT might be useful." CreationDate="2015-11-15T21:09:01.900" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2608" PostId="1233" Score="1" Text="I could recommend a GeForce 7800 GT and follow the budget and requirements. I voted to close this question because it is too broad. &quot;What would you recommend?&quot; could be anything. Is there a certain framerate you want to play your game at? Resolution? Settings? A certain power-draw requirement?" CreationDate="2015-11-15T21:38:30.677" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2609" PostId="1214" Score="0" Text="@MarkMessa Also, I think that you cannot really put the Surface Pro on your lap. You can, however, put a Surface Book on your lap :)" CreationDate="2015-11-15T21:40:10.173" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2611" PostId="1221" Score="0" Text="Could you explain what exactly you're looking for besides a Linux tablet? What screen size, screen type, buttons, or other features are you wanting?" CreationDate="2015-11-15T21:44:51.850" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2613" PostId="1234" Score="0" Text="That is a 2 generation old graphics card, I would not recommend it." CreationDate="2015-11-15T22:14:07.073" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2614" PostId="1234" Score="0" Text="@peterzhu2118 It fits he requirements..." CreationDate="2015-11-15T22:19:41.913" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2615" PostId="1234" Score="1" Text="Well, it does, but its not a good recommendation." CreationDate="2015-11-15T22:44:38.073" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2616" PostId="1219" Score="0" Text="I agree with this, but I would suggest 2x4GB RAM for the dual channel." CreationDate="2015-11-16T01:29:20.397" UserId="967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2618" PostId="1219" Score="0" Text="Dual Channel does not make a large difference in performance." CreationDate="2015-11-16T01:51:50.007" UserId="91" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2619" PostId="1233" Score="4" Text="With your current setup plan, your monitor and GPU are by far the bottlenecks. If you haven't bought your motherboard or RAM yet, I highly recommend downgrading them. http://www.logicalincrements.com/ has a great chart that you can use to balance your setup." CreationDate="2015-11-16T02:28:52.260" UserId="968" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2621" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="Quite frankly the resolution's pretty simple to drive, my old 660 could handle that with room to spare." CreationDate="2015-11-16T05:58:56.567" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2622" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="is that screen resolution correct?" CreationDate="2015-11-16T06:44:42.950" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2623" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="@RudraMatroja [seems so](http://www.cnet.com/products/eizo-flexscan-s1901-lcd-monitor-19/specs/)" CreationDate="2015-11-16T06:55:26.997" UserId="364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2624" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="@Andrew T. well it's a pretty unsual resolution to play at, especially a tripple A title on ultra settings..." CreationDate="2015-11-16T06:58:05.027" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2625" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="Edit was based off his link. And its critical here." CreationDate="2015-11-16T07:01:49.977" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2626" PostId="1234" Score="0" Text="The gtx550 will not be able to let him play fallout 4 in ultra (as sugested in the title) in 1080p let alone in 2560*1600." CreationDate="2015-11-16T09:15:21.713" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2627" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="Hi there, is this the setup you're already working with or are these the components you want to buy soon? I think there may be better solutions out there which don't bottleneck single components like this config. What is your budget for everything?( if you plan on buying a new pc)" CreationDate="2015-11-16T09:33:01.887" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2629" PostId="1241" Score="0" Text="I don't think such a thing exists.  The cheapest laptop Newegg has that meets your criteria costs $1200." CreationDate="2015-11-16T11:04:11.207" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2630" PostId="1241" Score="0" Text="I got close with this:&#xA;http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00YRY4MHM/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;colid=N21XRYLEM8NJ&amp;coliid=IIIA9A4YZA3OV&#xA;Just no SSD" CreationDate="2015-11-16T11:13:11.390" UserId="974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2631" PostId="1234" Score="0" Text="@RudraMatroja I don't read the titles in between the lines. He should have written that clearly and plainly in the question itself." CreationDate="2015-11-16T12:05:08.927" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2633" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="What settings and what FPS are you aiming for? Do you want to &quot;future proof&quot;?" CreationDate="2015-11-16T12:27:14.627" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2634" PostId="1233" Score="1" Text="@benjaminS it's a setup I'll buy soon, except monitor which I have already. The budget for everything is 1200$. I'll be happy to hear your suggestions. There are the questions where I considered the chipset and MoBo: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/1220/951 http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/1217/951" CreationDate="2015-11-16T12:30:44.583" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2635" PostId="1240" Score="0" Text="Builds for gaming (especially cheaper ones) typically have GPUs that take up a large proportion of the budget, though I agree that going beyond a 980 is somewhat overkill, given OP wants 1080p. +1" CreationDate="2015-11-16T12:32:22.830" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2636" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="I'll add another possible configuration as soon as I get home :) I think the configuration is not well balanced as it is and I'll try to see if we can get anything better for this money. Talk to you in a few hours ;)" CreationDate="2015-11-16T12:41:58.500" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2639" PostId="1242" Score="3" Text="If you want to run games from your disk, 128 GB is not a lot. Games are big. I'd also recommend you consider a supplemental external drive." CreationDate="2015-11-16T12:55:25.117" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2640" PostId="1242" Score="0" Text="Yeah I'm planning to have one anyways for FS backups and just extra media storage. It would be especially important with that 128GB model though" CreationDate="2015-11-16T12:57:22.427" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2641" PostId="1233" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 I'd like to future proof, also I'd like to buy in the future new monitor, thouh I'm not sure when." CreationDate="2015-11-16T13:26:51.080" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2642" PostId="1244" Score="4" Text="If you can install a Nvidia GPU, you can install an equivalent GPU. There may be other reasons for picking an nvidia card, but power supply compatibility shouldn't be one of them." CreationDate="2015-11-16T13:27:07.277" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2644" PostId="1244" Score="0" Text="Current budget is 250 USD" CreationDate="2015-11-16T13:36:55.987" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2645" PostId="1241" Score="0" Text="Can you define &quot;light gaming&quot;. You might consider GTA 5 on medium settings &quot;light gaming&quot;." CreationDate="2015-11-16T14:38:02.400" UserId="966" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2646" PostId="1243" Score="0" Text="The ASUS sounds good, but I can't see anywhere selling it for the UK with a quick Google search." CreationDate="2015-11-16T14:38:43.510" UserId="974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2647" PostId="1241" Score="0" Text="Gaming is an after thought really. I'm more interested in a decent build, SSD, decent screen...etc However I do play PC games, I own GTA4, Skyrim, and other slightly older games, and if I could play them, it would be a bonus, but I'm not too bothered as I have my PC and PS4 for that." CreationDate="2015-11-16T14:42:22.947" UserId="974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2649" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="I haven't forgotten this, will definitely write an answer soon." CreationDate="2015-11-16T15:33:45.287" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2661" PostId="1240" Score="0" Text="a 1500 dollar build is in no way cheap. It's not that expensive, especially compared to a $2000-3000 high end gaming build, but it'll get you some pretty high end parts. The rest of the 500-1500 typically goes in stuff such as a custom watercooling loop, or additional graphics cards, or super high-end X99 based 8-core processors." CreationDate="2015-11-17T06:15:30.737" UserId="971" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2662" PostId="1175" Score="0" Text="Well Things should change now since the windows 10 upgrade has been rolling out.&#xA;they've announced full mouse compatibilty that'll go hand hand with the exsisting keyboard compatibility. (someone said halo 5 on pc?)&#xA;There Chronosmax that's been investigating in the possibilities so you could wait a bit to see if they come out with an adapter ;)" CreationDate="2015-11-17T07:32:06.860" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2664" PostId="1251" Score="0" Text="So you want to watch tv on your pc through the cablebox?" CreationDate="2015-11-17T08:19:50.700" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2665" PostId="1251" Score="0" Text="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Z9Ax61qWw&#xA;here's how you can use your laptop as a secondary screen with another PC. I'm pretty sure your cable box won't manage to send a video signal to the network.&#xA;In either case, the HDMI is not the solution" CreationDate="2015-11-17T08:24:23.713" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2666" PostId="1251" Score="0" Text="@RudraMatroja thank you, but the video is a for a completely different purpose, it doesn't help. And yes, I want to watch TV on my laptop screen by using the cablebox in my room. By the way, I updated to post." CreationDate="2015-11-17T08:40:41.447" UserId="982" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2667" PostId="1212" Score="1" Text="Have you tried to look at this site : https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#G=2,4&amp;X=0,306523&amp;c=213,299,266&#xA; They seem in your budget and pretty powrefull" CreationDate="2015-11-17T11:23:06.430" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2671" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="Basically, you want to copy files from your tablet directly to your flash drive, correct? Is there something wrong with having two devices to accomplish the same thing?" CreationDate="2015-11-17T17:52:11.433" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2672" PostId="1257" Score="1" Text="hum, I see. I think I'll stick with two 980 Ti. I think GPU will be more necessary to play games than content creation. And this won't be a professional designer workstation anyway ( I only need something to work with mods and small projects). thanks for the help!" CreationDate="2015-11-17T19:37:30.523" UserId="949" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2677" PostId="1259" Score="0" Text="At the moment, this post is rather too broad for us to answer effectively. We'll need to know some more details - budget, for one, among others. Also, this should be split out into multiple questions, one for each component you want us to recommend you hardware for. Thanks!" CreationDate="2015-11-17T20:39:13.470" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2678" PostId="1222" Score="0" Text="You can get $4000 processors for the LGA2011-v3 chipset, not just $1200 ones." CreationDate="2015-11-17T21:03:43.380" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2685" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="Thank you; I appreciate that." CreationDate="2015-11-18T02:19:02.933" UserId="731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2686" PostId="1251" Score="0" Text="The HDMI port on a laptop is almost always a output only connector unless explicitly specified its a input connector. The AVerMedia capture card is a great device to capture video in real time. It is easy to use and have a lot of features." CreationDate="2015-11-17T00:45:44.317" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2688" PostId="1257" Score="0" Text="Yea, then Defenetly go for the 980 TI. also be sure to add an Samsung 950 Evo SSD or an intel 750 SSD for virtualy no lodingtimes" CreationDate="2015-11-18T08:03:58.993" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2692" PostId="1263" Score="0" Text="Your laptop's CPU is probably soldered to the motherboard..., meaning you'd have to have extreme technical knowledge of how it all works, and have the tools to desolder the original. I don't think it would work very well." CreationDate="2015-11-18T12:52:42.817" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2693" PostId="1263" Score="0" Text="Update &amp; clarification: the i7 3820qm is a different generation and is not supported by my chipset. I have a Sandy Bridge HM65 and 3820qm is Ivy Bridge. Also, when checking my motherboard specs with CPU Z, it has an rPGA processor socket, meaning the processor is removable (unlike the BGA socket which means the CPU is soldered to the motherboard). There is however, the i7 2860qm which is sandy bridge hm65 and has the same power consumption (45W). So the new question is would the i7 2860qm work?" CreationDate="2015-11-18T13:19:24.793" UserId="993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2694" PostId="1265" Score="0" Text="already got an SSD, totally worth it" CreationDate="2015-11-18T13:19:54.973" UserId="993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2696" PostId="1266" Score="0" Text="I was originally excited about the Book but after I played around with one in the store I decided it doesn't have quite the mobility advantage that the Pro does. For example the battery extension and video card are housed in the keyboard, and it doesn't have a kickstand, so if you detach it you actually lose a lot of the mobile benefits. That didn't excite me. But maybe I'll give it another look since you guys are recommending the i5 which is much more affordable." CreationDate="2015-11-18T14:04:00.597" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2697" PostId="1266" Score="0" Text="Oh wow it's reversible, I didn't even know that until now... that at least remediates the lack of kickstand." CreationDate="2015-11-18T14:07:41.533" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2698" PostId="1266" Score="0" Text="I undersant it, but i would have a cover over the screen anyways becaus of the hard to replace screen. you could get one with a kickstand. To store it in a smal bag i would just detatch the keyboard anyway and take it to the hotel i'm staying at or at home. 2 bad there isn't a version with a kickstand and a keyboard." CreationDate="2015-11-18T14:07:42.843" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2699" PostId="1265" Score="0" Text="gaming and compilation, mostly. While doing these all cores stay at their maximum turbo frequency. I've done all cleaning (physically and digitally) to increase performance but it seems processing power is the biggest problem at the moment." CreationDate="2015-11-18T14:58:16.033" UserId="993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2700" PostId="1265" Score="0" Text="This seems to be the best improvement after the SSD that does not require purchasing a new machine. I am still considering if it is worth it now, after the information you provided for me, thank you for which." CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:02:37.513" UserId="993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2702" PostId="31" Score="0" Text="What kind of battery-autonomy do you envision?" CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:17:36.673" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2703" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="Yes, I want to copy files with the sequence: tablet -&gt; flash drive -&gt; PC (or vice-versa). What kind of devices are you referring to?" CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:20:43.820" UserId="989" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2704" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="I was referring to a regular flash drive and a separate Bluetooth dongle like [this one](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320166), both plugged into your laptop." CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:23:42.323" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2705" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="It sounds odd that you'd find a PCI card with a &quot;negligible&quot; signal strength.  So I suspect your notion of what is a good signal strength might need to be described in more details.  In most cases the signal strength mostly depends on the antenna more than the card itself." CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:32:57.327" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2706" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="A router that &quot;doesn't support connecting to the internet by itself&quot; is kind of like a computer that &quot;doesn't support Ogg/Vorbis by itself&quot;.  I'll let you guess how much cheaper such a thing would be." CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:41:18.867" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2707" PostId="31" Score="0" Text="@Stefan - Not sure I understand the question.  Obviously the device has to contain its own power source.  Whether that's an embedded rechargeable or whether it accepts disposable batteries doesn't matter to me." CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:51:41.613" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2708" PostId="31" Score="1" Text="Well, the question is: do you need the battery to last 2h?  2days? 2months?" CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:53:04.217" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2709" PostId="31" Score="1" Text="@Stefan - That would depend on usage.  I suppose *at a minimum* the battery should be sufficient to log 24 hours of continuous movement.  For a typical person or vehicle would be a week or two of recording." CreationDate="2015-11-18T15:59:11.853" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2710" PostId="1271" Score="4" Text="Do you have any specific model to recommend?" CreationDate="2015-11-18T16:04:00.680" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2711" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="I understand now, but it works just in case tablet and PC are in a range, while I would like to copy data also in the case the tablet and the PC are in different locations." CreationDate="2015-11-18T16:06:15.177" UserId="989" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2712" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="I do not think that such devices exist. I know it isn't hardware, but what about a cloud service like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc? This does require that both devices are connected to the internet however." CreationDate="2015-11-18T16:15:22.870" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2715" PostId="307" Score="1" Text="@Stefan Ok. From around 50cm distance it has the same signal strength as the wifi of my neighbors (they are 10m distance, behind at least one concrete wall). I use the antenna I've got from the manufacturer with it, have a direct visibility with the device, and I've tried the antennas in every possible orientation. Maybe it is a bad card, but if it is so, it would be sooo happy if I shouldn't buy a similarly bad hardware again. These buy - doesn't work - throw out - money lost loops are very, very embarrassing. Warranty isn't always applicable, and has also administrative / postal costs." CreationDate="2015-11-18T18:10:49.733" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2717" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="If your tablet support it, you just need a usb otg adapter. They are very cheap 1$-2$. I don't think that the bluetooth/usb exist!" CreationDate="2015-11-18T18:11:37.010" UserId="967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2718" PostId="1273" Score="0" Text="How did you get your hands on an 8350?  It's the extreme low-end of the HD 8000 series, and as far as I can tell, it's never sold at retail." CreationDate="2015-11-18T20:23:53.170" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2719" PostId="1263" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure. I don't think you could fit a Ivy Bridge into a Sandy Bridge motherboard, but I don't know much about the older architectures, so check the answers." CreationDate="2015-11-18T20:34:21.193" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2721" PostId="1247" Score="0" Text="&quot;Super fast RAM, because why not?&quot; ... &quot;for a penny&quot;. Reason enough not to get it? Performance benefits are minimal with faster RAM anyway. I think the money would be better spent on an i5-6600k instead of stupidly overkill amounts of stupidly fast RAM..." CreationDate="2015-11-18T20:43:07.670" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2727" PostId="1262" Score="0" Text="What's the make and model of the Wifi router you have now?" CreationDate="2015-11-19T04:44:51.313" UserId="1004" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2729" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="Would a wifi flash drive also work?" CreationDate="2015-11-19T06:33:49.480" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2730" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="Why physically not capable of web browsing? The two examples you gave are quite simple to work around." CreationDate="2015-11-19T07:47:27.830" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2731" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="It needs to be impractical to web browse (for hardware reasons). Sorry if I wasn't clear." CreationDate="2015-11-19T07:54:09.533" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2733" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="The only way i can think of is to let it connect to a server via peer to peer and have the server put a policy on it" CreationDate="2015-11-19T08:30:35.893" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2734" PostId="1262" Score="0" Text="Currently Linksys WRT54G, and D-Link DAP-1360 are root APs. However I wish not to stick with them always. In future I may buy new AP, or use android hotspot capability." CreationDate="2015-11-19T08:45:47.653" UserId="171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2735" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="It needs to be hardware disabled." CreationDate="2015-11-19T09:00:48.460" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2736" PostId="1279" Score="2" Text="If you want it to be physically impossible, then you need to give up the network connection.  Anything capable of running Node.js is more than capable of running a text-mode browser like Lynx." CreationDate="2015-11-19T09:40:04.913" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2737" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="True, but the main concern is a graphical browser." CreationDate="2015-11-19T09:44:07.673" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2738" PostId="1280" Score="0" Text="What kind of videocard do you have and are you on a laptop?" CreationDate="2015-11-19T10:12:29.917" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2744" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="Because you don't care about what OS it runs you could could go with a linux distro that only has command line. I found a node.js build that runs on suse. If you run this on a low power embedded system with about 0.5 GB to 1 GB of ram it will be impossible to run it. I don't think there is a way for a pc to run windows and can't run a GUI browser." CreationDate="2015-11-19T10:42:10.560" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2746" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="I had a raspberry pi with 512 MB of ram and it ran a gui fine, though it opens up the idea for a system with &lt;128MB." CreationDate="2015-11-19T12:53:53.573" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2747" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="[This thread](http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/is-128mb-ram-enough-for-any-linux-570305/) suggests that almost any amount of ram, and almost any processor, can run a gui. I guess I will need to go down the monochrome lcd route." CreationDate="2015-11-19T13:00:41.653" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2748" PostId="1159" Score="1" Text="Got AX760 from NewEgg for $99" CreationDate="2015-11-19T13:58:39.467" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2751" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="are you gona use it as a developer server? if so you could just skip the GPU and connect remotely to it or let it do its thing." CreationDate="2015-11-19T14:20:36.877" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2752" PostId="1280" Score="0" Text="This sounds like a piece of software not hardware." CreationDate="2015-11-19T14:22:13.163" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2753" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="I need a console." CreationDate="2015-11-19T14:43:48.047" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2754" PostId="1280" Score="0" Text="Could you tell us a little more about your setup so that we can get an idea of what your PC can already handle?  How much are you willing to spend on this?" CreationDate="2015-11-19T14:48:43.017" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2755" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="You have contradicting requirements: &quot;physically not capable of web browsing&quot; and &quot;would be nice if it had internet capability&quot;. You can only have one or the other. If you do not want connection to the outside world, you need to air gap the thing (and remove wireless communication components). If you want to update software via the internet, you have a machine that can do web browsing." CreationDate="2015-11-19T14:52:22.523" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2757" PostId="1279" Score="0" Text="If the machine is only capable of displaying text, then I only have text based browsing, which is ok." CreationDate="2015-11-19T14:59:41.200" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2759" PostId="133" Score="0" Text="Something else to consider - you would likely want your backup solution to be disconnected - to prevent certain advanced malware, like CryptoWall, from targeting your backups, thus ensuring they screw you completely. (Yes, the later versions DO in fact do precisely this.)" CreationDate="2015-11-19T15:44:19.650" UserId="1010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2760" PostId="1249" Score="0" Text="You must have an active Internet connection to use a Chromecast. A travel router can be used to get around the AP isolation that most hotels enforce but you must have an Internet connection. is from this link: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromecast/XRktmNTk0QY" CreationDate="2015-11-19T15:56:57.297" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2761" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: internet is not an option, I'm looking for an hw device." CreationDate="2015-11-19T16:20:41.413" UserId="989" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2762" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="@DeviLFisH: I know about USB OTG but is not always supported (expecially by iPADs) that's why I was thinking about Bluetooth, more supported" CreationDate="2015-11-19T16:22:52.943" UserId="989" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2763" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="@badge-be: can you give an example of wifi flash drive?" CreationDate="2015-11-19T16:22:54.750" UserId="989" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2764" PostId="1258" Score="2" Text="[The sandisk connect](https://www.sandisk.com/connect)" CreationDate="2015-11-19T16:40:07.330" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2775" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="As you may or may not know, AMD CPU's tend to run pretty hot, running it fanless might just turn it into a oven." CreationDate="2015-11-20T02:35:48.843" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2776" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="What is your budget anyways?" CreationDate="2015-11-20T02:36:02.797" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2777" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="I expect something like the [Asus Transformer](https://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks-Accessory/ASUS_Transformer_Pad_Mobile_Dock_AD03_TF103_series_TF303_series/) which has a disconnect-able display/keyboard combined with a 3rd party &quot;case&quot; or stand for holding the display up would help. I remember an article about someone who taped up heavy duty velcro mount points in the various places they commonly set up shop." CreationDate="2015-11-20T06:05:01.310" UserId="1013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2778" PostId="1289" Score="2" Text="What's your budget?  If $300 is too much, what about $200?  $100?  $50?  Do you require wireless, and if so, what type?  How many LAN ports?" CreationDate="2015-11-20T08:09:59.120" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2780" PostId="1286" Score="0" Text="cain't you do a normal usb with an autorun propety?" CreationDate="2015-11-20T09:01:23.697" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2783" PostId="1286" Score="0" Text="@Thomcdrom Could you explain?" CreationDate="2015-11-20T11:34:34.310" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2790" PostId="1293" Score="0" Text="AMD cores aren't really useless. In case you didn't know, Intel has better IPC. AMD CPUs also are 2 cores per FPU. Intel CPUs are 1 core per FPU, which is the reason Intel has better &quot;single core&quot; performance, along with IPC of course." CreationDate="2015-11-20T12:13:09.007" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2791" PostId="1295" Score="1" Text="A benchmark in NEVER a equivalent of real life performance." CreationDate="2015-11-20T12:13:41.597" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2793" PostId="1293" Score="1" Text="They are kinda useless due to the lack of mulicore (more that 4) applications. &#xA;The huge part of windows apps are stil single core, even most of the games. and the performance in games is in favor of Intel.&#xA;also: ddr4, usb3.1 and other stuff that'll be handy in the future." CreationDate="2015-11-20T12:21:01.283" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2794" PostId="1293" Score="0" Text="You can get USB 3.1 with a PCIe extender. DDR4 is kinda useless to be perfectly honest. Of course AM3+ is a dead chipset, so that's one point towards the skylake." CreationDate="2015-11-20T12:22:19.800" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2795" PostId="1293" Score="0" Text="well you get a boot of about 10% with ddr4 so not that useless,&#xA;PCI extender meaning more power draw and another component that could potentially breakdown... it's way too risky on amd side" CreationDate="2015-11-20T12:28:26.373" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2796" PostId="1293" Score="0" Text="Continue in **[chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/31862/discussion-between-rubyjunk-rudramatroja)**" CreationDate="2015-11-20T12:30:49.000" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2798" PostId="1295" Score="0" Text="If he's gona game more on it then program(which probebly is the case) defently get the amd. but if hes is planning to realy go in to programming(with testing) he should get the i5 becaus amd is not the best with virualisation. overall good pick @RubyJunk i agree with you." CreationDate="2015-11-20T13:43:29.780" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2799" PostId="1286" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk I'm not sure but what you could do is a auto run scrip with an app that is installed on the drive. then just run it in the tray." CreationDate="2015-11-20T13:45:00.753" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2800" PostId="1293" Score="0" Text="Why do you think that using  PCIE extenders is risky... they won't fry your system, are pretty cheap, and don't seem to wear out at least according to my use. Also, I think that if you are worried about that extra 10 watts of power draw, I don't think you should have a computer at all." CreationDate="2015-11-20T14:36:03.337" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2801" PostId="1289" Score="0" Text="@Mark oh right, yes wireless and 4 LAN ports; question updated. Budget? I don't know. It depends on what's available and what other features come with the price tag. I want to spend the least amount possible, but if the $300 AC3200 is the only one it's the only one. In the end it's the features and reliability that count more heavily than the price." CreationDate="2015-11-20T17:08:21.397" UserId="1013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2802" PostId="1295" Score="1" Text="Can you explain what the numbers mean in the &quot;Game debate&quot; benchmarks please? It looks like higher is better, but there is a green 0% on Assassins Creed." CreationDate="2015-11-20T17:37:21.237" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2805" PostId="1276" Score="0" Text="It probably is very easily doable with some Arduino kit, but you'll have to code some software" CreationDate="2015-11-20T21:12:09.243" UserId="1027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2806" PostId="1221" Score="0" Text="Android is a sort-of Linux! What distribution do you want to run? IIRC, some tablets are sold with some version of Ubuntu" CreationDate="2015-11-20T21:16:41.730" UserId="1027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2807" PostId="1295" Score="1" Text="@Rubyjunk Thanks for the answer. I'm going to go for the AMD and get a decent water cooling on it, because let's be honest... I'll game more than program on it. Even when I program it won't be large projects, and mostly testing everything on a dedicated server that I got access to. What might actually be stressful is the VMs for Android and iOS." CreationDate="2015-11-20T21:33:51.070" UserId="248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2808" PostId="1295" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I'm assuming they have a base &quot;performance&quot; and they base the percentages off of that." CreationDate="2015-11-20T22:43:35.833" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2809" PostId="1289" Score="0" Text="Are you OK using dd-wrt if the router ships with it installed, or would you rather not deal with it at all?" CreationDate="2015-11-20T22:57:56.143" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2811" PostId="258" Score="0" Text="Please also add to your answer that this scanner works with Linux, at least with Debian stable (jessie) out of the box. The backend software is SANE, which is the only free scanning software available on Linux that I'm aware of, and the frontend I'm using is `gscan2pdf`. But it also works with other SANE backends. For reference, the SANE version on Debian jessie is `1.0.14-9`." CreationDate="2015-11-20T23:43:51.217" UserId="1024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2812" PostId="258" Score="0" Text="Note also that the wireless support is quite limited on Windows and OS X. It isn't what one would normally consider a wireless device. And there is no wireless support on Linux." CreationDate="2015-11-20T23:53:19.700" UserId="1024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2813" PostId="1273" Score="0" Text="I'm also interested in answers to this question. Everyone uses Nvidia cards, but Nvidia doesn't really support free drivers, e.g. the Nouveau project." CreationDate="2015-11-20T23:59:25.613" UserId="1024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2815" PostId="1298" Score="0" Text="Do you want a active noise cancelling earbud or a passive noise cancelling one?" CreationDate="2015-11-21T01:08:21.433" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2821" PostId="1293" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701 relax a bit there man,&#xA;It's a potential risk nonetheless. the more components you have in your systemes, the more it's likely to have crash/errors and other issues. You're adding an error margin into it, combined with the reste it's a multiplier. It's called stats. Never go complicated when you can go simple." CreationDate="2015-11-21T05:09:28.033" UserId="737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2823" PostId="1298" Score="0" Text="@peterzhu2118 I not really bothered I just want the best external noise reduction at this price point. (I am guessing that at this price I am going to be better off with  passive/noise isolating)" CreationDate="2015-11-21T11:45:32.573" UserId="1021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2825" PostId="686" Score="0" Text="If anyone could post an answer that works on Windows I'd be grateful." CreationDate="2015-11-21T13:32:09.757" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2826" PostId="1297" Score="0" Text="Actually the FX-4350 is a rather bad processor, containing only **2** FPUs, which makes it really bad. The FX-6350 only has **3** FPUs, which still makes it worse. The FX-8350 is more powerful than the FX-4350, even if only 4 threads are being used, because of more FPUs." CreationDate="2015-11-21T14:27:19.767" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2827" PostId="1297" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk Not really. Did you try it ? I did, and as I said, 8 cores, or 4 FPUs, are useless. Even with 4 threads at 100%, you will rarely use 2 FPUs at 100%. It was true for various gaming and programming in my case. Obviously some computation intensive applications will make use of more FPUs, but I've never encountered one for my use cases." CreationDate="2015-11-21T15:28:54.037" UserId="1017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2828" PostId="1297" Score="0" Text="The Intel one has 4FPUs as well, and is also more expensive... And yet you recommend that or an FX-4350.... A better Intel to recommend that is closer to the same price is AMD is a Pentium G3258" CreationDate="2015-11-21T15:31:03.127" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2829" PostId="1297" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk You miss my point. From my experience, the Intel will perform better than all the FX-x350, but if you aim for cheaper, the AMDs will be better, because they have no GPU and are more balanced for general use cases (dual module arch, like Intel HT)." CreationDate="2015-11-21T15:47:05.213" UserId="1017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2830" PostId="1288" Score="0" Text="On some android devices, you can plug in a USB OTG soundcard for audio and use a special app (usb audio player on the play store). I doubt there is a way to do 200khz through this though.." CreationDate="2015-11-21T16:37:02.737" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2831" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="@matt wilkie&#xA;That seems to be a smart solution if there are appropriate cables to be used between this product and your pad. But, when you take your pad and keyboard to, for example, the library you should still need to carry  some kind of stand with you to place the screen on the head level." CreationDate="2015-11-21T17:24:21.240" UserId="104" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2832" PostId="1304" Score="1" Text="Could you provide a list of specs and perhaps a picture? If the link were to go dead, for example, this answer would be useless. Thank you!" CreationDate="2015-11-21T18:18:40.410" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2833" PostId="1221" Score="1" Text="I'm not too picky in this case, I really just want something with 10.6&quot;-ish screen size (a little smaller works though) and the ability to run a Linux desktop distro well." CreationDate="2015-11-21T18:35:26.283" UserId="954" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2834" PostId="1133" Score="0" Text="@Karel no cables needed if keyboard is Bluetooth. But yes still would need to pack around stand." CreationDate="2015-11-21T19:19:28.927" UserId="1013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2835" PostId="940" Score="0" Text="@Geek Not sure what you mean by &quot;breaking out eDP&quot;, but the whole idea of eDP is that it can be used to drive LCD panel directly (much like LVDS that was used before, no complex logic on display side) and that it is completely standardized at the same time, allowing for direct connection between GPU and panel (unlike LVDS that required not so standardized converter chip on motherboard which caused panel incompatibilities). And whatever &quot;controller&quot; display panel has, it is (almost?) never detachable, or even baked into glass (e.g. in smartphone displays)." CreationDate="2015-11-21T23:49:52.403" UserId="756" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2836" PostId="1289" Score="0" Text="@JTL I wouldn't buy one from &quot;Joe on the internet&quot; but might from a company that offers a guarantee and/or post sales support and has a reputation they care about. I don't want to have to learn how to be a firewall or network administrator." CreationDate="2015-11-22T00:51:43.210" UserId="1013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2837" PostId="1307" Score="0" Text="Are you only considering Kingston or did I miss another contender somewhere?" CreationDate="2015-11-22T01:32:13.443" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2838" PostId="1307" Score="0" Text="@Andy Currently I consider Kingstone, but I'd be happy to find better alternative." CreationDate="2015-11-22T02:27:38.227" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2840" PostId="1308" Score="0" Text="Even 500 GB for a 7200 rpm hard drive is a lot to handle..." CreationDate="2015-11-22T04:59:47.877" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2841" PostId="1310" Score="2" Text="If the system at the other end doesn't support link aggregation, there's no benefit to adding a second Ethernet port." CreationDate="2015-11-22T06:37:06.087" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2844" PostId="1308" Score="0" Text="Ok, the harddisk is not full, and Time Machine as fas as I know uses differentials to make the backup. But 7'200 is my usual standard (for a decent budget). I just need some feedback from people using Apple TimeMachine as well." CreationDate="2015-11-22T09:32:37.537" UserId="425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2848" PostId="1310" Score="0" Text="@Mark thanks, how to test whether the system at the other end supports link aggregation?" CreationDate="2015-11-22T14:37:41.483" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2849" PostId="1308" Score="0" Text="A while back, I used to use Time Machine to store a couple backups (I don't have the need now). I can't think of something off the top of met head, but using USB 3, or Thunderbolt are both good actions, as they allow for fast speeds." CreationDate="2015-11-22T15:04:09.317" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2853" PostId="1304" Score="2" Text="It looks like the company doesn't exist anymore. I can't find anything about the company in the commercial register, and on the address provided on the website, there is another company." CreationDate="2015-11-22T17:49:37.993" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2856" PostId="1310" Score="0" Text="In general, you check to see if it says it supports 802.3ad or 802.1AX aggregation." CreationDate="2015-11-22T20:10:00.917" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2858" PostId="1289" Score="0" Text="For what purpose do you need a Traffic analyzer? Just out of curiosity?" CreationDate="2015-11-22T20:58:36.330" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2859" PostId="1316" Score="1" Text="I have found the 750 ti for £95, This seems like it would be perfect for my setup. Thanks. :)" CreationDate="2015-11-22T21:17:12.650" UserId="1043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2861" PostId="1310" Score="0" Text="Is the Ethernet connector on your laptop gigabit Ethernet?" CreationDate="2015-11-22T23:03:32.073" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2862" PostId="1310" Score="0" Text="@PeterZhu yes 1 Gbps." CreationDate="2015-11-22T23:06:33.760" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2863" PostId="1308" Score="0" Text="Whats your budget?" CreationDate="2015-11-22T23:25:55.383" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2864" PostId="1308" Score="0" Text="more or less like the four products mentionned ... but no more than 250$. If such devices exists but at higher price, I will probably use usb3 or thunderbolt v1 instead. The passport Pro is a bit over my specification as I only need one harddisk as this is mainly for backuping the OS itself (I have already a NAS RAID 1 for the file backups)" CreationDate="2015-11-23T00:01:08.570" UserId="425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2865" PostId="1307" Score="2" Text="PC3-17000 is DDR3, and PC4-17000 is DDR4, hence the different numbers in front of 'PC'." CreationDate="2015-11-23T00:38:24.877" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2868" PostId="1289" Score="0" Text="@szoszk we have a monthly quota that we're constantly in danger of exceeding, and it's very expensive when we go over quota. There are 4 people in the house and three times as many devices. We need to know which people and which devices are causing the most consumption, so we can then determine what to do about it. (Exile offending devices, or offending behaviour-on-device, and/or more equitably split the cost.)" CreationDate="2015-11-23T04:54:54.020" UserId="1013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2869" PostId="1320" Score="0" Text="64GB? That's not a lot, especially if you're looking for a 1TB drive if not SSD." CreationDate="2015-11-23T08:49:10.930" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2870" PostId="1320" Score="1" Text="@ArtOfCode If there's a SSD, I'm willing to use the school provided OneDrive space, and I'll probably get a external HD as well. I can probably squeeze a single OS install with some crucial apps. Don't need office, so I'd probably use about 20 GB for programs, max. 128 GB is better though. With the HDD, I'd forget all that." CreationDate="2015-11-23T10:24:47.520" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2876" PostId="686" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk all the cards that i found were for windows. I also learned that the MB needs to have a Thunderbolt header or it wont work." CreationDate="2015-11-23T16:53:52.070" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2877" PostId="1304" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the feedback @szoszk Well, I am sure that they are not the only one who design this kind of laptops that I am interested in. But, It is difficult to find with google search. Are you also interested in these type of designs? It seems that at the end I will buy a used laptop and modify it myself :)" CreationDate="2015-11-23T17:05:00.153" UserId="104" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2883" PostId="1308" Score="0" Text="Thunderbolt V1 has a theoretical throughput of 10gbps (1.25GB/s), more than enough to handle backups to a 7200RPM Drive. Unless you were backing up to a PCIe SSD or something, I wouldn't be worried about your interface (USB 3.0, USB 3.1, Thunderbolt 1, Thunderbolt 2) bottlenecking your transfer speeds." CreationDate="2015-11-23T22:16:35.327" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2884" PostId="1287" Score="0" Text="prepaid can be fine for calling, depending on how frequent the usage is." CreationDate="2015-11-24T01:49:05.740" UserId="182" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2885" PostId="621" Score="0" Text="is there a way to add an ssd, possibly by removing the optical drive?" CreationDate="2015-11-24T01:52:40.570" UserId="182" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2889" PostId="1313" Score="1" Text="Honestly, with tax and everything, 100 GBP is more like 100 USD, in terms of buying power, even though the exchange rates say otherwise." CreationDate="2015-11-24T02:45:46.007" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2895" PostId="1292" Score="0" Text="I agree that the FX-8320 is the best processor in the short run, but If you need this computer to have a strong upgrade path, you may want to choose intel, as the new chipset and DDR4 memory means that you can reuse many of your components at a later date." CreationDate="2015-11-24T03:33:07.650" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2896" PostId="1301" Score="0" Text="Are you willing to budge on the budget? $30 for a headset will give you both bad speakers and a bad microphone, but if you moved the maximum to $50, you could get something halfway decent." CreationDate="2015-11-24T03:37:49.853" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2897" PostId="1327" Score="0" Text="+1 for the nudge to consider JBOD/RAID-0, for the pointer to the Shuttle product, and information on the NUC and RPi solutions. I had to go find out if (for example) 2x240Gb was cheaper than 1x480Gb -- and it's not." CreationDate="2015-11-24T03:43:15.477" UserId="743" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2899" PostId="621" Score="0" Text="@jiggunjer I haven't tried so I can't say for sure, but I doubt it. To be honest though, if you want an SSD use an external SSD - the internal drive is absolutely fine for most things." CreationDate="2015-11-24T07:48:48.263" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2914" PostId="1304" Score="0" Text="Not really, because I use a regular computer, and have my monitors on a few thick books. But would it be an option for you, to use an external mouse and keyboard? This way you could put your laptop higher." CreationDate="2015-11-24T19:38:20.270" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2915" PostId="1289" Score="0" Text="First off: I didn't test that (but I have both the Router, and Pi, so if I have time someday, I could test it).&#xA;I've seen, that with the AVM Fritz!BOX you can analyze your traffic with the help of a RaspberryPi (I don't know how it works, but apparently it does). I think, it could be possible with other routers (not sure though). If you know german: http://www.crnet.de/crnet-work/raspberry-pi/traffic-monitor-fuer-lan-und-wlan-clients-fuer-die-fritzbox/" CreationDate="2015-11-24T19:54:11.900" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2927" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="What happened to my anwer?" CreationDate="2015-11-24T22:49:10.533" UserId="1005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2930" PostId="1316" Score="0" Text="This is good stuff, but please remember that you should also provide a synopsis of each bit of hardware you recommend, and how it meets the asker's needs. It may help to split this into one answer per recommendation. Please [edit] this answer to include those details. Thanks." CreationDate="2015-11-24T22:51:09.663" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2932" PostId="1313" Score="1" Text="I know the original question referred to purchasing a GFX card and the 750ti suggested by @Peter Zhu will fit the bill, however I do think there is one necessary upgrade. For a very small price you can bump up your RAM from 4GB to 8GB, a couple of [these](http://www.ebuyer.com/237100-corsair-4gb-ddr3-1333mhz-memory-cmx4gx3m1a1333c9) will work a treat for a relatively low price as well." CreationDate="2015-11-24T10:17:39.690" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2937" PostId="1339" Score="0" Text="Do you have a specific budget in mind?" CreationDate="2015-11-25T00:45:15.730" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2938" PostId="1339" Score="1" Text="@Undo As I said, I almost exhausted my budget, so I would be most satisfied if it was relatively cheap but good, but if I were to name the price, then not more than 300zł(which is ~75$) - and preferably less then that." CreationDate="2015-11-25T00:57:51.100" UserId="1033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2939" PostId="1339" Score="0" Text="So, to clarify, you wish to use this PSU for a gaming build (high peak loads for short times), for a relatively long duration (5+ years) and wish to spend less than 300zł (PLN) and ooptimally around 200zł. Is efficency or cable management a priority?" CreationDate="2015-11-25T01:53:38.407" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2940" PostId="1301" Score="0" Text="@Firepower0701 Black Friday is coming up soon and therefore I will except answer that will be on sale for black Friday. I will move the budget up to  $45; but please keep in mind that the mic is for skype calls. Therefore; it does not have to sound like a beast, just provide clear audio output and have noise-canceling because the house can get really busy." CreationDate="2015-11-25T02:15:03.617" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2941" PostId="621" Score="0" Text="The whole point of using an SSD (for me and many others at least) is lost with an external one. My 9 year old acer laptop still flies since I added an ssd. Granted I only play old games and don't need much drive space." CreationDate="2015-11-25T02:54:29.417" UserId="182" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2943" PostId="1339" Score="0" Text="@MatthewRock I can read and write in polish, so this site is not a problem. However, Do you have a specific need of watts? (I've never physically built a pc before [though I wish I could] so I don't really know)" CreationDate="2015-11-25T03:04:02.327" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2944" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="Currently, I have a KVM that fails to recognize the keyboard and its integrated smart card reader." CreationDate="2015-11-25T03:11:29.217" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2950" PostId="1341" Score="1" Text="as the OP wants a &quot;durable power supply for this PC&quot; I would not opt for the Corsair VS Series because it uses [low quality capacitors](http://www.hardwareinsights.com/wp/corsair-vs450-review/4/) and is considered a [Tier 4 PSU](http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html). Very bad for this otherwise very good hardware.The Thermaltake one TR2 450W should be the better choise as it uses higher quality capacitors from japan and 450 Watt will be more than enough for this hardware." CreationDate="2015-11-25T07:55:32.280" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2952" PostId="1342" Score="0" Text="If newegg includes shipping costs in their price, the [Seasonic S12II](http://www.newegg.com/global/pl/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094) might also be an option." CreationDate="2015-11-25T08:24:14.547" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2953" PostId="1344" Score="0" Text="You can go with the MSI GTX 970 you linked to. This card should achieve pretty high settings with good 50fps. Make sure that you keep an eye on the VRAM usage in AC Syndicate and don't go over 3.5GB or you'll have pretty bad lags :)" CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:12:39.583" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2954" PostId="1345" Score="0" Text="Not sure what the policy is on links, but [this](http://www.ebuyer.com/602734-aoc-e2470swda-23-6-led-vga-dvi-monitor-e2470swda) is what I'm running right now.. Its pretty, backlit and only £99 excluding delivery" CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:16:16.007" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2955" PostId="1344" Score="0" Text="I'm currently going over that much now... woops" CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:17:23.107" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2956" PostId="1344" Score="0" Text="@benjaminS 970 seems like a good idea but it is slightly out of my budget range. Whilst I would go for it if it is really just *that* good, I would prefer to see if there is anything lower first :p" CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:24:05.810" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2957" PostId="1345" Score="0" Text="It does look like a nice monitor however I do think I would like an IPS panel on the one I would get" CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:24:22.840" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2958" PostId="1345" Score="0" Text="Sorry, I missed the note on the IPS panel" CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:26:19.280" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2960" PostId="1344" Score="0" Text="You have other options.One would be the [R9 380X](http://www.ebuyer.com/729764-powercolor-r9-380x-myst-edition-4gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-axr9-380x-4gbd5-ppdhe) or the R9 380 (they perform pretty much the same) which should perform pretty well on 1920x1080 with high to ultra settings on most games(witcher 3 runs awesome on it e.g.). The other option would be the [R9 390 with full 8GB of VRAM](http://www.ebuyer.com/714697-powercolor-pcs-r9-390-8gb-gddr5-dual-link-dvi-d-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-axr9-390-8gbd5-ppdhe) which will perform on the same level as the 970 /or better" CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:41:45.743" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2961" PostId="1344" Score="0" Text="It would still be good to tell us your PSU - check the label on it if possible. You don't want your PC to get damaged by a cheaper PSU :)" CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:42:53.857" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2962" PostId="1344" Score="2" Text="This is the part where I mention I just bought the 970. I had a discussion with someone in another chat room and realised that if i were to get the 960 (which is a direct downgrade from this) I would eventually want the 970 anyway. I have no particular attachment to nvidia other than the fact I've used them for the longest time. I'm currently not on my PC so I don't know the brand of the PSU unfortunately :( I'm at work. Will check when I get home so you can tell me if it will blow up in my face or not." CreationDate="2015-11-25T09:43:36.993" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2963" PostId="1341" Score="0" Text="I said, I have no previous experience so I didn't know." CreationDate="2015-11-25T14:29:45.790" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2964" PostId="1341" Score="0" Text="yeah no problem just wanted to add that information :) no harm done" CreationDate="2015-11-25T14:49:14.687" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2965" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="I don't know for some reason it dissappeared. Maybe a moderator?" CreationDate="2015-11-25T15:42:14.527" UserId="989" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2966" PostId="1346" Score="1" Text="Just to be clear, will a screen that is backlit with a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) rather than LEDs be acceptable?  Or does he have a more general photophobia or light sensitivity, meaning that perhaps you are looking for something along the lines of what you would find in the Gameboy Advance?  Do sunglasses or computer glasses help?  Do you think a device with a [built-in projector](http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/tablets/lenovo/yoga-tablet-series/yoga-tab-3-pro-10/) would work?" CreationDate="2015-11-25T15:51:46.107" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2969" PostId="1348" Score="0" Text="Does stability improve if you unplug the cooler table?  It sounds like you've got another requirement: the USB hub needs to be powered, rather than drawing its power from the USB cable." CreationDate="2015-11-25T19:33:15.843" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2970" PostId="1350" Score="0" Text="I've already bought the linked GTX - power supply is 500W. :)" CreationDate="2015-11-25T22:29:51.387" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2972" PostId="1352" Score="0" Text="I have stated that I've already considered Logitech's webcams." CreationDate="2015-11-26T02:36:31.610" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2973" PostId="1352" Score="1" Text="@Adam But why does this webcam not meet your requirements?" CreationDate="2015-11-26T02:39:56.467" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2975" PostId="1304" Score="0" Text="@szoszk That is okay to use an external keyboard and mouse when you use the laptop regularly as desktop in an office or home." CreationDate="2015-11-26T08:41:12.800" UserId="104" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2976" PostId="1167" Score="0" Text="You could look at Qooq tablet but i don't know if they sell outside EU. (http://www.qooq.com/tablette/en)" CreationDate="2015-11-26T08:44:31.427" UserId="753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2977" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="Where do you live, i found one which claims to have keyboard, mouse screen and auto support but its one of those generic ones. so i can only find it in the netherlands." CreationDate="2015-11-26T09:28:38.470" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2978" PostId="1362" Score="2" Text="Note that due to the fact that pointers and `long`s are twice the size (64bit instead of 32bit) and memory accesses have to be aligned at 8-byte boundaries, 64bit software may use ~30% more memory than 32bit software. So, depending on your actual usage, while with a 32bit OS you can only use 3.25GB, you might actually have *less* available memory with a 64bit OS that can access all 4GB." CreationDate="2015-11-26T09:41:43.833" UserId="1082" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2979" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="Does it work with keyboards that come with integrated smart card reader?" CreationDate="2015-11-26T09:56:32.940" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2980" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="I will probably ship it to where I live" CreationDate="2015-11-26T09:57:07.717" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2981" PostId="1342" Score="0" Text="I went with XFX Core TS. 5 years warranty looks nice; I think I'll be happy with the purchase." CreationDate="2015-11-26T10:08:38.707" UserId="1033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2984" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure gona read some revieuws about it. how many usb ports do you have avalible?" CreationDate="2015-11-26T11:21:36.097" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2985" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="I have 2 on my Macbook Pro and 3 on my Lenovo PC." CreationDate="2015-11-26T11:30:43.947" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2986" PostId="1362" Score="1" Text="@JörgWMittag While this might be true, it is extremely unlike that a 64 bit executable will use a significant amount of memory compare to the equivelant 32 bit executable. Most data is 32 bit integers or 64 bit floats (or an array of either) and a few pointers; the real change would be the pointer size, which will -likely- increase from 32 to 64 bit. 30% or even 5% is a massive increase compare to what should be expected." CreationDate="2015-11-26T11:48:06.650" UserId="1084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2987" PostId="1364" Score="0" Text="What games will you play?" CreationDate="2015-11-26T11:49:31.003" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2989" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="do you have a minitor hooked up to the kvm switch" CreationDate="2015-11-26T12:17:24.280" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2990" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="Yes, an HDMI monitor, USB keyboard, USB mouse. The KVM should not need drivers to be installed manually." CreationDate="2015-11-26T13:03:49.423" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2991" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="okey :/ what is your bugged i found some having a &quot;all use port&quot; but it sure is pricy" CreationDate="2015-11-26T13:04:49.723" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2992" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="What does &quot;all use port&quot; mean?" CreationDate="2015-11-26T13:07:47.567" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2993" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="As long the price is not exaggerated it is fine" CreationDate="2015-11-26T13:08:38.623" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2994" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="what is see is that most pages say a Keyboard an mouse port. maybe they have fixed usb cabeling. I'm not very familiar with KVM's so that maybe bs." CreationDate="2015-11-26T13:10:33.493" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2995" PostId="1330" Score="0" Text="The KVM must 100% support the keyboard integrated smart card reader running on a single USB cable." CreationDate="2015-11-26T13:14:21.693" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2996" PostId="1167" Score="0" Text="Here you go mark, check this out it's an ip67 rated e-reader https://gl.kobobooks.com/ it the h2o moddel. i would recommend the screen cover (i beleave its not expensive) and it protects it agains the point of the knife fall case or the occasional side stab. i think you can load it up via usb but you can alway run wine with it." CreationDate="2015-11-26T13:43:32.183" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2997" PostId="1370" Score="0" Text="Fair warning: Amazon affiliate links are rewritten by the Stack Exchange engine to SE's own affiliate links." CreationDate="2015-11-26T14:11:19.713" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2998" PostId="1369" Score="0" Text="Are you recomennding higher voltage, because the 25% of the load (123W) is more than in 500W wersion (112W), so the fan will stay put for longer, or for some other reason? I would actually not invest in gold rating, when 50Watts+ will always go to waste, rather adjust the voltage precisly to the need." CreationDate="2015-11-26T14:12:45.153" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2999" PostId="1364" Score="0" Text="So what component are you asking for a recommendation of? It's not clear at the moment." CreationDate="2015-11-26T14:24:16.150" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3000" PostId="1370" Score="0" Text="Sorry @ArtOfCode, didn't know but its not a affilate link. there isn't even amazon in the netherlands and would have no intend of doing so. I'm here trying to help not to profite about it. otherwise i would be working at a callcenter and not as a developer" CreationDate="2015-11-26T14:30:16.350" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3001" PostId="1369" Score="1" Text="It's always a good idea to atleast leave a little bit of headroom when it comes to power supplies just to stay safe from capacitor aging or a wrong wattage rating. Also the general rule of thumb for maximum efficiency is that the power supply load should be around 80 percent. 465/550 equals about 84 percent load. But since efficiency doesn't really matter to you, you might go for a larger unit to leave a little more headroom for future changes to your build and it will take longer before the fan starts spinning." CreationDate="2015-11-26T14:45:03.727" UserId="581" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3002" PostId="1370" Score="0" Text="Also Thank you for correcting me so often. it must be frustrating to have to correct me so often." CreationDate="2015-11-26T14:46:42.940" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3003" PostId="1370" Score="0" Text="Oh I'm not worried about you profiting from here, people paste them by accident a fair amount. It can just be useful to know that the engine rewrites them." CreationDate="2015-11-26T15:01:21.850" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3006" PostId="1344" Score="0" Text="@benjaminS power supply didn't blow up - just don't have the connectors required on it :(" CreationDate="2015-11-26T19:29:29.880" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3007" PostId="1372" Score="0" Text="Could you please explain the reason for the downvotes? I'm open to improving my question but I can't do that if it's blindly downvoted and I'm given no feedback." CreationDate="2015-11-26T19:40:11.580" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3008" PostId="1364" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031, I'm playing several MMOs off and on, TOR, WoW, ESO, a smattering of others. I enjoy Skyrim and its older siblings and will probably pick up Fallout 4 at some point when I can afford it. Considering I was playing Skyrim on way worse hardware than I have right now, I doubt I'd have much issue with Fallout 4 with any of the stated hardware as long as I turned the graphics down a bit, and I know the MMOs will run ok." CreationDate="2015-11-26T20:04:58.493" UserId="1079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3009" PostId="1364" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode, The question is whether I should pick up a $30 AMD motherboard and hope my CPU is good, or a $45 Intel MB plus a $70-105 CPU. And if Intel is the way to go, is the I3 really that much better than the G-series that the extra $35 would make my life a lot nicer? Because I'm hoping to upgrade in about 7-8 months, I'd also like to consider buying parts now that are good for said upgrade. Any good/bad information related to the specific models I picked out would also be helpful, along with alternate recommendations you may have." CreationDate="2015-11-26T20:13:59.760" UserId="1079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3010" PostId="1364" Score="0" Text="@MichaelS That doesn't sound like something we can effectively answer - this site was set up to provide specific *recommendations*, given that you've already figured out what you need. You could drop into [chat], or *maybe* Super User could help (though read their help center first)." CreationDate="2015-11-26T22:37:45.670" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3012" PostId="1368" Score="2" Text="Fanless or fanned? A fanless PSU can be quieter (though it isn't systematic, some have a noticeable electronic whine), but cause the computer as a whole to be noisier because other fans have to work harder." CreationDate="2015-11-26T23:08:36.423" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3013" PostId="1348" Score="0" Text="Not really. It behaves the same with sporadic delays on mouse and constant delays on keyboard. Also my computer can't shutdown with the hub plugged. Maybe the hub has a power/electronic bug. I'll add that requirement, thanks!" CreationDate="2015-11-27T00:24:48.757" UserId="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3014" PostId="1368" Score="0" Text="@Gilles I was thinking fanned, though couldnt find anything about fan noise production on any product. So I figure a 140mm fan would be less noisy like in Thermaltake 530W SMART SE Modular or Be Quiet 500W Straight Power 10 CM, though the latter is little overbudget, but worth the price?" CreationDate="2015-11-27T00:40:21.533" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3018" PostId="1346" Score="0" Text="Hi there thanks for the reply he is 100% fine with regular LCD TV's and monitors. I believe the LED strobes more or something like that so if i can get hold of something that still has LCD and is at least i5 that would be great." CreationDate="2015-11-27T06:57:53.720" UserId="1069" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3022" PostId="1372" Score="0" Text="you can find out yourself. here is a calculator where you can see what voltage you need at lease and then you can pick out a psu yourself, i recommend Collermaster and corsair. http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator" CreationDate="2015-11-27T08:20:27.337" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3023" PostId="1372" Score="0" Text="@Thomcdrom The main issue is connectors rather than voltage. For example, the GTX needs an 8pin and 6pin PCIe connector, which my current PSU doesn't have." CreationDate="2015-11-27T08:22:21.617" UserId="1067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3024" PostId="1372" Score="0" Text="most of the PSU in the range you are looking at have those connectors. the coolermaster v series have 2x 6+2 pin kables." CreationDate="2015-11-27T08:31:04.407" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3026" PostId="1368" Score="1" Text="Have you read the [power supply fundamentals article on Silent PC Review](http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page1.html)? If not, do so, this site is a great resource on quiet PC parts. They also have hardware reviews and recommendations." CreationDate="2015-11-27T10:35:29.453" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3027" PostId="1368" Score="0" Text="@Gilles I was familiar with the site, but didn't read the article. Thanks, it helps alot." CreationDate="2015-11-27T10:40:32.967" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3028" PostId="1380" Score="1" Text=":/, i was affraid for that. the problem is i don't like the liniar bump. i've heard is the same/close feeling to rubber dome which i'm not a fan of at all. I just don't understand why the MX Blue line is so unpopulair. also if i need a shalow depth of field click i tend to use a chicklet or butterfly keyboard so response time is no issue here." CreationDate="2015-11-27T12:18:27.763" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3029" PostId="1367" Score="0" Text="Thx but it is not HDMI KVM. Plus I am not sure if it supports the integrated smart card reader keyboards?" CreationDate="2015-11-27T12:20:38.833" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3031" PostId="1367" Score="0" Text="Found a fix for the hdmi version have fun. this was a revieuw from a user sorry :/" CreationDate="2015-11-27T12:31:18.347" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3032" PostId="1367" Score="0" Text="The CS692 is exactly what I have right now. Let me update the firmware and try again. I will get back to you on Sunday." CreationDate="2015-11-27T12:48:29.843" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3033" PostId="1367" Score="0" Text="Okey, good luck with you KVM" CreationDate="2015-11-27T13:01:25.540" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3034" PostId="1380" Score="0" Text="Since you enjoy the Razer why don't you try the new Razer BlackWidow Chroma? Razerhave their own brand of mechanical switches but i am not sure about the noise level of the key presses." CreationDate="2015-11-27T13:17:43.393" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3035" PostId="1380" Score="1" Text="I've tryed one of there new razer switches and they have a very metal clink. like i said i was luckey and got a Cherry MX version." CreationDate="2015-11-27T13:33:37.820" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3036" PostId="1378" Score="0" Text="I would advise you first find out if blue is indeed the switch you want. Red is supposed to be for gaming, but I found (on a new Corsair K95) it to be horrible for moba games where constantly pressed buttons are rare and it's all about the timing of a single press (also - completely unlike my laptop). Since returning these is a pain after you've unpacked and tried it, and they are also reasonably expensive, you'd probably want on of [these](http://www.amazon.com/Max-Keyboard-Keycap-Cherry-Sampler/dp/B00E71W4O8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1409795458&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=mechanical+switch+tester) babies." CreationDate="2015-11-27T13:38:44.597" UserId="1099" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3037" PostId="1378" Score="0" Text="Good idea. So far i had Blue, Razer greens, browns clears rubberdom butterfly and chicklet. also tryed the new macbook switches but they are not for a external keyboard. I realy like the click of the blues, Maybe toper typeheaven are good ones for me but I heard they are also non RGB." CreationDate="2015-11-27T13:41:36.540" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3038" PostId="1378" Score="0" Text="If your budget is truly unlimited, why not just have one custom-made? probably only going to be a few thousand dollars." CreationDate="2015-11-27T13:45:43.113" UserId="1101" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3039" PostId="1378" Score="0" Text="I don't think Cherry MX Blue RGB are made anymore. if they can garantee me 10 year stabel click then i would considder getting one. I need one about every 2 year becaus of switch deprevation." CreationDate="2015-11-27T13:51:47.533" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3042" PostId="1371" Score="0" Text="I think that does look like the winner, a lot of good reviews and has won awards on overclockers and other sites. Although the one you have linked seems to be the white one, had to look on other sites for the black version!" CreationDate="2015-11-27T14:29:20.867" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3046" PostId="1382" Score="0" Text="Cool thanks for the suggestion. but they don't make or haven't made the blues yet, on there site i cain't find the blue edition of the keyboard." CreationDate="2015-11-27T15:58:41.063" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3047" PostId="1382" Score="0" Text="@Thomcdrom Where are you located?" CreationDate="2015-11-27T16:10:29.960" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3048" PostId="1382" Score="0" Text="The Netherlands, but I can import for the USA" CreationDate="2015-11-27T18:27:17.197" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3049" PostId="27" Score="0" Text="The [Tehnoetic S2](https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-s2-phone-replicant) comes close (Replicant is installed; only the modem firmware is proprietray); however, these are refurbished devices :/" CreationDate="2015-11-27T20:28:46.943" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3052" PostId="1321" Score="0" Text="Would the i7 and dedicated graphics be worth the extra $200? I won't exactly be doing anything too intensive, and it seems to me that the cheaper $999 model might have a (slightly) better battery life. It's not like I'd be playing any games / rendering 3D projects with reasonable performance with either card, so I'm wondering if the cheaper model will suffice for my purposes, and leave room for the purchase of an SSD for upgrades later on?" CreationDate="2015-11-28T08:06:43.197" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3053" PostId="1244" Score="2" Text="@JourneymanGeek OP might mean the higher power consumption of AMD GPUs would cause his system to go over his power supply capacity, though that has been less of a problem with Tonga." CreationDate="2015-11-28T08:14:39.133" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3055" PostId="1369" Score="1" Text="I'm fairly sure the G2 line is made by Super Flower. Still high quality, just a different manufacturer." CreationDate="2015-11-28T09:17:33.927" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3056" PostId="1369" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 You're right. The SuperNova GS is made by Seasonic, while the SuperNova G2 is made by SuperFlower. Thanks, I'll edit it." CreationDate="2015-11-28T11:52:51.403" UserId="581" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3063" PostId="1321" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Yea, the $999 might be better for you then. If you used Photoshop, or any type of video editing or 3D rendering program regularly though, the extra $200 for the i7 and dGPU would be worth it, definitely." CreationDate="2015-11-29T01:07:40.260" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3064" PostId="1406" Score="0" Text="Is this the best in the price range that meets the requirements? Or the only one?" CreationDate="2015-11-29T01:35:44.817" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3066" PostId="1406" Score="1" Text="@SSumner Updated with another laptop." CreationDate="2015-11-29T02:24:59.113" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3068" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="Virtually all graphics cards should be able to work in this system unless they are so long they will not fit in your case" CreationDate="2015-11-29T04:35:07.030" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3069" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="I previously thought that the Radeon I'm using now was the *best* graphics card I could install in here because anything better would be bigger, and this card is quite possibly too big already - it's nearly touching the TV tuner card, and it took a lot of work to reroute my SATA and power cables around it. But after your comment I took another look and realized that you're right, bulk wouldn't be an issue (especially if I remove the tuner card, which I don't use anymore). But I also realized that the motherboard's bus speed could cause a bottleneck, so I added that criterion in place of size." CreationDate="2015-11-29T05:14:42.887" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3072" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="My research is returning highly conflicting results.  Depending on which source you believe, either your Q6600 is the fastest your mainboard supports and you've got an already-bottlenecked PCIe 1.1 graphics slot, or you can upgrade to the almost-twice-as-powerful QX9775 and you've got a PCIe 2.0 graphics slot with twice the bandwidth.  In either case, the only parts I'd consider re-using in a modern system are the power supply, case, DVD drive, hard drive, and if you want it, the tuner card." CreationDate="2015-11-29T07:36:21.840" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3074" PostId="1402" Score="2" Text="If you think this question is off topic, please [weigh in on meta](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/386/recommendations-for-digital-camera-with-very-specific-features-on-topic/387?noredirect=1#comment675_387). The current position is that this is a valid question." CreationDate="2015-11-29T09:13:34.800" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3076" PostId="1407" Score="1" Text="FYI, the [Q6600](http://ark.intel.com/products/29765/Intel-Core2-Quad-Processor-Q6600-8M-Cache-2_40-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB) is a 64-bit CPU. The 32-bit limitation is from your operating system, not from your CPU. But for gaming performance, RAM isn't usually the critical factor. I don't know if you can improve things by upgrading the graphics card alone or if you'll need to upgrade the motherboard (there's usually little to gain by upgrading the CPU: significantly more powerful CPUs almost always require a different motherboard)." CreationDate="2015-11-29T12:05:57.657" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3077" PostId="1391" Score="1" Text="You gave the answer to your question: You need a device to pxe-boot to a minimal os that connects to your citrix server. That is pretty much every current PC. No need for local storage in that setup." CreationDate="2015-11-29T13:19:52.460" UserId="1109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3085" PostId="1348" Score="0" Text="Just search for the highest rated hub on Amazon. Use their search tool to look for your requirements." CreationDate="2015-11-29T17:14:51.577" UserId="1111" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3086" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="When the graphics card nearly touches the tv tuner card that is completely normal." CreationDate="2015-11-29T17:18:06.303" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3090" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="@Mark hmm could you post those sources?" CreationDate="2015-11-29T18:40:38.467" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3091" PostId="1407" Score="1" Text="@DanHenderson, the HP website you linked says Q6600 max, [Wikipedia's entry for the G33 chipset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#Core_2_chipsets) implies any LGA775 chip, and [pc-specs.com for the IPIBL-LA mainboard](http://www.pc-specs.com/mobo/Asus/Asus_IPIBL-LA/1414) says nothing.  For graphics, HP says nothing, Wikipedia says PCIe 1.1, and pc-specs.com says PCIe 2.0." CreationDate="2015-11-29T18:52:47.773" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3115" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="I would say without you putting forward a budget, it is very difficult to make a recommendation. It is more of  &quot;here are some possibilities either way&quot;" CreationDate="2015-11-29T23:33:54.370" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3117" PostId="1418" Score="0" Text="You should tell us what games you will play and what settings, resolution and FPS you wish to play it at." CreationDate="2015-11-30T00:22:41.473" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3120" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="@Mark the pc-specs.com link calls out an important point: &quot;It uses the aging DDR2 memory type,... [which] is exceptionally out of date, and considering how cheap DDR3 RAM is, using a motherboard with only DDR2 compatibility in a modern system build would be a very bad idea.&quot; So it becomes clear that I'd be better off with option #2." CreationDate="2015-11-30T01:37:24.917" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3121" PostId="1422" Score="0" Text="Over the last few hours (pretty much since you posted your comment on it), I've been working on a significant edit to my question. I appreciate the answer you provided, but can you expand it in the direction of the additional details I've just added?" CreationDate="2015-11-30T04:14:40.370" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3127" PostId="1367" Score="0" Text="Sorry for the delay. I tried upgrading the CS692 firmware with no luck. What does putting the keyboard in BIOS mode mean?" CreationDate="2015-11-30T04:42:44.500" UserId="1058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3129" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="@Peter, budget still undecided—I just want a fanless system." CreationDate="2015-11-30T06:20:20.440" UserId="560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3132" PostId="1382" Score="0" Text="It says on the page cherry blues will be available at a later date :) so as you are not requiring it right this second, you may be able to wait it out...it is a very good looking keyboard though!" CreationDate="2015-11-30T08:55:52.293" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3133" PostId="1425" Score="0" Text="Is is the rev 1.3 or 3.1? You can find it written on the motherboard." CreationDate="2015-11-30T10:33:06.510" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3134" PostId="1425" Score="2" Text="It's not worth it. The parts that you can buy for this motherboard are limited - it's very old. Also, the CPUs that you CAN buy are ridiculously expensive for what they're worth. You'd be better of purchasing an AM3+ motherboard or going Intel than reusing your old one. You'd probably be spending the same amount anyway." CreationDate="2015-11-30T12:36:55.747" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3135" PostId="1425" Score="0" Text="I'll consider this, but I was probably looking at used parts, which might make this endeavor worthwhile." CreationDate="2015-11-30T12:43:17.837" UserId="1120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3136" PostId="1421" Score="0" Text="Is it correct than, that a dice with 2133 Mhz CL15 will have a response time **1/2133000000 * 15 = ~7 ns** and  2400 MHz CL12 **1/2400000000 * 12 = 5 ns**? Second question: Is it the CPU cycles we are waiting on, so having CPU clock twice as fast as the RAM clock would cut the CAS latency in half?" CreationDate="2015-11-30T13:05:10.250" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3139" PostId="1422" Score="0" Text="@danhenderson are you partial to the LGA1150 socket or will a modern Intel socket do/does it have to support the i7-4790 or will any high end i7 do?" CreationDate="2015-11-30T13:43:11.320" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3140" PostId="1421" Score="2" Text="_Answer to question 1:_ You are correct. &#xA;&#xA;_Answer to question two:_ Taken from Wikipedia: &quot;Synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) is dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that is synchronized with the system bus.&quot; So increasing the clock of the **system bus** will decrease the CAS latency, but overclocking the system bus is very dangerous." CreationDate="2015-11-30T14:01:55.127" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3142" PostId="1386" Score="0" Text="Possible duplicate of [New Gaming System - CPU \[Romania\]](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1387/new-gaming-system-cpu-romania)" CreationDate="2015-11-30T14:44:19.213" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3144" PostId="1397" Score="0" Text="Possible duplicate of [New Gaming System - CPU \[Romania\]](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1387/new-gaming-system-cpu-romania)" CreationDate="2015-11-30T14:44:37.810" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3150" PostId="1386" Score="0" Text="@cyber I don't see how, when each of these is asking for a different component." CreationDate="2015-11-30T16:17:19.643" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3151" PostId="1367" Score="0" Text="Its a compatibility mode for older bios system that only support ps2" CreationDate="2015-11-30T16:57:00.513" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3152" PostId="1422" Score="0" Text="i7-4790 **or better** - I don't know what's better though. Been out of the hardware scene for quite some time. :)" CreationDate="2015-11-30T18:37:31.973" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3154" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I'm not sure how I could split this question up, as the motherboard must be able to support a high-end CPU and GPU that I'll upgrade to down the road, but the CPU and GPU recommendations I'm seeking now will depend on the selected motherboard. It seems to make more sense to have these 3 components as a combined recommendation. But I will update the title as the question's scope has changed." CreationDate="2015-11-30T19:45:07.857" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3155" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="@DanHenderson You could ask about the motherboard first. Something like &quot;I am looking for a motherboard that supports the cheaper end of the CPUs/GPUs while also allowing me to upgrade to newer parts down the road.&quot; When you ask your CPU/GPU questions, you can link them to the motherboard question and ask for the components that are compatible with it." CreationDate="2015-11-30T19:55:12.657" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3158" PostId="1407" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley something more like this?" CreationDate="2015-11-30T22:56:06.237" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3159" PostId="1407" Score="1" Text="@DanHenderson top-notch question now, nice one." CreationDate="2015-12-01T00:01:57.263" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3162" PostId="1417" Score="0" Text="Whats your budget?" CreationDate="2015-12-01T02:45:57.820" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3163" PostId="1422" Score="1" Text="Impressive! Well-written and thorough. This board fits my criteria very well." CreationDate="2015-12-01T04:06:58.487" UserId="240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3164" PostId="1417" Score="0" Text="@PeterZhu That depends really heavily on what I get. I guess not more than 300 Euro, but when it doesn't offer something significantly better than the HD 201, then not more than 75 Euro." CreationDate="2015-12-01T05:45:47.233" UserId="1115" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3167" PostId="1270" Score="1" Text="I replaced the processor and it was a success. Thanks." CreationDate="2015-12-01T09:36:48.183" UserId="993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3168" PostId="1426" Score="0" Text="it hate to break it to you James, but i know a small camera the record video at 1080p for 50 to 100 buck but i forgot the name, but are you looking for maybe a smal dash cam thingy that you can mount on you door? if so i can try to find the name for you." CreationDate="2015-12-01T10:13:00.063" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3171" PostId="1090" Score="0" Text="I don't think this pick is &quot;future proof&quot; it already has 2 generations of cpu on there and it will probebly never get a new rage." CreationDate="2015-12-01T15:27:24.740" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3172" PostId="1092" Score="0" Text="@JackTheKnife i've got 2 z170 atx board and 1 z97 board and the one z97 board was doa. i don't think z170 board are at a high failure rate its. most of the reports come from unexperenced builders and cheap board (cheap for me is lower then 150 Euro or 175 USD). the boot problems can come becaus its new and the software is not 100% at the moment." CreationDate="2015-12-01T15:30:09.253" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3174" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="Also, Raspberry Pi has just [released the Pi Zero](https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/), which costs only $5 (almost incredible imo), together with a $10 WiFi domgle and a $15 LCD, it should not be that expensive, but would require some soldering to get the LCD hooked up." CreationDate="2015-12-01T16:22:51.630" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3175" PostId="1433" Score="2" Text="This seems rather too broad for us to effectively answer at the moment. Could you add more detail to the question? There should be as much detail as possible - what price range, any preferences on build, manufacturers - any details you can think of." CreationDate="2015-12-01T17:31:05.403" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3176" PostId="1432" Score="1" Text="...a chromebook still has a hard drive." CreationDate="2015-12-01T17:52:46.757" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3177" PostId="1433" Score="0" Text="I don't really remember anything, I am looking for any keyboard which satsifies this requirement.&#xA;To clarify, the keys of every column were convex/concave, i.e. QAZ concave, WSX convex, EDC concave etc. (or the opposite)." CreationDate="2015-12-01T18:06:05.530" UserId="1131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3178" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="My lazy self would probably try to collect old smartphones from friends." CreationDate="2015-12-01T18:08:58.863" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3179" PostId="1432" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode okay, buts its just a super small one isnt it like a ssd card in a camera, i dont want a chromebook anyway" CreationDate="2015-12-01T18:24:05.617" UserId="1129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3180" PostId="1433" Score="0" Text="@Elad, you're talking about the keycaps themselves rather than the positions of the keys relative to each other?" CreationDate="2015-12-01T18:38:37.120" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3181" PostId="1432" Score="1" Text="@PaulTaylor, check the answer written by Rhipps: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/696/54. Lenovo X220 seems to be quite nice for you. Don't care too much about the OS. You can buy it without an HDD/SSD - this approach is much cheaper and you don't have to pay for the license &amp; (mostly) overpriced SSD." CreationDate="2015-12-01T19:45:05.040" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3182" PostId="1433" Score="0" Text="@Mark, yes. Some of the keycaps were convex, other were concave, which made touch typing easy." CreationDate="2015-12-01T19:54:50.553" UserId="1131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3183" PostId="1433" Score="0" Text="@Elad, are you looking for something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Cordless-Desktop-Ergonomic-Keyboard/dp/B001DJ9GOS" CreationDate="2015-12-01T20:39:02.520" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3184" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="@JonasCz I just saw that announcement myself, yesterday. Pretty incredible. Those would have plenty of power for what I need. Would you care to roll that into an answer? My soldering skills can manage an LCD." CreationDate="2015-12-01T21:30:06.737" UserId="731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3185" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="@Stefan Also not a bad idea. One which made me think. And I think the main reason I like the custom electronics route is the ability to get tactile buttons and zero turn-on time. The second reason is, of course, that I enjoy building things." CreationDate="2015-12-01T21:36:50.850" UserId="731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3186" PostId="1433" Score="0" Text="@belford Thanks for the comment but no, the keycaps of all the letters on the keyboard you linked to are concave, I am looking for a keyboard where some of the keycaps are convex." CreationDate="2015-12-01T21:51:53.963" UserId="1131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3188" PostId="1433" Score="0" Text="@Elad, check this one also http://allthingsergo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kinesis-black-in-use-side.jpg. Add more details to your question and we will try to help you." CreationDate="2015-12-01T22:33:04.230" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3190" PostId="1433" Score="2" Text="@Elad: for what it's worth, I found your question clear and precise.  I do not know of any such hardware, tho, sorry." CreationDate="2015-12-02T01:36:40.930" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3191" PostId="1437" Score="0" Text="What is your budget? What are you using it for?" CreationDate="2015-12-02T02:29:03.160" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3192" PostId="1433" Score="0" Text="What would your budget be?" CreationDate="2015-12-02T02:33:32.333" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3193" PostId="1437" Score="0" Text="The cheaper, the better." CreationDate="2015-12-02T02:35:28.813" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3195" PostId="1436" Score="0" Text="Newegg's got a few USB-powered drives, but the ones I looked at used two USB ports to draw enough power.  No idea if they're compatible with the Apple notebooks you're looking at -- dual-port powering can be hit-or-miss with laptops." CreationDate="2015-12-02T09:37:00.147" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3196" PostId="1432" Score="0" Text="@belford Lenovo X220 certainly looks an option , it never occurred to me to go 2nd hand as normally Im going for something fast and recent" CreationDate="2015-12-02T10:18:45.030" UserId="1129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3197" PostId="1321" Score="0" Text="Try to take a laptop with an SSD. If it's too expensive, make sure at least the HDD is easily replaceable so you can change it in the near future. Having a 5.400RPM HDD really cripples the performance, and the cost of SSD's has dropped so much that it's almost a mandatory upgrade." CreationDate="2015-12-02T10:22:23.953" UserId="1090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3198" PostId="1439" Score="0" Text="The headphones you've linked are not over-ear, but on-ear headphones." CreationDate="2015-12-02T13:07:21.590" UserId="1115" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3199" PostId="1429" Score="0" Text="Gaming at High/Ultra settings is not necessary, but could it be achieved by using 2x GTX 950's in SLI instead of a single GTX 960 (Keep in mind my PSU limit)?" CreationDate="2015-12-02T13:50:19.410" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3200" PostId="1429" Score="1" Text="@MrPublic You should try to keep away from SLI unless you want higher GPU performance but a higher performance GPU is not available (e.g. you want higher performance than a 980 TI then you can SLI the 980 TIs). SLI can be troublesome and some games don't support it causing a very unstable gameplay. Your PSU will also not be enough for 2 x GTX 950." CreationDate="2015-12-02T13:54:07.457" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3201" PostId="1429" Score="0" Text="I believe I will go with the GTX 950, as my goal was a better &quot;Performace-per-dollar.&quot;" CreationDate="2015-12-02T13:59:23.273" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3202" PostId="1439" Score="0" Text="Sorry I missed that requirement(I know it is obvious and in the title!) they are still pretty comfortable however and good sound isolation." CreationDate="2015-12-02T14:18:37.063" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3203" PostId="1439" Score="0" Text="I have added a second suggestion also" CreationDate="2015-12-02T14:41:54.827" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3204" PostId="1437" Score="0" Text="if you can root, and you want a fast phone get a one plus phone, warenty is not voided when rooted" CreationDate="2015-12-02T14:59:32.700" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3205" PostId="887" Score="0" Text="Yup, will do, in addition to my arduino answer which is almost done and just needs some more research. And soldering wise: you may have to solder on at least part of the GPIO header, so I'm not sure how difficult that is. But if you know you can do it, great !" CreationDate="2015-12-02T17:18:02.313" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3206" PostId="1437" Score="0" Text="But it doesn't come pre-rooted, does it?  Does it at least come with clear instructions for how to root it (i.e. is rooting actively supported by the vendor)?" CreationDate="2015-12-02T20:12:51.587" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3210" PostId="1434" Score="2" Text="Just my personal experience: the MSI cards are generally really quiet. When being in idle the fans don't even spin and on my R9 380 the average Fan speed is about 4-10% when playing demanding games like witcher 3 and still the temps stay around 60°." CreationDate="2015-12-03T08:28:14.320" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3211" PostId="1432" Score="0" Text="I'd recommend Lubuntu or LXDE WattOS on the software side. Just makes it slightly less resource intensive; Unity, the DE bundled on the default Ubuntu install is actually quite resource intensive." CreationDate="2015-12-03T11:38:36.037" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3212" PostId="1434" Score="0" Text="Asus strixx cards are the quitest, they don't even spin when in low use" CreationDate="2015-12-03T13:17:05.657" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3213" PostId="1437" Score="0" Text="The oneplus has a massive comunity, i beleave there are even tools that completely auto root it for you." CreationDate="2015-12-03T14:00:09.483" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3214" PostId="1437" Score="0" Text="Right, but I want to put my money where my mouth is, so the crucial element is for the manufacturer/seller to officially support/encourage rooting." CreationDate="2015-12-03T15:26:01.137" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3215" PostId="1433" Score="0" Text="So does theyboard have a wave like design to the keys?" CreationDate="2015-12-03T16:28:45.373" UserId="769" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3216" PostId="1434" Score="0" Text="All manufacurers include fan stop at idle, not only Assus or MSI, see second table: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960,4038-11.html" CreationDate="2015-12-03T16:39:17.943" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3217" PostId="1432" Score="0" Text="Ah yes I meant to say Xubuntu" CreationDate="2015-12-03T21:01:13.150" UserId="1129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3218" PostId="286" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2015-12-03T21:32:32.930" UserId="229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3219" PostId="1439" Score="0" Text="+1 for ATH-M50X because I have been using this since May 2014 and the quality/price is one of the best that I have seen so far. Mine still look really new. Two of my co-workers also have the same headphones. As a programmer/DJ, it is really comfortable for long periods of listening.&#xA;&#xA;For American viewers of this question, check out [this Amazon link here](http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50x-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B00HVLUR86)" CreationDate="2015-12-03T21:43:51.793" UserId="229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3220" PostId="1441" Score="1" Text="You can't do that with an external device alone, you need some kind of sensor inside the case. It's probably easier (and less warranty-breaking) to get a case with that feature built in (it isn't uncommon on server hardware)." CreationDate="2015-12-03T22:09:52.240" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3222" PostId="1441" Score="0" Text="Sensor could be electronic switch. Which servers have this feature and how they call it ?" CreationDate="2015-12-03T23:21:56.703" UserId="1145" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3230" PostId="1447" Score="2" Text="By Linux support do you mean it comes pre-installed with Linux?" CreationDate="2015-12-04T14:57:41.103" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3232" PostId="1447" Score="2" Text="By 3 external displays do you need 3 outputs or something like a graphics card powerful enough to support 3 displays (like through DP 1.2 daisychaining)" CreationDate="2015-12-04T17:48:50.320" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3233" PostId="1449" Score="1" Text="I'm not going to post an answer, because it's not dedicated hardware and involves software work, but the [$5 Amazon buttons can be used to do your bidding.](https://medium.com/@edwardbenson/how-i-hacked-amazon-s-5-wifi-button-to-track-baby-data-794214b0bdd8#.itdeqcrcl)" CreationDate="2015-12-04T18:52:11.660" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3239" PostId="1451" Score="0" Text="I'd agree with going for the Phenom rather than a Zambezi 8 core. The shared FPU is annoying, IMO." CreationDate="2015-12-05T00:32:17.750" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3243" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="What are your requirements?" CreationDate="2015-12-05T10:06:52.150" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3250" PostId="1460" Score="0" Text="Can you provide more requirements for the laptop you want? The search would be much too broad as it stands. Please see the [quality guidelines](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/206/155) for info on how to improve your question." CreationDate="2015-12-05T21:20:49.303" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3251" PostId="1449" Score="0" Text="It's not quite the solution I am looking for - but it is a damn interesting solution.  and it also proves wrong the many &quot;experts&quot; who say that this is impossible.&#xA;I wonder if creating a hardware hack from an arduino board would do it easily and cheaply ... or if the Amazon button is expensive but subsidized so they can make it up in product sales." CreationDate="2015-12-05T21:51:09.617" UserId="1153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3253" PostId="1451" Score="0" Text="My board is a 1.3, so it probably doesn't make sense to max it out as it won't really be a devent gaming machine, but a simple Athlon II with the on-board 7025 should make it a capable HTPC—probably better than the Celeron NUC that I have right now." CreationDate="2015-12-05T22:13:15.353" UserId="1120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3258" PostId="1465" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer. My requirements are: programming in couple of IDE opened simultanously (60% time), 100+ Mb data analysis (10%) and games like Fallout 4 (30%). I'd like to futureproof the MoBo and would like to overclock the i5-6500 (not K)." CreationDate="2015-12-06T12:45:48.160" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3261" PostId="1468" Score="3" Text="This. An i7 Extreme Edition is *way* overkill for just programming." CreationDate="2015-12-06T21:53:40.840" UserId="1172" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3262" PostId="1465" Score="0" Text="@PiotrFalkowski I'm not entirely sure it is enabled with non-K CPUs, but with Skylake, just as with Nehalem, the PEG and DMI clocks are fully separated, and you *should* be able to overclock the system bus with no problems. I can see why you're looking for the locked i5s. The price of the 6600K is vastly inflated unless you happen to be lucky enough to live near a microcenter. I'd still suggest 16 GB RAM, but that might just because Brackets + 50 tabs Chrome uses heaps of RAM comparatively. I wish I had a second (or bigger) monitor though." CreationDate="2015-12-07T00:35:20.853" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3264" PostId="1447" Score="0" Text="It'll be helpful if you tell us more about exactly what you're doing." CreationDate="2015-12-07T08:15:39.047" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3265" PostId="1460" Score="0" Text="Many detachable tablets have driver issues running Linux" CreationDate="2015-12-07T14:09:21.017" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3266" PostId="1447" Score="1" Text="@SSumner: Thank you! I also did some research and found the same. I have modified the question and I guess I can cope with 14&quot; too. (I've also deleted my previous comments, they're in the qestion now.)" CreationDate="2015-12-07T16:47:38.620" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3267" PostId="1447" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031: I've updated the question a little bit." CreationDate="2015-12-07T16:48:07.443" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3268" PostId="853" Score="1" Text="*Little update: as of yesterday the server only hosts Minecraft servers &amp; nothing else. Website, Multicraft (panel), etc, is all hosted on another server I bought. Performance increase is significant.*" CreationDate="2015-12-07T22:37:43.557" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3270" PostId="1121" Score="0" Text="Actually, can you edit this question to include detailed requirements, budget and where you need shipping to?" CreationDate="2015-12-08T01:06:49.237" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3273" PostId="475" Score="0" Text="@Adam That's actually quite surprising. I would've expected smaller laptops to be cheaper: smaller = less materials = cheaper." CreationDate="2015-12-08T03:59:46.957" UserId="128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3274" PostId="1476" Score="0" Text="I should have aded to my original question that I really wanted to hang on to my magic mouse and tried very hard to make it work - yes that included trying out BTT. Not only BTT worked erratically, but the biggest problem I had was not being able to know by feeling with my finger where the middle button started or ended. I would click on the middle button by mistake, or have to redo the same gesture 3 times in 3d software because I wasn't &quot;on&quot; the middle button. The great advantage of a mouse with 3 physical buttons is not having to look at it: your fingers search for the button instinctively" CreationDate="2015-12-08T04:14:24.333" UserId="429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3275" PostId="1472" Score="2" Text="Can you narrow down your requirements please? As it stands this question is either too broad or too opinion based, both of which will yield many (potentially low quality) answers. This can be a great question if you edit it." CreationDate="2015-12-08T04:23:20.223" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3276" PostId="1434" Score="0" Text="@PiotrFalkowski also depends on the card. but the strix series also doesn spin up in low titles like league of legends. that is there whole thing. also not all cards my G1 gaming GTX 970 never stops spinning with the system on even onder a low load of 1%" CreationDate="2015-12-08T08:11:48.613" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3277" PostId="1472" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley what should I change?" CreationDate="2015-12-08T09:16:54.807" UserId="1033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3279" PostId="1472" Score="0" Text="Your question has a handful of &quot;should I do this, or this&quot; type sub-questions in it. These types of questions are asking for an opinion, which is hard to answer (hence the close reason). If you choose one or the other for each requirement listed, this question can be reopened. (Also, you can have a 4K curved monitor.)" CreationDate="2015-12-08T15:09:28.093" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3280" PostId="1472" Score="0" Text="But not in this price range :)" CreationDate="2015-12-08T15:11:55.893" UserId="1033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3281" PostId="1472" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Is it okay now? I previously wrote all of this to provide some research(as I'm used to getting bashed by other SE sites for not showing any research effort), but if that's the problem, I remove it. Is the quesiton now good enough?" CreationDate="2015-12-08T15:13:16.807" UserId="1033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3282" PostId="1472" Score="0" Text="As you complain that your current monitor has a resolution less than 2K, I would add a minimum resolution that you want. If you want to show research effort, you can show what you have found and what concerns you have about them, but this is not required.  Other than that, it looks good." CreationDate="2015-12-08T15:19:03.607" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3286" PostId="1481" Score="3" Text="I haven't voted, but it appears that you are not asking for a recommendation, but rather about the downsides to a piece of hardware. If you edit your question to ask for a recommendation with a set of requirements, you would get a +1 from me." CreationDate="2015-12-08T20:40:49.593" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3288" PostId="1481" Score="2" Text="@Cfinley I think this kind of question would fit nicely because it will directly lead to a product recommendation. However it does need some clarity as you said." CreationDate="2015-12-09T01:51:46.113" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3289" PostId="709" Score="0" Text="I've ordered a 289K, its a newer version, TN, and once I've gotten it, I'll update this post." CreationDate="2015-12-09T02:14:11.340" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3290" PostId="1483" Score="0" Text="Do you mean an HDMI [capture device](http://www.amazon.com/Elgato-Capture-PlayStation-gameplay-1080p/dp/B00840353W/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1449627492&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=hdmi+capture)? Or like a whole device (e.g. laptop) which can display input video from HDMI?" CreationDate="2015-12-09T02:19:00.287" UserId="1184" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3291" PostId="1484" Score="0" Text="What are you going to do with your GPU that requires all this power?" CreationDate="2015-12-09T14:27:32.730" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3292" PostId="1485" Score="0" Text="Could you tell and link us to the mic you found, and give us an idea of what you plan to do with it?  That will give us an idea of how good is &quot;good enough&quot; for your purposes.  It also helps if know how cheap is cheap (in other words, how much you are willing to spend)." CreationDate="2015-12-09T14:30:30.000" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3293" PostId="1485" Score="0" Text="I am wanting to make some youtube videos but can't break the bank yet.   eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&amp;id=331590872220&amp;alt=web" CreationDate="2015-12-09T14:34:02.153" UserId="1132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3294" PostId="1485" Score="0" Text="Additionally, [this question](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/169/good-cheap-microphone-for-speech-voice-recording?rq=1) might be relevant for you, though." CreationDate="2015-12-09T14:42:04.177" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3295" PostId="1485" Score="0" Text="I'll take a look when I get home." CreationDate="2015-12-09T15:39:20.197" UserId="1132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3296" PostId="1487" Score="0" Text="I'm not entirely qualified to answer the question as I haven't owned either (thus a comment instead of a proper answer), but I've done much of what you're considering (except live streaming) on a 2012 non-Retina Macbook Pro. I suspect either machine would be overkill, but I'll let someone qualified answer." CreationDate="2015-12-09T16:34:41.413" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3299" PostId="1484" Score="0" Text="I'm planning on triple 1440p monitor setup using display port, as well as using it for folding at home and other shared computing projects." CreationDate="2015-12-09T18:28:33.580" UserId="1062" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3308" PostId="1484" Score="0" Text="What exactly will you do on this triple monitor setup? Gaming? Viewport? The more specific your requirements are, the better we can help." CreationDate="2015-12-10T02:40:58.740" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3313" PostId="1495" Score="1" Text="Would you be alright with hybrid storage of say, 128/64 GB of SSD and 1 TB of HDD? If yes, what if the HDD was external?" CreationDate="2015-12-10T08:25:30.120" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3314" PostId="1495" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 You're right, I don't need 256 of internal storage. If I need more, I can use my external HDD. I've edited my question. However, I'm not willing to go below 120 GB of internal storage. - About the SSD / hybrid storage: I want an SSD because of the reading performance. I've noticed that I spend a significant amount of time to wait for my computer booting / reading several GB of data into the memory. I would have to look it up how hybrid storage performs compared to SSD. I guess it would be ok." CreationDate="2015-12-10T08:32:53.040" UserId="1115" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3317" PostId="1447" Score="0" Text="@SSumner: It's more than I expected, thanks! (I've already upvoted your answer but I didn't have time to evaluate the models until now.)" CreationDate="2015-12-10T10:00:17.557" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3318" PostId="1447" Score="0" Text="Another candidate: Lenovo Thinkpad P50" CreationDate="2015-12-10T10:16:56.000" UserId="199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3320" PostId="1457" Score="0" Text="But aren't chromeboooks disks tiny (i.e 20 GB)" CreationDate="2015-12-10T11:11:06.577" UserId="1129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3321" PostId="709" Score="0" Text="Ok. I resolved my problem by buying a used one (for quite a few bucks) with 2.5 years warranty left, in the condition of a new one." CreationDate="2015-12-10T11:22:07.797" UserId="580" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3322" PostId="1504" Score="0" Text="Chromebook, maybe?" CreationDate="2015-12-10T11:23:23.397" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3323" PostId="709" Score="7" Text="Ahh, I'd suggest posting what you did as an answer, explaining your reasoning, and picking it as the correct answer." CreationDate="2015-12-10T12:25:33.200" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3329" PostId="1502" Score="0" Text="Chromebook pixel is quite expensive. How can I know if this method of installing Linux would work on other Chromebooks?" CreationDate="2015-12-10T14:13:55.733" UserId="1162" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3330" PostId="1504" Score="1" Text="Rather than a notebook, consider a tablet. A touchscreen is more intuitive than a mouse. And it's much harder for him to mess up his configuration compared to a Windows notebook." CreationDate="2015-12-10T14:14:11.437" UserId="1214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3332" PostId="1503" Score="2" Text="I have both drives and they work great. The 850 is supposed to be the higher-end product, and was more expensive when I bought the 840 a couple of years back. Strange that it's now cheaper! I would definitely recommend both drives." CreationDate="2015-12-10T14:31:08.207" UserId="1214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3333" PostId="1495" Score="0" Text="You could consider a [Dell Inspiron](http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-17-7737/pd). I've not checked all features against your specs, but I have an older Inspiron which I use for heavy development and it still works great 4 years on." CreationDate="2015-12-10T14:35:48.433" UserId="1214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3337" PostId="1478" Score="1" Text="Hey, thanks for the detailed answer. I also looked a bit, compared some stuff with your recommendations and got to this [Polaroid Cube+](http://www.polaroid.com/products/cube-plus-action-camera) after they fix the microphone issues. It's pretty new on the market and fairly priced and comparable to the ISAW EDGE. It does NOT include the accessories as it has a built-in strong magnet. I'll give it some thought if I want to wait or not." CreationDate="2015-12-10T15:06:07.210" UserId="248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3338" PostId="1502" Score="1" Text="It is a bit expensive, maybe not worth it if you compared the price and hardware to other laptops. &#xA;Regarding the installation of linux, you can install it on both the ARM and Intel chipset, which are the 2 different versions in the different chromebooks.  If you want to go with linux i would suggest the intel chipset, since it can use linux to its full potential." CreationDate="2015-12-10T15:16:43.513" UserId="1209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3339" PostId="1432" Score="0" Text="@belford so Ive order a Lenovo X220, should get next week" CreationDate="2015-12-10T16:45:19.880" UserId="1129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3340" PostId="1432" Score="0" Text="@PaulTaylor, I'm glad to hear it. Let us know what you think and feel free to reach out if you have any questions or feedback." CreationDate="2015-12-10T16:57:45.213" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3341" PostId="1440" Score="0" Text="Thanks, but when for the lenovo in the end" CreationDate="2015-12-10T16:58:56.867" UserId="1129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3343" PostId="424" Score="0" Text="If you do end up considering an HTPC you could try a Raspberry Pi and a USB DVD drive." CreationDate="2015-12-10T20:23:10.753" UserId="1155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3344" PostId="1495" Score="0" Text="Recommend against laptops with Broadcom wireless chipsets, can be troublesome under Linux (Arch in my case)" CreationDate="2015-12-10T20:41:55.667" UserId="1155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3346" PostId="1504" Score="0" Text="I would recommend a tablet as they are much easier to use, personally I'd recommend an iPad mini" CreationDate="2015-12-10T23:26:10.203" UserId="1184" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3347" PostId="1498" Score="1" Text="There really isn't enough detail here to make a meaningful recommendation.  How high contrast do you need?  Is dynamic range your primary motivator?  Are you open to systems that take alternating frames of exposure and do HDR video by post processing?  What is your price range?  What other requirements do you have?  Right now it pretty much just consists of &quot;go on dxomark, sort by DR and pick the best one in your price range&quot;." CreationDate="2015-12-10T23:43:54.553" UserId="1220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3348" PostId="1498" Score="0" Text="@AJHenderson are you saying that DR (dynamic range?) is what I'm looking for?  Would any of those cameras (haven't been to dxomark yet, but that's my next stop) allow me to sync audio with the H6?" CreationDate="2015-12-11T00:19:00.187" UserId="1203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3349" PostId="1498" Score="0" Text="@AJHenderson can't find DR to sort by... oh wait, it's an alias for &quot;landscape&quot;" CreationDate="2015-12-11T00:47:10.590" UserId="1203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3352" PostId="1484" Score="0" Text="Gaming, sorry I should have been more specific." CreationDate="2015-12-11T01:31:17.013" UserId="1062" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3353" PostId="1498" Score="0" Text="Yes, DR is dynamic range.  It's the more common term for what you are looking for (difference between the largest and darkest thing that can be captured) and it is generally measured in EVs.  You aren't going to get anything that supports genlock syncing or the like in a consumer price range, so you just will need to manually sync or use a mic/line input fed from the output of the H6n.  Personally, I just do manual syncing." CreationDate="2015-12-11T06:24:40.587" UserId="1220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3357" PostId="1520" Score="0" Text="Ooh, nice. Welcome to Hardware recommendations." CreationDate="2015-12-11T11:39:22.273" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3359" PostId="1520" Score="0" Text="Thank you @Alpha3031" CreationDate="2015-12-11T12:33:17.977" UserId="1225" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3361" PostId="1504" Score="0" Text="You need lower resolution and bigger screen, so that all elements on the screen will be bigger. Don't select FHD or HD+. Select HD (1366x768) and 15.6 min." CreationDate="2015-12-11T13:31:58.123" UserId="1226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3366" PostId="1526" Score="0" Text="&quot;Also you can dual-boot almost any chrome-book with your Linux.&quot; Is this with or without getting a prompt to &quot;please erase all your hard work since the last backup/remote checkin&quot; every time you turn it on?" CreationDate="2015-12-11T14:47:02.563" UserId="715" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3367" PostId="105" Score="0" Text="Try to find this device in the http://linux-hardware.org/?view=search and investigate the logs (dmesg, xorg.log, hwinfo, etc.) for drivers used and errors." CreationDate="2015-12-11T15:03:40.627" UserId="1226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3374" PostId="1530" Score="0" Text="Thanks!  That's *very* useful.  Do you have any recommendations for a 10&quot; tablet?" CreationDate="2015-12-12T10:15:45.640" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3375" PostId="1520" Score="0" Text="Which linux distribution(s) do you run on your MBP? Have you had negative experiences with some distributions?" CreationDate="2015-12-12T14:19:43.000" UserId="1206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3376" PostId="1531" Score="2" Text="Unfortunately, those devices *don't* give you real-time support, and none of the similar products that I know about do either unless you consider &quot;smartboard&quot;-type technology.  I have a couple of ideas in mind, but I have a few questions for you, first. Is the projector already attached to a computer?  Are you completely married to paper for technical reasons, or is there any way that you would consider arguments for instead writing on a digitizer tablet or a screen?  If you *are* married to paper, would you consider a doc cam?  How portable does your solution need to be?" CreationDate="2015-12-12T18:06:13.163" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3378" PostId="1534" Score="0" Text="What do you mean by &quot;processing video&quot;?  Decoding MPEG-1, encoding 1080p x264, and adding overlays to a broadcast stream could all be considered &quot;processing video&quot;, but have very different hardware requirements." CreationDate="2015-12-12T22:27:41.833" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3379" PostId="1534" Score="0" Text="True.  Will edit now" CreationDate="2015-12-12T22:54:57.037" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3380" PostId="1385" Score="0" Text="There are some more reviews for the MC on amazon.co.uk, though they combine reviews for 32, 64, and 128GB." CreationDate="2015-12-12T23:10:19.280" UserId="1155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3382" PostId="1534" Score="0" Text="How much budget do you have?" CreationDate="2015-12-13T02:50:16.113" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3383" PostId="1534" Score="0" Text="Requirements must be met to meet requirements, video, accelerometer and another sensor.  And application as described above.  So price doesn't matter but no point paying more than necessary." CreationDate="2015-12-13T08:19:06.810" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3384" PostId="1436" Score="0" Text="In fact the new Retina notebook have only one USB 3 on each side, which make it impossible to use a Y adaptor (in general they work only with two usb port on the same side)" CreationDate="2015-12-13T13:33:37.820" UserId="425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3387" PostId="1531" Score="0" Text="I have Bamboo graphical tablet already and writing on a plastic surface just doesn't feel natural to me. The biggest problem is that I can't see what I am drawing and tablet is too thick - therefore my hand can't be in a natural writing position. We have a smart-board in our school  and this technology feels outdated, is not mobile and isn't a solution. The projector is always connected to my personal laptop (running desktop Linux) and until now I also connected my Bamboo tablet to it, then opened an application like Krita or MyPaint and lectured. Doc cam isn't an option." CreationDate="2015-12-13T20:15:42.733" UserId="1233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3390" PostId="1540" Score="0" Text="Thanks!  I've heard nice things about the screens on those.  I'm not sure if US$180 qualifies as low cost, but I intentionally did not specify a minimum price (and no one has found a lower cost option so far!).  Note that the price without visible advertisements is US$195.  Also, these run the Fire OS, which is a bit different than standard Android, and has both advantages and disadvantages." CreationDate="2015-12-14T05:47:08.197" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3391" PostId="1540" Score="0" Text="@RockPaperLizard Oh yes, sorry I didn't see the part about KitKat or above android, the Fire OS may not be sufficient for some, but there are ways to get Vanilla android on a Fire tablet (root required), I'll add a link to that" CreationDate="2015-12-14T05:49:19.037" UserId="1184" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3392" PostId="1539" Score="0" Text="What resolution is the monitor you'll be connecting?" CreationDate="2015-12-14T06:04:05.303" UserId="1184" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3393" PostId="1541" Score="0" Text="The sources in Downgoat's answer are very poor on a technical level. Try http://www.necdisplay.com/Documents/WhitePapers/Video_Display_Interfaces.pdf for an improvement. Without additional equipment, I would still recommend VGA for a length over 15 meters." CreationDate="2015-12-14T06:15:00.897" UserId="1244" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3394" PostId="1541" Score="0" Text="Also, please note that the positive reviews for the products linked in Downgoat's answer are for shorter-length products.&#xA;&#xA;Tripp says &quot;Note: Most applications will require a B120-000-SL signal booster to perform optimally&quot;." CreationDate="2015-12-14T06:27:11.667" UserId="1244" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3396" PostId="1539" Score="1" Text="Unsure, but it's pretty low - the software is an old-school CICS style screen. Probably 1024x768 would be fine." CreationDate="2015-12-14T06:55:11.227" UserId="1243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3397" PostId="1541" Score="1" Text="DVI-D requires clock recovery on the TMDS pairs to display an image at all. I don't see positive references that this is possible with unamplified consumer equipment and normal cables.&#xA;&#xA;High-quality VGA cables are composed of individual 75-ohm coaxes, which are well-suited for long-distance transmission of video.&#xA;&#xA;With a VGA cable that is too long, you will get a smeary image. With a DVI-D cable that is too long, you won't get any image at all." CreationDate="2015-12-14T06:58:26.453" UserId="1244" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3398" PostId="1536" Score="0" Text="If you read the original post carefully, I'm asking other than Primesense sensors, because they stopped manufacturing about a year ago. BTW, the range is 10 meters, not 3.5 m like the reference states." CreationDate="2015-12-14T08:41:03.900" UserId="177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3400" PostId="1541" Score="1" Text="A reference for VGA being more reliable than HDMI (similar to DVI) over this length: http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/how-long-can-hdmi-run.htm?hdmiinfo . Note also that the clock frequency of the digital signals for a given display size is *much* higher than that of the VGA signals." CreationDate="2015-12-14T12:26:01.023" UserId="1248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3401" PostId="1529" Score="0" Text="Please add &quot;Android&quot; in the title, because I came here to say &quot;used iPad&quot;." CreationDate="2015-12-14T12:54:41.047" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3402" PostId="1417" Score="1" Text="Keep using HD 201 and learn to solder. Replacing a cable is super-easy, and basic soldering irons are cheap. The headphones are cheap, so you'll feel comfortable messing them up. OR ask someone who can solder to shorten the broken wire to 3cm. This way you'll get detachable cable." CreationDate="2015-12-14T13:00:53.993" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3404" PostId="1397" Score="0" Text="Why not use an English site?" CreationDate="2015-12-14T13:32:21.453" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3405" PostId="1432" Score="0" Text="Arrived today from 3000rpm, SSD 256 GB drive, 8GB of RAM and Window 7 for just over £200. Started it up and it seems pretty nippy, nice screen and keyboard as mentioned.Only query really rather than problem is why does the trackpad have a ridged affect. ?" CreationDate="2015-12-14T15:00:29.567" UserId="1129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3406" PostId="1385" Score="3" Text="You haven't written WHAT you want to use this card for. There is no such thing as &quot;fastest&quot; card, eg cards with higher (like 10) class are faster for large files (eg video) but for small files class 4 cards are the faster ones. This way or another, &quot;performance&quot; of a SD card is secondary issue, the big one is reliability. And because of that you should go for SanDisk or Lexar - if you have the money to burn." CreationDate="2015-12-14T16:02:53.470" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3407" PostId="1548" Score="0" Text="How about rooting the device? Check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nook_Simple_Touch" CreationDate="2015-12-14T18:34:27.693" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3408" PostId="1548" Score="0" Text="@belford: Thanks! While certainly interesting for many, it’s not a solution for me. I don’t want to buy a device with proprietary software." CreationDate="2015-12-14T18:56:00.287" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3410" PostId="1385" Score="1" Text="@Agent_L Thanks! I have a sizable stack of genuine SanDisk cards that have gone bad.  I was not aware that Class 10 cards are faster for some things, but slower for others.  Can you expand on that here: http://superuser.com/questions/1013386/why-are-class-4-microsd-cards-faster-than-class-10-microsd-cards-for-small-files" CreationDate="2015-12-14T20:28:17.603" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3421" PostId="1553" Score="2" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. If possible, please add the specific language and software you plan on using, as well as any other software you want on the system. Do you want a solid state drive? How much storage do you need? The more details you give us, the better we can help." CreationDate="2015-12-15T00:26:12.277" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3430" PostId="1553" Score="0" Text="Okey, I already answered the questions. I didn't want to give much specifications because the more I give the more the price will increase." CreationDate="2015-12-15T10:11:13.963" UserId="1260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3431" PostId="1557" Score="0" Text="Do you have any particular criteria you're judging by?  For example, viewing angle, color quality, or refresh rate?" CreationDate="2015-12-15T10:47:31.823" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3432" PostId="1557" Score="0" Text="@Mark for me, it's important to have a very good view angle, a high refresh rate (max. 5s), and that it's 24&quot; big... colors should also not be too bad..." CreationDate="2015-12-15T11:20:21.187" UserId="1266" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3433" PostId="1497" Score="2" Text="WPS is bad, m'kay? http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/33283/has-the-wps-brute-force-cracking-issue-been-fixed?lq=1" CreationDate="2015-12-15T11:20:26.203" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3434" PostId="1553" Score="1" Text="You could always divide your requirements into necessary and nice-to-haves. Many other questions do this [(example)](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1495/notebook-for-developers/)" CreationDate="2015-12-15T11:55:35.060" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3435" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="would something like the chrome audio dongles work for you?" CreationDate="2015-12-15T12:39:58.517" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3438" PostId="1553" Score="0" Text="I don't find anything to put on my &quot;nice-to-have&quot; list, it's all important but I know it's impossible to find a laptop like that for 500-600€, so I don't mind of something of it fails." CreationDate="2015-12-15T14:09:36.217" UserId="1260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3439" PostId="1499" Score="0" Text="Excellent detailed answer.  I'm purchasing a 27&quot; iMac with specs similar to those you've proposed, including the 1 TB Fusion drive.  I also purchased an external USB 3.0 SATA dock and a 2.5&quot; SSD to copy the video to and edit from in order to get good disk I/O without having to pay so much for an SSD system disk." CreationDate="2015-12-15T14:39:10.960" UserId="1072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3441" PostId="129" Score="0" Text="I definitely recommend this, the performance is much better than with software encryption. BIOS compatibility: most support it, but some hash passwords differently, so you may not be able to use the encrypted HD on a different computer. Quality of encryption/firmware: I'm afraid you just have to take this on trust, there's nothing that an end user can do to validate this." CreationDate="2015-12-15T14:58:37.640" UserId="1214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3443" PostId="1559" Score="0" Text="thanks for the answer. I saw this one but I didn't really like it, 15'6&quot;, more than 2kg, out of my budget with 8gb and impossible to find in my country. Also I will be formatting my computer quite often and having an SSD just will shorten its life." CreationDate="2015-12-15T14:59:32.320" UserId="1260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3444" PostId="1559" Score="0" Text="I'll edit my answer when I stumble upon something neater. Indeed  B50-80 is hard to find on nevegg alone. What is your preffered screen size? 13 inches? Also, do you need DVD or rather not have one?" CreationDate="2015-12-15T15:01:41.630" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3445" PostId="1559" Score="0" Text="Yes, I'd like it to be around 13&quot;. And since I'll be using bootable usbs for installing the different OS I don't think I need any dvd, unless I have to install some drivers (which I can put in a usb also).&#xA;I feel like all this known brands come with a lot of unnecessary things such as the dvd, os,... and I can't find one in which I pay just for what I need" CreationDate="2015-12-15T15:08:13.883" UserId="1260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3448" PostId="1560" Score="3" Text="It should be noted that this product hasn't been released yet. C.H.I.P. is estimated to ship sometime in June 2016, while the keyboard/screen does not say when the expected ship date will be." CreationDate="2015-12-15T15:26:07.590" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3449" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="@Agent_L mmhmh no.. WPS pin is bad, WPS push button is fine. Please read more on WPS.." CreationDate="2015-12-15T15:26:31.453" UserId="1207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3450" PostId="1551" Score="0" Text="I have found this: https://www.epson.co.uk/gb/en/viewcon/corporatesite/products/consumables/overview/13905&#xA;&#xA;But I am not sure if it can send to all miracast devices or just the epson glasses.&#xA;&#xA;I have put this as a comment as it is useful. It should be an answer in my opinion." CreationDate="2015-12-15T15:45:39.897" UserId="1219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3451" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek thanks for hint, it is a nice toy, and even if not intended for a multiroom use, it can probably be adapted for this purpose. Anyway I'm curious to find solution below 39€." CreationDate="2015-12-15T15:51:35.067" UserId="1207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3453" PostId="1557" Score="0" Text="I've edited your post to include your requirements.  On paper, neither of your monitors is likely to meet the &quot;view angle&quot; requirement: they both use TN technology, which tends to have severe color shifts as you view them from off-axis." CreationDate="2015-12-15T19:30:29.513" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3455" PostId="1564" Score="3" Text="Any specific dimensions you're looking for? Or at least any maximum or minimum dimensions?" CreationDate="2015-12-15T19:39:55.307" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3457" PostId="1559" Score="0" Text="Yeah, the bloat is a bloat, DVDs collect dust nowadays. Now I get the idea and ammended my response." CreationDate="2015-12-15T19:58:16.050" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3459" PostId="1559" Score="0" Text="Regarding SSD drives and formatting - unless you do it daily and do deep-format, it does not matter for SSD. I'm formating my 2-year old SSD every 2-3 months, and it's still 99%. The format does not perform extensive IO, it just deletes the boundries (start &amp; end) of disk." CreationDate="2015-12-15T20:04:08.423" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3460" PostId="1567" Score="0" Text="Thanks! The 750w version is 80 dollars and modular; in my opinion worth it." CreationDate="2015-12-15T20:05:17.337" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3461" PostId="1559" Score="0" Text="and won't the virtual machines shorten its life? I would be having some 5-10GB files for the VMs and I don't discard having to reset them every week." CreationDate="2015-12-15T20:21:52.060" UserId="1260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3463" PostId="1559" Score="0" Text="http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/300-series/300s-14-inch/?sb=:000001C9:0001634C: what about this one Ideapad 300S-14 - 80Q4000KUS?" CreationDate="2015-12-15T22:01:57.340" UserId="1260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3468" PostId="1559" Score="0" Text="@deuseux12 Everything will shorten life of everything. The thing is, the more you need intensive IO, the better is SSD. SSD are build to last, and I do not remember using HDD from 10 years ago, and I wont use my SSD in ten years from now. For the 10 years it'll last I gues, having that with controller writes to NAND = 26497 GB I have 98% of disk, which is 1% decrease per year. Calculate your usage. I'd rather change the disk every 10 years than waste time waiting for visual studio to load during this 10 years." CreationDate="2015-12-16T07:52:36.263" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3471" PostId="1574" Score="0" Text="Hello, my macbook doesn't have a SSD yet, I don't use memory-intensive operations, I only used emacs and some compiler.&#xA;Could you please confirm me that I made an adapted choice about the SSD and RAM I would like to buy ? Thanks" CreationDate="2015-12-16T14:51:06.263" UserId="1278" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3472" PostId="1574" Score="0" Text="Assuming you've selected one that has sufficient capacity for your needs (it's impossible to tell from the info you've provided), the brand of SSD isn't nearly as relevant as the fact that it's an SSD.  Any SSD from any major manufacturer will outperform the HDD in your MacBook by a wide margin. I'd start with the SSD and see if that does the trick before spending more on RAM too, unless you've got some really good holiday deal." CreationDate="2015-12-16T15:03:40.240" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3473" PostId="1432" Score="0" Text="@PaulTaylor, Done. I've attached information about replacing the gritty touchpad." CreationDate="2015-12-16T15:53:42.083" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3484" PostId="1548" Score="0" Text="Maybe the old Wexler e-book reader was the closest to Free, tho I don't think it was.  All the others since then support DRM (AFAIK) which is incompatible with freedom." CreationDate="2015-12-17T04:41:34.927" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3486" PostId="1546" Score="0" Text="IIUC these 5 monitors will all display the same thing, right?" CreationDate="2015-12-17T05:09:14.170" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3487" PostId="1347" Score="0" Text="I found one. This one is from Startech.&#xA;StarTech PCI Express 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Network Card (PCIe x4).&#xA;It cost me € 280/- from Amazon." CreationDate="2015-12-17T08:27:13.573" UserId="1068" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3488" PostId="1546" Score="0" Text="@Stefan No, of course not. If they would be displaying same thing, then they would use same bandwidth so there would be no limit and one might chain unlimited number of displays. DisplayPort v1.2 daisy-chained monitors appear as individual screens." CreationDate="2015-12-17T08:45:05.110" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3489" PostId="1577" Score="0" Text="At the moment, this reads like you're either asking for technical support, or for general advice, neither of which are in scope. Can you reword this to be a product recommendation?" CreationDate="2015-12-17T09:11:37.203" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3490" PostId="1577" Score="0" Text="You're right, there are downsides about having too big PSU. PSUs are very inefficient when loaded below 50%. When you sum TPDs of all component you get theoretical maximum, but it's not possible to fully load all components at once. 500-600W sounds reasonable for your 457W rig, 750W does not." CreationDate="2015-12-17T09:21:38.243" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3491" PostId="1575" Score="0" Text="Great thanks, Ill see how we get on with touchpad and then possibly modify it." CreationDate="2015-12-17T09:38:55.807" UserId="1129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3492" PostId="1578" Score="0" Text="Impossible to find it where I'm from, I couldn't even find a website which used to sell them, so I couldn't even check the price &quot;it would have&quot;" CreationDate="2015-12-17T12:54:48.370" UserId="1260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3493" PostId="1546" Score="0" Text="Hmm...  but then do all graphics card with a display port output really have at least 5 CRTCs?" CreationDate="2015-12-17T13:53:20.967" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3494" PostId="1578" Score="0" Text="As mentioned, you can find some on ebay.  Of course, many ebay sellers limit themselves to the US (that was the case when I bought my T61 which I had to send to a friend), but you might try other second hand sites." CreationDate="2015-12-17T13:57:17.530" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3495" PostId="1577" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode I would argue that it's a recommendation question because A) It's a [pre-purchase inquiry](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/144/279) and B) It's an [X vs Y](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/2/are-x-vs-y-questions-allowed) question. Would it be a better question if I picked a specific 500-600W PSU and asked about that one vs the 750W?" CreationDate="2015-12-17T14:55:16.660" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3497" PostId="1577" Score="0" Text="@DJMcMayhem You have a point. It's not incredibly clear to me that's what it is, though." CreationDate="2015-12-17T15:08:17.940" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3499" PostId="1583" Score="0" Text="What resolutions are your two monitors? Resolution can make a big difference." CreationDate="2015-12-17T20:52:01.923" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3500" PostId="1578" Score="0" Text="yes, I've been searching with no luck" CreationDate="2015-12-17T21:42:58.113" UserId="1260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3501" PostId="1583" Score="0" Text="1920 x 1080p Full HD" CreationDate="2015-12-17T22:43:48.750" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3502" PostId="1569" Score="0" Text="sorry for the inconvenience, but this time I think I covered everything up, will this [ram](http://www.avadirect.com/64GB-4-x-16GB-Ripjaws-V-Red-PC4-21300-DDR4-2666MHz-CL15-15-15-15-35-1-20V-SDRAM-DIMM-Non-ECC-Memory/Product/10150260) be compatible with the cpu/mobo? its non ecc, dimm, dual channel, unbuffered," CreationDate="2015-12-18T01:52:14.540" UserId="949" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3505" PostId="1569" Score="1" Text="It should work." CreationDate="2015-12-18T06:37:35.910" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3506" PostId="1552" Score="1" Text="This question has been closed because it asks for too many things at one time. See the [quality guidelines](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/206/155) for more info and please consider condensing your question so it can be reopened. Thanks!" CreationDate="2015-12-18T07:29:51.563" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3507" PostId="1546" Score="0" Text="@Stefan I believe so. But DP 1.2 is quite new and there is still plenty of hw with 1.1. And you still need 5 monitors that support DP-out. Eg Dell U2412M doesn't have DP out, but U2414M does." CreationDate="2015-12-18T09:16:05.380" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3514" PostId="1602" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. If you're asking to determine what the minimum requirements are, this question probably should go to [SuperUser](https://superuser.com). To make this a Hardware Recommendations questions, you need to give us your requirements, whether it be &quot;I plan on having X users&quot; or &quot;I need Y RAM and CPU&quot; doesn't matter to us." CreationDate="2015-12-20T02:30:15.373" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3517" PostId="1519" Score="0" Text="The problem is the new Retina (2015) have one USB port on each side, but not two on the same side, which would make the setup more complex (usb extender + Y cable + drive)." CreationDate="2015-12-20T10:57:10.687" UserId="425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3519" PostId="1521" Score="0" Text="@ruffp I'll go look for thunderbolt / USB3 ones later if you want. They're a bit more expensive though." CreationDate="2015-12-20T11:00:31.783" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3520" PostId="1604" Score="0" Text="We probably need more details, like what SATA devices you will have, what expansion and graphics cards you need, and what form factor (ITX/mATX/ATX/E-ATX) you want. As far as memory standard, you want one that can match the top speed of your memory. Most MBs will have something like this: `DDR4 3600*(*OC)/ 3200*/ 3000*/2800*/ 2600*/ 2400*/ 2133`, where * denotes overclocked memory speeds. Just get one that matches your memory (ideally check the memory manufacturer's site and ensure the MB and RAM are officially compatible; many times they will work anyway but at least you have a warm fuzzy)" CreationDate="2015-12-20T14:44:38.560" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3521" PostId="1606" Score="0" Text="Haven't used them, but have you checked out [Nvidia's GPU](http://www.nvidia.com/object/machine-learning.html)'s?" CreationDate="2015-12-21T05:34:50.553" UserId="313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3522" PostId="671" Score="0" Text="@Adam Your answer is not correct. Have you ever read reviews of the cards, or just interpreting specifications as you think you understand them? In the latter case, you're spreading misinformation." CreationDate="2015-12-21T05:42:49.137" UserId="971" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3523" PostId="671" Score="0" Text="@Adam If you check specs of the 760(such as [link](https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/1857/geforce-gtx-760.html), you'll notice that both the 2GB and 4GB variants required that much bit-width. The bit-width has been deliberately trimmed in the Maxwell architecture(to reduce power consumption and since it's not required, as I explain in my answer), so it doesn't matter that much for the 960. What really matters is the memory clock and the memory bandwidth." CreationDate="2015-12-21T05:49:22.463" UserId="971" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3524" PostId="671" Score="0" Text="@Adam And about overclocking, Maxwell cards do end up overclocking quite well, due to their higher efficiency. On good Maxwell cards, memory overclocks can run as much as 500MHz, Kepler cards, maybe half that at best." CreationDate="2015-12-21T05:52:10.750" UserId="971" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3525" PostId="1607" Score="0" Text="FXAA is post-processing. You'd really want to compare MFAA with MSAA to get similar effects. Besides which, FXAA isn't new. I have it on a old GT 220." CreationDate="2015-12-21T06:20:56.290" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3526" PostId="669" Score="0" Text="I think you should take a look at the R9 380 as well. I've recommended it in [this other question](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1386/new-gaming-system-gpu-romania/) (also from Romania), and it looks pretty good." CreationDate="2015-12-21T06:24:54.110" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3527" PostId="1607" Score="0" Text="Oh, I'm sorry, you're right. It's MFAA. I've edited it." CreationDate="2015-12-21T06:28:31.100" UserId="971" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3528" PostId="671" Score="0" Text="@cst1992 Your argument about the 2GB and 4GB variants is baseless. There is no proof in that link that those variants' bit widths are able to _flawlessly_ uphold the amount of memory they provide. This is a question of how well bit widths work with memory sizes, not if they are able to." CreationDate="2015-12-21T06:29:37.830" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3529" PostId="1606" Score="0" Text="You'll definitely want to look into Nvidia's workstation cards and not desktop cards for this sort of thing since you're focusing on very specific and cumbersome tasks." CreationDate="2015-12-21T06:40:38.390" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3530" PostId="671" Score="1" Text="Do you have proof that a 4GB 960 is actually a worse performer than a 2GB 960? Or that a 960 never can use the extra 2GB when the card is provided with those? I agree there is a direct correlation between bit width and memory, but not in the way you describe. For example, the GTX 660 had a 192-bit bus and 2GB of video memory, but it had trouble accessing the last 512MB, as the latter 1GB was put on a single controller, and the former 1GB had two controllers. In the case of 4GB 960's simply more chips will be added for each controller. I'll say again: bandwidth(clk) matters more than bit-width." CreationDate="2015-12-21T08:12:24.847" UserId="971" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3531" PostId="671" Score="0" Text="@cst1992 Perhaps I've made my original intent unclear here. My original answer simply covers the bit width/memory size aspect and I wasn't including bandwidth just because I was being selective. I agree bandwidth is a big contender here. I have to say we should agree to disagree on this as there are too many factors to account for in this matter. Let's leave it to our initial opinion of which card is better." CreationDate="2015-12-21T08:53:27.093" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3535" PostId="1609" Score="4" Text="As a note, Facebook uses the [Nvidia Tesla M40](http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/facebooks-open-sourcing-of-ai-hardware-is-the-start-of-the-deep-learning-revolution/) in their open sourced AI Hardware." CreationDate="2015-12-22T00:24:01.487" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3536" PostId="1614" Score="0" Text="Then what exaclty does the `(*O.C.)` (I figure O.C. stands for overclock) mean in the specification of motherboards like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128836" CreationDate="2015-12-22T02:56:04.753" UserId="1300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3540" PostId="1614" Score="0" Text="I'm assuming it means that you need to enable XMP to achieve that speed" CreationDate="2015-12-22T14:24:26.583" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3553" PostId="301" Score="0" Text="My attempt in 3 questions: Is it possible to build and sell a 100% FLOSS system currently? Probably. Is there somone building them? I heard the Mr. Stallman has been using [Lemote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemote) and my 2nd guess would have been OLPC, but it doesn't look like they are still active or have that scope. Are these systems offered as tablets or related form factors? Apparently not. Sorry for leaving your question unanswered." CreationDate="2015-12-23T15:47:46.357" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3554" PostId="1628" Score="1" Text="Can you provide more details? What are you using this computer for? What is your budget? Are you using any other expansion cards (e.g. sound card, RAID card, NIC, etc.)?" CreationDate="2015-12-23T18:49:25.207" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3555" PostId="1602" Score="0" Text="I'm looking to make a graph, but I don't know what makes SQL induce a load.  Is it users, is it connections? Is it something else?  Therefore, this question is asking about both axis' of the graph." CreationDate="2015-12-23T19:40:55.310" UserId="711" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3556" PostId="1602" Score="0" Text="The only &quot;technical support&quot; mentioned in this question is my occupation, and has no bearing on the question itself except for apparently providing TMI." CreationDate="2015-12-23T19:59:52.777" UserId="711" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3558" PostId="1602" Score="0" Text="Specifying requirements is for SuperUser. Hardware recommendations is for when you actually have those requirements, a budget and want to buy something." CreationDate="2015-12-24T03:07:26.893" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3560" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031, any current/last-gen system will do, hence it's unmentioned in the question." CreationDate="2015-12-24T10:12:41.253" UserId="560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3562" PostId="655" Score="0" Text="@Oxwivi So what do you plan on doing with it? A usage case would be nice." CreationDate="2015-12-24T12:54:29.200" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3563" PostId="1638" Score="0" Text="There are some LGA1150 thin mini-ITX boards but they are older chipsets. You need specifically the H97 or Z97 chipset?" CreationDate="2015-12-24T15:14:39.790" UserId="66" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3564" PostId="1638" Score="0" Text="@SSumner Yes, I wasn't very clear but I already have LGA1550 thin-itx system (GA-H81TN) and I'm loving it. The only problem is that Broadwells are the only CPUs which combine top CPU performance with decent onboard GPU." CreationDate="2015-12-24T15:19:08.853" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3567" PostId="1628" Score="0" Text="What criteria would make you choose this or that CPU? Typically you'd take the fastest CPU that you can afford on your budget, unless you pick a slower CPU because it uses less power. The motherboard is where you have a lot of choices." CreationDate="2015-12-24T20:44:16.537" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3568" PostId="1634" Score="0" Text="be sure to check your RAM capacity, I recommend 8 GB min pref 12." CreationDate="2015-12-24T21:24:39.693" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3571" PostId="1634" Score="0" Text="@Thomcdrom They both have 8GB of RAM" CreationDate="2015-12-25T00:55:36.117" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3573" PostId="1635" Score="0" Text="Thank you sharing the knowledge.  Anything on Flash vs Dram ssd, are their any good DRAM SSD?" CreationDate="2015-12-25T06:55:46.447" UserId="1297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3575" PostId="1628" Score="0" Text="Which country do you need shipping to?" CreationDate="2015-12-25T10:00:35.997" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3577" PostId="1635" Score="1" Text="@surpavan DRAM SSDs use RAM as their storage. RAM is volatile meaning that it loses it's data when power is lost. Flash (NAND) SSDs are non volatile meaning that it keeps it's data even when power is lost. DRAM based SSDs are much faster but loses their data when power is lost and is generally much more expensive, these are often used for caching to improve performance rather than for storage." CreationDate="2015-12-25T14:40:21.893" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3578" PostId="1630" Score="0" Text="There's also the option of the often cheaper &quot;Chinese&quot; phones. If you want 2gb of ram for that price, you are not going to have many options though." CreationDate="2015-12-25T17:51:25.893" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3579" PostId="1054" Score="1" Text="You should make sure that your £20 / month plan is _actually really_ unlimited, as some providers (at least where I live) often have a &quot;fair usage policy&quot; or similar which means that they can cut you off or slow it down if you go over a certain amount of usage, despite being advertised as unlimited." CreationDate="2015-12-25T17:56:42.087" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3580" PostId="1271" Score="0" Text="I've used Huwaei hg556 routers for a long time, and they have worked great for me (both with OpenWrt and Stock FW) and can be picked up dirt cheap on ebay. Quite old though, does support WiFi n, but otherwise not the fastest. Not sure about 4g usb dongle support. (@cybermonkey)" CreationDate="2015-12-25T18:00:58.870" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3581" PostId="1054" Score="0" Text="@JonasCz Yes, it really is unlimited." CreationDate="2015-12-25T18:01:34.173" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3582" PostId="1630" Score="0" Text="I am not averse to cheaper Chinese phones, but finding other info is harder on them since they are not as popular." CreationDate="2015-12-25T18:16:39.637" UserId="711" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3601" PostId="1652" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your answer, it helped clear things up for me. And I was planning on buying a graphics card for this when I saved up some more money and had more time to research them. I know integrated graphics are not the best" CreationDate="2015-12-27T22:50:35.140" UserId="1350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3602" PostId="1655" Score="1" Text="Please provide more details. What workload are you doing? Are you planning to overclock?" CreationDate="2015-12-28T02:36:25.000" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3603" PostId="1655" Score="0" Text="@Peter I will not overclock anything. I'll use this computer to work with game design (Graphics to Programming, 3D and 2D) and play AAA games. Example of programs I'll use: Blender, Maya, Unity 3D, Photoshop, Unreal Engine 4. Games: Far cry 4, Gta 5. I'll use a single 1080p monitor. Thanks" CreationDate="2015-12-28T03:16:25.430" UserId="949" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3604" PostId="1655" Score="1" Text="Have you considered going Haswell-E (5820K) instead? The 2 extra cores may be more helpful than the slightly higher single thread performance on the 6700K, and it's actually cheaper (unless you live near microcenter, in which case the price is even), even including the higher cost for a X99 motherboard, which you can use to get more RAM or a larger SSD." CreationDate="2015-12-28T09:07:18.477" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3605" PostId="1655" Score="2" Text="There is no such thing as an answer for your question, there are only opinions. If you don't plan to OC, then even box cooler will suffice. Why not try the box cooler first and then find out if it has any disadvantages you want to get rid of? There is no point in getting 0dB CPU cooler when your GTX will crank up to 11." CreationDate="2015-12-28T09:58:00.207" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3606" PostId="1657" Score="0" Text="Are you running it solely as a DNS server? Are you not going to use other features such as NAS or ADDS?" CreationDate="2015-12-28T14:38:54.867" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3607" PostId="1655" Score="2" Text="If you don't plan on overclocking, any CPU cooler will do that supports the LGA 115x socket. Since the 6700k runs very cool, you don't need a fancy cooler, a cheap one will do." CreationDate="2015-12-28T14:41:02.597" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3608" PostId="1271" Score="0" Text="According to http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/huawei/hg556a, the ADSL and VoIP part aren't supported under OpenWRT, but the rest (including USB) is, so that should work as well (as long as you don't need the ADSL part)." CreationDate="2015-12-28T16:21:16.683" UserId="461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3609" PostId="1657" Score="0" Text="@PeterZhu NAS is handled separately  but yes, I will be using ADDS (that is actually a requirement of Essentials).  I have edited in some more details on the user and device count" CreationDate="2015-12-28T18:16:37.277" UserId="68" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3611" PostId="1653" Score="1" Text="They're just speaker cables." CreationDate="2015-12-29T02:08:03.293" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3612" PostId="1653" Score="0" Text="thank you. Is there any more precise technical reference??" CreationDate="2015-12-29T02:08:58.577" UserId="1352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3613" PostId="1653" Score="0" Text="can I plug these cables in that: http://www.amazon.com/Generic-Digital-Optical-5-1-Channel-Decoder/dp/B00DEV67TA/ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410108121&amp;sr=1-12&amp;keywords=optical+5.1+dac ?" CreationDate="2015-12-29T02:11:12.677" UserId="1352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3614" PostId="1653" Score="1" Text="http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-speaker-cable/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_wire And no, that device seems to have co-axial connectors. If your speakers use that style of cable, chances are they are passive, and need a powered amp for it." CreationDate="2015-12-29T02:14:02.697" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3621" PostId="1610" Score="0" Text="Which version do *you* need? That's more important than what we recommend. If you need 5.2, then there isn't a question here" CreationDate="2015-12-29T20:25:45.480" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3622" PostId="1610" Score="0" Text="@Andy I need a version that is well supported by Matlab. I would like to also understand the differences between 5.2 and 5 Cuda." CreationDate="2015-12-29T20:32:56.397" UserId="1261" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3623" PostId="1610" Score="0" Text="The second part of that question is off topic here." CreationDate="2015-12-29T20:33:59.473" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3625" PostId="1670" Score="1" Text="The first step is to figure out *why* your business PCs don't support the GTX 960.  Once you've provided that information, it'll be possible to suggest GPUs they do support, or ways to upgrade them so they can support a GTX 960." CreationDate="2015-12-30T08:54:11.370" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3627" PostId="1671" Score="0" Text="Yes, I have noticed that but still thinking possibilities. No sufficient manual also found about the PC. You may be right that I have to give up with these HP business computers." CreationDate="2015-12-30T09:44:59.290" UserId="1261" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3628" PostId="1673" Score="0" Text="Firstly thank you for answer. I assume you are right. If LED's are more reliable and consume less power I will use LED strips." CreationDate="2015-12-30T14:47:22.763" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3633" PostId="1676" Score="0" Text="Your question has been closed because it is asking for technical support and not a recommendation for hardware. Please see our [question quality guidelines](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/206/155) for info on how you can reword it so it can be reopened. Thanks!" CreationDate="2015-12-31T22:33:45.647" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3634" PostId="1610" Score="0" Text="http://uk.mathworks.com/products/matlab/choosing_hardware.html?s_tid=gn_loc_drop#_Graphics_Processing_Unit_1" CreationDate="2016-01-01T01:59:49.430" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3639" PostId="1689" Score="0" Text="Found cheap cables like these http://www.amazon.com/HDE-Audio-Video-Camcorder-Adapter/dp/B003QA5LA0/ . But I'm not sure if they work with PC." CreationDate="2016-01-02T13:11:07.417" UserId="1388" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3642" PostId="1678" Score="0" Text="But 90€ is a bit expensive. Even though it's on sale for 60€ on amazon.de it's a bit much. 50€ is the absolute limit. Although only if it's really good." CreationDate="2016-01-02T23:20:20.720" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3644" PostId="1694" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question as off-topic because it's [not within our scope definition](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/265/what-is-hardware). Much as I like the question, it's not currently on-topic." CreationDate="2016-01-03T19:12:10.130" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3645" PostId="1697" Score="0" Text="So are you looking for one large, wide monitor, or 2 ~17&quot; monitors?" CreationDate="2016-01-03T19:49:42.947" UserId="1184" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3646" PostId="1697" Score="0" Text="@Downgoat: One large monitor" CreationDate="2016-01-03T20:19:04.317" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3647" PostId="1697" Score="1" Text="Hm, I doubt there's a monitor with 4 HDMI ports but your best bet would probably be to get a [switcher](http://amzn.com/B00RQU9HWY)." CreationDate="2016-01-03T20:26:35.907" UserId="1184" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3648" PostId="1700" Score="0" Text="Runs Android L? Huh?" CreationDate="2016-01-04T01:18:51.843" UserId="1402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3649" PostId="1697" Score="0" Text="Would 3 and a dp input work for you? Any preferred *size*?" CreationDate="2016-01-04T01:42:03.860" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3650" PostId="1697" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek: Yes, 3 HDMI + 1 DP is an option. I am thinking of 24&quot;." CreationDate="2016-01-04T08:54:30.050" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3651" PostId="1697" Score="0" Text="@Downgoat: If there are no monitors with multiple inputs, I'll try a HMDI switcher. I dislike that it is another device which needs another HDMI cable and another power supply. My desk is already messy with all the cables from printer, scanner etc." CreationDate="2016-01-04T08:58:29.457" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3652" PostId="1697" Score="1" Text="I've got something that meets most of those specifications, if I can check for HDCP2.2 support I'll post an answer" CreationDate="2016-01-04T09:16:58.207" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3653" PostId="1700" Score="0" Text="yeah..Gionee m5 marathon,you should also check out the many variants of this mobile" CreationDate="2016-01-04T10:32:43.727" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3656" PostId="65" Score="0" Text="But how do they handle as NAS?" CreationDate="2016-01-04T13:03:04.777" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3658" PostId="1709" Score="2" Text="Just curious how you'd resolve drive failures if not RAID -- software raid elsewhere?" CreationDate="2016-01-04T14:33:53.027" UserId="743" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3660" PostId="1709" Score="1" Text="Just straight backups. It is slower that hardware raid, but I am very happy with Bvckup2 which monitors for changes and mirrors in real-time. An initial effort to copy the whole disk and then minimal copying as individual files are changed. Internal backup, external backup &amp; off-site backup. To be sure, to be sure, to be sure" CreationDate="2016-01-04T15:12:50.977" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3661" PostId="845" Score="0" Text="Belkin supply DVI-D (dual-link) cables without ferrites. Well they used to at least. I just bought mine (3m) one off ebay but I've also seen them on amazon. Leading cable brand, Monoprice, have ferrites on all their high-quality DVI-D cables. I'm not sure if ferrites actually provide added EMI/RFI suppression to a digital only signal/cable. Is there anyone here who actually knows the answer to this question?" CreationDate="2016-01-04T13:44:46.090" UserDisplayName="user1411" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3671" PostId="1723" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the great feedback (sound like I should have gone to Sim Lim before I left Sg ;-)    What do you mean by &quot;dialed in&quot;? if I have enough sockets, do I need &quot;pass-through&quot;? Will plugging then into multiple outlet sockets which are in turn plugged into the wall seriously degrade quality?   If it matters any, my living room is about the size of an HDB living room (ah, nostalgia ;-)" CreationDate="2016-01-05T13:40:31.670" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3690" PostId="1723" Score="1" Text="I had to do a little tweaking with AV200 gear - my washing machine would interfere with it in specific sockets. Homeplugs *always* go straight into a wall plug, and passthrough units are useful for filtering noise from switch mode power supplies or motors I recommend using a passthrough, and connecting a multisocket to that. If it acts up, check out my answer, and the tool mentioned in one of the other answers [here](http://superuser.com/questions/567926/how-can-i-troubleshoot-a-powerline-homeplug-and-switch-connection/704594#704594). My homeplug 500 and 1800 units worked with no issues." CreationDate="2016-01-06T14:08:28.787" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3711" PostId="1733" Score="2" Text="The best thing you can do is to visit http://ark.intel.com/#@Processors. Choose &quot;mobile&quot; and use the filter to find those which have max memory size = 32 GB. Newer Thinkpads (W series) can support 4 slots x 8 GB of memory. I guess that buying second-hand DELL or HP can be also an option. It's all about processor, number of slots and memory type. Company isn't that important." CreationDate="2016-01-06T19:40:42.823" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3718" PostId="1728" Score="0" Text="Avoid USB for this kind of thing, as it's way too slow. USB is not going to be fast enough to transfer from 8 DVDs at a time. In fact, USB is barely fast enough to read data from a single DVD at full speed, so you won't get any speed advantage by reading from multiple disks at the same time.  Instead, I'd recommend some sort of automated solution, like you asked for in your other question. I'm pretty sure there is a cheaper solution than the Digistore Solutions device you mentioned." CreationDate="2016-01-07T10:59:37.950" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3719" PostId="1728" Score="0" Text="Thanks for valuable information. I agree with you @jonascz that an automated solution would be the best, but placing eight dvds in three times a day would get me to about 100 discs in four days. I guess the speed of transfer would not be that important when I think of it. Still. I could put in more discs a day if the speed of transfer would have been better. I have limited space in my cabinet (4 bays) so I started considering an external solution. With your information I think that a combination would do better if the SATA controller could handle the traffic of four DVDs and transfer to disk." CreationDate="2016-01-07T11:36:52.013" UserId="1420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3720" PostId="1735" Score="0" Text="Performance boost in terms of..?" CreationDate="2016-01-07T11:58:38.943" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3721" PostId="1728" Score="0" Text="Yes, SATA would be better, or eSata maybe. USB 3 would also work, if you can find cheap usb3 external DVD drives." CreationDate="2016-01-07T12:31:35.747" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3722" PostId="63" Score="0" Text="Posting this as a comment because I don't believe it fits the Android v6 requirement (yet) but Barnes&amp;Noble Galaxy Tab Nook (http://nook.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook/379003208) is an option for an Android ereader." CreationDate="2016-01-07T13:42:07.030" UserId="1438" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3723" PostId="1737" Score="0" Text="Why do you care about provider's offer? Isn't it possible to order it on your own? Could you specify your laptop's model? You must have an open miniPCI-E slot to install WWAN Card. It looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynMltgL4mNY" CreationDate="2016-01-07T13:56:33.557" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3724" PostId="1737" Score="0" Text="I cannot get anything other than a SIM card from Cricket so I must use one for my mobile connection. As stated in the question, my laptop is an Acer R3 running Windows 10." CreationDate="2016-01-07T14:00:18.307" UserId="1438" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3725" PostId="1737" Score="0" Text="I meant more specific info about the model ;). Something like &quot;R3-471TG&quot; etc... But if you don't have a miniPCI-E slot probably there's no way to install it inside your laptop. How about dedicated device such as http://www.amazon.com/Cricket-A600-USB-Broadband-Modem/dp/B001V7AYLG/? I don't know much about this provider but isn't it possible to buy second-hand modem like this?" CreationDate="2016-01-07T14:22:21.197" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3726" PostId="221" Score="1" Text="For anyone still interested, the second Intel Compute Stick was just revealed at CES, and is now available to buy. The new version has updated Wifi-802.11ac instead of m, 2 USB ports, and an updated Intel Atom Processor." CreationDate="2016-01-07T14:32:42.527" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3727" PostId="1737" Score="0" Text="As I said, I can only get a SIM card on my current plan. I edited the question with the full model number." CreationDate="2016-01-07T16:35:54.110" UserId="1438" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3731" PostId="1735" Score="0" Text="It depends entirely on what you're trying to do.  For example, if you're raytracing small scenes, the extra clock speed of an i7 will give you a boost, but an SSD will do nothing.  Conversely, if you're running an IO-heavy database server, the CPU change will do nothing, but switching to an SSD will give an unbelievable performance boost." CreationDate="2016-01-07T21:09:52.007" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3733" PostId="1728" Score="0" Text="Wouldn't it work to use USB2 devices on a USB3 HUB? The USB3 bus should support 5Gbps and eight DVD-R 24x drives would only need 8 * 0.266 Gbps (24x = 24 * 1,385,000 * 8 bps =  265,920,000 bps) = ~2.1Gbps which is less than half the bandwidth. I guess I'm missing something." CreationDate="2016-01-07T22:18:31.617" UserId="1420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3734" PostId="1728" Score="0" Text="Yes, that might work, I'm not sure though if multiple USB 2 devices on a USB3 port would actually get full USB 3 speed. You'd need to check that. Anyway, you would need USB 3 hubs, and the ones you linked are not USB 3. I've never done anything like this though." CreationDate="2016-01-07T23:07:39.743" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3736" PostId="1728" Score="0" Text="I was missing something. Seems like the design of USB3 hubs in general limits the speed for USB2 devices to USB2 max: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hub#Speed_of_USB_3.0_Hubs_with_USB_2.0_Devices_connected" CreationDate="2016-01-08T04:05:28.843" UserId="1420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3737" PostId="1741" Score="0" Text="hmm, i will check out the AWUS036NH. Have you gotten a chance to use it on Linux? A nice feature would be plug and play with linux&#xA;**EDIT**: Nevermind, it appears it does work with linux, but needs drivers" CreationDate="2016-01-08T10:51:09.777" UserId="1375" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3738" PostId="1212" Score="0" Text="@RudraMatroja Yes, that is a good site, but the Website Recommendations beta failed, so I can't really recommend you a place to put that comment." CreationDate="2016-01-08T11:41:58.763" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3740" PostId="1738" Score="0" Text="is audio optional?(this is the tricky bit) Is a 'bare' panel ok/does it need to be standalone or have a mount/frame?" CreationDate="2016-01-08T15:15:46.257" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3741" PostId="1738" Score="0" Text="A 'bare' panel is OK if you can't find a frame for it, maybe I can craft one out of LEGO® bricks. Also, I want audio because Retropie seems to have problems with the Pi's audio jack. But if you can't find one, it's OK without." CreationDate="2016-01-08T16:57:11.637" UserId="1439" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3742" PostId="1741" Score="1" Text="Works just fine on Linux, and every distro I've encountered has the drivers pre-installed." CreationDate="2016-01-08T19:15:44.967" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3743" PostId="1090" Score="0" Text="Just an update - I have got a good deal on i7-4790K so even didn't finished my setup when I have switched CPU to that one." CreationDate="2016-01-08T22:31:59.777" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3746" PostId="1397" Score="0" Text="@SeanJ Maybe because shipping?" CreationDate="2016-01-09T09:08:30.737" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3747" PostId="1738" Score="0" Text="The [HDMIPi](http://hdmipi.com/) looks like it would be good here but not sure about audio is included or not. They don't use HDMI but do use DSI, which is built-in to the Pi. It's a touchscreen. You can get them with mounts although I don't know whether they ship to Estonia but they are sold at several different retailers. Hope this helps and sorry it doesn't quite meet all your requirements!" CreationDate="2016-01-09T11:33:06.393" UserId="1453" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3748" PostId="1738" Score="0" Text="Details on the HDMIPi seem to be scarce. I don't know whether it supports the RPi 2 out of the box but I found this [back plate upgrade kit](http://shop.cyntech.co.uk/products/hdmipi-b-back-plate) for the Pi2 but I have no idea whether this is official." CreationDate="2016-01-09T11:34:59.140" UserId="1453" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3749" PostId="1738" Score="0" Text="Found some more information about using this with a Pi 2 and Retropie [here](http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/trying-retropie-on-official-raspberry-7-display/)" CreationDate="2016-01-09T11:36:55.483" UserId="1453" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3750" PostId="1738" Score="0" Text="Looks like you may have to make the display yourself using parts provided?" CreationDate="2016-01-09T11:38:38.590" UserId="1453" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3751" PostId="1749" Score="2" Text="I think you've misread the question - if I think correctly, the price limit stated is the price limit for the SSD alone, not the entire system. That would certainly make more sense. With that in mind, could you make a more concrete *recommendation*?" CreationDate="2016-01-09T12:08:18.043" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3755" PostId="1321" Score="1" Text="@LeoLozes First of all - this was written a few months ago. Second of all -  he asked for a laptop with a 5400rpm HDD. If OP asks for a laptop with a 5400rpm HDD or better, I give him what he asks, not what I think is good for him." CreationDate="2016-01-09T16:36:27.013" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3756" PostId="1749" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode you could be right, it's not a very well worded question..." CreationDate="2016-01-09T16:42:47.057" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3760" PostId="1747" Score="0" Text="@cFrozenDeath: well, that link does not fulfill the requirements regarding price, release date, resolution and SDK and thus is not an answer to the question according the rules of this site. Perhaps yes, I'll do that research and if I find the answer, I'll add it below." CreationDate="2016-01-09T22:06:51.773" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3761" PostId="1747" Score="0" Text="Are you completely sure the Oculus is not what you want? The price you read (wherever you read it) is wrong: https://shop.oculus.com/en-us/cart/ It's sold for USD600 (~550€)" CreationDate="2016-01-09T22:14:30.320" UserId="1458" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3762" PostId="1747" Score="0" Text="Yeah, the pricing... that's the funny part: USD 600 in the US, but 700 € in Germany." CreationDate="2016-01-09T22:42:05.907" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3763" PostId="1756" Score="0" Text="It would be great for you to provide more information as to what you're doing. Your country would help too:that way we can look at local prices.  DDR4 isn't really that much better than DDR3." CreationDate="2016-01-10T22:37:12.340" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3765" PostId="1756" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 I understand that DDR4 isn't too much better than DDR3, but we'll probably have some 5-10 years before upgrading to DDR5. I'm from Uruguay, and importing isn't gonna be cheaper because of taxes (60%). I mostly develop in Visual Studio (small stuff), do some windows server administration learning, and play games" CreationDate="2016-01-11T01:06:50.663" UserId="1458" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3768" PostId="1756" Score="0" Text="Oh, and would you be willing to overclock if you feel your performance is unsatisfying?" CreationDate="2016-01-11T09:19:21.090" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3769" PostId="1756" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 I'm, but I was unable to find the i5 6600K in my country. I was only able to find the i3 6100 and the i5 6400" CreationDate="2016-01-11T13:04:53.780" UserId="1458" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3779" PostId="1766" Score="1" Text="You don't want that page, you want [this one](https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers)." CreationDate="2016-01-11T19:52:09.293" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3780" PostId="1767" Score="0" Text="@Andy I have found an excellent choice for gaming purposes (http://pcpartpicker.com/user/LifehackerPC/saved/LJv7YJ a low wattage adaption of this one) of 204W. If I clarify the question a bit, could I answer it myself Q/A style?" CreationDate="2016-01-11T20:34:14.433" UserId="1452" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3781" PostId="1769" Score="0" Text="Can you provide a link to the product you found?" CreationDate="2016-01-12T05:12:49.230" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3785" PostId="1767" Score="0" Text="How much do have to spend on a PSU? I mean, you could find a modular 350w PSU or the same price tag on a 750w regular PSU." CreationDate="2016-01-12T20:57:37.127" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3786" PostId="1767" Score="0" Text="@thomw2o0o yes, you could answer it yourself if you've found what you're looking for" CreationDate="2016-01-12T22:12:02.490" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3789" PostId="1769" Score="0" Text="I hope I won't violate any rules. Anyway, here is the link http://www.ebay.com/itm/LS4G-Phone-Signal-Repeater-Booster-Amplifier-Yagi-Antenna-LCD-GSM-900MHz-Kit-/401047312952?hash=item5d60485a38:g:MxIAAOSw5IJWgK7l" CreationDate="2016-01-13T06:09:28.487" UserId="1477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3790" PostId="1770" Score="0" Text="By Apple, do you mean manufactured by Apple or compatible with Apple?" CreationDate="2016-01-13T10:10:38.733" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3791" PostId="1771" Score="0" Text="My main problem is that I love some old CPU-intensive games that use 1-2 cores and the FX performs extremely bad there, creating huge bottlenecks for my GPU. I decided to drop the Z170a and go for a cheaper B150-m Pro-vdh which is only USD120. DDR3 is just as expensive as DDR4 (both are around USD100 for a 1x8GB stick) but DDR4 should generally perform better and last longer, since it will be a lot of time until we see DDR5 or need more than 64GB DDR4. Thanks again, this is solved." CreationDate="2016-01-13T11:53:26.717" UserId="1458" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3792" PostId="1774" Score="0" Text="this is the output for sata check:&#xA;[    1.548444] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)&#xA;[    1.552474] ata2: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)&#xA;&#xA;so it supports SATA 3 on mSata.&#xA;&#xA;Anyway, i saw lot of peoples having problems with Envy notebooks because it doesn't boot without placing boot partition on the HDD. That's why i asked." CreationDate="2016-01-13T14:17:06.263" UserId="1496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3793" PostId="1774" Score="0" Text="In that case, your controller will support SATA 3." CreationDate="2016-01-13T14:17:53.680" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3794" PostId="1774" Score="0" Text="Yeah i know that but, will it work with windows? &#xA;&#xA;I saw a lot of people having problems because boot partition needs to be on main HDD (i can't switch boot device because of &quot;stupid&quot; bios). I'm pretty sure it could work on linux placing grub on /dev/sda (hd) but what can i do for windows?" CreationDate="2016-01-13T14:22:49.647" UserId="1496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3795" PostId="1774" Score="0" Text="Ah. I didn't understand that from the question. Unfortunately, that's headed toward the &quot;technical support&quot; realm and we don't handle that on Hardware Recommendations. Personally, I'd guess it's possible, but without a machine in front of me to play with, I wouldn't be able to guess at the steps needed. Sorry." CreationDate="2016-01-13T14:24:53.317" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3797" PostId="1769" Score="0" Text="Your wireless carriers might be able to provide you a Signal Extender. I understand you are looking for a repeater, but depending on your carrier, they may lend you an extender for free. You can try out" CreationDate="2016-01-13T16:20:32.020" UserId="1423" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3798" PostId="1767" Score="0" Text="@RookieTEC9 it isn't about the PSU, it's about the electricity bill :P" CreationDate="2016-01-13T18:31:21.927" UserId="1452" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3802" PostId="1777" Score="6" Text="What would you consider a &quot;top end&quot; TV? Do you want UHD? High contrast? A specific display type? A really big screen?" CreationDate="2016-01-14T04:33:04.617" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3803" PostId="1777" Score="0" Text="I'm not looking for a particular TV to buy but would like to know what companies are still working on what I'm looking for. ie newer technologies, better efficiencies, better color representation, etc but not imbued with &quot;smartness&quot;." CreationDate="2016-01-14T05:04:07.637" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3804" PostId="1673" Score="3" Text="Totally totally 12v LEDs. &#xA;&#xA;Firstly, single colour LEDs are *ludiciously* cheap (I spent 5 dollars on a meter and half of LEDs for a unrelated issue).&#xA;&#xA;Secondly, while you can get CCFL in  *one* colour, you have the option of RGB LEDS (which can switch colours).&#xA;&#xA;You can also *trivially* wire up LEDs to a PC power supply without the need for an inverter." CreationDate="2016-01-14T12:12:08.873" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3805" PostId="1673" Score="0" Text="Yeah, I brazed molex connector with led strip and connected it to my PSU. I wanted cold white light so I decided not to use RGB leds. In nearest future I want to connect it with brightness regulator which I will put outside case." CreationDate="2016-01-14T12:45:47.603" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3806" PostId="1784" Score="2" Text="I hate to say but its terribly vague. What sort of home server? What kind of budget? Do you need a ton of processing power? storage?" CreationDate="2016-01-14T14:15:03.803" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3807" PostId="1784" Score="0" Text="It's private for family. I need to ssh, apache webserver with mysql, ftp. It's very small. Budget aroubd 100 euro for both. I know it's really low but I don't need a graphic board included and a simple quad core at 2.5 I think is enough. Anyway, about motherboards and cpus, what should I usually check to compare?" CreationDate="2016-01-14T15:40:38.687" UserId="1511" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3809" PostId="1786" Score="0" Text="That link isn't a very good example. Most of what's on the first page is not exactly what I'd call modern mostly dating back to 2009-2011's. An example of what I'm seeing: http://www.vizio.com/tvs.html?screen_size_range=765,767,769,771 - every TV there is a Smart TV." CreationDate="2016-01-14T16:54:55.363" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3810" PostId="1786" Score="0" Text="&quot;Available&quot; isn't the same thing as what I'm asking which is whether or not new ones are still being developed and where?" CreationDate="2016-01-14T17:32:28.407" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3811" PostId="1786" Score="0" Text="If you're looking for on-going advancements in *old* technologies, that's not likely to happen. But that doesn't mean those systems are not in active and lucrative production. Smart TVs are hot, so of course that's what you're (predominantly) going to find on the front page of a TV site. If you're looking for something that wasn't available in 2011, then include &quot;4K TV&quot; (for example) in your search. Alternatively, **see my answer [here](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/1788/214).**" CreationDate="2016-01-14T17:39:11.117" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3812" PostId="1786" Score="0" Text="I'm not looking for on-going advancements in old technologies but in a product that is driven by display quality/experience and not smartness. Ultimately I may just want to look towards companies that make monitors since that is really their whole focus but I was wondering if any TV companies were say theoretically going to have a brand new top-end 4k TV in say 2016Q3 that just doesn't have internet/smartness or if that age is done and over with." CreationDate="2016-01-14T17:43:02.220" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3813" PostId="1788" Score="0" Text="Yes that is certainly an option however I am quite keen on purchasing a TV where investment wasn't made into something I'm not going to use as there is a perceived burden for me. I end up paying $x more for that R&amp;D and extra hardware/software that I won't be using." CreationDate="2016-01-14T17:45:51.887" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3814" PostId="1788" Score="5" Text="You can't do this with just *any* smart TV.  Some of them don't really turn off their &quot;smart&quot; features, they just disable showing you the results.  Similarly, you can't just refrain from connecting them to the Internet -- some will, by default, connect to any available open wireless access point." CreationDate="2016-01-14T19:54:17.793" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3815" PostId="1789" Score="0" Text="First of all, thank you. You got exactly the point. I thought also about NAS server, as you did. Some questions: I know intel is better than AMD, but why not choose a quadcore AMD for the same price of pentium? As you said, probably this equipment would be a great for 5 users. I'll take a look on the net for prices. I got also an unused saphire hd5750. For a lower price/quality, what equip would you check? Thanks again sir" CreationDate="2016-01-14T21:05:30.647" UserId="1511" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3816" PostId="1789" Score="0" Text="@AndreaMartinelli So my rule of thumb is: Use Intel for almost everything. Use AMD if u have a specific software package or application in mind that runs better on AMD (Think MS Excel). Two things push me toward Intel: 1. (This is my opinion only) It is more future proof, you can upgrade more stuff than AMD (I might be wrong) 2. Uses less power and as a result less heat. Less heat = less noise. Less power use = less money spent over time." CreationDate="2016-01-14T21:39:56.130" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3818" PostId="1789" Score="0" Text="@AndreaMartinelli For the GPU im not sure why you would want to use it. Unless u want to transcode movies using the GPU on this server you should be fine without it. Also if you want to install it anyway you will need a 450W or more PS (I would say 500W cause PS at the lower price ranges are not very efficient and you might have issues). Also the fan on the GPU might add too much noise. Your choice though:)" CreationDate="2016-01-14T21:44:53.087" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3819" PostId="1789" Score="0" Text="@AndreaMartinelli I dont know if i would go with anything cheaper. The only place i would suggest saving is: Get less RAM. You should be able to run everything with 4Gb (no promises on performance). Get a cheaper PS/ a used PS. Instead of a SSD get a HDD something smaller (bad idea if u want to host movies on it). The MB and CPU are already pretty cheap and if you go lower you might run into quality issues for the MB or the CPU might be too slow. Find a used Case or get a cheaper one." CreationDate="2016-01-14T21:48:03.970" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3826" PostId="1790" Score="0" Text="Thanks. It's not too annoying to have alt and option on the same key?" CreationDate="2016-01-15T01:38:07.980" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3827" PostId="1790" Score="1" Text="@FranckDernoncourt on Mac, `alt` is called `option`, both are usually listed on the key consistency I believe. All the keys are the same except for `fn` which is off too this side but to me this isn't such a big problem" CreationDate="2016-01-15T01:40:20.633" UserId="1184" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3829" PostId="1787" Score="0" Text="There are *lots* of alternatives for the traditional keyboard." CreationDate="2016-01-15T08:16:07.203" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3835" PostId="1791" Score="3" Text="the realy question is, why would you want to add a pc to an already working pc. or am i seeing your vision wrong." CreationDate="2016-01-15T14:11:18.563" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3837" PostId="1794" Score="0" Text="The CM Storm Devastator looks good enough!" CreationDate="2016-01-15T15:10:34.060" UserId="968" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3842" PostId="1794" Score="0" Text="Actually I just found something that said that the keyboard has 2-key rollover, which is unacceptable for me." CreationDate="2016-01-15T15:51:57.410" UserId="968" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3844" PostId="1791" Score="0" Text="I think what you are thinking about is a Live USB.  It runs the OS off the USB drive, but uses the computers hardware for all of its operations.  If you are interested, I can expand this into a full answer." CreationDate="2016-01-15T21:20:32.327" UserId="1057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3845" PostId="1794" Score="0" Text="Apologies for my fickleness, but I did some more research and figured out that the rollover _might_ be acceptable, but I can't tell if I haven't bought it yet." CreationDate="2016-01-15T22:09:44.513" UserId="968" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3846" PostId="1791" Score="0" Text="I just want the host PC to act as a terminal that shows the image from the USB stick's virtual monitor and to gather keyboard and mouse input to the USB stick's virtual keyboard and mouse input. The processor must be inside of the USB stick, but the host PC is just there for showing the user what's on the stick." CreationDate="2016-01-16T00:55:04.853" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3847" PostId="1787" Score="0" Text="Which would be most keyboard-like and good for impatient fingers?" CreationDate="2016-01-16T00:55:33.910" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3852" PostId="1789" Score="0" Text="Sorry for other questions: MB got integrated also graphic board. Do you know a good MB without graphic board but only the socket in order to use my saphire? Maybe without graph board I can get at the same price a better MB" CreationDate="2016-01-16T13:27:48.080" UserId="1511" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3853" PostId="1789" Score="1" Text="@AndreaMartinelli You can still use your Saphire without any issues. in your price range every CPU will come with an IGP (integrated Graphics Processor) its not the MB that has the graphics its the CPU. All the sockets that would be in your price range have IGPs. The ones that dont are: LGA2011 and LGA2011v3 (there might be 1 or 2 more) They are very expensive. The cheapest CPU for LGA2011v3 is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402" CreationDate="2016-01-16T17:49:17.410" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3856" PostId="1801" Score="0" Text="You can connect to the RaspberyPI using SSH. On your Windows machine, you can use PuTTY and XMing. Then you have a terminal and all the graphical applications should blend almost seamlessly with your Windows machine. That is, for example, if you open Firefox, it will show a new Firefox window on your Windows desktop. VNC send the entire screen (with some encodings to reduce the network load)or portions of it, This may burn quite a lot on your Pentium 3" CreationDate="2016-01-17T13:55:08.657" UserId="712" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3857" PostId="1754" Score="0" Text="Thank you for answering, but all your recommend devices are not new goods, when they cost arround 1000 Euro/ Dollar. I've checked out all models and found that they still cost acround 2000 or more if its new!" CreationDate="2016-01-17T14:13:31.400" UserId="1433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3861" PostId="1801" Score="0" Text="@Ismael, Interesting, I never knew that you could use SSH for X11 apps like that, will definitely have to try it. I assume it works on Linux (both computers running Linux) too ?. In my case, I don't really think the p3 is the problem, as the CPU usage is not maxed out. I kind of think it's the slow Ethernet on the pi, but it's still quite usable." CreationDate="2016-01-17T17:19:43.223" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3862" PostId="1801" Score="0" Text="I usually do that to connect my Windows machine to Debian VMs and the web server at work (it isnt connected to the internet, so, no problem). You can try it with VirtualBox. I don't know the procedure for Linux - Linux, but Linux - Windows, it is really easy." CreationDate="2016-01-17T17:51:05.517" UserId="712" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3864" PostId="1808" Score="0" Text="Reminds me of the Rubber Ducky - that thing which looks like a flash drive but acts as a keyboard, just more powerful.. I wonder why on earth it costs $120 when the similarly specced Raspberry Pi zero costs just $5 though." CreationDate="2016-01-17T17:58:54.063" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3865" PostId="1801" Score="0" Text="VirtualBox requires admin rights" CreationDate="2016-01-17T19:02:36.960" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3866" PostId="1808" Score="0" Text="Looks like when I buy Raspberry Pi Zero, I'll have to hack it and attach it to fit a USB breadboard. I just wish it could have BOTH host AND device USB. Looks like I'll have to design something like that myself." CreationDate="2016-01-17T19:04:13.933" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3867" PostId="1801" Score="0" Text="@Foxcat, yes, but it's not needed. All you need is son sort of remote desktop app, such as the one that comes with Windows" CreationDate="2016-01-17T19:47:38.360" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3868" PostId="1807" Score="0" Text="A slight correction: the 8800GT was the high-end gaming option at the time.  The Quadro is a workstation card with poor gaming performance." CreationDate="2016-01-17T20:04:48.923" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3869" PostId="1807" Score="0" Text="@Mark - Huh. I didn't realize that. That makes a lot of sense, though.  I'm definitely glad I made the choice I did, then, even if it was for the wrong reasons." CreationDate="2016-01-17T20:27:36.447" UserId="1538" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3870" PostId="1767" Score="0" Text="There was an article out there that said that there are no downsides to buying a higher wattage PSU as not all power will be consumed." CreationDate="2016-01-17T22:40:29.603" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3871" PostId="1789" Score="0" Text="I always thouth MB got included graphic board, but I read that since a while graphic is integrated in CPU, exactly as you said. Serial port on MB doesn't mean integrated card. Thank you again" CreationDate="2016-01-17T22:40:33.083" UserId="1511" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3873" PostId="1797" Score="0" Text="I was going to say the Logitech g502 but that is 60 dollars and it has eleven programmable buttons. Why do you not want macros though? They can be very useful when programming at least in my opinion." CreationDate="2016-01-18T01:09:03.233" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3874" PostId="1695" Score="0" Text="I would look at the Google onhub but it does not have a battery pack and it is 200$" CreationDate="2016-01-18T01:23:39.243" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3876" PostId="1797" Score="0" Text="@AidenGrossman It's not that I don't want them, they're just _not necessary_. In general, extra features increase the price, and I would rarely use macros anyways." CreationDate="2016-01-18T02:09:07.440" UserId="968" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3877" PostId="1812" Score="1" Text="The cheapest SSD over 700 GB cost $240, so it will be really hard to meet your requirements in this budget." CreationDate="2016-01-18T07:38:23.943" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3878" PostId="1812" Score="0" Text="The SSD was only put in because it was recommended, I don't really 'need' it, so it's not a requirement." CreationDate="2016-01-18T07:40:21.947" UserId="1545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3879" PostId="1812" Score="0" Text="I suggest you break this question up into individual components. That way, we have very specific questions with a narrow range of good answers. You should also give more requirements. I suggest asking in the following order: Case (Form Factor requirement), Motherboard (I/O and reliability), GPU and CPU (FPS and Quality), RAM (Multitasking) and PSU. That way, the answers are reasonably short while still explaining rationale." CreationDate="2016-01-18T10:26:32.780" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3880" PostId="1813" Score="0" Text="Would an external USB soundcard suffice? These are readily available from a variety of companies for a wide array of budgets." CreationDate="2016-01-18T11:12:21.160" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3882" PostId="1262" Score="0" Text="I achieved it using TP Link Nano Router." CreationDate="2016-01-18T12:33:39.497" UserId="171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3883" PostId="1813" Score="0" Text="yep that would prob be the best solution, ive looked around online at some local shops and a 7.1 external sound card seems quite pricey unfortunately, maybe they just dont stock the cheap ones" CreationDate="2016-01-18T14:08:40.253" UserId="1546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3884" PostId="1812" Score="0" Text="500usd is hardly extreme. As always - I suggest starting with the logical increments guide. That said, the need for extreme small size *and* good performance *and* such is tricky. Maybe a mini itx build could be a decent compromise ...." CreationDate="2016-01-18T14:11:44.043" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3885" PostId="1813" Score="0" Text="If you are able to use amazon, there are a number of cards on there. the brand startech seems cheap with Average/Good review (3 or 4 stars)." CreationDate="2016-01-18T14:43:16.483" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3886" PostId="1787" Score="0" Text="Do you want an ergonomic keyboard or do you want a keyboard alternatic" CreationDate="2016-01-18T15:44:50.957" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3888" PostId="768" Score="0" Text="Cna vouch for this as typing on one right now, alongside everyone else in my office." CreationDate="2016-01-18T16:22:17.890" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3889" PostId="1789" Score="0" Text="@AndreaMartinelli Glad I could help! Just a warning: the MB i suggested does not have a serial port. The black port is a VGA port of a screen. Just FYI :)" CreationDate="2016-01-18T16:51:37.267" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3890" PostId="1789" Score="0" Text="Yes I saw. I don't think that a serial port should be so usefull... anyway there are also USB to serial port adapter :)" CreationDate="2016-01-18T17:17:17.347" UserId="1511" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3891" PostId="1787" Score="0" Text="Alternative, unless the ergonomic one is a very good one." CreationDate="2016-01-18T19:41:29.573" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3893" PostId="1817" Score="0" Text="That isn't what I'm looking for, I am looking for a splitter with a USBC input and 2 USBC outputs." CreationDate="2016-01-18T19:55:30.220" UserId="1551" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3894" PostId="1817" Score="0" Text="So your hub is USB-C, not USB-A?" CreationDate="2016-01-18T20:05:04.693" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3895" PostId="1817" Score="0" Text="My hub is USBA, but I already have an adapter for that.  I just need another USBC port so I can use this adapter (which the hub is connected to) and charge my computer at the same time." CreationDate="2016-01-18T20:10:11.743" UserId="1551" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3900" PostId="1820" Score="0" Text="the review seems a bit biased heh, the comment section seems to disagree with the reviewer, but could just be razer fanboys, hopefully i havnt made a mistake buying this headset" CreationDate="2016-01-19T02:16:13.857" UserId="1546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3905" PostId="1787" Score="0" Text="You could also use speech recognition, see for example [this post](http://productivity.stackexchange.com/questions/3605/how-can-one-use-dragon-naturallyspeaking-to-code-more-efficiently)." CreationDate="2016-01-19T09:46:38.150" UserId="1328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3906" PostId="1826" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations! Is there a specific issue that you want to overcome? I'd say all you need is a different (gaming oriented) motherboard and perhaps more RAM, but other than that, I can see no issues." CreationDate="2016-01-19T12:14:22.883" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3909" PostId="1823" Score="0" Text="On the Croatian keyboard, the letter ž isn't above enter, but aside it. Is there a keyboard that doesn't put it above? I hit enter accidentally so many times. So is there maybe a way to DIY my keyboard?" CreationDate="2016-01-19T13:43:28.070" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3914" PostId="1826" Score="0" Text="I'd like to ensure no piece of hardware is being limited by another &amp; if a new piece of hardware would make another more efficient." CreationDate="2016-01-19T16:39:37.893" UserId="1559" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3916" PostId="1823" Score="0" Text="@Foxcat385 See last paragraph I added. You can reassign any or all of the keys on Keyboard.io." CreationDate="2016-01-19T17:27:26.010" UserId="530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3923" PostId="1833" Score="1" Text="maybe a stinky footboard. it should have no delay in it and minimun travel time. it also have 4 buttons" CreationDate="2016-01-20T14:19:42.357" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3926" PostId="1838" Score="0" Text="Please list your CPU model as well in the question... if it is lower end, it might bottleneck a higher end card like a R9 Nano." CreationDate="2016-01-20T19:08:06.187" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3929" PostId="1823" Score="0" Text="But it misses the 3rd key after L rightwards." CreationDate="2016-01-20T22:26:38.313" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3930" PostId="1823" Score="0" Text="@Foxcat385 Yes, the Keyboard.io rearranges the keys, hopefully in a more intelligent and ergonomic layout. If you are looking for the `Return` key, look to the left of the `Y` &amp; `H` keys, labeled `RET` in their diagram. Makes sense as such a frequently used key should not be positioned for our weakest finger." CreationDate="2016-01-20T22:39:06.097" UserId="530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3932" PostId="1845" Score="0" Text="For $50, you might get a cheap 25-key model." CreationDate="2016-01-21T14:58:03.880" UserId="1587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3933" PostId="1845" Score="1" Text="Would you say he is primarily a piano player, or a composer? As a piano player, more keys would be extremely important to me, but I bet most composers would be satisfied with less." CreationDate="2016-01-21T16:15:29.160" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3934" PostId="1823" Score="0" Text="Interesting. I'll check it out more." CreationDate="2016-01-21T18:18:29.817" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3937" PostId="1845" Score="0" Text="He is a piano player, he wants to be a composer and a piano player." CreationDate="2016-01-21T22:09:36.510" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3939" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="This sounds like a great idea, and actually I have looked into doing this.  This is the route I originally wanted to go.  Where I get confused is a) determining how old the machines actually are, b) Whether any given server model is capable enough to handle what I want to give it, with room to grow -- e.g. compiling multiple programs in multiple environments simultaneously, c) what kind of performance you would get vs something more modern or building your own, as suggested by @AndriyLysak.  When I start Googling this stuff, then I get CPU benchmarks, etc... and my head spins." CreationDate="2016-01-22T13:37:27.683" UserId="1588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3940" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="... my fear is that I'll pick something crummy, and be stuck with it-- like my last 3 laptops! So, how did you pick the right option for you?  Surely it can't be a &quot;pick anything with lots of memory and processors, and you can't go wrong&quot;?" CreationDate="2016-01-22T13:44:34.003" UserId="1588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3941" PostId="1787" Score="0" Text="The datahand sounds perfect, but they don't make it any more." CreationDate="2016-01-22T14:36:56.793" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3942" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="It would be worth it to invest some time in studying and learning to understand hardware specifications. To answer your questions in order though: a) You can usually look up the model number itself on Google to find out the age. For example, Googling &quot;poweredge r900 release date&quot; brings me to a Wikipedia page that indicates the model originally came out in 2008. b) This is entirely on you to understand - you need to consider your needs and then select hardware appropriately. Your post makes it sound like you need a lot of parallelism - so for you, having multiple cores would be a bigger deal.." CreationDate="2016-01-22T14:53:31.467" UserId="1590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3943" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="..than tons and tons of disk or even tons of RAM. To help you get started, think of these things: For more __computation__ power, go with more cores; for more __I/O__ power, go with more RAM and disks. Without knowing your exact work scenario more deeply I can't give a strict recommendation, but I can guess that you'd probably want something with a minimum of 8 cores and 64GB of RAM - how much disk you get is up to you. c) This again depends entirely on the workload. Suppose for example your workload is media encoding. You'd get far better performance out of a modern CPU build..." CreationDate="2016-01-22T14:55:41.890" UserId="1590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3944" PostId="1850" Score="1" Text="...simply because the QuickSync instruction set provided by Intel provides hardware-assisted H264 encoding. However, for general purpose computation, you will still get very respectable performance out of older servers. Consider that this gear was originally serving potentially hundreds or thousands of users in large datacenters - now it's only going to be serving you. Finally, a quick tip for you on storage - SAS controllers can work directly with off-the-shelf SATA disks, so you can buy a server with little or even no storage and then pick up as many hard drives as you need later." CreationDate="2016-01-22T14:57:22.637" UserId="1590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3945" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="Thanks... So, my point (a) was probably a little silly, because obviously I can google the server release dates. The challenge is figuring out how a PowerEdge server with 2008 technology compares to an option like @Andriy's -- more modern; given changes in CPU/RAM tech. What's a respectable resource to begin studying h/w specs for servers?  When I start reading about benchmarks, some people say they are garbage, and others consider them valid.  Is a site like [cpuboss](http://cpuboss.com/) a valid resource or is it like &quot;junk science&quot;?" CreationDate="2016-01-22T15:15:07.707" UserId="1588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3946" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="So, here's an example of a max workload that I might want to have today.  As a personal interest, I might want to compile [AOSP (android)](https://source.android.com/source/initializing.html) in a Linux image.  That eats up lots of RAM and lots of CPU.  While that's happening, I'm working on professional windows development in a 2nd VM w/Visual Studio.  It's not graphic intensive, but I'd be compiling regularly, which, as you said, employs parallelism.  There could also a web server running in a third VM that would be serving REST requests for testing purposes, related to the development work." CreationDate="2016-01-22T15:21:54.327" UserId="1588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3947" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="Also, I have read online that you will get a huge performance boost by having a separate disk for each running VM, which seems to make sense; at least with mechanical HDDs because they wouldn't be scanning back and forth as much.  Do you know if this is true?  If so I need to consider that" CreationDate="2016-01-22T15:31:46.987" UserId="1588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3948" PostId="1852" Score="0" Text="Uh. It's difficult to tell what you're asking at the moment. Can you clarify?" CreationDate="2016-01-22T16:35:06.127" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3949" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="@transistor1 For your last comment: yes this is true, but consider this: will you honestly need the entire drive for just one VM? Typically what i do 95% of the time with my servers is set up a RAID array that has as many smaller drives as i can fit (im talking about 146Gb SAS drives) in RAID5 and tell XenServer to use that array as storage for VMs. You will be hard pressed to saturate the RAID with I/O if you have lets say 5-6 drives in the array" CreationDate="2016-01-22T16:46:29.120" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3950" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="@transistor1 if you want to go with a server look on ebay for Dell servers like: R610 and up (maybe R620, or 720) the trick to understand here is: what exactly you will want in the server. Example i found should work for you: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R610-Virtualization-Server-2-53GHz-8-Core-E5540-32GB-2x146G-PERC6-/191545700823?hash=item2c990371d7:g:reAAAOSwHQ9WZxeI" CreationDate="2016-01-22T16:50:49.610" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3951" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="@transistor1 keep in mind servers make A LOT OF NOISE!!!! like you will here it in any part of the house. If you want to know how much noise than take a blow drier and turn it on and keep it near your head for an extended period of time. thats the level of noise you will get if you are in the same room and the server is under load." CreationDate="2016-01-22T16:52:35.110" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3954" PostId="1852" Score="1" Text="I think what you are looking for is just a box to stick usb extention cords in" CreationDate="2016-01-22T18:37:57.480" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3956" PostId="1845" Score="1" Text="The big deciding factors for most keyboards are weighted keys and key velocity. Does he need either of those?" CreationDate="2016-01-22T19:00:14.853" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3957" PostId="1855" Score="1" Text="Oh, and another thing I didn't mention. You can find USB 3.0 hubs that can be mounted in a 5.25&quot; drive bay.  Or even just USB extensions that will connect directly to the motherboard, if your motherboard has spare USB ports." CreationDate="2016-01-22T20:36:42.217" UserId="1594" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3959" PostId="1855" Score="1" Text="Even if one can't find any ready-made products that match the OP's specific needs (I suspect the OP isn't really interested in 19&quot; rack mount parts :)), it shouldn't be too hard to simply put some cables in an electronics project box in a way that looks reasonably nice." CreationDate="2016-01-22T21:12:18.920" UserId="496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3960" PostId="1852" Score="0" Text="Yeah probably you are right. I asked because I just didn't know what to google." CreationDate="2016-01-22T22:46:20.383" UserId="1593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3962" PostId="1852" Score="1" Text="Another approach that might work:  Put the ports on the front of your computer.  If you have a spare drive bay: http://www.frontx.com/  There might be other companies with the same sort of thing, this is the only one I'm aware of." CreationDate="2016-01-23T02:45:55.573" UserId="1600" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3966" PostId="1850" Score="1" Text="@AndriyLysak Some servers do make that much noise but not all do. For example as I mentioned my Apple Xserve does make obvious noise but it's easily ignored with the server in the next room or in the basement. My R900 makes a good amount of noise too, and it's not enough to just have it in the next room, but it's still not obnoxiously intolerable if you're not sitting right next to it for hours. Of course, if you're going to be using a virtualization server like this, you can simply access your VMs via vSphere client, RDP, etc. and hide the server away in a closet where the noise won't matter." CreationDate="2016-01-23T16:05:17.037" UserId="1590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3969" PostId="1842" Score="0" Text="Hi barrymac. Your question has been closed because it doesn't include enough detail for anyone to understand exactly what you're looking for. If you could edit your question to include detailed specifications, your question can be reopened. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-01-23T21:15:38.827" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3971" PostId="1777" Score="0" Text="It seems to me that you want a big screen, overall newness and non smartness, among other features. It would be great if you enumerated exactly what requirements you have. [Here is a relavent meta post.](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/410/are-who-questions-on-topic)" CreationDate="2016-01-24T02:02:05.060" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3973" PostId="1865" Score="0" Text="Yes, the 'official' SSD port is described as mSATA  (p. 39). But my objective is to put 2 SSD devices in total into the laptop. Thus, one option is to put a mSATA module into the p. 39 port - and a 2nd SSD module into the WWAN port (p. 45). The question regarding this is: is the WWAN port compatible to mSATA - or do I need NVMe for that?" CreationDate="2016-01-24T09:13:35.413" UserId="1197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3974" PostId="1865" Score="0" Text="Unless explicitly stated that a port is an mSATA port expect that it does not support mSATA and mSATA modules will not work. (I tried it with an older Probook.) There have been PCIe Mini Card SSDs before mSATA arrived, I had a Thinkpad SL500 with a 3rd PCIe slot under the palm rest that was labeled as such, but these modules are no longer offered and are said to be slower than mSATA modules. You first sentence in your question is a bit misleading btw. you typically can install an HDD/SSD in the HDD port and use the mSATA port (and even the ODD if there still is)." CreationDate="2016-01-24T12:31:09.897" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3975" PostId="1865" Score="0" Text="Yes, you typically can - but apparently not in that HP model - they write: 'NOTE: Only a hard drive or an SSD can be installed.' They note that 2 times: in the 'Hard drive' section and in the 'SSD' section. This also matches the figures - both figures picture the same corner and surroundings." CreationDate="2016-01-24T12:54:03.707" UserId="1197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3976" PostId="1865" Score="0" Text="Ouch, now I see, in that case if you want to go with mSATA look for a dual mSATA adapter like http://geizhals.de/250735608 http://geizhals.de/560062216 and check if it works." CreationDate="2016-01-24T14:05:14.373" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3977" PostId="1777" Score="0" Text="Sure, perfectly valid meta however I think the point is being missed if it seems that I in fact want a TV. I don't. I just want to know who's still progressing display technology with the focus of display technology and not &quot;smartness&quot;. I want that so when I do begin looking for TV's I can have a narrowed down list of manufacturers to explore. I'm not looking for any specific hardware and whatever specific answers are provided won't be helpful or valid as technology progresses." CreationDate="2016-01-24T16:59:17.837" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3981" PostId="1777" Score="0" Text="Well, then this is probably off topic." CreationDate="2016-01-25T01:18:34.717" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3983" PostId="1862" Score="2" Text="Interestingly there's a few laptops (ranging down to 12 inches) with panels that would fit your needs, but I can't think of any consumer displays under 24 inches. My own research seems to suggest that at regular viewing distances, 4k is optimal at 27&quot; size... http://superuser.com/questions/990799/will-the-pixel-density-difference-be-visible-between-4k-and-2k-monitors-at-27-s/991823#991823 if you're curious. https://www.adafruit.com/products/1652 is the closest thing I can think of that's modern but not quite there. What do you want to use this for?" CreationDate="2016-01-25T11:56:01.383" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3984" PostId="471" Score="0" Text="Good tip, especially considering that the cost of electricity should also be included in the calculation, as the EC2 instance also would contain that (however, it would incur additional storage/bandwidth costs). Each W of average consumption would mean about $1/year." CreationDate="2016-01-25T13:38:45.713" UserId="1267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3988" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="How can I find the graphics card on my pc? Is that Intel HD Graphics?" CreationDate="2016-01-25T15:26:37.487" UserId="692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3989" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="I don't think it's a good idea recommending a 380x to pair with a relatively low end dual core CPU. An i3 dual core? Sure. Maybe even the g3258 AE. But the g2030 appears to be a decent amount slower then those, so OP could be in a bottlenecking situation." CreationDate="2016-01-25T15:27:12.430" UserId="680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3990" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="@HappyFace Intel HD Graphics does do graphics yes. You may not have an actual GPU. It would be sticking out of your motherboard and look like the thing I linked." CreationDate="2016-01-25T16:03:33.910" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3991" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="@patricksweeney Most games still don't fully utilize more than 2 cores. There is a possibility of a CPU bottleneck for some games but going from using an Intel HD iGPU to anything at all will probably blow his mind. He can upgrade the CPU later as needs arise." CreationDate="2016-01-25T16:04:51.107" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3992" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="Right, but the IPC for something like the g2030 is a lot lower than an i3 6100, which is still a dual core CPU. What I'm saying is that something like a 370 might be a better choice, being a good deal cheaper and probably won't be &quot;held back&quot; as much as a 380x. Heck, even the 380 is a lot cheaper than the 380x. That being said, if OP has the budget it's not like there's any real harm going overkill on the GPU." CreationDate="2016-01-25T16:09:56.047" UserId="680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3994" PostId="1850" Score="0" Text="@fdmillion I completely agree. The ones I was talking about make a lot of noise (R610 R720 R820) these servers i use on a regular basis and they are loud. Also im not sure if a closet would help unless its well ventilated. Also there is space to consider, a R900 is a 4U server (IMHO thats a big box) I typically go for smaller boxes 1 or 2U that might explain the extra noise though." CreationDate="2016-01-25T16:27:32.530" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3995" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="So, if I pick graphics card, which is better? R9 380X or R7 370 (both 4GB)? Though, R7 370 is lot cheaper than 380x, but I don't see differences in specifications. Well, one is DDR5 and another is GDDR5. Is this the reason why it's so much difference in price? Why? Thx for the answer." CreationDate="2016-01-25T16:29:22.193" UserId="692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3996" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="@HappyFace the reason for the difference in price is: R9 380x has twice as many stream processors (2048). While R7 370 has 1024. More processors generally means better performance. The better overall for you would be the R9. If or when you will decide to upgrade your CPU the R9 will be better suited to keep up and even probably deliver a bit more performance since it probably wont be bottlenecked with a better CPU." CreationDate="2016-01-25T16:33:00.417" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3997" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="@AndriyLysak Ok, I don't need a powerful GPU that run for example gta5 or just cause 3 smoothly in 60fps in full hd. If it's not over the budget, then I will get it. The problem is I don't know how well the gpu do, if a cheaper gpu will run the games smoothly in 60fps, I definitely will get that." CreationDate="2016-01-25T16:49:17.570" UserId="692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3998" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="@HappyFace this might help: http://www.techspot.com/review/1114-vram-comparison-test/ also try to google for more benchmarks before deciding on a card." CreationDate="2016-01-25T17:01:47.317" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3999" PostId="1862" Score="0" Text="As a general-purpose desktop display (naturally with a shorter viewing distance) and potentially attached to a VESA wall mount." CreationDate="2016-01-25T17:32:50.437" UserId="1459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4001" PostId="1872" Score="0" Text="@HappyFace If you're not displeased by the price, you won't be displeased by the performance gains of the 380x over the 370. A 370 would be adequate for you but again, if you don't mind the price difference, a 380x is better." CreationDate="2016-01-25T19:17:44.500" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4002" PostId="1873" Score="5" Text="New or used?  SATA, SAS, PATA, SCSI?  PCI, PCIe, or PCI-X?  Software RAID or hardware RAID?  Do you need staggered spinup or can your PSU spin up all six drives at once?  Do you need to boot off the array, or do you have a separate boot disk?  Do you have a price range?" CreationDate="2016-01-25T21:15:44.390" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4003" PostId="1874" Score="2" Text="Virtual machine would actually be preferable. We usually set up a VM just for compilation reasons. You still get to use the exact CPU that the binary would be running on and you don't mess up the environment when setting up the compilation. If you still want to use a HW workstation, get a 64-bit CPU. All intel CPUs share the same instruction set, save for the very server specific ones. For example all Xeon family CPUs will have same set of instructions." CreationDate="2016-01-25T22:49:31.977" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4007" PostId="1874" Score="0" Text="@Andriy Lysak - Using a 64-bit CPU is a minimum. However would it be necessary/possible to disable Fast/Flex memory access on E3? They are not available for E5. Guess the same applies for all options on the compile processor that are not available for E5. I'm no expert on virtual machines but can you really set up the exact type of processor with all its instruction extensions?" CreationDate="2016-01-26T11:39:20.780" UserId="1622" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4011" PostId="1879" Score="0" Text="Do you have any other requirements (price, performance, etc.) for the PC?" CreationDate="2016-01-26T16:29:52.393" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4013" PostId="1874" Score="1" Text="For VMs you dont set up the cores by hand, those are handled by the hypervisor (whichever one you pick) all you set up is how many cores the Vm should have, your VM then by default has access to the entire core or cores that were assigned to it. As to disabling any compilation features: that is compiler specific. If you want to disable Fast/Flex mem access all together, that will depend on the BIOS features of the MB. I am not aware of any make of MB that would give you low level access to each set of instructions." CreationDate="2016-01-26T18:04:47.567" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4016" PostId="1875" Score="0" Text="There are two types of 90-degree riser cards differing in which way they bend: over-the-board risers, and traditional risers.  If you're concerned about overall volume, an over-the-board riser permits a smaller case; a traditional riser permits a thinner case." CreationDate="2016-01-26T19:56:43.293" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4017" PostId="1874" Score="0" Text="That makes it a lot simpler. All that is required then is to create a 64-bit VM and activate/disactivate whatever instruction set extensions. However, to have something compatible with Intel procs I think the VM should run on an Intel physical processor. I just got a 15-day trial with our hosting provider on a VM with 4 emulations of E5 2600 v3 procs!!!?? No idea how they set it up (probably on a server running such procs) and they're not providing a lot of details but it doesn't hurt to try it. Will post the outcome eventually." CreationDate="2016-01-26T20:36:50.623" UserId="1622" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4019" PostId="1871" Score="0" Text="Before you go and buy a graphics card, we should know what kind of case and power supply your system has. Also, your motherboard needs to have a 16x PCI-E slot. Is it a factory-built PC from, say, Dell? Or was it a custom-built one you (or someone else) built?" CreationDate="2016-01-26T21:14:18.387" UserId="1632" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4020" PostId="1871" Score="0" Text="@Justin_T Yes, it has a PCI-E slot, it's a custom-built from the one who I bought from." CreationDate="2016-01-27T01:39:28.547" UserId="692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4021" PostId="1881" Score="1" Text="There are [bluetooth cordless phones](http://www.vtechphones.com/telephones/cordless-phones/connect-to-cell)." CreationDate="2016-01-27T02:46:13.227" UserId="1624" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4022" PostId="1885" Score="2" Text="This question is currently primarily opinion based, as you haven't really specified what your requirements are, just the model of the card you want. I'd suggest you add what case you're using, what kind of noise levels you're hoping for, whether you'll be overclocking, what colour theme you're hoping for, and any other nice to have features." CreationDate="2016-01-27T03:09:57.413" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4029" PostId="1881" Score="0" Text="which operator are you on ??" CreationDate="2016-01-27T13:39:12.660" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4032" PostId="1897" Score="4" Text="Can you add more reasons why you recommend this monitor? Also, ebpa is looking for 23&quot; and smaller monitors. This is too big." CreationDate="2016-01-27T16:43:10.790" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4039" PostId="704" Score="0" Text="@nickson104 Just FYI: build review questions are off-topic here - please don't recommend people move that kind of question here if you can avoid it. Thanks :)" CreationDate="2016-01-27T17:26:37.253" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4045" PostId="1894" Score="1" Text="I thought FM2+ will be replaced by AM4 as well." CreationDate="2016-01-28T03:03:45.200" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4046" PostId="1901" Score="1" Text="That probably rules out the [Power Glove](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AacoxHFYvZw).&#xA;Are you doing illustration or note-taking and wish you had some programmable hotkeys?&#xA;Would something like [this case with embedded hotkeys](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gadgetek/meta-the-microcontroller-enhanced-tablet-accessory) have worked for you if the product hadn't failed?" CreationDate="2016-01-28T03:06:59.083" UserId="39" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4047" PostId="1897" Score="0" Text="I own and regularly use Dell's P2415Q and UP2414Q monitors.  Personally I prefer the UP2414Q model because they cause me fewer problems after their power is interrupted at the power strip and they have tactile non-capacitive buttons.  They are both good monitors (which I would recommend), but as @Cfinley pointed out I'm asking about smaller monitors." CreationDate="2016-01-28T03:15:50.593" UserId="1459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4048" PostId="1897" Score="1" Text="Why do you say higher pixel density isn't good for the eye?  Modern operating systems do display scaling, so things are legible regardless of your pixel density." CreationDate="2016-01-28T03:22:22.430" UserId="1459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4052" PostId="1902" Score="1" Text="Being &quot;new&quot; to the market doesn't sound like objective judgement. Are both devices currently in the same performance class or how do both devices technically compare to each other? I agree that a newer midrange SoC may actually beat an older, susceptible to overheating, high end SoC. Regarding OS updates what does regularly updated mean in terms of MIUI? Is there any info about when Samsung stopped providing updates for SGS4 and which version of Android? With both being non-mainline versions of Android my guess is that both are not worth spending any money at all unless you have a preference." CreationDate="2016-01-28T08:46:44.287" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4053" PostId="1902" Score="1" Text="Not &quot;new&quot; to the market but &quot;not used&quot;. We are talking about &quot;new&quot; Xiaomi phone and &quot;used&quot; Samsung phone." CreationDate="2016-01-28T08:55:09.610" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4057" PostId="1905" Score="4" Text="This is more of an option question that only you can answer. You can fix this by changing the question &quot;Larger 1080p or smaller 1440p monitor&quot; into &quot;What monitor is fits these requirements and cost less than $x&quot;." CreationDate="2016-01-28T16:57:25.593" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4058" PostId="1907" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget or a preferred screen size, or is the only thing that matters is the wattage? Would you mind a laptop that had a slightly higher wattage, but had better life?" CreationDate="2016-01-28T19:56:58.573" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4059" PostId="1907" Score="2" Text="Why can't it be a tablet with a keyboard?" CreationDate="2016-01-28T20:17:19.030" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4060" PostId="1902" Score="0" Text="**Brand New Phone** Was the keywords, my girlfriend has the latest Sony on the market (because she can afford it), she's also an electronic engineer. So When I ask for her opinion, She agreed with You. Thanks for your feedback ivaan and @LiveWireBT ." CreationDate="2016-01-28T20:20:20.400" UserId="1641" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4063" PostId="1894" Score="0" Text="It seems like AMD will continue using FM2+ for some APU's, but move to AM4 for the nicer processors, like the FX series" CreationDate="2016-01-29T01:12:48.590" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4064" PostId="1894" Score="1" Text="[Not what I heard](http://www.pcworld.com/article/3020184/computers/amd-zen-based-cpus-and-apus-will-unify-around-socket-am4.html). Zen supposedly unifies AMD's 3 sockets. according to every news source I've seen." CreationDate="2016-01-29T01:42:43.837" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4065" PostId="1894" Score="0" Text="I don't know much about the zen architecture, other than it is supposedly faster and more power efficient than FM2+ or AM3+. Feel free to edit the answer the answer at your discretion to add or change whatever information you would like to about Zen." CreationDate="2016-01-29T02:59:35.933" UserId="164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4066" PostId="1908" Score="0" Text="Thanks, especially for the second part. The &quot;oscilloscope&quot; part of the answer is a bit broad. E.g. I have an old Philips analog dual channel 20 MHz piece available, but it was not too helpful yet. Guess it should be a digital storage oscilloscope, but even with such a thing, how would I measure the deviance (e.g. in %) of the expected signal? How do I compute the difference to a reference signal? And then, how do I know whether this difference is ok or may cause harm?" CreationDate="2016-01-29T06:59:37.837" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4067" PostId="1897" Score="0" Text="The cost goes up as they try to squeeze in more pixels within a smaller body. When you have a lot of pixels it strains your eye if you are not used to it" CreationDate="2016-01-29T07:33:09.290" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4068" PostId="1897" Score="0" Text="try the dell xps 13/15 4k variants" CreationDate="2016-01-29T07:37:51.390" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4069" PostId="1909" Score="1" Text="Is there any reason you don't want the built in audio from the motherboard?" CreationDate="2016-01-29T09:18:36.827" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4070" PostId="1909" Score="0" Text="@DJ McMayhem Yes, sound from built in sound card (Realtek® ALC1150) is much worse quality than from dedicated sound cards. I heard sound from [AIM SC8000](http://www.aimpro21.com/prod_sc8000.asp) (internal sound card) with Edifier speakers when I was visiting my friend and difference is huge when you compare it to integrated sound card." CreationDate="2016-01-29T09:31:44.820" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4071" PostId="1909" Score="2" Text="@ivaan There is a thing called sighted listening bias. The typical *&quot;even my wife noticed that the sound was better&quot;* may also correlate with the person in question knowing, that when certain songs are played and speakers moved or new gear arrived that the husband expects acknowledgment, which may not lead to an honest answer like *&quot;sorry I don't hear a difference&quot;*." CreationDate="2016-01-29T10:15:00.567" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4073" PostId="1911" Score="0" Text="There is a lot of sense in your comment under question and in this answer. I think that I should start from new speakers ( actually I'm using Creative T40 Series I ). I will try new set with onboard sound card and then if I won't be satisfied I will think about sound card. Thank you for answer" CreationDate="2016-01-29T10:49:13.377" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4074" PostId="1910" Score="0" Text="What is the problem with the ones you are thinking about? What other criteria do you have for the speakers you wish to purchase?" CreationDate="2016-01-29T14:23:03.173" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4075" PostId="1912" Score="0" Text="I can't find any with 8 ports that are still being sold. Would one with 7 ports work? Or would 2x4 work?" CreationDate="2016-01-29T19:43:29.933" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4076" PostId="1912" Score="1" Text="@DJMcMayhem, make sure it's actual distinct controllers, and not a single-controller-with-internal-hub card." CreationDate="2016-01-29T19:47:58.977" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4077" PostId="1909" Score="1" Text="As someone who owns systems ranging from standard onboard sound, I can agree that dedicated ones generally do sound better. However, 70-90 dollars better? Not even close, especially on 2.0 speakers unless they were some really good speakers. I agree with Livewire that i'd start with the onboard sound on the motherboard first and THEN look into other options if that doesn't pass muster with you." CreationDate="2016-01-29T21:24:34.910" UserId="680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4078" PostId="1879" Score="2" Text="You can use a wireless Mac keyboard with a Windows computer" CreationDate="2016-01-29T21:51:18.667" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4079" PostId="1913" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. Here we recommend hardware when you give us your requirements. Unfortunately, this makes &quot;Will this work&quot; type questions somewhat off topic. If you could post all your requirements, that would be better." CreationDate="2016-01-30T04:41:19.077" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4084" PostId="1907" Score="1" Text="How about a Chromebook? The ARM SoCs are very low power. Or is your real requirement &quot;has windows&quot; instead of &quot;not a tablet&quot;." CreationDate="2016-01-30T12:14:38.920" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4086" PostId="1905" Score="0" Text="I would always choose increased resolution, regardless of whether the physical size is bigger or smaller.   More pixels is better, bigger pixels are not." CreationDate="2016-01-30T12:29:15.457" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4091" PostId="1873" Score="0" Text="I think you're on the wrong track looking for a hardware raid card.  Consider software raid as a more flexible and faster solution.  You're already running linux which has supported software raid for many years.   Use a cheap PCI or PCIe sata controller to get more ports if you don't have enough on the board." CreationDate="2016-01-30T21:44:59.863" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4092" PostId="1913" Score="0" Text="Which stack exchange board would be good for 'will this work' questions?" CreationDate="2016-01-31T00:28:33.367" UserId="1668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4093" PostId="1913" Score="0" Text="Now that you've added requirements, it seems alright. I'm retracting my close vote." CreationDate="2016-01-31T00:46:13.190" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4094" PostId="1913" Score="0" Text="Can you get out a ruler and try and measure how long the card can be? HP gives the outside dimensions, but not the inside ones. The GPU goes in the long slot that doesn't have RAM in it." CreationDate="2016-01-31T01:17:05.470" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4096" PostId="1918" Score="0" Text="This is a very broad question. Let's try to narrow it down a bit. Have you decided on which protocol you want to utilize for controlling the lights?" CreationDate="2016-01-31T04:27:31.087" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4097" PostId="1918" Score="0" Text="@Andy sorry extremely new to this, just getting started. Basically I just need to connect the Pi to my receiver using the GPIO pins, then the transmitter inside of the wall / light switch are will be controlling a relay switch (or something else, that controls the on and off of the power)" CreationDate="2016-01-31T04:29:57.437" UserId="1674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4098" PostId="1918" Score="0" Text="I understand, but those transmitters utilize different protocols. Which one you want the entire system to use will determine what hardware you can utilize as several are not compatible with one another. Do you know what software you want to use yet? That may help narrow down responses too. For a **very** brief summary of protocols, this [link](http://home-automation-systems-review.toptenreviews.com/a-guide-to-home-automation-protocols.html) has a quick run down. I suggest a more detailed Googling too." CreationDate="2016-01-31T04:33:30.507" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4099" PostId="104" Score="0" Text="We might want to make a community wiki guide on mechanical keyboards." CreationDate="2016-01-31T04:39:28.947" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4100" PostId="1918" Score="1" Text="@Andy Well, I am not sure which protocal it uses, I just ordered them. Here is a link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/351552385074?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" CreationDate="2016-01-31T04:49:40.233" UserId="1674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4101" PostId="1918" Score="1" Text="@Andy I am trying to make it run off the GPIO pins but using Python and coding it from that, if this then that with if statements. It will use a voice API to translate natural human language input from a microphone or over HTTP (i'll take care of this later) and use that to control the transmitter based on that. Is that enough information? I hope I am not missing anything. Thank you again :) Again extremely new and have NO IDEA what i am doing" CreationDate="2016-01-31T04:51:15.357" UserId="1674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4102" PostId="850" Score="1" Text="`What do you recommend for a good ergonomic keyboard preferable with media controls. Does not need to be ergonomic. ` Does it need to be ergonomic or not?" CreationDate="2016-01-31T04:53:43.483" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4104" PostId="1913" Score="0" Text="I've never opened up a pc before. So, no. Sorry :/" CreationDate="2016-01-31T16:29:17.133" UserId="1668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4105" PostId="1913" Score="0" Text="How do you suppose you're going to put the GPU in?" CreationDate="2016-01-31T22:36:56.107" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4106" PostId="1913" Score="0" Text="Get someone else to." CreationDate="2016-01-31T23:18:16.813" UserId="1668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4107" PostId="1826" Score="0" Text="Definitely worth putting an SSD in it. I wasn't too sure about them at first,  as they are quite expensive,  but now that I got one, I couldn't get by without it. Makes a HUGE difference in speed." CreationDate="2016-01-31T23:56:42.617" UserId="116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4108" PostId="1912" Score="0" Text="@DJMcMayhem Both 1x7 and 2x4 should work as long as they have individual channels for each USB2 port. I could use one channel from the mainboard USB controller for the eight device." CreationDate="2016-02-01T08:34:23.597" UserId="1420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4111" PostId="1918" Score="0" Text="It sounds like you're asking what the schematics for a system would be. If that's the case, I'm afraid that's not on-topic here - questions should ask for a component recommendation. However, there is a [raspberrypi.se] site on the Stack Exchange network; have a read of their [help center](http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) and see if they can help you." CreationDate="2016-02-01T08:58:08.493" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4112" PostId="1429" Score="0" Text="Remember that performance per dollar should NOT be evaluated with the graphics card price. PC performance / PC price is a better indicator. In this case, it probably favors buying GTX 960." CreationDate="2016-02-01T14:21:04.010" UserId="177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4113" PostId="1244" Score="0" Text="2x 1TB HDD -- just why?&#xA;&#xA;SSD+HDD would be a better option." CreationDate="2016-02-01T14:21:56.617" UserId="177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4114" PostId="1910" Score="0" Text="What sort of music will you listen to, how important is getting loud, and do you have any preference on active vs passive speakers?" CreationDate="2016-02-01T16:08:47.010" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4115" PostId="1640" Score="1" Text="I'd like to know the answer to this too. Though I'd settle for any sound card that worked well on both Windows and Linux. I have been using the Soundblaster Live! 5.1 card for some time, and though it's a reasonable card, the sound quality leaves a little to be desired. Is ASIO a desirable standard for a sound card? I've read the Wikipedia page, but that didn't tell me much." CreationDate="2016-02-01T16:28:52.357" UserId="1024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4116" PostId="1918" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode not schematics exactly, i kind of needed help on what components to use for this sort of a project. Like Andy suggested there is stuff like mesh networks with ZigBee and stuff. But not sure which components to use exactly" CreationDate="2016-02-01T17:12:08.523" UserId="1674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4117" PostId="1918" Score="0" Text="@user282190 I'm afraid we can't help you with that - we're looking for you to identify what components you need by yourself, then ask for a recommendation of them. The Raspberry Pi site can't help either - I've just checked. Perhaps you might have some success asking this on [reddit's r/ElectronicCircuits](https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_circuits/)?" CreationDate="2016-02-01T17:16:33.600" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4118" PostId="1918" Score="0" Text="Hi, if you're looking for some wireless *IoT*-thingies, check these out: [nodeMCU](http://nodemcu.com/index_en.html), [ParticleIO](http://www.particle.io). If you can be more specific you're also welcome at http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/. Just make sure to have a search first to get your requirements sorted out. Shopping recommendations would be off-topic over there." CreationDate="2016-02-01T17:21:09.277" UserId="1683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4121" PostId="1640" Score="1" Text="@FaheemMitha ASIO is probably not needed if you want to play games, listen to music, and that sort of thing. ASIO is needed if you need really low-latency sound on Windows, and a lot of music-making software requires an ASIO sound card to achieve sensible (low) latency. For example, if you use a MIDI keyboard to trigger sounds played by the computer, you need to get the sound out of the speakers very soon after you've hit a key. Otherwise, it will be quite hard to play, especially if you're playing with someone else (like in a band)." CreationDate="2016-02-01T18:18:37.347" UserId="175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4122" PostId="1640" Score="0" Text="I was looking at the Xonar DX. See http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2014-11-04-asus-xonar-dx-soundcard-pcie-7-1-digital-out-dolby-eax-192khz-24bit-low-profile. Is that a ASIO card?" CreationDate="2016-02-01T18:48:01.493" UserId="1024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4123" PostId="1640" Score="0" Text="Actually, the similar D2X is listed as ASIO. See http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2014-08-02-asus-xonar-d2x-sound-card-pcie-7-1-digital-inout-dolby-dts-eax-192khz-24bit-asio" CreationDate="2016-02-01T18:56:34.003" UserId="1024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4124" PostId="1913" Score="0" Text="Well, would you rather get someone else to measure it now, or after returning the card you bought because it won't fit?" CreationDate="2016-02-01T23:30:43.277" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4127" PostId="1910" Score="0" Text="@Andy What additional requirements should I add to reopen this question ?" CreationDate="2016-02-02T08:42:20.213" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4128" PostId="1910" Score="0" Text="The focus on this question should be about **experience with bookshelf** (bigger than typical PC stereo speakers) or **studio monitor stereo speakers** comparable to the Edifier model. Some models have features like Bluetooth, remotes and so forth. [Here is a narrowed down selection for Poland.](http://cenowarka.pl/?cat=spk&amp;bpmax=240-650&amp;v=e&amp;hloc=pl&amp;filter=aktualizuj&amp;sort=p&amp;xf=1203_2.0~2260_Sonstige~2260_Edifier~2260_Hercules~2260_M-Audio~2260_Microlab#xf_top) How you use them (music listening, gaming or music production) shouldn't matter much (objective sound). How to further improve? @Undo" CreationDate="2016-02-02T10:25:56.373" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4129" PostId="1910" Score="0" Text="@LiveWireBT There are [6 products](http://cenowarka.pl/?cat=spk&amp;xf=1203_2.0~2260_Sonstige~2260_Edifier~2260_Hercules~2260_M-Audio~2260_Microlab&amp;asuch=&amp;bpmax=380-432&amp;v=e&amp;hloc=pl&amp;plz=&amp;dist=&amp;filter=aktualizuj&amp;mail=&amp;sort=p) close to $100 in your comparison. How should I understand it ? That there is no difference in which I will choose ? All will sound similary ?" CreationDate="2016-02-02T10:43:33.223" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4130" PostId="1910" Score="0" Text="@ivaan no it's just a narrowed down selection to show that it's not to broad to answer your question and give a recommendation (I think most users just saw that the question is about &quot;stereo pc speakers&quot; without reading it carefully)." CreationDate="2016-02-02T12:07:18.807" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4132" PostId="1244" Score="2" Text="@lahjaton_j, We aren't here to criticize others' machines. There are plenty of reasons for needing more storage space, and the user clearly indicates they use design software which generally requires more storage space. Please keep spec criticisms out of the comments." CreationDate="2016-02-02T14:33:17.243" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4133" PostId="1384" Score="0" Text="Only marginally relevant, but I tried running my Nvidia card using the Nouveau drivers, and it freaked out under KDE (no idea why). Does your Radeon 4770 work ok under different deskop environments?" CreationDate="2016-02-02T16:48:05.467" UserId="1024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4135" PostId="1637" Score="0" Text="You'll want something from nVidia http://www.pcworld.com/article/2911459/why-nvidia-graphics-cards-are-the-worst-for-open-source-but-the-best-for-linux-gaming.html I don't have a recommendation for a specific card, but a GTX 970 would be a good place to start." CreationDate="2016-02-02T17:47:40.963" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4136" PostId="1384" Score="0" Text="I've used it extensively under XFCE (which uses much of the same graphics code as Gnome), and tested it briefly with KDE 4.  It doesn't have any obvious problems with either." CreationDate="2016-02-02T19:25:51.153" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4137" PostId="1887" Score="0" Text="Just because the CPU itself supports 32GB of memory does not mean that the motherboard itself supports that much, nor does it mean it even has any open slots for RAM expansion. Heck, the RAM might be soldered.  This is why I provided a downvote for this answer. If you can fix it's inaccuracy, I will undo my downvote. Thank you." CreationDate="2016-02-02T21:26:46.610" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4139" PostId="1257" Score="0" Text="They don't support SLI. OK, but do they support multi-GPU rendering? I know Blender does." CreationDate="2016-02-02T21:31:22.763" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4140" PostId="1826" Score="0" Text="Hey, AaronParkes! Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. Please do not expect a reply, because I'm not here often. Anyway, for the purpose of informing other people, may I inquire as to what your **maximum budget** is so possibly me and other people can help you better?" CreationDate="2016-02-02T21:33:13.347" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4141" PostId="1828" Score="0" Text="If you plan on getting multiple SDs, you may should consider that you better off with an NVMe SSD. A couple examples of these, as they are just hitting the market, are, Intel 750, Samsung 950 Pro, and Samsung SM951." CreationDate="2016-02-02T21:34:53.537" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4142" PostId="1905" Score="0" Text="As to whether your graphics card can handle 1440p? Answer that yourself. Take the FPS you currently get and divide by 2 and *voila!* you now know what FPS you're going to get at 1440p. Amazing, right?" CreationDate="2016-02-02T21:39:05.073" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4147" PostId="1826" Score="0" Text="We try to keep our questions to a [single component per question](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/41/how-broad-can-questions-be/). This limits the scope of the question and allows us to provide a much more focused answer, instead of the thousands of possible combinations between parts. Please select one component (RAM, PSU, etc) to use for this question. You can then create other questions based on the remaining components and refer to this one to help ensure compatibility between the components. [Examples](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/search?q=romania)" CreationDate="2016-02-03T13:54:24.493" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4159" PostId="1935" Score="0" Text="Try putting in more specifications like price range, even something you looked into so we can have a even better idea of what you want (for example something better to choose from) Asking for the GPU for the best price-performance ratio is not quite a narrow search. I MUST ADD: Laptops have other components eg. RAM, CPU etc.. for only GPU reference check  http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.63761.0.html and look on the table to the right with Classes (1,2,3..) performance is descending and price can be checked on each GPU's page." CreationDate="2016-02-04T14:50:44.470" UserId="248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4162" PostId="1935" Score="0" Text="didn't know there was a specific page for Laptop GPU ranking - thx, I will look through this" CreationDate="2016-02-04T15:05:41.200" UserId="1705" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4163" PostId="1935" Score="0" Text="there is, and there is also for CPUs: http://cpubenchmark.net/ and for GPUs (not the one I used for my search): http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/" CreationDate="2016-02-04T15:07:09.530" UserId="248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4164" PostId="1938" Score="0" Text="If you are just going for easy to reach, would you consider an extension cable?" CreationDate="2016-02-04T17:59:11.447" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4165" PostId="1938" Score="0" Text="I need 4 more USB ports too! I was hoping a hub would help with keeping it need and not have dangling cables." CreationDate="2016-02-04T17:59:48.900" UserId="1708" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4167" PostId="1606" Score="0" Text="I don't have a full answer but Tesla M40's are the best for this type of work, although with your budget you will be restricted to 2 cards." CreationDate="2016-02-05T11:59:57.213" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4170" PostId="1828" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk not all motherboards support NVMe or M.2 SSD's also they are way more expensive then a normal SSD. Yes your performance is better but its also more expensive for a decent cepasity. if he wants to edit in 4K he could easly hit the 500GB mark and a 500 GB NVMe drive is about 3 to 400 euros/dollars." CreationDate="2016-02-06T15:03:50.433" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4171" PostId="1257" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk I'm not an expert on that but if you do multi-GPU rendering your Game WONT benefit for it because most if not all games don't support mulit GPU rendering." CreationDate="2016-02-06T15:05:08.163" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4172" PostId="1940" Score="0" Text="Related answers on another question: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/934/cpu-cooling-system-recommendation/936#936" CreationDate="2016-02-06T17:21:22.420" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4183" PostId="1949" Score="0" Text="you mean a USB 3.0 hard disk enclosure? Or something like an external hard disk? Also since I am looking for something primarily for data storage how would data transfer speeds be?" CreationDate="2016-02-07T11:55:26.730" UserId="1724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4185" PostId="1949" Score="0" Text="Nucs are drive limited for a reason. I'd just see if I can find a atom or celeron mini itx box with a similar chip if I needed tons of space." CreationDate="2016-02-07T12:06:46.930" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4187" PostId="1949" Score="0" Text="yup. Speeds are pretty good on modern USB 3.0 drives - they even hang SSDs off em." CreationDate="2016-02-07T14:28:27.827" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4188" PostId="1950" Score="0" Text="I think having multiple external hard drives sitting around your NAS box makes them a lot more susceptible to getting knocked over while you're vacuuming, or moving something else around.  Hard drives don't like tipping over while they're running.  It depends where you're going to keep it, and what kind of USB3 external hard drives you're looking at.  Bus-powered 2.5&quot; drives, maybe.  3.5&quot; drives each with their own wall-wart?  Ewwww.  3.5&quot; drives are still cheaper per TB than 2.5&quot; drives, like a 3TB 3.5&quot; for similar price to a 2TB 2.5&quot;  (Which is better than I expected for 2.5&quot;.  interesting)" CreationDate="2016-02-07T16:20:52.763" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4193" PostId="1949" Score="0" Text="Someone recommended me a HP Microserver device for a similar use case, e.g. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/proliant-servers/product-detail.html?oid=5379860; similar CPUs to the cheaper NUCs, and it is just big enough to host 4x3,5&quot; drives, so no need for external enclosures. Older generations are available used for pretty low price." CreationDate="2016-02-07T19:32:48.753" UserId="667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4202" PostId="1950" Score="0" Text="Yup but much more cabling, messier and more power uss" CreationDate="2016-02-07T23:29:24.573" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4203" PostId="1958" Score="0" Text="hello, thanks for very nice answer. I updated my question. I found these processors i5-5200U,&#xA;i5-6200U,&#xA;i7-5500U,&#xA;i7-6500U,&#xA;i7-6700HQ -  How many VMs can I run on these processors?" CreationDate="2016-02-07T23:44:48.033" UserId="1723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4204" PostId="49" Score="0" Text="The OP wants a smartphone UNDER $100 and you list models OVER $100." CreationDate="2016-02-07T23:55:45.167" UserId="1736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4205" PostId="49" Score="0" Text="@niutech 102 is not so far away..." CreationDate="2016-02-07T23:56:54.080" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4206" PostId="49" Score="0" Text="Yes, but why to buy such expensive phones when you can get a new [Moto G](http://www.motorola.com/us/smartphones/moto-g-2nd-gen/moto-g-2nd-gen.html) for $99 or [BLU Advance](http://amzn.com/B018IZ0SWI) for $59? Not to mention used ones." CreationDate="2016-02-08T00:14:43.830" UserId="1736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4207" PostId="53" Score="0" Text="You can get a new Moto E for [$75](http://amzn.com/B00TFAVFJG) on Amazon." CreationDate="2016-02-08T00:24:34.763" UserId="1736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4208" PostId="49" Score="0" Text="@niutech Moto G was not at $99 when I wrote the answer. Also twice less RAM." CreationDate="2016-02-08T00:27:39.353" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4209" PostId="267" Score="0" Text="Why do they discriminate Linux? You can seamlessly do front-end develoment on Linux, even opening Photoshop files through Adobe Extract, Wine or VirtualBox." CreationDate="2016-02-08T00:33:00.930" UserId="1736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4210" PostId="415" Score="0" Text="Forget about MacBook, it is overpriced, even when on sale. Go get a mid-range Linux laptop with a lot of RAM. You can cut PSD files using Adobe Extract or open Photoshop using Wine or VirtualBox." CreationDate="2016-02-08T00:34:44.693" UserId="1736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4211" PostId="49" Score="1" Text="Sure, but you don't need so much RAM for app testing. Keep in mind that your apps will be run on much lower devices, so you should test them in real world conditions." CreationDate="2016-02-08T01:02:36.067" UserId="1736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4212" PostId="1958" Score="0" Text="Like I said in my answer, it really depends on what the VMs are going to be doing. There's no simple way to answer it other than that, yes, most likely any of those will run that many VMs (assuming the other hardware is up to snuff). That's called &quot;compute resources&quot;. If you have 10 Very busy VMs, they can use more resources than 20 mostly idle VMs." CreationDate="2016-02-08T01:10:26.083" UserId="1732" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4213" PostId="1257" Score="0" Text="@Thomcdrom Most games support SLI. Blender supports multi-GPU rendering. I don't know what Unreal 4.X supports, but I'm guessing it probably supports multi-GPU rendering, since Blender does, and they are pretty similar tools.&#xA;&#xA;Also, yes I know that VRAM doesn't stack, though DirectX 12 shows promise for change.&#xA;&#xA;Furthermore, a GTX 980 Ti has 6GB of VRAM, not 8GB. Get your numbers straight." CreationDate="2016-02-08T01:13:50.023" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4214" PostId="49" Score="0" Text="@niutech Well the OP didn't specify." CreationDate="2016-02-08T02:11:07.430" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4215" PostId="1950" Score="0" Text="Fair point about power use.  ~5 to 8W idle vs. what, something under 1W idle?  I'm thinking about building a new home server, and was thinking low-power CPU but ATX case to hold multiple 3.5&quot; drives.  (To replace my trusty old PIII 450MHz that's been my firewall / mail server for over 15 years. :P)" CreationDate="2016-02-08T03:12:29.740" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4216" PostId="415" Score="0" Text="@niutech Did you read the answer? I'm not saying it's not &quot;overpriced&quot; at retail, I'm saying that you can recoup far more of that investment than you can with any other laptop - and you don't have to deal with Wine &amp; friends when you want to get stuff done." CreationDate="2016-02-08T03:42:40.960" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4217" PostId="1958" Score="0" Text="@peter, &quot;Number of VMs&quot; is generally limited by memory, not by CPU.  As you have more VMs running, they share the available CPU time between them, resulting in slower running speed; RAM generally can't be shared between VMs." CreationDate="2016-02-08T07:38:57.317" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4218" PostId="1962" Score="0" Text="What kind of resistance against physical attacks does it have? In other words, if I have physical access and I want to dump the flash content in cleartext, what do I need to do?" CreationDate="2016-02-08T08:46:48.877" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4220" PostId="1958" Score="0" Text="And what is better for performance (number of VMs): buy two laptops with i7-6500U (2 cores)/16GB RAM, or one laptop with i7-6700HQ (4cores)/32GB RAM? I mean if it is better to divide VMs to two different computers or leave all VMs on one more powerful computer?" CreationDate="2016-02-08T10:09:14.160" UserId="1723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4224" PostId="1962" Score="0" Text="When you have physical access, you can dump almost any data, even [from a smart card](http://pannetrat.com/Cardpeek/). The point is that it is harder than pulling out the SD card and you should encrypt the data in Flash." CreationDate="2016-02-08T14:09:09.077" UserId="1736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4225" PostId="1826" Score="0" Text="Unnecessary as I have my answer. The community was very good in giving an answer and advice, apparently being to broad in this case was irrelevant." CreationDate="2016-02-08T14:12:40.913" UserId="1559" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4226" PostId="1962" Score="1" Text="No, that's not true. Extracting the *private* data from a (reasonably modern and of decent quality) smartcard requires expensive equipment (barring software bugs of course). The link you give is to an application that extracts the *public* data — by sending a command to the card that means “give me the data that you've been programmed to return to anyone who asks”. I'm interested in systems where, if the installed OS is programmed to keep some data private, then it takes a nontrivial hardware attack to extract the data." CreationDate="2016-02-08T15:03:13.333" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4227" PostId="1962" Score="1" Text="Also, regarding encryption, there's a chicken-and-egg problem: fine, encrypt, but where do you store the key? Encryption is pointless if the key is stored next to the encrypted data. The minimum that's necessary for a secure device is a protected place to store a key, plus a form of secure boot (so that the OS can't just be replaced by one that dumps out all the data). Encryption isn't actually necessary, but on some real-world devices it's used because the physically-protected memory is tiny, and cryptography extends this protection to non-physically-protected storage." CreationDate="2016-02-08T15:06:12.767" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4235" PostId="1970" Score="0" Text="Wait, you can convert DVI to VGA with a cable? Wasn't DVI digital and VGA analog?" CreationDate="2016-02-08T20:08:43.543" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4236" PostId="1970" Score="1" Text="@Avamander, [DVI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface) can carry analog, digital, or both.  Until recently, the most common form of DVI was DVI-I (distinguishing feature: a group of four pins around the long, flat analog ground pin), which carries both signal types.  Current-generation cards tend to have one DVI-I at most; more common is DVI-D (digital-only) or an HDMI port with an HDMI-to-DVI-D adapter." CreationDate="2016-02-08T20:41:39.587" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4243" PostId="1958" Score="0" Text="@peter given those two options, they are essentially equivalent (2x2x4 vs 1x4x2). That is assuming you never upgrade your devices ever. The benefit of having two is that you can upgrade to a larger amount of RAM in each, resulting in a larger amount of RAM overall for your VMs than you could achieve in a single system. If you're talking short term, I would personally go with a single system with the more powerful processor and more RAM." CreationDate="2016-02-09T05:43:19.730" UserId="1732" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4247" PostId="1257" Score="1" Text="@RubyJunk SLI and multi-GPU rendering can be defferent things. a video game can utilize SLI but cain't use multi-GPU WITHOUT an SLI bridge but some programs can. Adobe media encoder is one of those programs I believe. When they said on the blender forum that is supports multi-GPU setups I was not thinking of SLI. SLI shares the workload on a card. multi-GPU doesn't. the videocards can get different tasks. also if SLI wasn the only thing why do the tesla cards exist for servers" CreationDate="2016-02-09T12:42:42.887" UserId="987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4249" PostId="1956" Score="0" Text="This post is really helpful, thanks! Couple of points, it seems that I still need to manually put in settings such as port 23? And looking at Traffic Shaping, it seems that most traffic shaping routers still require configuration? Do you know of a company that does bandwidth reserving like how Gargoyle does?" CreationDate="2016-02-09T16:56:25.283" UserId="1731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4252" PostId="1975" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: I intended this question to be *just* about the keyboard.  The stuff about the laptop was by way of explanation/background/where it will be used.  The intent was to avoid the X-Y problem and open the door to suggestions that took into account the whole context.  I hoped the title of this question made it clear.  I'm not sure how I could improve this without making it even longer.  If you have any ideas, edit away." CreationDate="2016-02-09T21:47:38.303" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4254" PostId="1781" Score="0" Text="I'd note as an aside, there's a few other options here. Antec makes a prebuilt kit that runs off 5V USB with less LEDs than my option. There's also a few coloured bias lighting kits around. I've not posted answers about them since I'd rather leave it to people who actually have the products." CreationDate="2016-02-10T03:12:20.673" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4255" PostId="1975" Score="0" Text="You might want to have a look at the AVS Gear Zippy BT-637 on [Amazon](https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiNwrilju3KAhXFfRoKHcxeAfcQFggqMAI&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FZippy-BT-637-Keyboard%2Fdp%2FB009DJ1ZOY&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrMUV3vRL_ct7qCy0pLurYl_mi4A&amp;cad=rja) or [NewEgg](https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiNwrilju3KAhXFfRoKHcxeAfcQFggyMAM&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2FProduct%2FProduct.aspx%3FItem%3DN82E16823701035&amp;usg=AFQjCNFgG2RM55KdgRW_LuIEFpzCMqPXwg). I hope this goes into the right direction" CreationDate="2016-02-10T11:41:45.233" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4256" PostId="1977" Score="0" Text="How good is the batter on this laptop? Does this supports OpenGL 4.X? Does it have a SD card reader? Can you expand your answer to include these and the other requirements from the question?" CreationDate="2016-02-10T14:49:17.387" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4258" PostId="1972" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the answer!  I have some more questions: 1. There are at least two types of &quot;cutouts&quot; at the end of the SSD. Some of the drives has 2, and some of them has a 1 cutout. Are both of them ok with my laptop?  For example:   http://www.skytech.lt/images/large/84/630584.jpg   and http://www.skytech.lt/images/large/16/780316.jpg" CreationDate="2016-02-10T15:27:09.423" UserId="1725" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4259" PostId="1972" Score="0" Text="2. Do i have to do something similar like in this video ( at 6:30) ? Or can i skip this step? https://youtu.be/ArvWkGG_yu8?t=392" CreationDate="2016-02-10T15:33:25.747" UserId="1725" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4260" PostId="1980" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the recommendation, but unfortunately it's not ideal.  I think my mom still wants to use her &quot;normal&quot; mouse frequently for precision mousing.  The goal was really to minimize horizontal distance of arm movement from home-row to mouse.  The table she uses at home is a bit higher than ideal for a desk, so having the mouse too far off to the right requires the shoulder to support the arm in a non-neutral position (with elbow up)." CreationDate="2016-02-10T18:00:52.457" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4261" PostId="1975" Score="0" Text="@benjaminS: hmm, it looks perfect except pgup/pgdn are hidden behind Fn, if I'm seeing that correctly.  I'm also not a fan of the tall enter.  Other than that, yes, the not-too-cramped modifier keys, with a tiny little trackpad underneath is exactly what I'm looking for." CreationDate="2016-02-10T18:04:34.977" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4263" PostId="1983" Score="0" Text="It looks like Audinate makes a product called Dante Virtual Soundcard which does exactly what I need. Audinate sells the software but requires Dante-enabled hardware. My issue now is that I have NO IDEA what piece of hardware to buy for my purpose." CreationDate="2016-02-10T19:58:55.480" UserId="1755" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4265" PostId="1956" Score="1" Text="The problem with consumer routers is that it's not easy at all to tell what exactly is going on behind the scenes. For instance, the Asus RT-AC88U has a &quot;gaming&quot; mode that optimizes QoS for &quot;gaming&quot;. From what I understand, it's supposed to be really good. You can tweak other rules if you'd like, but what it doesn't do is tell you what it's doing to optimize, and it may not actually be what you're looking for." CreationDate="2016-02-10T21:53:09.113" UserId="1732" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4266" PostId="1956" Score="1" Text="I know Netgear (Nighthawk) and D-Link (forget which model) both have routers that support &quot;Advanced QoS&quot; with certain optimizations built-in, but nothing that I can say for sure is like Eric rolls into Gargoyle. I do, however, know that no matter what he's doing, you can do it on the ERL. That's why it has my recommendation, the only issue is that you may have to learn more than you'd like to implement it." CreationDate="2016-02-10T21:53:12.260" UserId="1732" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4270" PostId="1972" Score="0" Text="@Deividas Updated the answer and included some more information, glad you have asked. This should make the answer more likely to be helpful. :) You can skip the procedure at 6:30 (creating a RAID). It is not needed, but can be used to duplicate your data or make it faster to access depending on the Raid configuration. Not needed with personal use of a Laptop in my opinion. Just stick it in and install Windows if possible. If windows is preinstalled, you can clone your existing installation on the hard drive and copy it over to your new M.2 SSD. You can use a programm like Acronis to do this." CreationDate="2016-02-11T07:41:32.077" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4271" PostId="1975" Score="0" Text="I've stumbled across another keyboard which may fulfill your needs: [KBC-1540TP-BP](http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/mini-keyboard-black-ps2-with-built-in-touchpad.asp#info) or on [Amaozn](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-keyboard-Black-built-Touchpad/dp/B000V5GPVW). No numpad, ctrl key in correct position, has a touchpad and has accessible arrow keys. The enter and backspace key are smaller here - let me know if the search shall be continued :) Edit: Looks pretty much the same as the one in your picture" CreationDate="2016-02-11T07:51:48.407" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4272" PostId="1975" Score="0" Text="@benjaminS: looks solid, thanks.  That's PS/2, but I found the [USB version](http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/mini-keyboard-black-usb-softskin-built-in-touchpad.asp) (much cheaper).  I'll ask my mom what she thinks of it.  It looks ok to me, but I'd have liked ctrl to be a little bigger and maybe a wider spacebar with fewer non-modifier keys jammed next to it.  Still, probably something one can get used to.  Hopefully there's a north-american version, since I think that's a UK layout." CreationDate="2016-02-11T08:23:23.837" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4276" PostId="1993" Score="0" Text="I would recommend you read up on articles here: http://www.techspot.com/reviews/cpu/ It all really boils down to if you will be bottle necked by the CPUs or not. IMHO you should find benchmarks for both of the CPUs that you are considering (specifically benchmarks for the applications you will be running)." CreationDate="2016-02-11T17:32:35.273" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4290" PostId="1956" Score="0" Text="Great that explains a lot! I think not fully worried about getting it exactly like Gargoyle more for an out-of-the-box solution which actually might be the RT-AC88U. In the end of the day if it stops my games lagging when others are downloading/uploading that's good enough for me! Thanks for all your help :)" CreationDate="2016-02-12T00:06:22.097" UserId="1731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4291" PostId="1551" Score="0" Text="I tried the epson and it did not work, some zte spro2 have miracast and some of them have a different casting system. The one I currently have had this different casting system. So still not sure if this device works with a zte spro2 that has normal miracast." CreationDate="2016-02-12T08:56:22.850" UserId="1219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4294" PostId="1970" Score="0" Text="For some weird reason my comments have been deleted. So I'll rethank you for you help!" CreationDate="2016-02-12T11:15:32.783" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4301" PostId="2005" Score="0" Text="Actually that picture isn't mine, it's only for illustration. And the fan that you recommended isn't the right one (it is faster), but i guess i got the catch, that I should stay on the same level. Anyway thanks for the answer." CreationDate="2016-02-12T16:35:19.503" UserId="1778" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4304" PostId="2005" Score="0" Text="So what I found out is, that from the SilentiumPC I can get only the one that u posted (1600 RPM), they do not sell any 1400 RPM fan. So i want to ask, is it going to be OK or not? (if i put faster to blow the air out of the case / on the other side of the radiator) Or should I really get some other 1400 RPM fan?&#xA;EDIT: Oh I think i figured it out, I'll buy 2 of these and the one what's actually mounted there I'll put somewhere else. Thanks for the help." CreationDate="2016-02-12T17:24:52.000" UserId="1778" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4305" PostId="2005" Score="0" Text="@mikro45 If you still want two fans on it, I would buy two identical fans and replace the one that came with it. I was also looking at the air flow specs of the fans that they offer, and the one that comes with the cooler is the best at 55,00 CFM. The one I posted has 46,50 CFM. It might be best to contact Silentium directly and ask for another identical fan." CreationDate="2016-02-12T17:30:47.227" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4306" PostId="2007" Score="0" Text="What is your budget for the devices and what is the ideal temperature range? Is there a size requirement (in GB)? Is there anything else that we need to know about these SSDs?" CreationDate="2016-02-12T19:24:15.480" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4307" PostId="2007" Score="0" Text="No special requrements for price or size. But it would be interesting too learn how temperature depends from size. I would prefer 100 GB to 200 GB  if they would be &quot;cooler&quot;." CreationDate="2016-02-12T19:31:39.993" UserId="1780" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4309" PostId="2007" Score="1" Text="Given your current stated requirements, the 4GB CompactFlash card with CF-to-IDE adapter I'm currently using as a budget SSD in one of my systems would meet your requirements -- and it certainly runs cool.  Are you *sure* you don't have any requirements for interface, capacity, or speed?" CreationDate="2016-02-12T19:54:23.623" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4311" PostId="1992" Score="0" Text="Are you sure it has to be Bluetooth? It might also be worth considering a wired mic plugged into the headphone jack (I use one that's a lapel mic plugged into a headset splitter with my headphones for Skype calls and other stuff). I'm not sure how professional you need it to be. Also, a good mic like a Blue Snowball plugged into a laptop *would* work, but that might not be a good setup for you." CreationDate="2016-02-13T04:19:15.803" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4312" PostId="1992" Score="0" Text="@JuanCarlosCoto Yeah it kinda does need to be bluetooth as I take the photos with my phone and a cable will be a pain" CreationDate="2016-02-13T04:27:22.597" UserId="275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4313" PostId="208" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk moto x force and the droid turbo 2 are both the same" CreationDate="2016-02-13T06:33:49.613" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4314" PostId="2008" Score="2" Text="Thank you for your considerations. How you would explain this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hhdWwvh5kI ?" CreationDate="2016-02-13T10:17:27.743" UserId="1780" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4315" PostId="2007" Score="2" Text="Friends, relax, please. Do not make it too  complex. Just normal 2.5 inch SSD drives for normal desktop computer. 50-100-200 Gb. I" CreationDate="2016-02-13T10:23:28.413" UserId="1780" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4316" PostId="2014" Score="1" Text="Nexus 5X is 14,7cm right? That's bigger than the Nexus 5 which was too big." CreationDate="2016-02-13T10:44:02.300" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4320" PostId="1864" Score="1" Text="I have installed a SATA SSD drive in the HDD slot toghether with the original mSATA SSD drive. It's a tight fit, and I haven't even used the caddy for the SATA drive, but they fit nicely and it works." CreationDate="2016-02-13T14:12:23.260" UserDisplayName="user1784" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4330" PostId="2010" Score="0" Text="quick charge doesn't depend on your port it depends on your device" CreationDate="2016-02-14T08:52:01.190" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4332" PostId="1689" Score="0" Text="^^^ They are not really RCA to USB converters. They have no circuits built-in. They are for connecting some proprietary cameras to PCs." CreationDate="2016-02-14T14:29:09.553" UserId="1388" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4334" PostId="2010" Score="1" Text="That's incorrect, @Dhruva.  A charging port or adapter must also implement the Quick Charge protocol (in addition to the device to be charged) in order to charge at the levels and rates specified by the technology.  Otherwise the device will fall back on the standard USB device charging protocol (or to another fast charging protocol which would also need to be implemented by both the adapter and the device)." CreationDate="2016-02-15T01:00:18.827" UserId="1459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4338" PostId="2009" Score="0" Text="That's what I'm thinking.  I want to spend as little as possible while still getting the performance I'm looking for." CreationDate="2016-02-15T02:11:53.423" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4347" PostId="2045" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. 3 bit/cell and TLC mean the same thing. Samsung has more than one EVO, the 840 and the 850. What are your requirements and budget?" CreationDate="2016-02-16T07:11:25.810" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4348" PostId="2002" Score="0" Text="Your question has been closed because it isn't quite descriptive enough to allow others to accurately recommend products that would fit your case. If you edit your question to include more specific info about the hardware you're looking for, it can be reopened. See the [question quality guidelines](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/206/155) for more info. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-02-16T08:20:16.923" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4350" PostId="2045" Score="0" Text="I'm looking for good Performance and Reliable disk under 4000 INR (~60$ USD). If both have same endurance level then I can go for Adata rite." CreationDate="2016-02-16T08:32:35.537" UserId="1812" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4353" PostId="2046" Score="0" Text="Thanks. Those models don't seem to be available in the UK. In fact the only one I can find with a full 980 is this Clevo laptop: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/8184/ - it's a little cheaper than the MSI ones, too." CreationDate="2016-02-16T09:05:43.313" UserId="1800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4355" PostId="1959" Score="0" Text="The problem with simplenas is, that it is not something you can buy. Sure, you can 3d-print the case (some beta versions seem to be on thingiverse) and put in all the components, install the OS image, but all that requires some expertise and considerable time. Also, printing the case will not be cheap, even though the board is." CreationDate="2016-02-16T10:03:45.487" UserId="1267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4363" PostId="2041" Score="0" Text="@Adam also finding an atx compatible motherboard with a bga socket seems unlikely." CreationDate="2016-02-18T00:35:41.537" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4366" PostId="2041" Score="0" Text="As far as I know, a ATX compatible Skylake GT3/4/e SKU is not offered by Intel. Is there any reason that your requirements can not be met by a dedicated graphics chip such as the GT 730, or a Broadwell/Haswell socketed SKU?" CreationDate="2016-02-18T09:14:57.680" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4368" PostId="2041" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 I which to keep my previous 600W power supply for my new motherboard. I also wan to keep a pcie x16 for something which isn't a gpu. I want to get support for vulkan *(not sure vulkan will be supportted on broadwell)*. The motherboard manufacturer doesn't have to be intel." CreationDate="2016-02-18T09:39:19.100" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4370" PostId="2062" Score="2" Text="Would a second-hand CRT monitor work for your purposes?  CRTs generally support higher refresh rates than LCDs." CreationDate="2016-02-18T10:49:56.180" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4372" PostId="2062" Score="3" Text="Hi Mark,&#xA;We used CRTs in the past. However, our electrophysiological equipment is very sensitive to the noise from these older monitors and we are looking for modern replacements. Portability is also desireable." CreationDate="2016-02-18T12:09:31.300" UserId="1828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4373" PostId="2061" Score="1" Text="Upgrading your build is not really necessary. Playing at 4K is too demanding at the moment and very expensive. Even a GTX 980ti struggels with 4k. I don't see the point of gaming in 4K and lowering your graphical settings to maintain a reasonable framerate. Consider getting a 1440p monitor and a R9 390. This graphics card will give you equal performance to a GTX 970 but has 8 GB VRAM and costs pretty much the same. 8GB RAM is enough for gaming. My advice is - upgrade your gpu and wait until the new Graphics card generations hit the market. Maybe we can expect some improvements in 4K perfomance" CreationDate="2016-02-18T13:39:37.927" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4374" PostId="2061" Score="0" Text="@benjaminS Thank you for comment. What do you think about changing CPU and RAM is it not needed too ? Maybe I should change my i5 4690 to used 4690k or 4790k ? It would be much cheaper and I would have possibility to OC it when it will be needed ?" CreationDate="2016-02-18T13:49:45.220" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4376" PostId="2062" Score="1" Text="When the image is updated it will take time to fade from one image to the other. This duration is not necessarily the same as the refresh rate. Also even if the image isn't changing at all, the LCD will be flashing a little bit (but not nearly as much as a CRT). Do those factors influence your experiments? If you want to display an image for say 2½ refresh periods, would your experiment still work if it was instead displayed for 2 periods at full intensity and 1 period at half intensity instead?" CreationDate="2016-02-18T14:37:42.320" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4378" PostId="1969" Score="1" Text="I don't understand all the downvotes. Anyways, perhaps a special program would have to be written for the surface display to change inky/inkless  places on pages with inputed alphabet characters on them to the surface pins (and the pins could be narrower and closer)." CreationDate="2016-02-18T18:00:46.207" UserId="1275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4379" PostId="1969" Score="0" Text="@JackMaddington What surface display are you thinking about?" CreationDate="2016-02-18T18:10:12.647" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4380" PostId="1969" Score="0" Text="MIT's inFORM, but perhaps less coarse." CreationDate="2016-02-18T18:12:13.687" UserId="1275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4381" PostId="1969" Score="1" Text="@JackMaddington This kind of tech is really in its baby shoes and rapidly advancing, only a few solutions are available (there was another one with air blasting and another one with short laser pulses). Getting higher resolution and density is really complex. So if you want something like inFORM I think you have to contact MIT or someone else to build similar one for you, unfortunately. Or you could experiment and try out option C, there's plenty of information about matrix displays out there and I might have exaggerated the time of building a bit." CreationDate="2016-02-18T18:27:54.407" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4383" PostId="2065" Score="0" Text="Dual Ethernet is only a common feature on server and high-end gaming boards; you'll have a hard time finding it on a board in your price range.  Do you really need both ports on the board itself, or is a dedicated card for one of the ports acceptable?" CreationDate="2016-02-18T20:24:04.443" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4387" PostId="2065" Score="1" Text="You might be able to go with a single port and add a ethernet adaptor? They're reasonably cheap, and there's even a few options that would go into mini pci-e ports typically used for wifi" CreationDate="2016-02-19T02:09:37.437" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4391" PostId="2062" Score="0" Text="If you want the entire screen to go black between the stimulations, you might be able to use a separate filter in front of the screen. I imagine something similar to the shutter used in some active 3D glasses." CreationDate="2016-02-19T11:01:51.973" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4392" PostId="1271" Score="0" Text="I have used *WD my net n600* and *TP Link WDR4300*, paired with *Huawei E398* or even better *Huawei E3372*. As long as there is powered hub between them and Openwrt on the router - no probs at all.&#xA;Plus, you can always yank out the modem and take it on the go when you need to." CreationDate="2016-02-19T11:35:16.507" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4393" PostId="2043" Score="0" Text="Efficiency goes down the drain if PSU is loaded below 50%. OP is right, shitty PSU at right load is better than good PSU at wrong one." CreationDate="2016-02-19T11:38:22.523" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4394" PostId="2024" Score="0" Text="Look into pico-psu combined with external 12V power brick. It wont be as cheap as 50€ if bought new, but you can source the pico from Aliexpress, used brick (from old Dell USFF) from ebay and solder them together." CreationDate="2016-02-19T11:42:27.117" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4395" PostId="2071" Score="1" Text="Please don't answer off-topic questions." CreationDate="2016-02-19T12:27:05.843" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4396" PostId="2072" Score="0" Text="Fair warning: I posted a [meta question](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/433/57) about this type of answer. You may wish to weight in." CreationDate="2016-02-19T14:30:48.633" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4397" PostId="2002" Score="0" Text="I agree with Cfinley. Another point to consider if the fans produce even the slightest bit of vibration they will resonate if the fans are at different RPMs. Think of airplane propellers, there is a reason they get synchronized to same RPMs." CreationDate="2016-02-12T17:00:02.127" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4400" PostId="2002" Score="0" Text="It's not typically recommended to have a two fans mounted on the cooler itself due to voltage. If you are still considering, due to the voltage, you should get one with a lower RPM that way fresh air is still able to blow the old hot air without it breezing around the case." CreationDate="2016-02-12T14:21:00.770" UserId="1715" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4401" PostId="2062" Score="0" Text="@kasperd This solution is too complex, because the shutter needs to be synced with the stimuli events. An alternative is to use a special kind of projector with a built-in shutter, but I don't think this is a very affordable solution." CreationDate="2016-02-19T20:12:05.370" UserId="1828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4402" PostId="1990" Score="0" Text="What's your target platform? If you are targeting many (older) versions of Android you end up needing gigabytes on your HD. If you are using your laptop for example for graphics editing, music software and games, you will find that you run out of space soon and might need an external HD." CreationDate="2016-02-19T20:16:47.267" UserId="1828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4407" PostId="2075" Score="0" Text="Thanks for letting me know, and thank you for your answer! I will fix the links now. As for your answer, any reason why you chose these two coolers? There is nothing special about them (so it seems). I'm looking for something that will be the best for the price (and should mention that money is not really an issue here, so even $50 would be fine, as long as there really is a reason to spend that much)." CreationDate="2016-02-20T10:51:09.347" UserId="982" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4408" PostId="2075" Score="0" Text="Since I can't edit my comment: 1. when saying special I mean other functions such as on/off switch (which I see both of the coolers you suggested have), temperature display, ability to adjust fan speeds, etc. 2. why would the LotFancy be better? Because it has 2 fans? 3. Should I buy that side cooler (like in the BlueFinger) separately, or just but the BlueFinger pad? I'm not even sure if they will work, how to connect them." CreationDate="2016-02-20T12:03:27.127" UserId="982" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4410" PostId="2075" Score="1" Text="To be honest, there are too many laptop coolers on the market, and I only own one laptop cooler, so I can't give you much perspective. Laptop coolers in general do not have many features, and for some reason, usually come with blue back-lighting, if at all. If I listed every product I thought was worthy of your consideration, the list would be a million entries long. I'm just giving you what I can." CreationDate="2016-02-20T14:54:01.007" UserId="595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4411" PostId="2069" Score="0" Text="So, Where to ask such questions on stackexcange? I couldn't find anything more related than Hardware Recommendations. If it's not &quot;Hardware Recommendations&quot;, so what it is?" CreationDate="2016-02-20T16:46:58.773" UserId="1833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4413" PostId="2072" Score="0" Text="@Andy Thanks. Finding a suitable power brick is hardly a true DIY. As for the scotch tape - I think that's unavoidable, given there is no soundbar dedicated to OP's monitor." CreationDate="2016-02-20T18:33:51.520" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4415" PostId="2069" Score="0" Text="It's not a hardware recommendation because you're not asking us to recommend a piece of hardware." CreationDate="2016-02-20T22:21:42.500" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4416" PostId="2043" Score="0" Text="@Agent_L Not really, if you had a Gold rated 500w PSU it will be more efficient than a generic 300w PSU at peak efficiency. It will also be more reliable." CreationDate="2016-02-20T22:31:29.207" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4417" PostId="2069" Score="0" Text="I changed the title. It sounds better now. And where to ask such questions on stackexcange if not here?" CreationDate="2016-02-21T08:14:26.293" UserId="1833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4418" PostId="2069" Score="0" Text="You haven't changed the question though, you're still asking the same thing." CreationDate="2016-02-21T10:49:15.670" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4419" PostId="2080" Score="0" Text="This question should be changed. You can ask us which router is a good buy instead." CreationDate="2016-02-21T14:53:06.290" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4420" PostId="2081" Score="0" Text="Thanks, but I don't really understand, how does this cover the entire laptop surface? Also do you think it's possible to use both this and a cooling pad? I already purchased the TekNet." CreationDate="2016-02-21T16:22:21.203" UserId="982" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4421" PostId="2081" Score="0" Text="If you look at the other pictures of the product over at Amazon you can see that the fans suck in air from the top and blow it through the vents beneath the laptop, it's very similar to what you call a cooling pad. Using both would not make much sense, I guess." CreationDate="2016-02-21T16:41:18.970" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4422" PostId="2080" Score="1" Text="@PeterZhu I disagree. The required product in question is very specific and defined as best as possible." CreationDate="2016-02-21T17:08:02.543" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4433" PostId="2084" Score="1" Text="That's DDR2 ECC RAM, so you're looking for an *old* server (think 2007 or older)." CreationDate="2016-02-21T20:00:16.090" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4434" PostId="2080" Score="0" Text="@PeterZhu - I've updated the title. I want to know this specific brand name." CreationDate="2016-02-21T20:04:22.440" UserId="1585" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4437" PostId="2084" Score="1" Text="mt36htf51272py-667e1 searching this on eBay lists lot of the same kind but none had a list of compatible servers" CreationDate="2016-02-21T21:21:17.513" UserId="1428" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4439" PostId="2080" Score="0" Text="So should we have an [indentify-this-hardware] tag? KIDDING! (for anyone familiar with the identify-this issues)" CreationDate="2016-02-22T01:10:16.830" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4440" PostId="2061" Score="1" Text="Your CPU is fine and will be fine for several years most likely - having more ram won't drastically improve your performance but 16 GB is good to have (even though not really needed in most games and applications). Overclocking isn't that much of a help nowadays. It's mainly for enthusiasts who want to fiddle with it. The performance increase it not big and it can cause stability issues. You don't need to overclock in my eyes. If a CPU is a bottleneck, overclocking won't do wonders. Your build is very good for 1920x1080 - when you want to push higher framerates/resolutions then buy a GPU :)" CreationDate="2016-02-22T07:11:25.250" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4441" PostId="2061" Score="0" Text="@benjaminS Your comments are very helpful I will use them and Journeyman Geek answer as a full answer to my questions. I will stay with what I have and upgrade GPU when next generation will be on the market. Thank you for help." CreationDate="2016-02-22T08:25:17.193" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4443" PostId="2087" Score="0" Text="Spot on! Thank you very much! Round, white, no leds, and you're right about it not being a router but an access point." CreationDate="2016-02-22T09:07:29.160" UserId="1585" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4444" PostId="2069" Score="0" Text="Okay, asking third time:&#xA;Where to ask such questions on stackexcange if not here?" CreationDate="2016-02-22T11:06:47.343" UserId="1833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4445" PostId="2069" Score="0" Text="In this question's current form, nowhere." CreationDate="2016-02-22T11:37:23.473" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4447" PostId="2043" Score="1" Text="80Plus certify at 20%, 50% and 80% load. Loadings as low as OP's (72W off 500W PSU ia about 14%) are beyond scope of 80Plus ratings." CreationDate="2016-02-22T12:15:26.400" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4448" PostId="1969" Score="0" Text="Thumbs up for the MIT fellows. As for option C I don't like to mix heat and thinling. Hands are really sensitive and I think could easily get burned if not irritated." CreationDate="2016-02-22T18:29:39.677" UserId="1275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4451" PostId="1969" Score="1" Text="@JackMaddington A low wattage bulb (0.0x-0.0x W) would not even get remotely hot even if fully powered (max allowed specs) for extended periods of time. Mildly warm if anything. But it's up to you to decide and experiment. (I'm keeping these bulbs in mind: https://static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/2FLZ3_AS01?$mdmain or these http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/l4cAAOxyaTxRNIcd/s-l300.jpg)" CreationDate="2016-02-22T20:42:26.500" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4453" PostId="2041" Score="0" Text="So, what would you be using the extra x16 lanes for? And why have you ruled out the HD Graphics 530/520?" CreationDate="2016-02-23T03:49:07.537" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4455" PostId="2084" Score="0" Text="It looks like you should be looking at servers like Dell Power Edge 2XXX The 2790 take PC2-5300R instead of &quot;P&quot;. Im not sure what the difference would be for those 2 MEMORY DIMMs. You will have to look that up. Also carefully read this thread:&#xA;http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19317822 Also googling this: &quot;Dell servers with PC2 ram&quot; produces a lot of good results." CreationDate="2016-02-22T18:16:42.163" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4456" PostId="2041" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 14 fps with hd graphics 530." CreationDate="2016-02-23T11:48:28.057" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4458" PostId="2092" Score="0" Text="Thank you. I use Calibre as well. I would like to do this without using Calibre, and without using a cable." CreationDate="2016-02-23T14:18:29.010" UserId="1585" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4463" PostId="2070" Score="0" Text="Both good choices but damn is the MSI marketing poster full of a bunch of nonsense." CreationDate="2016-02-23T16:05:31.027" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4464" PostId="2094" Score="0" Text="Thanks! This is very useful. I appreciate how you've showed that the Lenovo can be worked with. I'm already sold on the benefits of virtualization -- i've been doing it for years on my laptop and on AWS... so it's not so much an experiment than a replacement for my existing dev environment. I'd like this machine to last at least 5 years (hopefully more). Do you think there is the possibility that this could work for that?" CreationDate="2016-02-23T16:57:31.393" UserId="1588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4465" PostId="2094" Score="2" Text="Definitely. You have plenty of room to expand the hardware on this machine. With the CPU alone you can upgrade through the [2400 series](http://ark.intel.com/products/series/75262/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2400-v2-Product-Family#@All) and get 10 cores per CPU." CreationDate="2016-02-23T16:59:48.010" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4466" PostId="2094" Score="0" Text="For a development server, RAM is generally more important than cores.  If your tests run slow, it's merely an annoyance; if you can't fit all the VMs you need in RAM, it's a showstopper." CreationDate="2016-02-23T19:42:02.777" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4473" PostId="2098" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because questions about compatibility are off topic." CreationDate="2016-02-23T23:26:14.217" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4474" PostId="2100" Score="0" Text="By matter of comparison, Itanium is the only commercial implementation of epic. Of course *(unlike itaniunm)* in the case of nisc, programs needs to re‑written for each different version of the same cpu." CreationDate="2016-02-23T23:31:44.240" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4475" PostId="2097" Score="0" Text="Yes, we are currently considering 144 Hz screens, but they seem fairly new on the market and target gamers. The ViewSonic XG2401 was not on our list yet. The Dell looks interesting. The response time is different from refresh rate though: See https://pcmonitors.info/articles/factors-affecting-pc-monitor-responsiveness/" CreationDate="2016-02-24T06:52:10.910" UserId="1828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4479" PostId="2097" Score="0" Text="I wouldn’t let the target market be a deterrent to your decision. Gamers, specifically PC gamers, are some of the most hardware performance critical people &amp; this market is responsible for some of the latest innovations in mainstream CPU, GPU, &amp; monitor technology. If you’re looking to get good performance out of your video you’ll have to resort to buying a graphics card that is targeted mostly for gamers, though arguably applicable to video editing, design, medical &amp; engineering applications. You'll likely have to purchase a gaming monitor to get the kind of performance you're looking for." CreationDate="2016-02-24T16:01:46.037" UserId="1819" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4481" PostId="2097" Score="0" Text="The point is rather that gamers care about what they **see**, for example, a reduction of motion blur. In contrast, we are interested in vision near the treshold of perception. I think researchers are quite grateful that the gaming community keeps pushing boundaries for hardware." CreationDate="2016-02-24T16:23:41.903" UserId="1828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4486" PostId="2041" Score="1" Text="**What** are you doing that is performing unacceptably with HD 530 and acceptably with the Iris 540 or 550 or Iris Pro 580? And **what** are you doing that requires a full x16 lane PCIe connect? In short, **what will you be doing** on the hardware, and what is your budget? That is what I'll need to know to offer alternaltives, because, afaik, the product you are looking for does not exist." CreationDate="2016-02-25T06:47:55.360" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4487" PostId="2112" Score="0" Text="Thank you for that.. Maybe I really will use Skylake instead of Haswell...And yes, computer should be for gaming, so I will only buy 16gb then... And with better PSU, do you meen more watt or better efficiency? I don't plan to overclock that computer.... What do you think about the r9 390? Budget is like in my configuration, so $1400..." CreationDate="2016-02-25T08:49:32.437" UserId="1866" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4488" PostId="2112" Score="0" Text="@user5638730 Personally if this setup is for gaming and won't be overclocked I would go with i5-6600 (without K letter), little worse motherboard and less RAM memory (16 GB) and change R9 390 to GTX980 or GTX980Ti." CreationDate="2016-02-25T08:54:45.563" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4489" PostId="2112" Score="0" Text="But GTX980 is about $200 more expensive, is it worth it?" CreationDate="2016-02-25T09:04:34.977" UserId="1866" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4490" PostId="2111" Score="0" Text="What we really need to know is what you're using it for. Breaking the question into individual components is also standard practice on this site." CreationDate="2016-02-25T09:07:08.113" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4491" PostId="2111" Score="0" Text="It's for gaming.... What do you mean with breaking into individual components?" CreationDate="2016-02-25T09:11:40.957" UserId="1866" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4492" PostId="2111" Score="0" Text="Break up into CPU, MB, RAM, GPU, storage etc and ask for recommendations on each one, with a given budget for the part, though if you can give one for the whole computer on every question, it'll be helpful as well. Be specific as to what games you want to play and which country you live in, etc, etc. Tell us the part you've looked at, any concerns you might have. That's pretty much all." CreationDate="2016-02-25T09:16:13.117" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4493" PostId="2112" Score="0" Text="@user5638730 Actually I think that upgrade to GTX 980Ti is worth it for sure and upgrade to GTX980 is a little bit less effective but if you are buying new GPU I would go with GTX980 for this $200 bigger price. You should still have in mind that in the nearest future Nvidia and AMD will present their new GPU's maybe it's worth to wait for this." CreationDate="2016-02-25T09:44:53.390" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4494" PostId="2111" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because questions about compatibility issues and build reviews are not in scope." CreationDate="2016-02-25T09:54:36.443" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4496" PostId="2115" Score="0" Text="Are you tech savvy enough to flash it with dd-wrt?" CreationDate="2016-02-25T13:00:26.817" UserId="1428" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4497" PostId="2115" Score="0" Text="I probably could do it, but would rather go with an out of box solution.." CreationDate="2016-02-25T13:08:18.193" UserId="614" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4498" PostId="2115" Score="0" Text="If you want a faster and more stable connection between the networks, you might also want to look at powerline adapters -- similar price range for 200Mbps." CreationDate="2016-02-25T14:36:30.623" UserId="1869" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4501" PostId="2115" Score="0" Text="Those ratings for hundreds of Mbps on powerline adapters are VERY optimisitic. Homeplug AV, which runs at 200Mbps max, uses so many bits for error correction that the /theoretical/ throughput is only 80Mbps after protocol overhead, and you can easily get a small fraction (1/10th to 1/20th) in noisy real-world scenarios. If you want a powerline adapter that goes the distance, get one of the MIMO Homeplug AV2 adapters rated for 1200Mbps or 1800Mbps (not the ones rated for 500 or 600Mbps!). The MIMO reduces the impact of interference significantly." CreationDate="2016-02-25T15:28:44.187" UserId="1871" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4507" PostId="2123" Score="0" Text="NUC is definitely out of the question, how small does the unit have to be? Do you have any cost constraints?" CreationDate="2016-02-25T22:05:32.077" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4508" PostId="2123" Score="0" Text="@PeterZhu I tweaked the question to address the size, which is to say it doesn't really matter. Cost isn't a super huge concern, but hey... if I can get a NUC for free, why not try to use it? This is for personal use, rather than anything that needs to be repeatable." CreationDate="2016-02-25T22:38:43.713" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4509" PostId="2027" Score="0" Text="That first microphone you posted has pretty bad reviews." CreationDate="2016-02-25T22:39:43.057" UserId="275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4510" PostId="2123" Score="0" Text="I can't find any NUC cases that allow multiple 2.5&quot; drives. You could always do the ghetto duct tape method or custom design a case and have it 3D printed." CreationDate="2016-02-25T23:10:40.547" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4511" PostId="2125" Score="0" Text="I already tried, Intel® HD Graphics 530, It’s half of I need. You can’t combine the remaining power of the cpu for getting what is missing on the graphic card." CreationDate="2016-02-26T10:34:14.100" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4519" PostId="2132" Score="1" Text="What does it need to be compatible with?" CreationDate="2016-02-26T16:32:51.613" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4522" PostId="2132" Score="0" Text="A car? :-) Seriously, I don't know enough about h/w to say. Is it enough if I say that it has to be compatible with a 1991 US model Mazda MX5 Miata?" CreationDate="2016-02-26T20:18:22.280" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4524" PostId="2132" Score="1" Text="It would be more useful if you could tell us (or show us, that would also work) the type of connector you're going to need to connect it to." CreationDate="2016-02-26T21:10:30.127" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4525" PostId="2125" Score="0" Text="@user2284570 That's why there's a GT740 included. It's much faster than the Iris 540/550. The motherboard has 2 x16 slots. One can be used for the GPU." CreationDate="2016-02-27T02:38:37.017" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4528" PostId="2132" Score="0" Text="Alas, I am totally clueless when it coem to h/w (I am a programmer, so that's to be expected ;-) I woudl not even know wht to google for. I can only say 1991 US model Mazda MX5 Miata. But even if you can confirm that such things exist, that's a steo forward. If you can point me at one, or tell me what to gooogle for, then I can contact the manufacturer" CreationDate="2016-02-27T08:34:59.333" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4531" PostId="2132" Score="1" Text="Presumably you know where in your car you're going to install it? What cables are there? Could you show us those cables?" CreationDate="2016-02-27T09:08:12.447" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4534" PostId="2132" Score="0" Text="All that I know is that I will repace the existing radio. I wouldn't know how to remove it to take a pc of the existing cables. Do you know of a car radio with voice level equalization? If so, I can conatc the manufacturer" CreationDate="2016-02-27T13:33:20.407" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4535" PostId="2132" Score="2" Text="I would suggest that if you don't even know how to remove the old radio yet, you're not ready to be asking about new radios. Figure out what you need to do." CreationDate="2016-02-27T14:08:40.677" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4536" PostId="2132" Score="1" Text="I think we are talking a cross purposes here. It will not be me who swaps out the radio. The garage can do that at the next service I am just looking for a recommendation of what to purchase." CreationDate="2016-02-27T14:30:35.527" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4537" PostId="2132" Score="0" Text="In that case, your garage will be able to advise you about what you need to look for in a radio for it to be compatible with your car. You should ask them, and post that in this question." CreationDate="2016-02-27T14:50:21.730" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4540" PostId="2125" Score="0" Text="I won’t even be able to use things like Widi with such configuration *(the pcie x16 slot is taken no other card are supported by the controller)*." CreationDate="2016-02-27T20:00:16.943" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4546" PostId="2125" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 To be fair the OP did mention in their question/comments on it that they have already populated the PCI-E x16 slot on their motherboard with a non-GPU card. However the OP does not seem to understand that there is no motherboard that meets their requirements as CPUs have the GPU integrated rather than on the motherboard." CreationDate="2016-02-27T21:18:59.173" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4549" PostId="2041" Score="1" Text="I'm also voting to close this question as well as your other one because simply you have too many requirements (and you keep changing them). Please state *all* requirements in your question (for example *why* you can't use any other graphics  solution)." CreationDate="2016-02-27T21:23:50.847" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4560" PostId="2125" Score="0" Text="@cybermonkey the need for an x16 slot was mentioned, but there has been no response as to whether the full 16 lanes are also required, or would 4 lanes for the secondary application would work. Alternately an AMD graphics card would able to operate with the x4 lanes in the second slot, leaving the full PCI for whatever OP already is using." CreationDate="2016-02-28T02:24:09.970" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4561" PostId="2125" Score="1" Text="Also, I believe OP is looking for a embedded/factory soldered CPU, that comes soldered onto the relevant motherboard. To my knowledge, such a product does not exist retail, and can only be purchased by OEMs. Thus, the alternative is suggested, with **2** PCIe x16 slots." CreationDate="2016-02-28T02:42:11.573" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4562" PostId="2100" Score="0" Text="Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been [moved to chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/36323/discussion-on-question-by-user2284570-are-there-any-commercial-implementations-o)." CreationDate="2016-02-28T03:30:37.807" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4571" PostId="2125" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 : At the time I asked that question, I wasn’t sure if such Iris card would support VulKan." CreationDate="2016-02-28T13:16:22.297" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4572" PostId="2100" Score="0" Text="@Adam, et al: [meta discussion](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/440/was-the-nisc-question-correctly-closed)." CreationDate="2016-02-28T13:41:20.993" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4577" PostId="391" Score="0" Text="S.F I have an old intel prescott cpu along it’s motherboard and it’s power supply *(agi nvidia graphic card included)* that I would like to sell for 30€. It has also a linux compatible pci Wi‑Fi card with a 500m range. **Most important thing, the ᴄᴘᴜ is single core with a normal rate above 4Ghz** *(so it’s part of the Ghz war)*. It can be overclocked up to 5Ghz. If you’re looking to the best performance per thread I suggest [this](https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html)." CreationDate="2016-02-28T15:11:16.703" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4581" PostId="2027" Score="0" Text="yea but then these were the only options under the price tag" CreationDate="2016-02-28T15:31:19.523" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4591" PostId="2125" Score="0" Text="@user2284570 Support for the Vulkan API is planned for Intel GPUs on Ivy Bridge and later on Linux for Mesa 11.3. For Nvidia GPUs since Kepler, Vulkan has been supported since driver version 355.00.27 on Linux and 356.39 on Windows. AMD supports Vulkan on Windows, but not Linux, for GCN 1.0 and later, after driver version 16.15.1009. I don't believe Vulkan will be supported for Windows with Intel Iris graphics. If Vulkan support is a necessity, Nvidia or Imagination Technologies Graphics chipsets will be best." CreationDate="2016-02-29T10:56:04.557" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4592" PostId="493" Score="0" Text="So Fabrice D, I'm having this problem also with blender, its a real pain, so to clarify you tried using BTT with the mighty mouse 2 and found it cumbersome? and then u used the Logitech M557 bluetooth miuse for blender and stuck with it? if so do u use the M557 just for blender and the might mouse for all other software?" CreationDate="2016-02-29T15:10:24.877" UserId="1912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4593" PostId="493" Score="0" Text="Yes @patrick, I use the M557 most of the time, it's really good, and the M185 on the other computer, and also sometimes the Mighty Mouse (slightly more precise IMHO for illustrator/indesign/photoshop...)." CreationDate="2016-02-29T18:21:24.040" UserId="429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4601" PostId="2125" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 : Yeah, in fact due to the delay, I had to buy a cpu with Intel ʜᴅ 530. That’s how I could here tell it wasn’t enough for the games I intended to play *(and in fact the emulated ɢᴘᴜ provide more power than the hardware one)*. I will revert back to my plan to wait 1 year or 2 for Pascal with 3d memory *(before my motherboard failure)*. I was still curious to see if what I was really existed and it isn’t yet. As a student, this might be a better choice." CreationDate="2016-02-29T19:38:45.217" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4609" PostId="1912" Score="0" Text="check this out: http://www.amazon.com/OctoFire-Powered-Windows-Charges-Android/dp/B016BZESKK/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1456807065&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=skiva+octofire   Unfortunately, I don't know if it is available or cost in your country." CreationDate="2016-03-01T04:40:23.083" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4610" PostId="2152" Score="0" Text="Is a range extender an option? You didn't mention latency." CreationDate="2016-03-01T08:46:44.300" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4611" PostId="2152" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031: Low latency is wanted (VM streaming), but not crucial. I have never tested range extender when high speeds were needed..." CreationDate="2016-03-01T08:59:11.540" UserId="1923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4623" PostId="2159" Score="1" Text="i think this is what you are looking for: https://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~ygu/bastelecke/PC/USB2LPT/index.en.htm" CreationDate="2016-03-01T18:22:47.323" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4624" PostId="2152" Score="0" Text="if you have cable on the ground floor and second floor you can try ethernet over cable." CreationDate="2016-03-01T20:00:19.023" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4628" PostId="2162" Score="0" Text="thanks for help but i see in CPUs list my cpu support Sandy Bridge &#xA;&#xA;Does in my case Ivy Bridge will work with me ?" CreationDate="2016-03-02T08:12:34.067" UserId="1932" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4629" PostId="2162" Score="0" Text="@JustUser If this is exactly this motherboard it supports both Ivy and Sandy Bridge." CreationDate="2016-03-02T08:17:46.117" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4631" PostId="1476" Score="0" Text="@fabriced: On a laptop touchpad I had a similar issue of not knowing where the different areas ended and started. I cut a sticker into thin strips and put the strips on the borders. You can just feel them, and your fingers learn where they are in short order." CreationDate="2016-03-02T08:31:53.740" UserId="1874" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4633" PostId="2162" Score="1" Text="If you are thinking about gaming I would go with i5 because GPU is more important for gaming than i5 - i7 difference." CreationDate="2016-03-02T08:43:39.020" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4637" PostId="2152" Score="0" Text="How much do you want to save for you to consider the latency difference worth it? And do you have any access point in mind? I've found a few options, but they come to $125 at the very minimum." CreationDate="2016-03-02T13:06:43.180" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4638" PostId="2152" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031: well, I was thinking of buying another RT-AC1200G+ (~80$) which also works in access point mode, but any ideas are welcome. I was talking to the owner and he agreed that I can put the cable myself so the biggest expense goes away." CreationDate="2016-03-02T18:03:50.937" UserId="1923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4651" PostId="2164" Score="0" Text="A frequency doubler is a fairly straightforward electronic circuit, but I'm not aware of anyone who makes one for consumer use." CreationDate="2016-03-03T03:54:37.530" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4654" PostId="2154" Score="0" Text="About any brand-name SSD, with your budget you can easily go for those 120/128 GB ones." CreationDate="2016-03-03T14:48:52.590" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4655" PostId="2154" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak Sure, but what interface/protocol?" CreationDate="2016-03-03T14:50:40.247" UserId="1926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4657" PostId="2154" Score="0" Text="that's the hard part. I found a guide where a guy uses one specific SSD but it's the 16GB version, not the 4+12 one. Here is the link, it might help you http://www.fecj.org/extra/eeePC_901_single_16GB_SSD_upgrading_64GB.htm" CreationDate="2016-03-03T15:00:13.780" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4658" PostId="2138" Score="0" Text="You are sorely out of luck. Sorely. You need a low-end dedicated GPU, a high-end CPU, lots of RAM and a good screen. I recently picked a notebook for an interior design friend of mine who needed something similar. My research ended up with either a mid-range gaming notebook or a low-end pro one. The hardest part is the display. You need something with a high resolution and anti-glare." CreationDate="2016-03-03T15:07:26.220" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4666" PostId="2172" Score="0" Text="Note that apart from the Beaglebone, none of these has anything like the Pi's community or track record." CreationDate="2016-03-03T22:46:40.090" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4675" PostId="2174" Score="2" Text="I have not found a drone that is commercially available (yet) that does this. However, there are [research](http://engineering.nyu.edu/mechatronics/projects/ME7836/Spring2015/Propeller_mini_project/AR-Drone/Mini_Project_2_2.pdf) projects that have accomplished this using an AR Drone ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG_UZaogTGA), another - non AR Drone - docking on a &quot;moving&quot; target [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRjJV_WLluA)" CreationDate="2016-03-04T15:21:46.887" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4676" PostId="2155" Score="0" Text="As barcode is just another form of encoding text usually barcode scanners function like a keyboard and the text is sent to the currently focused window. As such I doubt you are going to find what you need. All those nice barcode scanners like delivery people use usually have some kind of computer (think 10-year old mobile) bult in, so maybe get something like that?" CreationDate="2016-03-04T16:37:40.500" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4680" PostId="2154" Score="0" Text="http://www.jkkmobile.com/2008/07/how-to-add-more-storage-to-asus-eee-pc.html" CreationDate="2016-03-05T05:28:40.997" UserId="1111" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4693" PostId="2182" Score="0" Text="Thank you so much for that information.  I have spent two weeks trawling the net hoping to find out what that was called. I really appreciate your answer." CreationDate="2016-03-05T23:12:26.520" UserId="1946" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4694" PostId="2191" Score="0" Text="You need to figure out what your hardware requirements are first, then come to us with those and we'll find the ideal hardware for those requirements." CreationDate="2016-03-06T00:13:01.523" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4696" PostId="2170" Score="0" Text="What's the power draw of the Pi 3?" CreationDate="2016-03-06T02:52:46.833" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4697" PostId="1637" Score="1" Text="Do you need shipping? To which country?" CreationDate="2016-03-06T07:29:29.493" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4700" PostId="2191" Score="0" Text="`not a separate device`; do you consider USB as a separate device? If so, what computer (specifically, motherboard, if it's custombuilt) do you have (the answer I give will vary depending on this)?" CreationDate="2016-03-06T15:09:36.423" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4701" PostId="2191" Score="1" Text="@cybermonkey ASRock G31M-S http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/g31m-s/ running Q8400 4GB RAM 30GB SSD + 6TB Storage, yes USB device would be fine. I just didn't like the idea of having a router completely separate however i would resort to that if my only option." CreationDate="2016-03-06T15:21:03.653" UserId="1959" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4703" PostId="2195" Score="0" Text="Why is ARM abandoned? The kind of device you're looking for is far more commonly ARM-based than MIPS-based. And why not an emulator?" CreationDate="2016-03-06T16:19:40.820" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4704" PostId="1548" Score="0" Text="The closet you can come, that I know of, is getting a tablet that has a full 32 (i386,i486,i586.i686) or 64 (x64) bit processor, like one of the MS pro tablets reformatting with linux and loading calibre software.   I don't know of a single open source BIOS, or other hardware device that has no proprietary firmware/blobs.  To get any where near the battery life you want you need an SSD, and they ALL have closed firmware." CreationDate="2016-03-06T16:47:44.880" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4710" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="@Jack WPS anything is pretty bad... it's being retired because it's superseded by the greater security offered by WPA2-PSK. Though it is at least better than WEP." CreationDate="2016-03-06T22:23:45.877" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4711" PostId="2195" Score="0" Text="Already have ARM it is my phone rooted running Fedora alongside Android, so I can experiment. Now searching for MIPS" CreationDate="2016-03-06T22:55:24.043" UserId="1958" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4717" PostId="2170" Score="0" Text="According to this: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/43293/42533 under 4W, please do read the comments." CreationDate="2016-03-07T11:01:13.110" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4732" PostId="2211" Score="0" Text="What is the problem you are trying to solve? There may be a router that does this, but I imagine you can accomplish the same thing with built in QoS rules which are on most mid-range and better routers." CreationDate="2016-03-07T14:29:27.753" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4733" PostId="2212" Score="0" Text="Do you actually need the password or would a simple write-lock toggle solve the issue you are having?" CreationDate="2016-03-07T14:31:20.237" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4735" PostId="2212" Score="2" Text="Password method is not mandatory but I must be sure that only my software should toggle write protection on/off. So any other method is welcome, for example an hardware switch is not good because everybody could turn it on or off." CreationDate="2016-03-07T15:22:59.860" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4741" PostId="2217" Score="0" Text="Note that these are RCA adapters.  You'll need an adapter plug or two to use them with standard 1/4&quot; or 1/8&quot; headphone/speaker jacks." CreationDate="2016-03-08T10:46:25.373" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4743" PostId="2217" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the suggestion.  This is better than what I found, and not unusable, but also not ideal for my use case, as it is FM-F rather than FM-M and RCA is a bit awkward.  If all else fails I guess I will use those adapters and combine them with some other adapters." CreationDate="2016-03-08T14:42:25.173" UserId="1978" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4744" PostId="2217" Score="0" Text="I have not seen such a thing for mini plug connectors. What is the signal freq. range? Signal level?" CreationDate="2016-03-08T17:55:12.027" UserId="131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4746" PostId="2217" Score="0" Text="Line level audio" CreationDate="2016-03-08T20:02:45.677" UserId="1978" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4747" PostId="2213" Score="0" Text="So you're essentially looking for a Y splitter that has an &quot;extension&quot; channel and a &quot;branch&quot; channel rather than two &quot;branch&quot; channels? At least that's how it makes sense to me." CreationDate="2016-03-08T21:38:32.507" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4749" PostId="2217" Score="0" Text="Then I would use individual L/R cabling, if it is not too cumbersome. It really depends on the physical requirements since you are worried about cable strain." CreationDate="2016-03-08T22:08:31.880" UserId="131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4756" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode I think you're confused about what WPS is. It is not a protocol for securing connection, and cannot be compared to WPA or WEP." CreationDate="2016-03-09T11:05:27.620" UserId="1207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4757" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="@Jack no, it's a protocol for establishing connection, but it's an insecure one. My comparison to WPA was a reflection on the fact that WPA-protected password-based authentication is better than using WPS." CreationDate="2016-03-09T12:23:37.297" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4758" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Can you give me reference for insecurity of push button WPS method? Also, given the context, and given the fact that clearly you can't have a PSK, what architecture you would suggest?" CreationDate="2016-03-09T14:41:01.847" UserId="1207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4764" PostId="2243" Score="0" Text="thanks, prodct.info seems very helpfull, i will try to find something, and running linux seems scary in some seabios patching/flushing science. Some models are intended to be os-independent, some not: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chrome_OS_devices" CreationDate="2016-03-10T01:19:53.710" UserId="1994" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4765" PostId="2216" Score="0" Text="Does your router have USB ports?" CreationDate="2016-03-10T07:15:44.803" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4766" PostId="2216" Score="0" Text="It has one, yes, but there's no space in the internet cabinet (installed by the landlord, so I can't move or change it) for drives or more power supplies." CreationDate="2016-03-10T07:47:34.090" UserId="1979" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4769" PostId="2246" Score="0" Text="for adapters like this where I &quot;need to run standard SATA data cables to the SATA III ports on the motherboard&quot; is PCIe even being used at all? Is it basically a power source/mounting bracket at that point? This seems like it will make the drive I purchased usable (which is good) but will still be limited to the speed of SATA II ultimately, right? Any insight on why the PCIe versions of these SSDs are more expensive that their SAT brethren?" CreationDate="2016-03-10T16:09:25.847" UserId="1987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4770" PostId="1447" Score="0" Text="With all options, achieving 32GB RAM is your main problem. Assuming the other requirements; any Intel 5th Gen (Broadwell) CPU with processor numbers i3/i5/i7-**5**XXX*U*, you can easily add 16GB so-dimm RAM modules made by [Intelligent Memory](http://www.intelligentmemory.com/dram-modules/ddr3-so-dimm/#collapseA1) for ~€200 each. Very handy if you only have 2 RAM slots. PACCOM make RAM modules for 6th Gen (Skylake) i3/i5/i7-**6**XXXX. European distributor is [Memphis Electronic AG](http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=M&amp;url=me=A3R9S9CHC6ARGB&amp;field-keywords)." CreationDate="2016-03-11T01:21:17.013" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4772" PostId="2255" Score="0" Text="Thanks. My German is non-existant but one thing that concerned me about the Google translate of that review is that it seemed to imply the screen refresh rate was poor, which could be a problem for games?" CreationDate="2016-03-11T11:48:52.237" UserId="1800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4773" PostId="2242" Score="0" Text="Is it OK if it comes with windows but Linux ought to be installable?" CreationDate="2016-03-11T14:39:16.267" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4774" PostId="2242" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Yes, windows based laptops usually do not have specific bios-boot problems like ~80% of chromebooks have. Even ms-surface is easily converted to ubuntu." CreationDate="2016-03-11T17:13:52.533" UserId="1994" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4775" PostId="2256" Score="0" Text="I think that hp stream 13 is the best recommendation, (i heard about it, and forget it somehow)... I will mark it as an answer after few days if something better do not shows up." CreationDate="2016-03-11T17:26:27.570" UserId="1994" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4784" PostId="2257" Score="0" Text="Based on my prior experience, either the NexDock developers have no prior hardware-development experience and aren't asking for anywhere near enough money for a product launch, or they've got another source of funding and are merely using IndieGoGo as advertising.  In either case, having it hit 100% funded is meaningless." CreationDate="2016-03-12T21:27:53.513" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4795" PostId="2264" Score="1" Text="Also, while having great apps for Android and iOS Wi-Fi speakers (that also had bluetooth) from [Samsung](http://www.samsung.com/us/video/multi-room) and [Denon](https://usa.denon.com/us/wireless-multi-room-music-system) (which also had AUX in for all models and an optional battery for the HEOS 1) don't seem to have great desktop OS X/Windows functionality-if any." CreationDate="2016-03-13T04:29:51.890" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4796" PostId="2262" Score="0" Text="I have to freely write to this decive, the protection is necessary to avoid the erase/overwrite. I cannot use hardware switch because I cannot be sure that someone switch it erase something and switch it again. I'm looking for an hardware protection by password that can be switch only via API with a password. This way I can use a custom middleware (the only password keeper) to write: it switchs to write mode the drive, check if the file already exists and this case thrown an exception, otherwise goes on and finally switch the drive to readonly." CreationDate="2016-03-13T06:47:47.660" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4798" PostId="2263" Score="1" Text="It's going to be quite hard to find a laptop without a webcam _and_ internal mic, I think. In general, to disable the webcam, all it takes is a screwdriver + disconnecting an internal cable behind the screen. (I'm mostly familiar with old, pre 2010 stuff though, so newer, thinner laptops will be more difficult to disassemble, but should still be doable.) If you're worried about privacy, even a piece of the thick sticky tape over the webcam would prevent it from working in a meaningful way. I don't know about the microphone, but I'd imagine it would be more difficult to physically disconnect." CreationDate="2016-03-13T12:09:22.850" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4799" PostId="2265" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your input. Bluetooth wise they are all perfect but full size is my number one feature. Maybe I should have made it more clear. These little (portable) keyboards may work fine for some work on the go, but that's not what I'm looking for. Instead &quot;Full sized professional productive developer wireless desktop keyboard&quot; is my goal." CreationDate="2016-03-13T14:20:39.353" UserId="1861" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4800" PostId="2263" Score="3" Text="My expectation is that you can configure most business class laptops (from Lenovo, HP, Dell… Toshiba?) without a camera when ordering online and disable built-in microphones in the firmware/BIOS. That worked well on a 6560b Probook and my T530/T560 have this option in the security menu, so it should be reliable to a certain degree. **Wifi kill switches** however have probably been all removed somewhere in recent generations. Also recent &quot;actual&quot; laptops are available with touch screen options, I'd rather look at the processors' model number, because there are dual core i7 models (Skylake-U)." CreationDate="2016-03-13T15:11:59.703" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4801" PostId="2264" Score="0" Text="Thanks for a great answer! I had considered the Sonos line-up, but I couldn't confirm that they can in fact source computer audio to both speakers at the same time. See [this](https://en.community.sonos.com/music-services-and-sources-228994/computer-as-sonos-audio-source-4465896/index13.html) and [this](https://en.community.sonos.com/wireless-speakers-228992/why-wont-sonos-allow-wireless-audio-streaming-for-movies-from-macpc-6449321) thread that it can't be done. Maybe the software changed recently or there's something I'm missing. Can you confirm that Sonos can source from OS X via Wifi?" CreationDate="2016-03-13T16:04:40.793" UserId="1189" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4804" PostId="15" Score="0" Text="+1, purely because I am still using my N8 and I've always wanted an N9, just for the OS, but I lack of SD slot always put me off." CreationDate="2016-03-14T00:29:35.247" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4805" PostId="2274" Score="0" Text="I recommend rewording your question to directly ask for a product recommendation (and also add more specific requirements). Asking about where you can find something is off-topic." CreationDate="2016-03-14T06:30:44.403" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4806" PostId="2274" Score="1" Text="Thanks for your edits.  But asking &quot;where to find&quot; something is an idiom for asking for information, it isn't a literal request to name a store or website.  I'm also not specifically interested in a product recommendation - though I'll take any - as I'm more interested in getting an answer to &quot;what kind of battery backed UPS products are there that supply power for an extended period of time, i.e., on the order of hours not minutes.&quot;  Maybe I have to know how to read a specification differently, maybe I need to look at specific suppliers, maybe UPSs don't &quot;scale&quot; linearly." CreationDate="2016-03-14T06:36:25.140" UserId="2019" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4807" PostId="2274" Score="0" Text="I'm sure you mean it as an idiom, but not everyone will see it as such. I recommend replacing the current question with the one you just provided in your comment because it's a lot more specific and clear." CreationDate="2016-03-14T06:57:01.950" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4808" PostId="2274" Score="1" Text="Based on a quick search, your best bet is probably to build your own from a small RV inverter/charge controller and a marine deep-cycle battery or two.  Computer UPSs are optimized for high load/low runtime, and get quite inefficient at low power draw." CreationDate="2016-03-14T07:14:12.320" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4819" PostId="482" Score="0" Text="The &quot;80 Plus Platinum&quot; requirement may be a bit much. The [80 Plus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Plus) spec is about efficiency, not quality. Unless the system is 24/7/365 and in large groups (in other words, as part of a server farm), the benefits of a 80 Plus Platinum-rated power supply may not outweigh the cost premium." CreationDate="2016-03-14T13:55:42.493" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4827" PostId="2274" Score="1" Text="@davidbak can confirm what Mark is saying. I too have a need for a 50W PSU. My fish tank pump pulls 48W and a PC PSU from CyberPower (I forget if its the 850 or 600 model) runs exactly 108 minutes before it completely craps out." CreationDate="2016-03-14T17:59:55.237" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4828" PostId="2272" Score="0" Text="It looks like it isn't available outside of Thailand. Importing it is possible, but shipping and taxes could cost a lot, which makes it an expensive mouse (according to DHL 1kg package from Thailand to Germany 2000 THB or 52 EUR, which probably(!) includes taxes)" CreationDate="2016-03-14T18:16:56.167" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4830" PostId="2274" Score="0" Text="@Mark (and @ Andriiy too but comments allow only one @) - interesting point which I didn't know about computer UPSs and low power draw - plus the suggestion for an alternative via an inverter - this is exactly the kind of information I was seeking.  Perhaps you could make your comment into an answer?  And @ Adam I'll probably get around to rewriting the question tonight per your suggestions ..." CreationDate="2016-03-14T19:31:51.507" UserId="2019" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4833" PostId="2272" Score="0" Text="@szoszk - Yes, the postage would make it not worthwhile. That is a shame. Maybe I should bring some back to Europe in July? :)" CreationDate="2016-03-14T21:10:51.837" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4834" PostId="2264" Score="1" Text="Ah, I thought you meant streaming audio from a computer (OS X) via Sonos compatible apps e.g. iTunes, Spotify etc. You mean full audio from your computer (or phone/tablet) e.g. streamin audio from a downloaded movie on any app. **From what I understand, for Apple devices, the very quick answer seems to be yes via [AirPlay](https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1241#5)**-for which you'll need at least one Play 5 (or CONNECT or CONNECT AMP) &amp; Airport Express, have a scroll down to the questions section" CreationDate="2016-03-14T21:14:21.620" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4839" PostId="2263" Score="2" Text="JonasCz and LiveWireBT are right - it'll be very hard to find what your looking and any of the following help: 1. use tape 2. disable in OS 3. disable in BIOS and 4. physically disconnect. If you're willing to go up by ~$300 with the same RAM, SSD and Windows requirements (lower if you compromise), practically the only laptop built with privacy and security from the ground up and has ***both webcam+mic and Wi-Fi+Bluetooth hardware kill switches***, is the [Purism Librem 13](https://puri.sm/librem-13/). They're taking pre-orders for April shipping." CreationDate="2016-03-15T00:40:22.960" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4851" PostId="2289" Score="1" Text="Can you add in some of the results of the benchmarks into your answer?" CreationDate="2016-03-15T13:54:02.997" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4852" PostId="2289" Score="0" Text="Yes, but that's 40% more expensive then intel and 25% over my budget looking at the prices here in Poland :/" CreationDate="2016-03-15T14:01:00.117" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4853" PostId="2264" Score="0" Text="Thanks for that clarification. I'm probably going to get a Sonos solution. I just have to make sure that streaming to two speakers at the same time works via Airplay from a OS X Computer (hopefully it does). Airplay is a pretty robust solution, perhaps the outcry in the linked forums thread concern Windows and other operating systems." CreationDate="2016-03-15T14:49:17.413" UserId="1189" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4854" PostId="2264" Score="1" Text="With your AirPlay device(s) connected to your OS X computer, you'd go to System Preferences-Sound-Output tab and select the AirPlay device connected to the Sonos. You *should* then get full audio transfer. You'll have normal Sonos features like grouping multiple speakers. This is in addition to the Sonos to AirPlay connection linked above." CreationDate="2016-03-15T15:05:36.153" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4855" PostId="2263" Score="0" Text="@JonasCz I've removed camera + microphone setups before. However, I've noticed recently that there's an annoying trend in laptops of gluing a solid sheet of glass / hard plastic to the screen part of the case, which simply has a small hole for the round camera Looking at newer laptops, there don't seem to be any parts to the screen that have simply been clipped or screwed together, so I'd be worried the only way to actually disconnect the camera would be to crack the screen or take a saw / power tool to the back." CreationDate="2016-03-15T15:26:38.697" UserId="2014" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4856" PostId="2246" Score="0" Text="(I'm ordering this and will report back after it's installed)" CreationDate="2016-03-15T16:33:40.383" UserId="1987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4857" PostId="2290" Score="1" Text="There have been enough performance-destroying screwups with SSD firmware that I wouldn't want to buy one without seeing both benchmarks and real-world usage tests." CreationDate="2016-03-15T18:18:02.633" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4858" PostId="2289" Score="0" Text="If that is the case, then I would recommend you go with the Crucial MX200. It lasts a long time and delivers great performance. It's selling for roughly $85 so it should be in your budget. It's also great value for money. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct250mx200ssd1" CreationDate="2016-03-15T18:47:28.373" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4864" PostId="2287" Score="0" Text="It would be great if you could specify interface type (SATA, M.2, PCIe, etc). If possible, list the ones you can use, as well as the ones you would prefer to use. Version numbers are good too. Thanks." CreationDate="2016-03-16T03:33:01.633" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4866" PostId="2204" Score="0" Text="The Pi does indeed suffer from power issues, w.r.t the USB. SE Raspberry Pi has many questions along the lines of &quot;Why does my Wi-Fi USB stick not work&quot;, to which the answer is invariably: &quot;Use an externally powered USB hub&quot; (or &quot;use a more beefy power supply&quot;). TBH, not only Wi-Fi sticks, but external HDDs too, even passport sized drives suffer from the same problem." CreationDate="2016-03-16T10:23:35.467" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4870" PostId="2287" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 interface listed, what do you mean about ones I can usre or would prefer? Two ones I picked before asking the question are already listed in content." CreationDate="2016-03-16T11:16:54.787" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4872" PostId="1276" Score="0" Text="How small is small? 14&quot;? 12&quot;? 10&quot;? Do you have a particular size in mind? Does it have to be a monitor? How about a LED display? How about a [0.94 inch I2C 128X64 White OLED SSD1306](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuSkmG-n8fA)? As @BasileStarynkevitch says, use an Arduino, in conjunction with five [large (6.5&quot;) seven segment displays](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8530)." CreationDate="2016-03-16T14:28:56.060" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4886" PostId="2289" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak In Poland you can get the 850 evo for under 400PLN. Look on ceneo.pl Koputronik for example 399 zł. I got mine for 85€ (~364zł) in Germany on Amazon." CreationDate="2016-03-16T20:31:09.457" UserId="146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4889" PostId="1276" Score="0" Text="When you mention you've looked into an app for this, I assume you're looking for a &quot;monitor&quot; that's no bigger than the average smartphone, but it's not clear. Could you specify a size?" CreationDate="2016-03-16T21:00:43.570" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4891" PostId="2296" Score="0" Text="Passive speakers generally suck without an amplifier - there's a reason most speakers would need a power input. Would a USB powered speaker with a 3.5mm input or a speaker that's got a chargable battery built in be an acceptable compromise?" CreationDate="2016-03-16T23:03:47.907" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4892" PostId="1276" Score="0" Text="With respect to your app, what platform are you thinking of using? If it is a PC based _application_ (i.e. Windows, OS X or Linux) then an actual monitor would seem to be the easiest display appliance to use. However, as @Adam says, an _app_ implies a mobile device, such as an iOS based one. How about an old, secondhand iPad? Also, when you say `a monitor that can be programmed from the command line`, do you actually mean that you want a programmable monitor, that you can upload your app on to (I have never heard of such a device), or a monitor that can display the output of your programme?" CreationDate="2016-03-17T00:25:49.547" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4894" PostId="2287" Score="0" Text="Well, you'd probably have PCIe, but even if you could afford a NVMe PCIe SSD, you might want to use it for something else. I notice the motherboard has M.2 as well. It does look like the 850 EVO is cheaper on some sites though." CreationDate="2016-03-17T02:02:13.500" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4895" PostId="2296" Score="0" Text="USB powered is not a preferred option, since I don't actually have a USB port close to the AppleTV / Monitor setup - of course any USB charger would work. I found that video I linked above and thought the sound was acceptable - maybe the power output from the iMac is much better than from my monitor, though ..." CreationDate="2016-03-17T03:14:28.833" UserId="2030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4898" PostId="2305" Score="0" Text="Thanks. If Asus are releasing an external module which has dual thunderbolt ports, it makes you wonder why their ROG laptops only come with one!" CreationDate="2016-03-17T09:15:56.137" UserId="1800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4899" PostId="2305" Score="1" Text="PC manufacturers are always sly like that, until recently it was a &quot;premium feature&quot; to have 2 USB 3.0 ports!" CreationDate="2016-03-17T12:10:00.903" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4901" PostId="2304" Score="1" Text="Something worth considering is Cardbus is essentially dead - and has been for quite a while, which may explain the lack of slots. Coulda sworn my thinkpad of the same era had express card rather than PCMCIA tho" CreationDate="2016-03-17T14:46:02.013" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4902" PostId="2257" Score="0" Text="rpi and beagleboard are arm based. Intel's stick... first generation was underwhelming, and not much cheaper than a modern day netbook." CreationDate="2016-03-17T15:00:03.973" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4905" PostId="2304" Score="0" Text="I realize it's an older technology, but that's what I have.  It IS an older machine..." CreationDate="2016-03-17T20:48:41.100" UserId="711" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4908" PostId="224" Score="1" Text="If you're willing to wait a bit http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/intels-high-end-quad-core-nuc-ships-in-may-for-650/ this thing is probably a rediculourly powerful option" CreationDate="2016-03-18T00:40:37.823" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4909" PostId="2289" Score="0" Text="@szoszk yeah, but I blindly looked for 840 evo which is more expensive :/" CreationDate="2016-03-18T09:22:37.117" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4912" PostId="2152" Score="0" Text="If you want a ground-floor quality signal on your second floor, an ethernet cable to another RT-AC1200G is really the only way to go (and cheapest). Especially so now that your landlord has agreed to allow you to lay a cable. Otherwise I would suggest linking 2 RT-AC1200Gs over powerline ethernet." CreationDate="2016-03-18T13:37:14.970" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4913" PostId="2317" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I'll definitely take a look, as it meets the minimum requirements (2 or 3 users might be able to use simultaneously, but I'm thinking 4, 5, or 6 would be pushing it by quite a bit) - power use is one concern, for sure, but I'm not positive I wouldn't want a little more horsepower... I'll have to think on it - I might have to up those requirements :-P" CreationDate="2016-03-18T15:35:41.557" UserId="2027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4914" PostId="2317" Score="0" Text="first thing I see at the Supermicro page is that it says it's 6-core - I'll look for an 8-core version...?" CreationDate="2016-03-18T15:38:49.930" UserId="2027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4915" PostId="885" Score="0" Text="Can confirm BRIX is an awesome line of PCs. I have an i7 version and it is awesome. Very quite under normal use. May get a bit louder if you hammer it (gaming, transcoding). I would definitely go with this option." CreationDate="2016-03-18T15:52:50.583" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4916" PostId="2252" Score="0" Text="Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been [moved to chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/37183/discussion-on-answer-by-rustynuts-android-phone-under-180-with-great-specs)." CreationDate="2016-03-18T16:48:45.703" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4917" PostId="2317" Score="0" Text="I'm guessing you meant to recommend the _[X10SDV-8C-TLN4F](http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/D/X10SDV-8C-TLN4F.cfm)_, which has the specs you listed, and is $1,200 on Newegg (looks cheaper elsewhere[?]), before RAM - not sure If I can go up, but I'm gonna keep looking into it" CreationDate="2016-03-18T17:44:10.947" UserId="2027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4918" PostId="2317" Score="0" Text="though, if you mean threads, I do believe they're HT, so 12 threads. Coulda sworn I had linked the 8 core version last tim." CreationDate="2016-03-18T23:07:59.893" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4919" PostId="2323" Score="0" Text="The phone seems the sensible option here. Especially if she's carrying it around, and he wants low latency" CreationDate="2016-03-19T14:36:44.647" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4922" PostId="2325" Score="1" Text="What you need is simply a firewall with the ability to block packets based on ranges of &quot;source&quot; or &quot;destination&quot; addresses.  Unfortunately, the firewall on your current device is too primitive to do this.  You don't need an enterprise-grade device from Cisco; a high-end consumer-grade device is likely to support it, or if you're willing to install the [OpenWRT firmware](https://openwrt.org/), you can get something even cheaper." CreationDate="2016-03-19T18:06:36.647" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4924" PostId="2329" Score="2" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. I've modified your question a little to give more precise requirements. If possible, please give us your budget, any additional requirements and the country you require shipping to." CreationDate="2016-03-20T02:09:53.823" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4925" PostId="2329" Score="0" Text="Desktop or laptop PC?" CreationDate="2016-03-20T05:14:43.037" UserId="131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4926" PostId="2329" Score="0" Text="@user3169 desktop." CreationDate="2016-03-20T08:53:21.657" UserId="2057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4928" PostId="2329" Score="4" Text="What outputs does your computer have?" CreationDate="2016-03-20T21:37:52.100" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4930" PostId="2329" Score="1" Text="As your PC doesn't has a HDMI output, I'm assuming it has a VGA one. For such situations there are small converters to connect them anyways. I'd just go to the nearest tech market and ask for one - I don't recommend to buy it on the internet; I once did and got a converter that didn't worked for a relatively high price. Depending on the converter you get you maybe need a VGA/HDMI cable also (if you haven't already got one). Using the converter always means a lose of quality, but that shouldn't be a problem if you don't want to display something in ultra HD" CreationDate="2016-03-20T21:53:39.603" UserId="1898" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4931" PostId="2332" Score="0" Text="then a GPU would be better for that cost" CreationDate="2016-03-21T00:41:00.827" UserId="2057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4932" PostId="2332" Score="0" Text="anything cheaper?" CreationDate="2016-03-21T00:41:32.143" UserId="2057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4936" PostId="2317" Score="0" Text="in your linked post, your recommendation link includes the text &quot;8C&quot;, but links to the &quot;6C&quot; version - I could imagine you dragged the link to this answer and then wrote the text for it based upon the URL? - idunno :-D - still really thinking about something with an integrated processor, though - quite possibly a good idea unless I'm willing to go with older processors (my other thought)" CreationDate="2016-03-21T16:01:23.813" UserId="2027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4940" PostId="2332" Score="0" Text="If you can find a GPU for less than $22.42 that supports HDMI, then you should give me the link so I can post it to Ripley's believe it or not." CreationDate="2016-03-21T20:15:33.487" UserId="595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4947" PostId="2332" Score="0" Text="here is the link.but it cost 25 dollar.[link](http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?N=100007709%204093&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;Submit=ene)" CreationDate="2016-03-22T03:27:53.147" UserId="2057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4959" PostId="2326" Score="0" Text="is the SSD external/secondary here? I mean the rest of it does look promising though" CreationDate="2016-03-23T03:07:37.250" UserId="2043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4961" PostId="2341" Score="0" Text="Please provide price range. So it will be easier to find something which meets rest of your requirements." CreationDate="2016-03-23T09:33:08.403" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4976" PostId="2341" Score="0" Text="the 3D part is nice but it would be a waste. Most of the time I didn't do 3D thingy" CreationDate="2016-03-23T11:32:09.973" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4981" PostId="2348" Score="1" Text="Can you edit your answer to break down the requirements in the question one by one? It makes it easier for everyone to see how it stacks up against the other answers' recommendations." CreationDate="2016-03-23T14:53:37.463" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4982" PostId="2186" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer, even if it is late. I shall relay your inputs to the person in charge." CreationDate="2016-03-23T15:51:48.973" UserId="811" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4984" PostId="2326" Score="0" Text="I don't believe it states in the description. However, I am heavily assuming that the SSD is what the operating system is installed on since I have never come across a laptop where the OS would be installed on the HDD instead of the SSD" CreationDate="2016-03-23T15:55:13.460" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4985" PostId="2351" Score="1" Text="might I suggest an HDMI splitter:http://www.amazon.com/EnjoyGadgets-EGHSP1X2-Splitter-Amplifier-Display/dp/B00997MYR2 and wireless keyboard/mouse:http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Combo-MK270-Keyboard/dp/B00BP5KOPA/ref=lp_1194464_1_1?s=pc&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1458748523&amp;sr=1-1 cheap and easy to set up." CreationDate="2016-03-23T15:55:59.880" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4987" PostId="2349" Score="0" Text="most Macbooks have bluetooth now. Please be more specific what mac you are talking about. If your mac has bluetooth that you can pair any handsfree device to it that you would use with an iPhone. This has been done a while back: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4561892?tstart=0" CreationDate="2016-03-23T16:08:57.180" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4989" PostId="2348" Score="1" Text="As @Cfinley has asked, please edit this answer to make it clear how this hardware solves the problem. At the moment, this answer falls a little short of the quality standards." CreationDate="2016-03-23T16:25:56.603" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4990" PostId="2346" Score="0" Text="Please don't answer off-topic questions. Technical support is not something this site is here for." CreationDate="2016-03-23T16:27:44.823" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4991" PostId="2349" Score="0" Text="What specs are you looking for in a microphone? The only things we have to go off of are that it has to work with a Mac and it isn't radio-based (which Bluetooth is radio-based)." CreationDate="2016-03-23T16:30:06.170" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4993" PostId="2349" Score="0" Text="BT is fine. With Radio-based I (incorrectly) meant those microphones that need the base with antennas and a power plug." CreationDate="2016-03-23T17:57:11.087" UserId="2095" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4994" PostId="2332" Score="0" Text="At that price, you'd be better off getting the graphics card instead of the adapter." CreationDate="2016-03-23T18:14:52.107" UserId="595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4996" PostId="2351" Score="0" Text="What computer (or video card) do you have?  You may be able to set this up without any specialized hardware at all." CreationDate="2016-03-23T18:34:06.150" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4997" PostId="2351" Score="0" Text="@Mark, I've got a [GTX 770](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121770)" CreationDate="2016-03-23T18:35:41.020" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4998" PostId="2343" Score="0" Text="If you re-word this question to focus on the &quot;What should I buy&quot; part, this could be re-opened. Even then, you would have to add more details to it (price, desired specs, what you are planning on using it for, what it is going into, etc.)" CreationDate="2016-03-23T21:14:31.030" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4999" PostId="2347" Score="0" Text="For recording, you shouldn't output the single channel of all instruments from the mixer to the interface. You should be directly inputting all instruments to the interface. So if I'm understanding your situation correctly, it wouldn't be possible if you follow this rule." CreationDate="2016-03-24T00:16:10.127" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5001" PostId="2345" Score="0" Text="this one is prepurchase." CreationDate="2016-03-24T08:17:11.767" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5002" PostId="2345" Score="0" Text="and would you please move this to a more appropiate stackexchange" CreationDate="2016-03-24T08:18:50.433" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5007" PostId="2357" Score="1" Text="My advice to you is to wait for nVidia's next generation GPUs. Since it is not released and their are no reviews yet, this is a comment and not an answer, but check out the [rumored specs](http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-specs/) on the page compared to the 980TI." CreationDate="2016-03-24T14:09:44.767" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5008" PostId="2357" Score="0" Text="Wow, that's some fascinating specs! Thanks for the info. Not sure I can wait that long though, might need something next month already." CreationDate="2016-03-24T14:24:11.910" UserId="2105" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5012" PostId="2365" Score="2" Text="Any software RAID5 (or semi-software motherboard-based fake-RAID) is going to have performance issues. If you want RAID5, get a real hardware RAID card. (FYI, the PCI card you linked is not RAID5-capable.)" CreationDate="2016-03-25T22:51:23.930" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5016" PostId="2351" Score="0" Text="What exactly are you trying to accomplish with this setup?  What are you hoping to achieve?" CreationDate="2016-03-26T00:48:28.277" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5026" PostId="2351" Score="0" Text="@Allan, My goal is to have two work desks set up that are connected to the same workstation. I want to be able to move, almost seamlessly, between the two (movement, change of scenery, not sitting all day, etc) and continue working. I don't want to deal with remembering to synchronize files, relaunching everything I was working on, etc. I want to be able to start a process, walk away and then decide to work at the other desk for a while and everything is &quot;just there&quot;. My goal, is to have a single workstation that is available at multiple desks" CreationDate="2016-03-26T13:02:36.683" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5027" PostId="2351" Score="0" Text="I understand.  The parts that I spec'd out should work, but keep in mind that you will want to have identical monitors (keyboard/mice not so much) so that you don't run into any issues with resolution and refresh rates." CreationDate="2016-03-26T16:54:03.003" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5033" PostId="2379" Score="5" Text="Fair warning: Amazon affiliate links are automatically rewritten to Stack Exchange's own, so you don't get any benefit from them." CreationDate="2016-03-26T18:14:22.323" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5035" PostId="2361" Score="1" Text="Thanks. Yes eye/gaze tracking systems are currently not so good. I find SmartNav to be fast (= no lag) and accurate, and is cheaper than eeZee Mouse Tracer. But I don't have enough experience with other systems to compare against. Emotiv headset contains a gyro and seemed pretty good when I tried it a few years ago." CreationDate="2016-03-26T20:52:52.300" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5043" PostId="2373" Score="0" Text="Since am  in India  I browsed it in amazon.in , but unfortunately it isn't listed in it :(" CreationDate="2016-03-27T16:31:47.863" UserId="2043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5050" PostId="2384" Score="3" Text="What sort of things will you be doing with the computer?  You say that processing power is a priority, but the Pi is about as *low*-power as you can get while still being a remotely viable server." CreationDate="2016-03-27T20:02:45.173" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5051" PostId="2384" Score="0" Text="@Mark I misphrased it; these are the things that I want to be the best in the range, meaning that I want the best machine for the lowest price(but saying it like this sounds stupid). It will run some web server or other software. It doesn't need to be high-tech, but the faster, the better. I'll add price range to the post." CreationDate="2016-03-27T20:04:56.067" UserId="1033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5052" PostId="2358" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the information about TDP, I never heard of that before. I think I will wait a while and see what the Pascal Series has to offer. If nothing else, perhaps at least the price for 980 Ti will drop low enough so I can afford two of those instead." CreationDate="2016-03-27T20:44:53.733" UserId="2105" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5053" PostId="2374" Score="0" Text="Thanks for all that information, that was fantastic!&#xA;I am mostly concerned with rendering (iray, mental ray) and physics simulation on the GPU (PhysX) and those relay heavily on CUDA.&#xA;I think I will wait for the Pascal series of cards, if only for the price of Maxwell cards to go down. Perhaps I can save up for two discount 980 Ti! :)" CreationDate="2016-03-27T23:50:17.810" UserId="2105" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5056" PostId="2389" Score="0" Text="Something worth considering is how broad it is. I used to have a roccat xtd which I'd recommend outside being horribly unreliable. On the other hand my razer taipan is awesome but just too narrow for my liking." CreationDate="2016-03-28T09:54:53.500" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5060" PostId="2389" Score="0" Text="I had a few Logitech mice with MicroGear scroll wheels that I found reliable. Have you tried these? Do you have a reason for not mentioning or considering Logitech?" CreationDate="2016-03-28T12:06:55.573" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5061" PostId="2387" Score="0" Text="btw. this hasn't to be ARM." CreationDate="2016-03-28T12:10:57.733" UserId="1033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5062" PostId="2387" Score="0" Text="There's NOTHING fits the requirements that's x86" CreationDate="2016-03-28T12:14:06.150" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5063" PostId="2392" Score="0" Text="As someone who's built a few boxen I'd keep upgrading in mind for the future. While I'm a somewhat experienced system builder, I'd suggest starting with a budget and building around it. Off hand, most hex cores are either AMD (which I'd rather avoid personally, intel has better chips at the moment) or EE ones. Start with a budget and one of the builds here http://www.logicalincrements.com/ then adjust stuff in pc parts picker. Some minmaxing may be needed. This would probably something better for chat, IMO but of course, you need the 20 rep. Also, might be worth splitting the question up." CreationDate="2016-03-28T15:36:28.160" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5064" PostId="2392" Score="0" Text="Also, passively cooled card. I'm not fond of those outside specific purposes. I consider a *60 series my personal minimum but I'm a gamer. As for ram, 8gb is probably enough, but 16gb would be nice in some circumstances - least in the vfx industry, some tools were super ram hungry." CreationDate="2016-03-28T15:38:00.870" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5065" PostId="2392" Score="0" Text="I'm putting this on hold for now because you're asking so many questions in one post that it'll be very difficult to effectively answer all of them. Have a read of [these guidelines](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/205/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-be-high-quality). Generally, you should ask about one component per post. I recommend starting by choosing a motherboard." CreationDate="2016-03-28T15:38:59.863" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5066" PostId="2392" Score="0" Text="Ok thanks. Will split it up! Thanks for the responses so far." CreationDate="2016-03-28T15:41:17.433" UserId="2136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5068" PostId="2392" Score="1" Text="Just to add, if you get 20 rep *or* I can work out how to invite you to chat, I'd be pretty happy to walk you through the process of working out what you need, and a few useful resources." CreationDate="2016-03-28T15:45:17.563" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5070" PostId="2394" Score="0" Text="I dont mind spending that for that card if its worth it. The question I keep coming back to though is, will it let me edit 4k video from the array with decent performance. If I'm going to have to copy the files to an ssd to do the editing then I might as well just skip the raid array and use independent drives for storage and then copy the files to the ssd for editing then archive when finished." CreationDate="2016-03-28T16:58:11.507" UserId="1519" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5071" PostId="2389" Score="0" Text="@LiveWireBT: The only mice I've used since 2001 are those three I mentioned. I have not considered Logitech because I have yhe impression Logitech makes budget hardware and cuts lots of corners everywhere they can. This is totally unfounded, si I will definitely look into that." CreationDate="2016-03-28T17:16:10.750" UserId="2133" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5085" PostId="2389" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your reply. I just did some research and found that Logitech doesn't currently offer a 5 button corded mouse with MicroGear scroll wheel that can be used with both hands, even though this technology was introduced almost 10 years ago (mid 2006). Wired options are the M500 and the G502 (*core* version with blue LEDs and *spectrum* with RGB) with a slightly different variant of MicroGear. Wireless ambidextrous mice with this kind of scroll wheel aren't easy to find either, the mouse of the Dell KM714 probably is one and then there is the recently announced and overpriced G900." CreationDate="2016-03-28T20:36:11.217" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5086" PostId="2389" Score="0" Text="The KM714 desktop set should arrive here shortly (I needed a new keyboard and somehow found this set, which I wouldn't have found otherwise, apparently it is made by Logitech and has *unifying* technology, it's an expensive option though if you're not going to use the keyboard). Just for clarification I'm a Linux user, so I expect my input devices to be plug and play and not rely on software. I also had a few Microsoft mice in the past. Writing an answer only for the currently unavailable G900 seemed ludicrous to me." CreationDate="2016-03-28T20:55:26.813" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5093" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/37641/discussion-between-dj-mcmayhem-and-christopher2007)." CreationDate="2016-03-28T22:46:52.693" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5101" PostId="2400" Score="2" Text="The 980 Ti [isn't on Adobe's list of officially supported graphics cards in Premiere](https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html).  It'll probably work, but it's something to keep in mind." CreationDate="2016-03-29T00:07:11.100" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5103" PostId="2373" Score="0" Text="Just search for Dell Precision Laptop...see what comes up." CreationDate="2016-03-29T01:22:52.303" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5104" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="oh damn, ok, I am using Premiere CC most of the time, so do you know something comparable with rudimentary same performance that is supported from adobe?" CreationDate="2016-03-29T10:13:58.843" UserId="2143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5105" PostId="2373" Score="0" Text="Lots of stuff did come up , not a single laptop though :P" CreationDate="2016-03-29T11:30:23.440" UserId="2043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5107" PostId="2373" Score="0" Text="How much money does this cost? (in american dollars)" CreationDate="2016-03-29T11:40:52.580" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5108" PostId="2340" Score="0" Text="You would ideally be looking for a server motherboard, and probably something that is not easily available - especially if you want multiple CPUs" CreationDate="2016-03-29T11:42:42.497" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5109" PostId="2373" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk Between $750 and $900 USD depending on the options." CreationDate="2016-03-29T12:18:20.510" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5110" PostId="2373" Score="0" Text="@MRK  - Can you search/purchase on the US site and ship to India?" CreationDate="2016-03-29T12:18:54.620" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5113" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="@christopher2007 Do you need a gpu for anything other than Premier? I'm looking into this, and I'll update my answer once I can give a better one." CreationDate="2016-03-29T14:01:29.040" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5114" PostId="2340" Score="0" Text="In your place I would definitely wait for the new Pascal architecture based Titan GPUs. They are not that long-off (less then half a year AFAIK) and the promised boost in performance is very significant IMHO." CreationDate="2016-03-29T14:15:45.070" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5115" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="At a glance the list doesn't feature anything newer than 2013 so it's most likely just not updated." CreationDate="2016-03-29T14:21:14.383" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5119" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="My friend edits using Premiere Pro CC with his 980, and hasn't had any problems yet" CreationDate="2016-03-29T16:31:20.213" UserId="116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5121" PostId="1648" Score="0" Text="I'd recommend you to consider available options through this checklist: http://capsoff.org/checklist" CreationDate="2016-03-29T16:54:08.290" UserId="428" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5122" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak, that's my guess too, hence the &quot;it'll probably work&quot;." CreationDate="2016-03-29T18:40:54.323" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5123" PostId="490" Score="0" Text="I believe it's not the only dup on SU." CreationDate="2016-03-29T20:19:57.753" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5126" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="I am using the gpu for Cinema 4D and Premiere CC. that's the main use, then also a littlebit of gaming, but nothing cracy. the only really stressful thing are the render times for a finished composition, because my old gpu did not supports rendering, so rendering is only on my cpu possible :(" CreationDate="2016-03-29T20:54:18.777" UserId="2143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5127" PostId="2411" Score="0" Text="I cannot buy the parts right now, and I was looking more off of eBay and on actual store sites for now, but here in a few months when I am back in the states I'll look on eBay if I cannot find anything else." CreationDate="2016-03-30T01:57:38.550" UserId="1551" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5128" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="I'm pretty sure something like VAT makes stuff about 10-20% more expensive in most of Europe, compared to what is expected from exchange rates. EDIT: Looks like the 980ti is ~640 Euros for Germany." CreationDate="2016-03-30T03:17:31.583" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5131" PostId="2400" Score="0" Text="I would take the GTX 980 TI, looks like a very nice gpu, BUT the problem with adobe makes me a little bit nervous :S I have no idea it the support will come in the next year or not and I plan to use this gpu at least three or four years... so this sould be planned" CreationDate="2016-03-30T10:18:45.017" UserId="2143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5132" PostId="1649" Score="0" Text="If you go a bit more expensive go A4tech Bloody - great price/quality radio" CreationDate="2016-03-30T11:15:17.613" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5133" PostId="1649" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak Yeah, A4tech Bloody is still &quot;regular stuff for regular people&quot;, the exact opposite of what OP had in mind asking." CreationDate="2016-03-30T12:47:13.737" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5134" PostId="1649" Score="0" Text="and the exact thing you recommend. Honestly though, don't we all try to minimize the amount of keyboard-mouse hand switching?" CreationDate="2016-03-30T12:58:15.307" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5138" PostId="1648" Score="0" Text="Regarding the mouse - do you also have any health concerns or not? I'm asking because trackball or vertical mouse also typically address these issues." CreationDate="2016-03-30T14:25:27.340" UserId="1466" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5139" PostId="2419" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget for this adapter?" CreationDate="2016-03-30T16:40:03.733" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5140" PostId="2366" Score="0" Text="Please don't use comments for extended discussion; take it to chat. @ZacAustin, if there are additional things you want to do with this that aren't mentioned in the question, please edit them in." CreationDate="2016-03-30T16:50:24.917" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5141" PostId="2419" Score="0" Text="Well, not in principle.&#xA;What I want to know if there are USB 3.0 dongles that work well with the standard 802.11ac and if anyone has had any experience with." CreationDate="2016-03-30T17:07:44.840" UserId="2161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5143" PostId="2393" Score="0" Text="Personally liked the Samsung Alias 2 back in the day. Camera doesn't compare to today's smartphones, but it might serve your purpose. And it had a microSD to easily transfer photos. Another option might be get the basic talk/text phone and an iPod touch for photo purposes and carry both." CreationDate="2016-03-30T19:16:25.030" UserId="2164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5145" PostId="2422" Score="0" Text="http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/459/please-review-discuss-rejected-suggested-edit-usb-to-ethernet-adapter-support" CreationDate="2016-03-30T19:45:20.690" UserId="2159" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5146" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2MP-High-resolution-mini-USB-endoscope_60294263358.html   This is a endoscope/bore-o-scope 2mp (1600x1200), survives 80C, waterproof, 2M 5M 7M 10M 15M 20M cables lengths,Waterproof Level	IP67,Focal Distance	6 CM-infinite.  It says low light, and you can obviously turns leds off.  Have no idea how these with due at night, but anything **Night Vision** I found seems to need infrared leds.  Its 9mm so you should be able to hide it, and maybe use multiple overlapping units." CreationDate="2016-03-30T20:59:30.580" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5148" PostId="2340" Score="0" Text="S4S server motherboards with 11 PCI-E x8/x16 would seem to be what your looking for. Not many of them are standard form factor or easily available though. Even 2S motherboards are difficult to find. You might want to contact supermicro." CreationDate="2016-03-31T01:35:28.957" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5149" PostId="2420" Score="0" Text="You could use a dell latitude. Those laptops have some pretty decent specs but I do not know about a graphics card. I have a Dell latitude e6420 and I can do some development on it but that is a pretty low end model and since your budget is 660 then you could probably get a laptop that is pretty fast." CreationDate="2016-03-31T03:42:35.890" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5157" PostId="2427" Score="0" Text="I have an r9 290 (275w) and a 500w power supply. Everything works fine." CreationDate="2016-03-31T13:07:05.717" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5158" PostId="2427" Score="0" Text="That line is intended to be a guide - you'll have a different config than the OP." CreationDate="2016-03-31T13:11:12.907" UserId="971" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5164" PostId="1942" Score="1" Text="I had the cooler running for a while now and it works amazingly well (the cooler could easily beat an 8h endurance test). Thanks for the recommendation!" CreationDate="2016-04-01T12:11:51.923" UserId="1714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5165" PostId="2434" Score="1" Text="I have a few Anker products, though not this particular one. I've never had an issue with any of them." CreationDate="2016-04-01T12:27:30.633" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5175" PostId="2439" Score="3" Text="If you can, wait for the next gen graphics cards. nVidia is going to announce their pascal line on April 5th, and possibly release the cards in June. Please note that these are just rumors and may not actually happen on the days I have stated. Even if you do not get a next gen card, the current gen's price should be lowered by a substantial amount. [source](http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-debut-gtc-2016-launch-june/)" CreationDate="2016-04-01T19:47:20.063" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5177" PostId="2439" Score="0" Text="If the next gen cards come out at the end of the year it's just to long of a wait" CreationDate="2016-04-02T08:21:31.647" UserId="2175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5178" PostId="2441" Score="0" Text="You'll need to tell us more about exactly what kind of SSD you want and need. For example, describe the connector (from SSD to you PC), and your budget. Which country you live in would also be nice. Welcome to Hardware Recommendations" CreationDate="2016-04-02T09:54:51.120" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5179" PostId="2442" Score="1" Text="I also agree and would recommend the 850 Evo due to how reliable and fast it has been. Also worth considering is the Kingston HyperX Savage (http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-Savage-SHSS37A-480G/dp/B00W35L2KC/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1459596834&amp;sr=1-5&amp;keywords=hyperx+ssd) , it is also an extremely good performer." CreationDate="2016-04-02T11:34:36.720" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5180" PostId="2442" Score="0" Text="@BG_Programmer   I believe the Kingston would be equally good, I just haven't used them (yet) and wanted to limit my answer to what I have actually had my hands on.  Their memory modules are fantastic.  I try to use them for everything" CreationDate="2016-04-02T11:37:10.547" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5181" PostId="2421" Score="1" Text="Just to clarify...you want someone **away** from the scanner to initiate a scan job remotely rather than have the scanner sent it via email or shared folder?  I ask because for us, this has never been a reliable workflow and ended up getting a desktop scanner." CreationDate="2016-04-02T11:49:23.943" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5182" PostId="2442" Score="0" Text="Definitely. Both the Samsung and Kingston SSD are of such high quality that really it comes down to personal preference of brand etc." CreationDate="2016-04-02T12:08:34.513" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5183" PostId="563" Score="0" Text="SMH.  This product exists and has for at least the last 5 years...long before this question was closed:  http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-USB2TYPEM-Barrel-Power-Cable/dp/B003MQO96U" CreationDate="2016-04-02T12:14:52.283" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5184" PostId="1767" Score="0" Text="@RookieTEC9 PSUs wattage matters little in this case - only if you get into the details of the 80+ certification stuff." CreationDate="2016-04-02T14:04:31.687" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5185" PostId="2446" Score="0" Text="I'd be careful with the head parking function of Caviar Blue, some have it, some don't, I don't remember the specifics." CreationDate="2016-04-02T14:17:05.753" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5186" PostId="2446" Score="1" Text="But for both programming and gaming an SSD would be a huge improvenet - faster build times (compiling software takes a lot of file writing and reading) and faster game load times. But that's another 50 USD to your budget for a 500GB one :/" CreationDate="2016-04-02T14:22:14.393" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5187" PostId="1767" Score="0" Text="If your machine is as old as you say, nothing you can do but buy a new one. **But** the incoming Pascals and Arctic Islands promise 2x performance per watt with the lowered litography." CreationDate="2016-04-02T14:23:50.227" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5188" PostId="2446" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak I've considered going SSD but that would indeed exceed my budget. I *could* use a small 128GB SSD as a boot-up drive however, but given the fact that this will be my first build I should try to keep it simple." CreationDate="2016-04-02T14:42:20.290" UserId="1452" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5189" PostId="2246" Score="0" Text="Just ordered off [Amazon](http://smile.amazon.com/Addonics-PCIE-Adapter-X110-AD2M2S-PX2/dp/B015MVS4O0/) ( I had to wait for a new month's budget cycle to order) It was cheaper on the Addonics site but the shipping was 11 $ so I backed out of that order and went to Amazon." CreationDate="2016-04-02T14:45:49.120" UserId="1987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5190" PostId="2246" Score="0" Text="Also, the second item in your edit (ADM2NVMPX4) is for M.2 PCIe but my SSD is M.2 SATA and won't work with that adapter. SO yes, a better price but I think ultimately I need that SATA cable going to the actual SATA controller. You can sort of see that in your diagram one column to the right of the highlighted one." CreationDate="2016-04-02T14:47:33.380" UserId="1987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5191" PostId="1767" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak That statement about Directx 11 was actually incorrect, that happened to be a bug and I've updated the question accordingly. My machine used to freeze once in a while when playing Total War titles on DirectX 11 mode. This bug has been addressed, however." CreationDate="2016-04-02T14:55:04.970" UserId="1452" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5192" PostId="2446" Score="0" Text="just another drive to plug in. Although you would need something to hold that 2.5&quot; in a 3.5&quot; bay (extenders or something)." CreationDate="2016-04-02T15:16:24.573" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5193" PostId="2446" Score="0" Text="As for the case, it's a regular one, although there are cheaper ones. I've picked some filters and reputable companies: http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/case/#m=88,52,169,282,50,11,14,106,62,354,63,56,60&amp;sort=a8&amp;page=1&amp;t=4,3 so you can save a few bucks. You don't really need to worry about cooling in low power build (yeah, almost all that power goes to heat in the end). Apart from connectors on the fron panel (like USB 3.0) the most important factor is weight: say, around 4kg (that's 9lbs) or more. Basically the heavier the case the quitere it is. Windowed ones are obviously an exception." CreationDate="2016-04-02T15:19:56.937" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5194" PostId="2446" Score="0" Text="I made a chat room so that we stop spamming comments: http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/37858/250w-build" CreationDate="2016-04-02T15:21:10.303" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5196" PostId="2444" Score="0" Text="40%??? They told me it is at most 10-15%" CreationDate="2016-04-02T17:13:38.577" UserId="2175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5197" PostId="2444" Score="1" Text="The performance hit from putting a PCIe3 card in a PCIe2 slot depends on which card it is and what you're doing with it.  40% is the worst-case scenario, where you use a high-performance card and transfer enormous volumes of data between it and the mainboard.  If you're using a low-end card, or are doing computation-heavy work, you might not notice anything." CreationDate="2016-04-02T17:40:02.247" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5198" PostId="2444" Score="0" Text="@Mark editted my answer." CreationDate="2016-04-02T18:00:56.497" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5200" PostId="2442" Score="0" Text="Those are of 500gb each because my pc has, 2 of them like in the picture that would be 1G that's alot because i also have a normal hard drive of 1g and i don't need really need that amount. Wouldn't a 250(2x) one be alot cheaper then a (500 2x)?" CreationDate="2016-04-03T11:40:28.150" UserId="2178" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5201" PostId="2442" Score="0" Text="It would be 1TB.  So, you are putting them in a RAID 0 config for speed.  If you don't need that much, go with the 250GB or the 120GB.  On the link I provided Amazon has a selector for 120, 250, 500, and 1TB." CreationDate="2016-04-03T11:48:51.743" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5202" PostId="2442" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the help ;)" CreationDate="2016-04-03T12:06:10.987" UserId="2178" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5208" PostId="2373" Score="0" Text="@Allan It just doesn't seem very portable to me, but I suppose that's the price you pay for a powerhouse when you don't want to pay that price in money." CreationDate="2016-04-03T15:32:42.677" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5209" PostId="2326" Score="0" Text="This is an excellent option, far more powerful and portable than the currently upvoted answer, from &quot;Allan&quot;. The i7-6700HQ is newer and more powerful, and the same goes for the GTX 960M. Furthermore, it already comes with a dual-drive configuration, it's SSD already fulfilling OP's needs.  It's screen is the same resolution and furthermore IPS. This is my recommendation!" CreationDate="2016-04-03T15:35:17.923" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5220" PostId="2340" Score="0" Text="In case the answer is removed:Supermicro has a [motherboard model][1] that can hold up to 8 GPUs in x16 mode, I also found a [YouTube video][2] about it.&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X10DRG-O_-CPU.cfm&#xA;  [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhZJ66l82r8" CreationDate="2016-04-04T10:35:04.040" UserId="2077" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5221" PostId="2443" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the info. I'm probably going to give that one a try, since it is from a reputable brand, and the price isn't bad either! Glad to see Amazon taking action to try and keep the bad usb cables out of circulation." CreationDate="2016-04-04T13:34:31.423" UserId="2176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5223" PostId="2291" Score="0" Text="I'd like to appeal the &quot;off-topic&quot; hold. This questions does not at all request technical support, and is in fact asking exactly for pre-purchase recommendations for a specific task. Please repeal the hold or provide a clearer reason for maintaining it so that I might improve the question." CreationDate="2016-04-04T15:36:26.820" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5224" PostId="2454" Score="2" Text="&quot;A little larger than 12cm x 12cm&quot; is a Nano-ITX mainboard (the board itself is 12x12), which is rarely socketed.  If you can go up to 17x17 for the board, you can go with Mini-ITX, which greatly increases your options." CreationDate="2016-04-04T18:22:03.337" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5226" PostId="2460" Score="0" Text="What does this motherboard *not* do that you'd like another one to do?" CreationDate="2016-04-04T19:01:33.143" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5227" PostId="2460" Score="0" Text="This is a very good motherboard, I would just like to see if anyone had any other options." CreationDate="2016-04-04T19:02:36.537" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5228" PostId="2454" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the suggestion. I found many nano-ITX motherboards that have LGA 1151. Is it possible to fit a Core-i5 with the original cooler inside a nano-ITX case or I would need to buy a thinner cooler?" CreationDate="2016-04-04T20:01:58.010" UserId="2187" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5229" PostId="2462" Score="0" Text="This would depend a lot on where exactly you want to do this. The country, and environment, will define what kind of technology is feasible. In Western countries, it is usually legal restrictions, not the hardware itself, that limits your maximum range and throughput." CreationDate="2016-04-04T23:32:43.780" UserId="2195" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5230" PostId="2462" Score="1" Text="Test-Location: Infopark, Kochi, Kerala, India. Project Purpouse: Multimedia File Sharing and storage over a public domain network." CreationDate="2016-04-04T23:37:55.577" UserId="2194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5231" PostId="2391" Score="0" Text="I looked at the suggestions below but also found a model from ASUS that seems to fit the bill.  It is the ASUS G752VY-DH72 and I can get it configured with 64GB of RAM for just under $2700 from xoticpc.  Does anyone have any thoughts on this, particularly with putting Linux on it?" CreationDate="2016-04-05T00:39:20.237" UserId="2135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5234" PostId="1720" Score="0" Text="**FRITZ!Box 7490** this model is also **VDSL** modem/router are you sure you need ADSL because if you have VDSL connection ADSL modem won't work ? If yes which Annex (A,B,J,L,M ?) do you need ?" CreationDate="2016-04-05T11:24:24.320" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5237" PostId="2458" Score="1" Text="Mark this as the answer if you're happy with your selection." CreationDate="2016-04-05T21:50:24.010" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5243" PostId="2463" Score="1" Text="I really *don't* recommend blowing 305 euros on a board. Unless you need 11 USB 3.0 ports (you don't) it's a complete waste of money." CreationDate="2016-04-06T03:06:35.750" UserId="2208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5244" PostId="2454" Score="0" Text="@gabrieldiego That's probably dependent on the case." CreationDate="2016-04-06T03:21:14.007" UserId="2208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5252" PostId="1601" Score="0" Text="Did you select your own answer repeating the already posted and correct answer by @Peter Zhu?" CreationDate="2016-04-06T09:34:11.100" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5253" PostId="2466" Score="0" Text="The reference specs for the GTX 550 Ti indicate that it has two DVI-I and one mini-HDMI. Are you certain you need a second card for a third display?" CreationDate="2016-04-06T12:39:26.483" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5254" PostId="1942" Score="0" Text="You're quit welcome enjoy your computer!" CreationDate="2016-04-06T13:58:31.257" UserId="1715" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5260" PostId="2466" Score="0" Text="Yes it will only run two monitors at a time even though it has three ports" CreationDate="2016-04-06T15:38:36.727" UserId="2201" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5261" PostId="2473" Score="0" Text="Thnk you Raj, I am limited to run two displays, I would like to run three. Essentially I'm creating an area I can dump things I need, but not working on - FTP Program, Web Tutorials, Reference files. I'm a web coder so on the main displays I have code vs website usually" CreationDate="2016-04-06T15:46:08.737" UserId="2201" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5262" PostId="2466" Score="0" Text="Just had to be sure. As I understand it, it has something to do with the clock signal generation. Because DVI and HDMI are electrically identical (on the video channels, anyway), one port of each type sometimes shares a clock, and therefore only one can be used at a time. That was the case on my GTX460, but not my GTX 760... I wasn't sure when they changed. In any case, I concur with @RajHuff's answer. The 700-series is only one generation behind the 900-series, because the 800-series is the 700-series in the mobile flavors." CreationDate="2016-04-06T15:49:48.590" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5263" PostId="2473" Score="0" Text="Your workload sounds like replace, not add. You only needed two cards before to push on three monitors; you can get rid of the current card and replace it with one better card. I concur with Raj's card suggestions... however... if you can wait, Nvidia is starting to roll out Pascal-based GPUs (the Tesla P100 released today, it seems). When the Pascal-based consumer GPUs start rolling, the now-current Maxwell-based consumer GPUs should drop in price." CreationDate="2016-04-06T15:56:22.297" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5270" PostId="2480" Score="0" Text="[Corsair Memory Finder](http://www.corsair.com/en-us/memory-finder)" CreationDate="2016-04-07T18:27:54.617" UserId="2208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5274" PostId="2475" Score="0" Text="Miracast is a wireless display standard (to be fair, I'm using the word &quot;standard&quot; fairly loosely). What do you think makes them not &quot;truly wireless&quot;?" CreationDate="2016-04-07T20:27:53.063" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5277" PostId="2475" Score="0" Text="@T.J.L. It doesn't support Apple products or chromebooks.." CreationDate="2016-04-08T07:40:13.653" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5278" PostId="1964" Score="1" Text="Worth mentioning is that mbed TLS (PolarSSL) works with BSD sockets which requires running an RTOS (ST has official resources for FreeRTOS)." CreationDate="2016-04-08T11:26:50.793" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5279" PostId="2475" Score="0" Text="You've got that backwards - Apple products don't support Miracast. Miracast/Wi-Di is actually a feature built into recent Intel CPUs that Apple doesn't take advantage of (Apple's choice, to sell more AppleTV units, not something they're excluded from). AirPlay and Chromecast are not &quot;truly&quot; wireless display technologies; the devices involved do more than simply send the video feed. Miracast is _effectively_ a wireless HDMI cable; it doesn't try to be smart, it is &quot;simply&quot; (and far more &quot;truly&quot;) a wireless display technology." CreationDate="2016-04-08T13:42:08.250" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5280" PostId="2475" Score="0" Text="@T.J.L. So we have people come to this office to do presentations, all wanting to use the projector. They have all manner of devices, Windows, Apple and Android. Will Miracast work on all of them?" CreationDate="2016-04-08T13:49:27.237" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5281" PostId="2475" Score="0" Text="Windows, Linux, and Android can all potentially use Miracast/Wi-Di, assuming they have the required hardware and software in the device. Apple has excluded themselves by Apple's choice, forcing their customers to purchase an AppleTV box as well. On sufficiently recent Intel-based MacBooks, part of the hardware to use Miracast/Wi-Di is there in the CPU, but there's no way to access it. Chromebooks are somewhat out in the cold, but that's because they're half-#@$ed computers anyway." CreationDate="2016-04-08T13:52:02.083" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5283" PostId="2474" Score="0" Text="Good edit.  I'll put in some effort to learn all the text formatting tricks soon." CreationDate="2016-04-08T14:07:08.077" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5284" PostId="2475" Score="0" Text="@T.J.L. Okay thanks for the advice. Do you have any ideas for connecting any device to a projector wirelessly? Regardless of the OS?" CreationDate="2016-04-08T14:50:42.883" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5285" PostId="2475" Score="0" Text="We've pretty much covered it; you want something with Miracast built-in for everything-but-Apple, and an HDMI port to connect an AppleTV to it for Apple. The AppleTV is small, so you can probably find some way to fasten it to the same mount as the projector and just leave it up there. It has Wi-Fi, so you don't need to supply anything but power. I can't make any specific recommendations, so I haven't supplied an answer." CreationDate="2016-04-08T15:06:00.227" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5286" PostId="2475" Score="0" Text="@T.J.L. Thanks a lot for this, it's much appreciated." CreationDate="2016-04-08T15:11:13.037" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5287" PostId="2421" Score="0" Text="In reality no thinking about it I don't need that functionality, that's an extension of my current workflow, using a desktop scanner.  Scan to share or email would be fine" CreationDate="2016-04-08T15:54:31.800" UserId="2166" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5288" PostId="2291" Score="0" Text="5400 is slow as molasses. The reason is power - that 0.5A which is provided on USB2 is not enough for many drives and you see those ugly Y-cables to provide enough power for the HDD to spin. You want fast, go SSD, no way around that. Or 7200 with external power." CreationDate="2016-04-08T16:07:32.643" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5290" PostId="2458" Score="0" Text="Should I give chance for others to make their answers? Hmmm... Feels like there is a conflict of interest given that I am the judge and I mark my own. Very well. No one else is answering anyway. Yes I like the one I bought and I did very extensive research before choosing this." CreationDate="2016-04-08T17:15:58.093" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5291" PostId="2458" Score="1" Text="You can always accept a different answer later on if a new one comes up. No harm in accepting your own for now." CreationDate="2016-04-08T17:26:21.393" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5292" PostId="2291" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak What about USB3? Can't that deliver at least 5A? Or is that only if it's externally powered?" CreationDate="2016-04-08T17:40:59.243" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5293" PostId="2291" Score="0" Text="Per Wikipedia (I'm not that much into USB3) basic specs say 0.9A, with charging ports up to 1.5A and Type C up to 3A. 0.9A should be enough though I believe" CreationDate="2016-04-08T17:59:40.250" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5295" PostId="2485" Score="0" Text="That A1342 almost certainly won't work, I'm 90% positive it won't run Yosemite." CreationDate="2016-04-09T14:47:47.517" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5301" PostId="2490" Score="0" Text="These are extremely close to my requirements. I am wondering if it is out of the question to sand (as painful as that sounds) the sides.. Thank you for this response. I greatly appreciate it." CreationDate="2016-04-10T03:47:07.790" UserId="2236" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5310" PostId="2490" Score="0" Text="You could maybe try to remove the LCD from the plastic frame and make your own, or buy one that suits your needs, because I'm sure the LCD panel itself would fit very neatly inside your requested space." CreationDate="2016-04-10T15:20:19.557" UserId="595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5313" PostId="2490" Score="0" Text="@HenryL, if they're measuring the diagonal the usual way (diagonal measure of the actual panel), the ViewSonic monitor is 17.4&quot;x9.8&quot; with the frame removed.  If they're measuring the diagonal of the viewable area, it's somewhat larger." CreationDate="2016-04-10T17:20:28.667" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5327" PostId="2490" Score="0" Text="Huh. Thanks you two. I didn't know removing the plastic frame was an option, but if it is that would definitely fix the problem. @johnkieran I'm not sure what material I would use to &quot;reframe&quot; the LCD. Where would I even start with that? Nonetheless, Obviously removing the frame voids warranty which is fine, but lol" CreationDate="2016-04-10T21:01:00.223" UserId="2236" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5332" PostId="2485" Score="0" Text="@Undo What about information from [this site](http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/os-x-yosemite-faq/os-x-yosemite-compatible-macs-system-requirements.html) where you can find this MacBook (as MacBook &quot;Core 2 Duo&quot; 2.4 13&quot;) listed as compatible with Yosemite ? Or maybe it won't be compatible because it can't use all features of Yosemite (Handoff,Instant Hotspot,AirDrop Mac to iOS,AirPlay Mirroring,Power Nap) ?" CreationDate="2016-04-11T05:49:16.587" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5334" PostId="2490" Score="0" Text="@HenryL reframe with anything you want, as long as it's non-conductive. As for that ViewSonic panel, that's a proprietary spin on Vertical Alignment panels, which are somewhere in-between TN and IPS but still have pretty good angles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display#Vertical_alignment_.28VA.29" CreationDate="2016-04-11T08:04:47.883" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5339" PostId="2409" Score="0" Text="Interesting product but **Price:** $1,999.00" CreationDate="2016-04-11T13:25:29.667" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5341" PostId="2485" Score="0" Text="Would minis be an option? They're quite often half the price of a contemporary mac laptop" CreationDate="2016-04-11T14:27:42.863" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5343" PostId="2485" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek It can be any device which will give me ability to compile the Xamarin code on it from my Visual Studio on my Windows PC." CreationDate="2016-04-11T14:45:54.763" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5347" PostId="2409" Score="0" Text="I've been down the cheaper road and it always comes back to the same thing...you get what you pay for.  I needed this for a meeting room and the cheap ones just couldn't get the job done.  I probably spent that amount alone on the labor of installing diagnosing and reinstalling different solutions." CreationDate="2016-04-11T17:17:39.710" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5348" PostId="2409" Score="1" Text="What didn't work exactly? I already have a fully functional &quot;dumb&quot; HDMI 3x1 switch that works perfectly for a variety of inputs. It was about $20." CreationDate="2016-04-11T18:17:39.617" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5352" PostId="2402" Score="0" Text="Just pulled the trigger on a P70.  After exhaustive searching and research, this ended up being the choice.  Took the base model, loaded up the RAM to 64GB and bought an SSD separately from Newegg to put in it.  The SSDs Lenovo wanted to sell were more than double the price and were on 5 week backorder.  Yikes.  From what I have read, Linux will go on it without too much hassle.  Totaled out to just under $2.3K including tax." CreationDate="2016-04-12T00:19:31.480" UserId="2135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5355" PostId="2435" Score="0" Text="Well, in my experience there are a lot of users who like to shuffle around their tables, workstations, printers and stuff.. So often it leads to situations where I have to connect printer (for example) through PC because users didn't care that there is no darn extra socket in their brilliant feng shui scheme and they are too lazy to walk toward printer if its too far away. And switch.. well. Simple as it sounds, it takes 1/2 or full year before it will be bought by company. So I thought it might be good idea to get extra socket when needed without rewiring by fastswitching panels or like that." CreationDate="2016-04-12T09:55:20.843" UserId="2171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5356" PostId="2435" Score="0" Text="I've been in your shoes.  What I have done in the past is create a service ticket specific to that situation (with blessing of mgmt.) that had lowest priority. If they moved, we gave them l-o-n-g patch cables to connect (around whole office sometimes) and gave them status through the help desk system.  Other tickets came in but got bumped before them.  Up to 6 months &quot;red tape&quot; delay.  It forced them to include IT and stop random office redecorations." CreationDate="2016-04-12T11:46:38.470" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5357" PostId="2501" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the answer. There is possibility to find used/refurbished MacMini (2014) with i5 in my country for around $400-$600 so it would be acceptable solution. I have a question if it can work without mouse/keyboard/monitor after setting it up or it has to be connected to it all the time ?" CreationDate="2016-04-13T07:06:41.243" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5365" PostId="495" Score="0" Text="Is this still needed or have you found a solution? I know of a company that specialises in displays, based in the UK but ship to the US. They have a huge catalogue of displays and no doubt they could find you something." CreationDate="2016-04-14T07:49:32.657" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5368" PostId="2491" Score="0" Text="Would you consider a separate desktop keyboard?" CreationDate="2016-04-14T14:20:09.680" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5369" PostId="263" Score="0" Text="In what way is the article you cite relevant to the question? It's about a conceptual flaw in software that happens to make use of a fingerprint scanner, it isn't about the security of the hardware or even about the security of its driver." CreationDate="2016-04-14T19:44:14.617" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5373" PostId="758" Score="0" Text="c't in Germany reviewed 4K TVs for use as computers displays some time ago and found that they are not suitable due to chroma subsampling." CreationDate="2016-04-15T02:25:52.490" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5374" PostId="758" Score="0" Text="I am also curious to know how the Philips 43PUH4900 is performing as a development monitor. Did you buy it? How is it performing as monitor?" CreationDate="2016-04-14T23:53:49.220" UserId="2284" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5376" PostId="2512" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your input, and despite HW specs looks OK, and keyboard layout is not so terrible, but I have to say there's another criteria I have - very subjective one - machine must look somehow decent (you know - e.g. black ThinkPadish brick or anything not so fancy)." CreationDate="2016-04-15T06:39:46.583" UserId="2243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5377" PostId="2491" Score="0" Text="Yes, that could work too - if I was able to find nice keyboard (... do you know where can I buy classic ThinkPad USB keyboard with track point?)" CreationDate="2016-04-15T06:41:17.833" UserId="2243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5378" PostId="2512" Score="0" Text="@Zdeněk It is really important criteria you should add it to your question. Sadly this one is really &quot;gaming&quot; laptop and it doesn't have buisness look so I fully understand your disqualification for this model. I will look for something which additionally looks like buisness gear." CreationDate="2016-04-15T06:57:39.170" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5379" PostId="2512" Score="0" Text="I just updated my post. More and more I'm thinking of buying renewed T420s - still have to consider how less power it has in comparison with today's hardware (CPU and RAM frequency)." CreationDate="2016-04-15T07:11:16.490" UserId="2243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5381" PostId="2246" Score="0" Text="I got the [AD2M2S-PX2](http://smile.amazon.com/Addonics-PCIE-Adapter-X110-AD2M2S-PX2/dp/B015MVS4O0) in the mail yesterday. I mounted my [M.2 SSD](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA12K3UA7510) in the appropriate SATA slot, plugged in the adapter into a PCIe slot and plugged a SATA cable between it an my motherboard. Then used [Macrium Reflect](http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx) to [clone my old drive](http://www.howtogeek.com/199068/how-to-upgrade-your-existing-hard-drive-in-under-an-hour/). Shut down, unplugged the old drive, restarted and bam! Worked like a charm." CreationDate="2016-04-15T16:32:28.353" UserId="1987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5382" PostId="2246" Score="0" Text="Now I just need to expand my primary partition (which apparently is trickier than it sounds because it is not contiguous with the unallocated space on the new drive, whatever that means for an SSD)" CreationDate="2016-04-15T16:32:40.760" UserId="1987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5383" PostId="2523" Score="0" Text="Wanted to recommend A4Tech's KV-300H, but I forgot that Poland uses US layout :/ a great keyboard, but doesn't fit your requirements." CreationDate="2016-04-16T16:17:01.257" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5384" PostId="2535" Score="1" Text="I think the critical thing you might be missing is your display resolution and rough quality expectations. a 970 or even 960 is plenty for a 1080p display at everything turned up to 11, quality wise. a 970 is probably good up to 1440p (hell, my 660 handled that fine). a 980TI would be a good idea if you wanted to go 4k" CreationDate="2016-04-16T23:48:42.240" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5385" PostId="2535" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek right, thanks. At this point I use 1080p, though for quite a long time I'm already thinking about getting 4k. I believe I'm probably looking for the best graphics card match for this CPU. So I wonder would something like R9 280 work best with this CPU and that's probably it, or would GTX 970 work file to it's potential in this setup. Thanks" CreationDate="2016-04-17T08:05:04.253" UserId="2295" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5387" PostId="2536" Score="0" Text="thanks for taking the time to lay out your opinion. So what do you think on which graphics card would be a good match for the CPU? It scores ~2100 single-core and ~5700 multi-core on geekbench. I'd like to know which graphics cards this CPU would start to bottleneck." CreationDate="2016-04-17T16:44:30.177" UserId="2295" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5388" PostId="2536" Score="0" Text="Would you generally trust http://www.videocardbenchmark.net ? According to this the performance of GTX 970 is ~8'700 points and GTX 980ti ~11'600" CreationDate="2016-04-17T16:48:42.587" UserId="2295" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5389" PostId="2536" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the tip @JourneymanGeek! Just googled that phycis co-processor thing (name `PhysX`) and it does significantly improve FPS in some cases: http://www.volnapc.com/all-posts/how-much-difference-does-a-dedicated-physx-card-make" CreationDate="2016-04-17T16:57:32.003" UserId="2295" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5392" PostId="1768" Score="1" Text="The idealo.de link you provide correspond to the _Fujitsu P27T-7 LED_ with only 2560 x 1440 resolution; not to the _Fujitsu P27T-7 UHD_ with 4K native (3840x2160) resolution. Good church but wrong pew." CreationDate="2016-04-17T19:23:21.937" UserDisplayName="user1100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5393" PostId="2536" Score="2" Text="Sounds about right. The 980TI is a beast of the card, and about the only thing that can do 4k gaming with a single monitor. However, with the new cards coming out soon, and promising 20-30% better performance, it dosen't make sense to throw 700/800 dollars into a card that's overkill for 1080p.My suggestions are sensible, midranged options. I'm running a 980ti with an intel 3770 - its a 3 generation old, high-mid range quad core processor, and 16gb of ram. My geekbench scores are 3151 	 and 12471, so its a faster processor, but I'm of the opinion *modern* processors are rarely the bottleneck" CreationDate="2016-04-17T23:56:02.820" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5394" PostId="2536" Score="2" Text="That said, its all the more reason to go with a modern, midrange gpu until you need more power." CreationDate="2016-04-17T23:56:30.260" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5395" PostId="2536" Score="0" Text="thanks again; still does not answer my question though. Obviously cheap CPUs would bottleneck higher-end GPUs (here's one of many examples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXVdEZYSLJ0 )&#xA;What I wonder is what is the best graphics card AMD 750k can handle. Also since you mentioned, I wonder: in your case do you ever see in games something like 100% CPU utilisation for 1-2 cores and like 60% GPU utilisation?" CreationDate="2016-04-18T13:05:34.897" UserId="2295" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5400" PostId="2543" Score="0" Text="We did that. Indeed the NI elements are very good... but a bit too good for us. And in particular too expensive. But for an application where measurement precision is crucial, those are great modules." CreationDate="2016-04-18T19:11:19.947" UserId="180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5401" PostId="2543" Score="0" Text="@bilbo_pingouin Yes, misread your question.  50kW is not a lot, still neither is £1035 ,(http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/213089).  Did you look at compact RIO?" CreationDate="2016-04-18T22:10:41.070" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5402" PostId="2543" Score="0" Text="We did, but including the IOs we wanted, the price was much above the concurrence. Which is explained by a higher precision." CreationDate="2016-04-18T22:18:58.377" UserId="180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5403" PostId="2536" Score="0" Text="I've never really gotten hit by CPU bottlenecking before with my use cases. I typically find ram and storage speeds to be the issue." CreationDate="2016-04-19T07:12:14.327" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5404" PostId="2510" Score="0" Text="The 'cannot have&quot; parts are tricky - most devices of the class of device you want are tablets and have those. You could get just a 10 inch monitor and a cheap SBC, but that dosen't quite meet the AIW requirement." CreationDate="2016-04-19T07:16:02.773" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5406" PostId="2547" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer! The case is `CoolerMaster Elite 120` http://eu.coolermaster.com/en/case/mini-itx/elite-120-advanced/ - claims to support full length graphics card; interestingly enough both `AMD graphics cards` score somewhat less then the `NVidia counterparts` on this bench http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php&#xA;&#xA;Just wonder why you'd highlight `r9 390` for higher resolutions?" CreationDate="2016-04-19T15:45:49.227" UserId="2295" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5407" PostId="2547" Score="1" Text="@DannieP Your case isn't a leader of low temperatures but like you said it will fit normal sized GPU's. Answering your question about R9 390 it will be better in higher resolutions because it has 8 GB VRAM (not 4GB) and it has 512 bit memory bus (not 256 bit). For example you can check scores in this [article](http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sapphire-nitro-r9-390-8g-d5,4245.html)." CreationDate="2016-04-19T16:09:10.730" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5409" PostId="2551" Score="0" Text="There are a couple of things you need to do for us to be able to answer. Firstly, we answer product recommendations, not website recommendations. Secondly, you need to have specific requirements of the product in mind so that we can narrow down the field for you." CreationDate="2016-04-19T20:31:42.083" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5417" PostId="2557" Score="1" Text="Another [answer](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/165/60) (mine) that recommends the same keyboard, but different layout." CreationDate="2016-04-21T13:40:29.857" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5419" PostId="2510" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Yeah, that's been my experience.  I've considered tablets, but it absolutely cannot have a camera, and I've not been able to find one without." CreationDate="2016-04-21T23:09:07.823" UserId="2267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5424" PostId="2485" Score="2" Text="The cheapest way would be running the OS X under the VMware as virtual machine, but this isn't legal for production use, and need an [patched/unlocked](http://www.sysprobs.com/vmware-workstation-8-0-8-0-1-unlocker-to-run-mac-os-x-guest-in-windows-7) VMware-workstation for it.." CreationDate="2016-04-22T17:08:07.883" UserId="2336" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5426" PostId="2439" Score="0" Text="I have read dozens of gaming reviews, and the difference between pcie3 and 2 at the x16 size is negligible.  Technically, the 3.0 slot can handle 2x  the amount of data, but almost no software uses that much bandwidth.  Currently even games that do use more bandwidth do so 1% of the time." CreationDate="2016-04-23T03:34:10.407" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5437" PostId="2548" Score="0" Text="Be sure that the RAM inside of this laptop is not soldered. Desoldering RAM is nearly impossible without the right tools and expertise. If the ram is indeed soldered, than it would be pointless to attempt to replace it." CreationDate="2016-04-24T15:46:50.157" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5438" PostId="2547" Score="0" Text="I wouldn't recommend the GTX 970 on principle due to the 3.5GB memory issue, which in itself is dishonest, however it also can severely cripple performance in general when tapping into the defective 512MB of VRAM. Honestly, the GPU itself would be better off with only 3.5GB of VRAM, however, if your PC attempts to use more, performance will sink. Furthermore, the R9 390 is much more powerful as well as cheaper most of the time.&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;As for power consumption, an extra $2 or so to your electricity bill should be off no concern, although many nVidia fans will argue avidly around that one point." CreationDate="2016-04-24T15:50:23.423" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5439" PostId="2536" Score="0" Text="I wouldn't recommend taking a step up to the GTX 980. As you can see in my answer [here](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/670/different-behavior-of-gtx-970-and-gtx-980-due-to-3-5-gb-issue/687#6870), you might as well get a GTX 980 Ti or a GTX 960. However, my personal favorite is the R9 390 - a beast of an AMD card which is cheaper than the Gtx 970 and better performance too." CreationDate="2016-04-24T15:52:17.847" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5447" PostId="2551" Score="0" Text="I've listed your requirements more explicitly, which should get it reopened sooner. Is there any reason you can't use the HDMI port? I believe the [Mac Pro in question](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202801) and the [BenQ monitor](http://www.benq.com.au/product/monitor/xl2411z/specifications/) both support HDMI I/O" CreationDate="2016-04-25T02:29:50.013" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5458" PostId="2551" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Apparently, HDMI doesn't support more than 60Hz refresh." CreationDate="2016-04-25T14:37:10.840" UserId="2314" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5463" PostId="2551" Score="0" Text="Oh. Right, my mistake. The BenQ XL2411Z doesn't support HDMI 1.3, so DVI-D is the only option :/" CreationDate="2016-04-26T03:37:18.620" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5465" PostId="2590" Score="1" Text="Thanks. Yes it's frustratingly hard to find data on keys travel distance and actuation force (let alone the entire curve), especially for non-mechanical keyboards :/ Actually the  [Arion Rapoo Black KX 5.8GHz Wireless Smart Backlight LED Built-in Lithium Battery Mechanical MX Keyboard - Black](http://www.amazon.com/Rapoo-Wireless-Backlight-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B00UZZUFOQ) is mechanical, in addition to being flat (2mm travel distance, 50g actuation force). And they don't have any inclination, unlike too many other mechanical keyboards. I'm currently looking for the same version but noncompact" CreationDate="2016-04-26T14:49:06.790" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5466" PostId="2590" Score="1" Text="And I am [also looking](https://www.amazon.com/forum/-/TxBO9OKKOCEQ7K/1/ref=cm_cd_naredir?_encoding=UTF8&amp;asin=B00UZZUFOQ&amp;cdItems=25&amp;cdNewQuestion=1&amp;store=generic&amp;cdPenName=) for similar mechanical flat keyboards with lower actuation force (e.g. using Cherry MX red)" CreationDate="2016-04-26T14:59:58.097" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5467" PostId="2551" Score="0" Text="Alright, I'm using DVI-S apparently, but I have a dual link. I'm just searching for the adapter from DVID to Mini Display port. I guess Apple's one is the only one I can find." CreationDate="2016-04-26T17:13:31.373" UserId="2314" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5468" PostId="2094" Score="3" Text="This is what I ended up doing.  Ultimately, the safety net of limited manufacturer support (even though I'll probably never use it) made me feel more comfortable.  I've had the server for almost a month; upped it to 64GB of RAM, 2 processors, and a Adaptec RAID card for my /home drives.  Using VMware ESXi 6.0. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with the performance.  It's not the fastest machine I've ever used, but the experience is pretty consistent across all running VMs.  With 7 running Windows/Linux VMs, if I didn't know they were VMs, i don't think i'd notice." CreationDate="2016-04-26T18:34:24.413" UserId="1588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5470" PostId="2596" Score="0" Text="Thanks. What speeds (ethernet and wifi, up/down) have they been benchmarked to deliver?" CreationDate="2016-04-27T10:36:43.660" UserId="2373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5471" PostId="2596" Score="0" Text="@mdc I took a results from [Cnet Asus RT-AC88U review](http://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rt-ac88u-router/2/) because it's the same router as AC3100 just with 8 LAN ports. But there are only Wi-Fi benchmarks I don't know exact results for LAN performance. I will update answer with this results." CreationDate="2016-04-27T10:51:06.713" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5472" PostId="2596" Score="0" Text="If you have a look here: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/charts/router/view&#xA;The AC88U's results isnt very impressive compared to the best. On the other hand the best ones are not recommended on that site so I'm confused :)" CreationDate="2016-04-27T12:13:55.010" UserId="2373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5473" PostId="2589" Score="0" Text="Are you absolutely set on that CPU and socket? LGA2011-based configurations typically have more available PCI lanes." CreationDate="2016-04-27T12:19:53.137" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5474" PostId="2596" Score="0" Text="@mdc I think that for all products you can find bad and good reviews and tests. Actually I use little older and cheaper ASUS router/modem and I'm really happy with it (software/performance). I also read some reviews of this products (Asus and Linksys) in my native language and their were really positive. If you are confused and don't want to choose it yet I recommend you to wait for other users opinions and answers maybe it will help you in deciding what to buy." CreationDate="2016-04-27T12:25:21.883" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5475" PostId="2593" Score="1" Text="It's really nice information that Corsair started with new Cherry MX Speed switches. They signed six-month exclusive agreement with Cherry so I think that the prices will be lower when other companies show their products with Cherry MX Speed switches." CreationDate="2016-04-27T12:39:09.010" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5476" PostId="2589" Score="0" Text="we need configuration that will use full bandwidth but at the same time will cost not much to upgrade. CPU can be upgraded if there is no other choice. we currently stuck on Asus P9x79-e Ws" CreationDate="2016-04-27T12:57:05.800" UserId="2367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5477" PostId="2589" Score="0" Text="So, you're already on an LGA2011-based board. The upgrade of your current board is what I was thinking of, actually... Asus' X99-E WS (it's DDR4, though). If cost is a bigger factor than performance, you should edit that into your question." CreationDate="2016-04-27T13:02:33.140" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5478" PostId="2589" Score="0" Text="we gonna to get asus p9x79-e. cause for now it seems best suit. only one cpu will be upgraded. So i posted this quesiton to get know if there is motherboard that could cost us without upgrade. x99-e  we have to buy rams too" CreationDate="2016-04-27T13:21:08.213" UserId="2367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5479" PostId="2589" Score="0" Text="Oh... Your comment made it sound like you were already using the P9X79-E WS. I recommend some edits to your question - you should discuss budget and what you're currently using, if anything." CreationDate="2016-04-27T13:22:59.670" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5490" PostId="2608" Score="0" Text="You're not goign to have any luck for a dual-OS solution. You're in the same boat as somebody looking for a [wireless projector](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/2475/wireless-hd-projector-2000-lumen/2508), other than the fact that you'd need to add an external WiDi/Miracast adapter for the Windows half (instead of having it built in to the device)." CreationDate="2016-04-28T12:30:36.113" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5491" PostId="2608" Score="0" Text="@T.J.L. Ok, I can work without Windows compatibility. But what about Mac and Dell." CreationDate="2016-04-28T12:34:02.357" UserId="2080" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5495" PostId="2606" Score="0" Text="Can you explain *why*? This looks very similar to your other answer. Why is this one the best choice for your money vs. the other's best performance?" CreationDate="2016-04-28T13:54:32.573" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5496" PostId="2606" Score="0" Text="@Andy Because the other is very similar but it has better (top-end) efficiency I would normally put this two PSU's in one answer and try to compare them as one being best possible 850W PSU and other really reliable and also cheaper choice. But after this [answer](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/482/1366) I have to split products in two anserws and it's hard to compare them in two different answers. Generally I think both PSU's are great choices cheaper one is really good but if price is no listed in question I will also provide answer with best PSU in my opinion (not economical)." CreationDate="2016-04-28T14:14:33.017" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5497" PostId="2606" Score="1" Text="I understand why you have two answers (I wrote the linked meta answer). I'm just asking for a bit of explanation, because on this question I see &quot;I recommend this.&quot; and 4 bullet points. There should be a bit of prose to help users see why this model is good for your wallet while the other is good for performance. Basically, more than just a list. A list is a good start, but the explanation is very helpful too. It helps in the comparison." CreationDate="2016-04-28T14:17:27.467" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5505" PostId="2618" Score="0" Text="Removing the bios battery would require taking apart the whole laptop. Can I post a *spirit* of the rules, not the *letter* of the rules answer? a NUC class machine might work very well here, and/or an older machine." CreationDate="2016-04-30T00:25:24.113" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5507" PostId="2560" Score="3" Text="Before you commit to any of these, you should really look through security sites. Many of the 'secure' USB sticks are anything but. In some cases all one needs is to bypass the &quot;lock&quot; chip with a piece of wire, often the encryption software uses lousy, long-broken algorithms, or security through obscurity, where your data is stored unencrypted in an invisible partition. You'll be much better off setting up a 'truecrypt traveller disk' on anything." CreationDate="2016-04-30T07:07:15.077" UserId="352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5508" PostId="2625" Score="0" Text="Thanks. Quite unfortunate that *this* phone takes a firm stand against rooting - down to blocking sideloading of APKs and disabling the ADB console." CreationDate="2016-04-30T08:09:29.753" UserId="352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5509" PostId="2625" Score="0" Text="Yeah. I personally don't root my phones, so I never thought of it as a criteria." CreationDate="2016-04-30T08:37:27.710" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5510" PostId="2618" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek, the machine doesn't have to be new, as long as you're certain that I can buy it somewhere. However it _must_ be a laptop, because it's easier to securely store (-&gt; vault) a laptop than a NUC with keyboard, monitor and possibly mouse." CreationDate="2016-04-30T09:08:29.803" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5512" PostId="99" Score="0" Text="Can't you get 2 mm of travel distance by adding o-rings in a mechanical keyboard?" CreationDate="2016-04-30T20:32:18.853" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5513" PostId="99" Score="0" Text="@Franck It's possible, but the raised keys of a mechanical keyboard will keep your hands at an unnatural raised angle (assuming you don't use a big wrist rest) while a keyboard with scissor switches allows your hands to lay almost completely flat." CreationDate="2016-04-30T20:48:35.300" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5514" PostId="99" Score="0" Text="@Adam: Actually I had planned to use a big wrist rest :)" CreationDate="2016-04-30T21:19:58.120" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5515" PostId="2631" Score="1" Text="Half wondering if reworking the caps and replacing the fan on an older PSU might be an option, Somewhat out of the scope of the site, but replacing electrolytics and fans isn't rocket science." CreationDate="2016-04-30T23:54:00.227" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5516" PostId="2626" Score="2" Text="I donno. Having messed around with refilling printers in the past, printers range from &quot;No, Original ink only&quot; to &quot;This is totally going to void your warranty. You pinky swear you're sure?&quot; to &quot;I have no idea how much ink there is so I'll print anyway&quot; to &quot;Meh. FEED ME. FEEEEED ME!&quot;. Its a very practical requirement." CreationDate="2016-05-01T08:06:37.660" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5519" PostId="2630" Score="0" Text="Thanks! But did you actually check the dimensions? It doesn't actually seem to be smaller than what I already have... yours is 57.40mm × 20.33mm × 10.96mm whereas mine is 53.34mm × 22.86mm × 10.16mm!" CreationDate="2016-05-01T20:04:59.477" UserId="1246" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5520" PostId="2630" Score="0" Text="Sorry about that! I didn't notice that its larger. I'll have another look around and see if I can find a better option." CreationDate="2016-05-01T22:56:33.213" UserId="2402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5522" PostId="2632" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I've read that its pickup coil is sensitive to magnetic fields between about 300-3000Hz, so it can picks up sound from any objects emitting electro magnetic power. Pretty interesting." CreationDate="2016-05-02T12:23:23.413" UserId="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5527" PostId="2644" Score="1" Text="This may be too broad - I'm not entirely sure, so I'm not going to unilaterally close this, but you may need to add more details of what you want for this to be concisely answerable." CreationDate="2016-05-03T10:51:17.993" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5528" PostId="2636" Score="0" Text="&quot;holes or I/O ports will line up&quot; is the tricky part IMO. Also, power looks like it'll be a pain. That's a wierd PSU. How's the monitor connected? Feels almost like gutting a newer/old laptop or sticking a nuc class machine feels like a good idea." CreationDate="2016-05-03T11:31:05.417" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5529" PostId="2644" Score="1" Text="This is a very broad question. Is there something in the [certified hardware list](http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/) that doesn't meet your requirements? Is there something specific you need this board to do other than support the processor you mentioned?" CreationDate="2016-05-03T13:26:44.117" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5530" PostId="2641" Score="1" Text="They  were essentially commodity components when they were common, and pretty much barely distinguishable from each other. Not sure if they even sell em new. Of course, there's probably a deep dark corner where folk talk about and hoard the *good* floppy drives for things like this." CreationDate="2016-05-03T13:40:42.643" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5531" PostId="2637" Score="0" Text="by 'non squishy' do you mean the 'classic' thinkpad style keyboard, or a decent chicklet style keyboard? Looking for a general purpose machine or something you can game on?" CreationDate="2016-05-03T13:41:31.063" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5532" PostId="2637" Score="0" Text="I have nothing against the &quot;chicklet&quot; style keyboard as long as their is no flex. So many of the cheaper designs would have the keyboard bounce and flex. My gold standard is the classic Thinkpad keyboard." CreationDate="2016-05-03T13:43:16.723" UserId="2409" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5534" PostId="2644" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your comments and sorry for being so broad... I need just any mainboard (or in general: any configuration) that works with Ubuntu 12.04 and a Core-i7 processor, 32 GB RAM and two 2TB hard drives. This is for a research project. Since I am not so familiar neither with Ubuntu nor with configuring the right computer, I just want to make sure everything will work (I was afraid that the latest hardware might not support an older Ubuntu). I had the experience in the past that Ubuntu 12.04 was not so perfectly working with some generic Fujitsu computer (ethernet problems then)." CreationDate="2016-05-03T13:59:15.457" UserId="2415" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5535" PostId="2636" Score="1" Text="The monitor is connected via that orange ribbon to a PCI graphics card that connects to the motherboard via the riser card. I haven't checked power yet but I want to bring it back to life for nostalgia reasons :)" CreationDate="2016-05-03T16:02:19.067" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5536" PostId="2636" Score="0" Text="I mean, it is a non standard power supply so you can't just drop a new/modern one in." CreationDate="2016-05-03T23:08:11.437" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5537" PostId="2637" Score="0" Text="@webworm You can find [really similar question with some answers here](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/2491/1366). Check if it helps you." CreationDate="2016-05-04T05:40:26.910" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5538" PostId="2644" Score="0" Text="@togtogtog Will you overclock this machine (if no why CPU with K letter) ?" CreationDate="2016-05-04T05:57:42.913" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5539" PostId="2648" Score="0" Text="Note: I'm not sure about the zooming, as it was designed to be a car DVR" CreationDate="2016-05-04T06:42:17.533" UserId="2402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5540" PostId="2644" Score="0" Text="@ivaan No overclocking; and there is no specific need for that CPU, using an i7 brings the advantage that the analyses can work in parallel on 7 of the 8 cores..." CreationDate="2016-05-04T12:01:30.223" UserId="2415" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5541" PostId="2644" Score="0" Text="@Ivaan While the K-line does allow overclocking, it is also quite a bit faster when banging away on all cores (4.0 GHz for the K vs. 3.4 GHz for the non-K). If you don't have an appropriately threaded workload, the difference in single-core Turbo performance is much smaller and means the K-line is probably not worth having if you're not going to overclock. Then again, the price difference isn't really all that much." CreationDate="2016-05-04T12:58:40.663" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5542" PostId="1605" Score="0" Text="This is almost completely spot on, except for the part where you equate &quot;higher quality motherboards&quot; and &quot;more PCIe slots&quot;. The number of slots is a function of the board size, but choosing a smaller form factor does not implicitly mean it is a lower quality board. If you were talking about the number of lanes available as compared to the number of slots, and the number of lanes in each, that would be more accurate." CreationDate="2016-05-04T13:02:51.763" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5543" PostId="2647" Score="0" Text="Can you list some of these &quot;many possible answers&quot; because this is only solution that I could find after extensive searching." CreationDate="2016-05-04T16:05:17.627" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5547" PostId="2647" Score="0" Text="Can you describe the ribbon cable and special connector?  How many wires does the cable have?  How many pins does the connector have?  What is the make and model of the screen?" CreationDate="2016-05-05T02:33:49.063" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5548" PostId="2647" Score="1" Text="The 'ribbon' and special connector might be LVDS. I'm tempted to say you're doing this wrong. There's a reasonable chance the best solution is to forget about PCIe- get a breakout board for the *panel* from somewhere like NJYtouch - these kits are tailored for the LCD so you can order exactly what you need, and use a modern interface like HDMI to connect to the card." CreationDate="2016-05-05T02:52:03.857" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5549" PostId="2647" Score="0" Text="Also, is it just me, or is that using a USB 3.0 cable to break out a PCIe x1? You might just get away with removing the backplate and part of the PCB once you've verified there's nothing important there." CreationDate="2016-05-05T02:56:52.197" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5550" PostId="2644" Score="0" Text="@T.J.L. Yes, you are right but the most important thing in this question was answer to which chipset should togtogtog choose. For overclocking Z170 is a must but if this setup won't be overclocked H110 (PCI Express 2.0) or B150 (PCI Express 3.0) will be enough." CreationDate="2016-05-05T05:20:25.520" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5551" PostId="2647" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek This seems like a pretty chintzy approach altogether. While it may look like a USB cable, I wouldn't *assume* it actually is one or the device uses USB protocols." CreationDate="2016-05-05T12:54:15.113" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5557" PostId="2647" Score="0" Text="I was considering more that its a simple, jerryrigged breakout board so careful trimming might be an option" CreationDate="2016-05-05T15:10:04.937" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5565" PostId="2653" Score="0" Text="Using a German price comparison site I can only find Asus devices with Atom processors from 2015 onward, which doesn't surprise me after Intel's announcement to cancel the 2016 SoC products and focus on higher margin products like premium tablets (running Windows I guess)." CreationDate="2016-05-05T23:39:32.423" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5566" PostId="2647" Score="0" Text="Assuming you a working on Compaq Presario 3020 what you should really do is gut the display and mount a laptop screen on the inside.  You can get one with a controller board with HDMI,SVGA, or something modern.  While it won't be $20 it will be a really true future proof fix." CreationDate="2016-05-05T23:47:07.240" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5567" PostId="2647" Score="0" Text="That is an interesting thought. I'm not confident of my case modding skills to make it look good though." CreationDate="2016-05-06T00:17:00.427" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5568" PostId="2657" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the effort. This phone looks very nice, but the lack of SD card support is indeed a drawback." CreationDate="2016-05-06T05:36:33.643" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5569" PostId="2657" Score="0" Text="@Fiksdal It's only one which I found with &quot;good&quot; Atom other than Asus. There are rumors about [Microsoft Surface Phone](http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/microsoft-surface-mobile-phone-news/) but when it will be avaliable we don't know... What do you need this phone (processor) for ? Do you want to put normal OS on it ?" CreationDate="2016-05-06T05:40:08.460" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5570" PostId="2657" Score="1" Text="Yeah, I know, it's possible that there are in fact no other such phones at all. Oh, Microsoft? Well, I would never run Windows Phone, though. I want Android. As for why I want x86, read this: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/2643/x86-android-phone-powerful-enough-to-be-used-for-basic-desktop-tasks" CreationDate="2016-05-06T05:47:24.187" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5573" PostId="2657" Score="0" Text="@Fiksdal Yes, you are right. They are not the same but finally answer for other question will be the same because you are asking about powerful x86 Android phone (not Asus because you are listing it there) so there is only Lenovo left." CreationDate="2016-05-06T06:47:05.443" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5574" PostId="2657" Score="0" Text="Yes, kind of. And in the other question, I also specify that the phone needs to support &quot;loop devices&quot;." CreationDate="2016-05-06T06:48:28.380" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5575" PostId="2657" Score="0" Text="@Fiksdal You are right. But I really don't know where to find this information about Lenovo K80 and really don't know if any of this devices supports it (Asus ZenFone or Lenovo K80)." CreationDate="2016-05-06T07:05:27.453" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5576" PostId="2657" Score="0" Text="Yes. I think the only way to find out is to try. I will probably buy the top range Zenfone. It has 2.2 GHz or something and 4GB RAM." CreationDate="2016-05-06T07:06:54.380" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5582" PostId="2647" Score="0" Text="@opticyclic hence my suggestion to see if you can just get a controller board." CreationDate="2016-05-06T07:10:01.757" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5584" PostId="1910" Score="0" Text="Additionally http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-computer-speakers/ is a nice starting point. I want to recommend the AV40s cause *I wanted them*, but I'm holding out for reviews on the AV42" CreationDate="2016-05-06T10:18:16.337" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5587" PostId="2631" Score="0" Text="I agree with **Journeyman Geek**. Several of our production machines are old (DOS, WIn 3.11 and etc). It can be difficult finding replacement parts. So, I look at the electrolytics (capacitors) to see if they are expanded/bulging on the top. If they are, then they are failing/failed. Simply finding compatible replacements has fixed the issue." CreationDate="2016-05-06T13:15:02.187" UserId="481" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5589" PostId="2662" Score="1" Text="the advantage of print heads being built into the carts is that you get a new printhead with your cart. That has never been an issue with any of our printers tho." CreationDate="2016-05-06T15:46:46.230" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5592" PostId="2661" Score="0" Text="While this is an excellent and well-specified question, it also doesn't fit our site scope as defined in [What is Hardware?](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/265/what-is-hardware) - namely, what is effectively a battery can only perform one meaningful task, and doesn't need to connect to a computer to operate." CreationDate="2016-05-06T20:15:08.450" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5594" PostId="2637" Score="4" Text="Whats wrong with the current ThinkPads?" CreationDate="2016-05-06T20:29:37.290" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5595" PostId="2661" Score="1" Text="There are literally hundreds of questions on things that don't need to connect to computers... And I'm asking for something that performs four tasks (charging, jump starting, USB out, DC out)" CreationDate="2016-05-06T23:20:11.750" UserId="1997" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5597" PostId="1910" Score="0" Text="Popping this here for references on bookshelf speakers http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-bookshelf-speakers/" CreationDate="2016-05-07T01:09:48.983" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5600" PostId="2661" Score="0" Text="You may be able to talk to the people in [Mechanics Stack Exchange Chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/340/the-pitstop); they don't do recommendation questions on the site, but their chat might be able to help you." CreationDate="2016-05-07T10:13:57.760" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5601" PostId="2670" Score="0" Text="I don't have much experience in this... but I once tested an Axis camera (with a price tag of 300$) which was working nicely even without internet access. It offered various output formats (mp4, mjpeg and others) viewable in most webbrowsers or media players (e.g. VLC).&#xA;&#xA;If you want to access the camera from anywhere, you need to setup port forwarding and possibly also some dynDNS service. Choose a good password if you plan to do expose your cam to the internet ;-)" CreationDate="2016-05-07T17:45:19.037" UserDisplayName="Lukas" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5603" PostId="2670" Score="2" Text="Do note that many security cameras (specially cheap ones) have insecure firmware (eg. it may be possible to view the footage without the password). Rather than directly opening the port in the router to the camera, I'd open it to an intermediate server, which verifies the credentials before proxying to the camera (it may also be a ssh server, vpn, etc.)." CreationDate="2016-05-07T23:15:49.110" UserId="2445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5608" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="I have used Anker products for many years, and I have an Anker PowerPort myself. I have to say that they are great products and I would definitely recommend the one you have listed." CreationDate="2016-05-08T09:59:03.787" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5609" PostId="2662" Score="2" Text="Can I ask why it must not be an Epson?" CreationDate="2016-05-08T12:15:14.350" UserId="2402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5610" PostId="2662" Score="2" Text="My mother has had extremely poor experience (build quality, usability and print quality) with Epson printers in recent years. Her exact words were *&quot;I don't want another one of those damn Epsons&quot;*." CreationDate="2016-05-08T12:19:16.533" UserId="2437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5611" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="@BG_Programmer Thank you. So that definitely has the hub functionality (connects peripherals to the phone) while charging/powering the phone?" CreationDate="2016-05-08T12:22:05.860" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5612" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="It cannot be used without a mains adaptor, but apart from that, it has the hub functionality." CreationDate="2016-05-08T12:29:49.477" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5613" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="Ah, I think that maybe I have misunderstood your question. The Anker PowerPort simple connects with one cable to the mains and you can then charge your devices by connecting to its output ports. Is that what you are after?" CreationDate="2016-05-08T12:31:59.803" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5614" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="I want to use a mouse and keyboard with my phone at the same time (can connect one or the other as the phones typically have one USB port). As powering both accessories and a hub would be a load on the battery, I am looking for a mains powered hub that will power/charge the phone as well as powering mouse/keyboard." CreationDate="2016-05-08T15:12:38.770" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5615" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, i do not think that the powerport will work for that scenario" CreationDate="2016-05-08T15:14:25.733" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5618" PostId="2648" Score="0" Text="Great! This very much sounds like something I am looking for. I'd just need to find out whether it has the zoom capability as it's the primary function I need. I don't care where it has been made as long as it serves the purpose. The link you have given above does not work (I found it on the web easily though)." CreationDate="2016-05-09T13:56:26.173" UserId="2098" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5619" PostId="2675" Score="0" Text="Awesome. Then you'll definitely want to go with NVIDIA instead of AMD." CreationDate="2016-05-09T20:35:24.983" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5620" PostId="2675" Score="0" Text="do you know what nvidia card would support 6 displays/projectors?" CreationDate="2016-05-09T20:37:00.090" UserId="2449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5622" PostId="2684" Score="1" Text="The extra cart is mostly used for photo printing IIRC . And I can attest to canon's quality. I didn't post an answer here since our printer's an old model that's been going on and on for ages ;)" CreationDate="2016-05-10T02:21:14.593" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5625" PostId="2677" Score="0" Text="You're probably thinking of a [DMA attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMA_attack) - the classic vector is firewire." CreationDate="2016-05-10T07:03:15.523" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5626" PostId="2677" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek: yes, except that my device doesn't have Firewire." CreationDate="2016-05-10T07:07:07.403" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5627" PostId="2660" Score="0" Text="Thank you for answer but it's not what I'm looking for." CreationDate="2016-05-10T07:33:19.503" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5628" PostId="2659" Score="0" Text="Firstly thank you for answer but it's really hard to find comparision of this speakers with Edifiers and Microlabs. I'm not sure which choice will be better from speakers presented by me after edit and this presented by you. Additionally in review on Wirecutter we can't see any models from my list..." CreationDate="2016-05-10T07:37:51.430" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5629" PostId="2659" Score="0" Text="Wirecutter's the closest thing to a cross comparison I can find, and their methodology is pretty solid. They also have a seperate page for bookshelf speakers. I consider them a great *starting* point, but yes, they're by no means definitive. I also like these for the *overall* feature set, and since they're a good example of how stuff matter (want more bass? A larger speaker cone size might help)" CreationDate="2016-05-10T07:50:38.977" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5630" PostId="2659" Score="0" Text="More bass is not my goal I just want to choose solid speakers in this price range and I think that all options Edifiers, M-Audios, Microlabs will have enough bass for me. I put speakers from Edifier and Microlab in comparission because they are popular choices in this price range on forums in my country. Your proposition is really nice but I can't find any opinion if it's better than mine. I really would go with cheaper Edifiers R1600TIII or Microlabs 6C but if your choice is much better I could buy M-Audios but I can't find any proof that they are significantly better choice." CreationDate="2016-05-10T07:58:54.377" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5631" PostId="2659" Score="0" Text="Sound is subjective in many cases. I'm suggesting criteria that helps in selection unless you can audition them and things to look for." CreationDate="2016-05-10T08:04:19.323" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5632" PostId="2659" Score="0" Text="True but I really don't know how to narrow my criteria because I didn't listen to many &quot;good&quot; speakers and I couldn't form my own opinion about them. In this case I will probably go with cheapest Edifiers R1600TIII. If nothing new shows up in this question I will mark your answer because it brought most interesting proposition." CreationDate="2016-05-10T08:11:29.763" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5634" PostId="2648" Score="0" Text="Sadly I just found that it doesn't have any zoom capabilities." CreationDate="2016-05-10T14:32:09.040" UserId="2098" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5637" PostId="2689" Score="0" Text="Well, I am pretty sure that you won't find any modern hardware with lots of analog outputs. What kind of inputs are available on the TV? VGA? If so, you just need a card with DVI output, which is quite common and a DVI-to-VGA Adpater, which should be very cheap, if not delivered with the card.&#xA;Also, I wouldn't recommend using some sort of adapter or something to connect your PC to such an input. Picture quality will suffer and you will also encounter some serious input lags, so I don't think that this a desireable solution." CreationDate="2016-05-11T07:13:48.883" UserId="2092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5639" PostId="2657" Score="0" Text="@Fiksdal I've just read article about [incomming release of ASUS Zenfone 3](https://www.androidpit.com/asus-zenfone-3-price-release-date-specs-features) May/June. Maybe it's good idea to wait for it. There is possibility that it will use x64 CPU (like Zenfone 2) maybe with better specs fitting your requirements even more." CreationDate="2016-05-11T07:55:19.200" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5645" PostId="1887" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk The wording of the answer seems to imply palacsint owns the laptop in question, and has installed additional RAM. Did you want an explicit statement or CPU-Z validation?" CreationDate="2016-05-11T13:18:06.943" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5646" PostId="2689" Score="0" Text="I found out how to make a converter from DVI (all 380X cards have it), to YPbPr, it uses only amps and resistances, so the only delay is the extra time the electrons need to go around the circuit, something I think can be considered negligible...&#xA;&#xA;The problem is that this converter only converters the colour signal, and don't change the resolution, thus the GPU must be capable of outputting the correct resolution and timing signal in first place." CreationDate="2016-05-11T13:37:28.240" UserId="1893" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5654" PostId="2702" Score="1" Text="What's your price range?" CreationDate="2016-05-12T16:54:32.067" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5658" PostId="2707" Score="0" Text="Actually I think there is no device meeting your requirements there is many devices without API like [Charger Doctor](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1852) but if your main requirement is API I can't recommend you anything at this moment." CreationDate="2016-05-13T07:42:12.623" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5659" PostId="2707" Score="2" Text="That is not possible (at least not in the strict sense it is asked for). An USB port has a certain specified output voltage that is not subject to negotiation or configuration." CreationDate="2016-05-13T08:17:03.310" UserId="1683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5660" PostId="2708" Score="0" Text="Good answer. I have additional question, let me know if it is better to submit it as a new question. According to the specification, is ASRock Z170 Pro4S enough for support of a stock 3200 MHz RAM (that I would eventually buy one day, when they become cheaper)?" CreationDate="2016-05-13T13:46:13.573" UserId="2460" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5661" PostId="2708" Score="0" Text="@helleye Yup, it supports up to DDR4 3866+(OC) memory modules." CreationDate="2016-05-13T13:55:31.223" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5662" PostId="2264" Score="0" Text="Can this play video games?" CreationDate="2016-05-13T15:00:38.787" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5665" PostId="2711" Score="0" Text="Is [this](http://www.vizio.com/tvs/mseries/m50d1.html) the 4K you were talking about?" CreationDate="2016-05-13T18:50:12.477" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5666" PostId="2711" Score="0" Text="The link didn't work for me but it likely a regional thing. But just based on the URL yes that is absolutely the TV I am referring to." CreationDate="2016-05-13T18:57:17.497" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5667" PostId="2710" Score="0" Text="Audio cables are almost always low-latency; they're just pure electrical signal. Wifi is basically guaranteed to give you much higher latency than cable alone. If you can cable it, do." CreationDate="2016-05-13T23:12:21.153" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5668" PostId="2710" Score="0" Text="If I use 1m 3.5 mm cable I got 400 ms latency. If I use 3m cable the latency is 1000 ms." CreationDate="2016-05-14T03:13:13.113" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5669" PostId="2712" Score="0" Text="Actually I read about chromecast audio. It says that it can do so via laptop. That is fine. Logically a desktop PC with a wifi adapater like mine should work too. I got internet from wifi. I should be able to stream audio from wifi. I just want to make sure." CreationDate="2016-05-14T03:16:04.583" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5670" PostId="2712" Score="0" Text="Can chromecast audio allow me to play video games? Basically can it works as a speaker for all purpose or can it only sing a few songs with special software and that's it" CreationDate="2016-05-14T04:41:55.273" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5671" PostId="1842" Score="0" Text="I think he's asking if a bluetooth dongle can support aptx. I am not sure my self. I have a headphone that support aptx. It seems that there is no latency when I uses that headphone with my bluetooth dongle. I have no idea if that bluetooth dongle support aptx or not." CreationDate="2016-05-14T04:49:13.757" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5672" PostId="1842" Score="1" Text="I bought this https://www.tokopedia.com/snapshot.pl?dtl_id=52679614&amp;order_id=34704194 and http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=282192 says that it supports aptx" CreationDate="2016-05-14T05:01:55.693" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5673" PostId="2711" Score="0" Text="@Steviet This TVs have really nice reviews and good price but unfortunately they are not avaliable in my country..." CreationDate="2016-05-14T05:09:24.303" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5675" PostId="2714" Score="0" Text="Something like a smart plug type device?" CreationDate="2016-05-14T11:27:12.233" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5676" PostId="2716" Score="1" Text="While this type of project works for small scale projects, it's important for users to know that this is not a security system. One image per minute leaves a lot of time for stuff to be missed and not captured by the camera. This particular project sounds use for so something like a time lapse video, not a security system." CreationDate="2016-05-14T14:05:29.487" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5677" PostId="2714" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek yes, for example" CreationDate="2016-05-14T14:33:47.497" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5680" PostId="2264" Score="0" Text="@JimThio The Play 5 has an aux in, so it can play anything from a headphone jack. For example the PS4 controller has a headphone jack you can use to output all sound." CreationDate="2016-05-15T14:36:32.937" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5681" PostId="2717" Score="0" Text="You're asking for a solution to a problem with a product that is still weeks or months away from being released to the market. A as I know there are currently no DisplayPort 1.3 graphics cards available. So even if someone labeled a cable as 1.3 *certified* you wouldn't be able to verify it currently and you can also not verify if the better 1.2 *certified* cables like AK-340100-030-S, which is already pretty thick, are sufficient." CreationDate="2016-05-15T18:06:35.917" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5682" PostId="2714" Score="2" Text="In the future you could look out for PCs with the Intel Management Engine which is co-processor on the main board which should be able to do this if being asked from the network. You'd need a vPro enabled CPU though." CreationDate="2016-05-15T18:10:29.390" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5684" PostId="2689" Score="0" Text="Could you please clarify a few things: What's your maximum acceptable price (less than 400USD?)? What's your target resolution (800x600?)? What input cables would be acceptable (VGA, YPbPr, ...?)? What output can you generate (e.g. HDMI, DVI, ...?) Do you want extra treatment for audio (e.g. split off digital audio?, convert to analog audio?)?" CreationDate="2016-05-15T18:50:50.953" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5685" PostId="2689" Score="0" Text="I am from Brazil, it is hard to choose an acceptable price, some stuff maybe will cost some absurd amounts of money here, while others might be cheap, for example when I was looking into PC chassis, I found lots of people selling new &quot;Define R4&quot; cases for 80 USD in US and EU, meanwhile here in Brazil the cheapest I found was used, and it was 550 USD" CreationDate="2016-05-15T19:17:45.690" UserId="1893" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5686" PostId="2264" Score="0" Text="I mean PC dekstop computer. Can PC Desktop transmit wifi audio to these speakers." CreationDate="2016-05-16T05:54:48.623" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5688" PostId="2711" Score="0" Text="Ahhh, i'm sorry to hear that. I am partial to Sonys though, and the one you have listed seems to hit all your requirements. I can't find the native refresh rate anywhere of that model, but generally if the &quot;MotionFlow&quot; technology is above 120, then you've got a 120Hz native panel (its at 800 for the model you listed)" CreationDate="2016-05-16T14:47:08.253" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5689" PostId="2712" Score="0" Text="There are applications you can get for your PC to stream any and all audio to the speakers, so yes it is possible, but again, latency will be your only concern. It might be difficult to find anything that will cut the latency down to an acceptable level when you're using wireless frequencies. Here is a link to a PC software that will allow you to stream any and all audio from your PC though, [Chromecast Audio Stream](https://github.com/acidhax/chromecast-audio-stream)" CreationDate="2016-05-16T14:49:32.783" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5690" PostId="2724" Score="0" Text="You mention the Raspberry Pi 3 in your question. Does the Raspberry Pi 3 not meet all these requirements, or do you need some analog I/O's?" CreationDate="2016-05-16T14:52:47.893" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5691" PostId="2724" Score="1" Text="Problem is, that raspberry pi3 is not open hardware and also all raspberries have a really poor documentation. But closed hardware is still a bigger issue, as when writing OS, I cannot use closed drivers, because they will not be supported(because they are written only for Linux/Windows)." CreationDate="2016-05-16T14:59:33.447" UserId="2494" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5695" PostId="2713" Score="1" Text="You're going to be hard pressed to find all of those features without Smart functions/features. They tend to package it in any TV with decent specs these days whether or not you want it." CreationDate="2016-05-17T13:21:35.957" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5696" PostId="2713" Score="0" Text="I'd try one of the korean brands - I know crossover goes up to 40 inches, I have one of their 24 inchers and it does 4k with 3 hdmi 2.0 outputs. And you want HDMI 2.0 for 4k60" CreationDate="2016-05-17T14:57:20.997" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5697" PostId="2733" Score="0" Text="quite a good thing. Missing docs can be a problem though. Do you know how does it look like if it is about stability of the firmware? Eg. in raspberryPi different firmwares may cause low level programs to stop working. Does something like this take place on OrangePi as well?" CreationDate="2016-05-18T10:54:13.713" UserId="2494" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5698" PostId="2733" Score="0" Text="I can't answer that, I don't have experience with it. It can run several different operating systems including Android, my guess is you might run into issues depending on what you're trying to accomplish." CreationDate="2016-05-18T15:28:19.307" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5700" PostId="2712" Score="0" Text="I would like to add to Steviet answer&#xA;&#xA;http://lifehacker.com/how-to-send-your-computers-audio-to-a-chromecast-1750297581&#xA;&#xA;    On Windows, you need Chromecast Audio Stream. Once it’s installed, just select your Chromecast from the tray icon and your audio will start streaming.&#xA;&#xA;    That’s it, now all your computer’s audio should be routed through the Chromecast. This should work for everything from iTunes to video games to random MP3s you’re playing from a folder." CreationDate="2016-05-19T05:25:32.360" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5701" PostId="2734" Score="1" Text="I bought Lenovo Yoga 3 (i7,8 GB RAM, 256GB SSD, GF 940M) in December for my wife. I will post my &quot;review&quot; as an answer tommorow or day after tommorow because I don't have a lot of time to do it now." CreationDate="2016-05-19T05:52:38.123" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5704" PostId="2675" Score="1" Text="I suspect it's more complicated than you think, especially if you want it to be seamless. Check out the [Nvidia Mosiac Display Configurator](http://www.nvidia.com/content/quadrohmcmosaic/quadrohmcmosaic.asp), but I don't think it's going to give the kind of answer you're looking for. They don't have any single-card recommendations for that many displays." CreationDate="2016-05-19T12:16:34.377" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5707" PostId="2717" Score="0" Text="With DP 1.2, they basically said *any* cerified DP cable should work I suspect the one in the box should be sufficient" CreationDate="2016-05-19T15:25:21.253" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5710" PostId="2747" Score="0" Text="Something [like this](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124064) looks like it fills all your requirements, it has good reviews for the most part as well." CreationDate="2016-05-19T18:14:06.260" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5711" PostId="2747" Score="0" Text="NOT! This card PCI-Express 2.0 1x This means that the maximum transfer rate 5 GT/s (500 MB/s). 4 SSD drive SATA III need  4 x 6 GT/s (4 x 750 MB/s) as a result need 24 GT/s  (3000 MB/s). Сard should be PCI-Express 2.0 8x" CreationDate="2016-05-19T18:51:52.190" UserId="2517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5712" PostId="2747" Score="0" Text="Theoretically, probably be some  like RAID controller PCI-Express 2.0 8x with JBOD mode" CreationDate="2016-05-19T20:06:13.543" UserId="2517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5714" PostId="1720" Score="0" Text="@ivaan It's Annex B just updated question." CreationDate="2016-05-20T07:39:40.850" UserId="226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5715" PostId="613" Score="0" Text="Any idea how long the fuser tends to last on this thing?  The fuser in my Samsung Xpress M2825 has crapped out after 2 years, and the toner doesn't adhere very well to the paper anymore." CreationDate="2016-05-20T19:20:23.143" UserId="2524" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5716" PostId="2751" Score="3" Text="Most current-generation cards will work.  Do you have any requirements such as monitor connection type?" CreationDate="2016-05-20T20:25:28.450" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5717" PostId="2751" Score="1" Text="What's your price range? How much power do you want?" CreationDate="2016-05-20T20:26:53.987" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5718" PostId="613" Score="0" Text="@alexw I've had it for only a year now so I can't provide first-hand experience, but I've been using it almost daily and without issues.  That said, I did some research in forums and found [this](http://h30248.www3.hp.com/my-sales-guide/competitive/docs/PRODUCTS/Black_and_White_LaserJet/HP_LaserJet_Pro_P1102_P1102W/1xMany/HP%20LaserJet%20Pro%20P1100%20series%20Vs%20Top%207%20Competitors_2.23.2012.Ltr.pdf). Quote: `Samsung users will need to replace a Fuser unit, Pick-up roller and Transfer roller after 30K pages each whereas HP users do not have to replace anything other than toner cartridge`" CreationDate="2016-05-20T20:53:43.593" UserId="102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5719" PostId="613" Score="0" Text="Wow!  Not exactly a neutral perspective, but that is a very specific point.  Perhaps this is a known issue with Samsung printers in general.  Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-05-20T21:38:34.330" UserId="2524" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5720" PostId="2264" Score="0" Text="@JimThio The quick answer would be no, not easily. You'd need to find third party software to stream non-compatible applications like games. Or more simply, connect at least one Play 5/CONNECT/CONNECT AMP to the pc via AUX then any other speakers in the network will wirelessly stream that AUX input." CreationDate="2016-05-20T22:57:21.660" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5721" PostId="2752" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget? And are those the only four measurements you want the sensor to take?" CreationDate="2016-05-21T00:58:44.210" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5724" PostId="118" Score="0" Text="If we uses a wifi extender and some computers are in range of the extender but not in range of the main router, will signal have to go through the main router or can they communicate directly? How will it affect sound latency for google chromecast audio?" CreationDate="2016-05-21T14:47:05.193" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5726" PostId="2766" Score="1" Text="*&quot;Don't know why this question is being downvoted&quot;* - This question is very general and hard to objectively answer. The OP didn't specify the price range (the 960 is at 200USD IIRC), he didn't specify what his PSU can actually supply (the 960 needs 120W IIRC), the OP didn't clarify which ports he needs (HDMI 2? HDMI 2.0b? DP 1.4? DP 1.2?). This overall lack of requirements means a _lot_ of cards will fit the description, especially as modern integrated graphics already would suffice likely." CreationDate="2016-05-21T20:37:34.013" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5728" PostId="1880" Score="1" Text="iPhone SE is iPhone 5 size and is just as powerful as the 6s" CreationDate="2016-05-22T06:47:50.343" UserId="2402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5729" PostId="2763" Score="0" Text="I've closed this question because it's asking us for technical support. Remember that we can't do troubleshooting, tech support or compatibility queries. If your question isn't any of those, please clarify exactly what hardware you're looking for, and make sure your question focuses on the hardware recommendation rather than the tech support." CreationDate="2016-05-22T10:01:11.713" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5732" PostId="2734" Score="0" Text="@ivaan heyo, you got time yet? No problem if you don't, but I'd appreciate a tiny &quot;yes / no&quot; depending on how you like it and possibly why you don't ;)" CreationDate="2016-05-22T13:48:32.007" UserId="2505" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5733" PostId="2621" Score="0" Text="Maybe a stupid question, but do you link to the T61 entry instead of the T60 entry on purpose?" CreationDate="2016-05-22T14:19:27.567" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5734" PostId="2621" Score="0" Text="I'd gotten them confused at the time. I'll look at fixing it." CreationDate="2016-05-22T14:21:53.283" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5735" PostId="2752" Score="0" Text="@Adam they are the only measurement but will not be taken from the same source, e.g lux corridor lighting, temp of office room, etc." CreationDate="2016-05-22T14:54:48.650" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5736" PostId="2771" Score="0" Text="I answered your question, though I have a counter question... I'm asking as a comment, because it's a frame change: Why are you looking at M.2 devices when you don't have an M.2-capable motherboard? Is there some reason you're not looking at a 2.5&quot; form factor SSD that uses a  SATA interface?" CreationDate="2016-05-22T17:53:33.817" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5737" PostId="2769" Score="0" Text="What's your price range? Would you prefer non, semi, or fully modular? What 80+ certification would you prefer? (Bronze, silver, gold, platinum or titanium)" CreationDate="2016-05-22T19:10:00.593" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5738" PostId="2771" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations! I've closed this question because it's asking us for technical support. Remember that we can't do troubleshooting, tech support or compatibility queries. If your question isn't any of those, please clarify exactly what hardware you're looking for, and make sure your question focuses on the hardware recommendation rather than the tech support." CreationDate="2016-05-22T20:22:09.800" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5742" PostId="2603" Score="1" Text="From your three ideas, I would go with the Sony. Generally speaking, Sony will be best for gaming and Sports. I do not know where you are from, but I would suggest that you take a look at Sonys 8series e.g W807, W809. I work with selling televisions on the weekends, (to afford university). And that is what I would recommend If you came in to my store. We dont sell philips, but the LG we have in the store, and that will not be as good as Sony. And done be fooled by an argument &quot;Its 4k&quot; because 4k is not that good/developed yet." CreationDate="2016-05-22T22:25:27.707" UserId="2537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5743" PostId="2769" Score="0" Text="@DJMcMayhem, $100 or not much over – let's say &lt;$150. Modularity doesn't matter (though it's nice). The more energy efficient the better, but only the efficiency at the load mentioned matters." CreationDate="2016-05-23T04:46:25.437" UserId="2532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5744" PostId="2774" Score="2" Text="Am I correct in assuming your requirements are **smooth running, reasonably fast for light tasks, and does not overheat**? If you still have the Samsung, you might like to try a custom ROM, as it's the software that lags. The aim of this site is to give a specific recommendation (*i.e.* a phone), given specific requirements, and then tell you why that product satisfies your requirements, so you might not get the type of answer you were expecting. Anyway, welcome to Hardware Recommendations, and good luck on finding your dream phone." CreationDate="2016-05-23T05:02:03.610" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5745" PostId="2734" Score="0" Text="I'm really sorry but I had no time last few days I will try add answer after work in (+10 hours from now)." CreationDate="2016-05-23T05:04:46.607" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5746" PostId="2774" Score="0" Text="Yes, that is correct. I have a custom ROM on my Samsung. Have forgot the name, but it is rom based on Marhs. for s6 edge. This runes very good, the problems is that, many apps will detect root and hence, denie usage. Hence I do not see that as a solution. @Alpha3031" CreationDate="2016-05-23T06:28:14.527" UserId="2537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5750" PostId="8" Score="0" Text="If anyone else reads this in future, do buy Oneplus 2. Let me know if you want to know why." CreationDate="2016-05-23T13:03:29.650" UserId="2537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5763" PostId="2769" Score="0" Text="What's your peak power draw?  If it's not too high, you might be able to use a Mini-ITX power supply." CreationDate="2016-05-23T20:07:38.673" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5764" PostId="2603" Score="0" Text="@Olba12 Both 50W807C and 50W809C are avaliable in my country for ~$850. Maybe if you will post one of them as an answer with wider description it will be valuable answer." CreationDate="2016-05-24T06:36:32.233" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5766" PostId="2769" Score="0" Text="@Mark, it will be low, miniITX should be fine, but even if you have a ~200W PSU (the lowest I can find) its 80+ rating will tell nothing about its efficiency with a 10W load." CreationDate="2016-05-24T14:17:55.410" UserId="2532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5767" PostId="2769" Score="0" Text="I can easily find 60-watt power supplies, and I might be able to go lower.  What's your peak power draw?" CreationDate="2016-05-24T18:31:42.267" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5768" PostId="2780" Score="0" Text="What's your price range? What's wattage can your power supply handle? Do you have brand preferences (CPU or mobo)? What form factor do you have/want? What kind of games do you expect to be playing? More importantly, what's your price range?" CreationDate="2016-05-24T20:16:33.617" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5769" PostId="2780" Score="0" Text="I live in Brazil, so price range is a complicated subject. 500w power supply. ATX/MicroATX. I expect to be playing games like GTA V and newer titles for a good time, just like the old processor. My price range would be about 1200BRL, or about 300-425 US$. Please suggest more than one model, so that I can search what is available here. Thank you." CreationDate="2016-05-24T23:46:16.763" UserId="2546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5770" PostId="2317" Score="0" Text="Haven't actually bought this yet, but seriously considering one of the slightly more expensive siblings of this board. Thanks for pointing it out" CreationDate="2016-05-25T11:17:03.067" UserId="2027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5771" PostId="2780" Score="0" Text="What's your bottleneck? I have a system that's roughly of similar vintage, tho core i7 and z series motherboard and it holds up well." CreationDate="2016-05-25T11:17:04.727" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5773" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="The bigger ones seem nice but damn, they are pricy." CreationDate="2016-05-25T11:20:45.357" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5774" PostId="2780" Score="0" Text="Are you sure the problem is CPU? You might consider looking at the GTX 1080, which, I believe, should be in that price range and is really powerful. Usually, up to a certain point, CPU + RAM aren't the main limiters in game performance." CreationDate="2016-05-25T12:55:12.087" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5775" PostId="2780" Score="0" Text="Bottleneck is definitely CPU. It's a 2011 CPU not overclocked. A GTX 1080 here will be priced about 1k $. Journey, you have a i7 and a overclockable chipset, but I've seen my cpu on games, and it is 100% all the time. The price range is for a mobo+cpu." CreationDate="2016-05-25T15:32:24.917" UserId="2546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5780" PostId="2791" Score="0" Text="I actually got an IdeaPad 100S a few months ago and am a bit disappointed. It has soldered-in RAM and flash storage. It also has monotouch trackpad and some driver issues such as semi-regularly crashing during sleep and inability to succeed with any Win 10 updates. At AUD $240 on clearance it was cheap but these faults make it hobbled compared to my old HP Mini and even my original Asus Eee PC before that (when I allow for advances over the years). Anyway it's made me hesitant to try Lenovo again. Also a quick search makes the 305 look like a full-size 14/15&quot; laptop. I'll clarify my question." CreationDate="2016-05-26T17:40:14.127" UserId="1480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5783" PostId="2790" Score="1" Text="Most netbook class machines with windows seem to be 64 bit these days. My HP mini upgraded quite well, but its got soldered in ram, batteries that need you to tear it apart to replace and built in storage so wouldn't meet your needs. Would an older system work for you? Also what country?" CreationDate="2016-05-27T00:41:40.247" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5784" PostId="2785" Score="0" Text="I'd suggest a few improvements - maybe focus this question on human interface devices and focus on what she *can* use as seperate questions." CreationDate="2016-05-27T00:49:56.740" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5785" PostId="2790" Score="0" Text="I'm in Australia but could be in China in a few months." CreationDate="2016-05-27T05:12:03.993" UserId="1480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5786" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="looks like Paperlike's having a indigogo campaign." CreationDate="2016-05-27T05:15:31.183" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5787" PostId="2782" Score="1" Text="I wil buy SONY KDL-50W807C it costs $850 but I decided that it's worth going $50 over the budget and choosed this model." CreationDate="2016-05-27T08:04:50.703" UserId="1366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5791" PostId="2770" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to reopen this question as I believe that it has now been refined in a manner that can be answered on Hardware Recommendations." CreationDate="2016-05-27T09:13:07.910" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5792" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek – thanks, I have updated the answer. Maybe you have noticed, the price is lower when purchasing via the campaign." CreationDate="2016-05-27T13:12:30.950" UserId="1466" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5793" PostId="2798" Score="0" Text="Mobo only $250 US here. But thanks for the help. Will consider Skylake. Thanks for site recommendations." CreationDate="2016-05-27T17:08:02.337" UserId="2546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5794" PostId="1387" Score="0" Text="It's going to be tough to get a system running that can play the &quot;latest games at max settings&quot; with your budget. Just a video card from last generation is going to put you through your budget. Do you have a case, motherboard, RAM, HDD, PSU and CPU already?" CreationDate="2016-05-27T17:10:13.033" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5795" PostId="2798" Score="1" Text="You could look at other 1151 socket boards.  I've not really looked into any previous generation Intel, and when I did the prices weren't much different, for me anyway.  That's why I recommended Skylake.  I suppose you could look at used, if there is any options for you to use and look into the previous gen stuff." CreationDate="2016-05-27T17:13:31.193" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5797" PostId="2774" Score="0" Text="I think I'll make a recommendation based on the Moto X/Moto Z 2016 when reviews of it come out around mid June. If you absolutely can't wait, or are happy with last generation's phone at a much lower price (what I always manage to do), I'd suggest the current Moto X. It has a Snapdragon 808 (2 big cores) so overheating won't be an issue as with the 810, and a very pure android, so there won't be lag due to OEM add-ons. NAND-wise, Motorola isn't quite as fast as Samsung though. HTC 10 and OP3 are also options, if you want a current gen flagship now. They both also have relativity smooth Android" CreationDate="2016-05-28T01:29:31.943" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5798" PostId="2255" Score="0" Text="Had 2 medions before. Both excellent." CreationDate="2016-05-28T20:17:57.570" UserDisplayName="user2574" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5799" PostId="2706" Score="0" Text="I compromised on size and CPU with the good value Ulefone Power. It is perilous for the device for me to use it with one hand; I have to always check/adjust my pocket when bending/sitting down, but it isn't as bad as I thought. What else can I say if anybody is interested.. It isn't very loud. Fingerprint sensor works well once you learn to teach it. Big battery is useful when using as universal remote. WiFi signal is stronger than old Moto G - it's a better dongle, I get 16MBps on 3G. I had to flash it with Android 6 manually, it appears to be stock plus a few apps for now. Long may it last." CreationDate="2016-05-28T22:35:50.817" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5801" PostId="2769" Score="0" Text="@Mark 60W would be okay, I think. 50W *might* suffice but it's a bit close to the top draw which is over 40W, so even a couple of USB devices could tip it over." CreationDate="2016-05-29T06:12:09.777" UserId="2532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5804" PostId="2801" Score="0" Text="You might be able to find a monitor in that size/price range. the tuner might be plaisble, but the ability to record to USB would need a smart tv" CreationDate="2016-05-30T06:55:30.277" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5805" PostId="2801" Score="0" Text="OK, I will have to do with a semi-dumb TV in that case!" CreationDate="2016-05-30T09:12:03.253" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5807" PostId="2801" Score="0" Text="Although - I have seen non-smart Sharp TVs with USB recording." CreationDate="2016-05-30T16:50:57.233" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5820" PostId="2657" Score="0" Text="Update: The ASUS Zenfone 3 will have an ARM processor." CreationDate="2016-06-02T12:27:14.377" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5821" PostId="2819" Score="0" Text="(i) You must ask yourself the question: how many times do I need the DVD/BD drive? I have an Alienware 13 without a DVD/BD drive. The few times I actually need a drive (e.g. installing old software), I share one from my dektop in my local network. (ii) Furthermore, you should definitely look at heat, cooling and noise issues (e.g. thermal throttling) when considering small laptops with non-integrated GPUs. (iii) The Razor Blade is indeed an ultra-portable, very powerful machine, but keep in mind that it has no Ethernet port (still faster than wireless)." CreationDate="2016-06-02T14:55:54.050" UserId="1285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5822" PostId="2819" Score="0" Text="@Matthias: I didn't know it didn't have an ethernet port... Do you know of a similar one that does? I'm not concerned about noise/heating issues, my current Haswell laptop has the same exact kinds of features I want except a touchscreen and I absolutely love it; I even have my hands on another laptop without the DVD drive and I like it less. It's just that my current laptop is about to break soon so I'm on the lookout for another one." CreationDate="2016-06-02T15:36:55.223" UserId="1246" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5823" PostId="2630" Score="0" Text="Are you sure that Samsung has that write speed? It seems to me that's the read speed and not the write speed..." CreationDate="2016-06-02T15:54:20.060" UserId="1246" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5824" PostId="2819" Score="0" Text="14 inch + gtx 970M + quad-core i7 + ethernet -&gt; exist according to my knowledge, but + touch screen -&gt; didn't find one" CreationDate="2016-06-02T18:44:27.600" UserId="1285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5825" PostId="2630" Score="0" Text="@Mehrdad I looked on several sites and was able to test run it at a shop and it seems to me that it both reads and writes that fast" CreationDate="2016-06-02T23:03:16.253" UserId="2402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5828" PostId="2819" Score="0" Text="You should also take a look at this: http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-and-1080-coming-to-gaming-notebooks/" CreationDate="2016-06-03T07:23:44.790" UserId="1285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5829" PostId="2819" Score="0" Text="Why would you want touch screen? It will be sooo shinny, and not good for gaming" CreationDate="2016-06-03T09:58:17.443" UserId="2537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5830" PostId="2819" Score="0" Text="A touch screen needs a screen of glas &gt; shinny" CreationDate="2016-06-03T09:58:36.547" UserId="2537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5836" PostId="2823" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the input, I'll still buy a touch though because its also free time movie watching and sketching and stuff. Thanks for the suggestions" CreationDate="2016-06-03T18:51:52.167" UserId="2505" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5838" PostId="2770" Score="0" Text="Can you define what a *standard* computer is? What kind of specs are we talking about? You can [edit] those details into the question." CreationDate="2016-06-03T20:24:42.950" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5848" PostId="2835" Score="0" Text="Not exactly what I want since it's a pen AND a tablet or are you implying that what I asked for doesn't really exist? Problems: (1) yet another item to carry and not pocket friendly (literally), (2) takes up valuable desk estate (my home desk is small, a train table even smaller), (3) extra magic they do might require special drivers (think Linux, Mac, or a locked down office issued machine). However, I run a search and there are some interesting small devices (e.g. `XP-Pen G430` @ 130x107mm or `Wacom Intuos` @ 152x95mm) so I'll keep it as an option. Thanks for pointing me into this direction." CreationDate="2016-06-05T03:43:40.670" UserId="2618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5850" PostId="1165" Score="0" Text="I'm using athlon 750k on ultra and only occasionally have drops to 30-40 FPS in Fallout 4. FX-6300 puts out almost twice the performance of 750k according to geekbench 3, it should be fine." CreationDate="2016-06-06T09:31:46.570" UserId="2295" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5852" PostId="3843" Score="1" Text="Your major problem here is that you're leaving them plugged in. Many tablets don't like being left plugged in for more than a few hours when fully charged; they tend to heat up." CreationDate="2016-06-06T10:29:01.440" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5863" PostId="3850" Score="0" Text="Re-asking the question is the wrong way to go. I've undeleted your old post; you've got another shot. If you truly believe it's on-topic, then take into account the close reason and comments, and edit your question so that we can see it is." CreationDate="2016-06-06T14:30:54.217" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5869" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="Why not get your hands a litte dirty and remove the casing fron the tablet,or open it enough to vent." CreationDate="2016-06-06T15:17:15.353" UserId="1242" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5870" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="If your needs don't conflict, you could use a regular laptop/desktop computer with it's superior thermal management, and emulate the tablet via the android emulator and use that for screenshots." CreationDate="2016-06-06T15:20:07.383" UserId="1242" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5872" PostId="3856" Score="4" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths if you get this laptop, be sure to disable LiveUpdate: [it's a massive security risk](http://teletext.zaibatsutel.net/post/145370716258/deadupdate-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and)." CreationDate="2016-06-06T15:49:04.603" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5874" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="You may be able to deal with the heating issue by running it off a charger known to charge it slowly (i.e. one that only delivers 500mA, assuming this is enough to keep the battery topped up in your case)." CreationDate="2016-06-06T15:56:52.590" UserId="3641" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5875" PostId="3837" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer. I would have to agree with you. I actually purchased a Thinkpad P50 from an eBay re-seller. It was a refurbished unit and had the Xeon processor and the Quadro M2000M video card. It only came with 8 GB Ram and a 5400 rpm 500 GB hard drive, but the price was $1,300. I upgraded the RAM to 64 GB and installed an M-2 SSD. The keyboard is awesome and it feel very sturdy." CreationDate="2016-06-06T16:39:28.657" UserId="2409" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5876" PostId="2637" Score="0" Text="@webworm If there's one answer that particularly helped you here, you can 'accept' it by clicking the checkmark underneath the up/down voting arrows on the left of the post." CreationDate="2016-06-06T16:42:04.707" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5877" PostId="2824" Score="0" Text="Realistically a practical need would be solved by disassembling the pump from the bottle and carefully measuring the components, cutting it into pieces if necessary.  The bottle you might scan, externally but is also less critical." CreationDate="2016-06-06T17:10:32.233" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5878" PostId="2815" Score="2" Text="You will find more practical discussion of this kind of thing on rcgroups.com than on any of the SE sites.  Several of the &lt; 28gram &lt; $20 toys have been reverse engineered with open firmware, but experiments would mostly be limited to flight control, though the same controllers can handle 12&quot; geared brush motor airframes up to 60 grams, ie a small camera.  Larger aircraft can carry more, but add cost and increase safety concerns.  Image processing will not be trivial.  Don't expect anything inexpensive off the shelf to remain available unchanged for more than 18 months if even that long." CreationDate="2016-06-06T17:16:26.657" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5879" PostId="3855" Score="0" Text="I am taking the screenshot programatically, I have developed an app that uses Android WebView to display a website and take screenshots. So jeah, it is dependent on the tablets screen. I have tried emulating Android for that cause, but I got better results using real devices." CreationDate="2016-06-06T17:22:49.693" UserId="3636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5880" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="I have tried emulating Android for this cause, but I generally got better performance on real devices (best example are the smartphones which work perfectly). @Hydranix" CreationDate="2016-06-06T17:24:15.947" UserId="3636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5882" PostId="2737" Score="1" Text="You might look for a USB-based NFC reader, even if it is in a dongle form factor you could assemble it with an extension cable and some sort of sleeve or perhaps a 3d printed overcase.  You could also consider putting the reader on a pedestal the visitors place their own wrist over." CreationDate="2016-06-06T17:25:11.377" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5884" PostId="3843" Score="4" Text="@Marv Have you tried virtualization? You don't need to emulate ARM, you can virtualize Android x86." CreationDate="2016-06-06T17:32:43.117" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5887" PostId="2752" Score="0" Text="You will have a hard time finding anything inexpensive off the shelf that will handle that distance without an intermediate board to perform logical and electrical translation to a scheme suitable for distance.  It might be as practical to look for a low cost RS485 MCU board that could host and proxy for various I2C peripherals." CreationDate="2016-06-06T18:04:09.217" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5888" PostId="3853" Score="1" Text="The question specifies a 12GB working set.  6MB per sheet sounds like a lot, until you realize that's 2000 sheets of non-reusable paper *every single week*.  Three-month retention means 1.3 meters of bookshelf space and 35 kg of paper." CreationDate="2016-06-06T18:10:00.147" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5889" PostId="2707" Score="0" Text="Apart from expensive USB-controllable lab-grade test equipment you may not find this.  You could perhaps build something with some sort of adjustable voltage regulator, a digital potentiometer, and USB-interfaced microcontroller.  Or perhaps with extreme care, that USB MCU implementing the feedback loop of a switching regulator.  But it's not easy to make a regulator whose output voltage can adjust all the way up to its input voltage under load, and USB VBus may not be quite 5v under load anyway." CreationDate="2016-06-06T18:23:42.187" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5890" PostId="2824" Score="0" Text="Well, the bottle is just an example. I'm thinking of scanning plastic objects of any kind. Sometimes the internal structure can be quite complex." CreationDate="2016-06-06T19:22:12.010" UserId="2609" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5891" PostId="2824" Score="0" Text="Things like desktop 3D printers get us closer to a Star Trek universe where complexity is just arbitrary data, but the reality is that such approaches tend to be expensive and yield poorer results than techniques specifically tuned to an application.  Where suitable quality can be obtained at an acceptable price direct-to-data methods are a convenience... where it can't, you can either sit around waiting for magic or get yourself a cheap pair of digital calipers." CreationDate="2016-06-06T19:30:17.040" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5892" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="@Hydranix Or why not just an Android based laptop?" CreationDate="2016-06-06T19:43:47.877" UserId="883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5893" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="@JBentley I assumed that the asker wanted the screenshot to be from a mobile/tablet's perspective and that a laptop with their typically larger screen and ratio might not be desirable." CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:08:19.523" UserId="1242" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5894" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="@Marv True that virtualization/emulation is never exactly like running native, but for screenshotting sites I believe it would more than meet expectations. If you were using a normal x86 to host the emulator, did you ensure that the processor supports and the options was enabled for hardware virtualization in the hosts firmware?" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:13:30.157" UserId="1242" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5897" PostId="3843" Score="1" Text="I would go with a time switch and try to find a good middle across all devices so you never run out of battery and do not charge 24/7. It depends on the workload and the devices itself but 3 Hours loading, 3 Hours on Battery should be enough to keep the devices powered" CreationDate="2016-06-06T22:06:00.457" UserId="3646" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5898" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="@Kimmax that is work I am not able to do, those devices are running 24/7 and I can't run to them every three hours to unplug and plug them." CreationDate="2016-06-07T06:30:36.047" UserId="3636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5899" PostId="3843" Score="1" Text="@Marv that's why I mentioned a time switch. Easy not to expensive device which enable or disable a socket on specific times" CreationDate="2016-06-07T07:04:39.787" UserId="3646" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5900" PostId="3843" Score="0" Text="@Kimmax I have completely overseen that. Sounds like a good idea aswell, I will take a look into it!" CreationDate="2016-06-07T07:08:17.017" UserId="3636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5903" PostId="3843" Score="1" Text="I decided to go for your solution, if you write it as an answer I will accept it @Kimmax" CreationDate="2016-06-07T11:57:03.720" UserId="3636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5905" PostId="3866" Score="0" Text="Just noticed that this is from 2015. Dang." CreationDate="2016-06-07T22:28:01.667" UserId="3646" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5907" PostId="2644" Score="0" Text="Have you thought about using an existing computer with a container or a virtual machine (e.g. VirtualBox) for this?" CreationDate="2016-06-08T09:42:32.687" UserId="3655" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5911" PostId="3869" Score="2" Text="`I thought is was a good idea to get a motherboard from the same constructor as my GPU` The brands do not have to match, but ASUS does make good motherboards." CreationDate="2016-06-08T14:35:29.240" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5912" PostId="3869" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley So it won't be useful (even just a little bit) to have the same brand for the motherboard and GPU ? Aren't they created to match best ?" CreationDate="2016-06-08T14:51:18.767" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5913" PostId="3869" Score="1" Text="No, it is not useful. Motherboards want to be as configurable as possible, and graphic card manufacturers want their product is as many computers as possible. If I saw &quot;10% performance increase when used with X card&quot;, the first thing I would think &quot;Would I take a performance hit if I used another card? What if I put this card in another board?&quot;" CreationDate="2016-06-08T15:04:58.900" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5914" PostId="3870" Score="0" Text="Can you edit your question with more information please? What is a decent screen? Is it small, large, 1080P, 4K, IPS? Do you care about battery life? Is an SSD really needed for web browsing and Office?" CreationDate="2016-06-08T15:08:00.507" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5917" PostId="3870" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: From my experience an SSD generally improves the responsiveness of computers so drastically that it is generally really nice to have. Thanks for the other input, edited my post accordingly." CreationDate="2016-06-08T15:54:29.547" UserId="3657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5918" PostId="3862" Score="0" Text="Doesn't bitcoin mining make heavy use of the GPU?  I'd say the nVidia chip would be better than the Iris then, even for the video editing and other tasks you want to perform.  Best to make sure Linux drivers are good to go though too." CreationDate="2016-06-08T17:00:43.960" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5919" PostId="3862" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Thank you for responding. I found another option cheaper than the above options.  It has `intel  i3 5015 cpu` and `nvidia 920m` , it's `DELL 3558-B01F45C` . What do you think?" CreationDate="2016-06-08T17:09:44.743" UserId="3648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5920" PostId="3862" Score="0" Text="Personally I'd go with an i5 or i7.  For what you want to do, I'd suggest the i5 but maybe someone else has some insight on the i3 for those kinds of tasks.  I don't have anything to really base my opinion on, its just personal preference I guess." CreationDate="2016-06-08T18:11:58.247" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5922" PostId="3874" Score="0" Text="You appear to know the subject. I thought the same, you approved my verdict. By the way it's not `iris pro 6100`, it's `iris 6100`, though `pro` suggests higher in quality.  I need to decide between `Casper C5ı.5287-8T35t Intel Core İ5 5287U 2,9Ghz 8 Gb 1 Tb 15.6'' ` and `HP P0E76EA 15-ac111nt i7 5500-15.6''-8G-1TB-2G`  the latter has `AMD Radeon R5 M330` GPU" CreationDate="2016-06-08T19:53:00.443" UserId="3648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5923" PostId="3874" Score="0" Text="@kenn Sorry for the mistake, it is the iris 6100. The R5 M330 shares its VRAM with the system RAM, just like the 6100 bit the HP has an i7, which can make video editing slightly better." CreationDate="2016-06-08T20:09:14.670" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5924" PostId="3874" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the info. HP is about 50$ expensive, do you think that it worths?" CreationDate="2016-06-08T20:36:00.513" UserId="3648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5925" PostId="3874" Score="0" Text="@kenn I would say so yes. Whats your budget? Maybe we can find a better computer for the same price." CreationDate="2016-06-08T20:42:12.957" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5929" PostId="3874" Score="0" Text="I said maximum 600$ at first but I forgot to extract very high tax in my country. so I can afford a notebook around 500$." CreationDate="2016-06-09T09:47:49.517" UserId="3648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5941" PostId="3874" Score="0" Text="@kenn then these two are probably your best bets." CreationDate="2016-06-09T23:49:35.543" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5942" PostId="137" Score="0" Text="@Mark it easy enough to split most backups into 4~GB chunks (3 DVDs), and read-only (after first write) last for ages" CreationDate="2016-06-09T23:51:47.007" UserId="2623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5943" PostId="3879" Score="0" Text="I might try and a cost comparison later... and split it into a more readable Pros/Cons." CreationDate="2016-06-10T01:52:31.323" UserId="2623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5944" PostId="3853" Score="0" Text="Nice answer... but [number 5](http://ollydbg.de/Paperbak/) was literally created as a joke/proof of concept  :)" CreationDate="2016-06-10T01:56:05.513" UserId="2623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5949" PostId="3880" Score="0" Text="Can you tell us some outstanding features, and the other merits of your recommendation?" CreationDate="2016-06-10T08:56:00.250" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5953" PostId="3880" Score="0" Text="Well as budget wise, the **Ideapad 100** is right on his budget of course and the **Acer E5-573G** is also less than 500euro. Since he said that he only needs a multimedia slight programming computer so I assume it needs a dvd/cd-rom and programming so its spec will accommodate a database for his programming that is for the **Ideapad 100*. and for his gaming laptop I recommend to use **Acer E5-573G** because it accommodate the FM16 game and the others, of course it is a gaming laptop so its battery is not that high but its good. It also has NVIDIA graphics card and 8gb ram + 1TB drive" CreationDate="2016-06-10T09:24:41.447" UserId="3669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5954" PostId="3880" Score="0" Text="I also put a link there that direct the him to the site that compose the tech specs" CreationDate="2016-06-10T09:40:59.310" UserId="3669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5956" PostId="3872" Score="0" Text="just suggested that, I didn't think about that (even though I buy all of my hardware used), but she wants something new... Tried to convince her, but failed...&#xA;Edited my post accordingly" CreationDate="2016-06-10T11:31:20.950" UserId="3657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5958" PostId="3872" Score="0" Text="@Dahlai Any particular reason she wants new hardware?" CreationDate="2016-06-10T12:33:50.097" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5962" PostId="2752" Score="0" Text="@ChrisStratton Could you recommend any such boards?" CreationDate="2016-06-10T19:22:05.567" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5963" PostId="2752" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure what is available off the shelf (and that would be an off-topic sourcing question anyway), but if you put a little ARM Cortex M0 or ATmega on a simple board with an RS485 transceiver that should give you a generic starting point, and you can save costs by making a half dozen identical boards that can handle different sensors.  If you were clever, you might make the board have breadboard compatible headers, but also give it footprints to host a few different surface mount sensors of interest." CreationDate="2016-06-10T19:29:40.897" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5966" PostId="3880" Score="0" Text="@JoshuaDelaCruz You can (and should) [edit] those details straight into the answer to enhance it even more." CreationDate="2016-06-10T22:01:26.993" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5971" PostId="3888" Score="0" Text="This is kinda off topic as it doesn't ask specifically for hardware. You should try [super user](http://superuser.com) instead." CreationDate="2016-06-11T02:14:26.090" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5972" PostId="3887" Score="0" Text="What is your budget?" CreationDate="2016-06-11T02:15:34.217" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5973" PostId="3888" Score="0" Text="but, I am asking about the Firewall Equipment and that is a hardware equipment right?" CreationDate="2016-06-11T02:17:23.857" UserId="3669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5975" PostId="3887" Score="0" Text="Does the panel technology matter for you?  Do you prefer IPS's better color rendering, TN's faster switching, or is anything okay?" CreationDate="2016-06-11T02:21:42.147" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5985" PostId="1466" Score="0" Text="Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO? Is it SSD or HDD?" CreationDate="2016-06-12T02:57:36.470" UserId="3669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5987" PostId="3898" Score="0" Text="But my question was about heat and durability..." CreationDate="2016-06-12T12:51:54.097" UserId="3681" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5988" PostId="3901" Score="0" Text="What is your budget?" CreationDate="2016-06-12T13:50:25.287" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5989" PostId="3902" Score="0" Text="4 different *instances* of windows? 4 different windows desktops spread out? 4 applications? You can pretty trivially do the last in software on any windows system. The others get trickier" CreationDate="2016-06-12T14:11:42.323" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5992" PostId="3902" Score="0" Text="We need to know what your displaying.  Almost any semi-modern card can power 4k if it is display webpages, videos, or other pre-rendered content.  However, 4 3D video games on a 4k display would take 2 cards to get decent frame rates." CreationDate="2016-06-12T17:28:00.977" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5993" PostId="3906" Score="0" Text="What is your budget?" CreationDate="2016-06-12T19:23:21.610" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5994" PostId="3906" Score="0" Text="I dont really want to spend more than 40-50 if i dont have to. I understand that it wont be the best mouse ever too. I just want to find one like the g302 with more buttons." CreationDate="2016-06-12T19:30:31.287" UserId="3701" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5995" PostId="3901" Score="3" Text="Most types of electromagnetic radiation cannot cause cancer. Those that do are almost never used in communication equipment." CreationDate="2016-06-12T20:51:38.610" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5996" PostId="3901" Score="1" Text="Your headphones are likely too tight. There's also non radio based wireless tech - say infra red. The technology is fairly mature, tho it would work line of sight only." CreationDate="2016-06-13T00:30:30.063" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5997" PostId="3906" Score="0" Text="How many macro keys is enough? You could get a MMO centric mouse with 9 for example" CreationDate="2016-06-13T00:52:41.640" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5998" PostId="3906" Score="0" Text="More than 6 or more, excluding left and right click" CreationDate="2016-06-13T00:54:36.907" UserId="3701" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5999" PostId="3906" Score="0" Text="I meant 6 or more" CreationDate="2016-06-13T00:55:01.047" UserId="3701" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6000" PostId="3907" Score="0" Text="You really answered my question though. But what is in my mind remain unclear is what does the thing they called &quot;PC-Firewall Conversion&quot;? What I mean is, the PC you have will transform as a FIREWALL EQUIPMENT as if they are made like CISCO Firewall Equipment. Thanks for answering my question. :) Kudos to you!" CreationDate="2016-06-13T02:30:32.650" UserId="3669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6001" PostId="3898" Score="0" Text="Okay, the Red Pro will be much durable versus the Red. Why? Because it has already its feature that it said that it has a **slightly better failure rate**  and based on your statement there is the **Red Pro has a vibration protection** and it is also **Bay Shock Protection and a sensor that detects subtle shock**. As per heat or power, you just need a good cooling system. You just have to keep in mind that maintaining proper air flow through your computer case, heat can build up inside to temperatures far hotter than the ambient temperature of your room. You are comfortable, PC may not." CreationDate="2016-06-13T02:44:30.997" UserId="3669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6002" PostId="3907" Score="1" Text="@JoshuaDelaCruz  &quot;PC Firewall Conversion&quot;  means you turn and old PC into a firewall.  This goes back to baking your own cake with ingredients.  Take an old PC, maybe some Quad and Dual gigabit nics (4 nics in 1 card).  Then you could, for example, load linux, and configure it.  Started with iptables (aka flour),ipset (yeast), snort for SPI with subscription, antivirus (+subscription), and a couple other utilities.  After installing it all now you have to configure (bake) everything into the final product.  Then test to verify everything works and is secure." CreationDate="2016-06-13T04:19:01.317" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6003" PostId="3907" Score="0" Text="@JoshuaDelaCruz  It is too bad that testing a firewall is so much less fun than cake testing. yum! :) Hit it with every peneration tool you can find to detect defects, and then virtual, run around like crazy, trying to patch the holes in the structure.  Hours spent with google scouring for the best way to configure each piece and taking the best parts of each recipe to make the final product, and test again.  Also, if your distro is any good you will have to update monthly, and verify that didn't break anything." CreationDate="2016-06-13T04:24:28.490" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6006" PostId="3916" Score="0" Text="While they may exist, you will likely have trouble finding these - neither the software architecture of Android nor a typical phone's USB OTG capability is really designed to do this on a lasting basis, so issues ranging from poor integration with the OS in general, to no clear way to integrate with power management in a lastingly viable way, to micro USB connectors not having room for a circuit board to actually fit inside the socket in the way that full size USB &quot;A&quot; connectors do will likely lead to a disappointing experience and hence a lack of lasting market." CreationDate="2016-06-13T08:13:15.187" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6009" PostId="3898" Score="0" Text="So you say heat is not an issue? Edit your answer and add the content of your comment please, so i can mark as solved." CreationDate="2016-06-13T09:28:49.310" UserId="3681" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6014" PostId="3872" Score="0" Text="There is no rational reason to that attitude. It's more of an uninformed opinion and maybe thinking new is always better. In any case it's hard to argue about that with her, especially being the son... :D" CreationDate="2016-06-13T21:46:35.300" UserId="3657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6016" PostId="3895" Score="0" Text="Both of these seem to have lower resolution than my current monitor. Is my budget high enough for a 30&quot; or better?" CreationDate="2016-06-14T01:53:50.957" UserId="3680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6017" PostId="3895" Score="0" Text="@Michael You can take a look at the ASUS PA328Q, it is a 4K panel that is also about $1000, it is pretty much on par with the PA279Q. I'm slightly worried if your Macbook Air can drive such a high resolution display." CreationDate="2016-06-14T01:58:02.637" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6018" PostId="3922" Score="0" Text="I'd recommend the Polaris or Pascal equivalents of the GTX 950 when they come out. This is the first node shrink in a long while, and they look promising." CreationDate="2016-06-14T09:34:41.230" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6019" PostId="3922" Score="0" Text="Interesting, I hadn't heard any news of these new cards until now. I'm a little skeptical of moving to AMD (simply because I've never had one and like nVidia), but it can't hurt to wait for the first reviews to come in, right? New die size does look promising for performance and efficiency though..." CreationDate="2016-06-14T09:55:55.493" UserId="3712" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6020" PostId="3923" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because phone cases don't fall within our scope." CreationDate="2016-06-14T10:07:04.667" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6022" PostId="3923" Score="1" Text="Related to @ArtOfCode's comment, if you wish to discuss the scope of the site regarding &quot;cases&quot; please see [&quot;Are 'case' questions off-topic?&quot;](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/398/) and [&quot;What is Hardware?&quot;](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/265/) (especially read the the other answers to both of those questions since there are disagreeing opinions *and* the two questions have an accepted answer on one that disagrees with the highest voted opinion on the other)" CreationDate="2016-06-14T11:52:56.557" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6023" PostId="3920" Score="0" Text="You can probably wait for a price drop of the GTX 970 due to the arrival of the new GTX 1070 and GTX 1080. Or to even wait for the arrival of the GTX 1060 (I assume this one should be 2 times better than GTX 960 for the same price)." CreationDate="2016-06-14T13:01:18.607" UserId="1285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6024" PostId="3926" Score="0" Text="Have you considered using GPUs? You'll crunch a lot faster. What is your budget?" CreationDate="2016-06-14T15:55:42.897" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6025" PostId="3927" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! Can you split your recommendations into two seperate answers? This allows us to vote on the merits of each one independantly. (See this [meta post](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/482/60)). While you are editing your answer, can you add more info to each laptop, checking off each feature that the laptop supports, kind of like what I did with my answer [here](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/768/60)." CreationDate="2016-06-14T17:06:22.953" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6026" PostId="3930" Score="0" Text="I looked into the specs of the 950 a bit more and it didn't really seem to offer too much, although performance in games proved it was a bit better. Sounds like it might be good to wait for the 1060 and save my money for now. I'll look into the AMD cards a bit more though too :)" CreationDate="2016-06-14T21:17:29.243" UserId="3712" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6027" PostId="3927" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the reply. Previously I never considered Macs due to my requirement for a Windows computer (I forgot to explicitly state it in my original question) but IMO it is worth a shot as I have heard of people sucessfully installing Windows with full driver support. I will check the specs and reviews in more detail and will reply." CreationDate="2016-06-15T01:03:09.717" UserId="3713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6028" PostId="3898" Score="0" Text="Of course heat is an issue that why I am saying that you are the one should maintain it, no matter how much heat your drive can produce. Provide it with good airflow outside and especially inside." CreationDate="2016-06-15T01:22:06.300" UserId="3669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6029" PostId="3931" Score="0" Text="This looks like an amazing board, thank you. How come it is so cheap only on Newegg ? (I don't live in the USA so I don't order my parts on this site, I just use it as a reference for sending links) Also, sadly, it is hard to find in my country. Is the Z-97E without USB3.1 a good option ? (it has huge reductions currently on the site I am ordering onto)." CreationDate="2016-06-15T07:36:44.750" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6030" PostId="3927" Score="0" Text="@Alex You can install Windows using Boot Camp flawlessly, works perfect." CreationDate="2016-06-15T09:19:50.877" UserId="3717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6032" PostId="3932" Score="0" Text="Just a heads up, you might have the same issue with the USB stick as you currently do with the USB HDD, and maybe even the SD card." CreationDate="2016-06-15T14:17:50.607" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6034" PostId="3932" Score="0" Text="If I must live with drawback #2, I will. But I want it more compact, and an SD card or USB stick will definitely solve issue #1." CreationDate="2016-06-15T15:40:55.270" UserId="3709" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6035" PostId="3930" Score="0" Text="Quick thought - Do you know what the expected pricing of the 1060 is?" CreationDate="2016-06-15T16:25:25.853" UserId="3712" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6036" PostId="3931" Score="0" Text="The older revision of the Z-97E should still be a decent board, but in this case I would go with the newer revision if you can find it. It is hard to say how fast USB 3.1 adoption will happen, but since you are investing money into an older platform (1150 socket) it makes sense to future-proof your investment as much as possible." CreationDate="2016-06-15T16:36:17.873" UserId="2028" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6037" PostId="3930" Score="1" Text="From what I have read, my guess is around $250. Nvidia will position it (and a lower-end GTX 1050) to compete against the 480X (and 470X). The 1060's price will probably swing a little higher or lower depending on how it fares against the 480X." CreationDate="2016-06-15T16:43:47.860" UserId="2028" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6038" PostId="3926" Score="0" Text="GPU on a database server? Are you sure that the db product/version you are using actually takes advantage of a GPU (on SQLServer it may depending on the version and other things.) On most machines the biggest bottleneck is I/O which the GPU will have no effect on. You may end up spending major money on very elegant hardware that goes unused. Buy more M2 SSDs. You may also look into RAIDing the Toshiba hard disks." CreationDate="2016-06-15T17:02:04.790" UserId="162" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6039" PostId="3912" Score="0" Text="Terrific! Too bad I can't get the Power Acoustik ones delivered here in the UK, but I'll definitely go for IF. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-06-15T17:55:26.843" UserId="3693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6040" PostId="3938" Score="0" Text="Is there any reason a software solution couldn't solve your problem here? You could scan to a single machine and put the barcode in a database. Any number of other machines could then access it." CreationDate="2016-06-15T18:44:40.130" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6041" PostId="3938" Score="0" Text="I could do it in one computer, but not the other one, it uses 3rd party software and I don't have control over it. I'm thinking however on a timer reading the latest value from the database and somehow &quot;emulating&quot; keyboard strokes in each computer" CreationDate="2016-06-15T19:00:24.277" UserId="3727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6044" PostId="3942" Score="1" Text="I'm not familiar enough with this kind of hardware, but have you looked at all at what Adafruit offers?  They have quite a few products that might be a fit.  Of course its something you'd have to build yourself." CreationDate="2016-06-15T21:46:35.960" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6045" PostId="3934" Score="1" Text="how thin is thin?" CreationDate="2016-06-15T23:17:06.180" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6046" PostId="3870" Score="0" Text="is the size negotiable? I'd love to suggest a razer blade stealth, but its only 12&quot;" CreationDate="2016-06-16T01:21:50.373" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6047" PostId="3942" Score="0" Text="There are a lot of raw components on the market, and I am sure with enough hardware experience you can easily tell which ones you will need for this project and how to connect them. What I am looking for is some specific hardware expertise - what exactly to get and what to connect to what." CreationDate="2016-06-16T01:50:08.983" UserId="3728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6048" PostId="3943" Score="0" Text="If you're willing to spend more for higher resolution (1440p), I'm using a Dell U2515H and loving it. It's pretty much a U2415H w/ 1440p and a 25&quot; panel." CreationDate="2016-06-16T02:02:36.167" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6049" PostId="3943" Score="0" Text="heh, I got the model wrong - so I've updated. *many* of the benefits of the model I suggested are across the range, though I believe those ridiculously thin bezels are a new thing." CreationDate="2016-06-16T07:33:34.930" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6050" PostId="3939" Score="0" Text="1. All the cards you mentioned are fullsize and will protrude from the Laptop.&#xA;2. I will install a server on that card; i.e. random read/write is much more important than sequential access. Currently browing comparative tests and so far the SanDisk Extreme Pro microSD seems to be the best I can find. (0.4 ms average access) Will browse a bit more to see if I can find something better." CreationDate="2016-06-16T07:55:26.430" UserId="3709" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6051" PostId="3939" Score="0" Text="but yes: Lexar SDXC Professional 2000x would probably the best full  size solution in 64GB; access is about four times faster than on the SanDisk Extreme Pro. And both are around 100 Euros.&#xA;&#xA;Extreme Pro micro has about double the read access time of the Lexar, but is three times faster in write access - and costs only 40." CreationDate="2016-06-16T08:15:14.503" UserId="3709" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6052" PostId="3931" Score="0" Text="Yep I understand. I will wait and see if the website I use (or any website in my country) will add the USB 3.1 version to its catalogue by the time I order my configuration. If not I will probably go for the USB 3.0 version." CreationDate="2016-06-16T08:38:20.970" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6053" PostId="3934" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Pretty ambiguous I know... I guess it's just a case of the thinner the better! I don't have a hard limit on that requirement, and I suppose it's one of the ones I'm more flexible on." CreationDate="2016-06-16T08:43:02.727" UserId="3723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6054" PostId="3926" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. Could you give us more details as to what you do with the data, what kind of performance you are looking for and what your budget is? I'd recommend splitting the question into individual parts later." CreationDate="2016-06-16T09:19:17.857" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6055" PostId="2819" Score="0" Text="@Olba12: *&quot;and not good for gaming&quot;*... I think you didn't read the question." CreationDate="2016-06-16T11:20:15.440" UserId="1246" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6056" PostId="2819" Score="0" Text="You are right. I did not. @mehrdad" CreationDate="2016-06-16T11:21:44.393" UserId="2537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6057" PostId="3942" Score="0" Text="I don't think this is the place to find how-to guides, though." CreationDate="2016-06-16T13:34:05.370" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6058" PostId="3936" Score="0" Text="Thanks very much! In the end it was a really close choice between the HP Z23n you lead me to (which seem like a newer version of the Elite series with thin bezels etc), and the Dells @JourneymanGeek recommended, but the Dells narrowly won out!" CreationDate="2016-06-16T14:31:01.490" UserId="3723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6059" PostId="3943" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the recommendation! It ended up being a really close call between the HP Z23n @BigElittles lead me to and the Dell, but I was able to find the U2417H at the good price of £161.54, which tipped the scales in it's favour against the Z23n which I was £163.20 at it's best deal! An extra inch or so of screen space, USB3 and so many more input options really made it worth it. I _really_ like the look of those dual stands too, but maybe that will be a purchase for another day...." CreationDate="2016-06-16T14:44:43.930" UserId="3723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6062" PostId="3945" Score="0" Text="This should be a good solution terms of keeping everything compact and avoiding the card extending from you SD slot, but keep in mind that the Bosvision adapter does not support UHS-II. So read/write speeds will be slower than advertised on any UHS-II micro SD that you use with it." CreationDate="2016-06-16T17:21:44.633" UserId="2028" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6064" PostId="3951" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations! I've closed this question because it's asking us for technical support. Remember that we can't do troubleshooting, tech support or compatibility queries. If your question isn't any of those, please clarify exactly what hardware you're looking for, and make sure your question focuses on the hardware recommendation rather than the tech support." CreationDate="2016-06-16T21:17:36.697" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6066" PostId="1946" Score="0" Text="Have you considerd oneplus x?" CreationDate="2016-06-17T01:19:30.353" UserId="2537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6067" PostId="1946" Score="0" Text="@Olba12: Please add an answer with its specifications, thanks! :-)" CreationDate="2016-06-17T03:09:48.403" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6068" PostId="2674" Score="0" Text="try &quot;barcode scanner&quot; by zxing in the app store first, of the apps I have tested it locks on faster gets reading when others can't." CreationDate="2016-06-17T03:22:24.610" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6069" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="What version of Windows, specifically? Also, what budget do you have?" CreationDate="2016-06-17T04:49:22.167" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6070" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="XP pro 64 bit money isn't a problem." CreationDate="2016-06-17T04:53:29.603" UserId="2378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6071" PostId="3955" Score="1" Text="&quot;vendors don't bother to support XP&quot; - That's because end of life was April 8, 2014" CreationDate="2016-06-17T04:53:53.417" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6072" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="that makes no sense as to why vendors don't support it" CreationDate="2016-06-17T04:55:35.147" UserId="2378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6073" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="I think the lenovo 530 might well be possible, the nividia quatro 2000M has support for XP and the sata controller might, it also has 20 hours of battery life with a secondary battery. I'll keep the topic open still" CreationDate="2016-06-17T07:22:29.630" UserId="2378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6075" PostId="3951" Score="1" Text="LOL... really? did you read the question &quot;Is there any print server that support ESC/POS&quot;. I was surely, utterly, 100% asking for hardware recommendation. How could you miss-understand it? Amazing..." CreationDate="2016-06-17T08:30:14.047" UserId="3739" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6076" PostId="3958" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. What kind of walls do you have? What is your budget? Are you open to the possibility of having separate modems, access points or routers?" CreationDate="2016-06-17T09:04:29.690" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6077" PostId="3958" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I have conventional 14 inch brick walls and a lot of open area with 2 different building blocks. Initially I do have a netgear wi-fi router as well but I was kind of looking for a single device to handle both internet and network." CreationDate="2016-06-17T09:09:34.447" UserId="3747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6078" PostId="3958" Score="0" Text="I'm looking for a mix of performance and cost effectiveness, Can spend up to INR 7000 to 10000 for a good device. Thanks" CreationDate="2016-06-17T09:11:17.033" UserId="3747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6079" PostId="3958" Score="0" Text="Are you sure there's only 750 square feet and not 7500 square feet? That's a radius of less than 9 meters, which seems a bit small to fit 2 buildings into. For 2 buildings, I think I'd recommend multiple access points, connected by Ethernet. I'll have to get back to you later though." CreationDate="2016-06-17T09:29:43.970" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6080" PostId="3958" Score="0" Text="Ok, yes may be I'm wrong about the area, what is the maximum range I can get from a single modem+wifi device? Just curious." CreationDate="2016-06-17T09:37:48.453" UserId="3747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6081" PostId="3951" Score="0" Text="No, I closed this question because its primary function seems to be &quot;is there a way to convert...&quot;." CreationDate="2016-06-17T10:39:34.643" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6082" PostId="3956" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because analog watches do not fall within our scope (&quot;requested device must be a digital platform capable of performing more than one meaningful task, or must require a connection to such a platform to function&quot;)." CreationDate="2016-06-17T10:42:21.240" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6083" PostId="3955" Score="1" Text="Windows XP was phased out of support Apr 8 '14. That's why vendors don't support it - because Microsoft doesn't. It's not secure, it's not modern. There's no good reason *to* support it." CreationDate="2016-06-17T10:44:37.160" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6084" PostId="3958" Score="0" Text="If there is a clear, unobstructed path, 30 meters should be no problem with any reasonable access point. Walls make things so much worse though. For the speeds you're looking at,  you'd probably need dual band routers, with the closer devices connected to the 5 GHz. Can your current modem cover most of your block? If so, I'd recommend using it, in *addition* to any other routers you purchase. It would improve any congestion too. MU-MIMO could also be something you should consider, though it is quite expensive, so it might not be worth it." CreationDate="2016-06-17T12:12:51.067" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6085" PostId="3955" Score="1" Text="Are there any specific reasons you need XP? (legacy apps critical to business, etc)" CreationDate="2016-06-17T12:26:37.927" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6086" PostId="3958" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/41300/discussion-between-alpha3031-and-anupam)." CreationDate="2016-06-17T12:28:13.137" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6089" PostId="3960" Score="0" Text="Please give the full length/width/thickness for each, thanks!" CreationDate="2016-06-17T13:34:07.813" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6091" PostId="3960" Score="5" Text="We prefer answers that recommend *one* piece of hardware and give good explanation for it, rather than those that &quot;shotgun&quot; recommendations without as much detail." CreationDate="2016-06-17T14:39:32.100" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6093" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="Yea there are reasons" CreationDate="2016-06-17T17:18:51.150" UserId="2378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6095" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="I've used the OS for over 14 years and have only once got a virus (and even then I was to blame) since I was unsure if it was safe but clicked it anyway. There is no reason to suddenly care that its not a secure OS, it always has been and nobody really cared then cause it was so popular. This is just the media causing controversy over what is a threat but just does not happnen." CreationDate="2016-06-17T17:31:16.740" UserId="2378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6096" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="Its like Nike saying 'where no longer making swimming gear cause we've heard that a certain lake is dangerous'" CreationDate="2016-06-17T17:38:44.643" UserId="2378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6097" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="Well, good luck on your search then.....XP is dead." CreationDate="2016-06-17T19:54:54.120" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6099" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="Would you be willing to run a VM for your specific application and than Windows 7/10 for any other day to day use? If you are willing, than get anything you want and just run VirtualBox or VMWare and you are good to go. This is what I do when I need a specific OS for a specific reason" CreationDate="2016-06-17T22:14:53.953" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6100" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="a vm isnt possible cause I need utilize all of the RAM  and I don't like windows vista 7 8 or 10 as i've tried them before as a main OS." CreationDate="2016-06-17T22:41:04.703" UserId="2378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6101" PostId="3951" Score="0" Text="LOL... you are very picky on wording... OK, I apologise. I wasn't used a right words to ask a question. I have modified my questions. Sorry about that." CreationDate="2016-06-18T01:01:01.480" UserId="3739" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6114" PostId="3945" Score="0" Text="both items arrived today. The combination is slightly slower than my USB3 HDD (2 TB WD Elements) in seq read/write (99%), in random read it´s about 20 times faster, in random write 3 times. &#xA;&#xA;My speed results match those I´ve read: **the adapter is not limiting the performance of the card**.&#xA;Hyper-V doesn´t work with exFat, so I had to reformat to NTFS, which made it a tad slower: performance is ~99% compared to exFat.&#xA;&#xA;Absolute numbers (MB/s): 99.3/97.9 seq read, 83.65/87.65 seq write, 8.75/8.27 random read, 3.2/3.0 random write. (CrystalDiskMark)&#xA;&#xA;Looking forward to work on it now. :)" CreationDate="2016-06-18T20:45:41.817" UserId="3709" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6115" PostId="3962" Score="0" Text="Some 11&quot; macbook airs are very very light and small. They can run Windows if you need it" CreationDate="2016-06-18T22:17:46.833" UserId="429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6116" PostId="579" Score="0" Text="I use a Surface Pro 3 to program, outdated but works incredibly well." CreationDate="2016-06-19T00:44:18.453" UserId="1242" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6118" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="@A_User XP is EoS, and no longer receiving updates, because Microsoft has determined it impractical to support it any longer. It's like using Internet Explorer 6. I do advise you to try other alternatives, such as lubuntu (which has the advantage of even lower memory overhead), if you're not especially attached to any software application specific to windows." CreationDate="2016-06-19T06:07:01.977" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6119" PostId="3969" Score="0" Text="Funfact: If these &quot;i7&quot;s run on the same board than they cannot possibly be real i7s (they are a consumer product and thus don't support multi socket operation) but *must* be Xeon E5 (or maybe E7s)" CreationDate="2016-06-19T07:23:42.927" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6121" PostId="3926" Score="0" Text="I think what you're looking for is called &quot;workstation main board&quot;. Also note that you can probably run a 2CPU main board with a single CPU but this will likely reduce max usable RAM" CreationDate="2016-06-19T08:43:06.417" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6122" PostId="3971" Score="0" Text="Funfact: You should get 5 years warranty on that SSD if you don't write more than 20GB per day average of 5 years (IIRC)." CreationDate="2016-06-19T18:38:37.927" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6123" PostId="2546" Score="1" Text="Note for the interested buyer: A friend actually bought one of these cards and he had massive problems getting it to run properly under Linux, as apparently even the PKCS#11 library didn't compile. Everything worked though apparently under Windows. Other shops with these cards are [SmartCardFocus](http://www.smartcardfocus.com/) and the [Gemalto Webstore](https://webstore.gemalto.com/INTERSHOP/web/WFS/GEMALTO-B2CCORP-Site/en_US/-/EUR/Default-Start)." CreationDate="2016-06-19T21:46:29.010" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6124" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="Yes, there is. It's called, strangely enough, a *mixer*." CreationDate="2016-06-19T21:55:04.513" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6125" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="You need to identify the type of hardware you need; once you've done that and have some specific requirements for it, this question can be reopened or you can ask a new one." CreationDate="2016-06-19T21:55:47.747" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6127" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="I thought I was specific." CreationDate="2016-06-19T21:56:46.040" UserId="3762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6128" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="Not particularly, I'm afraid. You also haven't identified the *type* of hardware you're looking for - right now you're asking for a recevier, or an amplifier, or a mixer. We can only recommend one at a time." CreationDate="2016-06-19T21:57:37.670" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6130" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="I have edited to specify preference, and acceptable alternatives." CreationDate="2016-06-19T22:07:45.067" UserId="3762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6131" PostId="189" Score="0" Text="I'll also add the Athena SCS IDProtect LASER at a later point, once I've finished my testing with it, if you consider buying it: Do note that you can't use hardware-keyboards (e.g. your cardreader's pinpad) with it." CreationDate="2016-06-19T22:11:37.020" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6132" PostId="2707" Score="0" Text="Maybe you could get a USB voltage regulator circuit board, controller by USB.  However, the IEEE USB specs have clearly stated what the voltage must be coming out of the USB port." CreationDate="2016-06-19T22:25:20.240" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6133" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="Microsoft has nothing to do with third party hardware driver support, microsoft dont make those sort of drivers" CreationDate="2016-06-19T22:33:55.957" UserId="2378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6138" PostId="3969" Score="0" Text="I'm running 10 VMs - sometimes more - on my Lenovo P50. It has a Xeon E3-1505 CPU (4 cores and Hyperthreading) and is expandable up to 64GB RAM. I think it should have pretty enough steam for your requirements too." CreationDate="2016-06-20T17:09:04.000" UserId="3630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6141" PostId="3986" Score="1" Text="If you're really good at programming check out the Raspberry Pi" CreationDate="2016-06-20T22:00:44.403" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6142" PostId="3986" Score="0" Text="The raspberry pi is practically a full blown computer which makes me worried about power consumption. I havn't looked that up though could be wrong" CreationDate="2016-06-20T22:12:47.323" UserId="3772" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6143" PostId="3986" Score="0" Text="The Pi doesn't draw that much power, and once it is configured you can down clock the CPU for further power savings.  A lot of the power usage for the Pi is people connecting power drawing devices to all 4 USB ports." CreationDate="2016-06-20T22:35:29.927" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6144" PostId="3986" Score="0" Text="As cybernard has said it draws very little power. At normal clock speed and a USB wifi dongle attached, my Pi 2 Model B draws about 100mA at 5V when idle and up to 1A when under load." CreationDate="2016-06-20T22:38:40.977" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6147" PostId="3986" Score="0" Text="alright ill consider it as an option then!" CreationDate="2016-06-20T23:08:21.330" UserId="3772" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6149" PostId="3978" Score="0" Text="Is the price an issue here? Are there any brand preferences? Are there any battery life requirements? Do you want ECC RAM if possible?" CreationDate="2016-06-21T16:14:00.443" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6156" PostId="3994" Score="0" Text="Thanks, actually I have already looked at this keyboard - which looks nice too - but it is even more expensive than the Deathstalker :/" CreationDate="2016-06-22T08:17:45.777" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6158" PostId="4000" Score="0" Text="a) Please Note: I highly doubt a _Celeron_ will be suitable for gaming, they have a &quot;worse&quot; architecture compared to Intel Core is, they lack quite a few instruction set features and they are clocked rather low (the G1840 is fixed at 2.8GHz) b) The Celeron G1840 doesn't support dual CPU configurations." CreationDate="2016-06-22T11:19:04.113" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6159" PostId="3998" Score="1" Text="Sorry, but this laptop is disqualified by the requirement for a &quot;new, quad-core, and fairly powerful&quot; processor. The E560 only has support for 15W U processors which are a) not &quot;powerful&quot;, in the sense that thermal throttling kicks in super fast and b) they are all dual-cores." CreationDate="2016-06-22T11:24:40.437" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6160" PostId="3997" Score="0" Text="The Lenovo IdeaPad 700Y series may be worth a look for you (these are gamer laptops). They are 17&quot;, 1080p and have quad-core Intel Core i s and usually are in your preferred price range." CreationDate="2016-06-22T11:58:30.487" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6161" PostId="3918" Score="1" Text="3 times performance of previous fit-pc3 still means crap when you realize pc3 has performance of your router." CreationDate="2016-06-22T12:08:40.417" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6162" PostId="4000" Score="0" Text="Okay, then how about the Pentiums?  Do those support dual-CPU configuration?" CreationDate="2016-06-22T14:37:00.040" UserId="2384" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6163" PostId="4000" Score="0" Text="no, even Server Pentiums don't support dual-CPU configurations. AFAICT the Xeon E5s and Xeon E7s are the only (Intel) CPUs to support dual-CPU usage and they cost at least 200 USD a piece" CreationDate="2016-06-22T15:43:30.930" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6177" PostId="4007" Score="0" Text="Built in AIO != Passive. Passive has no fans or pumps, AIO has a pump and fan(s)." CreationDate="2016-06-23T09:28:06.127" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6180" PostId="2207" Score="2" Text="How are you getting the signal to the television? If its out of a cable box you could always get an inexpensive soundbar/sound system (which you'll probably want anyway considering how lackluster most TV speakers are these days) and run your audio through that device first. Then you could just turn the TV off while keeping your sound system on. That would give you your one button solution, and it would also allow you to purchase a TV without tying yourself down to that feature." CreationDate="2016-06-23T13:01:05.390" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6183" PostId="4000" Score="0" Text="Specifically, if you want dual CPUs, you're looking for a Xeon where the model number begins with a &quot;2&quot;, &quot;4&quot;, or &quot;8&quot;.  Some of the lower-end E5s don't support dual-socket operation." CreationDate="2016-06-23T20:39:19.767" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6187" PostId="4017" Score="0" Text="Are you running the touchscreen through USB?" CreationDate="2016-06-24T15:42:30.243" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6189" PostId="4017" Score="0" Text="@PeterZhu yes, usb and hdmi." CreationDate="2016-06-24T15:44:10.290" UserId="3803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6193" PostId="4020" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately this is both too broad and off-topic. We can't do general advice, I'm afraid." CreationDate="2016-06-24T18:14:01.143" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6194" PostId="4022" Score="0" Text="Go for the fast read/write speed." CreationDate="2016-06-24T18:57:14.570" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6195" PostId="4020" Score="0" Text="Why do you need a wired network card, the mobo has Ethernet built in." CreationDate="2016-06-24T18:59:46.370" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6196" PostId="4022" Score="0" Text="So out of those 2, the Samsung Evo (first link) would be the best?" CreationDate="2016-06-24T19:01:26.037" UserId="3790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6197" PostId="4022" Score="0" Text="They are both pretty comparable to each other, so either one would be alright.  Maybe try googling to see what others have used?" CreationDate="2016-06-24T19:50:18.543" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6200" PostId="3978" Score="0" Text="If possible I would like to stick to around $1000, not a whole lot more.  As far as brand, anything buy Acer is worth considering.  It would be nice to get 4-5 hours, or be able to buy extra or larger battery.  ECC ram is not a requirement." CreationDate="2016-06-25T12:00:12.440" UserId="2480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6201" PostId="3978" Score="0" Text="I can't issue a formal recommendation or something, but the [Acer Aspire V7 Nitros](http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/aspirevnitro) look like what you're looking for." CreationDate="2016-06-25T12:39:56.617" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6202" PostId="4026" Score="0" Text="What do you understand under &quot;high-DPI display&quot;? Some people consider FHD on 24&quot; &quot;high-DPI&quot; and some only UHD on 13&quot;. So do you want WQHD (1440p), FHD (1080p) or UHD (2160p)? Does price play a role? Do you have any expectations from battery live?" CreationDate="2016-06-25T14:16:00.873" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6204" PostId="4027" Score="2" Text="G-Sync means that the monitor will adapt to the GPU's frame-rate, so that you don't have to always get more than 144FPS for a good experience" CreationDate="2016-06-25T20:15:16.923" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6206" PostId="4028" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the advice.  Which brand/model do you prefer?" CreationDate="2016-06-25T23:12:20.937" UserId="2480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6207" PostId="4032" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode - Could you give me a hint?  E.g., is the bold-faced question sufficiently narrow, and I just need to cut the conditional questions following it?" CreationDate="2016-06-25T23:16:06.810" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6208" PostId="4032" Score="0" Text="I'm not entirely sure this is on-topic at all, I'm afraid... We tend to look for questions that ask for a recommendation of a single piece of hardware with specific requirements (if you want more than one bit of hardware, multiple questions is cool). General advice is off-topic, which this might be." CreationDate="2016-06-25T23:19:26.997" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6209" PostId="4032" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode - so is &quot;a *quiet* desktop PC with specs like this&quot; a single piece of hardware?" CreationDate="2016-06-25T23:52:00.623" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6210" PostId="4026" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure where you've been looking.. But a lot of Lenovo laptops are made from cheap plastic composites that feel anything but metal, and other brands also provide quality build laptops, it's incorrect to specifically single out particular brands as being superior to everything else when it depends on the user's needs" CreationDate="2016-06-25T23:59:11.300" UserId="2402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6211" PostId="4034" Score="0" Text="Do you need wireless AC? If N with 150mbps max is sufficient I have had success with this https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN725N-Wireless-Adapter-150Mbps/dp/B008IFXQFU" CreationDate="2016-06-26T00:42:01.307" UserDisplayName="Curtis" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6212" PostId="4034" Score="0" Text="I think your over complicating it... Modern versions of Ubuntu, and most all other distros, have a wireless network manager as part of the standard installation and the modern kernel supports most current WiFi chipsets. For more specific information pick an adapter, find out the chipset, and look at http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/category/WIRELESS/ for support information, Intel based adapters probably have the best support, but most modern ones work fine. I'm also curious as to why you have to use `dhclient eth0`? I always just plug in the cable and go..." CreationDate="2016-06-26T03:06:44.723" UserDisplayName="acejavelin" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6214" PostId="4033" Score="1" Text="I'm not sure whether it will be easy to find such a laptop, because &quot;convertible&quot; usually implies &quot;Intel U&quot; processor (which are all dual-cores) and not one of those 45W quad-core-processors..." CreationDate="2016-06-26T10:15:05.427" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6215" PostId="4028" Score="0" Text="This is a very good recommendation. Not only is the GTX 1080 only $600 (avoiding the $800+), the performance benefit is staggering when compared to the GTX 670 SLI." CreationDate="2016-06-26T11:55:56.937" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6216" PostId="1185" Score="0" Text="@Neophyte I wouldn't recommend the Passmark benchmark for anything but the roughest comparisons. It's not very accurate. For a slightly better source of video card/cpu performance, check out 3dmark.com/search" CreationDate="2016-06-26T11:57:56.750" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6217" PostId="1186" Score="0" Text="The GTX 970 and R9 280 are first of all not similar in terms of performance. Furthermore, with &quot;3.5GB issue&quot; that nVidia **still** hasn't fixed, hasn't fixed, the GTX 970 is not the greatest GPU, not to mention the fact that it is last generation. The R9 280 is simply much weaker than the GTX 970 and a lot of other graphics cards, and shouldn't be taken into consideration if you want to &quot;future-proof&quot; your computer." CreationDate="2016-06-26T12:00:58.487" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6218" PostId="1186" Score="0" Text="I would personally recommend getting an RX 480 when it comes out, since it's price is equivalent to that of a GTX 960 ($199) and it's performance betters the GTX 970 all the while having no VRAM issues (if what we hear from AMD is true)" CreationDate="2016-06-26T12:03:38.813" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6219" PostId="1257" Score="0" Text="@Thomcdrom I understand how SLI works - I simply commenting upon the fact that some programs are capable of using a Multi-GPU setup." CreationDate="2016-06-26T12:07:36.867" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6220" PostId="4028" Score="1" Text="@Wozzie Really doesn't matter, buy from your own preference of colors/designs from reputable brands. If you are a big case with good airflow get a internal exhaust cooler (non reference coolers), if you have a small case then get an external exhaust cooler (NVidia reference cooler)" CreationDate="2016-06-26T12:42:38.563" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6221" PostId="4041" Score="0" Text="What is your other hardware (e.g. your CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, etc)? What kinds of scientific calculations, mostly integer or floating point calculations? Are you purely doing calculations on the GPU or do you require GUI for your VMs?" CreationDate="2016-06-26T15:30:35.243" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6222" PostId="4041" Score="0" Text="I want the developers to have some kind of GUI, maybe Windows based. I don't have any hardware yet. The calculations are mostly linear algebra and optimization, mostly floating point, of course. It's mathematical physics." CreationDate="2016-06-26T15:45:22.447" UserId="3819" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6225" PostId="4046" Score="1" Text="Have you seen this web-app for kindle (works with other devices as well) called http://www.reabble.com? It seems like it would be what you be looking for, but it may not be ideal. It isn't a native application, and it does carry a fee if you want the full-fledged application. Free users do get 15 articles a day, so you can try it out and decide if a dollar a month is worth it!" CreationDate="2016-06-27T13:27:28.923" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6226" PostId="4034" Score="0" Text="@curtis have you tried the AC one? I'd be happy with N only, but faster is always better, I guess." CreationDate="2016-06-27T13:52:23.973" UserId="3828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6227" PostId="4036" Score="0" Text="Ha, for $7, can't really complain. Have you used any faster ones with any success? Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-06-27T13:53:51.193" UserId="3828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6228" PostId="4034" Score="0" Text="@acejavelin thanks for that page, much better than what i was looking at before (as for dhclient, *sometimes* i need it, usually it just defaults to that these days though...)" CreationDate="2016-06-27T13:54:38.523" UserId="3828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6229" PostId="4046" Score="0" Text="Thanks - the fee is fine, but really want it to work offline." CreationDate="2016-06-27T14:39:58.927" UserId="3826" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6230" PostId="4047" Score="0" Text="My knowledge on this area is pretty slim, but you could potential buy a brighter backlight replacement bulb and replace it.  Now I don't know if you would run into incompatibilities or power consumption problems if you tried something like that.  Personally I would be looking for an LCD screen with an LED backlight, I would think you could easily get more nits for cheaper. (This may be too crazy, but buy a super cheap one and replace the CCFL with an LED light bar) Hopefully a pro can follow me up" CreationDate="2016-06-27T20:13:39.607" UserId="807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6231" PostId="4047" Score="0" Text="@Timmy thanks. That's what my other question I posted is for: http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/4048/what-are-some-high-contrast-ratio-displays&#xA;That would be my second choice, but without high contrast ability, I figure a brighter backlight would just wash colors out." CreationDate="2016-06-27T21:23:26.293" UserId="73" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6232" PostId="4054" Score="0" Text="How low-power is &quot;low power&quot;?  What is the price level of &quot;relatively cheap&quot;?  Besides two SATA ports, a network port, and support for an appropriate operating system, do you have any requirements?" CreationDate="2016-06-27T22:59:30.230" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6234" PostId="4054" Score="0" Text="35 watts or less, and under $350." CreationDate="2016-06-28T00:16:14.057" UserId="3832" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6235" PostId="4054" Score="0" Text="2.5 or 3.5 inch drives?" CreationDate="2016-06-28T06:23:34.173" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6238" PostId="4054" Score="0" Text="3.5 inch drives unless you can get 3tb versions of 2.5 now." CreationDate="2016-06-28T10:57:51.210" UserId="3832" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6242" PostId="4023" Score="0" Text="I ended up going with the Samsung Evo 850. I looked up more benchmark tests and it seems like a good idea. I feel my PS4 lags with load times on certain games and I'm inpatient. Thank you for the sources, they helped" CreationDate="2016-06-28T12:05:40.647" UserId="3790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6248" PostId="4059" Score="1" Text="Thank you very much for your explanation :) - I will buy the GTX 1080 as I planned from the beginning ^^ I just started thinking about it, because 2 970s cost a little bit less. But with that in mind I will go for the 1080. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-06-29T12:32:44.620" UserId="3841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6251" PostId="4060" Score="0" Text="Do you want it to be able to play modern games or just fiddle with some older stuff? You could get a beefy GPU but it wouldn't matter if the games you are playing require more processing power from your CPU." CreationDate="2016-06-29T16:46:14.153" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6252" PostId="4060" Score="0" Text="I am having a hard time understanding your question. You are wondering if you get a CPU with integrated graphics, would that interfere with a dedicated graphics card? Also, `What would be a good choice for such a video card?` is too broad. Can you list some requirements please." CreationDate="2016-06-29T18:00:50.443" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6259" PostId="4063" Score="0" Text="+1, not just because I ended up picking this laptop, but also because this is a very thorough and well-researched answer. I did end up going with the 15 inch version." CreationDate="2016-06-30T09:25:57.187" UserId="279" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6260" PostId="4066" Score="0" Text="That's about what I was thinking too. I might settle for a &quot;normal&quot; 4k then. It sucks that there is always some new technology on the brink of release you could wait for. It's always the wrong time to buy ;-)" CreationDate="2016-06-30T14:36:36.323" UserId="674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6261" PostId="4066" Score="0" Text="Too right you are! When it's finally the right time to buy 4k HDR, 8K  HDR++ will be on the cusp of release ;) But that sounds like a good call to me." CreationDate="2016-06-30T14:48:39.330" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6262" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="What is your end goal? I'm trying to think of some sort of solution for you, and I have a few ideas, but it will depend on exactly what you are hoping to achieve. Are you recording? Are you capturing audio for/from video production(s)? Are you mixing for a presentation, or concert of some kind that requires multiple audio ins? In my preliminary search I found [this](http://www.meicheng.com.tw/2009en_html/Cmx-12.html)" CreationDate="2016-06-30T14:57:52.163" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6263" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="@Steviet Home use, not recording or anything, just mixing inputs to an amplifier which is outputting to wall-mounted speakers (only two--stereo--for now). This became an issue because I want to be able to use the digital (optical) output of my TV instead of analog, and I am forced to use the digital (coax) output of my computer." CreationDate="2016-06-30T15:42:05.730" UserId="3762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6264" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="@Heptite Would converting your sources be too big of a pain? It's just that the components you'd need when HDMI and TOSLINK are thrown in the mix either A) require a computer, or B) are ridiculously expensive. Check some of these out and let me know if I'm getting closer or further from your needs. [Here, requires PC](http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HDExpressPCIe). [This is the last ones big brother, needs a PC](http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HDXSDIPCIe) . [This doesn't have TOSLINK, limited inputs](http://www.acekaraoke.com/acesonic-km-201-hdmi-karaoke-mixer.html#.V3VNDNIrLcs)" CreationDate="2016-06-30T16:59:43.713" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6265" PostId="3975" Score="0" Text="@Steviet As this question had been closed for a while, I resorted to converting my PC's digital output to analog with [this](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005K2TXMO/), but it's not a preferred solution. It's looking like what I really want just doesn't exist, though." CreationDate="2016-06-30T17:05:08.533" UserId="3762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6267" PostId="4070" Score="0" Text="On Amazon in Germany it is unfortunately not available anymore, see https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000TNEVBC. The G80-3000 MX keybaords all look the same but the problem is that the switches are different." CreationDate="2016-07-01T10:48:50.190" UserId="3851" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6268" PostId="4070" Score="1" Text="Oh, I'm sorry for that, as I don't live in Germany I use to look at Amazon.com and not Amazon.de website. Can you take a look at this: https://www.amazon.de/Cherry-G80-3000-Tastaturen-Schwarz-Standard/dp/B0041KJKAG/ ? It says it's available in Germany" CreationDate="2016-07-01T11:01:46.510" UserId="3820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6269" PostId="4070" Score="0" Text="The keyboard you link has blue switches (too loud) and a UK layout (although the image shows a DE layout)." CreationDate="2016-07-01T11:51:47.843" UserId="3851" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6270" PostId="4070" Score="0" Text="Ok, let's change brand. I found Corsair STRAFE (red switches) to be very quiet, here is the Amazon link https://www.amazon.de/Corsair-Keyboard-Gaming-STRAFE-CH-9000088-/dp/B011102VSQ , unfortunately it's not cheap and it's designed for gaming purposes" CreationDate="2016-07-01T13:48:23.237" UserId="3820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6283" PostId="4049" Score="0" Text="The Seagate Barracuda 3TB is quiet, but it's also *extremely* unreliable.  [Backblaze's reliability study](https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q3-2015/) shows a 30% failure rate, and I'd love to know how they got it that low -- my personal experience is a 100% failure rate (six drives from three batches, none lasted more than two years)." CreationDate="2016-07-01T22:20:25.407" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6284" PostId="4076" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the response, I also think DP is the way to go. Your answer satisfy my requirements in detail. (Also thank you for introducing me to pcpartpicker that's a handy tool). Very helpful!" CreationDate="2016-07-01T23:46:47.760" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6286" PostId="4082" Score="0" Text="I have bad news for you.  There isn't a huge demand for wired small keyboards, the majority of travel keyboards, are not going to be wired.  Any non-wired keyboards are going to be keyboards that only work with specific products like the `Microsoft Surface Type Cover` and `Microsoft Surface Type Touch Cover` keyboards" CreationDate="2016-07-02T12:28:49.190" UserDisplayName="Ramhound" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6288" PostId="4070" Score="1" Text="@boxHiccup red are linear. If he wants tactile and quiet he wants brown or clear switches." CreationDate="2016-07-03T00:43:26.677" UserId="82" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6293" PostId="4087" Score="0" Text="Do you think the EdgeRouterX is good enough? (https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-x/)" CreationDate="2016-07-03T21:39:31.380" UserId="3865" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6295" PostId="4087" Score="0" Text="I can't seem to find any info as too how many people are allowed at one time." CreationDate="2016-07-03T21:46:50.487" UserId="3865" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6299" PostId="3944" Score="0" Text="Might be good to note that with the modern Xeons, 'E3', 'E5', and 'E7', mean exactly the same thing as the desktop i3s, i5s, and i7s; the higher you go the faster the CPU is." CreationDate="2016-07-03T22:19:55.587" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6300" PostId="4041" Score="0" Text="Your budget is too low for what you want unfortunately. You need at least $5k." CreationDate="2016-07-03T22:21:28.320" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6302" PostId="4087" Score="0" Text="I think that EdgeRouterX will be good enough. It &quot;allows&quot; as many as you wish. There are no licensing restrictions, everything is open software. The hardware may be the only limit. Of course you won't get 1000Mbps VPN throughput, but I think that its performance will be enough for 10 users (at least it's worth trying for the price...)." CreationDate="2016-07-04T05:14:53.957" UserId="2052" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6303" PostId="4080" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as it is a technical support request, which is not in the scope of Hardware Recommendations." CreationDate="2016-07-04T09:29:58.160" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6307" PostId="4100" Score="0" Text="There was a minor change in the mount points between dell inspiron 15r 7250 versions but the fan is the same Sunon Maglev. The mount points in my version is the same as which is given in the first pic. I want to change the fan because its making a bit of grinding noise. So which fan should i get should the replacement fan have the CFM." CreationDate="2016-07-04T10:11:37.760" UserId="3878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6308" PostId="4100" Score="0" Text="@jaseon Doesn't matter; that's the model of the *fan*, not the part. The fan is still likely to spin slower for the reason I outlined, so it's best if you stick to the original part." CreationDate="2016-07-04T10:14:37.383" UserId="653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6312" PostId="4105" Score="0" Text="Thanks! GPU-Z seems to be for PC only and not for Linux. When I render in Blender however there is a &quot;Mem&quot; and &quot;Peak&quot; value given in the UV/Image Editor window. This is around 50M for CPU renders and lightly less when I attempt to render with the GPU. Seems like a low figure so I'm not sure if it's the same thing a the  VRAM requirement." CreationDate="2016-07-04T18:16:11.583" UserId="3879" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6313" PostId="4105" Score="1" Text="It does seem a little low, but then again, I know very little about rendering. Try this program [Open Hardware Monitor](http://openhardwaremonitor.org/) and see if you get a different result? It may be a little finicky to set up with Linux, but it is supported. And no need to thank! I'm happy to help, if I can that is :)" CreationDate="2016-07-04T19:14:13.417" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6322" PostId="4115" Score="0" Text="Thank you. Question about the RAM, the computer has 8GB installed, so where does the 4GB come from?" CreationDate="2016-07-05T06:10:12.137" UserId="3884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6323" PostId="4106" Score="0" Text="I liked the Fractal Design Define R5. Seems prety solid and the fans are just in the right place no more no less." CreationDate="2016-07-05T07:38:24.420" UserId="3881" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6324" PostId="3944" Score="0" Text="Well, for the Xeon I don't know, but always considering &quot;i7 because it's better&quot; is wrong. To simplify: i3 and i5 have to cores, but the i5 can turboboost (dynamicly overclock). Then, i7 comes better than i5 only because of its 4 (or more) cores. But if you do not consider using massive multi-threading, going for a better i5 (by better I mean a better single-core performance) is wisely. For instance, a lot of gamers use high end i5 instead of middle-range i7, for same price. Because appart from some games (ex. BF4 multiplayer) most of the games do not need 4 cores." CreationDate="2016-07-05T11:33:29.933" UserId="3665" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6325" PostId="4107" Score="0" Text="My apologies for the delay, I tend to use the site during the daytime hours (at least daytime relative to myself). As far as what I want to know, what RAID controller are you using? I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to dual boot based on your setup, unless the RAID controller is a wonky one, but even then that shouldn't be too big of an issue. After you've booted into Ubuntu did you set the boot order? [Near the bottom here](http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2015/11/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-alongside.html) under the heading &quot;Changing the boot order&quot; may be helpful." CreationDate="2016-07-05T12:08:04.930" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6326" PostId="4107" Score="0" Text="If not, then a hardware change/omission may be necessary! PS: sorry for the double post." CreationDate="2016-07-05T12:08:28.540" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6327" PostId="4115" Score="0" Text="Goto your start menu, right click Computer, and select properties. It will show there how much installed RAM you have as well. Maybe one of your sticks or DIMM slots aren't functioning" CreationDate="2016-07-05T12:11:01.900" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6328" PostId="4116" Score="0" Text="+1 from me, maybe it is worth considering getting the GTX 1070. Might be a very good option for a lot of people :)" CreationDate="2016-07-05T12:44:18.337" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6329" PostId="4113" Score="0" Text="A good answer. It is hard to find a foldable or reduced-size keyboard as for today that has no wireless capabilites (so consuming batteries, needing drivers, not working at boot... etc). Only 20cm (if I understood correctly the specs) folded. Thanks you." CreationDate="2016-07-05T13:47:46.683" UserId="3861" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6330" PostId="4080" Score="0" Text="I have edited your question to prevent it from being closed. If I changed it too much, you may rollback my edit." CreationDate="2016-07-05T14:18:02.293" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6332" PostId="4085" Score="0" Text="Note: Recording with ShadowPlay is not as stressing for your drive as other software would be, because it &quot;only&quot; writes up to 50MBit/s onto the drive which is less than 10MB/s and shouldn't impact _anything_ too much. It gets better if you go lower on quality (given that Youtube only gives you like 10-20 MBit/s anyways)." CreationDate="2016-07-05T19:01:35.720" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6334" PostId="4107" Score="0" Text="This is probably just a grub configuration error, and or MBR issue." CreationDate="2016-07-06T04:37:11.493" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6335" PostId="4118" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your feed-back, you just gave me a good hint (1151 Skylake) and I think that I'll choose to buy a G4400 CPU 3.3Ghz + a decent Mobo without having in mind to OC because as far as I've read this is a pretty low temperature processor and is good enough for me. B. regards," CreationDate="2016-07-06T07:27:58.193" UserId="3891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6340" PostId="4122" Score="1" Text="Do you have a budget for this motherboard?" CreationDate="2016-07-06T13:45:29.387" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6346" PostId="4107" Score="0" Text="@Steviet I think my BIOS has no UEFI mode, but probably the new one will have. I did not want to overwrite the Windows Bootloader with Grub. And I thought when I am using a separate USB drive, with just one OS on it, I could achieve this. When pressing F8 on startup I can choose from which device to boot from. This is the point where booting from USB drive failed and grub console appeared." CreationDate="2016-07-06T14:24:11.680" UserId="3883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6347" PostId="4118" Score="0" Text="If I may be so bold, let me suggest to you that if you were planning on needing a Haswell (G3258) processor to run at 4+ ghz in order for it to perform as you would like, attempting to replace it with a 3.3ghz processor from Skylake is not going to be sufficient. Skylake enjoys, at best, a 5-10% real world performance gain per clock over Haswell, which would mean it's equivalent to a G3258 running at something more like 3.5ghz. &#xA;&#xA;Finally, may I ask why you want to use these Pentium CPUs in the first place? Their practical application in modern computers is extremely limited." CreationDate="2016-07-06T16:24:20.933" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6348" PostId="4128" Score="0" Text="Please edit this to include the tags freebsd and pfsense." CreationDate="2016-07-06T17:19:37.300" UserId="1400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6349" PostId="4128" Score="0" Text="Could you add more details on this topic? What are your needs? What is your budget?" CreationDate="2016-07-06T17:34:38.473" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6350" PostId="4128" Score="0" Text="It's for a home proxy server." CreationDate="2016-07-06T17:35:32.990" UserId="1400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6351" PostId="4128" Score="0" Text="I want to use it as an access point to filter traffic through." CreationDate="2016-07-06T17:36:01.200" UserId="1400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6352" PostId="4118" Score="0" Text="Actually I've re-evaluate the whole thing having as reference point my old Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GB, HDD 1TB, 4 X Corsair 2GB DDR2, 800MHz, PC2-6400, 5-5-5-18 + MSI R7770-PMD1GD5, AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5, 128bit on Intel DP35DP mainboard, used mostly for image editing. That's why I suppose that a G4400 + 8..16 DDR3/4 + a decent Mobo like  Asus H170 Pro or H170 Plus-D3 + SSD (as OS support), keeping in place the same graphic card, will be more than enough and a visible improvement. Am I right?" CreationDate="2016-07-06T17:40:39.250" UserId="3891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6356" PostId="4118" Score="0" Text="So the biggest problem with your present system is RAM. At only 2gb, you barely have enough for a modern operating system, let alone that + your photo editing. You could attempt to upgrade your setup quite nicely with the following CPUs + an 8gb RAM stick and corresponding new motherboard:&#xA;&#xA;AMD Athlon X2 370K,&#xA;Intel Pentium G3250,&#xA;AMD Athlon X4 845,&#xA;Intel Pentium G4520" CreationDate="2016-07-06T18:34:21.023" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6357" PostId="4118" Score="0" Text="not really, I already have **4**x 2GB RAM DDR2 as I've said and the on-board lan and I suppose some usb's are fried due to the lightning strikes :)  So I have to rebuild the system and to upgrade a little bit, because even with the LAN disabled in BIOS I can't boot properly and when I succeed, the LAN hardware and some usb's have the error code 10 which also I've tried to solved (hardware failure, another Mobo, and upgrade); I know that there are some good things bout Athlon but I still prefer Intel." CreationDate="2016-07-06T18:42:34.630" UserId="3891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6358" PostId="4118" Score="0" Text="Ah, I missed that you have 8gb. If you're still feeling slow, you might look into putting PS and your photos on an SSD and also upgrading from a dual core setup to either an Intel i3 or an AMD quad core.&#xA;&#xA;There's nothing wrong with AMD; they're a great choice for budget builds. That being said, if you prefer brand loyalty over saving a few bucks, be my guest. That's why I also recommended the two Pentiums I did." CreationDate="2016-07-06T18:46:57.710" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6359" PostId="4118" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/42133/discussion-between-user124853-and-adam-wykes)." CreationDate="2016-07-06T18:58:12.530" UserId="3891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6361" PostId="4129" Score="0" Text="I have to politely disagree with the usage of Passmark. Although it is much, much better than CPUBoss which is a biased piece of crap, not even a benchmark, Passmark isn't very accurate. I'd recommend CineBench or 3DMark/PCMark" CreationDate="2016-07-06T20:18:28.977" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6362" PostId="4129" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk It is certainly difficult to know what a score of 10000 passmarks compared to 5000 passmarks really translates to in terms of real-life performance. This could be a very memory intensive test, or alternatively it could be very cache/register level intensive, and involve no memory read/write operations at all. Finally, although RAID is a good idea it's not what is limiting performance here. Most of the work I do is memory bandwidth constrained." CreationDate="2016-07-06T20:26:56.673" UserId="3867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6363" PostId="4134" Score="0" Text="Does the &quot;RAM bandwidth&quot; account for the number of channels; ie; in single channel mode the i7 6700k RAM bandwidth will be about 15 GB/s instead of about 30 GB/s" CreationDate="2016-07-06T20:53:03.020" UserId="3867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6364" PostId="4134" Score="0" Text="@user3728501 RAM bandwidth is the **maximum** the processor can handle, I'm assuming without regards to channels. Quoting Intel's website, &quot;Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s)&quot;" CreationDate="2016-07-06T20:59:15.553" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6368" PostId="4129" Score="0" Text="With all due respect, can you give us more details about &#xA;1. the exact nature of your work - specific program/platform names help us a lot sometimes.&#xA;2. how you are determining that memory bandwidth is the limiting factor?&#xA;&#xA;The passmark test was just the first thing I could think up which would give you a general idea about CPU performance (which is all you're ever going to get without specific program and workload information). It is accurate within itself, as in it is consistent. Passmark is also well-documented (as are Cinebench and 3DMark/PCMark, I'm sure), so you can read up on it." CreationDate="2016-07-06T21:03:35.717" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6369" PostId="4106" Score="0" Text="The Fractal Design Define R5 is a very nice case! It is mid-size ATX. If you have room for it, I think you'll be very happy with it. I did replace my fans with Noctua, but the stock fans are pretty good." CreationDate="2016-07-07T02:19:24.747" UserId="3876" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6371" PostId="4136" Score="1" Text="I don't think you'll find such a thing meeting those requirements.  A quick google search gives me this: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-qwerty-phones/ and there isn't much to choose from." CreationDate="2016-07-07T03:49:05.040" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6372" PostId="4115" Score="0" Text="I have edited the original question to show the system information (I had to remove one of the other pictures, since I can only share 2 of them apparently). &#xA;&#xA;Side note, I did not down vote. I am satisfied with your response, though I still don't understand about the RAM, since I have 8GB showing and am running 64bit." CreationDate="2016-07-07T04:13:10.443" UserId="3884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6373" PostId="4138" Score="0" Text="This thing looks great! Don't know where the LEDs are but they are irrelevant. I think I might go for this one if I don't find anything else :)" CreationDate="2016-07-07T11:41:59.830" UserId="3841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6374" PostId="4138" Score="0" Text="I think that the LEDs are behind the red logo on both sides ;)" CreationDate="2016-07-07T13:03:41.633" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6375" PostId="4060" Score="0" Text="You are all right about the broad requirements. Actually it was more of an academic question. I could rephrase it as: would a powerful GPU take over the graphics functions so that the CPU embeded graphics capabilities would not matter? Many thanks anyway!" CreationDate="2016-07-07T13:47:15.227" UserId="3842" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6376" PostId="4060" Score="1" Text="I understand the question, and perhaps what hasn't been discussed yet is the fact that although the GPU does offload graphics processing stuff from the CPU, the CPU still needs to send/receive commands and data from the GPU. Modern games which higher quality graphics have higher quality graphics because more commands are being sent to the GPU to render a higher quality scenery. Hence one requires a more powerful CPU to drive the GPU. To put specific numbers on these things however would be difficult." CreationDate="2016-07-07T14:13:17.260" UserId="3867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6378" PostId="3955" Score="0" Text="@A_User Even so, Microsoft does provide security updates, and 3rd party vendors could find XP impractical to support for the same reasons." CreationDate="2016-07-07T20:09:25.093" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6379" PostId="4111" Score="0" Text="Please tell us your requirements, so that we won't be guessing what you want." CreationDate="2016-07-07T20:58:03.143" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6381" PostId="4115" Score="0" Text="Did you install the 8500GT as an addon card? if so, remove it. the integrated one built into the computer is better (not by much, but it might be enough)" CreationDate="2016-07-08T00:25:00.533" UserId="3888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6383" PostId="4148" Score="0" Text="Does it filter SSL too?" CreationDate="2016-07-08T03:08:08.640" UserId="1400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6384" PostId="4148" Score="1" Text="Don't think so, the AP is not really designed for that. you should probably use pfSense for that anyways if it can do that, much smarter system. The AP is pretty much just &quot;wirelessly serve the connection I'm plugged into&quot; with a little bit more for different SSIDs on the same AP." CreationDate="2016-07-08T04:26:41.963" UserId="3888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6387" PostId="4152" Score="0" Text="Well I did notice that on the first glance. Now I have one more doubt. How to know if a processor has 2 cores or 4 cores? I mean on all these amazon, jet etc sites, all we find is the processor name, something like Core i7-6700HQ or something. So how to deduce if a particular processor has 2 cores or 4 cores and also what processor speed(like 2.6 GHz) mean?" CreationDate="2016-07-08T09:46:52.683" UserId="3909" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6388" PostId="4153" Score="0" Text="Thanks a lot for your updated answer. I am still waiting for other people's choices, but I think this is probably the only laptop with 970m and a 15-16 inch screen. But I also found some other laptops like in Dell Inspiron series and Asus ROG series, where they had a 960m gpu and rest all specs were same. Now from what I see, all these laptops with 960m are in my price range, but they have better build quality than the MSI that you mentioned(read the reviews about MSI)? So should I go for 970m or 960m considering the build quality?" CreationDate="2016-07-08T09:50:08.150" UserId="3909" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6389" PostId="4152" Score="0" Text="@Blasttrash You can see the amount of cores in the `product information` or `product details` - and as it seems the i5 as well as the i7 have 4 cores (&quot;Prozessor Count&quot;)" CreationDate="2016-07-08T09:50:47.707" UserId="3841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6390" PostId="4153" Score="0" Text="Well I also saw the Asus ROG ones with the GTX 960 - and personally I would go for them. Asus has high quality standards and their products are mostly very durable. When I build a PC I always try to get Asus products. They seem to test everything very well before delivering it. But if you think you need a bit more performance use the 970 - I don't know MSI so their products can be very good as well in terms of how they are made. Just read through some more reviews or something like that, maybe someone here knows more about MSI and maybe also about Asus computers and can compare them :)" CreationDate="2016-07-08T09:54:43.897" UserId="3841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6391" PostId="4152" Score="0" Text="My bad, didn't see that ;) on the same topic, notice that the i5 doesn't have hyperthreading :)" CreationDate="2016-07-08T11:08:36.320" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6398" PostId="4007" Score="0" Text="This doesn't deserve three points, guys. First of all, it's extreme overkill. Second, the AIO cooler actually adds more points of failure, which is presumably the purpose of desiring a fanless solution for a business environment in the first place. It's not cheap, and there are better options available." CreationDate="2016-07-08T14:01:27.797" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6399" PostId="4149" Score="1" Text="If he gets a mobo with DP and an IGP on the board or CPU, then he only needs one additional GPU with one additional DP!" CreationDate="2016-07-08T14:02:08.350" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6400" PostId="4149" Score="1" Text="Yes indeed ! I didn't think about that :) by the way if DP is really what you need, adaptators HDMI/DVI/VGA -&gt; DP exists" CreationDate="2016-07-08T14:04:40.323" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6402" PostId="4151" Score="0" Text="@JetStream If you have an answer, please post it below. Thanks." CreationDate="2016-07-08T14:22:59.957" UserId="214" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6405" PostId="4150" Score="0" Text="That's what I was afraid of.. it's a shame that there's only one decent keyboard phone out there right now, and it's created by a company with questionable longevity. Still, thank you for your research." CreationDate="2016-07-08T17:00:02.127" UserId="2172" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6407" PostId="2394" Score="0" Text="@ahackney  The more hard drives you add, the faster the performance is up to the limit of the CPU on the RAID card.  You should really consider RAID 6.  As a general rule of thumb you should be able to get 90%, possible more, of the max read speed of each drive.  So 4 drives 100mb/s =400mb/s*0.9 is 360mb/s.  Write speeds are slower, say 80mb/s per drive, on all hdd, but it follows the same general rule, but the CPU on the RAID card will eventually cause you to top out." CreationDate="2016-07-09T03:55:43.527" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6408" PostId="4107" Score="0" Text="@Armin for your idea of switch with the F8 key, you need to install each OS with only 1 drive connected.  This is the simplest way.  You can modify grub to point to windows and vice versus, but this is far from simple." CreationDate="2016-07-09T03:58:12.603" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6412" PostId="4081" Score="0" Text="Have you considered getting a UPS?  (Uninterruptable Power Source) This will shield any device behind it from power fluctuation, and if they get to bad it will run on battery for a few minutes until the condition improve." CreationDate="2016-07-09T15:21:51.077" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6413" PostId="2154" Score="0" Text="All modern SSD are SATA.  If you have an IDE your options, are extremely limited.  The slot may not have room for the SSD and adapter.  However, if your existing SSD is SATA any SSD will work.  You may only have SATA 1 and get SATA one speed, but it will still be better." CreationDate="2016-07-09T15:33:30.297" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6414" PostId="4081" Score="0" Text="@cybernard: I already got a shielding power plug, now also plugged the ethernet cable through it.But thanks for the idea; it will be a first step for my colleagues." CreationDate="2016-07-09T15:41:40.267" UserId="3709" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6416" PostId="4169" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because we don't do build reviews." CreationDate="2016-07-10T08:54:39.857" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6417" PostId="4169" Score="0" Text="Also, you were hardly told here was your best bet when you wrote the answer that said that yourself." CreationDate="2016-07-10T09:00:24.623" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6418" PostId="4169" Score="0" Text="Which stack exchange site is dedicated for build reviews?" CreationDate="2016-07-10T14:46:52.673" UserId="3917" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6419" PostId="4170" Score="0" Text="Hmm, I checked the list but it says that `Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs.` Is that going to be an issue?" CreationDate="2016-07-10T14:49:01.813" UserId="3917" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6420" PostId="4169" Score="0" Text="There isn't one, I'm afraid ." CreationDate="2016-07-10T14:50:43.520" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6421" PostId="4169" Score="0" Text="What about SuperUser? I was told that it was the best choice for asking these questions: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/98299/where-to-post-questions-about-building-computers" CreationDate="2016-07-10T14:54:52.703" UserId="3917" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6422" PostId="4169" Score="0" Text="Read their help centre - I'm no expert on SU scope" CreationDate="2016-07-10T15:11:40.930" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6425" PostId="4170" Score="0" Text="It isn't anymore. Pretty much all motherboards sold now have had their BIOSes updated for Vishera, since that revision of the Bulldozer arch came out in something like 2012." CreationDate="2016-07-10T18:21:34.970" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6429" PostId="4178" Score="0" Text="AsRock with two 2011-R3 sockets is best so far. Will check Xeon Phi and add more comments after that, thank you! If none better will be found in next days, will mark your answer." CreationDate="2016-07-11T14:35:18.500" UserId="3925" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6431" PostId="4165" Score="0" Text="I think what you're trying to create is essentially a multihead system, and this is a question of correctly configuring the software, not the hardware. Look at SoftXpand and other multihead solutions for inspiration.&#xA;&#xA;Alternatively, if you're OK with the linux, multihead is already available on linux via SSH. Login via SSH from a terminal and go from there (you'll need a separate terminal machine, of course)." CreationDate="2016-07-11T16:07:17.957" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6432" PostId="4176" Score="0" Text="I've tried TeamPlayer4. But it doesn't solve my problem. The application I wrote has a single textarea. And both keyboards A and B are supposed to type in the same textarea. So one needs to be disabled when the other is active." CreationDate="2016-07-11T16:12:23.393" UserId="3914" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6433" PostId="4178" Score="2" Text="@iXCray note that Xeon E7s sometimes have more cores (for Broadwells at least) and you can run those in 4 and 8 socket configurations as opposed to 2 sockets with E5s. They are super expensive though (as are the 4/8 socket boards)" CreationDate="2016-07-11T17:25:16.797" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6434" PostId="4178" Score="0" Text="Thank you SEJPM - I thought I was missing something regarding the E7 lineup, but in my brief search I couldn't find sites selling those with enough  information for me to make an informed recommendation.&#xA;&#xA;To the OP - please consider an E7 configuration, cost no object. Even if you had to step &quot;down&quot; to Broadwell, the IPC differences under consideration would not outweigh almost any addition of threads." CreationDate="2016-07-11T17:33:18.087" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6435" PostId="684" Score="0" Text="So, because the costs involved here may go into the thousands depending what I choose to recommend, what did you expect to end up paying for that functionality?&#xA;&#xA;Here are the requirements potentially driving the price WAY up: supporting 8+ devices, caching on multiple SSDs, not touching the CPU at all." CreationDate="2016-07-11T19:26:14.987" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6437" PostId="4184" Score="0" Text="I didn't include the Teslas because AFAIK they are essentially GPUs without the RAMDACs and other graphics-specific parts on them, and DP precision enabled in the firmware. If you look at OP's post, they appear not to want GPGPU compute." CreationDate="2016-07-11T20:51:46.183" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6439" PostId="4184" Score="1" Text="@AdamWykes, I've included them as an option, because I don't know the exact work load he has and to make the position of the Xeon Phis more clear and easy to understand." CreationDate="2016-07-11T20:53:49.713" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6444" PostId="2675" Score="0" Text="In all likelyhood you will need 2 GPU to power that many displays, just for the physical number of connectors.  Your 6 projectors total roughly 80% of a single 4k.  NVIDIA.com says DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI so you can connect 3 monitors/displays easily.  Maybe a display port mst expander will work, maybe not.  I think 2 970 or 980 is your best option." CreationDate="2016-07-12T02:59:49.260" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6445" PostId="484" Score="0" Text="Corsair PSUS are neither uniform (they're not even all the same OEM) or the best possible quality on the market. Their warranty's length derives from the facts that A) most people who buy Corsair buy it for the brand name and are the sort who massively overprovision for their needs and B) Corsair is a massive company that can easily afford to do that. &#xA;&#xA;While I'm not one of those snobs who will accept nothing but Seasonic, my recollection of reviews on Corsair puts them in the high middle/low-high segments generally. Personally, I've had bad luck with Corsair -more than other &quot;good&quot; brands." CreationDate="2016-07-12T03:05:12.217" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6446" PostId="2631" Score="0" Text="Why can't you replace the computer with something low-end, but modern?  Money?" CreationDate="2016-07-12T03:05:50.810" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6447" PostId="492" Score="0" Text="I own and use a 750W SuperNova from EVGA. Great PSU, currently running my 130W Xeon overclocked and with two GTX 760s, all the fans a GX500 case can hold, and a bevy of hard drives with no problems for several years now." CreationDate="2016-07-12T03:06:51.110" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6448" PostId="2631" Score="0" Text="https://www.amazon.com/ATX-Motherboard-Power-Converter-Cable/dp/B000E7JUVO  This is half your answer." CreationDate="2016-07-12T03:36:39.480" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6449" PostId="2631" Score="0" Text="Look at this one:  http://www.evertek.com/viewpart.asp?auto=8380  Combined with my last entry." CreationDate="2016-07-12T03:58:28.400" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6450" PostId="484" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes You must be the &quot;one percent&quot; then. Corsair's products (anything from PSUs to mouse pads) are almost always highly rated for their durability and reliability. As far as I know, it's pretty rare to run into major problems with their products." CreationDate="2016-07-12T04:27:17.763" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6451" PostId="484" Score="0" Text="As the guy who has to throw these things out from my company's server room (also our deaded PC room - we're a smaller company), I can tell you that Corsair produces and sells a range of quality in their products, just like most companies that actually rebrand OEM work - see here to get a sense of who their OEM makers are (http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page447.htm)&#xA;&#xA;You can see that their OEMs are no different from many other &quot;less reputable&quot; PSU makers.&#xA;&#xA;The rarity of people running into issues with Corsair products is easily ascribed to the two reasons I already provided." CreationDate="2016-07-12T06:15:44.073" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6453" PostId="4176" Score="0" Text="Oh ok thought that it could do that. However, I really can't see any way of solve it hardware side ;)" CreationDate="2016-07-12T06:49:38.323" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6455" PostId="484" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I don't see the relevance of your OEM argument. Just like any other company, they take OEM parts and _incorporate_ them into their products in special ways. That special way is the difference between Corsair and other companies. Also, most people don't buy Corsair for the name brand. They buy it for the _trust_ in the name brand (again, because of their good reputation)." CreationDate="2016-07-12T08:15:37.833" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6457" PostId="4190" Score="0" Text="You should precise a bit which P4 and i3 (the complete reference) you are considering. Adding what you are planning to do with it would be great too. As a starting answer, do not consider Ghz as &quot;greater is better&quot;. It is true on the same processor but since CPUs can be very different, it's far to be the only thing to consider." CreationDate="2016-07-12T08:51:14.423" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6459" PostId="4190" Score="0" Text="@comicurus Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2.80GHz 533 MHz 512KB Cache | Intel Core i3 4005U Processor 1.70GHz 3MB Cache" CreationDate="2016-07-12T08:58:28.670" UserId="3866" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6461" PostId="4190" Score="1" Text="You'd better add these precisions by editing your post ;)" CreationDate="2016-07-12T09:14:46.163" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6463" PostId="4192" Score="0" Text="You'd need an input on the laptop and an appropriate cable." CreationDate="2016-07-12T13:17:08.777" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6466" PostId="484" Score="0" Text="That's a very broad explanation of how Corsair incorporates OEM parts into their PSU products. I'm flagging this comment as unhelpful pending a more detailed explanation of what it is Corsair does to &quot;incorporate&quot; their OEM parts for added value." CreationDate="2016-07-12T14:58:25.170" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6468" PostId="4195" Score="0" Text="What is an acceptable price? What volume is required. You can but basic bluetooth beacons from Chinese suppliers in small volume for under $US5 each. These use standard ICs. Most &quot;beacons&quot; are vastly overpriced compared to the cost of their components.  | | A FOB does not need to be &quot;attache&quot; to the phone - It can simply need to be in the immediate vicinity and could eg be securely enclosed in a wall ect mounted box etc." CreationDate="2016-07-12T15:35:53.300" UserId="3935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6470" PostId="4195" Score="0" Text="Maybe NFC tags? I don't know if this would work with your setup, but its an idea!" CreationDate="2016-07-12T16:47:27.020" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6477" PostId="1912" Score="0" Text="I suggest using two or more controller devices to get to your 8 device maximum; this should allow you to save money. For example, you could get one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815166038&amp;cm_re=usb_addon_card--15-166-038--Product&#xA;&#xA;Much cheaper probably even in Finland due to the lower PCI-E width. Then add one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812117104&amp;cm_re=usb_header_cables--12-117-104--Product, which will allow you to add ports if you have an onboard 3.0 header that's going unused." CreationDate="2016-07-12T18:18:25.463" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6488" PostId="484" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I'll use Apple as an example here. They incorporate OEM parts (display, processor, etc.) into their iPhones. So then why isn't the iPhone exactly like any other phone out there? Because they go the extra step by running a custom OS. Corsair and pretty much any other company all do this exact same thing to some degree." CreationDate="2016-07-12T21:27:00.350" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6489" PostId="484" Score="0" Text="Trying to move past the incredible number of weasel words in that last sentence... sometimes Corsair does what you say, and other times they don't (http://www.orionpsudb.com/corsair). This is why it is largely irrelevant to speak about the brand of a PSU unless the brand is also the OEM. I'm not going to discuss this further; I've made every point I wanted to make." CreationDate="2016-07-12T21:37:56.473" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6490" PostId="4191" Score="1" Text="The i3 in question is many, many times faster than the P4. While a P4 may have, at most, two threads, the i3 enjoys double that number (4), and on top of that it performs many more instructions per clock than a P4, negating its clock speed advantage. The P4 also lacks many modern instruction sets, which can make it difficult to run modern software.&#xA;&#xA;Get the i3 as comicurus implies." CreationDate="2016-07-13T04:03:56.343" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6493" PostId="4203" Score="0" Text="Would it be possible to replace the Titan X's with Tesla P100s?" CreationDate="2016-07-13T18:25:36.573" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6494" PostId="4203" Score="1" Text="Assuming the P100 is like most other Teslas, yes, with the caveat that you may need to use one slot to add a GPU so you have a video out. However I also know some of the newer Teslas have their own basic video out functionality, so that should work identically to the above solution." CreationDate="2016-07-13T18:28:55.020" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6495" PostId="4214" Score="0" Text="Thank you, indeed it looks like IDE to PCI(e) it's a decent solution. U're right but the mentioned unit have a Yamaha chipset inside that support [AMQR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc_recording_modes#Audio_Master_Quality_Recording) that's why I am interested to make it work somehow not to upgrade, on the new setup environment  :) I'll have to [read more](http://club.myce.com/f138/ide-controllers-definitive-thread-90930/) about IDE controllers." CreationDate="2016-07-13T18:42:53.647" UserId="3891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6503" PostId="1259" Score="0" Text="I feel like before this question can be reopened we need to know why you were using a GT630 - it's lower-performing than the GPU in your CPU. Was there a need for Nvidia technology at some point?" CreationDate="2016-07-14T13:56:13.273" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6504" PostId="1838" Score="0" Text="When you game, do you game on one screen, or all 4?" CreationDate="2016-07-14T13:57:47.437" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6505" PostId="4218" Score="0" Text="I am flexible, so don't be afraid to make a suggestion even if most of the requirements aren't met, so long as you think I might be satisfied. As in the pirate's code, these are more like *guidelines*" CreationDate="2016-07-14T15:50:00.183" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6506" PostId="4212" Score="0" Text="Well, they are great, but it is more likely that I'll use Knights Landing (Xeon Phi) which is already not only in form of co-processor but in the form of CPU. 60+ cores, 240+ hardware threads." CreationDate="2016-07-14T17:36:22.673" UserId="3925" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6509" PostId="4223" Score="0" Text="What exactly is a fiber inspections scope? What's it do, how's it work?" CreationDate="2016-07-14T22:29:39.203" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6513" PostId="4218" Score="0" Text="I personally wouldn't trust a scanner mouse with gaming just because it isn't a regular mouse. I feel like the extra scanning feature would cause problems." CreationDate="2016-07-15T03:58:06.823" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6515" PostId="4221" Score="0" Text="Do not mixup things, the 'nm' doesn't give you the CPU's architecture. One architecture could be manufactured in several thickness. Otherwise good answer ;)" CreationDate="2016-07-15T06:33:13.317" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6519" PostId="2311" Score="0" Text="I have decided finally on the following 2 configurations...&#xA;LENOVO&#xA;[link](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FJFN872/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER)&#xA;MSI &#xA;[link](http://www.amazon.in/MSI-Laptop-6700HQ-7200rpm-Geforce/dp/B01CP4CSTY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1468581555&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=i7+msi)&#xA;Please note, i am well aware that the lenovo version seemingly has an upper hand considering that its got 256 GB SSD.&#xA;But it seems that the msi is not very far behind considerint that its got hdd of 7200 rpm.&#xA;Help me decide b/w these 2 beasts!" CreationDate="2016-07-15T11:31:24.400" UserId="2043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6520" PostId="4213" Score="0" Text="Not sure if I'm right but, any action-cam can answer positively to your requests no?" CreationDate="2016-07-15T11:55:29.637" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6521" PostId="4218" Score="0" Text="@Adam yes, I would ideally like to see reviews or some other kind of evidence to the effect that the scanner doesn't interfere with performance. However, I have some faith that the two tasks are not mutually exclusive for me, because I don't need perfection in either category (I'm willing to compromise), and mechanically there is nothing really different between a scanner and an optical mouse's tracking camera. Indeed, there are reports of DIYers hacking old optical mice to create their own scanners. I am pinning my hopes on that theoretical equality of functions." CreationDate="2016-07-15T13:11:00.590" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6523" PostId="4229" Score="0" Text="As a small aside, since it is sometimes worth it to consider other configurations, I would direct you to this concept of running your IoT project with a Node.js component run from a server interfacing with an Arduino: http://adilmoujahid.com/posts/2015/07/practical-introduction-iot-arduino-nodejs-plotly/" CreationDate="2016-07-15T14:25:55.270" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6528" PostId="4208" Score="0" Text="Excellent and very detailed answer.. I didn't know half of this stuff about PSU's" CreationDate="2016-07-15T18:47:18.207" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6531" PostId="4233" Score="1" Text="How long should a new server last? 15 years again? How much do you intend to write? How much money are you willing to spend? How much redundancy / fail-safeness do you need (e.g. is it ok if the server is down until you physically replaced something / ordered a replacement or does it have to be available 24/7 if possible with no downtimes)? What form-factor do you want (rack-mounted or tower and if tower which size)? Do you intend to run multiple intense applications at the same time (e.g. game server and compiler)?" CreationDate="2016-07-16T12:11:03.673" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6532" PostId="4233" Score="0" Text="thanks for your time so far. I updated my question in order to provide more information for future reader of the post. Two question of yours I did not answer yet: &quot;How much do you intend to write?&quot; -&gt; I am sorry, but I do not understand this question ... and ... &quot;Do you intend to run multiple intense applications at the same time&quot; -&gt; Yes, I do :) greetings" CreationDate="2016-07-16T15:09:45.533" UserId="2143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6533" PostId="2162" Score="0" Text="Please help me now i have purchased i7 3770 but when install it in my device not working my device not start what i can do right now does update bois can help me" CreationDate="2016-07-16T18:33:53.883" UserId="1932" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6535" PostId="4233" Score="0" Text="The question about storage was to find out whether you intend to write multiple GB per day to disk. The amount would make a difference for HDD / SSD recommendations. And may I recommend you to split your question up? Because it is really difficult to properly compose a complete system and to objectively judge proposals against each other. So maybe start with a question about the CPU, then go to the mother board and then the storage, the PSU, ... and always list what you need from that component. Finally you can either build yourself or use some configurator with the recommendations :)" CreationDate="2016-07-16T18:54:04.670" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6536" PostId="4233" Score="0" Text="at first, thanks for the time you spend with this thread :) ... The reason why I posted it in one thread, is, that I really have no idea what components are working good together and are &quot;modern&quot;. I hope that someone can more or less create a compilation with components that I can use as a foundation in order to read some reviews of it, maybe change the list a little bit and then buy and build it together." CreationDate="2016-07-16T22:22:19.070" UserId="2143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6537" PostId="4191" Score="0" Text="To put this into context, you may want to add in [passmark benchmarks](http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=1072&amp;cmp%5B%5D=2193&amp;cmp%5B%5D=1081). The i3 4005U is rated at 2453 overall (959 single threaded), while the P4 2.8Ghz is rated 325 (628). Even the highest end Pentium 4's are slow in comparison to the slowest i3, the 3.8GHz P4 is rated 490 (822) for example." CreationDate="2016-07-16T22:26:22.010" UserId="1801" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6538" PostId="4238" Score="0" Text="wow, thanks a lot, that is exactly what I was hoping to get. a very solid list I can work with :) These components are far more powerful then my old ones. One question:You said that you had to watch out very carefuly not to breake the 1k cost limit. If it is a few hundreds above, it would be no problem. I whant something solid that can hold a few years and maybe can get a easy upgrade.So is there something in your list, that could get extremly better only by getting a little more expensive?And is this hardware construction something that can be upgraded in the future?or is it too specifically?" CreationDate="2016-07-17T08:01:21.450" UserId="2143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6539" PostId="4238" Score="1" Text="Every single part of this build uses standard modular desktop parts, and none of them are at the absolute top of their class except perhaps the PSU, so all could be upgraded. However, the single most performative upgrades to improve your system's performance would be to add a larger m.2 ssd drive and to get a Xeon or two steps above this one." CreationDate="2016-07-17T14:19:40.713" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6540" PostId="4237" Score="0" Text="How about a portable desktop? Gaming laptops are barely portable themselves and represent, in general, one of the worst investments in computer technology due to the form factor not being able to cope with the energy, heat dissipation, and size requirements generally needed for good gaming - for example, you can outperform a $300 laptop CPU with a $70 desktop part. That's the level of inefficiency we are dealing with here." CreationDate="2016-07-17T14:25:22.117" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6543" PostId="4231" Score="0" Text="Oh dear - I meant ~2x, you can see the second time I put it in &quot;Preferences&quot;. Sorry." CreationDate="2016-07-17T17:55:37.637" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6544" PostId="4231" Score="0" Text="Still nothing in your price range." CreationDate="2016-07-17T18:39:36.920" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6545" PostId="4237" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I am really confused on what you mean a portable desktop? Do you mean building a laptop?" CreationDate="2016-07-17T18:44:39.227" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6546" PostId="4237" Score="0" Text="I mean a desktop that is very small, possibly with a handle, which can connect to any nearby screen and use a small wireless keyboard and mouse set for control.&#xA;&#xA;Thanks for the help ArtofCode, on converting this to a comment, which it was indeed meant to be. The mobile app is unforgiving to clumsy fingers such as mine." CreationDate="2016-07-17T18:46:10.180" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6555" PostId="4213" Score="0" Text="What about audio? You looking for high quality audio recording?" CreationDate="2016-07-17T21:00:41.190" UserId="116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6556" PostId="4238" Score="0" Text="ok, thanks a lot for everything so far. I now read some articles and test cases of the components you postet. They really seems to be great. but I have two last questions: does the little SSD really has such a good impact for the system? it only holds the debian/arch linux os when I understand you correct. is the performance boost noticeable? and second: I am from germany and a world wide shipping is a littlebit hindrance, so I looked the components up on german amazon. could you please take a look at the parts I found? are they the aquivalent to your list? [link list](https://goo.gl/ROcsQo)" CreationDate="2016-07-17T21:58:44.733" UserId="2143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6557" PostId="4238" Score="0" Text="I don't have time to crosscheck your list for equivalence; I suggest using pcpartpicker.com with German pricing to help you with local pricing and compatibility issues. The SSD IS very small, but sometimes that is all you need/want. Instead of using it as a boot drive, you could cache your larger RAID to the SSD quite easily in Linux. Do some reading on tiered storage for Linux." CreationDate="2016-07-17T22:08:20.137" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6559" PostId="4223" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode  An inspection scope is basically using a strand of fibre optic cable, and mounting a tiny USB camera to one end, and coating in a protective layer.  http://www.flukenetworks.com/datacom-cabling/fiber-testing/fiberinspector-mini    A fiber version is one simple designed to look at the end of a piece of fiber and allow the user to check for defects.  Also to poke into a tiny hole in a wall and see what is going on behind the scenes." CreationDate="2016-07-18T03:06:09.610" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6567" PostId="4213" Score="0" Text="yeah, I would prefer if the mic wasnt visible, I was thinking I could leave the mic under my shrit or so." CreationDate="2016-07-18T13:31:49.383" UserId="3944" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6568" PostId="4244" Score="0" Text="When you say &quot;256GB SSD 512GB&gt; HDD&quot; you mean that the laptop must have both? You found cheap laptops with buffered RAM? (though it was designed for reliability on critical tasks, especially servers)" CreationDate="2016-07-18T14:10:13.927" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6569" PostId="4245" Score="0" Text="I wish to run my own webserver for the interface" CreationDate="2016-07-18T14:55:51.340" UserId="3981" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6571" PostId="4230" Score="0" Text="Given the games you play, I'm not sure your GPU is the part of your build that needs an upgrade, if you're looking for improved performance. That card should perform admirably (60+ fps) on all those titles as far as I know." CreationDate="2016-07-18T15:12:38.510" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6574" PostId="4231" Score="0" Text="that's unfortunate. I've been considering the RX 480 or GTX 960 as it goes down in price then (because of 1060 release). However, I have to say, the HD 7850 is nowhere near the top of the line - I would even go so far as to say it's mediocre :(" CreationDate="2016-07-18T22:57:39.667" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6580" PostId="3969" Score="1" Text="@Robinhood are you sure you want to use a laptop for this job? Why does it have to be a laptop; why not a desktop?" CreationDate="2016-07-19T19:05:49.060" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6581" PostId="3973" Score="0" Text="Technically, it's possible, you just need special &quot;glue&quot; chips to provide the coordination logic -- that's how everyone did it back in the old days.  Nobody does it that way anymore, though, since it's simpler and cheaper to just specify the use of Xeon CPUs." CreationDate="2016-07-19T20:24:17.150" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6582" PostId="4164" Score="0" Text="how should the switch chipset integrate with the board that has the CPU on it already? Is PCI or PCI-E acceptable? If so, how many lanes, split across how many slots, are there available to us?" CreationDate="2016-07-19T21:50:28.780" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6583" PostId="3962" Score="0" Text="As @Titus said, just get a cheap laptop (like the ones he mentioned) and replace the HDD - it appears to be a feature that you cannot get for under $1k. An SSD that I recommend (and have in my desktop) is the [Samsung 850 EVO](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372)" CreationDate="2016-07-20T00:30:46.723" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6584" PostId="3962" Score="0" Text="By the way, do you have a specific budget?" CreationDate="2016-07-20T00:37:14.787" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6585" PostId="4165" Score="0" Text="Having separate terminal machines will not solve my problem. I basically have a token display system. The token numbers are to be entered from various places but displayed on the same monitor. But when one is entering a token number, the other should not be able to enter. If I use multiple terminals, I will be displaying the result of each keyboard on a different monitor." CreationDate="2016-07-20T05:02:46.610" UserId="3914" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6597" PostId="1894" Score="0" Text="The answer is correct, but there's a lot of discussion here that needs correction: first, the 860K is a *mediocre* overclocker; it is unusual for anyone to get it going faster than 500mhz over its boost clock. Second, while FM2+ is indeed going to be replaced by AM4, just as sockets AM1 and AM3 will presumably be, it is *highly* unlikely that anything on that socket would fit the budget and so is not worth discussing. No further processors are planned for any of the existing AMD sockets." CreationDate="2016-07-20T13:42:03.263" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6598" PostId="4261" Score="0" Text="To answer the question as well as possible, I need to know what resolution each of the four displays will be at, and I need to know what type of video file and video playing software will be used, if possible. If you can't answer that, just let us know and we will be as accurate as possible." CreationDate="2016-07-20T14:04:31.547" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6599" PostId="4261" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for a pre-built system, or are you looking to put it together yourself?" CreationDate="2016-07-20T14:04:33.697" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6603" PostId="4261" Score="1" Text="I prefer a pre-built system. The video will be 1920 x 1080. The displays are 46&quot; 1080p. The video will be produced in After Effects and will most likely be an mp4 file. Most likely running it with VLC.&#xA;&#xA;Hope this answers your questions. I appreciate any feedback." CreationDate="2016-07-20T17:55:23.857" UserId="3993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6614" PostId="4276" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer. I saw this GT710 during my searches but, on the official Nvidia website, it says that it only goes to 2560x1600 .. ^^" CreationDate="2016-07-21T14:29:09.017" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6636" PostId="4277" Score="1" Text="It could be a solution. A bit expensive though... :) I first thought to a GTX 950 (mini versions exists) but I was really aiming some kind of low(to mid)-end graphics cards since it's only for playing movies anything else would be overkill." CreationDate="2016-07-22T07:57:45.750" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6637" PostId="4277" Score="0" Text="Yeah maybe waiting like you mention in the OP for lets say a GTX 1050 (pascal card) just might be the dream card for you. More options to add you your list are gtx 750(mini) or amd 260x (mini)" CreationDate="2016-07-22T13:16:46.303" UserId="3995" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6642" PostId="2064" Score="0" Text="Just to add an update to this answer (which I upvoted because in the main it's true): now there are GTX 1070s and 1080s which are indeed a big advance, just as Journeyman Geek suspected - even though they don't yet feature HBM or DDR5X. The same is true for AMD - their newer cards don't feature HBM. However they currently don't have a card out to compete with the 1070 or 1080, so I recommend Nvidia at this time for maximum single-GPU performance. Again, if you wait, I'm sure AMD will have something out shortly. But then you have to wait, which sucks." CreationDate="2016-07-22T15:31:31.297" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6643" PostId="4284" Score="2" Text="Commentary: users usually see diminishing returns from putting SSDs in RAID. It would be better to put enough RAM in the system that a RAMDisk could be created which would hold all the source code, then a backup could be written to SSD or HDD." CreationDate="2016-07-22T15:45:21.817" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6644" PostId="4287" Score="0" Text="Just a comment: please keep in mind that Intel's Hyper-threading is not a true core reuse. if the same command is run on both threads of the same core than one thread has to wait on the other one to finish before it can run. Thus diminishing true thread count. Hyper threading is useful when multiple different commands are running at the same time. Still your answer is very much valid." CreationDate="2016-07-22T16:26:51.827" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6645" PostId="4287" Score="0" Text="@AndriyLysak right, that's academic to the OP's question, but now you have me interested. My understanding of HT was that basically Intel intelligently filled open spots in processor pipelines with instructions from other software threads, to the effect that two threads could effectively be simultaneously operated on in a single core. If that's how it works then I see no reason a copied command cannot be run on both threads the core is working on. AFAIK the reason HT is no substitute for real cores is due more to the negative effect it has on single-thread performance." CreationDate="2016-07-22T16:30:54.727" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6646" PostId="4277" Score="1" Text="This is not a passive or a cheap solution, so I am downvoting." CreationDate="2016-07-22T16:40:09.540" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6650" PostId="1569" Score="0" Text="I want to upgrade my ram. so before purchasing how can I determine whether a ram is compatible or not ? (maybe i should post question requesting comprehensive details)" CreationDate="2016-07-22T17:10:07.777" UserId="4003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6651" PostId="4287" Score="0" Text="You are correct, this is just my experience: we do heavy parallel processing and running with HT or without has 0 effect on speed. With HT we are able to run more data at the same time but it literally runs at half speed. That is why i'm skeptical of HT. And you are correct that HT is no substitute for real cores is due more to the negative effect it has on single-thread performance, So HT is useful in some cases but it should not be the basis on which you choose your hardware" CreationDate="2016-07-22T17:52:32.443" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6652" PostId="4287" Score="0" Text="Well I agree with everything you said except the last part. Every program is different; for some stuff HT is literally like tacking four more cores on; for example with compiling software using GCC (in my own personal experience). Therefore if possible you should get HT on your Intel machines, as it does lend quite a performance increase in many situations, and in the situations where it doesn't it can be disabled." CreationDate="2016-07-22T18:02:08.773" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6653" PostId="4287" Score="0" Text="Ok my ignorance is shining through here: I was under the impression that GCC only used one thread. My mistake." CreationDate="2016-07-22T18:42:59.313" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6654" PostId="4287" Score="0" Text="It's no problem at all - it USED to. It is now mostly multithreaded, or at least it was when I last used it during some crosscompile work. That's a recent development; within the last few years, I think. There were still parts of the job I did that used only one core (what a pain)." CreationDate="2016-07-22T18:44:20.327" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6656" PostId="4284" Score="0" Text="Second this. Also, the duplicate probability of failure of a RAID 0 seems a tad risky for source code, IMO." CreationDate="2016-07-22T21:32:03.330" UserId="276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6657" PostId="4275" Score="0" Text="Something worth considering is whether its 4k60 or 4k30. Also 4k is *pretty* demanding. You definately want 4k over DP for best results." CreationDate="2016-07-22T23:42:24.150" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6663" PostId="4283" Score="0" Text="I got i5 computer. Kind of old. Upgrading that means upgrading everything. Let me check my current card" CreationDate="2016-07-23T11:29:24.927" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6664" PostId="4283" Score="0" Text="Can this record screen using normal windows-G option? Can this run overwatch with all max settings?" CreationDate="2016-07-23T11:53:59.880" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6665" PostId="4300" Score="0" Text="RX 480? Is that nvidia or what? Yea I can afford it. I want to enjoy life and even $500 is not an issue. Except that I don't want to waste money." CreationDate="2016-07-23T11:55:03.400" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6667" PostId="4293" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your answer, I've seen that article and I guess there is no commercially available pushbutton(s) that just connect via RS-232.  Fashioning one seems to be the only way.  Thanks again." CreationDate="2016-07-23T11:58:19.383" UserId="4014" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6671" PostId="4303" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode This question is a pre-purchase recommendation question and therefore can impossibly be flagged as &quot;troubleshooting hardware&quot;. I'm asking what part I should buy and why." CreationDate="2016-07-24T00:40:17.297" UserId="4023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6672" PostId="4303" Score="2" Text="&quot;Is it okay for a fan to spin at full? Will a splitter work? Does this cable have the right part?&quot; Those seem to be your main questions, and are why I closed it. Pre purchase questions are incredibly difficult to get tight, and we've considered dropping them entirely." CreationDate="2016-07-24T09:51:10.757" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6678" PostId="4289" Score="1" Text="&quot;the application I am using asks for a COM Port number&quot; implies that you have a specific unstated requirement for what the button would do.  Given that, the question is unanswerable until you clarify what the software expects.  The situation would be far simpler if you were creating the software and could make it work in the easiest way possible, for example looking at the modem status lines." CreationDate="2016-07-24T18:03:57.570" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6679" PostId="4293" Score="0" Text="This may or may not be a solution - for custom software it would be, but the poster seems to need to satisfy an existing piece of software with unknown expectations." CreationDate="2016-07-24T18:04:55.320" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6680" PostId="2181" Score="0" Text="Something based on an Arduino Leonardo or other USB MCU might work, but would basically be a re-invention of the http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/USB_Infrared_Toy" CreationDate="2016-07-24T18:07:55.383" UserId="3644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6681" PostId="4293" Score="0" Text="You're right, it isn't a specific solution; the user will have to determine which pins need to be soldered to the pushbutton. It is the most accurate solution I was able to determine." CreationDate="2016-07-24T18:08:19.977" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6686" PostId="1695" Score="0" Text="@AidenGrossman have you read the use case and requirements?" CreationDate="2016-07-24T23:40:40.903" UserId="1393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6687" PostId="4308" Score="0" Text="The mouse-mover in the middle of some keyboards is called a [pointing stick](http://superuser.com/a/438752/447245)." CreationDate="2016-07-25T03:55:52.820" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6689" PostId="4275" Score="0" Text="Yes, that's true. Obviously, the higher FPS is the better. But since its only for movies, I'd say I can stay with 30. What's DP? DispayPort? (if yes, why is it better than HDMI 2.x?)" CreationDate="2016-07-25T08:54:42.517" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6690" PostId="4283" Score="0" Text="I'd say that it could (or at least lowering 1 or 2 params). About windows-G, as for Mike June Bug Captain, I don't what it is. However since it seems to be a twitch-record-feature, I think that it's not related to your hardware. It's some kind of shortcut handle by the twitch software? (I might be wrong on this point)" CreationDate="2016-07-25T09:00:44.753" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6691" PostId="4275" Score="0" Text="displayport's more commonly supported on PCs and monitors - many video cards only do DP at 4k60, as do many monitors. the 30/60 is the refresh rate, not the frames per second the video card processes." CreationDate="2016-07-25T09:01:35.743" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6692" PostId="4275" Score="0" Text="Ok didn't know that point about DP. Thanks. Still, in french for the refresh rate, we say Images Par Seconde (litteraly translated from Frames per second) that's why I misspoke. But, in any case, a 60hz refreshing rate is useless if your GPU cannot process above 30FPS." CreationDate="2016-07-25T09:33:18.643" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6693" PostId="4275" Score="0" Text="Essentially, Most &quot;PCs&quot; are designed around DP. Most 4k/UHD TVs do HDMI 2.0 *. Some* video cards do HDMI 2.0 but *all* 4k capable monitors do DP. For a *TV* you want a video card that does HDMI 2.0 and those are often on the newer cards or higher end ones." CreationDate="2016-07-25T09:38:39.317" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6697" PostId="4245" Score="1" Text="I'm closing this question because it's asking for a full custom build, whereas questions that work on this site ask for a single piece of hardware. The bounty you placed on this question has been refunded." CreationDate="2016-07-25T12:12:43.473" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6705" PostId="4245" Score="0" Text="It looks to me like the OP is asking for a single piece of hardware once it's all put together - a custom NAS. Alpha3031 has answered usefully with a custom build in the past (http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/224/mini-pc-with-dual-quad-core-cpu-as-mac-mini-alternative/885#885) If we cut ourselves out of build recommendations we will have eliminated much of our usefulness." CreationDate="2016-07-25T13:53:59.647" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6707" PostId="4312" Score="0" Text="I'm the OP. I didn't do that the -1 that I see here right now. I tried that bluetooth keyboard and it has some problems - the trackpoint is different, very stiff - the bluetooth connection isn't very reliable compared to USB wireless and the hassle wasn't worth it." CreationDate="2016-07-25T16:23:43.757" UserId="1658" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6710" PostId="2053" Score="0" Text="I downvoted because of the last bit - it doesn't seem like any of this is currently available, whereas my solution is." CreationDate="2016-07-25T19:55:13.387" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6712" PostId="4312" Score="0" Text="Ok. Strange, I had a bluetooth mouse that worked well. Maybe a problem with this particular model or with your receiver. You should have told us that you are not looking for a bluetooth solution and that you tried this product which, from what you are asking for and from your current ThinkPad keyboard, is the natural choice." CreationDate="2016-07-26T06:34:30.600" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6713" PostId="4323" Score="0" Text="Do you mean a GPS locator chip, or an actual North-South compass?" CreationDate="2016-07-26T12:00:43.347" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6714" PostId="4323" Score="1" Text="A magnetometer, which is needed to get the phone's orientation" CreationDate="2016-07-26T12:02:14.343" UserId="4037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6715" PostId="4323" Score="0" Text="The first thing to note is that your phone may well HAVE a compass, even if the stock firmware doesn't expose it. It may be worth looking into rooting the phone and installing a custom ROM to expose that hardware." CreationDate="2016-07-26T14:02:30.613" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6716" PostId="4323" Score="0" Text="Also this is what you're looking for, but I'm not sure how to get it or use it. Some programming skill might be required, because it has that DIY aura: http://www.yoctopuce.com/EN/products/usb-position-sensors/yocto-3d" CreationDate="2016-07-26T14:04:32.543" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6717" PostId="4323" Score="0" Text="Thanks +Adam Wykes, but I think that the &quot;to Pokemon GO users&quot; part applies to me. I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a compass (Cubot Z100), it's new so I prefer not to root it" CreationDate="2016-07-26T14:28:55.113" UserId="4037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6718" PostId="4312" Score="0" Text="You're right. Have edited the OP. Some people who have tried that keyboard have also had some problems https://www.amazon.com/ThinkPad-Compact-Bluetooth-Keyboard-TrackPoint/product-reviews/B00C32FWJC/ref=cm_cr_dp_qt_hist_one?ie=UTF8&amp;filterByStar=one_star&amp;showViewpoints=0" CreationDate="2016-07-26T17:38:38.030" UserId="1658" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6722" PostId="4319" Score="0" Text="Interesting. But I guess it comes pre-installed with a OS that includes the proprietary blob, right? In that case it can’t be a match :/" CreationDate="2016-07-26T20:00:08.560" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6723" PostId="4319" Score="0" Text="&quot;Installed&quot; is something of a relative term when it comes to SBCs without internal storage media. I believe these ship with either a custom spin of Raspbian or NOOBS. In and of itself NOOBS does not use the driver blob, and may not even contain the blob if it is a part of the system downloaded at installation. In any case, it is also reasonable to argue that the device does not come with ANY OS preinstalled, given that it doesn't ship with the SD card inserted into the SBC. A different SD card which had never been touched by anything except FOSS could then be substituted. As such, it fulfill" CreationDate="2016-07-26T20:10:03.990" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6724" PostId="2053" Score="0" Text="The poster is looking for an x86 board that is capable of being used in IOT-like projects, or &quot;Hackery&quot;. So while your solution fits the general requirements they're looking for, it does not fit their specific needs." CreationDate="2016-07-26T20:15:05.923" UserId="595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6731" PostId="2053" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/43049/discussion-between-john-kieran-and-adam-wykes)." CreationDate="2016-07-26T20:34:38.610" UserId="595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6737" PostId="4335" Score="0" Text="i decided against an i7 because the additional processing power is rarely relevant for video games, and just not worth the steep price increase for me. for the hard drives, i'm going to reuse my two current drives plus a new one i got discounted a while back. i will basically use them like this: 120gb ssd: system, 500gb ssd: &quot;important&quot; games, 2tb hdd: rest. as for the motherboard, that's excactly the one i had my eye on so far, seems i wasn't completely incompetent :) i'll be waiting for additional opinions, though..." CreationDate="2016-07-27T18:22:36.063" UserId="4051" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6738" PostId="4335" Score="0" Text="As i said above, you sure did all your consideration about storage and CPU. ;) And yeah, you're right about the processor but i had considered an higher Intel i-CPU to avoid any possibility of bottlenecks, but as far as you will use it mostly for gaming purpose at least you'll get a tiny fps drop here and there that won't really bother you while playing. (And you can still change it in, an eventually, future). Hope the RAM choice is as good as the MoBo one. :)" CreationDate="2016-07-27T18:36:34.437" UserId="4039" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6739" PostId="4245" Score="0" Text="@55597, If you have a concern about a particular moderation action, please post on [meta](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/)" CreationDate="2016-07-27T18:50:26.067" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6742" PostId="4050" Score="0" Text="Just a heads up you will want a RPi instead of arduino. I was creating the same type of project and the arduino is not stable enough for long term use. After several hours it would crap out. It wasn't just one either, i tested 9 arduinos. RPi never gave me these issues. just my experience" CreationDate="2016-07-27T21:03:46.273" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6743" PostId="1451" Score="1" Text="The SSD will suffer from SATA II connection limitations, and the board can only support up to 8gb RAM per Gigabyte spec." CreationDate="2016-07-27T21:59:44.720" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6747" PostId="2422" Score="0" Text="What is the general reason USB interfaces need to be used for this instead of the more traditional PCI-E bus?" CreationDate="2016-07-28T02:25:00.767" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6751" PostId="4336" Score="0" Text="This was amazing. Thank you for this. I ended up getting an old GeForce GT730 from the same friend, but I never really tried to play any games on it. It's doing just fine as an HTPC for now!" CreationDate="2016-07-28T05:09:47.870" UserId="1120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6752" PostId="4336" Score="0" Text="...but what CPU did you put in it? That is the question which matters." CreationDate="2016-07-28T05:13:34.970" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6753" PostId="4336" Score="0" Text="Don't laugh. It already had a Sempron when I got it from him, so I didn't change it. That will explain why I haven't tried to play any games!" CreationDate="2016-07-28T05:28:32.857" UserId="1120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6754" PostId="4336" Score="0" Text="Not laughing, that's fine for your purposes. For the record, K10 semprons like yours are notoriously good overclockers and core unlockers. If your mobo BIOS has a core unlocking option on it try to run it and see if you can unlock the sempron to a better CPU for free! It's a one-click operation, so if it doesn't work right away just reset the CMOS battery and stick with just over clocking it via bsel. Look up those terms for more info." CreationDate="2016-07-28T05:45:55.043" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6755" PostId="2422" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes - Good question.  USB is required for situations where PCIe is not available, including practically all current laptops on the market today.  (Even many desktops may not have a spare PCIe slot.)" CreationDate="2016-07-28T05:55:50.893" UserId="2159" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6756" PostId="2422" Score="0" Text="There are ways around that, though they aren't pretty. I'm sure you know about them already though? Should I even bother to post a writeup on mpcie to pcie adapters for laptop as an answer here, or just restrict myself to this comment?" CreationDate="2016-07-28T05:58:15.433" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6757" PostId="2422" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes - I haven't seen a laptop built within the past few years that even has an ExpressCard slot.  I've seen some rather ugly hacks of going to the mPCIe straight on the motherboard - but it is usually already occupied, or doesn't even exist in the increasing number of laptops that are not designed to be opened by even an avid technical user.  Personally, I'd only consider a solution that would work with something such as a Surface Pro 4.  Now, something that would work with the increasing number of USB-C ports becoming available would be interesting..." CreationDate="2016-07-28T06:06:44.940" UserId="2159" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6758" PostId="2422" Score="0" Text="Yes I was referring to those ugly hacks. There are kits for them ever since the bitcoin craze. It would not work on your surface pro. There are no solutions to your problem except to wait." CreationDate="2016-07-28T06:10:23.550" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6759" PostId="4336" Score="0" Text="That was one thing we both tried, but it didn't seem to work. And then I thought: I'm overclocking a Sempron. And then I gave up." CreationDate="2016-07-28T06:35:07.980" UserId="1120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6761" PostId="4336" Score="0" Text="OK, Gigabyte seems to call it &quot;Core Boost&quot; - look for that in your BIOS." CreationDate="2016-07-28T13:15:35.893" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6771" PostId="4265" Score="0" Text="Something is wrong, as your 6600K's Intel 530 integrated graphics should be PLENTY powerful for HD movies. try updating the drivers for that; get them from the intel support website. https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/88345/Intel-HD-Graphics-530-for-6th-Generation-Intel-Core-Processors" CreationDate="2016-07-28T16:13:00.660" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6784" PostId="1451" Score="0" Text="Point there, but it's still going to beat the pants off a mechanical drive...Cheap SSD would work then." CreationDate="2016-07-28T18:54:53.873" UserId="515" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6787" PostId="4347" Score="0" Text="What is the minimum drive bays this NAS can contain?" CreationDate="2016-07-28T20:41:16.433" UserId="3995" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6788" PostId="4347" Score="0" Text="@MikeJuneBugCaptain 2 bays for mirroring." CreationDate="2016-07-28T20:46:42.093" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6790" PostId="4349" Score="0" Text="DS216+ and DS216Play is it the same?" CreationDate="2016-07-28T23:47:02.433" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6792" PostId="2653" Score="1" Text="Atom series being discontinued does not necessarily spell the end, as the core m series is more powerful and as energy efficient." CreationDate="2016-07-29T06:00:13.533" UserDisplayName="user4062" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6793" PostId="2653" Score="0" Text="Intel has discontinued its smartphone/Atom lines a few weeks ago. No more x86 phones will be made. That also means that no development should be expected for the existing x86 phones." CreationDate="2016-06-11T09:41:45.593" UserDisplayName="user3682" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6794" PostId="2653" Score="0" Text="That' sucks. Can you provide a source? And what do you mean by &quot;no more development&quot;?  Because android apps are independent of architecture." CreationDate="2016-06-11T10:01:21.567" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6797" PostId="4237" Score="0" Text="I agree with Adam. Besides, your price range for your intended usage is quite low. You didn't specify: full HD or not? For 500€ on a fullHD, do not expect running &quot;most games&quot; at 60fps. However, if you stand with a 1366x768 screen, you may find what you are looking for (I'm talking about laptops here)" CreationDate="2016-07-29T08:47:01.860" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6798" PostId="511" Score="1" Text="+1 for interchangeable batteries. I did this with my Samsung phone. With two extra batteries and an external charger, you're fine. The batteries are actually quite slim and not a hassle at all to bring around. And it removes the trouble of the bulky power pack." CreationDate="2016-07-29T09:02:14.147" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6799" PostId="4354" Score="0" Text="thanks, do you want to incorporate this link you gave me http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/82758" CreationDate="2016-07-29T12:23:18.207" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6803" PostId="4353" Score="0" Text="Are you sure that this older computer even has the necessary CPU and RAM for Windows 10?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T13:29:45.577" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6804" PostId="4356" Score="0" Text="Did you have a look at the latest Nvidia cards GTX 1080 and GTX 1070?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T14:36:14.047" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6805" PostId="4353" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes  not sure if it has 2GB or 4GB. It has enough for win7 for sure as it is currently running win7" CreationDate="2016-07-29T15:17:37.397" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6806" PostId="4353" Score="0" Text="You will need to also make sure your processor supports PAE, NX, and SSE2 instructions." CreationDate="2016-07-29T15:20:56.203" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6807" PostId="4349" Score="1" Text="@JackTheKnife No if you look at the specs on both machines you will notice that the &quot;play&quot; has a 32bit ARM processor and it is more suited for multimedia applications (movies. music, etc). While the &quot;+&quot; is a 64bit x86 intel processor and is just generally &quot;more&quot; powerful/feature rich, can run more applications, hence more expensive. specs can be found here for bith boxes:  https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS216play#spec  https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS216+II#spec" CreationDate="2016-07-29T16:20:55.940" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6808" PostId="4349" Score="0" Text="@JackTheKnife I can probably recommend one of the 4 or so versions, if you can supply a typical use case in a day of the &quot;life&quot; of your NAS. How many people will use it concurrently? are you going to watch HD movies all the time, are you going to use the &quot;dropbox like&quot; capabilities. Examples like that will probably help you and me narrow down the choices so you can get the most &quot;bang&quot; for your money." CreationDate="2016-07-29T16:25:16.787" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6809" PostId="4349" Score="0" Text="@JackTheKnife if all else fails i would go for the &quot;play&quot; its still in your budget and its got the most power. Not including the &quot;+&quot; (i'm not counting that cause its over budget). Read the review here: http://www.storagereview.com/synology_diskstation_ds216play_review the review says no Plex, but Plex officially supports it now" CreationDate="2016-07-29T16:30:47.253" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6810" PostId="4356" Score="2" Text="What resolution is your screen?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T17:22:33.933" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6811" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="Note: Most 2-in-1s tend to have not too much computation power. If you don't need a mobile setup you may want to get a desktop graphics card and an eGPU docking station and use Thunderbolt 3." CreationDate="2016-07-29T17:30:48.290" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6812" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM huh? I don't know what your comment means. What's an eGPU docking station?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T17:36:58.200" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6814" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="Let's start with the basics - is there a reason it should be a mobile device, or can it be a desktop?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T18:37:43.790" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6816" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I'm confused - is that not clear in the question title and description? Not being rude, really asking cause if 2-in-1 doesn't sufficiently mean that please let me know so I can find a better term. But it should be mobile." CreationDate="2016-07-29T19:47:38.903" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6817" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="The question was more about WHY it needs to be mobile. I understand that you think it should be, but understanding the reasoning behind that desire is important to my recommendation, and SEJPM's recommendation by the look of it, since he's got you thinking about an eGPU, which is mostly a non-portable solution. The major issue with screen recording and graphic arts programs on a 2-in-1 is that such platforms typically suck at heavy lifting like that, so we are trying to think of creative solutions." CreationDate="2016-07-29T19:54:35.723" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6818" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="I wouldn't be looking for a tablet at all otherwise and would just get a desktop then and continue using my Intuos Pro. It needs to be mobile because I have photo shoots, trade shows, and cross country flights throughout the year. And would just like to be able to work on digital paintings and concepts in a park or bar from time to time. If there's no good answer than I'll end up with a Desktop and just have to not have a tablet a while longer @AdamWykes" CreationDate="2016-07-29T19:58:00.440" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6819" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="Calm down. There are solutions. Would you have a good wireless or 4G connection where you worked at all times?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T20:07:16.287" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6820" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/43220/discussion-between-ryan-and-adam-wykes)." CreationDate="2016-07-29T20:09:22.070" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6823" PostId="4361" Score="0" Text="When you say Cheap Tablet with Wacom to remote desktop into I'm guessing you mean some sort of Droid tablet?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T21:24:12.450" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6824" PostId="4361" Score="0" Text="it doesn't matter what the OS is so long as it has wacom and wifi." CreationDate="2016-07-29T21:25:25.777" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6825" PostId="4352" Score="0" Text="A touchscreen is usually treated as a special case of a mouse (or trackpad).  Have you tried looking for KVMs that can switch based on mouse input?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T22:48:23.557" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6826" PostId="4359" Score="1" Text="@Ryan an eGPU docking station is a docking station which you connect to your laptop using the (new) Thunderbolt 3 interface and which will run a user-chosen desktop-grade GPU externally from your laptop. This is nice for your insofar that you can use a Quadro card then which will have official support for pro applications (like Photoshop and Illustrator?)" CreationDate="2016-07-29T22:57:34.623" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6827" PostId="4361" Score="0" Text="How would that allow me to run Photoshop and Illustrator on the go?" CreationDate="2016-07-29T23:21:33.937" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6828" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM interesting, Ill have to do some research on this concept and see how it might affect my purchase decision" CreationDate="2016-07-29T23:22:43.760" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6829" PostId="4361" Score="1" Text="The tablet displays the desktop display on its screen while the desktop does the processing work. There is a certain amount of latency involved, but good RDP solutions like splashtop and team viewer minimize this." CreationDate="2016-07-29T23:26:30.263" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6832" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="To reduce the required computational power, you may also want to have a look at [Adobe's Creative Cloud](https://www.adobe.com/de/creativecloud.html)." CreationDate="2016-07-30T12:23:47.510" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6833" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM huh? why are you linking me Adobe CC exactly?" CreationDate="2016-07-30T12:41:34.850" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6834" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="@Ryan the cloud (computation) services may allow for less strong requirements regarding the hardware (e.g. weaker GPU would suffice?), possibly influencing a buy decision?" CreationDate="2016-07-30T12:49:14.920" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6835" PostId="4361" Score="0" Text="Right, but that's only useful when I'm at home. I travel for weeks at a time throughout much of the year." CreationDate="2016-07-30T12:51:36.263" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6836" PostId="4359" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/43220/discussion-between-ryan-and-adam-wykes" CreationDate="2016-07-30T12:53:32.273" UserId="4072" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6837" PostId="4356" Score="1" Text="With those specs, I'd say spend 200 on an RX480, $200 on a Haswell (with Skylake you'd need to buy DDR4 RAM) i5, and 100 on a motherboard. Your processor is holding you back as much as the 7770. Also consider selling the 7770 and AMD processor and going Skylake anyway. 16gb of DDR4 dominator is $100" CreationDate="2016-07-30T13:07:13.690" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6838" PostId="4352" Score="0" Text="@Mark I have and found nothing. Well, in the meantime we have presuaded users that this will not work. It seems that we are going to implement a simpler solution. Anyway it would be nice to know if switches of that kind exist somewhere. I doubt, they do." CreationDate="2016-07-30T13:26:45.233" UserId="4064" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6839" PostId="4361" Score="0" Text="No actually. Through the magic of the internet, RDP connects you to your home PC wherever you are." CreationDate="2016-07-30T16:06:55.687" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6840" PostId="4361" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes See the OP's newest update(s), who often has no internet connection." CreationDate="2016-07-30T16:44:07.813" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6841" PostId="4361" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM I have edited my answer to allay his fears and answer a little better, thanks a bunch SEJPM." CreationDate="2016-07-30T17:16:24.890" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6842" PostId="4364" Score="0" Text="Please give us more details about what you want in this laptop so your question can be reopened (e.g., number of USB ports, some kind of video port, size and weight preferences, etc.)." CreationDate="2016-07-30T17:28:00.680" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6843" PostId="4362" Score="0" Text="thanks so much for the long reply! I went for the cheapest option however I tried to add a static password and it wouldn't let me? Am I doing something wrong or is this feature not supported?!?" CreationDate="2016-07-30T21:44:54.160" UserId="4055" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6844" PostId="4362" Score="0" Text="@Phorce where and how did you try to add a static password?" CreationDate="2016-07-30T21:48:45.423" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6845" PostId="4367" Score="1" Text="Hi, welcome to Hardware Recommendations. Your question would be better suited for this site if you gave us your budget, more specific workload and any other requirements. At the moment, I would say most modern Intel and AMD processors perform well for &quot;daily use&quot;." CreationDate="2016-07-31T03:17:51.407" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6847" PostId="4367" Score="1" Text="@Alpha3031, thanks for your comment. Err..in fact I wanted to know whether single thread performance is contributing more to the normal tasks, then I can make decision whether I should buy i5 or i3 with as low budget as possible. Maybe I am asking in a wrong place, if so please close my question. Thank you." CreationDate="2016-07-31T04:34:09.760" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6848" PostId="4362" Score="0" Text="I downloaded and installed the 'YubiKey personalizer tool' but it keeps saying &quot;no yubikey inserted&quot;" CreationDate="2016-07-31T09:43:44.437" UserId="4055" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6849" PostId="4367" Score="0" Text="Since this is a beta site and I'm not *too* active on meta, I'm not 100% sure but your question should be on topic as a [pre-purchase question.](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/139/is-a-scope-of-product-recommendations-pre-purchase-inquiries-agreeable)" CreationDate="2016-07-31T12:23:10.437" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6850" PostId="4353" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes  thanks..i've just checked,  it's a Celeron D 360.  I see it's 64bit which I understand would imply PAE. And wikipedia says it supports NX, SSE2 and even SSE3. So, processor compatible with win10. ta" CreationDate="2016-07-31T15:09:39.297" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6852" PostId="4367" Score="0" Text="Alright, so hope someone can answer my question." CreationDate="2016-08-01T01:25:25.910" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6853" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="Wow! Such a thorough and well organised answer! Thank you! By the way, since physical multi cores is faster than hyperthread technology as you mentioned, should I buy i5 if I want to play CPU intensive games? (I guess those games are heavily multi-threaded)" CreationDate="2016-08-01T09:13:55.447" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6854" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="If your games were made by a large company  in the last year or so, yeah, probably.  Either of these processors will need a dedicated graphics card to really shine as a gaming CPU - their integrated GPUs aren't really ready for gaming" CreationDate="2016-08-01T12:26:23.790" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6855" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="In my personal opinion, however, there is almost no valid market for the i5 series for a variety of reasons. Most people would disagree with me, but I feel compelled to mention that for true multicore performance, the FX, i7, and Xeon CPU lines are almost always a better choice than any i5 - and if you do get an i5, get an unlocked variant." CreationDate="2016-08-01T12:29:21.847" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6858" PostId="4377" Score="2" Text="+1, same recommendation here." CreationDate="2016-08-01T14:26:44.220" UserId="3995" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6861" PostId="4381" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2016-08-01T20:17:27.273" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6862" PostId="4382" Score="1" Text="Better add RAM to that too, gonna need DDR4 with that 6700K." CreationDate="2016-08-01T20:17:58.293" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6863" PostId="4381" Score="0" Text="Tough question. I can spend quite a lot, since my machine is primarily used for work, however I care about value for money more than having everything top of the line. A range of options would be helpful." CreationDate="2016-08-01T20:20:47.923" UserId="4099" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6864" PostId="4382" Score="0" Text="So you wouldn't consider extended-ATX worth the money?" CreationDate="2016-08-01T20:22:40.277" UserId="4099" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6865" PostId="4382" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths thanks about the DDR4, justed added that to the list of parts." CreationDate="2016-08-01T20:26:03.277" UserId="3995" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6866" PostId="4382" Score="1" Text="@sdgfsdh: I personally dont find Exended-ATX worth the money. From what ive noticed they just give you more PCI slots, and sometimes more Ram slots." CreationDate="2016-08-01T20:28:00.337" UserId="3995" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6867" PostId="4383" Score="4" Text="I cannot in the slightest recommend a $240 GTX 960 when you can get an RX480 for $200 once vendor stock replenishes. A GTX 1060 will be closer to this price and is closer to the 970 in benchmarks" CreationDate="2016-08-01T23:50:23.440" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6869" PostId="4349" Score="0" Text="Is going to be 2+ people mostly (docs and photos = dropbox like) and maybe kids over the weekend for movies (plex)" CreationDate="2016-08-02T00:55:33.453" UserId="704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6870" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="Alright, as a low budget user I'd better off sticking to i3 or FX, thanks for you advice!" CreationDate="2016-08-02T01:11:03.953" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6871" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="No... You'd be better off with the A10 or A8 series like I said earlier." CreationDate="2016-08-02T01:46:32.233" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6872" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="For daily use I only need an A10 or A8 (even i3 is an overkill), if I want to play modern games I need FX + dedicated graphics card (I guess FX is much cheaper than i7 or Xeon), right?" CreationDate="2016-08-02T01:56:47.293" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6873" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="Sigh. There's like a whole different question packed in there. An A10 or A8 will outperform any Intel CPU of a similar price if you want to game without investing in a dGPU. FX is a difficult choice to make because while it is better, it is technology fr 2012 and sits on a very old socket that would be difficult to keep up to date; the same is true for A8 and A10 processors but the cost is low enough that it wouldn't be painful to replace completely. As a quick reference, expect any A8 or A10 to be generally sufficient for games like Rocket League, DOTA II, or Smite..." CreationDate="2016-08-02T02:14:22.423" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6874" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="On the other hand, an i3 paired with a dGPU like the R7 370 or GTX 960 is a decent way to get into mid tier gaming with a very upgradeable platform - it is just a huge step up in terms of price. Somewhere above that is the next sensible step up - Xeons and i7s - a choice to make if you are able to spend around a grand or more on a rig that's built to last several years without upgrades." CreationDate="2016-08-02T02:17:27.283" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6875" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="Got it! Thank you, I learned a lot!" CreationDate="2016-08-02T02:28:55.607" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6876" PostId="4270" Score="0" Text="I would definitely spend more on the graphics card, at least an r7 something." CreationDate="2016-08-02T02:38:54.227" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6877" PostId="4270" Score="0" Text="This will work just fine. Getting an R7 is overkill (though I agree, not particularly expensive overkill). As long as he sees this is a baseline, he can upgrade the idea from there." CreationDate="2016-08-02T02:53:20.990" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6880" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="One last comment - if you DO get an A8 or A10, make sure that your RAM configuration is 2x4gb or 2x8gb, and that it's speed is at least 2133mhz. APUs like that are starved for memory bandwidth and perform *significantly* better when paired with fast (but still relatively cheap) RAM." CreationDate="2016-08-02T03:14:35.977" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6881" PostId="4386" Score="1" Text="What research have you done on this topic so far?" CreationDate="2016-08-02T03:17:27.383" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6882" PostId="2462" Score="0" Text="Your constraints limit your options pretty badly, but given that this is likely to remain the state of affairs for your project for quite some time, what you really need to do is acquire used routers and install software like OpenWRT or dd-WRT on them, then get them set to communicate with each other in Mesh mode, and distribute them over your area. This is the only way I know of to build a reliable network with cheap equipment, because in your environment consumer grade cheap routers will fail often and you will need extremely robust connections such as those in mesh networks." CreationDate="2016-08-02T03:20:49.947" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6883" PostId="4378" Score="0" Text="Got it! Thank you!" CreationDate="2016-08-02T03:34:21.933" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6886" PostId="4390" Score="0" Text="Ah ok, your response was most certainly helpful. I never realized you could use multiple GPUs without SLI or Crossfire." CreationDate="2016-08-02T07:02:36.380" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6887" PostId="4391" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because cases don't fall within the hardware we can recommend." CreationDate="2016-08-02T10:10:46.373" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6888" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="4k30 or 4k60?  I know for a fact cherry trail does 4k60 in many cases." CreationDate="2016-08-02T12:39:10.203" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6889" PostId="4391" Score="0" Text="Err....I see many questions about case like this one http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/561/computer-case-for-new-college-build?rq=1 In my personal opinion, case along with case fan are very important hardware as they almost determine the loudness of a PC." CreationDate="2016-08-02T12:54:25.780" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6890" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="+1, forgot that. edited my post." CreationDate="2016-08-02T12:58:32.717" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6891" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="however, about cherry trail familly, it's mobile SoC isn't it? In any cases, I didn't find any reseller that sell it. I saw some Sticks embedding a cherry trail SoC, but since it's only a stick, it cannot do any RAID configuration" CreationDate="2016-08-02T13:03:18.120" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6892" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="Yup and it's got a pretty cut down igp that does 4k30 with dual channel ram" CreationDate="2016-08-02T13:04:44.437" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6893" PostId="4391" Score="0" Text="That may be so, but it still doesn't fall within our scope. That question you linked is from the start of the life of the site, when cases were on topic; they're not any more." CreationDate="2016-08-02T13:15:29.757" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6894" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="So, even if it does 4k30, I'm affraid I cannot use it for RAID" CreationDate="2016-08-02T13:28:18.417" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6895" PostId="4391" Score="0" Text="Alright, got it. Please close my question." CreationDate="2016-08-02T14:21:28.797" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6896" PostId="4349" Score="0" Text="Yeah i would say go with the &quot;Play&quot; version. Its on the high range of the budget but its worth it.  That should satisfy all your requirements. The cheaper versions will be a bit underpowered for Plex when you will want to play movies in HD." CreationDate="2016-08-02T15:10:10.733" UserDisplayName="user588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6897" PostId="4391" Score="1" Text="Why has this been put on hold? It's a legitimate question - if we can't recommend cases what's the point of this site?" CreationDate="2016-08-02T15:37:25.570" UserId="3867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6899" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="I like to use this as a general guide.  I kind of pick and choose depending on my budget and what I already have.  Its a pretty decent resource.&#xA;&#xA;http://www.logicalincrements.com/#" CreationDate="2016-08-02T16:11:09.293" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6900" PostId="4386" Score="0" Text="http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters&#xA;A whole bunch of info on compatible adapters." CreationDate="2016-08-02T16:17:52.417" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6901" PostId="4275" Score="0" Text="Why doesn't he want a DP card? Seems like given what you just said it should be exactly what he wants." CreationDate="2016-08-02T16:32:09.937" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6902" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths That's useful, thanks - I assume they don't do pre-builds, but if I *do* end up self-building, that'd be a good place to start." CreationDate="2016-08-02T18:10:59.457" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6903" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="No, but you could use the parts recommendations to compare to pre-builts and get a gist of what would work for you." CreationDate="2016-08-02T18:14:22.383" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6905" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="Alas, if you were here in the states, I'd build and ship one for you. I'm not well-versed in what is on the market over the pond, but if it's anything like what's available in stores here, you're in for a bad time. I will say that some of the most competitive machines I've seen offered anywhere are the ones being marketed as Steam Machines; these tend to have better specs than the generic &quot;gaming&quot; rigs that I've seen bandied about, and they usually come with Windows instead of SteamOS despite their name (which is a shame from my point of view, but oh well)." CreationDate="2016-08-02T19:34:01.353" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6906" PostId="4394" Score="0" Text="Really? both of the other answers here also feature direct-contact heat pipes. Both offer superior mounting methods to the push-pin variety, which is notorious for not forming a good contact with the CPU surface. Both are comparably priced or cheaper, and both are probably lighter than the Akasa Nero 3... &#xA;&#xA;Obviously the OP has made his choice, but anyone else coming to this page should seriously consider all the provided solutions." CreationDate="2016-08-02T19:38:14.563" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6907" PostId="4391" Score="0" Text="I nominate that this question be reopened once my pending edits are accepted. The question is now about integrated USB 3.0 circuitry, not cases." CreationDate="2016-08-02T19:48:38.633" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6909" PostId="4394" Score="1" Text="I found the Akasa Nero 3 to be the cheapest when I bought it a few weeks ago. Additionally, it features a large 120 mm fan (essential if you want it to be quiet) and 4 heatpipes, not 3. Intel coolers are notorious for being loud, as I expect the one suggested above will be with 3 heatpipes, and the Zalman also has a reputation for making an annoying noise." CreationDate="2016-08-02T20:00:43.430" UserId="3867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6910" PostId="4394" Score="1" Text="Finally, and this is probably the most important point: I bought this before any answers were posted, and therefore I added it as a potential answer as it was **the solution I went for**. I can't help it if other answers were posted on what I thought was a dead thread, can I? Why down vote it just because I've added my own answer?" CreationDate="2016-08-02T20:02:01.037" UserId="3867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6912" PostId="4387" Score="0" Text="These coolers are difficult to get hold of in the UK and like you say perform poorly - this is why I added my own answer. (In addition to the fact that I'd already bought my cooler weeks in advance of you posting this very late answer.) There is really no need to be upset about it..." CreationDate="2016-08-02T20:04:50.523" UserId="3867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6913" PostId="4394" Score="0" Text="I am glad you were able to clarify your reasoning. Your eventual decision would make a LOT more sense if you put the reasoning provided in your commentary into your answer, as presently the reasons given don't make a whole lot of sense." CreationDate="2016-08-02T20:05:50.890" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6915" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="You might trying something DIY built around an RPi and an RPi camera." CreationDate="2016-08-02T21:05:31.190" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6916" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="Ew.  I vote no against steam machines.  Underpowered and overpriced IMO." CreationDate="2016-08-02T21:26:53.257" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6917" PostId="4392" Score="2" Text="I'd recommend building your own pc, it's not actually that hard. Building your own pc is often much more inexpensive than buying a prebuilt one" CreationDate="2016-08-02T23:45:23.077" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6918" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths there are models with i7s and 980tis in them broseph." CreationDate="2016-08-03T00:02:15.797" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6919" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Is there a particular reason 3Ghz is a necessity? It's very standard to find CPUs over that clock speed, however clock speed does not necessarily equate to performance." CreationDate="2016-08-03T00:11:44.167" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6920" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Is manually inserting a GPU an option?" CreationDate="2016-08-03T00:18:34.923" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6921" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="Intel ARK is a great source for info regarding Intel CPUs. [Pentium J3710 Link](http://ark.intel.com/products/91532/Intel-Pentium-Processor-J3710-2M-Cache-up-to-2_64-GHz)" CreationDate="2016-08-03T01:09:04.723" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6922" PostId="4390" Score="1" Text="@0-60FPS You most certainly can, however you generally will not be able to use them both in conjunction to improve performance without SLI/CrossFireX. A rare exception of an application that uses multiple GPUs without SLI/CrossFireX is **[Blender](https://www.blender.org)**" CreationDate="2016-08-03T01:12:02.520" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6923" PostId="4390" Score="0" Text="It's not all that rare - Nvidia even allows you to dedicate one GPU in your system to PhysX if you have two different Nvidia GPUs in the rig, and AFAIK any program which is accelerated with OpenCL will use all GPUs available to accelerate - and OpenCL is a fairly widespread standard these days." CreationDate="2016-08-03T01:36:48.013" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6924" PostId="4397" Score="0" Text="This GT 730 is a dog of a gaming GPU, unfortunately. This is the kind of crap I was talking about when I said that most prebuilts have stupid, stupid configurations." CreationDate="2016-08-03T01:40:45.513" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6925" PostId="4397" Score="1" Text="@AdamWykes And I completely agree with you. I would never, ever put this trash in my computer. However, I feel this was slightly more proof-of-4GB doesn't mean anything than anything else. It's nearly impossible to get a prebuilt, perfectly good gaming rig for under $1k.. :(" CreationDate="2016-08-03T01:44:21.240" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6926" PostId="4397" Score="0" Text="Like I was saying, for some reason the &quot;Steam Machine&quot; configurations seem to have better specs on offer for better prices. Check this one out (available in the UK, no less): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Syber-Console-Wireless-Keyboard-Touchpad/dp/B01G25KIL2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1470188712&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=syber&#xA;&#xA;Here is the complete spec for it: http://www.sybergaming.com/products/v-series-core.aspx#more-spec" CreationDate="2016-08-03T01:48:32.153" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6927" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="Could you dedicate a GPU for CUDA or Direct Compute?" CreationDate="2016-08-03T06:57:04.950" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6928" PostId="1259" Score="0" Text="My guess that it was the best I could get for the budget that I had at the time. The card has been replaced by a AMD Radeon R9 380 last year." CreationDate="2016-08-03T07:12:02.063" UserId="990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6929" PostId="4392" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk I could probably put the GPU in manually, yeah" CreationDate="2016-08-03T09:26:07.647" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6930" PostId="4398" Score="0" Text="What country are you in?" CreationDate="2016-08-03T10:02:15.160" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6932" PostId="4383" Score="0" Text="+1, since the new Pascal GPUs have been released, buying a gtx960 is a non-sense" CreationDate="2016-08-03T11:12:18.783" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6933" PostId="4397" Score="1" Text="@AdamWykes That is indeed impressive, however, the RAM is only a pathetic 4GB according to the amazon page. I find that having less than six gigabytes can make your life rather difficult." CreationDate="2016-08-03T13:46:26.557" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6934" PostId="4397" Score="0" Text="I totally agree, which is why I'm not offering an answer on this page. I tend to believe 4gb of RAM is less debilitating than a low-end GPU, but that's a matter of user preference really (I've found most people do not run their PCs as spartan as I tend to). Infuriatingly, if you look at the Syber spec page, they list a different GPU and a different RAM configuration, so who knows what you'd really get?" CreationDate="2016-08-03T13:47:54.007" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6936" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/quick-reference-guide-to-intel-processor-graphics seems to list which families of IGP might do 4k. Even if it does 4k60, you *need* dp or HDMI 2.0 to output it.  I'd also add passive CPUs rely on case fans for cooling and a lower end, fan cooled CPU/stock heat sink is pretty quiet" CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:16:25.503" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6937" PostId="4402" Score="0" Text="This is blatantly not troubleshooting or technical support. It IS blatantly &quot;pre-purchase&quot; - The user explicitly asks: &quot;which is best RAM for me to buy?&quot; What is your goal here in reading these questions so quickly that you miss this kind of thing, @ArtOfCode?" CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:22:50.993" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6938" PostId="4300" Score="0" Text="What do you mean by AMD RX 480 &quot;destroys&quot; current 1080 p games? You mean it would work awesome or not." CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:36:20.450" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6939" PostId="4403" Score="0" Text="Thank you. I was wondering why is that cost difference and if there is anything to do with performance or durability or longevity or anything I was missing out. Since all for me seems same. And yeah there is difference of MHz but was wondering if I screw up anything" CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:42:46.267" UserId="4109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6940" PostId="4403" Score="0" Text="I've already answered all those questions in my answer..." CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:52:06.090" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6941" PostId="4402" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I didn't miss it at all. I read that, and closed it anyway. The *primary* question here - the one in the title - is &quot;what makes these two RAM sticks differ?&quot;, which is tech support. Additionally, the &quot;which is best&quot; is currently unqualified with requirements, so I'd close that as primarily opinion-based." CreationDate="2016-08-03T15:06:18.110" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6942" PostId="4402" Score="0" Text="So you're going to close a question by an ESL user that has a few lines of bad wording in it when the thrust of the question, the &quot;what makes these two RAM sticks differ [because I want to know which one to purchase]?&quot; is not in dispute? OK." CreationDate="2016-08-03T15:08:25.607" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6943" PostId="4403" Score="0" Text="Yeah. thank you" CreationDate="2016-08-03T16:58:03.613" UserId="4109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6944" PostId="4401" Score="0" Text="If you're running all this software at one time, you'll need a very powerful CPU (mostly for VMWare and Eclipse) and equally powerful RAM to go with it. That means, in my opinion, at _least_ and i7 and at _least_ 16GB memory. Other than that, what physical requirements do you have? A certain number of USB ports, a specific video port, screen size, etc?" CreationDate="2016-08-03T17:38:56.493" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6945" PostId="4300" Score="0" Text="What i mean by that is, the RX 480 run 108p games with ease. So its a very powerful and good option, that isnt as expensive as other options." CreationDate="2016-08-03T18:58:32.023" UserId="3995" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6946" PostId="4407" Score="1" Text="Please describe the hoops you were trying to jump through concerning the R9 390." CreationDate="2016-08-03T20:39:46.280" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6947" PostId="4407" Score="1" Text="@AdamWykes I stopped researching when I saw the second post on this page: https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/45uo55/r9_390_on_el_capitan/" CreationDate="2016-08-03T20:42:13.773" UserId="4111" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6948" PostId="4407" Score="0" Text="That would be because you were trying to use it with Hackintosh, which usually makes for... interesting issues." CreationDate="2016-08-03T20:48:27.777" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6949" PostId="4402" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes Stop being so pedantic. Adding &quot;because I'm going to buy one&quot; to an otherwise off-topic question does *not* make it on-topic." CreationDate="2016-08-03T20:51:50.280" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6952" PostId="4401" Score="0" Text="Why does this have to be done on a laptop?" CreationDate="2016-08-03T21:06:25.417" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6953" PostId="511" Score="0" Text="Speaking of interchangable batteries, anker makes an extended battery case for the samsung s3 that's like 3x the battery capacity" CreationDate="2016-08-03T21:15:52.910" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6958" PostId="4410" Score="1" Text="Do any of the Canon Powershots have GPS built in? Also, that is a lot bigger and heavier than most action cameras, you might struggle to carry it on a drone." CreationDate="2016-08-04T00:09:53.800" UserId="1175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6959" PostId="4410" Score="0" Text="@vclaw some Canon Powershots do have GPS, but not all of them." CreationDate="2016-08-04T00:22:49.943" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6960" PostId="4410" Score="0" Text="@vclaw Some Powershots are pretty heavy, but I guess it depends a lot on what drone you're using." CreationDate="2016-08-04T00:24:40.797" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6961" PostId="4213" Score="0" Text="Maybe the Samsung NX Mini 2.0, it'd be pretty visible though. (when you hold it out with your arm) But it does have a flip screen. $390 on Amazon." CreationDate="2016-08-04T00:26:31.877" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7960" PostId="3938" Score="0" Text="Does the connection to the two PCs really have to be by USB?" CreationDate="2016-08-04T05:23:19.983" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7961" PostId="4401" Score="0" Text="@Adam Thanks a lot.Right now my main concern is learning Hadoop and its component.In that regards,it is all i need,i think.If you have some other criteria in your mind for running all these,please,do specify." CreationDate="2016-08-04T06:12:59.587" UserId="4108" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7962" PostId="4401" Score="2" Text="@AdamWykes The nature of my job makes me travel,so i am going for a laptop." CreationDate="2016-08-04T06:17:07.743" UserId="4108" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7963" PostId="4401" Score="0" Text="@Adam you coolmment should become the answer." CreationDate="2016-08-04T06:22:41.817" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7965" PostId="4401" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes if that was an answer, I'd delete it for lack of a recommendation." CreationDate="2016-08-04T09:15:25.100" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7968" PostId="3938" Score="0" Text="Not necessarily, it could be use the serial port with a serial -&gt; keyboard emulator, but it would be much simpler with USB" CreationDate="2016-08-04T12:05:13.973" UserId="3727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7969" PostId="4401" Score="0" Text="I'm sure you would. However, in this case the structure of the question makes it clear that answering &quot;i7&quot; conclstitutes a sufficient answer. Adam then goes on to provide detail as to why, and discusses some other requirements as well. The author of the question seems to back my interpretation. Moreover, I never said he shouldnt flesh it out a little more when it becomes an answer (he should, to avoid mods that don't always have time to read what they should before acting)." CreationDate="2016-08-04T12:06:58.997" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7970" PostId="4402" Score="1" Text="Thank you AdamWykes. Just to clarify things @ArtOfCode. I just wanted to buy a RAM which works for my laptop for reasonable cost.  And for me the huge cost variation which different sellers shared, means a lot. And if I bought something costly assuming that the other isnt right for my laptop could have pushed me to believe that whatever each time a seller says I endup agreeing to it. Since I didnt know much about them, so its not about trouble shooting. But thanks to you both to help to improve the question" CreationDate="2016-08-04T13:38:07.203" UserId="4109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7971" PostId="4365" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode sorry but why is it opinion-based here? I mean the usage is precisely defined and the two options are even described using numbers (cuda cores etc.) In this situation, you cannot say &quot;IMO ...&quot;. The issue is to know if Keras can handle several GPUs which is not opinion based..." CreationDate="2016-08-04T14:31:19.483" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7973" PostId="3938" Score="0" Text="Why not wifi or bluetooth? I ask because I know of a solution that uses this connection type." CreationDate="2016-08-04T15:12:55.790" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7974" PostId="3938" Score="0" Text="Sure, I'll consider anything, Please post an answer :)" CreationDate="2016-08-04T15:13:58.570" UserId="3727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7975" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="@comicurus is the idea of using miracast a bad one for some reason?" CreationDate="2016-08-04T15:19:15.220" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7976" PostId="4365" Score="0" Text="@comicurus The question read something different when I closed it. With edits, it's okay now, and I've reopened it." CreationDate="2016-08-04T15:24:36.293" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7979" PostId="4410" Score="0" Text="This doesn't meet my criteria. It doesn't contain the GPS, which is most important to me. It is also pretty heavy. I'd also prefer not to need to mess with firmware." CreationDate="2016-08-05T00:24:39.233" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7980" PostId="4410" Score="0" Text="@Andy Hmm... I'm pretty much out of ideas. The only other thing I can think of is RPi or Arduino with a gps and camera shield." CreationDate="2016-08-05T05:41:12.230" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7982" PostId="5422" Score="2" Text="What precisely is your budget?  There are a multitude of kits out there, but &quot;cheap&quot; may not fit your (broad) requirements." CreationDate="2016-08-05T14:03:59.067" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7984" PostId="5426" Score="0" Text="Thank you so much. I would love to know about the approaches to muscular dystrophy though. If I can do something about it please let me know (I myself cannot move my body as naturally as other people). Also, if you have some time, please let me know what you have tried, what worked out, and what did not. Thanks a lot." CreationDate="2016-08-05T17:05:21.107" UserId="1275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7985" PostId="5426" Score="0" Text="Why did you reject the device for epilepsy and what can be done about muscular dystrophy? Thanks." CreationDate="2016-08-05T17:07:16.873" UserId="1275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7987" PostId="5426" Score="1" Text="We tried EEG for direct brain control. We also looked at eye tracking, hand/finger tracking using LeapMotion, and Voice control. My friend did some of his own investigation of this sort into custom controllers, but I personally don't think there's a whole lot of promise there unless you are willing to hack stuff together yourself, which my friend really wasn't willing to do or patient enough to have me do for him. Of all that stuff, the LeapMotion and the voice control were the best, with my friend eventually opting for voice control via Dragon's voice control software." CreationDate="2016-08-05T19:19:03.983" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7988" PostId="5426" Score="1" Text="He doesn't have epilepsy, he has late-stage DMD. I think the device would work much better for people with epilepsy. controlling the computer via sensing disturbances in the the electromagnetic field created by the brain's electrochemical activity proved too difficult for him to learn (he is understandably not a very patient fellow). The approach also has several difficulties to overcome - you have to have a very good contact on your skin for the sensors to be fine-tuned, and you have to tune the device to ignore the stronger electrical field that your head muscles create when they flex." CreationDate="2016-08-05T19:24:26.260" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7991" PostId="5431" Score="0" Text="What kind of budget are we talking about here?" CreationDate="2016-08-06T18:19:13.880" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7992" PostId="5435" Score="0" Text="In my particular case, the clock of the overclocked version is 6% faster than the non-OC version at 1.5% higher MSRP, but because of the lack of availability is currently about 20-30% above the cost of the non-OC version on the market. Pretty sure they are otherwise the same, however." CreationDate="2016-08-06T19:28:43.557" UserId="4132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7993" PostId="5435" Score="0" Text="Yeah the market is really just not in your favor there." CreationDate="2016-08-06T19:29:44.550" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7994" PostId="5433" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not a request for a hardware recommendation, and is not within our scope." CreationDate="2016-08-06T19:38:53.170" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7996" PostId="5434" Score="0" Text="I'd hardly call the 960M a *mediocre* graphics card... not top-of-the-line, sure, but it's not a &quot;meh&quot; card to have. It wastes money, in a laptop that's going to have an external graphics card connected to it anyway - IMO." CreationDate="2016-08-06T22:08:45.163" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7999" PostId="5431" Score="0" Text="Basically, if it's not saving money compared to an equivalent laptop with beasty graphics, then it defeats the purpose." CreationDate="2016-08-07T01:34:58.030" UserId="4130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8000" PostId="5434" Score="0" Text="Although I did say GTX965 or lower is good. Basically it is likely to be cheaper than a laptop with a GTX970M or GTX980M, and that's the point. Thanks." CreationDate="2016-08-07T01:37:22.743" UserId="4130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8009" PostId="5434" Score="0" Text="Please note that the i7-6500U is a 15W dual core processor and thus significantly less powerful than the i7-6700HQ which is a true quad-core with hyper-threading and a much higher allowed TDP of 45W." CreationDate="2016-08-07T13:32:13.007" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8010" PostId="5431" Score="0" Text="Please note: There has been reports if instability of certain eGPU and laptop combinations, especially the Razer Core may perform suboptimal if paired with a non-prepared (e.g. you can't toggle the internal GPU off) non-Razer laptop with an integrated GPU." CreationDate="2016-08-07T13:34:09.000" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8011" PostId="5434" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Noted. This was my secondary answer as Adam Wykes' answer was upvoted, so I had assumed that an i7-6500U was acceptable." CreationDate="2016-08-07T14:27:01.897" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8020" PostId="5443" Score="1" Text="For &quot;light&quot; gaming and programming, Even the [Inspiron series](http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/inspiron-17-7778-2-in-1-laptop/pd?model_id=inspiron-17-7778-2-in-1-laptop) will do fine, though Dell and Co. apparently think nobody wants ports anymore. More requirements will help us to narrow down what you actually need (e.g. How light is light gaming? Do you even need a dedicated GPU?)" CreationDate="2016-08-08T09:19:59.737" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8021" PostId="4395" Score="1" Text="Sorry for my late answer, I've been busy these last days. Even if your answer is not exactly what I was looking for, this is the most convincing attempt that try to meets my requirements. Also, I knew that it is tricky to answer perfectly to what I asked. Finally, I think I will be waiting to find what I initially asked for :)" CreationDate="2016-08-08T09:51:34.167" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8022" PostId="4395" Score="0" Text="For your remark about 4K claimed by Asrock, the &quot;true&quot; 4K resolution (cinema) is 4096x2160 while the UHD resolution (for TVs) is 3840x2160." CreationDate="2016-08-08T09:51:57.433" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8023" PostId="4333" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes well it didn't know this technology but, for some reason (I don't know why) for sound and video I am really attached to wires. For me it sounds strange to be able to send high rates signal wireless while we can't through wires... As I said in comment to your answer, thank you for your try, but I'll be waiting for the market to develop a bit around the UHD for HTPC. Maybe in one year or less? :)" CreationDate="2016-08-08T09:56:50.650" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8024" PostId="2422" Score="0" Text="I would suggest re-titling to &quot;emphasize&quot;, that the &quot;broken part&quot; is the &quot;Windows+Driver+NetworkChip&quot; combination: &quot;Which vendor ships functionally complete drivers for which of their NICs for windows&quot;, or on a different SE site: &quot;When will Windows include a chipset-agnostic VLAN driver like Linux does?&quot;" CreationDate="2016-08-08T11:02:49.233" UserId="3699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8025" PostId="5443" Score="0" Text="You may want something with Thunderbolt 3, so you can connect an external desktop GPU or a docking station with an insane number of ports at a later point." CreationDate="2016-08-08T12:55:29.237" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8026" PostId="4395" Score="0" Text="@comicurus, thanks for being so beneficent. I always get stuck on resolution numbers so sorry for that mixup. It does look like Intel compute sticks due out later this year are going to have 4k30 over HDMI, so RAID is the only remaining problem - but since they have 32gb eMMC on board, perhaps you could allocate some of that as a cache to an external HDD using software like primocache - should offer faster performance than RAID..." CreationDate="2016-08-08T13:41:38.267" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8027" PostId="4395" Score="1" Text="I didn't precise but I use RAID 1 so performance isn't what I'm looking for." CreationDate="2016-08-08T14:08:36.627" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8028" PostId="4395" Score="0" Text="And the solution HAS to be an embedded design?" CreationDate="2016-08-08T14:11:04.657" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8030" PostId="4395" Score="1" Text="Absolutely not. The idea behind me question was that &quot;If cannot find a GPU that does what I want (first question quoted), I may find a motherboard with a embeded CPU/IGP that does&quot;. But if by &quot;embeded&quot; design you mean something like the Intel's sticks, then not, I want to keep my chassis / APU / raid1 config / BlueRay etc." CreationDate="2016-08-08T14:49:05.887" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8031" PostId="5443" Score="0" Text="Can you detail what &quot;light gaming&quot; means? As gaming is probably the most intensive task done on this we need to know your expectations. Examples of games, desired graphics settings, desired FPS, battery life while gaming - all important in making the decision" CreationDate="2016-08-08T18:30:50.443" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8032" PostId="5447" Score="0" Text="Great recommendations!&#xA;I'm a bit concerned about the single thread performance. Even in parallel workloads there is often a coordinating thread that can bottleneck the rest of the system. Xeons are not really overclockable since the multiplicators are locked. The (relativly) low clock speed might become a problem to me." CreationDate="2016-08-08T20:45:45.237" UserId="4142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8033" PostId="5447" Score="0" Text="All true! If you could give us some kind of data about what kind of single thread performance is needed (e.g. a benchmark score, a known-good CPU model, etc), we could say with a great degree of confidence whether the CPU given in the example could do what you want." CreationDate="2016-08-08T20:47:31.227" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8034" PostId="5447" Score="0" Text="Good CPU recommendations regarding neural network computations are hard to find. Most people don't analyse or understand the bottlenecks and their root cause. Apart from that, some people use the [i7-5820K](http://ark.intel.com/de/products/82932/Intel-Core-i7-5820K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz) to feed four Titan X cards. Sidenote: From what I just read low latency ram plays a relatively big role." CreationDate="2016-08-08T21:38:24.167" UserId="4142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8035" PostId="5447" Score="1" Text="Well shoot, if low-latency RAM is the way to go then I'm not even sure DDR4 is what you're after. DDR3 (and for that matter DDR2) has much lower latencies inherent to its design. That being said, at some point you're going to run up against a RAM bandwidth bottleneck, so no doubt there's a sweet spot to hit in that regard. The i7-5820K is an interesting choice for feeding four GPUs, since it doesn't physically have the PCI-E lanes needed to fully exploit the bandwidth - so perhaps the PCI-E bandwidth isn't a concern for this job, much like how it doesn't really matter in gaming?" CreationDate="2016-08-08T21:55:42.923" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8036" PostId="5447" Score="1" Text="If you can't figure out what kind of CPU performance you need, you probably need to start out by performing experiments to see what CPU loads are like on a reasonably high-threaded system. If someone you know has something like an FX-8xxx series CPU or better, run your stuff on that PC and find out what the program behaves like. That's the only way you're gonna know what you need to do." CreationDate="2016-08-08T21:57:16.893" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8037" PostId="5443" Score="0" Text="@jatuttle0, By &quot;light gaming&quot; I mean that I'll occasionally play a game, but I don't take it seriously. I have no qualms with playing games on lower settings or playing games that are a couple of years old." CreationDate="2016-08-09T02:19:48.337" UserId="4139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8038" PostId="155" Score="0" Text="Not yet practical, but likely of interest to anyone following this post:here's an oculus-as-a-monitor project: http://hackaday.com/2014/12/11/using-the-oculus-rift-as-a-multi-monitor-replacement/" CreationDate="2016-08-09T08:39:12.130" UserId="4150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8039" PostId="5454" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your answer. In fact I'm considering a budget build, and what i can afford is like GTX 950 or even RX 460. As far as I know, it is well enough to fully exploit the performance of that class GPU run at even PCIe 2.0 x8 mode. However, as I mentioned in my Question, it seems that the H110 chipset only supports PCIe 2.0 up to x4, which I'm very concerned if the chipset can handle a GPU like GTX 950." CreationDate="2016-08-09T09:13:16.230" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8040" PostId="5452" Score="0" Text="Googling is pretty much what we do too :)" CreationDate="2016-08-09T09:16:08.123" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8041" PostId="5454" Score="1" Text="@shintaroid The short answer is that while the chipset itself supports 6 PCIe 2.0, there are also 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0 coming off the CPU. H110 chipset motherboards therefore do support the operation of a dedicated GPU, however, you should probably check with the specific motherboard manufacturer to be certain. If you are on a low budget, you might want to consider waiting for AMD to release Zen based consumer CPUs. Is there any specific reason you want DDR4 support?" CreationDate="2016-08-09T09:22:42.233" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8042" PostId="5454" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Thanks! So I don't have to worry about the chipset so long as motherboard provides PCIe 3.0 slot, great! For DDR4, cause it's the newest standard, and affordable compared with CPU or GPU, I decide to give it a try. Thank you!" CreationDate="2016-08-09T09:55:02.357" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8043" PostId="5452" Score="0" Text="Somebody might just know of one, have not had much luck" CreationDate="2016-08-09T11:29:22.697" UserId="4146" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8044" PostId="5448" Score="0" Text="Thanks. But actually I have seen cases like this and would have liked something smaller. If using an approximately Raspberry Pi sized board I could fit the whole lot including batteries for 10h into an old 3.5&quot; disk enclosure which is like 4 times less volume than such a case. I'll use something like this only as a last resort. If I do, I'll accept your answer at that point." CreationDate="2016-08-09T12:08:10.390" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8045" PostId="5443" Score="0" Text="A game like tetris or a game like far cry?" CreationDate="2016-08-09T12:13:24.477" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8046" PostId="5455" Score="0" Text="Yeah, if you get just the board, this is the perfect answer, really. Good find." CreationDate="2016-08-09T13:18:11.377" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8047" PostId="5450" Score="0" Text="In my experience the Dell stuff that's business-oriented has fantastic build quality, so there's that, too." CreationDate="2016-08-09T14:14:15.877" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8048" PostId="5454" Score="0" Text="The question is about which motherboard to buy... the GPUs you're referencing are called the GTX 1060 and the RX 470 (no &quot;crossfire&quot; in title). Either one of those cards will run perfectly fine on a ~450W PSU with the vast majority of modern CPUs. Crossfire and SLI are really not good choices for budget systems for a lot of reasons." CreationDate="2016-08-09T14:56:49.017" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8056" PostId="5453" Score="0" Text="Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been [moved to chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/43700/discussion-on-question-by-shintaroid-intel-h110-chipset-motherboard-or-h170-fo)." CreationDate="2016-08-09T19:08:02.910" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8057" PostId="5454" Score="1" Text="@Alpha3031 and shintaroid, I'd appreciate your input on this question over at http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/539/should-this-question-be-taken-off-hold" CreationDate="2016-08-09T19:42:06.790" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8058" PostId="737" Score="0" Text="The 8400 does cook itself even just in daily use, at least if it's passively cooled. I would know; I used to have about 10 of them." CreationDate="2016-08-09T20:08:28.800" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8059" PostId="742" Score="0" Text="Just interested, for academic's sake, since the question is already answered - but why wouldn't something simple like a GT 730 do, so long as it had the connectors?" CreationDate="2016-08-09T20:11:02.543" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8060" PostId="5443" Score="0" Text="@jatuttle0, More like Far Cry. But, I'm happy to play games that are a few years old and play them on lower settings. Gaming is fun, but it is not a priority." CreationDate="2016-08-09T21:49:52.640" UserId="4139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8061" PostId="5460" Score="0" Text="Good suggestion. I forgot to mention that I need a back-lit one though." CreationDate="2016-08-09T22:54:42.407" UserId="1371" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8066" PostId="742" Score="0" Text="For 1080p, sure. I'd get the newest, lowest end card I would in this situation personally - which my answer covers a fairly broad spectrum of possibilities." CreationDate="2016-08-10T00:13:28.660" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8067" PostId="5454" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes Wow, thanks for your discussion in META, since I don't have enough reputation to add comment there, I just comment here. Right now I am working, so when I go home I will further edit my question to see if it will satisfy the question rule. Thank you!" CreationDate="2016-08-10T01:20:36.937" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8069" PostId="5454" Score="0" Text="Well i'm sorry if I included crossfire in AMD RX 470 yes I know that there is no crossfire in the gpu. And yes I notice that the user is on budget build but what I want to say is when the user tries to buy a gaming build not a budget one he/she can consider crossfire the rx 470. Thank you for your reply Adam Wykes I myself is an IT Technical Support from a company and I am new with this community." CreationDate="2016-08-10T03:45:39.723" UserId="4148" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8072" PostId="552" Score="0" Text="Probably still cheaper to find a dc dc boost board than to buy a niche product which can already output the voltage they need. Probably those expensive products do much the same internally, so efficiency doesn't need to be much worse." CreationDate="2016-08-10T11:15:18.453" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8082" PostId="5471" Score="0" Text="If you're going to recommend this component, you need to include its name and preferably a link to it." CreationDate="2016-08-10T13:33:30.497" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8083" PostId="5471" Score="2" Text="@ArtOfCode I was trying to recommend components like this in general - I don't think this is available anymore, is like 5 years old." CreationDate="2016-08-10T13:36:21.900" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8085" PostId="5471" Score="0" Text="@Nobody Answers should generally recommend one specific piece of hardware, rather than a general class. General thoughts can go in comments." CreationDate="2016-08-10T14:23:58.547" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8090" PostId="5428" Score="0" Text="Interesting inquiry. I'm curious how it would differentiate chest contraction/expansion from other bodily movements if it were as simple as a sticker." CreationDate="2016-08-10T19:07:21.320" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8099" PostId="437" Score="0" Text="Do you have any comparison with solar solutions?" CreationDate="2016-08-10T23:12:23.520" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8103" PostId="437" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes Solar solutions likely need quite some surface area and will be rather heavy. That said, in a sunny climate and if it only needs to work in great weather conditions and say in the 6 hours around noon, then it might be feasible." CreationDate="2016-08-11T00:02:46.073" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8105" PostId="437" Score="0" Text="Yeah my own investigations of solar have revealed its limitations. I was wondering how this solution stacked up. Andy's answer was very helpful, but I was hoping he'd put in something about how much cycling it took to fully charge his phone." CreationDate="2016-08-11T01:53:01.483" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8106" PostId="5468" Score="2" Text="Do you need battery operating mode?" CreationDate="2016-08-11T09:37:22.127" UserId="4166" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8108" PostId="5474" Score="0" Text="Is the barcode scanner in keyboard emulation?" CreationDate="2016-08-11T10:39:55.250" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8109" PostId="5474" Score="0" Text="Seems to be over my budget, is not it?" CreationDate="2016-08-11T10:44:54.603" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8111" PostId="5468" Score="2" Text="@neutrinus Not necessarily, but it is a plus." CreationDate="2016-08-11T12:33:20.717" UserId="1438" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8112" PostId="5474" Score="0" Text="Yes it has a soft keyboard; mine were running android 4.2. The link I provided showed $299. Other deals on used models are probably available slat similar prices if you look for them." CreationDate="2016-08-11T13:18:10.627" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8115" PostId="5480" Score="1" Text="It requires separate Bluetooth and WiFI network Cards. (Per Amazon; https://www.amazon.com/HP-Deskjet-Printer-C8150A-A2L/dp/B000B61X1S)" CreationDate="2016-08-11T14:35:52.667" UserId="1438" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8117" PostId="5480" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the heads up. I linked you to an ebay listing that includes the wireless card for the same price." CreationDate="2016-08-11T14:41:33.177" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8120" PostId="5481" Score="0" Text="The question is tagged with [laptop]." CreationDate="2016-08-11T20:53:44.553" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8121" PostId="5453" Score="0" Text="I think it might be wise to ask for recommendations on some of the other components first (e.g. CPU, GPU and case), as they will provide more requirements for the motherboard. Some requirements you can add to your question: How many USB ports do you expect to use? What type of internet connectivity (wired or wireless, what speed)? What games are you planning on playing at what settings?" CreationDate="2016-08-12T09:16:30.813" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8122" PostId="5453" Score="0" Text="Also, unfortunately, you are currently limited to Intel CPUs if you insist on DDR4 support, and you may wish till AMD releases Zen, in which case you'd probably only want a GPU and case recommendation. The reason I'm suggesting you wait till the release of Zen is that AMD typically has better budget options for gaming." CreationDate="2016-08-12T09:17:29.953" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8123" PostId="5453" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Thanks for your comments. In fact I'm quite interested in Zen, but I still have to wait for several months, it's always tantalizing to buy a new rig when I do have many excuses. Anyway I will try, thanks!" CreationDate="2016-08-12T09:38:01.877" UserId="4079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8125" PostId="5481" Score="0" Text="Should I delete it?" CreationDate="2016-08-12T17:18:05.523" UserId="4168" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8126" PostId="5481" Score="0" Text="As it stands, it doesn't answer the question, so yes. But if you can provide a different recommendation then you're welcome to do that." CreationDate="2016-08-12T17:30:49.430" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8129" PostId="5491" Score="0" Text="Thanks! Would you mind adding one or two pictures to make the picture immediately understandable? Cheers :-)" CreationDate="2016-08-13T13:11:59.037" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8140" PostId="5502" Score="0" Text="What dimensions are you looking for, and what's your budget?" CreationDate="2016-08-14T09:00:26.550" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8141" PostId="5505" Score="0" Text="As for Singapore availability, 199 SGD @ Lazada: http://www.lazada.sg/corsair-gaming-void-rgb-wireless-dolby-71-gaming-headset-2336067.html, and one forum post mentions 189 SGD @ CH Computers" CreationDate="2016-08-14T09:59:32.783" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8143" PostId="5502" Score="1" Text="4k and 120hz dosen't exist yet. DP 1.2 dosen't support it, nor does HDMI 2.0. You're going to likely either wait, or pick one or the other." CreationDate="2016-08-14T11:57:10.500" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8146" PostId="5506" Score="3" Text="It's better if you split out multiple recommendations into multiple answers, so that each recommendation can be voted on individually." CreationDate="2016-08-14T18:58:37.503" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8147" PostId="5499" Score="0" Text="Have you taken a look at the Thrustmaster series of products? They are a known name and have products that have the layout and featureset you want. Not sure which to recommend specifically because I don't have very much experience with standard game controllers. I moved on to the Steam Controller and have been extremely happy with it." CreationDate="2016-08-15T00:49:56.540" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8148" PostId="5502" Score="0" Text="Journeyman Geek is right. The moment 4k/144hz comes out we are gonna hear all about it." CreationDate="2016-08-15T01:28:25.930" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8149" PostId="5428" Score="0" Text="@jatuttle0 I'm imagining that if the device is strapped to the person axially to the sensor, then that might be how." CreationDate="2016-08-15T01:29:36.023" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8150" PostId="2747" Score="1" Text="May I ask why you need to drive 4 SSDs off a single controller without hardware RAID?" CreationDate="2016-08-15T01:45:59.693" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8151" PostId="5502" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Weird, I could have sworn I had seen one with both of those specs that had an IPS Panel, but that probably was just my imagination, because I can't find it anymore. Do you want to make your comment an answer so I can accept it?" CreationDate="2016-08-15T04:49:21.263" UserId="4051" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8155" PostId="5413" Score="0" Text="Can you add more detail to your answer please? How portable is it? Does it have a battery? How big is the unit? Can we have a link to the product?" CreationDate="2016-08-15T16:01:47.220" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8156" PostId="5511" Score="0" Text="Can we buy this new, or has this also been discontinued?" CreationDate="2016-08-15T16:12:09.330" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8161" PostId="873" Score="0" Text="Just a small note: WINE *does* run on ARM: https://wiki.winehq.org/ARM" CreationDate="2016-08-15T23:13:29.843" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8162" PostId="873" Score="0" Text="Another small note: Polipo or Squid caching proxies could be run on your machine to dynamically cache pages you loaded so that they could be loaded in your browser while offline at a later date. This would happen transparently." CreationDate="2016-08-15T23:16:22.770" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8163" PostId="5512" Score="1" Text="There are many options, but I'm not going to put this down as an answer because I don't have experience with the products as requested: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;N=100161776%20601204663%20601204630" CreationDate="2016-08-15T23:38:12.773" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8164" PostId="5515" Score="0" Text="Oh, ok. I guess that would mean I should try a different SD card." CreationDate="2016-08-16T00:02:13.080" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8165" PostId="1175" Score="0" Text="Here's a DIY solution if you're into that: https://www.reddit.com/r/Rockband/comments/3ml5bo/made_ion_rocker_wireless_so_i_can_play_rock_band_4/" CreationDate="2016-08-16T00:18:39.380" UserId="4197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8166" PostId="5515" Score="0" Text="Yes, either that or lower the bitrate (not the resolution) on your recording device, if possible." CreationDate="2016-08-16T00:42:24.570" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8168" PostId="5516" Score="1" Text="It's kinda hard for me to compare... Mostly because all the drives support up to USB 3.0 and dimensions fall in to the appearance category. -- The manufacturers don't provide more relevant performance information, such as cache size or drive speed. -- I'd personally go with the Western Digital drives because I've never had a WD drive fail on me, and I've been using a WD portable hard drive for about 2 years fairly regularly and have not encountered any issues." CreationDate="2016-08-16T07:52:07.067" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8169" PostId="5511" Score="0" Text="The X230 has been discontinued. But the X series has new models: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/. I checked on the Ubuntu certification site and they are supported." CreationDate="2016-08-16T09:19:08.127" UserId="4193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8172" PostId="5520" Score="0" Text="Is it possible to find out whether the available drivers for windows 10 support the 5GHz band?" CreationDate="2016-08-16T18:29:30.127" UserId="4199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8173" PostId="5520" Score="0" Text="No - it is not. I can tell you, though, that if a driver supports a chipset then it basically supports the whole card. The rest is just antenna wire and PCB tacking it all together to the PCI interface." CreationDate="2016-08-16T18:30:33.397" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8174" PostId="5521" Score="0" Text="Question answers on Newegg confirm this card works on Windows 10. Where do you see that it is capable of accessing the 5ghz band, though?" CreationDate="2016-08-17T02:40:52.070" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8175" PostId="5519" Score="0" Text="Before I provide an answer, are you aware/worried that these tracking devices might be themselves stolen/vandalized?" CreationDate="2016-08-17T02:43:36.533" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8176" PostId="5519" Score="0" Text="@Adam Alas, no system is perfect. In addition to the tracking devices, there will be an application process. If there's a way to bolt the device to the bike, that would be helpful too." CreationDate="2016-08-17T03:52:23.620" UserId="4139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8178" PostId="5520" Score="1" Text="In *most* cases, the 'default' ralink/mediatek drivers are better than the manufacturer/oem ones." CreationDate="2016-08-17T06:41:08.210" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8180" PostId="5512" Score="0" Text="I ended up ordering [LIFX](http://www.lifx.com/), which provides an open API and devkit. Will update after getting my hands on it. https://github.com/LIFX" CreationDate="2016-08-17T09:26:43.453" UserId="4194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8181" PostId="5528" Score="0" Text="You know that ram looses all its data the moment it gets no power, don't you?" CreationDate="2016-08-17T13:17:36.823" UserId="3987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8182" PostId="5528" Score="0" Text="@JulianKuchlbauer: yes, sure. It would take temporary data, e.g. as a cache for video editing or similar." CreationDate="2016-08-17T13:38:55.983" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8190" PostId="5523" Score="0" Text="What research have you done?" CreationDate="2016-08-17T16:45:22.940" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8191" PostId="5532" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your recommendation, I have a bit of flexibility for the price so this is no problem. I just checked, it's actually an ASRock Z77 Pro4. I have one slot next to the CPU free that says PCI-E 3.0 so that should fit right? (Wikipedia says pci-e is backwards compatible)&#xA;&#xA;Is the ac standard worth it in your opinion? As I see it the internet connection will be the bottleneck by far, and I won't transfer files between computers in the local WiFi network. (and if I ever do I can wait a bit on the transfer)&#xA;&#xA;Edit: and the card actually costs 31€ at my online shop, thank you very much" CreationDate="2016-08-17T16:47:23.580" UserId="4205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8192" PostId="5532" Score="0" Text="Unless your router and other devices on the network use the AC protocol, I wouldn't worry about supporting it right now. If the router doesn't support it, there is no need at all to worry about it." CreationDate="2016-08-17T16:53:52.203" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8193" PostId="5523" Score="0" Text="Plenty, @SiXandSeven8ths. I'd rather not seed this question to steer answers toward/away from any options." CreationDate="2016-08-17T18:06:23.107" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8194" PostId="5535" Score="0" Text="You might take a look at Dell's OptiPlex series." CreationDate="2016-08-17T19:22:01.983" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8195" PostId="5535" Score="0" Text="The Optiplex small form factor would be ok. However, it seems to come with 2x4 GB RAM and 500 GB disk which can't be removed from the configuration. I was unable to configure more and it remains unclear whether it supports 64 GB or not. I'd not like to pay for that RAM and that disk just to remove it later on." CreationDate="2016-08-17T19:29:24.280" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8198" PostId="5534" Score="1" Text="I already have a Nexus 7 2013. At the time I asked the question Google did not include it in the list of devices that would be updated to Android 6, it was later added to the list. But more importantly Nexus 7 2013 is not sold officially anymore." CreationDate="2016-08-18T01:30:33.230" UserId="103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8199" PostId="5534" Score="0" Text="Ah thanks, I'll get to editing this then, but that second fact is a benefit. They're pretty cheap now since they discontinued them for newer models. Still looking for a replacement?" CreationDate="2016-08-18T01:32:27.993" UserId="4208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8200" PostId="5534" Score="1" Text="Yes, I am still looking for a replacement, one that will keep being updated. There are rumors that Google might release a new version this year according to some news sites but so far Google hasn't given any sign that is going to happen, there was no mention of it at I/O 2016." CreationDate="2016-08-18T01:42:02.277" UserId="103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8202" PostId="5533" Score="0" Text="Joseph, your question is too much about the technological concepts involved and not enough about actual discrete products we could recommend. Would you mind if I edited your question to ask which of a set of CPUs (a mix of AMD and Intel x86 processors) would be best for performing on C++ compilation (the most CPU-intensive part of coding), and &quot;high end numerical analysis&quot; ? For that matter, while we're at it mind being a little more specific about the programs you're using for this analysis and the functions they'll be performing?" CreationDate="2016-08-18T03:13:07.353" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8203" PostId="5533" Score="0" Text="Adam that would be fine.  I'm curious about Xeon as well.  I will be using mathematica and matlab but primarily coding my own numerical methods. N- order differential equations.  Integrations over n- vector space, etc  more than three dimensional" CreationDate="2016-08-18T03:28:43.887" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8204" PostId="5535" Score="1" Text="I can build you a design that would work, but it would cost a lot more than 500 euros... most machines like what you're looking for are industrial machines, and they command a heft price premium that puts you right out of the market." CreationDate="2016-08-18T03:36:27.683" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8205" PostId="5533" Score="0" Text="Xeon is just another Intel product line. I'll make the edit as soon as I am able, along with a recommendation as soon as the question is reopened." CreationDate="2016-08-18T03:37:55.300" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8206" PostId="1660" Score="0" Text="I want to upvote this because it is very true that Atom C series integrated CPU/mobo systems are hundreds of dollars usually... but it's just not true what you say about the performance of these systems. Atom's architecture is cache starved and features a stunted pipeline. They typically perform much worse than Xeons at near equivalent speeds, and they have been formally abandoned by Intel because of their longtime deficiencies. There is no space in the market for Atoms anymore." CreationDate="2016-08-18T04:03:15.137" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8207" PostId="5536" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS I looked into the Logitech and they do look like a good option, but they are not that much different from my old audio system (see link in question). I will keep them in mind, but I am hoping for something a little bit nicer" CreationDate="2016-08-18T04:37:11.693" UserId="4107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8208" PostId="5540" Score="0" Text="I'd not like to waste that much power by putting them into a separate PC. Also: Gigabit Ethernet is limited to 125 MB/s." CreationDate="2016-08-18T08:09:00.070" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8210" PostId="5540" Score="0" Text="Ah, but you can team it, and it's not limited to 4gb" CreationDate="2016-08-18T13:19:51.607" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8213" PostId="5489" Score="0" Text="&quot;you will not be able to run all the graphics cards in SLI&quot; Since we are talking of deep learning, I think we dont't care about SLI/CrossFire here (I might be wrong). Actually, even when you are developping using CUDA for GPU computation, you can't use SLI advantages." CreationDate="2016-08-18T14:18:26.470" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8214" PostId="5519" Score="0" Text="by &quot;tracking&quot; you mean &quot;computationally check if a bike is missing&quot; or &quot;geo-tracking the bike when you figured out that it was missing&quot;?" CreationDate="2016-08-18T14:24:26.923" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8215" PostId="5523" Score="0" Text="&quot;I've heard that the LED screen is fused to the glass&quot; does this mean that only the glass is broken? In many cases, even when only the glass is broken (and even when the two parts can be separated), I change the whole thing (glass+LCD) because its easier to replace (pasting the glass onto the LCD without powders is such a pain). Is that what your were thinking about by saying &quot;Easier to install is ideal, but I'm not afraid of using a screwdriver.&quot; ?" CreationDate="2016-08-18T14:30:04.237" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8216" PostId="5523" Score="0" Text="@comicurus Only the glass is broken, yes. The display under it is fine - right now I'm using it without issue with just a bunch of shipping tape so I don't cut up my fingers. I'm considering buying [the whole glass+LCD+frame assembly](https://www.phonepartworld.com/lg-nexus-5X-lcd-screen-digitizer-with-frame) - only ~$50, and easier to install." CreationDate="2016-08-18T14:31:34.893" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8217" PostId="5489" Score="0" Text="True! I just thought I would mention it, so he will know, that he will not be able to enjoy all the advanteges of all the cards." CreationDate="2016-08-18T14:57:24.913" UserId="4057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8219" PostId="2014" Score="0" Text="The Nexus 5x is 147.0 mm by 72.6 mm versus the Nexus 5 being 137.84 mm by 69.17 mm. The Nexus 5x is slightly thinner at 7.9 mm than the Nexus 5 at 8.59 mm. By calculating the volume of each using their dimensions you can approximate that  the Nexus 5x is ≈84.3 cubic cm and the Nexus 5 is ≈81.9 cubic cm. Additionally, the Nexus 5x is heavier at 136 g versus the Nexus 5's weight of 130 g. Based on their cubic dimensions and respective weights I would say that the 5x is, in fact, bigger than the 5. I may love my Nexus 5x, but it's definitely a bit larger than the Nexus 5." CreationDate="2016-08-18T16:23:37.993" UserId="4208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8221" PostId="1946" Score="0" Text="What carrier will it be on? There're some candidates I see but some of them are carrier locked depending on where you live; what country are you in?" CreationDate="2016-08-18T16:32:32.523" UserId="4208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8222" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="Awesome suggestion @cjm. I will confirm when I decide if this will be it as it is very likely. +1 for having Page Up/Down keys which I didn't mention.&#xA;Q: I was indeed looking for mechanical ones, but what is the main difference with others? Sound?" CreationDate="2016-08-18T17:28:28.593" UserId="1371" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8223" PostId="5528" Score="0" Text="you can get 32gb ram in PC and create huge ram disk safely there. Why even bother with old ddrs? Just sold them on ebay.." CreationDate="2016-08-18T17:29:14.387" UserId="4217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8225" PostId="5528" Score="0" Text="@JIV: Buying 32 GB or RAM for a RAM disk is ~200 €, Next I how do I put additional 32 GB of RAM into my PC when all slots are already full? And don't forget that I need to upgrade from Windows Home edition to Windows Professional. This exceeds the total cost expectations." CreationDate="2016-08-18T17:34:24.720" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8226" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="@user10853 Sounds better (depending on which switch you choose) and generally feels much nicer to type on than normal keyboards." CreationDate="2016-08-18T17:37:13.473" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8227" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="Mechanical switches also are fairly standardized, so you can swap your keycaps easier." CreationDate="2016-08-18T17:37:46.273" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8228" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="Cool. Though bluetooth performace seems a concern for speed writing but I won't be using it for that purpose.&#xA;Also, do you have a similar suggestion with a keypad? (adjusted the question)" CreationDate="2016-08-18T17:55:23.327" UserId="1371" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8229" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="Also, speaking of echanical keyboards, that makes it easy to switch keys if I wish to over to another layout (Dvorak/Coleman), right?&#xA;Excuse my questions if not related to the main one." CreationDate="2016-08-18T18:07:42.890" UserId="1371" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8230" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="@user10853 Yes, it makes it easier to move the keys around (though you'll end up with the bumpy keys in the wrong spots if you don't order custom bump keys)" CreationDate="2016-08-18T18:36:00.030" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8233" PostId="1880" Score="0" Text="If you've got multiple recommendations, it's better to split them into multiple answers." CreationDate="2016-08-18T21:57:19.353" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8235" PostId="5537" Score="0" Text="This is the correct answer. Not only does the Xeon vastly outperform the AMD options due to plain sloppy work in Mathematica and a bad FPU design in the AMD Bulldozer architecture, but the Xeon can support systems with more than one CPU, unlike the i7. It is by far the most performative option of the four, given that all your work doesn't really depend on single thread performance as much as multithreaded performance." CreationDate="2016-08-18T22:32:26.517" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8236" PostId="5519" Score="0" Text="@comicurus The latter. We'd like to have a way of tracking a bike down if it goes missing." CreationDate="2016-08-19T01:40:22.757" UserId="4139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8237" PostId="5546" Score="1" Text="You do realize that &quot;skylake&quot; does not guarantee you'll get a powerful CPU, right? There are even AMD processors out there which outmuscle some of the skylake parts. Can I edit your question to specify a certain type of skylake part, such as an i7 series part?" CreationDate="2016-08-19T03:19:39.077" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8238" PostId="1946" Score="0" Text="@Venoda: I need a carrier-unlocked phone. I use a very minor carrier in Japan, but might change to another very minor one soon. None are providing hardware." CreationDate="2016-08-19T03:32:46.793" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8239" PostId="1946" Score="0" Text="Whatever ends up suggested; make sure it will work on your carrier. Certain phones won't work on certain networks" CreationDate="2016-08-19T03:33:55.050" UserId="4208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8240" PostId="5547" Score="0" Text="You have a major problem - this PSU is custom made. It isn't conforming to many (any?) of the typical ATX, EATX, SFX, TFX etc. specs that exist for modular PSUs. Also, it is plain that this computer is some kind of industrial unit. Will it be experiencing high temperature variation, vibration, humidity, restricted airflow, excessive dust, etc?" CreationDate="2016-08-19T03:56:48.337" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8241" PostId="5546" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I'll have to agree with you. For more info regarding the performance of CPUs, you should look for benchmarking websites such as cpuboss.com." CreationDate="2016-08-19T04:39:29.767" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8242" PostId="5546" Score="0" Text="Could you specify a price range?" CreationDate="2016-08-19T04:40:05.893" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8244" PostId="5550" Score="0" Text="If you've got multiple recommendations, it's usually better to split them into multiple answers, so that they can be voted on independently." CreationDate="2016-08-19T09:12:36.550" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8246" PostId="5546" Score="0" Text="Clarified the question with regards to CPU and price." CreationDate="2016-08-19T13:18:21.670" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8247" PostId="5550" Score="0" Text="Neither meets the specs. These are both 15&quot; inch screens and the second one only has 8GB RAM." CreationDate="2016-08-19T13:19:56.840" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8248" PostId="5551" Score="0" Text="What are your more detailed requirements? What types of games do you want to play? How long should the battery last? Should it support custom macros? Should it have (customizable?) lightning effects?" CreationDate="2016-08-19T13:21:22.867" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8254" PostId="5546" Score="1" Text="To be honest I think you're putting yourself on a goose chase by saying you will not explore options under 16gb ram, anything other 14'' screen, and 500+gb ssd standard. RAM and SSD are easy upgrades on most machines in this tier. Also, under 4 lbs is realistic but 6+ hours battery life is completely subjective. 6 hours of what? Mutliple VMs and computationally challenging processes are going to eat any battery alive." CreationDate="2016-08-19T14:33:26.343" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8255" PostId="5551" Score="2" Text="You have described your minimum standard to encompass the majority of bluetooth mouses made today. Your question will draw nothing but opinion. You should either make your question a great deal more specific or do some more personal research." CreationDate="2016-08-19T14:38:31.420" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8258" PostId="5551" Score="0" Text="I want to be more specific but I do not know where to start." CreationDate="2016-08-19T15:56:39.677" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8259" PostId="5551" Score="0" Text="For example, is left button better or worse? How many buttons should a good gaming mouse have? Etc." CreationDate="2016-08-19T15:57:04.713" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8263" PostId="5557" Score="0" Text="That is a 15 inch screen. The specs said 14 inch." CreationDate="2016-08-19T17:13:36.967" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8264" PostId="5546" Score="0" Text="Just battery life as measured by the standard manufacturers process and published stats. I know after running lots of processes that will drop. 13inch screen is too small for some of my applications and 15inch is too unwieldy to carry around. Often keyboards aren't centered properly on 15inch screens either." CreationDate="2016-08-19T17:21:40.390" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8265" PostId="5557" Score="1" Text="The keyboard for this also does not comply with the stated requirements, but this one gets my vote for the best possible option. XPS13/15 are incredible machines and if you can look past needing to use a function key for quick nav it is a gorgeous machine. You can get a 3000x2000 touchscreen and upgrade to your minimum specs for well under $3k." CreationDate="2016-08-19T18:58:32.510" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8266" PostId="5558" Score="0" Text="Love this rec. I think the keyboard on this one will be similar to what you'll find on the XPS. Blade comes closer to minimum spec in a stock configuration but who knows, maybe OP requires a lack of gamer stigma too :)" CreationDate="2016-08-19T19:02:06.573" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8267" PostId="5558" Score="0" Text="As much as I hate Razer, this machine comes extremely close to what the OP needs. Only problems as I see it are that it's 4.25 lbs / 1.93 kg, which is *slightly* too heavy (I'd recommend just building some muscle), and the fact that it's too thin to have a good cooling solution, so disabling the Nvidia GPU would likely yield your best performance in terms of throttling and battery life." CreationDate="2016-08-19T19:20:56.390" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8269" PostId="5551" Score="0" Text="@JimThio How about this - tell us what game titles you will be playing with this mouse - list as many as you can. Tell us about what mouse you are replacing, if any, and why it doesn't work for you. Finally, tell us if there are any dealbreakers like sizes, colors, or designs that are just not acceptable to you. That will help us really narrow down the field and get a lot more objective with our answers." CreationDate="2016-08-19T19:26:20.943" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8270" PostId="5558" Score="0" Text="That looks quite interesting. Maybe I will go to the gym more! I can't see the Home/End keys though. http://assets.razerzone.com/eeimages/products/24223/rzrblade14-05.png Actually, I can't even see how you would press them with modifiers either! Weird that a gaming laptop doesn't have a full keyboard." CreationDate="2016-08-19T19:44:24.297" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8276" PostId="5536" Score="1" Text="Are you specifically looking for powered speakers, or is a set-up that includes an amp and speaker wire acceptable, so long as it stays within your budget?" CreationDate="2016-08-20T04:17:36.973" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8277" PostId="5536" Score="0" Text="@cjm I was more looking for powered speakers (just because I figured I'd get a better bang for my buck), but I'm really open to anything under $150 if you know something better" CreationDate="2016-08-20T04:21:31.787" UserId="4107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8278" PostId="189" Score="0" Text="I also want as a prereq, the ability to use the crypto API with it." CreationDate="2016-08-20T06:29:11.110" UserId="4226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8279" PostId="189" Score="0" Text="@Michael That's covered by &quot;driver support&quot;." CreationDate="2016-08-20T07:20:58.800" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8280" PostId="189" Score="0" Text="Not necessarily, some products are offered with drivers that are unsigned - a no option for me. @SEJPM" CreationDate="2016-08-20T07:59:42.310" UserId="4226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8281" PostId="5551" Score="0" Text="Overwatch. The one I am using now is a red mouse by logitech" CreationDate="2016-08-20T08:13:42.940" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8282" PostId="3976" Score="0" Text="It should be noted that I contacted the manufacturer concerning the driver signature and he responded that it's not worth it for them because they mainly target Linux and embedded systems and not Windows." CreationDate="2016-08-20T08:15:35.633" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8283" PostId="189" Score="0" Text="@Michael well, the Gemaltos and the Athenas have signed drivers, only the SC-HSM which actually targets Linux and not Windows doesn't have the proper driver signature." CreationDate="2016-08-20T08:25:03.703" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8288" PostId="900" Score="0" Text="@DamianYerrick The XPS 13 is in fact an 11inch chassis, but the screen somehow has virtually no border. I wouldn't worry about it." CreationDate="2016-08-20T22:26:12.663" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8290" PostId="5559" Score="0" Text="Does it have to be a USB-connected wireless card, or could we replace the built-in card with another mPCI-E card? The issue is that you need MIMO to simultaneously act as an AP and a client, but USB sticks are typically too compact for the antennae to be sufficiently distant from one another, so most companies don't make them, and those that do usually make poorly conceived products." CreationDate="2016-08-21T04:30:49.510" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8291" PostId="5559" Score="0" Text="It's a laptop so I don't know how easy it would be to change an internal card. I can take a look and see if it would be possible." CreationDate="2016-08-21T07:00:25.057" UserId="415" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8292" PostId="5559" Score="0" Text="Look up the *&quot;maintenance manual&quot; for XXX type:pdf* on google, where XXX stands for your laptop's model number." CreationDate="2016-08-21T07:02:36.293" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8293" PostId="5570" Score="0" Text="Have you considered buying a really fast PCI ssd and using it as RAM?" CreationDate="2016-08-21T08:07:20.743" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8294" PostId="5559" Score="0" Text="It does have a mini pci- e WiFi card in it that could be replaced." CreationDate="2016-08-21T15:07:10.940" UserId="415" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8297" PostId="5570" Score="0" Text="If you want to get around this silly on hold problem just specify that you're looking for the cheapest workstation form factor motherboard which can hold 512gb of RAM with a total system cost as low as possible. I mean, it was kinda obvious you were asking for a motherboard since it was your first tag, but whatever, I guess you need to make that an explicit statement in your text." CreationDate="2016-08-21T19:52:07.870" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8298" PostId="5578" Score="0" Text="27,000 hours usage is going on 10 years, assuming 8 hours/day usage. That's... on the limits of credible, and certainly very difficult to find these days." CreationDate="2016-08-21T22:03:14.893" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8299" PostId="5578" Score="0" Text="That's the actual number when I navigate the menu-&gt;information in the Eizo FlexScan S1901 I use from 8 years. Probably it counts screen saver, though 8 hours a day sounds like actual usage anyway ;)" CreationDate="2016-08-21T22:16:43.313" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8301" PostId="5561" Score="0" Text="If the keys were the same size you could switch them and everything could be normal, but they are different sizes meaning you cant. That bugs me! This is surprisingly light for a Lenovo though, which makes it a little bit interesting." CreationDate="2016-08-22T00:57:25.623" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8302" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="@user10853 Have you decided if you'll mark my answer as accepted, or are you still looking for further suggestions?" CreationDate="2016-08-22T05:31:31.540" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8303" PostId="5581" Score="0" Text="Please don't answer questions that have been closed. That defeats the entire purpose of closing them." CreationDate="2016-08-22T08:49:24.033" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8304" PostId="5581" Score="0" Text="Also, at normal visual acuity and field, the resolution of the eye is *way* above the megapixels range. It's 324.648 *giga*pixels." CreationDate="2016-08-22T08:53:45.220" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8305" PostId="5581" Score="0" Text="Please don't comment answers that handle questions that have been closed. That defeats the entire purpose of criticizing them." CreationDate="2016-08-22T09:41:08.303" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8309" PostId="5583" Score="0" Text="Found something that seems close at least, but it only has one review, and it's bad. https://is.gd/1rh5cy" CreationDate="2016-08-22T18:13:12.657" UserId="4239" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8310" PostId="5572" Score="0" Text="How big is too big? 5.5 inches seems the common size now." CreationDate="2016-08-23T07:53:14.103" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8311" PostId="5572" Score="0" Text="Yup, and this fact is driving me mad. I don't know why people are so fond of bricks, especially when most of them also have a tablet. I prefer my cellphone to be handy." CreationDate="2016-08-23T08:09:04.430" UserId="4234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8312" PostId="2038" Score="0" Text="Looks like this one could be good (without 2-3) http://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/hcvr720472087216a-s3-1434.html" CreationDate="2016-08-23T12:08:24.697" UserId="1802" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8313" PostId="5584" Score="1" Text="I doubt you will find something that cheap." CreationDate="2016-08-23T13:39:21.620" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8319" PostId="5592" Score="2" Text="Have you looked at UPSs? They plug into the wall, and have multiple outlets. That way, you can plug other things into them as well, like a modem and wireless router for your internet." CreationDate="2016-08-23T19:12:30.380" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8320" PostId="5592" Score="1" Text="@Cfinley The UPS looks reasonable. The price seems fine too. I will find a good one, and then I'll decide if that's what I'm looking for. Thanks" CreationDate="2016-08-23T19:19:20.460" UserId="4249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8329" PostId="5582" Score="0" Text="When I got my 4k monitor, I found my GeForce 660 did 1440p fine." CreationDate="2016-08-24T02:44:47.547" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8330" PostId="5578" Score="0" Text="Look for monitors that come with colour and consistency reports. My Dell 2715q did - tho it's outside your specifications for resolution... It's UHD. Also a precise price range would be nice." CreationDate="2016-08-24T02:46:58.610" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8332" PostId="5582" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek, with all due respect, that is an anecdotal experience very far out of line with the reality of modern gaming. I own twin GTX 760s and a 1080p screen, and there are definitely struggles with vRAM and bandwidth in that setup. The 960 actually has less bandwidth and half the bus of the 760, and all the special tricks and extra vRAM in the world just can't fix that. Benchmarks show the 960 hitting above its spec weight for sure, but if it's not hitting solid 60fps marks across the board I'm not telling someone it's &quot;good&quot; for that resolution." CreationDate="2016-08-24T04:32:59.713" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8333" PostId="5582" Score="0" Text="As a final note, it's not like I personally care about 60fps. It's just that I've found that when I espouse my personal opinion that 30+ fps is acceptable to me, most people find that standard extremely low. I would wager your experience is probably due to overclocking, playing lower end games, simply having lower standards like I do, or some combination thereof. In general, the assumption goes that a card is &quot;good&quot; at a given resolution if and only if it can hit 60fps average at some arbitrary definition of &quot;max settings,&quot; at least in the minds of the majority of people I've worked with." CreationDate="2016-08-24T04:35:58.207" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8334" PostId="5582" Score="0" Text="Factory OCed currentish games based on Nvidia's recommended settings" CreationDate="2016-08-24T04:40:06.840" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8335" PostId="5582" Score="0" Text="This was last year. I upgraded to a 980ti after that." CreationDate="2016-08-24T04:43:30.143" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8336" PostId="5582" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek There you go then. Nvidia takes resolution into account for recommended settings. Would be interesting to see just how different the settings would be on 1080 vs 1440 if you still have the card laying around." CreationDate="2016-08-24T04:46:24.340" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8337" PostId="880" Score="0" Text="I'm going to ping a friend of mine who works with storage security for info about this, but the wikipedia entry on rowhammer seems to indicate they think they have it licked in DDR4 with TRR technology." CreationDate="2016-08-24T05:21:48.440" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8338" PostId="5582" Score="0" Text="I sold it off to someone who needed a 'temporary' card. He ended up selling his 760 cause apparently my 660 was cooler, quieter and good enough ;p. *Great* card that, and I'd still be using it if I hadn't gone 4k," CreationDate="2016-08-24T05:22:12.883" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8339" PostId="5582" Score="0" Text="The 660 and 760 were both great cards. My SLI setup, OCd, beats the 780ti in some games, like Witcher 3." CreationDate="2016-08-24T05:23:52.210" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8343" PostId="5559" Score="0" Text="Some manufacturers lock down what wifi cards you can use. It's worth checking if the manufacturer has a whitelist." CreationDate="2016-08-24T08:14:59.570" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8356" PostId="880" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes: I heard (but don't have a citation handy) at least one researcher claimed they'd found rowhammer-vulnerable DDR4." CreationDate="2016-08-24T15:48:59.593" UserId="724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8357" PostId="880" Score="1" Text="I will say that given my understanding of the problem's cause and the nature of memory marketing, I'm inclined to be highly skeptical of claims that they have this one solved. EMI is a devilishly hard problem to overcome. I used to work at a place that installed robots next to particle accelerators. You can guess they found out real fast about memory errors of all kinds..." CreationDate="2016-08-24T15:52:01.457" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8372" PostId="5602" Score="0" Text="I don't fully understand the issue with the Flex 2 and Tab 3: why is it harder to draw line on them than on the Surface? And what do you mean by switching instrument? If you mean switching the current tool of OneNote, I'm affraid that it's not an hardware issue but a software one: the OneNote Android's app is like it is. If you want a OneNote app like the one installed on the surface, you'd better go for a Windows tab. But I'm unsure of what I understood so I'll wait for your comment before writing an answer." CreationDate="2016-08-25T14:28:01.563" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8375" PostId="4320" Score="0" Text="Do you have a laptop or desktop?  I sometimes just go to endless Youtube and put on a video of thunderstorms. I'm sure there exists a white noise video.  Just shut the face of laptop or turn off your desktop's monitor and let the sound play.  With a  laptop you can plug it in across the room and turn up the speakers to where you can hear it but it isn't too loud.  With a desktop if it's in the same room you are sleeping, the same principle applies." CreationDate="2016-08-25T17:14:10.097" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8379" PostId="5606" Score="0" Text="What is the bitrate on the camera feeds individually, and what kind of processing/storage, if any are you doing on these feeds? Also, what is the current strain on your system when doing the work?" CreationDate="2016-08-25T18:50:37.113" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8381" PostId="5606" Score="0" Text="I'd also like to add, do you have any sort of budget?" CreationDate="2016-08-25T20:01:26.073" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8383" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="I haven't until now. It seems the only option available that satisfies my requirements + being a mechanical keyboard. I also ordered a bluetooth mouse to go with it. I'll update my question + get back to you when I receive it." CreationDate="2016-08-25T20:19:12.887" UserId="1371" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8385" PostId="5606" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes Bitrate would typically be around 600-800kbps. This feed will be routed to the central server (CPU /IC) which will then stream it on my android phone via internet. Also, I want to do some speech recognition and image recognition (not to a great detail). Also I am not planning to store video feeds. just streaming it. My current problem is, my laptop is needed when I want to run this system." CreationDate="2016-08-25T22:01:19.373" UserId="4269" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8386" PostId="5606" Score="0" Text="I want to make it self-dependent in terms of hardware and processing, and I don't want to invest in another full-fledged laptop or PC system (also want to keep it to small size like wifi router or similar). That's why I am looking for minimilist processing unit without much compromising on processing power." CreationDate="2016-08-25T22:01:23.427" UserId="4269" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8387" PostId="5606" Score="0" Text="@ElBromista I am looking something within 150 $. But, can extend budget a bit. Also, this budget only includes processor/IC and SSD / SD card for memory." CreationDate="2016-08-25T22:03:00.957" UserId="4269" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8388" PostId="5608" Score="0" Text="I just noticed you are using OpenCV, sorry. If that's true it might be worth it to get an Athlon 5370 and board instead, as this would allow you to use the relatively powerful AMD GPU on that 5370 to accelerate your OpenCV work via OpenCL." CreationDate="2016-08-25T23:16:20.097" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8390" PostId="5510" Score="0" Text="I thought DP 1.3, but not DP 1.2, can support 4k@120Hz. I haven't seen any DP 1.3 monitors or cables, though. Even if those exist, the only monitor that can do 4k@120Hz is that Dell OLED monitor for $5000 that was presented last year, but never made it to the market." CreationDate="2016-08-26T01:18:52.743" UserId="4132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8391" PostId="5510" Score="0" Text="My bad. I got confused with the version numbers, which is annoying cause I got it right in the comments." CreationDate="2016-08-26T01:40:36.933" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8392" PostId="5609" Score="0" Text="Not sure where exactly in the internet to ask this. I know it's even sort of a silly curiosity, as tiny color LCDs are super cheap to get on Alibaba, but still." CreationDate="2016-08-26T03:07:10.607" UserId="4272" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8393" PostId="5609" Score="0" Text="Not that refresh would be high enough for gaming, but e-ink displays are kinda what you're looking for, right?" CreationDate="2016-08-26T03:26:58.543" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8394" PostId="5609" Score="0" Text="Well there's those high res, greyscale medical screens by companies like barco, but I'm PRETTY sure those arn't what you're looking for either" CreationDate="2016-08-26T06:07:33.580" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8395" PostId="4316" Score="0" Text="this feels super broad" CreationDate="2016-08-26T06:09:03.613" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8400" PostId="5608" Score="0" Text="Thanks Adam. I will try it and get back to this thread in case I come up with some questions later.For now, I will mark it as answered." CreationDate="2016-08-26T15:11:04.727" UserId="4269" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8401" PostId="5602" Score="0" Text="The Flex 2 is very awkward to write on since the touchscreen can't lie flat on a desk. This second point goes for both; when I write on the screen in OneNote using any stylus the screen seems to stop registering the input intermittently so my bad handwriting is made even worse." CreationDate="2016-08-26T15:14:36.697" UserId="2393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8402" PostId="5611" Score="0" Text="Based on the originating site, I assume you want this for the Pi and not a standard dashcam, correct? I've added the raspberry pi tag on that assumption." CreationDate="2016-08-26T16:16:53.653" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8404" PostId="5612" Score="0" Text="Do you play games on this system? If so, what games? Your old card should be good enough for your needs, unless you are planning on playing modern VR games." CreationDate="2016-08-26T20:23:31.463" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8405" PostId="459" Score="0" Text="You may be interested in Intel's Active Management Technology, the Management Engine and the vPro brand. Using a vPro mainboard with a vPro CPU should pretty much do what you need." CreationDate="2016-08-26T22:11:45.750" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8407" PostId="459" Score="0" Text="Teamviewer can be configured to automatically reconnect after power cycle but I think it has to reboot to the same operating environment." CreationDate="2016-08-26T23:17:06.537" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8409" PostId="459" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM: I'm familiar with the technology, I just haven't seen it in any reasonably-priced motherboards (ie. last time I checked, they were all way more than $100+ more than anything I'd consider for home use)." CreationDate="2016-08-27T03:45:44.370" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8410" PostId="459" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes: TeamViewer has no advantage over VNC or RDP.  It also doesn't help when you 1. can't boot the OS, 2. want to reinstall the OS, or 3. want to switch which one boots without messing with the configuration every time.  For example, I have an ASUS mobo that no matter what I do, forgets which drive I set it to boot from about 50% of the time when it restarts.  It's very annoying to have to go into the closet with a screen and keyboard to reset the BIOS every time the power fails or updates get run.  Yes I could get a new mobo, but again, another $100." CreationDate="2016-08-27T03:51:23.147" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8411" PostId="459" Score="0" Text="@James yes I know, that's why I made it a comment and not an answer. that's also why I literally said what you did, just in fewer words." CreationDate="2016-08-27T05:07:40.270" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8412" PostId="5609" Score="0" Text="Oh, those are very nice! But no, I mean just really cheap tiny LCDs that you would find in an old cell phone, just instead of color, they allow you to display a range of grays, not just black or white." CreationDate="2016-08-27T15:03:02.777" UserId="4272" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8414" PostId="5621" Score="0" Text="have you tried messing around with speedfan yet? I've never had any luck with it but then again I wasn't very dedicated to the concept." CreationDate="2016-08-27T22:17:21.950" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8415" PostId="5617" Score="0" Text="This question will be closed so long as it is about whether or not this card can connect to your router; that's a technical support question. Reword it so that it is about what internal wifi card using a PCIe connector would be the *best* choice given your router." CreationDate="2016-08-27T22:19:13.413" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8416" PostId="5621" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes Yeah, sadly SpeedFan doesn't seem to detect any of my mainboard fan ports at all :/" CreationDate="2016-08-27T22:23:17.153" UserId="4284" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8421" PostId="5629" Score="0" Text="Most modern laptops use sata or M.2, sata is z height/2.5 inch . Without more information its impossible to tell what you need. You might also have msata in slightly older boxen" CreationDate="2016-08-28T13:40:21.200" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8422" PostId="5625" Score="0" Text="I think if I drop the HDD to the caddy and have an SSD as main storage can improve the performance. I have read a couple of review on that combination. but I am not sure about its performance because of heat and maybe power consumption. what I have in my mind is to install a 240GB SSD and have 1TB HDD installed in a caddy." CreationDate="2016-08-28T16:35:54.833" UserId="2512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8423" PostId="5625" Score="0" Text="Just my two cents - keep the HDD in its normal space and put the SSD in the caddy. SSDs are much more heat and vibration tolerant than HDDs." CreationDate="2016-08-28T17:53:20.100" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8424" PostId="5629" Score="0" Text="Attach a link or a picture of the item you are trying to buy to make it easier for us to help." CreationDate="2016-08-28T14:57:28.383" UserId="4057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8425" PostId="5635" Score="3" Text="Heya! Sorry to report we don't do tech support questions here at Hardware Recommendations. If you would like, please make this a question about what kind of computer system we would recommend for your molecular dynamics simulations. You can use the system you've speculatively kitted out above as a guideline for us in terms of budget and design." CreationDate="2016-08-28T21:51:18.327" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8426" PostId="5636" Score="0" Text="is there a motherboard that supports nvidia tegra x1? what about a board allowing several chips on it?" CreationDate="2016-08-29T00:14:24.390" UserId="4287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8427" PostId="5636" Score="0" Text="You know about the famous tegra k1 dev board right? It has no standard RAM slots but I do believe it has a sata port. And no, you can't have two socket boards yet. AMD skybridge intended to do that but I do not know project status for that now" CreationDate="2016-08-29T00:21:05.163" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8428" PostId="5626" Score="0" Text="There's no 'system' standard for arm as there is for x86 PCs - essentially every single arm system you would buy on the market has its OS built specifically for it. There's supposed to be a standard Arm Server Platform as of 2014 but I have not seen it yet." CreationDate="2016-08-29T00:23:14.010" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8429" PostId="5636" Score="0" Text="I'm pretty sure skybridge got killed off, and they focused completely on a puire x86 zen. I wonder if via have anything like this" CreationDate="2016-08-29T00:35:01.680" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8430" PostId="5636" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Via *should* as it would instantly make them competitive, but to hear Keller tell it skybridge was &quot;difficult&quot; and that's coming from the mastermind of K8, A7, and Zen." CreationDate="2016-08-29T00:39:08.450" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8433" PostId="5636" Score="0" Text="And not worth it. That said, most x86 processors spend a relatively small amount of transistors on x86 instructions, and in theory you could swap that out for arm, keeping the other blocks the same. In practice neither of the smaller x86 makers via or amd have succeeded, despite trying." CreationDate="2016-08-29T01:06:01.083" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8434" PostId="5636" Score="0" Text="What I have HEARD - and I'm not going to go out and find the source on this, but just to feed the rumor-mill - is that Socket AM4 will have ARM parts which work on it. That would mean no concurrent x86 AFAIK, but it would kinda be in line with what we're discussing." CreationDate="2016-08-29T01:09:01.357" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8435" PostId="5631" Score="0" Text="UHD causes a lot of problems, but most scaling issues can be fixed in some way. It's not a massive setback in my opinion." CreationDate="2016-08-29T06:37:10.053" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8436" PostId="5638" Score="1" Text="I think this question is better suited for [Superuser.com](http://superuser.com/help/on-topic) considering their scope. You are not searching for a new product, you want technical support. :) Therefore I'll flag this question as off-topic." CreationDate="2016-08-29T12:21:35.993" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8439" PostId="5635" Score="1" Text="I would recommend you edit your question as such, pick a component you absolutely want to keep.  Then ask a question framed around that component.  Example: I am buying the Intel Xeon E5-2683. I am looking for a compatible motherboard for this processor and my budget is $$$.  What motherboard do you recommend? Just a quick tip, socket type on the CPU is important to matching a compatible motherboard.  If your motherboard you are dead set on is socket LGA2011, then your CPU needs to be socket type 2011." CreationDate="2016-08-29T15:48:38.607" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8440" PostId="5641" Score="0" Text="Have you tried their router selector? http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/prod/routers/cisco-router-selector/index.html" CreationDate="2016-08-29T17:38:26.977" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8441" PostId="5641" Score="0" Text="I have but jargon confuses be after a while. The RV series is the only one that clearly states it's a dual router. Is there another terminology I should be looking for? I called their 800 number but naturally got no help because I was a &quot;Cisco&quot; partner." CreationDate="2016-08-29T18:52:23.777" UserId="4300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8442" PostId="5642" Score="1" Text="We need LOTs more information. We need to know the model of the NICs, the motherboard, and the FPGAs. We also need to know what is being transmitted and by what protocols, via what operating system." CreationDate="2016-08-30T01:57:05.947" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8444" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="you linked me to an entire product lineup." CreationDate="2016-08-30T05:27:58.460" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8448" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="@Adam Wykes  NIC: Intel E1G44ET Gigabit Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter 1000Mbps[link](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106038)                                    motherboard: ASMB-813[link](http://my.advantech.com/Product/Model_Detail.aspx?model_no=ASMB-813)   Protocol used : MAC       whats being transmitted: vector graphics data  &#xA;whats connected to the FPGA:88E1111 [link](http://www.marvell.com/transceivers/assets/Marvell-Alaska-Ultra-88E1111-GbE.pdf) &#xA;CPU: i7 5930K/5960X  32GB DDR4" CreationDate="2016-08-30T05:56:05.683" UserId="4302" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8449" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="sorry! had to edit multiple times to get it right @AdamWykes" CreationDate="2016-08-30T05:56:49.797" UserId="4302" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8450" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="OK, and which of those hardwares are you looking for us to make a recommendation on?" CreationDate="2016-08-30T06:16:03.620" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8451" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes probably the motherboard. I wanna know if it can take 12 GigE adapters(4-port card x 3) working at full speed. I already know there are enough slots." CreationDate="2016-08-30T06:18:20.727" UserId="4302" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8452" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="We don't do technical support, but we can recommend a motherboard for you to use. Would you like me to edit your question so that it is asking for a motherboard that can do what you need within a certain budget?" CreationDate="2016-08-30T06:19:35.503" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8453" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes Yes. But I'm kinda limited to an advantech motherboard. And budget is not realy an issue." CreationDate="2016-08-30T06:22:41.780" UserId="4302" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8454" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="OK, you're better off contacting Advantech and asking them for technical support. Having worked with Advantech in my past job, I can tell you that they are pretty good at support. You should close this question as it's not really on-topic." CreationDate="2016-08-30T06:23:26.233" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8455" PostId="5642" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I was gonna. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-08-30T06:24:42.453" UserId="4302" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8456" PostId="5628" Score="0" Text="I don't know if a true sine wave output UPS is actually needed because of Active PFC, but I *really* don't think that all four criteria you listed can be met. You can probably find something that meets the three criteria except for the price, though, but I really doubt you will be able to find *any* true sine wave output UPS in your desired price range, and I can't imagine that you will find any true sine wave output UPS with that kind of power capability in your desired price range." CreationDate="2016-08-30T08:08:26.633" UserId="496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8458" PostId="5647" Score="0" Text="It does not look like you are asking for a specific recommendation, and unfortunately we cannot answer this question here. Unless you ask a manufacturer directly, most answers that you will get will be speculation." CreationDate="2016-08-30T17:37:35.807" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8459" PostId="5647" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this question is asking for technical details of why something isn't made a certain way." CreationDate="2016-08-30T17:43:48.887" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8460" PostId="5647" Score="0" Text="I'm clearly asking &quot;if there is any such smartphone available which I'm not aware of please inform me&quot;" CreationDate="2016-08-30T17:54:04.907" UserId="4311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8461" PostId="5647" Score="0" Text="Do you have any other requirements, or is it just the screen ratio has to be 90% or higher?" CreationDate="2016-08-30T18:01:20.367" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8462" PostId="5647" Score="0" Text="No. i just need it to look futuristic. with maximum Screen-to-Body ratio. not specifically 90% or more. but maximum possible to date." CreationDate="2016-08-30T18:04:39.057" UserId="4311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8463" PostId="5647" Score="1" Text="You should rephrase this question then. The moderators will almost certainly close this question as off-topic.  List a specific set of requirements that you are looking for in the question.  Then ask what phone you should buy with your budget." CreationDate="2016-08-30T18:19:41.163" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8464" PostId="5647" Score="0" Text="Thanks I'll edit it right now." CreationDate="2016-08-30T18:23:04.990" UserId="4311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8465" PostId="5653" Score="0" Text="This is going to be extremely expensive because it is plainly designed for an industrial application, not retail." CreationDate="2016-08-31T05:30:27.147" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8466" PostId="5652" Score="1" Text="I'm putting my solution here, not as an answer, because I don't think your best solution lies in a single router. You can still upvote this comment if you like it. My solution is to have you buy a standard car DC to AC inverter if your car doesn't have one built in, then plug a standard retail wireless router with USB filehosting into that, and then configure your router to use its wifi to get the external connection - use OpenWRT on it if necessary - a 4G hotpot modem or one of your 4G-connected phones in tethering mode. I do this in my van and it is the cheapest way I've found to do it." CreationDate="2016-08-31T05:34:20.427" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8468" PostId="5652" Score="0" Text="Sounds great Adam.  I've modified the question so that you can make your comment an answer.  Cheers!" CreationDate="2016-08-31T06:07:22.317" UserId="4318" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8470" PostId="5651" Score="0" Text="Why is it off-topic as technical support request? At least, requirements are too-broad (price, intended usage etc.) but here the OP is clearly asking for a eGPU via Thunderbolt for its MacOS X Macbook pro. @Aidan Miles: Have you looked the BizonBox's solution?" CreationDate="2016-08-31T14:12:55.893" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8471" PostId="5651" Score="0" Text="Yeah, definitely not trying to ask for technical support, though I can understand if this is too broad. The BizonBox suggestion is a good one, and should help me clarify my question." CreationDate="2016-08-31T18:58:19.683" UserId="4312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8472" PostId="5658" Score="0" Text="If anyone can give me a name for what I called thing-a-ma-jig or similar in this post, please share it with me. (Feel free to edit accordingly directly, no need to hold back.)" CreationDate="2016-08-31T23:02:19.447" UserId="4326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8475" PostId="5658" Score="0" Text="You shouldn't need an adapter thing-a-ma-jig. Both PSUs are standardized as ATX. At least 2 screw holes should line up and in my opinion, that should suffice." CreationDate="2016-09-01T04:39:40.547" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8476" PostId="5658" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS That doesn’t work. I can’t line up more than one." CreationDate="2016-09-01T07:57:31.580" UserId="4326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8477" PostId="5651" Score="1" Text="Well in the current phrasing of your question, you do ask for technical-support here: &quot;Can I safely assume that the ones listed as Mac-friendly will work with Mac OSX?&quot; just rephrase your question saying something like that : &quot;I want a eGPU for my Macbook [precise your macbook here] [precise the intended usage here]. As an exemple of what I want, I found these products [kickstarter / bizonbox] but they seems to be limited to windows&quot;. Still the same question behind, but different phrasing that will please moderators." CreationDate="2016-09-01T08:37:24.270" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8481" PostId="5647" Score="0" Text="Could you please add what OS you want, color, budget, and storage capacity? I think if you narrow it down, your question will be reopened as on topic.  Having unlimited budget is an acceptable requirement. Also, please try to edit your question to fix some grammatical issues." CreationDate="2016-09-01T17:10:13.227" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8482" PostId="5574" Score="1" Text="It works great. I had to buy a bracket to mount the half-mini pci-e card in a full-mini pci-e slot but that's no problem." CreationDate="2016-09-01T17:58:30.923" UserId="415" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8486" PostId="48" Score="0" Text="If you want a very low end smartphone to test how the app would perform with restrained resources, you could probably get an old smartphone for free, like a Samsung Galaxy S2. You could also get a newer one with cracked screen off eBay or Craigslist. In both cases you would have to peek around to see which models are available under the conditions." CreationDate="2016-09-01T20:24:45.180" UserId="2187" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8488" PostId="5660" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because [asking where to buy something is off-topic here](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/543/1)." CreationDate="2016-09-02T03:19:04.557" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8489" PostId="5658" Score="0" Text="Alternatively, you could drill you own holes, since the holes in the case don't need to be threaded, the PSU itself should have threaded holes." CreationDate="2016-09-02T04:33:15.183" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8494" PostId="5658" Score="0" Text="With the close reason I get why this is bad. Thanks for pointing me. I personally wouldn’t have considered SU a good place to ask this question." CreationDate="2016-09-02T08:19:43.523" UserId="4326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8497" PostId="5658" Score="0" Text="I'm not exactly sure this is a very good fit for SU either. Our chat users might have some ideas but this is an odd fit for our site." CreationDate="2016-09-02T10:30:05.417" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8498" PostId="5647" Score="0" Text="Check [Great screen-to-body ratio phones](http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Display/Great+screen-to-body+ratio)" CreationDate="2016-09-02T12:47:26.520" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8500" PostId="5665" Score="0" Text="Please modify your question for which product to buy.  This isn't a tech support forum.  Your question will be closed by the mods.  Just giving you fair warning. Please post to the superuser stackexchange if this question doesn't already exist there." CreationDate="2016-09-02T17:05:57.090" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8501" PostId="5664" Score="0" Text="I'd personally would go with this one, Mainly because it's a bit more &quot;self-contained&quot;. The Intel has a faster overall processor speed and front side bus (a bit more processing capability). I'm also a bit of a stickler for Intel CPUs." CreationDate="2016-09-03T07:23:39.597" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8502" PostId="5670" Score="0" Text="What do you plan on using the workstation for? E.g. video rendering, calculating trajectories, data mining, encryption etc..." CreationDate="2016-09-03T17:19:47.027" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8503" PostId="5670" Score="0" Text="As it stands, your question is pretty broad. There many different Xeon chips differing in processing power, power consumption, support of various hardware (e.g. USB 3.0) etc... Could you narrow it down a bit?" CreationDate="2016-09-03T17:26:12.407" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8504" PostId="5670" Score="0" Text="image treatment (photoshop), Video rendering, 3d rendering, encryption, mathematic algorithms, sql database analysis, usb3 and sata3 needed, and a nice pci express port for quadro graphic card, and windows 10 support" CreationDate="2016-09-03T17:45:32.183" UserId="4349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8505" PostId="5670" Score="0" Text="I guess i need many cores, and single core high frequency" CreationDate="2016-09-03T17:47:47.063" UserId="4349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8506" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="I've been using it for a couple of days. It is what I was searching for. Two downsides: performance lags with bluetooth &amp; blue switches are not suitable for office work. I would up-vote but can't. I really don't get how one would down vote your answer. Thanks" CreationDate="2016-09-03T20:09:42.013" UserId="1371" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8507" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="Blues and Greens are clicky. Not good if you have to share an office or talk on the phone when you type. Super enjoyable otherwise." CreationDate="2016-09-03T22:57:10.540" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8508" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="aha. This keyboard is being offered in blue &amp; black switches. How does the black compare to the blue?" CreationDate="2016-09-04T00:28:46.597" UserId="1371" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8509" PostId="5498" Score="0" Text="I don't have any personal experience with black switches, but they are heavier than Blues, quiet, and linear (so they're smooth all the way down, rather than having an obvious point you can feel to indicate the key was pressed)" CreationDate="2016-09-04T00:31:47.973" UserId="1675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8510" PostId="4383" Score="2" Text="Since OP's motherboard is listed [here](http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database) as supporting up to 140W TDP, upgrading to a 220W CPU may not be the best of ideas. Also, as the others have mentioned, Pascal and Polaris have been released, so a Maxwell GPU is a dubious upgrade." CreationDate="2016-09-04T04:56:54.953" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8511" PostId="5667" Score="0" Text="This system isn't expandable, proprietary and enclosed for a vendor with a sparse choice of smart-devices. You should forever use their app and their devices without any API. There exist a lot of known ZigBee or WiFi alternatives for just 10$, even ZWave devices pricing is very close (at least there'is an abundant smart-hardware offer)." CreationDate="2016-09-04T06:11:26.353" UserId="4253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8512" PostId="5667" Score="0" Text="You should probably post those devices as either an answer to your own question or as part of your question explaining why you know of them but are looking for something better." CreationDate="2016-09-04T06:13:48.530" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8515" PostId="5667" Score="0" Text="I tried to post an info about the system I want to build at the end, but the moderator forbidden this way as &quot;too broad.&quot; Thanks for your help. No, I haven't an answer. ZWave has a lack of API (never see it), so inflexible as TP-Link, pricing is close, choice is wider. Ready ZigBee as Xiaomy is cheap and easy, but I never tried their devices, in theory this is an open protocol, and you can control the devices from your own web server. However, at Uncle Lao's practice problems are very possible." CreationDate="2016-09-04T06:23:37.850" UserId="4253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8517" PostId="5670" Score="0" Text="It is not illegal to own ES chips. It is against Intel's EULA to sell them. I own and use an Intel W3680 ES in my main rig. It is very stable and seems to perform at or slightly above par (I have it OC'd by about 700mhz)." CreationDate="2016-09-04T06:46:22.690" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8520" PostId="5664" Score="0" Text="This is a decent choice, but it is for a commercial application, so it could get harder to find &quot;older&quot; thin clients reliably." CreationDate="2016-09-04T13:25:02.383" UserId="4336" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8521" PostId="5676" Score="0" Text="I see you've managed to end up with two accounts. If you use the 'contact us' link at the bottom of the page and select 'I need to merge user profiles', the staff team can merge the two accounts together so that all your posts appear under one account." CreationDate="2016-09-04T18:17:32.603" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8522" PostId="5667" Score="0" Text="if it helps, there are many successful examples of people working with these smart outlets on GitHub. I'm not surprised, given how standardized they are. Proprietary or not, they shouldn't be too difficult to integrate into other systems." CreationDate="2016-09-04T22:17:35.793" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8523" PostId="5664" Score="0" Text="@BartFriederichs please note that you need this for a commercial application in your question. My answer is perfect for your question as it stands, but not as you meant it to be." CreationDate="2016-09-04T22:19:00.477" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8524" PostId="5621" Score="0" Text="@Cobra_Fast I've also had that issue, you could check your BIOS. But fan &quot;controllability&quot; can vary from BIOS to BIOS." CreationDate="2016-09-04T23:32:00.857" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8525" PostId="5621" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS Yeah, the onboard fan controller won't go lower than 40%, I'm also not sure if it can handle fan splitters." CreationDate="2016-09-05T02:03:59.480" UserId="4284" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8526" PostId="5621" Score="0" Text="@Cobra_Fast Hmm... I think on board fan power supports 1 amp 12V (12W), usually, you should double check." CreationDate="2016-09-05T02:56:57.760" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8527" PostId="5667" Score="0" Text="Wykers Got an gitHub example link? Even the largest [Openhab]https://github.com/openhab/openhab/wiki project haven't their devices in bindings." CreationDate="2016-09-05T04:43:53.203" UserId="4253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8531" PostId="5664" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I agree, I updated my question. Still, your solution isn't really small, which is what was in my original question." CreationDate="2016-09-05T07:34:41.790" UserId="4336" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8532" PostId="5664" Score="0" Text="It's pretty small compared to most machines. Did you consider that asking for a &quot;small&quot; computer isn't really giving anyone the sense that you'd be a stickler on the size? If you need a certain dimension just say so." CreationDate="2016-09-05T08:44:28.770" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8534" PostId="5667" Score="0" Text="@Les here's another implementation: https://github.com/natefox/tplink-hs100" CreationDate="2016-09-05T08:53:28.407" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8535" PostId="5667" Score="0" Text="@Les and here's an API under active development for this plug: https://github.com/plasticrake/hs100-api" CreationDate="2016-09-05T08:54:49.793" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8540" PostId="5675" Score="0" Text="Not an answer, but If half the pcie bandwidth is still better than SATA3, then I'd go with the flexibility of adding more ram dimms (even higher capacity dimms), especially if I am running VMs of some sort. Is M2 the only storage option on 7470? Do you have the option of adding a secondary storage drive?" CreationDate="2016-09-06T01:33:28.123" UserId="4100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8542" PostId="5671" Score="0" Text="I see the following reason for this question being on hold &quot; _the site is here to provide pre-purchase hardware recommendations and to recommend hardware for a specific task, rather than to support existing devices_ &quot;. I don't see how I'm not asking for pre-purchase hardware recommendation when I said I'm considering the GTX 750 Ti, also I have explained the specific task (Accelerating the android emulator and casual gaming) what am I missing. How else is this off topic" CreationDate="2016-09-06T05:27:05.060" UserId="4346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8543" PostId="5682" Score="1" Text="Would more cores help the batch job? (eg does the task manager show 100% CPU utilization during the batch job?) What's your budget?" CreationDate="2016-09-06T08:56:53.070" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8544" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Also: Do you prefer a desktop machine or a laptop and which form factor?" CreationDate="2016-09-06T09:05:22.773" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8545" PostId="5667" Score="0" Text="I'd been searching for a whole vendor devices' class, this is why." CreationDate="2016-09-06T09:14:33.870" UserId="4253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8546" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Hello, Yes. CPU and RAM utlilization is very high but it might also be because I make priority &quot;Real Time&quot; and don't do anything else on it while batch is running.&#xA;I am fine with Desktop too. I don't need the mobility. Problem is that stores have stopped keeping Desktops these days. I will have to get it assmebled from not so trustworthy vendors. I am not sure what is Form Factor but googled it and found it to be PCI-Express Half-MiniCard. I am in India. My budget is Rs 30-40k ($450-600). One usually gets a core I5 branded Laptop with 4GB/8GB RAM and 500 GB-1TB HDD in that amount." CreationDate="2016-09-06T09:31:23.450" UserId="4374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8547" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="How much disk storage do you need (500GB again?). With form-factor I meant &quot;how large do you want the machine to be?&quot;" CreationDate="2016-09-06T09:37:40.520" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8549" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Hello SEJPM. 500 GB is sufficient. If it helps my database to run faster which I doubt, I don't mind 1 TB either. Since mobility is not a concern, I have no size constraint." CreationDate="2016-09-06T10:32:37.003" UserId="4374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8550" PostId="5682" Score="2" Text="What are those batch jobs *doing* that takes so long? Knowing that might help answerers." CreationDate="2016-09-06T11:28:01.727" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8551" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="I can't give a full recommendation, but something like the Intel Core i5-6500 paired with a 500GB HDD and 4GB RAM should do the trick." CreationDate="2016-09-06T11:32:47.283" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8552" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="ArtofCode, They do stock analytics..." CreationDate="2016-09-06T11:40:39.010" UserId="4374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8553" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Thank You SEJPM, But would a laptop survive this kind of workload. They just keep going bad every 2 years or so. I am on my 3rd lappie in 6 years and this one also seems on its deathbed" CreationDate="2016-09-06T11:47:53.437" UserId="4374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8554" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="The Intel Core i5 6500 is a desktop CPU. With proper cooling (water maybe?) and appropriate cleaning / an appropriate case (because of dust) it should work. If you want a _really_ relieable solution, this is gonna cost more money and would involve Xeon CPUs (E3s should do here) and ECC RAM, but I _think_ this is maybe beyond your budget (I didn't actually check the numbers though)" CreationDate="2016-09-06T12:13:52.017" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8555" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Thank You SEJPM. Yes, Xeon is beyond budget for now. May be the next time. I will explore Intel Core i5 6500. Thank again." CreationDate="2016-09-06T12:22:45.960" UserId="4374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8556" PostId="5677" Score="0" Text="If the soft you use allows to playback your mic (without activating the windows option) then you can install the audio driver &quot;ASIO4ALL&quot;. This driver allows to reduce to almost nothing latency (I often use it to record some instruments with Adobe Audition). By the way, my headset+mic has a builtin sidetone which is quite useful. Another solution might be to left the &quot;listen to this device&quot; unchecked and go to your headset audio output properties and depending on your machine, you might find a mic level that you can set. Not an answer but looking for a software solution before buying anything." CreationDate="2016-09-06T12:59:36.680" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8559" PostId="5685" Score="1" Text="What kind of budget do you have? Are you going to run Ethernet between your garage and house?" CreationDate="2016-09-07T00:54:47.640" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8560" PostId="5685" Score="0" Text="Do you have the ability to plug in a nearby low-power fan to blow on it? Serious question." CreationDate="2016-09-07T02:22:19.397" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8565" PostId="5685" Score="0" Text="Could you mount a wifi router outside the garage directly under the eaves?" CreationDate="2016-09-07T06:55:13.353" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8569" PostId="5685" Score="0" Text="Small budget, I can buy a new AP, but lets just say I'm not buying Cisco.  It will be fed by ethernet.  A fan would be an option if there's not a line of heat-tolerant equipment." CreationDate="2016-09-07T12:25:41.563" UserId="4380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8570" PostId="5685" Score="0" Text="In any case, I would keep it as low to the ground as possible without putting it at risk for flooding. The higher in your shed it goes, the hotter it will be." CreationDate="2016-09-07T19:38:27.480" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8572" PostId="5682" Score="1" Text="So doing stock analysis, is largely consuming CPU AND RAM as you mentioned. Do you know if you are swapping to the disk and hence suffering for prolonged job completion time? What OS is this and is it really doing nothing else while doing the stock analysis. How large is the data size that you are dealing with? If you are dealing with large amounts of dAta and you are keen on reducing the IO, you should also invest in an solid state drive, besides the CPU and RAM." CreationDate="2016-09-07T22:31:58.657" UserId="4100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8575" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Hello yetdot. OS is Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit. Yes. I ensure that nothing else happens when batch is running. The database would be about 20-25 GB. To counter 10 GB limit of SQL Express per db, I have to delete/move intermediate data. I am also exploring porting my software to Db2 Express or PostgreSQL to counter SQL Server Express limitations. Yes, SSD will help. It increases my cost by 20-25% but it still might be worth it." CreationDate="2016-09-08T08:54:37.553" UserId="4374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8577" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="So, one thing you should look at, besides the hardware is whether or not the queries that you are running against this DB are optimal or not. IMHO, if the queries are indeed not optimal, then query tuning and hardware upgrade should go hand in hand, else the purchase of the hardware is merely going to move the problem few blocks up the road, especially if you are considering going to a database vendor which allows you to avoid the 10gb limit." CreationDate="2016-09-08T11:46:04.567" UserId="4100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8584" PostId="130" Score="1" Text="Microsoft interface devices are generally very good. I was sad to see my Intellimouse 3.0 finally bite the dust." CreationDate="2016-09-08T20:59:15.157" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8592" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Yes, you are right. DB/Queries have had a fair number of rounds to be reasonably close to peak efficiency. Will have another few rounds after hardware/software upgrade." CreationDate="2016-09-09T14:17:04.770" UserId="4374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8596" PostId="31" Score="0" Text="So are you willing to put stuff together to build something that would fit your requirements, or are you interested in turnkey solutions only?" CreationDate="2016-09-10T01:58:58.567" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8597" PostId="5708" Score="1" Text="If light weight isn't an issue, would you be open to portable desktop solutions?" CreationDate="2016-09-10T02:01:49.903" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8598" PostId="5707" Score="0" Text="You might be able to hide it inside the dash somewhere if you had time to pop that open and could use an extension cable to run it back from the ODB-II port, but yeah, that's kind of a dealbreaker isn't it? I mean that part of the care is usually highly visible to its driver." CreationDate="2016-09-10T02:45:56.270" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8599" PostId="31" Score="1" Text="@AdamWykes - Well I'm not in the prototyping business.  But if there's something better than the kludges of existing products outlined in the question then I would be interested." CreationDate="2016-09-10T13:31:19.673" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8600" PostId="5707" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes - Most people don't know what an OBD port is, or where it is in their cars.  As an added measure of protection a splitter sounds like a great idea: As long as an OBD device can be plugged in where the jack is supposed to be I doubt even repair/service technicians would notice that there's a split leading to concealed device, or that they would consider it noteworthy." CreationDate="2016-09-10T13:34:57.457" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8601" PostId="2123" Score="0" Text="Probably not the best idea, but you could custom make a chassis, either out of metal or wood." CreationDate="2016-09-10T16:43:42.600" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8603" PostId="5708" Score="1" Text="@AdamWykes I agree, if your budget and weight preferences aren't prohibitive, I would most certainly recommend portable desktop solutions." CreationDate="2016-09-10T19:30:42.553" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8604" PostId="5709" Score="0" Text="I'd personally go with Dell's Precision, their business products are quite reputable." CreationDate="2016-09-10T19:31:47.857" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8607" PostId="5636" Score="0" Text="The market price of `MP30-AR0` was close to $1000 a piece - still wondering why it has not become more popular?" CreationDate="2016-09-10T22:23:28.547" UserId="4421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8610" PostId="5713" Score="0" Text="Asking if X processor is too weak qualifies as tech support, which we don't deal with here. However, you've got a good basis for a recommendation request here - instead of asking &quot;is X too weak&quot;, if you ask &quot;I want an Ubuntu laptop with plenty of RAM and an SSD&quot;, then we can recommend something that fits your requirements." CreationDate="2016-09-11T16:40:23.447" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8611" PostId="5713" Score="0" Text="Strangely, Superuser told me to come here!" CreationDate="2016-09-11T23:59:01.163" UserId="4424" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8612" PostId="5715" Score="0" Text="I've installed SSDs on motherboards as old as a core 2 duo from 2007. *anything* modern would do AHCI. or even NVMe over m.2 .  What sort of budget is budget? What parts do you intend to reuse?" CreationDate="2016-09-12T05:11:25.997" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8613" PostId="5715" Score="0" Text="I had an ASUS M4A87T motherboard. I was hoping to spend $50 - $80 on a new one, since PCpartpicker lists some in that price range ([ASRock 970 EXTREME4 w/ 2-way SLI], [ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 w/ (Quad) CrossfireX]). I'd like to use all the parts mentioned (CPU, 2 GPUs, SSD). I wanted to get my hands dirty with dual GPUs, but won't do it if it isn't worth it." CreationDate="2016-09-12T05:24:37.353" UserId="4027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8614" PostId="5715" Score="0" Text="My BIOS only allows IDE mode for my SATA connected SSD, although I bought it in 2011. Strangely, this document does mention AHCI: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/431245/Asus-M4a87t.html?page=54. I will double check. I'd still like to upgrade if a dual-GPU makes a significant difference in in-game performance." CreationDate="2016-09-12T05:27:36.157" UserId="4027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8615" PostId="5715" Score="0" Text="Update: @Journeyman: Turns out my SSD works with my old motherboard. Now I just need to know whether it's worth getting a new motherboard for SLI / Crossfire" CreationDate="2016-09-12T07:30:33.287" UserId="4027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8617" PostId="5713" Score="0" Text="That'll be because SU doesn't know our scope very well. However, you're very close to being on topic here." CreationDate="2016-09-12T08:36:29.907" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8619" PostId="5716" Score="0" Text="Why do you want to switch your processor? Your integrated intel GPU won't cause any problems. Which processor are you using at the moment?" CreationDate="2016-09-12T11:01:07.520" UserId="630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8620" PostId="5708" Score="0" Text="What is `portable desktop solutions`?" CreationDate="2016-09-12T15:37:56.437" UserId="4415" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8624" PostId="5716" Score="0" Text="You're almost forcing yourself to move to AMD by rejecting a CPU with integrated graphics.  Its not just Skylake that has it, buddy." CreationDate="2016-09-12T21:01:09.813" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8625" PostId="5716" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths The choice of socket is the problem not favoring one manufacturer over the other, both have APU and non-APU platforms. This question is about an LGA1155 motherboard by the way and there have been processors for this socket without GPUs but there were also processors with higher marketing model numbers (see [performance rating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_rating) for where this came from)." CreationDate="2016-09-13T00:08:49.553" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8628" PostId="5726" Score="0" Text="Thanks a lot for the reply! According to gpu.userbenchmark.com, the i3's GPU is 39% faster than the P4405's. Won't this even out with the 14% faster CPU of P4405? Or maybe it's not that simple?" CreationDate="2016-09-13T07:47:16.900" UserId="4431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8629" PostId="5726" Score="1" Text="GPUs and CPUs do different work. So no, there is no way to equate the two so easily. The i3 is a better balance of GPU/CPU capability." CreationDate="2016-09-13T07:48:46.567" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8631" PostId="5713" Score="0" Text="@peteubuntu As ArtOfCode said, your question can absolutely be reopened if you reword it, and I encourage you to do this because it's a great question." CreationDate="2016-09-13T19:17:54.367" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8634" PostId="2051" Score="0" Text="To me it looks like they are all in parallel. Then I think you don't need a balancer and any charger which doesn't try to charge it too fast should work. But 4.5V is really strange, that's too much for one cell and too little for even two in series. I fear either it's overcharged or undercharged. But it can't really be two stages in series with 5 cells in total, so probably overcharged. Or another battery chemistry altogether." CreationDate="2016-09-14T13:39:51.957" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8635" PostId="5733" Score="0" Text="Don't think so. Certainly uncommon. Not to my knowledge." CreationDate="2016-09-14T13:43:56.300" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8636" PostId="5731" Score="0" Text="That's an old CPU you have selected there (Sandy Bridge, 2011)" CreationDate="2016-09-14T14:43:07.533" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8640" PostId="4287" Score="1" Text="@user588, compiling is the sort of task where hyperthreading really works well: if one thread is stalled on memory access, the other thread assigned to that physical core can still run, and compiling tends to generate a lot of &quot;stalled on memory access&quot; situations -- in my testing on a six-hyperthreaded-core system, I see performance gains up to 16 simultaneous threads." CreationDate="2016-09-14T22:58:48.560" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8642" PostId="5731" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM do you think you could recommend a processor?" CreationDate="2016-09-15T01:35:30.917" UserId="4445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8643" PostId="5735" Score="0" Text="i forgot to mention i have a micro atx sized case" CreationDate="2016-09-15T01:44:08.627" UserId="4445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8645" PostId="5737" Score="0" Text="I'm personally a big fan of a very loud stereo, with noise-cancelling headphones attached to your phone." CreationDate="2016-09-15T02:16:36.427" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8646" PostId="5737" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes Thanks, sorry I mean: I'm looking for a device that prevents other from hearing what I say, but I cannot ask people to wear headphones or earplugs." CreationDate="2016-09-15T02:17:53.923" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8649" PostId="5668" Score="0" Text="Why don't you specify the acceptable budget?" CreationDate="2016-09-15T04:09:59.470" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8650" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="Is xeon i7 or i5? What is the type of socket I have?" CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:47:10.477" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8651" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="What is ivy bridge? How do I know I have 1155 socket?" CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:49:14.560" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8652" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="It is neither i5 or i7. You have the 1155 socket." CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:49:23.820" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8653" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="how much faster would intel xeon be compared to what I have now?" CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:52:16.763" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8654" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="This may be controversial but this short answer is pretty too the point." CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:52:34.053" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8655" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="Because Intel Xeon CPUs lack an integrated GPU, they require graphics installed in an available PCI Express x16 slot. I like this aspect too." CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:53:44.387" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8656" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="If I have no video card at all, will I be able to see something on screen? Usually something basic like low res windows?" CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:54:20.577" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8657" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="About five bananas. Seriously though that question is unanswerable without context. I could say &quot;a lot&quot; but what would that really tell you? Its the same process as yours so take the core speed and the thread count increase and multiply those numbers, then do the same to your CPU and compare the results for a VERY rough estimate." CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:54:34.320" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8658" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="so xeon is the best for that slot. Let's see the price" CreationDate="2016-09-15T09:56:35.590" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8659" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="Hmmm most recommend i7 http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E3-1290-v2-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3770K" CreationDate="2016-09-15T10:02:04.957" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8660" PostId="5668" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes &quot;Cheaper than this.&quot; is the acceptable budget. ;-) Anything less than the Mini-Box OpenUPS gets the bonus (cheapest if multiple answers)." CreationDate="2016-09-15T10:13:44.187" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8661" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="So what should I buy?" CreationDate="2016-09-15T10:22:46.950" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8662" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="Also xeon e3 doesn't do much better than the current one." CreationDate="2016-09-15T10:32:09.527" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8671" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="Your motherboard specifies socket 1155 as can be found through a simple google search. To be clear, you very much can find a CPU without an embedded graphics processor. It's just completely silly to do so without good reason (note: you do not have a good reason)" CreationDate="2016-09-15T15:59:09.657" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8673" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="The best suggestion I can give you is to not purchase anything right now and spend some time learning about building computers in general. All of the popular consumer processors from Intel include an integrated GPU not because they are trying to screw you out of money, but because it is a good value and nice to have in a pinch." CreationDate="2016-09-15T16:01:39.480" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8674" PostId="5737" Score="0" Text="What about a fan that faces away from you? Most phones are pretty good about filtering out background noise like a fan." CreationDate="2016-09-15T17:42:46.263" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8675" PostId="5725" Score="0" Text="@JimThio Never, under any circumstances, trust CPUBoss. For a more worthy comparison, I suggest checking out Passmark, UserBenchmark, and Cinebench. Those are real benchmarks, not site scrapers like CPUBoss is. Furthermore, when you say &quot;Xeon e3 doesn't do much better than the current one&quot; I have literally no idea what you are referring to, so I can't help you there. My Xeon is very much faster than your i5 now, both in terms of single core and multicore performance. I find it hard to believe any legitimate source would equate the two CPUs." CreationDate="2016-09-15T19:06:47.753" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8683" PostId="5749" Score="0" Text="Worth noting that this doesn't fill the &quot;shallow key depth&quot; requirement. Apart from that, ROCCAT is a solid bet, and I can recommend Cherry MX switches." CreationDate="2016-09-15T20:56:45.827" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8684" PostId="5749" Score="0" Text="I thought I had noted that in my answer already... But thanks for the support." CreationDate="2016-09-15T21:12:13.520" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8690" PostId="5731" Score="0" Text="You can't change the processor without invalidating answers, but as this is the lowest-end i5 from the Sandy Bridge series, something like the i5-6400, 6500 or maybe the i5-4440 should be the direct successors (always depends on the price though)" CreationDate="2016-09-16T11:34:25.303" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8693" PostId="5757" Score="0" Text="Does the laptop need to come with Ubuntu preinstalled or are you able to do that yourself?" CreationDate="2016-09-16T14:28:01.843" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8694" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="The 1290 was available from $300 on ebay. It scores noticeably higher than the i7-3770 in both single and multicore benchmark scores: https://goo.gl/JzACBI" CreationDate="2016-09-16T15:10:26.760" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8695" PostId="5757" Score="0" Text="What's your budget and why does it need to be a laptop as opposed to a desktop computer? I ask because the answer to that question usually helps people select a better laptop for your purposes." CreationDate="2016-09-16T15:14:14.910" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8696" PostId="5757" Score="0" Text="If you're looking for gaming performance, you'll get much better results out of a desktop graphics card as opposed to a mobile/laptop graphics card." CreationDate="2016-09-16T15:31:11.987" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8697" PostId="5757" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode he says he needs it for OpenGL software development for whatever that's worth." CreationDate="2016-09-16T15:32:45.410" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8698" PostId="5757" Score="0" Text="You'll still get much better performance out of a desktop card :) Honestly, unless you *absolutely need* to be developing, with that much power, on the go, you should look at getting a powerful desktop, and a smaller laptop that can just tide you over until you get back to the desk." CreationDate="2016-09-16T15:35:28.883" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8705" PostId="5761" Score="0" Text="I don't know too much about monitors so I don't know what I can add" CreationDate="2016-09-16T19:04:27.987" UserId="4477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8707" PostId="5761" Score="0" Text="Your USB and audio I/O usually comes from the backplate of your PC, rather than from the monitor." CreationDate="2016-09-16T20:11:13.440" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8708" PostId="5761" Score="0" Text="My current Dell UltraSharp have 4 USB ports and one jack port : http://multimonitorcomputer.com/solved/images/dell-U2414H-displayport.jpg, It's very helpfull for me because my PC tower at least 1 meter from my monitor." CreationDate="2016-09-16T20:23:32.930" UserId="4477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8709" PostId="5761" Score="0" Text="Sure, but adding I/O like that means you have a lot fewer monitors to choose from, and adds expense to the product. I'd suggest a USB hub instead; see my answer below." CreationDate="2016-09-16T20:24:26.853" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8712" PostId="5761" Score="0" Text="I don't care about expense if it fits under my budget limit or a little more, USB hub are one option but they are already a lots of stuff on my desk all the time, I would prefer to not add something else, thanks anyway." CreationDate="2016-09-16T20:49:48.627" UserId="4477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8713" PostId="5751" Score="0" Text="why not headphones? a good pair of headphones with an appropriate source feels like the right solution to the problem to me. In addition, since bulk is an issue, what's the *right* size?" CreationDate="2016-09-17T03:10:19.597" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8714" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="what? Oh no I already bought one." CreationDate="2016-09-17T08:17:17.667" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8715" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="1290 is not available on tokopedia.com also the one in eBay may be used so not comparable. The difference of benchmark is not huge. 9300 vs 9900 and I am using your link." CreationDate="2016-09-17T08:18:36.633" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8716" PostId="5723" Score="0" Text="what is TDP? What does it stand for?" CreationDate="2016-09-17T08:36:19.790" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8718" PostId="5765" Score="0" Text="No HDMI for this one, only VGA and DVI. No mentions of HDMI anywhere in the specs and from one reviews on amazon : &quot;1. First, the small thing. There's no HDMI port, but instead a DisplayPort port.&quot; https://www.amazon.com/Dell-PF48H-21-5-Inch-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B005OHPW1Q" CreationDate="2016-09-17T09:19:56.863" UserId="4477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8719" PostId="5723" Score="0" Text="*&quot;The thermal design power (TDP), is the maximum amount of heat generated by a computer chip or component that the cooling system in a computer is designed to dissipate in typical operation.&quot;* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power" CreationDate="2016-09-17T10:24:22.717" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8720" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="1) You did not specify in the question you were only willing to buy from tokopedia.com and so any answer which presumes this is a bad one. 2) CPUs which are not overclocked lose almost zero performance capability even after a decade of hard use. 3) 9900 vs 9300 is a significant deviation and would be noticed under certain circumstances, especially games, where the higher single-thread performance would lead to better overall smoothness in badly-threaded titles (which are still numerous)." CreationDate="2016-09-17T17:28:07.997" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8721" PostId="5772" Score="0" Text="Hello, @Rayond Ogunjimi! Thank you for your respond on my question. But please can you tell me more on what's the difference between integrated and dedicated? Just a simple one. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-09-17T17:56:24.817" UserId="4482" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8722" PostId="5772" Score="0" Text="Sure, sorry that I didn't include that in my original answer. The difference between a dedicated and an integrated graphic card is that an integrated card is integrated into the processor so, basically not only does the orocessor act as the brain of your computer and do calculations to run applications but it also makes calculations for you to be able to display graphical elements. The problem with these is that they are often the worst of both worlds, not as good of a processor neither of a graphics card, they also produce more heat. On laptops this is a very popular solution." CreationDate="2016-09-17T18:12:29.690" UserId="4057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8723" PostId="5772" Score="0" Text="I see. I guess I will just have to upgrade my ram! Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-09-17T18:14:09.277" UserId="4482" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8724" PostId="5772" Score="0" Text="Yes, that would be a good idea." CreationDate="2016-09-17T18:19:00.197" UserId="4057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8725" PostId="5771" Score="0" Text="Your question has been put on hold because you're asking too many different things that will result in a wide spectrum of answers. Please see our [question quality guidelines](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/206/155) for ways to improve your question so it can be reopened. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-09-17T20:22:32.793" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8726" PostId="5769" Score="0" Text="Peripherals won't help you in this situation because USB bandwidth bottlenecks high-speed devices. You'll have to upgrade the video card inside your laptop." CreationDate="2016-09-17T20:27:05.913" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8727" PostId="2052" Score="0" Text="This sbc can never support asmbly development. These people are pointing you to a dead hell road.&#xA;Get a second hand reconditioned old board if you are in budget." CreationDate="2016-09-17T18:04:15.853" UserDisplayName="user4488" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8728" PostId="5765" Score="0" Text="I'm sure the spec said HDMI when I saw it..." CreationDate="2016-09-17T22:32:58.157" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8729" PostId="5769" Score="0" Text="@Adam, I found something about a thunderbolt. Is it also for windows?" CreationDate="2016-09-17T23:36:07.217" UserId="4485" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8730" PostId="5774" Score="0" Text="it is a dell inspiron 3537 model no. ." CreationDate="2016-09-17T23:38:11.067" UserId="4485" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8731" PostId="5769" Score="0" Text="Yes, but even Thunderbolt 3 will bottleneck a modern external video card." CreationDate="2016-09-17T23:52:18.940" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8732" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="How much usage is &quot;occasionally&quot;?" CreationDate="2016-09-18T00:40:48.300" UserId="4491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8733" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="Personally, I wouldn't recommend an i3 CPU for VMs. Maybe if it has VT-d/VT-x/etc (check Intel Ark), but generally I'd say an i3 sounds like a bit too low.&#xA;&#xA;120GB/240GB SSD sounds a bit on the low side for me, but you said the user is fine with it, however, I'd still check.&#xA;&#xA;Battery life, no idea though, sorry." CreationDate="2016-09-18T00:49:57.423" UserId="4491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8734" PostId="5774" Score="0" Text="Your laptop does not support thunderbolt, therefore you will not be able to utilize an external GPU. As of what @Adam has said about switching out the laptop's dedicated graphics card - it is extremely rare that dedicated laptop GPUs are replaceable, and it is even more rare that they are upgradeable. Most likely you will have to replace your laptop to swap your graphics card." CreationDate="2016-09-18T02:25:58.983" UserId="4057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8735" PostId="5777" Score="0" Text="As this question currently stands I can see that basically what you need help with is knowing which particular processors you should upgrade to, but your wording makes it sound like a technical support question about system compatibility, which we don't cover here. Reword your question and we can answer without fear of wasting our time." CreationDate="2016-09-18T02:50:56.760" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8737" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="@TheBitByte basically, if there's no native Linux program for it and Wine doesn't work. Currently we have one such app, Garmin Express (this is the moment I regret buying a Garmin nav). VM is a last-resort option" CreationDate="2016-09-18T09:00:41.327" UserId="4431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8738" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="@TheBitByte: i3-5005U latter supports both VT-x and VT-d." CreationDate="2016-09-18T09:04:03.093" UserId="4431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8739" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="If you're using VM when wine doesn't work, i.e not serious VM use like I thought, then maybe an i3 is fine. However, 4GB ram sounds a  bit low for running VMs, in my opinion." CreationDate="2016-09-18T13:25:16.050" UserId="4491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8740" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="@TheBitByte: All of them have 8GB RAM." CreationDate="2016-09-18T13:34:57.667" UserId="4431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8741" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="I googled them and they didn't appear to have 8GB RAM. Could you edit your post to link to the exact models?" CreationDate="2016-09-18T13:40:50.347" UserId="4491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8742" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="@TheBitByte but the offers are be in Polish. Added the links" CreationDate="2016-09-18T13:50:14.533" UserId="4431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8743" PostId="5727" Score="1" Text="I used google translate, and all three of the laptops look good, in my opinion. One of them had a 14&quot; screen, others had 13&quot;, so I'd go with the larger one if it also has VT-x/VT-d support. The specs of all three actually look very similar, the differences I noticed were just Haswell VS Broadwell, and for general use haswell processors are still fine." CreationDate="2016-09-18T14:13:02.440" UserId="4491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8747" PostId="1876" Score="0" Text="3.5&quot; or similar sizes sound too low." CreationDate="2016-09-18T18:34:35.717" UserId="4491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8754" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="It's Broadwell vs Skylake. The user would rather have a 13.3&quot; than a 14&quot; one if the two were at the same price. (basically it's more about the laptop size than the screen size) But the 13.3&quot; ones are more expensive, so we're wondering if it's worth the extra cost. Besides, is it worth to pay so much for the Skylake processor?" CreationDate="2016-09-19T11:38:56.377" UserId="4431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8755" PostId="5727" Score="0" Text="@TheBitByte: I forgot to add a link for the 4th one, see the edited OP. (Lenovo IdeaPad 500s-13)" CreationDate="2016-09-19T12:11:49.530" UserId="4431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8757" PostId="5788" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations! Unfortunately, we do not cover tech support questions here. [Super User](http://superuser.com) should be able to help you with your question." CreationDate="2016-09-19T14:16:25.143" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8758" PostId="4261" Score="0" Text="I don't know the final goal of your project, but if I understood well, you have a 1920x1080 video that will be splitted (vertically) on each monitors? In that case, you'll have either black strips or a stretched video ?" CreationDate="2016-09-19T14:44:04.377" UserId="3902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8760" PostId="5789" Score="0" Text="There are still too many choices given your criteria. I could comfortably sit here and point you toward a Pentium, Celeron, i3, Athlon, A6, or A8 CPU from the last five years - and pretty much ALL of them would be potentially excellent choices. You should specify the stats for the rest of the system, what kind of user will be using it, whether it needs to be quiet, whether it needs to utilize more than 2 storage media, and whether you're interested in being as cheap as possible or getting the most bang for your buck." CreationDate="2016-09-19T15:24:27.683" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8761" PostId="5790" Score="0" Text="The problem with just suggesting the Pentium G4400 is that its main claim to fame is that it is relatively inexpensive; but it can be beat at that game by Celerons, or even the Athlon 5350, which offers decent quad core performance at ~35 dollars right now." CreationDate="2016-09-19T15:26:24.883" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8762" PostId="5758" Score="0" Text="Thanks. But does the charging inconvenience not apply to this portable speaker?" CreationDate="2016-09-19T15:34:28.380" UserId="4464" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8763" PostId="5758" Score="0" Text="@Timere right, it won't apply if you charge the speaker from the laptop (or any other) USB port." CreationDate="2016-09-19T15:41:32.040" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8764" PostId="5789" Score="1" Text="It doesn't need to be quite. I'm going to buy a Micro ATX mobo for it. Two archive drives and an ssd for the boot drive. I'd like to get a longer life out of the chip. I already have the psu, just a standard 500w evga atx." CreationDate="2016-09-19T15:51:21.940" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8765" PostId="5790" Score="0" Text="I looked at the chip, and its a strong contender. I think what I'm realizing between you and @AdamWykes is that there is no real WRONG choice in this case.  I appreciate the answers, they really did help shed some light on my decision making process. I know its a tad over budget for this, but I might go with the AMD Quad Core A10-Series APU for Desktops A10-6800K https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CPLGGXM/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza Any objections?" CreationDate="2016-09-19T15:54:54.440" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8766" PostId="5789" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles Can you edit your question to add that in?" CreationDate="2016-09-19T15:57:04.123" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8767" PostId="5790" Score="0" Text="Very true, you make a valid point, but the main reasons why I like the G4400 is because of the larger cache, higher base clock, and the newer architecture (which is the main reason that I like it the most because it would  give you better upgrade options and it would be supported longer by intel.) It really just depends on what you need though." CreationDate="2016-09-19T16:00:59.960" UserId="4412" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8769" PostId="5789" Score="0" Text="Added some additional stuff." CreationDate="2016-09-19T16:04:40.587" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8770" PostId="5790" Score="0" Text="@aud.io no argument there, those are all good reasons to go with your chip." CreationDate="2016-09-19T16:06:25.583" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8771" PostId="5790" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles if possible I would avoid going for that CPU. While it is a strong APU, you will end up overpaying for it because it is the strongest APU available for the FM2 socket, so people stuck on that are eating them up in the used market and you won't get any deals. Going with a newer 7xxx series APU for the FM2+ socket will get you similar performance at a better price; see my answer for one example." CreationDate="2016-09-19T16:07:46.107" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8772" PostId="5792" Score="0" Text="This is the one I'll buy then. We've had our interactions in the past and I trust your recommendation. Your reasons make perfect sense, and I appreciate the answer. Thanks again adam!" CreationDate="2016-09-19T16:09:23.080" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8775" PostId="5789" Score="0" Text="You need more descriptions of your workload." CreationDate="2016-09-20T00:02:54.693" UserId="4491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8776" PostId="5793" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer, but the link I posted says that the GPU of the XPS 15 9550 is a GTX 960M, not 965M. Are they similar? Or were you referring to the HP Omen laptop?" CreationDate="2016-09-20T04:59:52.837" UserId="4496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8777" PostId="5786" Score="1" Text="Thank you for pointing this out." CreationDate="2016-09-20T05:43:21.297" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8779" PostId="5798" Score="0" Text="AFAIK, the razer core is the only external PCIe dock right now. If you need 10Gbps, then you'll have to wait a bit longer for other vendors and if you don't there are alreay 1Gbps docks for USB-C (IIRC)." CreationDate="2016-09-20T11:59:05.667" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8780" PostId="5793" Score="1" Text="Oh, I was looking at the HP omen I think. But yes the 960M is very similar to the 965M.   Either way, both laptops are VERY well rounded. You shouldn't have any issues with either of them." CreationDate="2016-09-20T13:26:14.523" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8781" PostId="5803" Score="0" Text="At the first look it seems like what I need. Cannot guarantee that the connection is direct, though.  However, I didn't find an option for shipping to Russia or newegg. Also, I didn't mention this in the question, but I'd prefer the rack without doors. I mean I'd like to insert SSD into into like cartridge is inserted into old-school video consoles like NES. Maybe something like http://www.synchrotech.com/products-storage/sedna-sata-6gbps-internal-2.5-inch-ssd-hdd-sshd-dock-for-floppy-bays.html but again, I am not sure how it works internally." CreationDate="2016-09-20T14:39:34.303" UserId="4507" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8788" PostId="5803" Score="1" Text="Internally, they are all going to be pretty much the same. A mounted Sata port that allows easy and consistent sliding of the drive. In your case, the cheaper the better. Something with no additional features added on will likely not have any pcb's attached and will just be the direct connection you are looking for." CreationDate="2016-09-20T17:22:26.980" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8790" PostId="5792" Score="0" Text="I found quite the deal at microcenter. An AMD A10 7870K 3.9GHz, and a MSI A68HM-E33 V2 FM2+ mATX Mother board for $110. Their CPU/MOBO combos are unbeatable. They did not have any AMD A8-7600 chips in stock." CreationDate="2016-09-20T20:59:49.443" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8791" PostId="5792" Score="0" Text="Sounds like you're set! Hopefully your BIOS is updated on that board; otherwise it might not boot. If that happens take it back to micro center and have them do it for you." CreationDate="2016-09-20T21:04:41.297" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8792" PostId="5795" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I'll start checking those models out.  Did you get the Xeon?  That adds to the price considerably.  I notice that even the base model, Intel Core i7-6700HQ Processor , is more powerful than my current Lenovo.  In my own experience, RAM and SDD disk drives give me the most bang for the buck." CreationDate="2016-09-20T21:36:14.297" UserId="4475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8793" PostId="5795" Score="0" Text="@Dave No, but I only needed it for straight forward coding applications with little need for heavy multi-core processing." CreationDate="2016-09-20T21:41:11.957" UserId="4209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8794" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="I know. But not in tokopedia.com means it's not common. I should have mentioned that. I am not trying to get super duper high CPU. I am getting high end but common CPU." CreationDate="2016-09-21T06:37:57.530" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8796" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="I have no idea why commonality would be important to you, but whatever. You ought to reword your question, is what I've been trying to say, because as it stands my answer is the best answer, but it's obviously not what you really wanted..." CreationDate="2016-09-21T14:29:14.803" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8798" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="low price per performance ratio is definitely a must but that's just common sense." CreationDate="2016-09-21T16:29:38.047" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8799" PostId="5576" Score="0" Text="Is this the same mouse with this http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/mx-anywhere2" CreationDate="2016-09-21T16:30:54.050" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8800" PostId="5576" Score="0" Text="does the middle button work?" CreationDate="2016-09-21T16:31:15.657" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8801" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="No, it's not. Why do you think high end parts exist? Reword your question. I'm done here." CreationDate="2016-09-21T16:38:25.177" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8805" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="My good reason is I already have GTX 1060. Hence I no longer need GPU inside the CPU" CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:19:24.033" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8806" PostId="5755" Score="0" Text="xeon e5 2670 is pretty cheap too though probably for different socket. It seems that the price on passmark is a bit wrong. I got many at cheaper price than the price they list" CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:21:20.907" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8807" PostId="5810" Score="0" Text="What computer case do you have? The top of the line cards can be too big for some cases." CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:26:14.233" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8808" PostId="5810" Score="0" Text="My computer case is this. http://www.ebuyer.com/722854-aerocool-500-black-midi-tower-gaming-case-with-window-card-reader-acoolcsaero500black?mkwid=s_dc&amp;pcrid=51482418059&amp;pkw=&amp;pmt=&amp;gclid=CMPg37mNoc8CFUI_GwodHPQBXw&#xA;accept mine is the white version. There both identical tho. My g card sticks out where the gap is at the front of the case if you look at the picture showing it inside. Giving the g card length all the way to the very front of the PC. It is more my mini atx motherboard that i for see being the problem with a large card." CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:38:14.957" UserId="4520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8809" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="I'm sorry, but that's just not a good reason this day and age.It may make sense &quot;I have one gpu, I don't need another&quot;, but to go so far out of your way for something that gives you **less** for a **higher** price without understanding the nuanced difference in intended application for either chip is senseless." CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:42:25.563" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8810" PostId="5810" Score="0" Text="The size of your motherboard has nothing to do with the size of the GPU you can connect to it; all motherboards have the exact same PCI-E specifications and supply the maximum of 75W over the PCI-E link (the PSU has to pick up the slack via additional power cables if you want a GPU that needs more than 75W). Because you have a case which accommodates very large cards, the only concern for you, really, is whether your cooling and power supply can handle the card you want to put in. We need to know what PSU you have, and then we can make a good recommendation." CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:53:46.557" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8811" PostId="5811" Score="0" Text="Looking for this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=hdmi%20to%20component%20converter&amp;Submit=ENE" CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:57:47.377" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8812" PostId="5811" Score="0" Text="And there is this too: https://www.amazon.com/CableWholesale-Component-Video-Adapter-30H1-50200/dp/B00JMC9CLK" CreationDate="2016-09-21T18:58:03.680" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8814" PostId="5810" Score="0" Text="The psu is a 650watt corsair but not one of there highest end models.&#xA;http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/vs-seriestm-vs650-650-watt-power-supply&#xA;My case currently has a large fan on front sucking air into it. And one large on the back blowing air out just above where gpu goes. I could add one to the top of the case to blow air down onto CPU and g card... or would it be better to have top one blow outwards?" CreationDate="2016-09-21T19:02:19.420" UserId="4520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8817" PostId="5812" Score="0" Text="Thanks sata 3 could be moved. Also i am very interested in that small Gigabyte gtx1070 because that is pretty much the card i wanted. I'll have a look on the sites i buy components from for it later.&#xA;being smaller would it be slower or anything than the normal full sized GTX1070s? (not counting the factory overclocked ones of coarse)" CreationDate="2016-09-21T20:29:25.377" UserId="4520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8818" PostId="5812" Score="0" Text="The listed specs for the Gigabyte GTX 1070 are the same or slightly above those listed by NVidia." CreationDate="2016-09-21T20:36:26.520" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8819" PostId="5812" Score="0" Text="Found it too on a site that ships to me because I'm from the UK newegg don't ship here :P&#xA;http://www.ebuyer.com/757031-gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-mini-itx-oc-8gb-gddr5-dual-link-dvi-d-hdmi-gv-n1070ixoc-8gd?mkwid=s_dc&amp;pcrid=51482416259&amp;pkw=&amp;pmt=&amp;gclid=COSMysaooc8CFUgW0woddxoIMQ" CreationDate="2016-09-21T20:40:16.947" UserId="4520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8820" PostId="5812" Score="0" Text="Thought i would point out that the card in pc currently is longer than that gtx 1070 but not double sized as in doesn't take up two rear case ports. It is a gtx960 4gb. I cheeped out at the time on g card and what i regret most looking back is not getting a full sized motherboard. Would be very annoying to change motherboard. But the fact that my current g card is bigger than that gtx1070 in length means i am most certainly safe if i got that one :)" CreationDate="2016-09-21T21:10:09.090" UserId="4520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8822" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="I expect less price for CPU that doesn't have GPU embedded into it. I don't. Which is kind of confusing." CreationDate="2016-09-22T06:15:25.820" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8823" PostId="5812" Score="0" Text="Because it is smaller, it will heat up faster and cool down more slowly. That being said, I am given to understand that the 1070 is not a hot card, so it might not be a problem." CreationDate="2016-09-22T15:33:52.330" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8824" PostId="5788" Score="0" Text="This is not a tech support question. I have not yet bought anything. I have rephrased to make this clear. If something other than Synology is better then I'm open to that too." CreationDate="2016-09-22T16:04:42.323" UserId="4502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8825" PostId="5788" Score="0" Text="@Dycey &quot;Haven't bought anything&quot; doesn't necessarily make a question not tech support." CreationDate="2016-09-22T16:43:15.670" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8826" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="The logic you are using tells me one of two things: 1) You'd prefer an AMD CPU. AMD does not include an iGPU in their chips, however at any given consumer-grade price point Intel's chips absolutely smoke AMD. 2) I just don't understand **why** you are insistent on not having an iGPU when there is no better option for general application regardless of the iGPU." CreationDate="2016-09-22T17:30:59.663" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8827" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="The last line of your question states &quot;I also want high performance per price ratio.&quot; You are not going to get a better price/performance ratio from any non-i series CPU. You also seem to believe that any i-series CPUs exist that do not have iGPUs, which is false." CreationDate="2016-09-22T17:32:54.797" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8828" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="I love this idea, and have wanted to do this for a long time. Do all 3 of these motherboards have enough sata and pci-e slots? I think thats the biggest question. Also, Case/Space is more than likely going to be an issue, but I'm sure you've already got a solution in mind for that.  I remember watching a linus tech tips video about this, he ended up buying an old server motherboard. It worked great." CreationDate="2016-09-22T17:42:22.103" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8829" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="Well the SuperMicro board has two pci express slots, but that will work, and plenty of Sata. It doesn't have USB 3.0 which is a downside. The biggest problem is that I do not have a Case solution for it in mind, its a weird form factor. However, I can get it for $80." CreationDate="2016-09-22T20:15:01.370" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8830" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="The Asrock Rack doesn't seem to have USB 3.0 either, but, it has more of everything else. It seems to get great reviews - but its $300 +" CreationDate="2016-09-22T20:26:59.810" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8831" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="Consider the  cost of building a DIY case out of wood, even if the DIY is just an under desk mount. Get creative with the case, under desk, wall mount, plexiglass, wood etc etc. It doesn't have to be fancy, just functional. Keep dust away, provide air flow.  These mobos, do they have a form factor standard you can search for cases on?" CreationDate="2016-09-22T20:32:44.080" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8832" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="I think it came out of some kind of rack mount enclosure. I'm looking over its specs and it looks good, but, I haven't built anything with a rack mount board before." CreationDate="2016-09-22T20:48:30.747" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8833" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="Go on youtube and search for linus tech tips 150 server build" CreationDate="2016-09-22T20:58:20.027" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8834" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182944R" CreationDate="2016-09-22T21:00:40.460" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8835" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="Great video! Thank you! I'm up against some of the same issues he's talking about. But, I think I can get it done. Just got to get the right board" CreationDate="2016-09-22T21:06:16.063" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8836" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/45775/discussion-between-bigelittles-and-joseph)." CreationDate="2016-09-22T21:08:22.553" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8837" PostId="5819" Score="0" Text="What's your budget" CreationDate="2016-09-23T04:10:57.220" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8838" PostId="5820" Score="1" Text="Does it have to be USB 3.0?" CreationDate="2016-09-23T04:14:10.527" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8839" PostId="5820" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes Yes." CreationDate="2016-09-23T06:15:46.437" UserId="2416" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8840" PostId="5819" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes, well, it should be cheaper than the sum of: entry-level x86 board + CPU + 2nd network card + other components" CreationDate="2016-09-23T08:50:45.920" UserId="1197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8842" PostId="5788" Score="0" Text="So, &quot;can I drive up a mountain in this real wheel drive car, or should I get some other car?&quot; is a tech support question? Interesting." CreationDate="2016-09-23T14:02:03.423" UserId="4502" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8844" PostId="5819" Score="1" Text="Ok. AFAIK there is no such board." CreationDate="2016-09-23T14:36:22.617" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8845" PostId="5819" Score="0" Text="How about MIPS, is MIPS architecture OK?" CreationDate="2016-09-23T18:47:10.023" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8846" PostId="5826" Score="0" Text="Is there a reason why you can't simply use multiple graphics cards?" CreationDate="2016-09-23T19:18:46.253" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8848" PostId="5817" Score="0" Text="I just noticed something very interesting. according to official Asus website as pointed to in this PDF of device support for my motherboard. which is here.&#xA;http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/B150M-A/B150M-A_Devices_report.pdf&#xA;says it supports under graphics card this huge looking thing.&#xA;http://www.nvidia.co.uk/gtx-700-graphics-cards/gtx-titan-z/&#xA;If it can support that can't it support anything in size wise." CreationDate="2016-09-23T20:43:57.223" UserId="4520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8849" PostId="5817" Score="0" Text="Of course it does, its an Asus GPU combined with an Asus mobo. But really don't over think this, this GPU would work in 95% of the motherboards out there." CreationDate="2016-09-23T20:45:30.743" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8850" PostId="5826" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure Ubuntu extends the display. But i can ask the forum" CreationDate="2016-09-23T22:03:23.583" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8851" PostId="5814" Score="0" Text="A reasonable question, but a little ranty. You might want to reword it some." CreationDate="2016-09-23T22:20:27.403" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8852" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="so the i series (i5, i7) has the best price/performance ratio? Then why would anyone buy xeon? Obviously if having a GPU actually makes the processor cheaper I would buy that. I still have no idea how." CreationDate="2016-09-24T06:30:24.577" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8853" PostId="5819" Score="1" Text="@AdamWykes, yes, would be fine, too." CreationDate="2016-09-24T09:07:22.787" UserId="1197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8854" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="Some guy made a couple of popular YouTube videos about these chips, and shortly thereafter, much of the remaining stock of compatible motherboards at &quot;reasonable&quot; prices sold out. Expect to pay at least $300 for a motherboard, and likely much more. Do not expect USB 3.0; it was too new when these boards were current. When I evaluated this a month or so ago, my reluctant conclusion was that a current motherboard and sixth gen Intel i7-6700K would be comparable in performance and quite a bit cheaper. Not to mention have a much longer shelf life." CreationDate="2016-09-24T09:40:05.550" UserId="746" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8858" PostId="2124" Score="0" Text="I have a server with that Supermicro board and 64GB RAM. It's comfortably running about 17 VMs of various sizes and a variety of workloads. It'll blow the budget once you've added RAM to it though." CreationDate="2016-09-24T09:54:40.930" UserId="746" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8859" PostId="1273" Score="0" Text="Intel integrated graphics built into current CPUs (and even previous CPUs for several generations back) is sufficient for this." CreationDate="2016-09-24T09:57:13.397" UserId="746" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8861" PostId="5718" Score="0" Text="The Xeon is designed for tasks that efficiently utilize a higher number of cores. It is technically the &quot;faster&quot; processor but unless you are running specific programs that are designed with 8+ core utilization you won't feel any of that speed. So your choice is to spend more money for 4 more cores that you will practically never use, or spend a reasonable amount for just enough cores that come with useful extra features." CreationDate="2016-09-24T14:18:14.113" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8863" PostId="5818" Score="0" Text="I found the EP2C602 for 284, so i bought that" CreationDate="2016-09-24T15:15:13.770" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8864" PostId="5826" Score="0" Text="I don't have the board yet but I'm a little confused by the spec on pic.   PCIe 3.0 x 16: 5 slots 3 x PCIE3 / PCIE6 / PCIE7 : x16 mode 1 x PCIE4: x8 / x0 mode 1 x PCIE5: x16 / x8 mode PCIe 3.0 x 4: 1 slot PCI: 1 slo" CreationDate="2016-09-24T15:40:28.470" UserId="4206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8865" PostId="5830" Score="0" Text="If you can find one for cheaper than ~100, this is the way to go. It's already running pfsense" CreationDate="2016-09-24T15:43:28.077" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8868" PostId="5835" Score="0" Text="What budget do you have?" CreationDate="2016-09-25T01:03:43.537" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8869" PostId="5832" Score="0" Text="You likely will *not* want to attach that laser printer to the UPS, although you may want to invest in a quality surge suppressor for it." CreationDate="2016-09-25T22:05:54.270" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8870" PostId="5835" Score="0" Text="$100. But if the console is good enough, I might spare some more money for it." CreationDate="2016-09-26T01:00:25.680" UserId="1512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8871" PostId="5841" Score="1" Text="I do not think you'll get any such thing from a development board. What you're asking for is something that most modern day PCs still aren't capable of." CreationDate="2016-09-26T15:53:29.300" UserId="4546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8872" PostId="5839" Score="0" Text="How many RAM slots do you need?" CreationDate="2016-09-26T16:23:25.460" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8873" PostId="5840" Score="1" Text="The question is actually very specific, because the build HP has it in requires an mATX motherboard capable of acting as a mBATX motherboard - that is, they put it on the &quot;wrong&quot; side of the case. Moreover, HP doesn't supply &quot;normal&quot; power cable assemblies for the front button or (sometimes) the ATX power suppy itself, so there are in fact very few (perhaps only one) answers. For that reason, the question is not too broad." CreationDate="2016-09-26T16:33:41.777" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8874" PostId="5618" Score="0" Text="+1 to this. The card is cheap comparatively but incredibly powerful for what it is, showing average benchmarks similar to that of the highest end graphics cards of the last generation." CreationDate="2016-09-26T17:50:38.093" UserId="4548" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8875" PostId="5619" Score="0" Text="-1. OP mentioned they mainly do Server-side and mobile development. Also, benchmarking shows the 6GB Vram 1060 card having a 5% boost (overall) on the AMD cards. DX12 still hasn't been widely accepted for gaming and is not shaping up to be for a long while. Having them get the newest AMD for less power, or use an on board card to be closer to market (which may actually hamper their developmental capability and put their technology behind in terms of advancement) is IMO not the way to go." CreationDate="2016-09-26T17:54:48.073" UserId="4548" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8876" PostId="5619" Score="0" Text="@Anoplexian, Do you think that having a more powerful card is very important for mobile development? In what way do you imagine having 6gb of vRAM to play with is at all useful for the server-side or the mobile side of any game in that market? I'm not recommending AMD because of DX12, I'm recommending it so that he has the trifecta of cards in his rig - Intel, Nvidia, and AMD (Adreno users rejoice). AFAIK it is fairly standard to develop using hardware that is close to your target at least somewhere in the loop. If you can explain HOW this will hamper them, then perhaps I will change/delete." CreationDate="2016-09-26T18:51:30.607" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8877" PostId="5814" Score="0" Text="It might not be exactly what you need, but can you check out some of the new ThinkPads? I run several *30 series (quite old, but with the new style keyboard). Earlier today I was feeling so grateful for having a laptop with such an amazing keyboard, considering that mechanical keyboards have spoiled me significantly. I can't be bothered to write on a rubber dome keyboard anymore, but the scissors mechanism on ThinkPads makes it such a pleasure." CreationDate="2016-09-27T00:56:22.443" UserId="2579" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8878" PostId="5814" Score="0" Text="So far, Thinkpad keyboards are only second to Macbooks with respect to satisfying tactile feedback of current chiclet laptops I've tried." CreationDate="2016-09-27T01:09:36.890" UserId="4526" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8879" PostId="5839" Score="0" Text="16GB? I think 4 sata should be enough." CreationDate="2016-09-27T02:36:38.320" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8880" PostId="5839" Score="0" Text="Not how much RAM you have/need, how many RAM slots  you need - how many &quot;sticks&quot; of RAM do you have?" CreationDate="2016-09-27T07:29:49.347" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8882" PostId="5840" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your support, i don't really know how the question could of been any more specific." CreationDate="2016-09-27T09:36:42.790" UserId="4543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8892" PostId="5855" Score="1" Text="Before you blame the VGA card, check whether your PSU is dying. Do that by switching the PSU out with a known-good PSU from a friend or something, and if possible put the VGA in his computer to see whether the problem follows the VGA card around or not." CreationDate="2016-09-28T12:34:23.690" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8899" PostId="5855" Score="0" Text="I'd get a GTX 1060 or 1070." CreationDate="2016-09-28T18:25:16.913" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8903" PostId="5855" Score="2" Text="I confirm what @AdamWykes said. If you don't have an old psu lying around, compare the voltage requirements for the 4 cards... if the two with lower wattage requirements work, its most likely the power supply." CreationDate="2016-09-29T12:52:03.007" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8908" PostId="5840" Score="1" Text="Do you plan on installing Windows from scratch? because swapping out a motherboard for a completely different model is going to make things worse believe it or not so I would recommend replacing it with an [exact match](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-for-HP-desktop-Motherboard-for-Joshua-H-JOSHUA-H61-uATX-Mainboard-670960-001-Intel/763022020.html) unless you are comfortable with [Windows SYSPREP](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721940(v=ws.10).aspx)" CreationDate="2016-09-29T18:49:35.577" UserId="714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8913" PostId="4059" Score="0" Text="Upvoted and want to upvote a million times over. Wonderfully written, totally accurate, and epic formatting. 10/10 =)" CreationDate="2016-09-29T23:05:21.587" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8915" PostId="4023" Score="0" Text="@BrandonMuise I have one of these -  a lovely drive! However, on a PS4, maybe sticking with an HDD is the better choice." CreationDate="2016-09-29T23:06:49.100" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8917" PostId="5867" Score="0" Text="Please don't answer off topic questions." CreationDate="2016-09-30T11:06:59.560" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8918" PostId="5865" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for a complete system, or just the graphics card?" CreationDate="2016-09-30T14:35:59.983" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8919" PostId="5865" Score="2" Text="If you'd like to buy yourself some time with that card, I bet reapplying thermal paste/pads might keep things cool." CreationDate="2016-09-30T14:51:01.640" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8920" PostId="5868" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure how this is technical support request, @artofcode is it okay if I edit the question for the user? He is wanting to know if there is anyway to connect an old IDE drive to a sata mobo. One way or another he will need a piece of hardware, either an adapter or a new HDD..." CreationDate="2016-09-30T14:54:29.107" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8922" PostId="5871" Score="0" Text="I don't see how this would help me, really. I still need the workstation which require minimal specs for running an ide and compiling small programs. The cloud is expensive and useless in this case but thank you for pointing it as an option." CreationDate="2016-09-30T15:09:36.373" UserId="4582" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8923" PostId="5871" Score="0" Text="If you're not doing builds locally (or can afford to wait a bit for the build to complete) and rather only need &quot;something cheap that can run a text editor and drive a display&quot; than the RPi2 should do the trick no problem. I don't know how ressource-hungry Code::Blocks is though..." CreationDate="2016-09-30T15:14:53.397" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8924" PostId="5871" Score="0" Text="i'd need to hack codeblocks to queue the builds on a server. undesirable. or maybe not, I think there are already solutions that I can easily integrate. anyway, i'd say that the most expensive build is for ... let's say, backtracking problems" CreationDate="2016-09-30T15:18:48.323" UserId="4582" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8925" PostId="5868" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles I can't say aye or nay to that. If you can edit without changing the meaning of the underlying question, go for it; if you're planning to change what gets asked here, you need to communicate with the author." CreationDate="2016-09-30T15:29:14.127" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8936" PostId="5868" Score="0" Text="@artofcode That works, I guess I won't be getting my nike money then... I just wanted to say that I'm back to this stack and I'm agreeing more and more with the how the on hold status is being used. Now if you excuse me, I have this question to answer lol." CreationDate="2016-09-30T16:08:57.490" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8941" PostId="1177" Score="0" Text="The EdgeRouter X isn't just &quot;a bit lower&quot; in performance. It's 130 kpps vs 1 mpps between the two. Stay away from the EdgeRouter X, it's basically a switch with a CPU." CreationDate="2016-09-30T16:51:03.953" UserId="4586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8943" PostId="2676" Score="0" Text="If the ZBook G3 keyboard is the same as the G2, then it may not be very good.  I have a G2 and I've noticed keys occasionally aren't registered while I type.  A few of the keys will only register if you press them directly in the center, not if you hit them near the edge." CreationDate="2016-09-30T17:05:24.433" UserId="47" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8944" PostId="5871" Score="1" Text="30 workstations for $2k is only $66 each. Do you have *any* existing components that you could re-use? TV's/Monitors? Keyboards? Mice? Ethernet or Wifi network? If you go for  Raspberry Pi 3, don't forget to add in the cost of power supply, HDMI cable, SD card, network cable or wifi dongle etc." CreationDate="2016-09-30T17:22:00.000" UserId="1801" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8945" PostId="5871" Score="0" Text="I can get the rest from donations but I have to keep it low, still. The more I add, the more reluctant they will be come when I will ask for financial support." CreationDate="2016-09-30T17:23:41.920" UserId="4582" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8946" PostId="5871" Score="0" Text="rpi3 costs $54 in my country. I can probably get a discount when buying 30 pieces. I'll try to obtain some free cables as well. power supply: good point. rpi3 has wifi onboard. for the displays i will try to get advice with another question. You actually made calculations. Much appreciated." CreationDate="2016-09-30T17:28:36.640" UserId="4582" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8947" PostId="5871" Score="1" Text="and yes, keyboards and mice... I can try and get those donated by IT companies. Tough but I will knock the doors open." CreationDate="2016-09-30T17:30:37.567" UserId="4582" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8950" PostId="5871" Score="0" Text="Romania. And yes, $2k would be the budget that I'd like to stay within for 30 devices." CreationDate="2016-09-30T20:51:17.550" UserId="4582" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8951" PostId="5865" Score="0" Text="Just the graphic card. I might try the paste!" CreationDate="2016-09-30T22:14:42.383" UserId="4576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8954" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="How is it that there's any drivers for this one?  The WUSB6100M is a USB version of the QCA9377 chipset.  The ath10k_pci drivers do not appear to be set up for any current distribution with the Linux version shipped with the same.  I can't get it to work with Ubuntu 16.04, as a prime example." CreationDate="2016-10-01T00:50:02.070" UserId="4588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8956" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure I understand the comment" CreationDate="2016-10-01T01:54:25.987" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8962" PostId="5855" Score="0" Text="My VGA is broken. I'm really sure of it." CreationDate="2016-10-01T19:22:13.753" UserId="4558" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8973" PostId="5889" Score="2" Text="What ELSE are you going to be doing on this laptop? Do you need a Large HDD for data storage? Getting ANY NAMEBRAND 1060 or 980 laptop will meet your gaming needs. So the things you need to consider are secondary features, things like Mechanical Keys? 8 or 16gb of ram? SSD for boot drive?" CreationDate="2016-10-03T13:40:35.280" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8975" PostId="5889" Score="0" Text="I will use the laptop for basic college work and maybe a little 3d rendering and stuff, but mostly it's for gaming. So you mean to say that a 1060 laptop is more than enough for all the games for the next 2 years? I want a FHD resolution laptop only, so gtx 1070 would probably be an overkill(correct me if I am wrong). Apart from gpu thing, I want the latest intel processor and a minimum 8GB RAM. No preference for SSD though." CreationDate="2016-10-03T18:28:01.433" UserId="4607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8976" PostId="5889" Score="3" Text="It depends, recently some laptop manufactures have stopped putting in &quot;M&quot; GPU's into laptops and are just shoving full desktop grade cards into them. So for example, my gtx970 GPU can push all tripple A titles on high/ultra settings in 1080. However, the gtx970m laptop grade GPU might have more thermal throttling so it might not perform equally." CreationDate="2016-10-03T18:35:17.217" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8977" PostId="5840" Score="0" Text="I was just gonna re-install Windows to be honest. You see any reason why the linked board above wouldn't work?" CreationDate="2016-10-03T19:40:22.373" UserId="4543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8979" PostId="2561" Score="0" Text="Some prowling around internet, makes it seem that (Oct 2016) there still are no mobile phones supporting UHS-II." CreationDate="2016-10-03T21:48:11.470" UserId="4611" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8980" PostId="2561" Score="0" Text="Some good UHS-I cards are Transcend W60 64G (U3, 95/60MB/s) and Lexar Professional 32G (95/45MB/s). Sandisk seemed both slower and more expensive than the previous two. I got a Toshiba Exceria 64G (U3) from aliexpress and likely too cheap; because either my testing, or the card, is flawed." CreationDate="2016-10-03T22:29:06.647" UserId="4611" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8982" PostId="5893" Score="0" Text="You need to figure out what type of hardware you need by yourself, then come back to us when you know that." CreationDate="2016-10-04T00:26:15.040" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8984" PostId="5895" Score="0" Text="We need more details to realistically answer this. Specify what you want out of the new card, and it'll be much easier to answer." CreationDate="2016-10-04T11:32:35.990" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8988" PostId="5891" Score="1" Text="How much *are* you willing to spend?" CreationDate="2016-10-04T13:34:13.770" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8989" PostId="5891" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for something that will fit in your pocket, or does it just need to be portable? There are a few portable speakers that can read flash drives." CreationDate="2016-10-04T17:23:38.987" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8990" PostId="5891" Score="0" Text="If you have a tablet or smartphone that supports USB OTG, you can get a [OTG cable for $5](https://smile.amazon.com/Ugreen®-Adapter-Samusung-Android-Function/dp/B00LN3LQKQ) to let it read your flash drive." CreationDate="2016-10-04T17:41:07.327" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8993" PostId="5893" Score="1" Text="Eh, once I've bought the hardware, I wont really need any help anymore...&#xA;However, will figure it out myself, I guess." CreationDate="2016-10-04T20:11:09.117" UserId="4612" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8994" PostId="5895" Score="0" Text="Yet, my question is clear at this level. I'd like this new Airport could support the technology 802.11 ac from my new router." CreationDate="2016-10-04T22:57:45.233" UserDisplayName="user4614" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8995" PostId="5898" Score="0" Text="Hi @browley   Thanks for the suggestion.   I am travelling though and often light, sometimes with just a rucksack and I really would like something that isn't a tablet ideally.   Any ideas on something smaller ?" CreationDate="2016-10-05T00:29:01.570" UserId="4609" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9004" PostId="5900" Score="0" Text="What research have you done?" CreationDate="2016-10-05T13:45:44.257" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9005" PostId="5900" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths A lot, but I didn't find anything." CreationDate="2016-10-05T14:17:29.773" UserDisplayName="user4614" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9007" PostId="5422" Score="0" Text="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHIrxL0giJQ seems like an alternative. But I am still looking for a wheeled or tracked robot" CreationDate="2016-10-05T19:45:48.737" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9008" PostId="5912" Score="0" Text="Hi Piet, what's your budget? Are there any specific features you need (e.g., macro buttons or scroll wheel type)?" CreationDate="2016-10-05T23:11:19.200" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9009" PostId="5912" Score="0" Text="Hey @Adam , I don't want to limit my budget to much, so I would go until a bit over a 100 euro. I don't have any specific features in mind, I'm just curious to find out what would type of mouse would work best in an ergonomic sense for a standing desk work set-up." CreationDate="2016-10-06T07:08:36.003" UserId="4632" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9010" PostId="5903" Score="1" Text="The product you linked is sold for less than $100 bucks, yet you say it's too expensive. Is your budget 200 or 100 bucks?" CreationDate="2016-10-06T10:04:26.510" UserId="884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9011" PostId="5903" Score="0" Text="Logitech Mx Anywhere has this stupid feature where clicking the scroll button will change between 2 mode. I don't want that feature. Price is actually fine. Because it's not gaming mouse I think cheaper is better. Also I prefer touch screen scroll wheel." CreationDate="2016-10-06T12:27:20.283" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9012" PostId="5903" Score="0" Text="http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/m720-triathlon?crid=7 is good but same problem. Also I think the switch computer should be on the bottom of the mouse so not accidentally clicked" CreationDate="2016-10-06T12:31:14.670" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9014" PostId="5919" Score="0" Text="I will go wiht one of these. Not sure which yet, nut probably teh first. Confuse-a-cat, here we come" CreationDate="2016-10-06T17:00:46.750" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9015" PostId="5918" Score="0" Text="No need for you to Google more, thanks :-)  I will read that when I get home this evening &amp; email the author directly, if need be" CreationDate="2016-10-06T17:03:16.653" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9016" PostId="5908" Score="0" Text="Hm, seems nice so far! Any other recommendations with a x86 based processor next? I'm just curious :)" CreationDate="2016-10-07T06:39:55.120" UserId="4642" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9017" PostId="5908" Score="0" Text="If performance is not a big issue, you can use [exagear](https://eltechs.com/product/exagear-desktop/) emulator to run x86 code on ARM (e.g. [I use it](http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/59110/37380) to run Heroes of Might and Magic 3 on a Banana Pro). They say you can even run [Skype on ODROID](http://forum.eltechs.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=70) using this." CreationDate="2016-10-07T06:59:44.770" UserId="4628" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9018" PostId="5906" Score="1" Text="Check here - http://www.jaguarboard.org/index.php/products/product_show/jaguarboard-industry-first-x86-based.html x86 under 100." CreationDate="2016-10-07T08:40:13.900" UserId="4217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9019" PostId="5906" Score="1" Text="@JIV This is good for CPU-intensive stuff (Atom is kind of powerful compared to RPi cores), but the lack of USB3 and Gigabit Ethernet make it a poor file server." CreationDate="2016-10-07T08:51:36.770" UserId="4628" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9021" PostId="5906" Score="1" Text="yea, right. What about http://shop.udoo.org/eu/preorder-x86.html?___from_store=other&amp;popup=no but they are just preorder. Anyway I was there before as well, trying to choose single board pc for my server but decided to build it as mITX. Now I have 6 SATA ports and RAID1 running - would not be possible with singleboards" CreationDate="2016-10-07T14:50:55.670" UserId="4217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9033" PostId="5912" Score="0" Text="All I would mention is that I've used a very ordinary Logitech trackball for many years and have had no trouble with RSI. *However*, I do have some discomfort, at cooler times of year with circulation to my right hand, apparently owing to the fact that the desk surface is higher than my right elbow. The hand becomes uncomfortably cold after lengthy periods of work. I sometimes resort to placing the trackball in my lap." CreationDate="2016-10-08T16:35:10.800" UserId="4651" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9034" PostId="5908" Score="1" Text="Well exagear looks nice, sad that it costs money tho but hey, not everything in life can be free :)" CreationDate="2016-10-08T17:14:47.940" UserId="4642" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9035" PostId="5906" Score="0" Text="@JIV Yeah, I'm sitting here trying to make a decision too. It's funny that a decent mITX PC with case and everything else would cost around 200 bucks, roughly the same as a singleboard with the same specs at the end ;)" CreationDate="2016-10-08T17:16:14.530" UserId="4642" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9038" PostId="5935" Score="1" Text="Ideally, you should split this answer up into one answer per recommendation with some detail about the product, so that they can be voted on individually." CreationDate="2016-10-08T22:39:20.650" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9039" PostId="5927" Score="0" Text="It is cool, but it's just POE pass-through, not a POE injector. It would still need to be connected to a POE injector or switch." CreationDate="2016-10-09T02:30:48.937" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9043" PostId="5935" Score="0" Text="I will be developing apps and using virtualized machines. What about the processors and my shuffle of drives?" CreationDate="2016-10-09T06:52:27.133" UserId="4643" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9044" PostId="5940" Score="0" Text="I also found one on [amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LDLV6S/ref=psdc_172500_t1_B008L325TW?th=1)." CreationDate="2016-10-09T11:36:15.477" UserId="4659" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9046" PostId="5915" Score="0" Text="Does price matter to you here (and if so, how much are you willing to spend)? Do you want any other fancy features besides HDR and 4K?" CreationDate="2016-10-09T15:54:33.373" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9047" PostId="2650" Score="0" Text="Do you have _any_ price limit?" CreationDate="2016-10-09T15:56:05.620" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9053" PostId="524" Score="0" Text="Even Skylake Pentium and Celeron CPUs don't support AVX, only SSE4.1.  Depending on what single-threaded workload you're running, you can be losing out on performance if the program can't use its AVX / AVX2 code." CreationDate="2016-10-10T05:33:45.183" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9054" PostId="524" Score="0" Text="If you don't plan to overclock, Skylake i3-6100 at 3.7GHz (with 3MB of L3 cache) should be a solid chip for sustained single-threaded performance at nearly half the price of an i5-6600k.  No turbo, but the base 3.7GHz is close to the max turbo on a stock i5-6600k.  (See the desktop CPU table on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture))" CreationDate="2016-10-10T05:34:39.433" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9055" PostId="5915" Score="1" Text="I just wanted to say; if you are only planning on using your XBOX One for gaming, there isn't much point in getting a 4K monitor. Most XBOX One games run only about 30fps at 900p, way below the resolution of a 4K monitor. Of couse, if you are using the XBOX for media streaming or video playback, then a 4K monitor may be worth it." CreationDate="2016-10-10T05:48:25.020" UserId="3708" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9056" PostId="5936" Score="0" Text="Alright! I think the extended armrest would be a good idea! and maybe I get a trackball too to have some variation. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-10-10T07:49:13.183" UserId="4632" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9057" PostId="5932" Score="0" Text="What are your expectations as to battery life? What software do you use for programming?" CreationDate="2016-10-10T07:49:58.317" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9058" PostId="5932" Score="0" Text="Eclipse, android studio, visual studio. As for battery life... Open to suggestions and not too much picky" CreationDate="2016-10-10T07:52:22.263" UserId="4643" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9062" PostId="5947" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. We don't do build requests, due to the huge number of combinations of hardware. However, you have a question (or two) here that we can work with to keep it on topic. You have a question about whether or not a power supply is ok. You have a question about the computer case and finally a potential 3rd about other hardware. Is there something in particular that you are concerned about? I'm going to make some edits to your question to rephrase this one to be about your power supply - and to keep it on topic." CreationDate="2016-10-10T18:00:41.650" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9065" PostId="5947" Score="0" Text="The budget for the build Is around 1100/1200$" CreationDate="2016-10-10T18:02:50.243" UserId="4667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9066" PostId="5947" Score="0" Text="I've reworded the question to focus on the power supply portion of your build. You can make a new question about the case using this template. Focus only on the case - and ask for cases that would fit your build (with other requirements such as cost, color, size, orientation, motherboard layout, etc). Add in that you're considering the NZXT as well, so that we have something to compare against." CreationDate="2016-10-10T18:09:28.790" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9070" PostId="5904" Score="0" Text="What is each server doing that lighting up a server on a cloud platform like AWS or Azure can't solve?" CreationDate="2016-10-10T20:09:56.610" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9072" PostId="5927" Score="0" Text="According to the [documentation](https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_AP_DS.pdf), this can only receive power from the UniFi switch, so it's not practical for a home user." CreationDate="2016-10-10T22:17:05.430" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9073" PostId="5945" Score="0" Text="I got some bad news for you, and that is that you're not gonna get satisfactory performance out of a quiet narrow cooler. I would get the fan that WORKS and build the case around it to quiet the noise." CreationDate="2016-10-10T22:20:45.653" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9074" PostId="5927" Score="0" Text="@browly  - You can use this with *any* POE switch." CreationDate="2016-10-10T22:32:23.003" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9076" PostId="5927" Score="0" Text="According to the [UBNT forum](https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/UAP-IW-not-802-3af-Compliant/td-p/1446495), the UAP-IW supports 802.3af alternative A, but not 802.3af alternative B, which is probably the reason for the footnote in the document I linked to. But you are correct that it will work with most 802.3af devices, so I retract my earlier comment." CreationDate="2016-10-10T23:08:24.840" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9077" PostId="2650" Score="1" Text="$200, maybe $300 if the solution really hits all the high notes." CreationDate="2016-10-11T02:20:46.807" UserId="2428" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9079" PostId="5945" Score="0" Text="Quiet doesn't always mean poor performance - there's a whole sector for quiet performance PC building/modding and they cover this. In the end  did solve this myself but it wasn't easy to find reliable answers" CreationDate="2016-10-11T08:55:45.177" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9081" PostId="5952" Score="0" Text="5 connectors is tempting, but $259 is pretty high. The TV itself was $348." CreationDate="2016-10-11T10:37:29.110" UserId="664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9082" PostId="5952" Score="0" Text="As far as expense goes.  There are less expensive manufacturers/models on the market.  My tv too was less expensive than my receiver by the way.  The top of the line receivers however can get to, well, just look up the [Anthem MRX 1120](http://www.crutchfield.com/p_973MRX1120/Anthem-MRX-1120.html)      From looking around the net, the lowest priced units I can find are around $170, but are not well reviewed by owners.  I have a penchant to not recommend things that are below a certain ratio of positive to negative reviews, regardless of price." CreationDate="2016-10-11T14:30:11.783" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9083" PostId="5952" Score="0" Text="hmm. I guess I'll have to save up for it. I was hoping I just wasn't searching for the right things. Thanks for the help." CreationDate="2016-10-11T14:33:36.357" UserId="664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9084" PostId="5952" Score="1" Text="There are also some speaker systems on the market that have optical in.  I'll do some more looking around after I get the yard taken care of, and get some of my college coursework out of the way." CreationDate="2016-10-11T15:11:17.967" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9085" PostId="5945" Score="0" Text="In my experience quiet pretty much does mean &quot;poor&quot; performance in one way or another. Let us know how that U12DX works out for you at ~140W." CreationDate="2016-10-11T16:25:38.103" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9086" PostId="5956" Score="0" Text="Same room as the router? why not run an Ethernet line along the baseboards?" CreationDate="2016-10-11T21:06:19.377" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9087" PostId="5956" Score="0" Text="Wires, wires everywhere.." CreationDate="2016-10-11T22:07:44.470" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9088" PostId="5957" Score="0" Text="As far as the Lenovo [Product PDF](http://psref.lenovo.com/syspool%5CSys/PDF/Lenovo%20Laptops/Lenovo%20Z50/Lenovo_Z50-70-75_Platform_Specifications.pdf) If you look under the section labeled &quot;Graphics&quot; it seems that the max external via the HDMI 1.4 is 1900x1200 @ 60hz." CreationDate="2016-10-12T02:30:30.500" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9089" PostId="5957" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya That's for the Z50-70, not Z50-75, I think." CreationDate="2016-10-12T03:14:19.240" UserId="4675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9091" PostId="5957" Score="0" Text="ya know, you got me on that one.  Info on max external resolution is really hard to find, you would think they would offer information on that as a lot of people use laptops as desktop replacements.  What is your budget for a system, as far as top of the mark?" CreationDate="2016-10-12T03:40:04.513" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9092" PostId="5957" Score="0" Text="I'd like to keep it under $300, and I don't need a laptop. My set up is a 4k monitor and a closet nearby where I will hide the hardware. So I will also need a BT mouse and keyboard." CreationDate="2016-10-12T03:52:38.623" UserId="4675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9093" PostId="5958" Score="1" Text="So what tells you that it supports 4k external resolution?" CreationDate="2016-10-12T03:54:19.673" UserId="4675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9094" PostId="5958" Score="0" Text="@AntonGovorilov I know because the iGPU supports it: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A10-Series%20A10-9600P.html and because that is an explicit part of the HDMI 2.0 specification." CreationDate="2016-10-12T04:10:15.023" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9095" PostId="5957" Score="0" Text="If you have a system already, you can upgrade the GPU to something really inexpensive along the lines of these:  [EVGA Geforce GT 710](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487219)     /    [SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R7 360](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202196)      Would that work for you?  There are less expensive cards as well." CreationDate="2016-10-12T04:59:26.427" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9096" PostId="5958" Score="0" Text="Ah, I'm beginning to figure it out. So what is &quot;A10-9600P&quot;: is it the motherboard, the CPU or the combination of everything?" CreationDate="2016-10-12T05:25:35.043" UserId="4675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9097" PostId="5958" Score="0" Text="@AntonGovorilov It is the combination CPU/GPU, called an APU in this case (Accelerated Processing Unit) because it has an iGPU in it in addition to the standard four CPU cores." CreationDate="2016-10-12T05:27:11.623" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9098" PostId="5958" Score="0" Text="Thank you! And does HDMI 2 automatically = 4k?" CreationDate="2016-10-12T05:39:35.587" UserId="4675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9099" PostId="5957" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Thank you! How do I know that my motherboard is compatible with the graphics card?" CreationDate="2016-10-12T05:48:45.293" UserId="4675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9100" PostId="5958" Score="0" Text="@AntonGovorilov yes, it does." CreationDate="2016-10-12T06:11:31.097" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9101" PostId="5945" Score="0" Text="For sure.  And In mine it means careful checking/stress testing and larger sink/fan (or multiple fans)." CreationDate="2016-10-12T08:13:55.233" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9102" PostId="5956" Score="1" Text="I use a $10 TP-Link USB wifi key and, paired with a good ISP (with optical fibre), it is perfectly fine - I usually have between 8 and 48 ping in Rocket League, as for instance." CreationDate="2016-10-12T09:56:40.383" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9105" PostId="5957" Score="0" Text="What brand/model system do you have?  Also, if you run a system information utility like [Speccy](https://www.piriform.com/speccy) it will give you information on your system, such as what motherboard you have, ram, etc.  If your system is PCIe 1.0 or 2.0, a PCIe 3.0 card will still run, it will just reduce its throughput to the PCIe version you are running." CreationDate="2016-10-12T13:09:50.443" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9106" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="Can anyone explain to me why these displays are so expensive?" CreationDate="2016-10-12T18:48:39.687" UserId="4684" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9108" PostId="5965" Score="0" Text="Out of curiosity, why does it have to be bluetooth?" CreationDate="2016-10-13T04:43:51.060" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9115" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="@UpTheCreek, patents.  It's going to be a few years yet before the key patents expire and competition starts driving the prices down." CreationDate="2016-10-13T20:21:53.827" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9116" PostId="5970" Score="0" Text="Don't just re-ask your question because it was closed; it was closed for a reason. The yellow box under the original question tells you why; use that to edit and improve your existing question to the point where it can be reopened." CreationDate="2016-10-13T21:50:33.620" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9117" PostId="5967" Score="0" Text="This is actually a very easy question to answer; there's no reason it should be on hold.  Your MBP **cannot** accept SSD PCIe, just regular 2.5&quot; SATA SSDs.  I have personally updated MBPs and iMacs with [Samsung 850 EVO SSD](https://goo.gl/oMa2hj) with excellent results.  Personally, I would stay away from OWC - they are just overy expensive for what they do and reliability is questionable.  Also, you may have some better luck viewing this post, [My Macbook Is Slow](http://bit.ly/2dnMvrZ), over on Ask Different" CreationDate="2016-10-13T22:35:53.457" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9120" PostId="5967" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much @DigitalBoffin, I appreciate! I think It is possible to install SSD PCIe. When you go to About this Mac -&gt; System Report -&gt; PCI, they explain that &quot;This computer doesn't contain any PCI cards or devices. If you installed or connected, a PCI card or device, make sure they’re properly installed.&quot; So it is somehow possible to install an SSD PCIe." CreationDate="2016-10-13T23:29:08.223" UserId="4689" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9121" PostId="5967" Score="0" Text="I **guarantee** that you can't install a PCIe SSD.  While your logic board has a PCIe bus, there are no slots for you to use.  Have a look at this [iFixit.com](http://bit.ly/2dfO2gs) document on replacing the drive and for more details." CreationDate="2016-10-13T23:38:13.693" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9124" PostId="5967" Score="0" Text="Ok, thanks for the comment. Do you know if the Samsung 850 EVO SSD is compatible with my MBP?" CreationDate="2016-10-14T00:06:20.600" UserId="4689" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9125" PostId="5967" Score="0" Text="It's fully compatible." CreationDate="2016-10-14T00:07:08.107" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9127" PostId="5973" Score="1" Text="It is definitely awesome that these machines can do this, but it sucks they have to do it through the thunderbolt port so that you have to get one or two adapters to make it work properly." CreationDate="2016-10-14T05:29:38.490" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9128" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="@mark right yeah.  One would think if they allowed more/cheaper licensing of the tech we would see a lot more of it (and maybe make more money for the patent holders)" CreationDate="2016-10-14T08:21:16.267" UserId="4684" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9130" PostId="5965" Score="0" Text="@Andy Mainly because I can't do the scanning near a computer, for space reasons, and I didn't want a proprietary receiver dongle that we could easily lose. Bluetooth is cross-platform and if we do our scanning off-site, we can use our phones to hold and upload the scanned data." CreationDate="2016-10-14T12:23:37.717" UserId="4685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9131" PostId="5965" Score="0" Text="@reeeky2001 - The wireless ones from Symbol don't have a dongle. they have a charging cradle that connects via USB" CreationDate="2016-10-14T12:29:56.777" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9132" PostId="5957" Score="0" Text="@AntonGovorilov  can you add this to the question so that your title's not so misleading?" CreationDate="2016-10-14T14:08:40.787" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9133" PostId="5972" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the suggestion. I've suggested the [DS6878-SR](https://www.amazon.com/Zebra-Motorola-Symbol-DS6878-SR-Bluetooth/dp/B00NN63AD2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1476465913&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=zebra+2d+bluetooth) as the LS4278 doesn't do 2D." CreationDate="2016-10-14T17:26:51.473" UserId="4685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9134" PostId="5972" Score="1" Text="Forgot to mention, I got the boss to increase the budget on it. But big time thanks for reminding me of Zebra. We used Moto scanners all the time when I worked retail." CreationDate="2016-10-14T17:27:58.950" UserId="4685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9136" PostId="5967" Score="0" Text="Ok, but when you look at the product, we realize it is only compatible with Windows 10/8/7/Vista SP1 and above (32/64 bit), Windows Server 2008 (32/64 bit), Linux Compatible. Are you sure it is compatible with my MBP?" CreationDate="2016-10-15T00:52:18.300" UserId="4689" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9137" PostId="5865" Score="0" Text="This would void an warranty, but you might be able to get an 3rd party water cooling kit and install it.  Definitely, the quietest way to go." CreationDate="2016-10-15T03:40:48.863" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9138" PostId="5855" Score="0" Text="As long as you have a pci-e x16 slot and a big enough power supply **any** video card should work." CreationDate="2016-10-15T03:45:23.110" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9139" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Either an SSD or 16gb+ of RAM and buffer most of the DB in RAM." CreationDate="2016-10-15T04:02:39.800" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9141" PostId="5682" Score="0" Text="Using https://blazingdb.com/ or mapd.com In short, GPU acceleration can make queries many times faster. I have seen GPU vs SQL where the GPU leaves the CPU in the dust.  I am sure other products exist." CreationDate="2016-10-15T04:22:13.010" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9142" PostId="5967" Score="0" Text="Drives are non are not OS specific.  This one just comes from the factory *formatted* for Windows.  You can format a drive to work in any computer - OS X, Linux, or Windows" CreationDate="2016-10-15T09:30:24.993" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9147" PostId="5960" Score="0" Text="If you want to communicate between devices wirelessly, does it absolutely need to be NFC? Would something like IR or like a 2.4 or 5GHz transceiver also work?" CreationDate="2016-10-16T03:24:16.363" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9149" PostId="5960" Score="0" Text="Yes @0-60FPS , It needs to be NFC" CreationDate="2016-10-16T06:42:10.190" UserId="4657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9152" PostId="5986" Score="0" Text="Related : https://serverfault.com/questions/695495/how-to-find-mainboards-that-supports-self-encrypting-device-sed-in-bios, http://www.tb-kaiser.de/ahci_sbe/" CreationDate="2016-10-16T16:10:54.473" UserId="4706" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9155" PostId="5998" Score="0" Text="That sounds good. One more question. How about battery life?" CreationDate="2016-10-18T16:51:57.990" UserId="4607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9156" PostId="5946" Score="0" Text="Do you have any idea about their battery life?" CreationDate="2016-10-18T16:52:48.860" UserId="4607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9157" PostId="5946" Score="1" Text="On the first page of the Asus ROG Strix details, it lists the max battery life as 5 hours.  This is likely at idle, but is not stated.     [Gadget Review](http://www.gadgetreview.com/msi-ge62vr-apache-pro-gaming-laptop-review) lists the GE62VR as 1hr 39min at full load, and 2hr 43min at idle.     I am not able to find details on the Gigabyte's battery life." CreationDate="2016-10-18T17:37:20.017" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9158" PostId="5998" Score="0" Text="Not the best news on battery life. With such high-power components and lighted keyboard and phenomenal price tag, there has to be a downside, right? You can expect about 2.5 hours battery life under desktop use, but only about 60 minutes in gaming. In review, it was noted that the MSI used so much power in gaming that it drained the battery a bit even while plugged into the AC power. This unit has a 53 watt-hour battery and consumes about 22W at idle." CreationDate="2016-10-18T19:21:49.927" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9159" PostId="5998" Score="0" Text="If you are willing to sacrifice the stellar build quality and pure gamer focus of the MSI, I did find a Dell Inspiron i7559-7512 with 15.6&quot; 3849x2160 Touchscreen on Amazon for $1199. The battery is rated at 74 watt-hours, and idles better at 12W making a 5-hour battery life a realistic expectation for homework sessions and about two hours of gaming. The single color backlit keyboard looks somewhat cheap to me, but definitely an option well worth considering, especially if you like the idea of a 4K touchscreen. Note: the Dell, Alienware, and MSI scored within 4% of each in gaming performance." CreationDate="2016-10-18T19:32:41.627" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9160" PostId="5998" Score="0" Text="PS: The 4K dell would be phenomenal for Autocad, SolidWorks, Maya or whatever 3D apps you plan on running, if you can handle the microscopic font sizes and inevitable scaling issues. Be aware that 4K on a 15.6&quot; screen is 289 dpi. The Microsoft Windows standard is 96 dpi, so you'll be scaling at almost exactly 3:1 which Windows does not do very well. For metric system equivalency, were talking 11.4 pixels per mm." CreationDate="2016-10-18T20:03:46.280" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9161" PostId="5946" Score="0" Text="I also have another douby. For these gaming laptops, will I get a decent battery life i case I use them for ordinary stuff like word editing or internet browsing etc?" CreationDate="2016-10-18T20:24:16.753" UserId="4607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9162" PostId="5998" Score="0" Text="The dell laptop that you are mentioning, does it come with the newer gtx 10 series cards? Also when I am talking about battery life, I am talking about general usage like word editing or internet browsing. I will use this for gaming/graphic editing on AC power for the most part, but I need it's portability for my college work like browsing, MS office work etc. So in that case(for general usage) how would the battery be?" CreationDate="2016-10-18T20:26:46.393" UserId="4607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9163" PostId="5903" Score="0" Text="I'm almost certain the logitech software will let you disable or customize any button on the mouse... My cheapo logitech mouse at home does this..." CreationDate="2016-10-18T20:45:32.833" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9164" PostId="5998" Score="0" Text="The Dell has the same specs as the MSI: GTX 1060 GPU, Quad-core Pentium i7-6700, 1TB HDD, 256GB SSD, plus an additional 4GB RAM (16GB.) In MS Office expect 4-6 hrs battery life. I'm a huge fan of MSI, but this Dell system is pretty tough to beat, especially for a student. It is .25&quot; thinner and .5 lb lighter and has twice that battery life, even if the screen were only 1920x1080, it would be very tempting. You can still do plenty of gaming, but the Dell won't be quite as durable." CreationDate="2016-10-18T21:08:25.223" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9165" PostId="5946" Score="0" Text="I think you need to edit these further questions into your main question, as comments are not intended for discussions." CreationDate="2016-10-18T23:09:47.107" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9166" PostId="5998" Score="0" Text="I am unable to find it on amazon, could you link that dell laptop here? Thanks" CreationDate="2016-10-18T23:41:57.463" UserId="4607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9167" PostId="5998" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/47023/discussion-between-brett-bergan-and-lufork)." CreationDate="2016-10-19T00:02:08.777" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9169" PostId="5947" Score="0" Text="Excellent choice of components! I am planning on building exactly the same system, except with an i5-6500 CPU and a Phanteks case. I calculated a build cost for you of $1075, then I followed your link to partpicker, and saw that you already had an accurate estimate of $1045. Good Luck!!" CreationDate="2016-10-19T03:49:01.590" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9171" PostId="6002" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I wish I could revert the close ... but there is actually no way to rephrase my question. It is a simple hardware recomendation question." CreationDate="2016-10-19T19:12:09.887" UserId="4727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9172" PostId="6002" Score="0" Text="I dont understand why this question was closed, it is clear and understandable, not at all off topic - OP is asking for a hardware recommendation. Anyways, I would recommend you getting a precision t5600 used, maybe off eBay for around $700 with two Xeon e5-2670s or maybe even higher if you think necessary, i think that will definitely be satisfactory, even though its a little lower clockspeed, no more than that is needed for most kinds of programming but it would double your current cores and threads which i definitely think is an important aspect for your need" CreationDate="2016-10-19T19:17:20.027" UserId="4057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9175" PostId="5903" Score="0" Text="no. I've checked. I've asked. I've looked on the web." CreationDate="2016-10-20T13:20:26.547" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9178" PostId="4049" Score="0" Text="Also adding some sound dampening material to the side panels, as well as bottom and top of the case helps as well, and is an inexpensive fix.  If all else fails, one could just use old egg cartons and make a partial anechoic chamber for the case." CreationDate="2016-10-20T18:14:17.787" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9180" PostId="4277" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes I'd argue that under the assumption that this card will never see a full load you could safely affix a passive cooler, but now we're talking about a $200 card in addition to both more money and effort (and likely voiding a warranty)." CreationDate="2016-10-20T19:35:01.307" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9182" PostId="6005" Score="0" Text="There are various adapters that let you connect four NiMH AA or AAA batteries to a USB cable, so anything powered off MicroUSB will meet your &quot;battery powered&quot; requirement." CreationDate="2016-10-20T19:58:59.413" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9188" PostId="6016" Score="0" Text="I would also highly recommend an EVGA power supply. They consistently score higher than Corsair power supplies on both consistency and build quality according to jonnyguru: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&amp;op=Story6&amp;reid=440 As you can see, the 550 G2 scored a perfect 10. It's worth adding that before Oklahoma Wolf started reviewing EVGA power supplies, he had never given out a score of 10 to any power supply." CreationDate="2016-10-21T07:50:51.977" UserId="4745" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9189" PostId="5947" Score="0" Text="My only concern with your build is pairing an i7 6700K with a 1060. Will you be doing computational work/graphics design, or will the rig be for gaming? If the rig is for gaming, I would recommend replacing the 6700K with an i5 6600K and using the extra cash saved to go with a 1070 rather than a 1060." CreationDate="2016-10-21T07:54:29.840" UserId="4745" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9190" PostId="5947" Score="1" Text="@sgr I will be doing a lot of video and photoediting since I'm using this pc mainly for work. I decided to put the 1060 because It costs less that a 970 and I can play games at good fps and High settings, even if It Is not the main purpose of the build" CreationDate="2016-10-21T08:01:41.703" UserId="4667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9191" PostId="5947" Score="0" Text="@Daniele Then the i7 makes perfect sense." CreationDate="2016-10-21T08:08:48.057" UserId="4745" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9192" PostId="4276" Score="0" Text="@comicurus If you'd looked a little bit harder you'd have seen the asterisk next to the 2560x1600, which references this line at the bottom of the page '* 3840x2160 at 30Hz or 4096x2160 at 24Hz supported over HDMI.' As long as you plug in by the HDMI port, you can watch UHD video at 24Hz." CreationDate="2016-10-21T08:22:21.803" UserId="4745" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9195" PostId="5575" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles If you look at Adam's profile, all is explained there." CreationDate="2016-10-21T19:10:36.670" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9196" PostId="5971" Score="0" Text="While I appreciate how much you both love me, here is not the most appropriate place to express that." CreationDate="2016-10-21T19:11:19.727" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9197" PostId="4066" Score="0" Text="8k HDR, where you have to embed your face IN the screen to tell the difference between it and 4k........." CreationDate="2016-10-22T07:40:39.463" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9198" PostId="6003" Score="0" Text="Agreed, or even this one [ROG PG348Q](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236717&amp;ignorebbr=1)              Its so curvy!" CreationDate="2016-10-22T07:44:30.993" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9211" PostId="6022" Score="0" Text="Other than missing a budget, I don't think this question is to broad and have voted to reopen. Can you provide your estimated budget?" CreationDate="2016-10-22T12:50:37.510" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9216" PostId="595" Score="0" Text="Just out of curiosity, why don't you light this thing up in Azure?  You only pay for what you need as you need it and it will scale when you need it to.  Is there a reason you want to host it on your own hardware?" CreationDate="2016-10-22T21:42:59.037" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9220" PostId="5960" Score="0" Text="Sorry @feetwet, I said &quot;0-60FPS&quot; responding to the guy who commented before me. I want to be able to scan NFC from afar as I am trying to test how easy it is to swipe credit cards for a personal project." CreationDate="2016-10-23T01:01:56.530" UserId="4657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9221" PostId="6022" Score="0" Text="Can't you just attach multiple powerline adapters to wifi routers? AFAIK, one-to-many doesn't require specific hardware, just regular adapter should do the trick." CreationDate="2016-10-23T10:32:33.033" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9222" PostId="6001" Score="0" Text="I upvoted you for this because of the oustanding ASUS ad (be sure to check out the bears.)" CreationDate="2016-10-23T11:09:07.910" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9225" PostId="6034" Score="0" Text="Ah, I didn't even consider that there is still a meaningful distinction between, say, a 4K Vizio &quot;home theater display&quot; and a 4K &quot;computer monitor.&quot;  Are those qualitative differences you describe discernible in any specifications?  Or do you just have to depend on reviews?" CreationDate="2016-10-23T18:43:04.427" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9230" PostId="6042" Score="0" Text="This is awesome! I think I'll stay with Liquid Cooling, I'll also keep 1080 because you never know ;) I already dropped from 32gb of ram to 16gb so I don't want do to any major changes. I'm getting those Corsair SP120, as seen on the reviews, it works perfectly on my case (NZXT H440). Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-10-24T06:25:01.530" UserId="4765" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9231" PostId="6042" Score="0" Text="Very well. Overall it's a good build! I only recommend the m2 SSD. :)  Also, the reason I suggested the air cooler is that these CLCs are generally not as reliable - I've already had two die on me, so unless you are going for a custom loop (which, admittedly, are far more expensive), there is seldom a good reason for a  CLC apart from looks. If you find it noisy, consider putting some radiator fans on it." CreationDate="2016-10-24T06:26:11.810" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9232" PostId="6039" Score="0" Text="I'm afraid this won't fit the bill, I see no mention on how the thing actually works, how it talks to the app (is it even using HTTPS?) and what the keycards are (they will most likely be trivial to clone, thus I may as well leave the door open)." CreationDate="2016-10-24T06:34:38.037" UserId="4759" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9234" PostId="6039" Score="0" Text="You have to talk to a sales rep.  They keep all the juicy details off their website.  I know that their old software only communicated via HTTPS so it's more than likely their new stuff will.  I used HID prox cards and those worked perfectly.  Don't make assumptions until you actually get the full specs." CreationDate="2016-10-24T10:37:59.417" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9235" PostId="5600" Score="0" Text="How big of a screen do you need?" CreationDate="2016-10-24T13:22:55.463" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9238" PostId="1701" Score="0" Text="2 to 3 meters away?  Not for under $50 are you going to find one that gives you any quality worth the trouble of making the recording in the first place.  We use the [Blue Snowball](https://goo.gl/DOsxKW) in the center of 6 meter rectangular table and it picks up everyone's voice clearly." CreationDate="2016-10-24T14:33:48.910" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9239" PostId="5600" Score="1" Text="&quot;Processor needs to be an i7&quot; - does this mean you want the superior performance of a 4-core hyperthreaded processor or that you want the superior battery-longetivity of a 2-core hyperthreaded processor? i7 is a broad term for a number of high-binned chips." CreationDate="2016-10-24T14:40:10.760" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9241" PostId="6026" Score="0" Text="I can give a +1 for the Mac. For the record, I had Windows laptops and still a Windows desktop. But the Mac *was* beneficial to me for development because of the UNIX environment and availability of commercial software tools. I presume that has changed a bit now that Windows recently released the Ubuntu Bash. But I'm not 100% sure that the Windows Bash is a 100% bash shell. It may have some things missing/unsupported since it's still technically in beta. **TL;DR** Get the OS you like the most, but remember you may spend lots of time in Linux/UNIX environments." CreationDate="2016-10-24T15:20:02.070" UserId="4381" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9242" PostId="6048" Score="2" Text="To be fair, you won't find objective reviews on Amazon or Newegg, those are all subjective." CreationDate="2016-10-24T15:52:04.173" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9259" PostId="6048" Score="0" Text="For all, this is the meta discussion: http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/579/57" CreationDate="2016-10-24T17:58:49.120" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9265" PostId="6057" Score="0" Text="Added links as per request." CreationDate="2016-10-25T14:23:30.837" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9267" PostId="6060" Score="0" Text="I think Knox is also over the top for us, but thanks for the suggestion. In the end, we decided to go with the Lenovo A8-50, as we already had one of them lying around to work with, and I was unable to find anything that was significantly cheaper that was still fairly reliable." CreationDate="2016-10-25T17:13:11.030" UserId="2021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9277" PostId="6064" Score="0" Text="If someone suggested an alternative build, what would your maximum budget be?" CreationDate="2016-10-25T22:36:14.600" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9278" PostId="6064" Score="1" Text="@Undo It was in my requirements: &quot;500 - 750 US DOLLARS&quot;" CreationDate="2016-10-26T03:10:06.707" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9279" PostId="6064" Score="0" Text="Dual core can mean a couple of things. 1 it could be dual core, 1 thread per core. 2 it could be dual core, 2 threads per core (intel hyperthreading). 4 threads (2 threads/core) will perform as well as 4 cores (1 thread/core) The best thing to look for when judging performance is a benchmark (passmark is pretty good). There are other factors too like optimization and clock speed... But anyways, the things you run should work on a dual core, but I'd recommend a higher end dual core or a quad core." CreationDate="2016-10-26T03:37:16.130" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9280" PostId="6022" Score="0" Text="What do you mean by multiple powerline adapaters  to wifi routers? Say I want to power 8 room, does that mean I would need 16 devices? I like the one where I have 9 devices. One transmiter near my main router, and 8 receivers." CreationDate="2016-10-26T03:57:29.820" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9283" PostId="6064" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS I believe dual core in this usage means two cores." CreationDate="2016-10-26T04:18:53.390" UserId="821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9287" PostId="6064" Score="0" Text="Just from looking around for a while, with Dell, 500-700USD being the limiters, I do believe that system is going to be your best bet.  Even among refurbished Dell systems, dual core i5/i7's seem to be about it for the price range.   This is more of an opinion than an &quot;answer&quot; so I am entering this as a comment." CreationDate="2016-10-26T07:11:25.677" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9288" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="I added an extra note &quot;budget in USD.&quot;" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:14:30.453" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9289" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="At worst, they stretch your budget with $4.99. Do you want other recommendations?" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:19:02.440" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9290" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Yes please. If it could fit i would like to have more broad choice to build a good gaming pc" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:20:02.950" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9291" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="i was thinking of getting a Asus GTX 750 ti OC 2gb Gddr5. Is it good?" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:34:20.360" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9292" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="I'd recommend an RX 460 (470s don't fit your budget) from an Indian store, as per the edit." CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:35:47.747" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9293" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Can you brief me on RX 640 vs GTX 750 ti?" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:39:57.493" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9294" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="And also i want a gddr5 gpu." CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:40:09.290" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9295" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="The RX 460 has GDDR5 memory." CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:50:26.830" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9296" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Ok thank you so much. If there are more solutions to my build please you a so welcome." CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:51:18.700" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9297" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Moreover, the RX 460 will blow the 750 Ti out of the water in terms of performance. It's superior on any front, plus it supports Crossfire configurations." CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:52:21.977" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9298" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Any website to review the specs for RX 460?" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:53:13.110" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9299" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Hold that thought! I think I found a better solution: [GTX 1050 Ti](https://www.theitdepot.com/details-Zotac+Geforce+GTX+1050+Ti+Mini+4GB+GDDR5+Graphic+Card+(ZT-P10510A-10L)_C45P27544.html)" CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:57:53.093" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9300" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Please tell me which stores you can and want to buy from; I am confused when it comes to India retailers." CreationDate="2016-10-26T11:58:18.507" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9301" PostId="6071" Score="0" Text="So, to clarify: a graphics card with 2+ HDMI outputs, and 3+ total outputs? So, for example, 2xHDMI and 1xDVI is acceptable?" CreationDate="2016-10-26T12:05:15.400" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9302" PostId="6071" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Hi, Yes of course, but the required display-mode and the HDMIs' independency also need to be considered :)" CreationDate="2016-10-26T12:10:22.363" UserId="4787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9303" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="online stores like flipkart, amazom" CreationDate="2016-10-26T12:11:09.353" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9304" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/47461/discussion-between-fragamemnon-and-sorangwala-abbasali)." CreationDate="2016-10-26T12:17:47.947" UserId="4766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9305" PostId="6070" Score="0" Text="Ok i will check and give my views on your advices" CreationDate="2016-10-26T12:46:36.870" UserId="4776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9330" PostId="6048" Score="0" Text="I see your features list, but what criteria are you basing your notion of *objectivity* on?  Are you looking for certain additional qualities in an enclosure such as reliability, or are you simply having difficulty finding one that fits all of your bullets?" CreationDate="2016-10-26T20:03:16.530" UserId="4770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9333" PostId="5835" Score="0" Text="The only issue I can see with this idea, using any console, is the darned misuse of DMCA by corporate attorneys." CreationDate="2016-10-27T14:51:54.903" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9334" PostId="6026" Score="0" Text="+1. Blade Stealth and MB/P are your best bet for mobile workstations that don't require high end GPUs or niche specs at this price point." CreationDate="2016-10-27T17:44:34.307" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9338" PostId="6071" Score="0" Text="Last I checked the output of the HDMI is dependent on the OS on the settings you give it, not the card itself per se, correct?  So, a 3+ output GPU......Do you have any budget restrictions?  Also, what motherboard/chipset are you working with?  Your current power supply wattage would be good to know as well." CreationDate="2016-10-27T20:54:33.463" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9345" PostId="5835" Score="0" Text="@ArtofCode fine, doth this appease thy sense of moral anal retentiveness?? Assuming you are living in the USA, modding a console can land you in hot water legally. [Legal Issues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modding#Legal_issues) Modifying a console is considered a violation of the DMCA(Digital Millennium Copyright Act). People have been arrested for modifying systems for personal use as well as modifying systems for profit" CreationDate="2016-10-28T00:16:42.167" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9346" PostId="2203" Score="0" Text="For that price, which is $14.94 USD as of this posting.....you are not going to find much of anything with any reliable worth mentioning" CreationDate="2016-10-28T00:42:23.603" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9347" PostId="6071" Score="0" Text="Hi @NZKshatriya :) thanks for the comment. Could you please elaborate on the _&quot;HDMI output is dependent on the OS and the settings..&quot;_, I don't know anything in that regard and I'm thrilled to know more about it. However, the display modes I'm after on the ports are a must, since the instruments receiving the output signal _only_ accept some very specific modes, while the HDMI ports may reside on _separate_ cards as long as I can output the signal in a correct display mode. The other parts (mobo, power, ..) will be determined based on the graphics card, assuming the budget is not an issue now!" CreationDate="2016-10-28T03:19:15.973" UserId="4787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9348" PostId="6071" Score="0" Text="I may be wrong on that, hence the ? at the end, but it also has to do with the resolutions acceptable to the target device.   Your SD device has an HDMI port?  I see a lot of cards with dual DVI, and several with 1x VGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI.   Technically you could use a DVI to HDMI adapter and thus have two HDMI connected devices, but as per the original question, I will look more until I have something that will qualify as an answer and not just comments." CreationDate="2016-10-28T04:35:41.630" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9349" PostId="2762" Score="0" Text="&quot;Laptop class&quot;......as in the [MSI GT83VR?](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154276&amp;cm_re=GT83-_-34-154-276-_-Product) or the [SAMSUNG XE303C12](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834132101&amp;cm_re=chromebook-_-34-132-101-_-Product) :P" CreationDate="2016-10-28T04:40:45.780" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9350" PostId="2762" Score="0" Text="Heh. I was thinking AMD APUs" CreationDate="2016-10-28T04:42:10.010" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9351" PostId="2762" Score="0" Text="The devil in me had to point out the huge range that makes up the laptop class of graphics options" CreationDate="2016-10-28T04:45:07.707" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9352" PostId="6071" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Oh, I see :) Well, the target device doesn't have an HDMI port indeed, it's an SDI port and the output signal will be converted using an HDMI to SDI converter, so it's not like a monitor taking to the _&quot;system&quot;_ about the acceptance resolution and hence the display mode prerequestise! I don't know if the VGA is a better replacement for the HDMI for the display mode, I mean _do they support the SD res natively?_ in that case, I'll take a reconsideration! The DVI and the HDMI ports on most graphics cards I saw look to be mutually exclusive, you cannot plug two monitors simultaneousl" CreationDate="2016-10-28T05:31:38.463" UserId="4787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9353" PostId="6071" Score="0" Text="I have not seen an SDI port in a while, not since my dad brought stuff home when working for DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) in the 90s.  From what I see in quick glance at convertors, they list input resolutions &quot;up to&quot; and then give the max resolution, and also output resolution &quot;up to&quot; with max resolution following....I know some of them do scaling and some don't.  but, its 1:39am here.  I'll do some more research...after a few hours rest." CreationDate="2016-10-28T05:40:27.917" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9354" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="Hey, it's down to $1500 now." CreationDate="2016-10-28T05:48:43.107" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9356" PostId="6034" Score="0" Text="I think that sharpness and focus will be geared toward close-range viewing on the &quot;computer monitor&quot; more. But, honestly, I checked out the 43&quot; screens at Walmart the other day (Sharp, Samsung, &amp; LG) ranging in price from $378 to $428, and to me they looked phenomenal. Pure white may have been a bit oversaturated from twelve inches away, but everything else looked fine. I compared the 43&quot; screens to the 49&quot; and from a foot away, I didn't really love the grain of the bigger pixels nearly as much as the razor sharp pixels of the 43&quot; models. For $400 bucks its hard to go wrong with a 4K UHDTV." CreationDate="2016-10-28T09:43:17.947" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9357" PostId="6081" Score="0" Text="What sort of budget? Desktop or Laptop?" CreationDate="2016-10-28T11:50:22.620" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9359" PostId="6081" Score="0" Text="Question's awesome, tags are cool as they are. If that's the kind of experience you've had building computers, you won't have any trouble building an entire computer - I managed it based on no experience at all, so I'm sure you can." CreationDate="2016-10-28T11:54:22.547" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9364" PostId="6081" Score="0" Text="Thanks @ArtOfCode for cleaning and justifying my post. I was obviously nervous. It has been so long since I have looked at computer parts, I don't know if they are more or less complicated to install. But I also know that my needs are relatively basic, and some of the reasons for building your own (getting the water cooling just right, making the super cool lights flash in the right order) are invalid for my use case. If I can save $10 but takes 20 hours to build, better to just get one made in the factory" CreationDate="2016-10-28T13:37:40.310" UserId="4795" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9366" PostId="6081" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek Budget? Cheapest! Seriously though, if it costs $1100 to get what I actually need, then I will grudgingly do that. But, I really can't imagine it costing that much. Regardless, if I walk into &lt;bigbox retail&gt; or &lt;boutique shop&gt; and tell them that, I will get 'you-are-my-commission speak' instead of real information." CreationDate="2016-10-28T13:49:00.557" UserId="4795" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9367" PostId="6081" Score="0" Text="So, what I am seeing is:  max budget of $1100 though less expensive the better, max ram should be high to allow for multitasking with large programs, at least able to play Civilization VI @ minimum settings.   Ill see if I can come up with a decent AMD and Intel build for a suggestion." CreationDate="2016-10-28T15:45:40.820" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9369" PostId="6086" Score="0" Text="I noticed the 32GB you suggested would actually occupy all 4 slots, right? Other than that, the $900 price tag is more than I expected. But maybe that is what it takes. I was told once that more than 4 cores is unlikely to bring any actual benefit, because most software can't use that many, even Office. If that were true, this build would only give me 2GHz, which probably wouldn't give me any benefit of remoting in while at the client site, and I would need to upgrade my laptop. The hard drive and video card are probably more than I need, but there probably isn't anything much cheaper, right?" CreationDate="2016-10-28T17:52:10.370" UserId="4795" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9371" PostId="6091" Score="0" Text="It looks like you need some opensource software. Does this fit the bill? https://zoneminder.com/" CreationDate="2016-10-28T20:43:51.470" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9372" PostId="6086" Score="0" Text="you know, you are correct in the ram situation, was a bit asleep while working on that.........Editing post" CreationDate="2016-10-28T21:09:29.297" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9373" PostId="6089" Score="1" Text="Totally agree with this assessment.  I can go back through the build and see if there are less expensive options, but I tend to try and build based on manufacturers with good reputations, items with good warranties, and then go by price after narrowing that down." CreationDate="2016-10-28T21:30:52.617" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9374" PostId="650" Score="0" Text="Well, you could totally silence your system by moving to immersion cooling :P" CreationDate="2016-10-28T21:32:17.460" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9376" PostId="6091" Score="0" Text="is there a list of hardware there some place?" CreationDate="2016-10-29T01:43:44.560" UserId="4549" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9383" PostId="6022" Score="0" Text="This page: [TP-link info](http://www.tp-link.us/faq-434.html) may help you out a bit." CreationDate="2016-10-29T21:55:48.660" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9391" PostId="6104" Score="0" Text="You do realize that linux distributions support a lot of raid controllers right?  In fact that would be a great question for the Linux/Unix stack.  Also, about drivers and linux...This is not really a huge deal, as driver packages for linux are added more and more often by manufacturers." CreationDate="2016-10-30T15:30:28.160" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9392" PostId="5525" Score="0" Text="-_-  wish I could afford those, I am currently using a set of Turtle Beach DXL1's. meant for the Xbox 360, but hey optical in and virtual 5.1 surround..." CreationDate="2016-10-30T15:55:26.567" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9393" PostId="6107" Score="0" Text="Looks good but only 4 DRAM slots??" CreationDate="2016-10-30T16:54:37.537" UserId="3867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9394" PostId="2103" Score="6" Text="this thing is huge - does anyone make a small simple 1 usb-c male to 2x usb-female?" CreationDate="2016-10-30T23:36:20.267" UserId="4811" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9395" PostId="6107" Score="1" Text="from what is listed on newegg using the search options of micro atx, and 10x SATA 6Gbps, the max ram support that I can find is 64GB.  Also, I am not sure about the desired raid support.  This may actually require RAID controller cards to achieve the desired effect.   As far as I can tell, if you want to max out SATA ports as well as ram, you will need to go to full ATX, something like this [Asrock X99](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157543&amp;ignorebbr=1)" CreationDate="2016-10-31T01:10:40.697" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9397" PostId="6108" Score="0" Text="Modern integrated graphics should meet all your requirements. As to which GPUs are good... your other requirements would be important, as right now, the answer is pretty much all of them." CreationDate="2016-10-31T11:32:53.430" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9398" PostId="6105" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget? RAM Disks are usually much faster than high end NAND and other nonvolatile solid state storage, which are still an order of magnitude faster platter drives. Random throughput is typically lower, as they are limited by IOPS." CreationDate="2016-10-31T12:28:22.610" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9399" PostId="6108" Score="0" Text="What else do you want from the graphics card? Should it be as small as possible? As power-efficient / power-saving as possible? As cheap as possible? As silent as possible?" CreationDate="2016-10-31T13:12:00.367" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9400" PostId="6108" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031: are you saying that all currently manufactured Intel HD GPUs have support for 3 displays and OpenCL?" CreationDate="2016-10-31T13:18:57.710" UserId="4812" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9401" PostId="6108" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM As cheap as possible." CreationDate="2016-10-31T13:19:01.590" UserId="4812" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9403" PostId="6091" Score="0" Text="Their website says it the software works with any camera. On their webpage..." CreationDate="2016-10-31T15:13:24.700" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9404" PostId="6108" Score="0" Text="I would try looking at Newegg.com, and other hardware sellers on your own first, before coming here and having people do the same for you." CreationDate="2016-10-31T15:46:04.433" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9405" PostId="6114" Score="0" Text="That is pretty good, although the keyboard doesn't have separate Home/End keys http://17c4dcd7f91259d8cc66-f5932f6db0039e8c02f89a70c334ff0e.r2.cf1.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/13-E7450-keyboard.jpg (see Extra Dealbreakers section). This is strange as the previous Latitude range managed to fit all the keys in http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/10587.jpg" CreationDate="2016-10-31T16:23:29.830" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9409" PostId="5550" Score="0" Text="@opticyclic What if there are no exact matches to your desired specifications?" CreationDate="2016-10-31T18:53:05.777" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9410" PostId="5579" Score="0" Text="You realize that you can make substantial savings, by buying a system, and upgrading it yourself right?" CreationDate="2016-10-31T19:10:20.483" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9411" PostId="5546" Score="0" Text="&quot;standard manufacturers process.&quot;   Does this even exist across each system manufacturer?" CreationDate="2016-10-31T19:11:29.060" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9412" PostId="5558" Score="0" Text="@opticyclic  I am running an MSI GL62-6QF-628 15&quot;.  has the Fn+home/end keys.  Go to the gym more?  No offense intended, but anything under 10Lbs should be easy to carry in a backpack." CreationDate="2016-10-31T19:22:03.150" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9413" PostId="6108" Score="0" Text="I would agree with this, except the user is asking for a card with 3 display ports. It's a low effort question, but I think it falls within the guidelines (barely). Wonder what a mod would say." CreationDate="2016-10-31T19:31:22.210" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9414" PostId="5558" Score="0" Text="&quot;Going to the gym&quot; was a joke at the expense of the required specs. Anyway, using the Fn key for Home/End is going to be an annoyance for the keyboard shortcuts." CreationDate="2016-10-31T19:59:10.000" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9415" PostId="5546" Score="0" Text="I agree, there is no real standard. I just meant the manufacturers published stats using whatever method they used for calculating it regardless of if they are not real world or if they are slightly biased." CreationDate="2016-10-31T20:01:26.793" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9416" PostId="5579" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I am open to that option too if you can post such a configuration." CreationDate="2016-10-31T20:02:16.093" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9417" PostId="5550" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Then I would keep looking or try customisation as you mentioned in another comment. However, the Toshiba Tecra posted 2 months ago does meet all the specifications." CreationDate="2016-10-31T20:07:12.190" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9420" PostId="6108" Score="1" Text="All Intel graphics released after Sandy Bridge supports OpenCL 1.2 on Linux. Partial 3 monitor support was also introduced in Ivy Bridge, and Haswell and later fully supports it, provided you have a motherboard with connectors matching your monitors. Since there isn't really much restricting GPU selection, I suggest combining it with a CPU selection question. This would help narrow the scope of the question, and if you get an iGP, the price depends on the CPU it's attached to." CreationDate="2016-10-31T22:41:34.083" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9421" PostId="6116" Score="0" Text="Thanks.  I'm really trying to understand what &amp; why I should be choosing particular features of an SSD.  I can see benchmarks with terms like 4K, Queue depth etc. and am trying to understand the relative importance of these features." CreationDate="2016-11-01T10:18:09.070" UserId="4024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9426" PostId="6108" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Are there many motherboards with 3 display ports?" CreationDate="2016-11-01T17:29:44.883" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9427" PostId="850" Score="0" Text="Do you want mechanical keys? Would you like the keyboard separated in the middle? Wireless preference? By cool looking, do you mean LED's and such?" CreationDate="2016-11-01T18:56:52.990" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9428" PostId="6104" Score="0" Text="Note that unless you get a dedicated RAID card, you'll be using software RAID -- the only question is whether the software doing the work is in the kernel, or in the drivers.  I'm not aware of any mainboard that supports true hardware RAID, as opposed to hardware-assisted RAID where most of the work is done by the drivers.  In any situation, speed won't be a problem: computers have been fast enough to do software RAID 1 for decades." CreationDate="2016-11-01T20:26:45.967" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9430" PostId="5701" Score="1" Text="Now, THIS is something I may be interested in, though I would likely find myself building a custom case out of wood or something.  Cannot just have them laying out all unprotected." CreationDate="2016-11-01T21:39:13.807" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9432" PostId="6108" Score="0" Text="They're pretty easy to find. Most of them have mixed connectors and at least one VGA output though,  so you'd either have to rely on adaptors or use DisplayPort daisy chaining." CreationDate="2016-11-01T22:45:48.593" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9433" PostId="5550" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I'm sure opticyclic didn't mean that in a rude or ungrateful way. A fact is a fact though." CreationDate="2016-11-01T22:57:57.710" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9434" PostId="6004" Score="0" Text="I have to disagree. &#xA;First, estimating over 500W for that configuration does not accurately reflect real power draw, even when burning in a system. That CPU and GPU are more energy efficient than many years of their predecessors, and there is no disk-based storage. There are beefier systems that run on much less. Anand reviewed a Falcon NW Tiki in 2013 that uses only a 450w PSU, driving a last-gen Titan.&#xA;http://www.anandtech.com/&#xA;&#xA;Second: Never go cheap with your PSU. Get new a quality brand, like Corsair, Silverstone, or SeaSonic. Try:&#xA;http://amzn.com/B00918MEZG" CreationDate="2016-11-02T09:09:08.940" UserId="4826" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9435" PostId="2096" Score="0" Text="You're asking for a device that will spoof the constant data stream - the ephemeris - and the piggy-backed high-precision time signal, from each of multiple DOD satellites.  That *might* just be a national security threat, if it was possible.  Perhaps the more direct approach would be to rig an actual GPS antenna to the device, with a long extension. If it gets too long, you would also need an amplifier, but perhaps it's a start?  For a creative solution, we would need to know more about the actual environment." CreationDate="2016-11-02T09:32:08.030" UserId="4826" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9439" PostId="6121" Score="1" Text="Take a simple 2.5&quot; SSD, use an external SATA III to USB 3 single drive enclosure, and within bios select that device to boot from." CreationDate="2016-11-02T15:26:24.387" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9446" PostId="6121" Score="0" Text="Also, there are enclosure with eSATA connections.  There are a plethora of options, most of which only require browsing newegg or other sites.  Though I am not quite sure how this is exactly technical support as you are asking for information on what hardware to use to fulfill a specific purpose." CreationDate="2016-11-02T18:07:05.210" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9447" PostId="6121" Score="0" Text="I vote to reopen based upon ArtofCode's own [answer](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/426/lets-explain-what-technical-support-means-and-how-to-properly-fix-the-questio) to a what is a tech support question thread.   Case Study #2 to be exact." CreationDate="2016-11-02T18:13:46.490" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9448" PostId="6126" Score="0" Text="If you don't mind, do you think you could post a photo of a printed label of say a photo or a cartoon? - So I can see how it handles grey scales etc." CreationDate="2016-11-02T21:15:09.547" UserId="275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9449" PostId="6091" Score="0" Text="did this solve it?" CreationDate="2016-11-02T21:15:20.010" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9450" PostId="6105" Score="1" Text="So are you saying that you want an SSD with the fastest random read/write speed? Your post would be much simplified if you simply stated this." CreationDate="2016-11-02T21:30:25.450" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9462" PostId="6129" Score="0" Text="I will second his recommendation.  Adding more ram, or an SSD would be a non issue with this one, seeing as Acer thought well enough to actually have access panels over them." CreationDate="2016-11-03T00:37:56.423" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9468" PostId="6105" Score="0" Text="Also, are you looking for a specific interface? Capacity?" CreationDate="2016-11-03T14:48:38.327" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9470" PostId="6130" Score="0" Text="The GTX 950 is overpriced, last-gen, and barely more powerful than my HD 7850. I have not upgraded though, so I am still open to suggestions." CreationDate="2016-11-03T20:42:11.020" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9471" PostId="6129" Score="0" Text="Looks interesting, although I figured that even a Chromebook would happily decode 720p60 or even 1080p60 video at a fraction of that price. Perhaps I was wrong..." CreationDate="2016-11-03T20:44:07.803" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9474" PostId="6130" Score="0" Text="Well, as in another post of yours, you may need to be flexible in your price area, as $120 will only get you so much.  Unless you are open to refurbished or used devices." CreationDate="2016-11-03T23:19:37.497" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9478" PostId="5546" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS Not to be obnoxious, but cpuboss.com is a **terrible** resource, along with gpuboss.com. They seem to be ridiculously biased towards Intel processors and do not provide accurate comparisons. Would recommend cpu-monkey.com instead." CreationDate="2016-11-04T00:08:11.390" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9479" PostId="6130" Score="0" Text="I admit, i speed read and miss things a bit, will look a bit further, after enduring the lecture I am sitting thru." CreationDate="2016-11-04T00:09:37.507" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9480" PostId="6130" Score="0" Text="There changed to something closer to your proposed budget, and much better in performance and current gen." CreationDate="2016-11-04T00:17:42.960" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9482" PostId="6130" Score="0" Text="Thank you -  I have been interested in this card in particular. Do you have any information regarding it's performance in relativity to my current graphics card? (HD 7850)" CreationDate="2016-11-04T00:30:33.057" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9485" PostId="6130" Score="0" Text="Edited answer to include benchmarks and an in depth review" CreationDate="2016-11-04T01:39:17.383" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9486" PostId="5891" Score="0" Text="One could build something using a Raspberry Pi, a small external touchscreen, and a rechargeable LION battery......other than that.....I am in the same boat," CreationDate="2016-11-04T01:42:02.780" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9487" PostId="6126" Score="0" Text="@dwjohnston, I've added the sample image for you." CreationDate="2016-11-04T12:54:55.530" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9491" PostId="6138" Score="1" Text="If the system lands in the gaming laptop or workstation laptop category, will that be ok?" CreationDate="2016-11-04T18:10:54.003" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9494" PostId="6141" Score="1" Text="I run an i3 6100 alongside an R9 380, which serves me perfectly well for gaming and video editing - you should be fine with that." CreationDate="2016-11-04T23:19:10.957" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9495" PostId="6141" Score="0" Text="you mention &quot;budget recommendations.&quot;  What is your price range?" CreationDate="2016-11-05T00:14:42.973" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9497" PostId="6141" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I suppose something under ~220$ would be perfect. But still, I could be open expand my budget until the time I buy" CreationDate="2016-11-05T00:32:56.530" UserId="4848" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9498" PostId="6141" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode hmmm, I am not sure if this applies to the i3 6100, but I've seen multiple websites comparing cores, and the difference between rendering times is insane, which might be worth a few extra bucks. Edit: though, looking at [this website](http://blenchmark.com/cpu-benchmarks), it has really, really impressive results for its price." CreationDate="2016-11-05T00:36:28.300" UserId="4848" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9499" PostId="6141" Score="0" Text="Also, after looking at the prices, it seems like no such CPU would perform this good at this price tag. No matter how many websites I look, I find it such a high risk buying this and realizing it is not as good as it seemed." CreationDate="2016-11-05T01:00:05.547" UserId="4848" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9500" PostId="6141" Score="0" Text="Any [cheap i5](http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=I5-6400BOX) would work. If you're willing to wait 2 or 3 months, the Kaby Lake and Zen releases would give you more options. What software do you use? If it supports GPU acceleration, you may be better off spending he extra $50 on the GPU. Really, more information would be great." CreationDate="2016-11-05T01:25:42.570" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9501" PostId="6141" Score="0" Text="@frankerzederede: Well, I'd say mine has been as good as was promised. Which isn't to say that it'll definitely, 100% certain, be what you want - but it's a review from someone who's using it, which is better than unsubstantiated claims." CreationDate="2016-11-05T01:45:06.957" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9502" PostId="6141" Score="0" Text="Welp, I think that in the bottom line all I am really left to is what I expected: the I3 6100 and the I5 6400. The price gap is huge, and the I3 is screaming at me quite a lot. Thanks for the input people." CreationDate="2016-11-05T01:48:33.437" UserId="4848" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9504" PostId="1387" Score="0" Text="Possible duplicate of [New Gaming System - Case \[Romania\]](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1390/new-gaming-system-case-romania)" CreationDate="2016-11-05T06:57:58.437" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9506" PostId="1387" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I don't see how the two are duplicates when they ask about completely different components." CreationDate="2016-11-05T13:51:32.570" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9507" PostId="1387" Score="0" Text="My bad, the question duplicates itself for the most part, ending with changes.....no more browsing at 2am." CreationDate="2016-11-05T15:41:42.727" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9509" PostId="6022" Score="0" Text="$100-$200 dollar per room. I don't expect that much though. I need something cost effective. So if a $20 stuff will work, you need to give me a good reason why I should pay $150. Not exactly cheap but not spendthrift either" CreationDate="2016-11-05T17:51:23.587" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9510" PostId="6022" Score="0" Text="8 nodes should be enough. So one node near my main wifi. The other nodes should be on various rooms." CreationDate="2016-11-05T17:52:38.177" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9511" PostId="6138" Score="0" Text="Do you have an *absolute* price limit? e.g. less than $1000" CreationDate="2016-11-05T18:28:48.603" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9516" PostId="6138" Score="0" Text="Under $2000, since you have asked" CreationDate="2016-11-05T21:04:57.920" UserId="4843" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9517" PostId="6149" Score="0" Text="Well, the PE70 is actually a gaming laptop.  Most of MSI's gaming series are not all that flashy." CreationDate="2016-11-06T01:52:20.923" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9519" PostId="4356" Score="0" Text="As someone who uses both AMD and Intel systems, I can honestly say that both are equally good at gaming when you set your system up correctly, as well as have the OS tweaked correctly." CreationDate="2016-11-06T12:57:34.080" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9520" PostId="5669" Score="1" Text="Actually, AM3+ does support PCIe Gen3:  [SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0](http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_990FXGEN3_R20/)" CreationDate="2016-11-06T13:00:48.477" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9521" PostId="4383" Score="0" Text="That 6300 can be OC'd quite well though, even on air.  I have mine boosted from stock 3.5Ghz to 4.7Ghz stable w/ throttling off on all 6 cores.  Haven't run into any issues gaming, aside from needing an upgrade from my silly ENGTS450, but am currently gaming on an MSI-GL62 laptop while the desktop is doing other things." CreationDate="2016-11-06T13:04:49.600" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9522" PostId="6153" Score="1" Text="Well, I know my MSI GL62 runs 16.04 quite well dual screen, but is larger than your specs, I'll look around a bit" CreationDate="2016-11-06T14:09:22.243" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9523" PostId="6153" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya dual is one thing, 4K is another - is the external screen 4k?" CreationDate="2016-11-06T14:48:50.763" UserId="4858" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9524" PostId="6153" Score="0" Text="the system supports 4k out via onboard 970M and displayport.  If I had a 4K I would be using it, but I exhausted my educational grants getting the system itself for my courses." CreationDate="2016-11-06T14:52:13.363" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9528" PostId="6141" Score="2" Text="If ~$220 is your limit, you're looking at an i5-6600k" CreationDate="2016-11-07T02:11:01.587" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9529" PostId="5889" Score="0" Text="Is the razer blade stealth + GPU dock an acceptable option?" CreationDate="2016-11-07T02:24:09.543" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9540" PostId="6155" Score="2" Text="For us to give you a better recommendation, we need to know exactly what CPUs and GPUs are in each computer. You said i3s and i5s, but what model? On the product page you want to look for something like i5-xxxx for the cpu. Similarly, we need to know what model of GPU." CreationDate="2016-11-07T04:33:05.940" UserId="3708" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9541" PostId="6022" Score="0" Text="I see so I buy &quot;a pair&quot; and then when I want to add to another room I just buy another pair and I can handle 2 more rooms for every extra pair I bought. Is that how it works?" CreationDate="2016-11-07T08:14:31.493" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9542" PostId="2110" Score="0" Text="any update on the existence of Gen 2 hubs?" CreationDate="2016-11-07T12:06:34.130" UserId="4865" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9544" PostId="6116" Score="0" Text="Thanks, @NZKshatriya.  I've bought mine now (Samsung 960 Pro 512GB), but it would be very useful to explain in your answer how the different benchmarks affect real-world (i.e. Developer) experience.  For instance, Johnny Burst's answer mentions that 128Kb benchmarks are better suited for developer file usage (given a lot of front-end dependencies are well over 4Kb)." CreationDate="2016-11-07T13:14:44.030" UserId="4024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9547" PostId="6166" Score="0" Text="Can you please explain what you are looking for and how it interacts with the drone a bit more. I am having a hard time understanding what you are asking about. Are you just looking for a Nexus 5X phone case with a built in battery pack that still allows you to connect to a computer (for example) or is it more than that?" CreationDate="2016-11-07T18:18:55.610" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9552" PostId="6166" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Yes I am looking for a Nexus 5X phone case with a built in battery pack that still allows you to connect to a computer" CreationDate="2016-11-07T19:10:46.110" UserId="3645" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9553" PostId="6166" Score="0" Text="Thanks for clearing that up! I do have a few more quick questions. How big should that battery pack be (in mAh)? Do you have a budget for this?" CreationDate="2016-11-07T19:15:06.657" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9560" PostId="6169" Score="0" Text="I think Super User might be the better arena for questions on Neural Networks." CreationDate="2016-11-08T02:50:38.443" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9562" PostId="6" Score="0" Text="I can just imagine a LEGO mindstorm setup, where it receives a signal, and a motorized arm physically disconnects/reconnects the device via a remote command." CreationDate="2016-11-08T04:47:29.370" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9563" PostId="6169" Score="0" Text="Doesn't this qualify as recommending &quot;hardware for a specific task?&quot; @ArtOfCode" CreationDate="2016-11-08T06:01:21.523" UserId="4870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9564" PostId="6169" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya ok will try there as well though the reason it was posted here was because of the recommending &quot;hardware for a specific task&quot; criterion." CreationDate="2016-11-08T06:02:06.253" UserId="4870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9565" PostId="6169" Score="0" Text="It does qualify, but I am not sure if there would be as many here as in SU, that would know the specifics of GPUs and Neural Nets......" CreationDate="2016-11-08T06:21:40.817" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9566" PostId="6169" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya ok thanks. so how come the question was marked as off-topic? looked at SU before, but it seems off-topic there?" CreationDate="2016-11-08T07:07:40.293" UserId="4870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9567" PostId="6169" Score="2" Text="I have no idea, other than to say that some of the mods have a rather narrow view of what makes a hardware request.  One of my questions was about hard drive enclosures, the types with built in raid functionality, and that prompted a discussion in meta on if that was in scope or not......eventually was allowed.  @ArtofCode, OP is asking about hardware to fit a specific task, specifically GPUs that are good for Neural Networks, in a pre-purchase aspect.   He is not looking to troubleshoot hardware or software.  I vote to reopen." CreationDate="2016-11-08T07:54:54.247" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9568" PostId="5561" Score="0" Text="You mean physically switch them as opposed to switching from an input sense....You could always enable the input switch, and then get a label printer, and relabel the keys.....not aesthetically pleasing, but at least they will say what they are after changing their function in BIOS :P" CreationDate="2016-11-08T14:51:21.053" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9570" PostId="6170" Score="0" Text="Absolutely, but can't buy a new mac for the prices he posted....and maybe the OP hates mac..." CreationDate="2016-11-08T15:11:03.283" UserId="2607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9572" PostId="6156" Score="0" Text="I THINK what you're thinking of is called multihoming" CreationDate="2016-11-08T15:17:41.873" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9573" PostId="6170" Score="0" Text="That is true.  Not sure if OP is opposed to refurbs or not.  Ya know, I wonder when we are gonna get over the hating systems thing,  I personally do not like the Mac culture, but I have to admit their systems have their advantages in situations, just like PC systems have theirs." CreationDate="2016-11-08T16:10:44.200" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9574" PostId="6170" Score="0" Text="I personally would have to concur with the Lenovo review.  An SSD for the OS.   There is a caveat to SSDs that one must remember though.  The tradeoff for the high speed, is that you do not get unlimited read/writes." CreationDate="2016-11-08T16:15:03.870" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9575" PostId="6004" Score="0" Text="Good points all. I based estimates on TDP ratings which are **maximum** rated power draw. Normal CPU power requirements tend to run about 60% of TDP. Cooling will use maybe 10W rather than 25W. I have used many inferior PSUs over the last 20 years and they do tend to burn out after 3-5 years of daily use. I was figuring that with such an excellent system, 600W would allow for overclocking and future upgrading to either 32GB RAM or another 1060 in SLI." CreationDate="2016-11-08T16:31:55.470" UserId="4713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9576" PostId="6170" Score="0" Text="Well no, there are not unlimited read/writes, but the amount of normal disk usage vs the capacity of the SSD virtually guarantee's the limit will never be reached." CreationDate="2016-11-08T17:58:52.417" UserId="2607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9577" PostId="6169" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya thanks! to be clear, the goal is to learn -- not cause controversy. :) if this isn't the right forum, that's perfectly okay. just want to understand the guidelines more clearly for future questions. if the mods decide the q is on-topic, it would be great to learn the community. and to be clear, the question is which hardware is more performant for running neural nets *after the training phase* -- GPU or CPU?" CreationDate="2016-11-08T19:43:44.680" UserId="4870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9578" PostId="6169" Score="0" Text="I think this question can be broken into two, and have the respective sections be asked both here and in SU, in the right order.  Ask about whether or not GPUs or CPUs are the better choice for each stage in SU.  Once that is accomplished, come back here for hardware recommendations." CreationDate="2016-11-08T20:00:01.060" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9580" PostId="6022" Score="0" Text="You should feasibly only need one device per room. If it is the room with your modem/router, that device will plug from the wall to the modem/router. Each other room should only need a WiFi transmitting node." CreationDate="2016-11-08T20:30:48.787" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9582" PostId="6156" Score="1" Text="What you're describing is connection-level load balancing.  It won't speed up individual data transfers, but will let you do more simultaneous transfers without slowing things down.  Combining the uplinks into a single &quot;virtual&quot; connection will speed up individual transfers, but can only be done with multiple uplinks from a single ISP, since the hardware at the other end of the uplinks needs to cooperate with you." CreationDate="2016-11-08T21:36:10.680" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9587" PostId="6175" Score="0" Text="Interesting. Although i'm not the biggest fan of 17&quot; laptops, i will take a look at it. I just have to find a good price in Germany, it seems to be a bit more expensive here." CreationDate="2016-11-09T07:03:11.223" UserId="4873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9589" PostId="6175" Score="0" Text="Hey, it could always be the new GT83 series, at something like 18.3&quot; and 13Lbs+   Then again they pack dual 1080s in SLI....and run something around 4 to 5,000USD....I am surprised no one else has chimed in with suggestions though." CreationDate="2016-11-09T08:23:11.070" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9590" PostId="6175" Score="0" Text="oh wait, i meant 17&quot; is too large, not too small. Does the MSI contain the full versionof GTX 1060 or is it a &quot;mobile&quot; version with less computing power?" CreationDate="2016-11-09T08:40:51.167" UserId="4873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9591" PostId="6181" Score="0" Text="I had a look around and Ducky Zero with brown is not available in the UK. It has to be available in the UK with a UK keyboard layout." CreationDate="2016-11-09T11:19:15.610" UserId="4884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9592" PostId="6156" Score="0" Text="@Mark Now I understand why load balancing comes to mind." CreationDate="2016-11-09T13:57:19.787" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9593" PostId="6175" Score="0" Text="I was making a joke, it did not come across well, I meant that hey at least it isn't an 18&quot; laptop lol, the dominator lineup, is a monstrosity....hardly a &quot;laptop&quot; more like a Lap Crusher.  As to the 1060 question.  Here is a gaming benchmark from [Techpowerup](https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GE72VR_Apache_Pro/9.html)  Note that they test at the same settings for desktop GPUs, so as to show what to expect from a gaming laptop as opposed to a desktop." CreationDate="2016-11-09T14:26:09.917" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9595" PostId="6180" Score="0" Text="Have you looked at this [question](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/126/60)? This isn't a duplicate because your requirements are different, but you should be able to look at the answers there to see if any of them would work for you." CreationDate="2016-11-09T15:12:34.010" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9597" PostId="6180" Score="0" Text="I had a look and most of them are outside of my price range. The sculpt ergonomic keyboard from Microsoft is good but we are talking about Mechanical keyboads here." CreationDate="2016-11-09T15:40:41.593" UserId="4884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9598" PostId="6180" Score="0" Text="I'm sorry, I thought that question was about mechanical keyboards. I thought we had a good question about those. I will keep looking." CreationDate="2016-11-09T15:52:50.853" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9599" PostId="6183" Score="1" Text="Actually, this can likely be accomplished with a Raspberry Pi 2, or a Parallella board, using a USB hub.  The capture to HDD and framerate settings would be more a function of configuration of the OS though.    Not sure how this question is all that broad." CreationDate="2016-11-09T16:47:31.983" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9600" PostId="6184" Score="0" Text="Funnily enough the G610 is on my list of candidates at the moment! I should also point out that I have decided that I want to go with a keyboard that has a Cherry MX Brown switch." CreationDate="2016-11-09T17:30:20.090" UserId="4884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9602" PostId="6184" Score="0" Text="So far my list of candidates is as follows: Cooler Master Master Keys,&#xA;Cooler Master Quickfire TK,&#xA;Logitech G610 Orion Brown,&#xA;and the Corsair Strafe.&#xA;Right now, my gut is telling me either the Corsair Strafe or the Logitech G610 Orion Brown. With that said the scores between these 4 is a different of about a point (out of 10) as such it's still a close call." CreationDate="2016-11-09T18:17:54.207" UserId="4884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9603" PostId="6184" Score="0" Text="Good thing that keyboards with brown switches are the most available then. At that point it all just comes down to the form factor and design, are you looking for full size, tenkeyless, or maybe TK (special hybrid  between tenkeyless and full size found on CM Masterkeys pro M and quickfire TK)? What color lighting would you want to fit your build? Is there a brand that you like better? Coz all these keyboards offer pretty much the same functionalities and software," CreationDate="2016-11-09T18:31:40.567" UserId="4883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9604" PostId="6184" Score="0" Text="For me, I need a full size keyboard (as that will have the 10 key keypad. I need something that's durable. For me, the coloured lighting is a nice to have (if it's within the price limit that I set). As long as the colour of the lighting is not pink then we are good to go." CreationDate="2016-11-09T18:39:42.767" UserId="4884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9605" PostId="6184" Score="0" Text="FYI the TK form factor allows you to toggle between arrow keys + pgup down prtsc cluster and a 10 keypad, if you have limited desk space and would like to save some space. Otherwise I would recommend G610 or CM Master Keys, I don't particularly like the plastic Corsair used on their strafe keyboards, feels somewhat hollow compared to the others, Logitech and CM are usually pretty reliable, but honestly you can't go wrong with any of them, I'd just get whichever one is on sale" CreationDate="2016-11-09T18:52:10.770" UserId="4883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9606" PostId="6184" Score="0" Text="I have checked what they look like and I like having dedicated arrow buttons (instead of having them tucked into the 10-key keypad). I also like having separate buttons for page up, page down etc. For me, space is not the issue at all as the current keyboard I have is almost the same width as the candidates. If there is lighting, I would like to be able to change the brightness of the lighting. So that narrows it down a little more!" CreationDate="2016-11-09T19:24:01.413" UserId="4884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9607" PostId="6156" Score="0" Text="Multihoming, that's the word. Now, what router will do all the heavy lifting for me? (plug and play)" CreationDate="2016-11-09T22:55:48.827" UserId="1393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9608" PostId="6184" Score="0" Text="And then there were three: The Cooler Master Master Keys Pro L, the Logitech G610 Orion Brown and the Corsair Strafe! The G610 has dedicated multimedia buttons(instead of being on F Keys). On the other hand the only deal breaker is that the Cooler Master which has a 6 key rollover but switches to N key rollover when more than 6 keys are pressed (according to cooler master's website). Other than that I cannot pick them apart!" CreationDate="2016-11-10T00:09:38.917" UserId="4884" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9612" PostId="6185" Score="0" Text="Not sure about refurb PCs, but building your on PC tends to give you better performance at a lower price." CreationDate="2016-11-10T03:58:45.693" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9615" PostId="6183" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya: RPI can not handle more than 2k1k (HD) for capture and stream. If you want to capture 5mpixel or 8 mpixel and convert to jpeg, it takes 500 ms (2 frame per second) . I am not sure about Parallela, as I can not see any code or camera which is compatible with this board." CreationDate="2016-11-10T11:48:14.830" UserId="4888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9616" PostId="6187" Score="0" Text="Agree the Intel CPU is better. Will price it out at the local computer store and see what I get in Canadian dollars with taxes. Thank you." CreationDate="2016-11-10T14:04:32.213" UserId="4891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9617" PostId="6186" Score="0" Text="If I remove Windows 10 (which I don't need), it will make this a better deal. Will price this out too at the local computer store. Thank you." CreationDate="2016-11-10T14:05:35.093" UserId="4891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9619" PostId="5972" Score="1" Text="Just wanted to thank you again. I received my DS6878 yesterday and got it working as I needed it to." CreationDate="2016-11-10T16:49:26.977" UserId="4685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9621" PostId="6183" Score="0" Text="How about the [NVIDIA JETSON TK1](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813190005&amp;nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&amp;cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Motherboard+%2F+CPU+%2F+VGA+Sets-_-N82E16813190005&amp;gclid=CLiUgIXhntACFQgzaQodKf4LiQ&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds)" CreationDate="2016-11-10T17:56:56.293" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9628" PostId="6187" Score="0" Text="How about this? http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/richsu/saved/bqnYcf" CreationDate="2016-11-11T03:19:49.030" UserId="4891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9629" PostId="6187" Score="0" Text="@RichardHsu Looks good, as far as I can tell. You may need a SATA cable for the hard drive, but usually 1 or 2 are included with the motherboard." CreationDate="2016-11-11T03:53:01.750" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9630" PostId="6187" Score="0" Text="Thank you. Will keep that in mind." CreationDate="2016-11-11T13:14:15.523" UserId="4891" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9631" PostId="6184" Score="0" Text="6 key rollover is usually more than enough for any gaming usages, I have yet to have problems on my filco (6kro), as I believe the 6 key only applies to alphabets, modifiers like ctrl alt are treated separatedly. I think G610 is the way to go" CreationDate="2016-11-11T15:20:11.157" UserId="4883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9632" PostId="6191" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2016-11-12T01:20:36.927" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9633" PostId="2127" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure you can use an external GPU to run the built in monitor without some modification. Usually devices with built in screens use proprietary connectors. E.g. a laptop. I think you're going to have a hard time converting the GPU video out (HDMI, VGA etc...) to whatever the proprietary connector is." CreationDate="2016-11-12T01:37:21.773" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9635" PostId="6164" Score="0" Text="What are the additional 3.1 ports going to be used for. Would it be acceptable if they had lower bandwidth and maximum wattage?" CreationDate="2016-11-12T02:14:57.560" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9636" PostId="6164" Score="0" Text="You could use a male USB 3.0 to female USB 3.1." CreationDate="2016-11-12T02:15:35.420" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9638" PostId="6183" Score="0" Text="I just don't see how a single board computer, with specified requirements equates to too broad of a topic &gt;.&lt;" CreationDate="2016-11-12T06:33:00.317" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9639" PostId="6164" Score="0" Text="I just thought if I'm going to buy a USB hub, it should have one or two new connectors as well (to future-proof my purchase)... but seems like the only such hub you can currently buy is inside the new [LG displays](http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKMY2LL/A/lg-ultrafine-4k-display)..." CreationDate="2016-11-12T11:28:33.967" UserId="4865" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9640" PostId="6196" Score="0" Text="If you link to products or websites that you're affiliated with, you [must disclose that affiliation](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/promotion) - not doing so can lead to your answer or account being deleted as spam." CreationDate="2016-11-12T14:37:19.090" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9641" PostId="6191" Score="0" Text="I'd like to think ~$500 max, but we will see how available these are." CreationDate="2016-11-12T16:10:29.113" UserId="4902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9642" PostId="6191" Score="0" Text="Have you checked the Ubuntu pages for currently compatible controllers?  That is usually the best place to start, and to be honest the place I would be going in order to find things to recommend lol." CreationDate="2016-11-12T16:15:12.590" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9643" PostId="699" Score="0" Text="I love how the BigBox stores list drives in Desktop/Laptop format, instead of 3.5&quot;/2.5&quot;.  I think this is what leads to some people being confused." CreationDate="2016-11-12T16:18:12.053" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9645" PostId="699" Score="0" Text="There are desktop and server focused 2.5 inch drives with thicker z heights" CreationDate="2016-11-13T01:18:37.067" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9648" PostId="699" Score="0" Text="True there are different Z heights, but some laptops support drives with 12.5mm thickness, some with 9.5mm.  So it's not entirely a server thing.....*lack of form factor standards gives me migranes*" CreationDate="2016-11-13T22:52:38.653" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9649" PostId="699" Score="0" Text="There's thicker than 12.5mm drives too. I've seen 2.5 inch drives with the thickness of normal 3.5 inch drives" CreationDate="2016-11-13T23:00:50.317" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9650" PostId="6201" Score="1" Text="Maybe something from the Dell XPS line." CreationDate="2016-11-13T23:15:21.167" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9652" PostId="6201" Score="1" Text="So the full requirements are:  i7 CPU, dedicated GPU, 15&quot; matte display, 512GB SSD, 32GB ram, AND be in the 1000 to 1300 range, which I am assuming is USD?  I have no clue what is meant by &quot;not too heavy&quot; as the concept will differ from person to person." CreationDate="2016-11-14T00:47:19.493" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9653" PostId="5789" Score="0" Text="What software is used most often, how many windows are open at a time, stuff like that would help..." CreationDate="2016-11-14T01:32:52.833" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9655" PostId="952" Score="0" Text="If the CPU cooler doesn't have enough area for the peltier element you could use a heat spreader." CreationDate="2016-11-14T01:53:58.933" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9657" PostId="6204" Score="0" Text="Actually, it ships with clips for a second fan." CreationDate="2016-11-14T02:18:02.333" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9664" PostId="6183" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I can not find a suitable camera module for it. I am sure that the board can handle the 4K requirement, but I can not find the camera module." CreationDate="2016-11-14T14:53:55.127" UserId="4888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9665" PostId="6201" Score="0" Text="Some of your listed requirements seem... arbitrary. What tasks do you plan to use this for? &quot;Graphics card&quot; and &quot;should be i7&quot; with no further explanation tell me you may not actually need these things." CreationDate="2016-11-14T17:32:27.783" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9670" PostId="5799" Score="0" Text="what is your budget by the way?" CreationDate="2016-11-14T19:43:03.817" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9671" PostId="6208" Score="0" Text="Close - amended the question to include specifically that I want to avoid any additional external system components (sub-woofer) to reduce cost." CreationDate="2016-11-14T19:48:28.520" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9672" PostId="5799" Score="0" Text="As low as meets the minimum spec but if there is a limited selection I'll have to make do." CreationDate="2016-11-14T19:49:31.443" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9673" PostId="5799" Score="0" Text="Also, are you looking for a specific number of channels?" CreationDate="2016-11-14T20:31:49.270" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9674" PostId="5799" Score="0" Text="If the driver is capable of managing dialog volume properly with &lt; 3 channels than that would be sufficient. I'm basing my bias on how all my 2 channel stereo TV's fail to properly drive the center channel dialog volume through the built in speakers." CreationDate="2016-11-14T21:10:16.567" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9675" PostId="6214" Score="0" Text="No existing browser that I know of - and *certainly* no security-conscious browser - exposes any more of a JS print API than a single &quot;print this page&quot; method. You'd need to write a custom browser." CreationDate="2016-11-14T23:00:34.887" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9676" PostId="6214" Score="0" Text="I agree, security is an issue. But it could be implemented like the Geolocation APIs, i.e. display a dialog before allowing access. Re: “You'd need to write a custom browser”: As I said, this is what we currently have – a WebView extended with a proprietary JavaScript API which talks to the printer’s internal Java API. Works, but requires installation of an app (only to run a web application) – not so beautiful." CreationDate="2016-11-14T23:04:22.840" UserId="4922" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9677" PostId="6211" Score="0" Text="Would NFC chips work?" CreationDate="2016-11-14T23:17:12.760" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9678" PostId="6201" Score="0" Text="portability that's what meaning lightweight and virtual machines etc" CreationDate="2016-11-14T23:27:58.753" UserId="4913" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9679" PostId="5546" Score="1" Text="anyone else noticed what the title spells using the first letter of each word?" CreationDate="2016-11-15T01:54:00.607" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9680" PostId="6211" Score="0" Text="They would be ideal in terms of purpose however because I require a vast amount of ports in close proximity I imagine they would quickly become problematic. Thank you for your suggestion" CreationDate="2016-11-15T11:17:24.230" UserId="4920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9681" PostId="6213" Score="0" Text="You're right, furthermore in terms of organising the ports on the board I think USB might be the best choice. I'll leave this question a bit longer but will accept this answer if nothing comes up. Thanks a lot" CreationDate="2016-11-15T11:19:46.777" UserId="4920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9683" PostId="6208" Score="0" Text="The Sony `HT-XT3` unfortunately won't work as the TV is wall mounted and there is no traditional TV stand or mounting space. Tedious - yes - hence the bounty :) It may be wiser just to buy a new TV that has a better built in audio driver." CreationDate="2016-11-15T14:30:09.980" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9684" PostId="6211" Score="0" Text="OK, what about QR codes?" CreationDate="2016-11-15T14:32:49.410" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9685" PostId="6211" Score="0" Text="Also fits the bill quite well if only for the prohibitive cost and size of physical QR scanners" CreationDate="2016-11-15T14:53:27.230" UserId="4920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9686" PostId="6208" Score="1" Text="I ended up giving up on finding decent PC speakers, well, more like dual use home theater AND PC speakers, just caved and got a home theater receiver, and am using bookshelf speakers, albeit some good old ones from the late 70s, to mid 80s.  Built my own TV stand, using  some threaded rods, matching diameter bolts/washers, and a hand drill.   Sad, that the best thing I learned in High School was how to make random crap outta wood." CreationDate="2016-11-15T14:54:36.803" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9687" PostId="6211" Score="0" Text="Well that's because of the design of your board rather than the storage tech :p if you used a pi with a web cam gazing down at the board from a slight isometric angle, you could cheaply accomplish your goals by having it recognize the qr codes printed on top of each unit base!" CreationDate="2016-11-15T14:56:06.667" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9689" PostId="6215" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget?" CreationDate="2016-11-15T16:01:10.077" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9690" PostId="6217" Score="1" Text="its called wireshark" CreationDate="2016-11-15T17:13:07.960" UserDisplayName="laptop2d" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9691" PostId="6218" Score="0" Text="Thanks @bigjosh. I will consider your proposals. I've updated my question to be more specific on what I need." CreationDate="2016-11-15T14:48:13.853" UserDisplayName="Elvedin Hamzagic" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9702" PostId="6222" Score="0" Text="I found such card; It is the ucard from quickertek.com" CreationDate="2016-11-16T03:34:00.883" UserDisplayName="user4614" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9703" PostId="6223" Score="0" Text="Maybe not... Perhaps you could try putting your computer into performance mode in the power settings?" CreationDate="2016-11-16T06:40:53.117" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9704" PostId="6223" Score="0" Text="What browser are you using?" CreationDate="2016-11-16T06:55:34.260" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9705" PostId="6215" Score="0" Text="Explain the pain point for XP embedded; where is it not serving your needs, specifically?" CreationDate="2016-11-16T07:20:10.757" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9706" PostId="6223" Score="0" Text="This CPU is a dud and you should not waste more money on this laptop. A better choice might be to take the RAM and Windows license over to a new machine, then run a lightweight linux off this one to make the most of its poor CPU performance." CreationDate="2016-11-16T07:22:32.820" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9707" PostId="6223" Score="0" Text="Thanks - was considering running Ubuntu or similar on it although wasnt sure how Chromium (or any linux browser) handles google sheets." CreationDate="2016-11-16T08:18:09.410" UserId="4934" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9720" PostId="6231" Score="0" Text="As much as I like Linux, it's really hard for people to get started with it (at least that's how it was for me). Also the OP did ask for Windows 10." CreationDate="2016-11-17T07:02:50.677" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9721" PostId="6232" Score="2" Text="What you are looking for is probably a router with Ethernet bridging capability or a eWAN port, or whatever." CreationDate="2016-11-17T08:34:43.913" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9722" PostId="6233" Score="0" Text="Don't you require a special physical SLI bridge for dual GPU?" CreationDate="2016-11-17T08:37:09.850" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9723" PostId="6233" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM For Blender, you don't need to run GPUs in SLI." CreationDate="2016-11-17T08:56:30.330" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9724" PostId="6231" Score="0" Text="Coming from a Unix background as the OP does makes the move a lot easier. Also, given the massive performance differential on display, I felt that someone had to tell OP that their choice of OS was probably wrong." CreationDate="2016-11-17T15:06:14.767" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9725" PostId="6232" Score="1" Text="What else are you looking for other than &quot;ethernet to WiFi&quot;? Can't you just setup another router?" CreationDate="2016-11-17T15:19:56.807" UserId="4773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9726" PostId="6237" Score="0" Text="Wow I'm surprised a Bose product didn't come up in any of my searches... That looks like it might work." CreationDate="2016-11-17T15:54:58.837" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9727" PostId="6233" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM The motherboard I mentioned above includes a SLI bridge." CreationDate="2016-11-17T16:08:17.000" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9728" PostId="6237" Score="1" Text="I had seen that, but couldn't find it anywhere lol. Assumed it was discontinued...scuse me while i go look for a wall to bash my head against" CreationDate="2016-11-17T16:13:35.243" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9729" PostId="6233" Score="1" Text="To extend on @Alpha3031 's comment, not only is SLI not required for Blender but it is completely normal to run two GPUs without SLI/Crossfire. They simply will not have additive performance to single applications." CreationDate="2016-11-17T16:35:44.020" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9730" PostId="6236" Score="0" Text="broad request is broad.  And while having a lot of requested variables, is not very specific in terms of definition of said variables." CreationDate="2016-11-17T17:10:04.383" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9731" PostId="6232" Score="1" Text="So do you want to extend your wifi? or you want to have ethernet at the edge of your wifi network?" CreationDate="2016-11-17T17:20:55.573" UserId="4956" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9734" PostId="6233" Score="2" Text="Some nitpicks (and possibly some ignorance on my part): the PSU isn't very efficient, so to me that seems like an odd choice for such a high-end build, especially given that this will be a relatively high-wattage machine running for longer periods of time, as workstations often do. Also, I'm curious what the 2Tb drive is for, why there needs to be a high-end DVD drive, whether that case has enough cooling or space for two 1080s, and why you stuck with a quad core, given Blender can scale beyond 8 threads well and you had money left over." CreationDate="2016-11-17T19:26:49.507" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9740" PostId="6241" Score="1" Text="You want to build a FreeNAS Server? Do you have any other requirements besides OS? Because all x86 and x86_64 systems support FreeBSD" CreationDate="2016-11-18T08:36:39.843" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9741" PostId="6242" Score="0" Text="I searched about Hardware compatibility, it says, out mother board and processor Compactible.  See this link http://processormatch.intel.com/Processors/CompatibleProcessors?componentName=DP67BG" CreationDate="2016-11-18T08:52:00.663" UserId="4960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9743" PostId="6242" Score="0" Text="I used  `3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3570K | Frequency: 3.40 GHz` processor" CreationDate="2016-11-18T09:09:16.300" UserId="4960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9744" PostId="6242" Score="0" Text="Your question states that it is an `Intel Core i5 6500 Skylake Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1151 Desktop Processor`" CreationDate="2016-11-18T09:12:45.913" UserId="1618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9745" PostId="6242" Score="0" Text="sorry,  i shouldn't see this. But i use `Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570K `  processor. it support right?" CreationDate="2016-11-18T09:18:39.123" UserId="4960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9746" PostId="6242" Score="0" Text="@Rajkumar.E Yes, the P67 chipset on the motherboard supports that CPU. There should be no problems at all. Maybe you should edit the question." CreationDate="2016-11-18T09:20:47.410" UserId="1618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9754" PostId="6248" Score="0" Text="As it stands, I am not sure this actually answers the question. I do not see a recommendation, just a link to an article. Can you post the specs of the PC that is in the article please? It also appears that you wrote the article in your answer; please disclose this if that is the case." CreationDate="2016-11-18T17:30:04.063" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9759" PostId="6232" Score="0" Text="router &gt;&gt; length of Cat 6 &gt;&gt; wireless router.   That should work." CreationDate="2016-11-19T05:00:37.220" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9768" PostId="4277" Score="0" Text="NZKshatriya, I would argue you understand why voting is given to all members of the site for all questions before making suggestions about how to use my vote. Furthermore, just because there are supercars which cost millions does not make a Jaguar an inexpensive car for most people." CreationDate="2016-11-19T22:20:55.163" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9772" PostId="6232" Score="1" Text="@Ali, I want to extend my wif." CreationDate="2016-11-20T07:14:50.707" UserId="4948" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9777" PostId="6264" Score="4" Text="The i3-6100 is an awesome processor. I'm running on one in a *gaming* PC, so I'll guarantee that it'll be fine for what you're looking at." CreationDate="2016-11-20T19:48:06.573" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9779" PostId="6264" Score="0" Text="That's essentially a good enough, easy to maintain system. I'd add a small secondary drive (say a 1tb laptop drive) and set up backups to that and double the ram if I was building it myself. I've never heard of teamgroup's SSDs so looking up some reviews would be nice." CreationDate="2016-11-21T00:23:17.227" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9789" PostId="6265" Score="0" Text="&quot;Is it worth it?&quot; questions are off topic as primarily opinion based. Used hardware is especially difficult, as we have no way of knowing the condition it is in. I unfortunately see no way to save this question besides writing a new question on top of it." CreationDate="2016-11-21T19:36:03.900" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9794" PostId="6265" Score="0" Text="Both are 'good enough' - and at that price the used PC feels like a steal." CreationDate="2016-11-22T01:17:44.677" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9801" PostId="6265" Score="0" Text="The used PC is old &quot;Server Hardware&quot; of a company where I work, that's why I can get it at this price." CreationDate="2016-11-22T16:37:41.963" UserId="4091" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9802" PostId="6276" Score="1" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! This question leans on opinions, which isn't a good fit for the format of this site. Instead of seeking for opinions, ask about the things that you know you want. The screen size and VESA complaint are a good start, but think about a budget (either for the price of one or all three), resolution, weight, bezel thickness, and what panel tech you want (IPS vs TN). If you edit your question to include these, I would be more than happy to upvote your question." CreationDate="2016-11-22T17:22:13.247" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9803" PostId="6276" Score="0" Text="To answer your opinion base questions: I would say go with straight monitors (no expirence with curved, I just think it would be better), 32&quot; can be too big, but it depends on how far away the monitors will be. 1080p is fine for 24&quot;, but I would look for something better for the bigger screens. Also, go IPS for a triple monitor setup." CreationDate="2016-11-22T17:24:30.603" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9804" PostId="6276" Score="0" Text="It appears that you have made two accounts. I have flagged this question letting the mods know, so they can help you merge the accounts." CreationDate="2016-11-22T18:47:17.400" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9805" PostId="6279" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! Can you split this into two questions please; one about the Router and the other about the Access Point. This will allow the answers you will receive to be more focused and detailed about the hardware you are asking for." CreationDate="2016-11-22T19:50:37.293" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9817" PostId="4276" Score="0" Text="@comicurus Do note however that the GT 710 likely won't be ability to run streaming services in 4K and even UHD Blu-Ray support is questionable as this is a GK208 we're talking about and those didn't (yet) support HDCP 2.2." CreationDate="2016-11-23T15:18:40.377" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9818" PostId="4276" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes From what I can tell the GT710 can only do H.265 encoding / decoding in software and not in hardware (as newer cards can). So if the player supports GPU-assisted software decoding this is fine for the OP but something he has to look out for." CreationDate="2016-11-23T15:20:49.787" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9819" PostId="4276" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM you are right - the wikipedia page I was using to make this statement was wrong. I determined this more recently on SuperUser, where I have recently refocused my efforts: http://superuser.com/questions/1145817/nvidia-gtx-960-to-grid-m40-upgrade-doesnt-work/1145835#1145835. I won't make a suggestion here because of that, but you're certainly welcome to. I believe that unfortunately, his best bet (on the Nvidia side) is the the GTX 950 or 1050, and for AMD, the RX 460. Everything else is either too high TDP or a rebrand of older stuff without HEVC decode." CreationDate="2016-11-23T17:27:04.390" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9821" PostId="4275" Score="0" Text="Your analysis in the question is  correct: The 950 / 960 / 1050 (Ti) / 1060 are the cheapest NVidia GPUs to support hardware-accelerated HEVC decoding and HDCP 2.2. I can't make an actual, specific recommendation which you didn't already find yourself." CreationDate="2016-11-23T17:51:59.130" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9831" PostId="4050" Score="0" Text="Agreed, RPI is the way to go." CreationDate="2016-11-24T22:42:22.170" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9835" PostId="6303" Score="1" Text="[GE62VR Review](http://www.gadgetreview.com/msi-ge62vr-apache-pro-gaming-laptop-review)    And [GP62VR Review](http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/msi-gp62mvr-leopard-pro-gaming-laptop,4782.html)                      Not going to post as answer, but what is it you plan on using the laptop for?  gaming only? etc." CreationDate="2016-11-25T07:17:45.677" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9837" PostId="6303" Score="0" Text="I have edited to add my plans for the usage of the laptop." CreationDate="2016-11-25T07:39:51.447" UserId="4607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9845" PostId="6276" Score="0" Text="I ordered 3 of the Samsung 27&quot; Curved Displays.  I will update with my findings after installation." CreationDate="2016-11-25T19:26:34.833" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9846" PostId="6307" Score="0" Text="Have you researched into the system requirements for the software you plan to use?  Have you done any research into what hardware configuration will fit into your budget?   Try and put together a configuration for people to make suggestions on, we cannot do full system designs for you." CreationDate="2016-11-25T19:35:05.503" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9847" PostId="47" Score="0" Text="As well as the obvious:  Sometimes things can leak....which is why you must do a thorough test of a custom loop." CreationDate="2016-11-25T21:53:08.697" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9849" PostId="6306" Score="0" Text="You want to change the CPU without changing your motherboard, correct? Then the processor not only needs to be an Intel CPU, but has to be for the same socket, PGA988 according to Intel ARK" CreationDate="2016-11-26T08:19:01.513" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9850" PostId="6308" Score="0" Text="You didn't link the video. Also, apparently you can get a refurbished i3-330M for $9 + shipping." CreationDate="2016-11-26T08:27:44.530" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9853" PostId="6306" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 yes, correct. I didn't realise that, thanks." CreationDate="2016-11-26T11:12:50.243" UserId="5031" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9854" PostId="6308" Score="0" Text="Hmmm I didn't realise it was such a big job. New machine might be the way to go." CreationDate="2016-11-26T11:14:24.260" UserId="5031" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9855" PostId="6308" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Fixed that.  Video link now works.  Don't forget the cost of tools, new thermal paste, etc...&#xA;&#xA;- andydavies Agreed.  Cyber Monday is coming up, good deals to be had.  With new laptop in hand, you can be in a better place to risk the surgery on the old one.  Good luck!" CreationDate="2016-11-26T14:20:04.553" UserId="4982" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9860" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="can you tell me, how it is patented, while Kindle started that technology? exactly what part of it is patented i cant understand?" CreationDate="2016-11-27T17:19:59.377" UserId="1333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9861" PostId="6317" Score="0" Text="Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB. More details to follow in an actual answer." CreationDate="2016-11-27T18:38:05.210" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9862" PostId="1385" Score="0" Text="I am going to say this question is opinion based, due to my, well, opinion based on experience, that the majority of SD cards, at least made by reputable manufacturers, tend to have about the same performance.  In the end, in my opinion the decision comes to capacity and price." CreationDate="2016-11-27T20:00:40.077" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9863" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="I would suggest a Raspberry Pi and Arduino project.  That way you can be more in control of system variables." CreationDate="2016-11-27T20:02:28.440" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9866" PostId="6317" Score="0" Text="Forensically there ARE ways of recovering data from an SSD.  Also, as it stands now, there is no way, short of physical destruction of the media to sanitize digital media, as there is with magnetic media." CreationDate="2016-11-28T05:22:46.120" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9867" PostId="1385" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya It's fine to have opinions, but yours - in this case - is not based on facts.  There is *significant* variability in SD card performance across different products.  Although, for you, the decision comes to capacity and price, others may find reliability and performance more important." CreationDate="2016-11-28T07:04:17.467" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9868" PostId="1385" Score="1" Text="as you are looking for a 64GB microSD, that would fall under SDXC, as they range from &gt;32GB to 2TB.  [TheWireCutter.com](http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-microsd-card/)  posted an article this year listing the EVO Plus as best for most peoples needs.....You still have not updated the question to list what you will be using the card for, remember that flash based memory has limited read/write, so they will degrade over time." CreationDate="2016-11-28T08:16:09.630" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9872" PostId="6104" Score="0" Text="Oh.....and rm -r or -rf when forgetting which directory you are in, or which file you have used tab to autocomplete in command line.........Yeah......not fun when building a LinuxFromScratch project for a Unix 2 course....have had to restart.......a few times this semester" CreationDate="2016-11-28T08:48:29.677" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9879" PostId="6325" Score="0" Text="Do you do graphic intensive work, or are you just looking for a card that can support that much monitor real estate?" CreationDate="2016-11-28T16:12:15.310" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9880" PostId="6325" Score="0" Text="No, not for graphics things, only for excel tables, internet browsers, etc. So only can support 3 output but one with 4K." CreationDate="2016-11-28T16:13:47.603" UserId="5052" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9884" PostId="6328" Score="0" Text="How much does a Dell DD 300gb etc retail for?  In many cases a single SSD can best as many as 5 hdd." CreationDate="2016-11-28T22:54:49.263" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9886" PostId="6331" Score="2" Text="Care to share some light on your decisions? I find your choice of a vastly overrated power supply (of what model?) and a last generation graphics card mystifying." CreationDate="2016-11-29T09:53:44.840" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9898" PostId="6307" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, we do not do build reviews here. If you would like to see how to ask questions about builds, please check out [these](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/search?q=is%3Aquestion+user%3A60+college) questions. Please try to keep it to one component per question." CreationDate="2016-11-29T22:22:20.580" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9899" PostId="6339" Score="0" Text="Hi, thanks for your answer, the Intel system looks interesting. You'd guess that the atom 2x 1.8 GHz would be powerful enough to run ownCloud for me? And, out of curiosity, what raid hardware do you use?" CreationDate="2016-11-29T22:27:38.470" UserId="223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9905" PostId="6339" Score="0" Text="I'm running an Areca ARC-1120 controller.  Secondhand PCI-X cards on Ebay are cheap, though considerably less common than they were seven years ago, and it's one of the few cards that 1) supports SATA, 2) supports &gt;2TB drives, and 3) works in an ordinary PCI slot." CreationDate="2016-11-30T03:45:47.513" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9908" PostId="6276" Score="0" Text="Note: Very difficult to find a 3 x 1 or 1 over 3 monitor stand that has 27&quot; monitor support.  This is a big problem with this setup but nothing a trip to home depot and some ingenuity did not fix." CreationDate="2016-11-30T05:15:37.673" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9909" PostId="6342" Score="0" Text="Hmm interesting idea but I really want something that wakes me up nicely, not rudely." CreationDate="2016-11-30T05:45:51.643" UserId="4509" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9914" PostId="6342" Score="0" Text="Did you see the second device?  It will wake you up it is just not a wearable." CreationDate="2016-11-30T14:55:46.613" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9915" PostId="6344" Score="0" Text="This is way too broad of a question." CreationDate="2016-11-30T15:43:48.247" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9916" PostId="6344" Score="1" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! Unfortunately, this question is a bit broad. Would you mind editing your question to answer the following questions please? What is your budget? What are you planning on doing with it (video editing, gaming, running some server applications, etc)? How big should the screen be, and what resolution would you like? The more details that you give us, the better we will be able to help you." CreationDate="2016-11-30T17:28:20.340" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9922" PostId="6346" Score="0" Text="This is quite broad of a request.  What are you looking for in the board?  What will you be using the system for?" CreationDate="2016-11-30T23:06:40.527" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9923" PostId="6346" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I added some info about what I plan to do with the system. I hope they can make my request more answerable. Thanks." CreationDate="2016-11-30T23:13:30.683" UserId="5069" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9927" PostId="4357" Score="0" Text="If you want a &quot;hack&quot; style of solution, you can get comfortable headphones with a built-in volume control and a reliable dB meter. Crank the output from the computer at MAX, and then tweak the built-in volume control until the meter reads in your ceiling. Then superglue the headset volume controls in that setting and forget about it. Not really a hardware recommendation, so I am posting as a comment." CreationDate="2016-12-01T14:42:20.707" UserId="1876" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9928" PostId="4357" Score="0" Text="Caveat, some applications (VLC for example) can go over 100% volume." CreationDate="2016-12-01T14:43:44.347" UserId="1876" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9931" PostId="6352" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, we can't do DIY recommendations here, so I've edited that part of your question out." CreationDate="2016-12-01T18:16:30.747" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9932" PostId="6352" Score="0" Text="What has your research turned up?" CreationDate="2016-12-01T19:06:07.537" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9933" PostId="6352" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths absolutely nothing, that's why I included seek for DIY solutions that I didn't know aren't acceptable here" CreationDate="2016-12-01T19:10:05.593" UserId="5077" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9935" PostId="6352" Score="0" Text="You have to show a little effort on your part." CreationDate="2016-12-01T19:13:01.447" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9936" PostId="6332" Score="0" Text="Could you explain what solutions you have tried? (Including non-hardware such as sleeping earlier etc)" CreationDate="2016-12-01T19:17:01.057" UserId="429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9939" PostId="6332" Score="0" Text="@fabriced I actually get a pretty good amount of sleep, and sleep well every night, I just struggle waking up, no matter how much sleep I've had. I'm hoping tactile feedback instead of auditory might help me wake up more quickly, which is why I'm asking after a wearable. Having it track my sleep and wake me up dynamically would be doubleplus good." CreationDate="2016-12-01T21:40:16.907" UserId="4509" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9941" PostId="6332" Score="0" Text="The reason why I'm asking is that there is a reason why you are having problems waking up that you might want to investigate before resorting to technology. I would resort to technology only in the last resort... oversleeping can be due to your diet, a health issue not diagnosed or external conditions. In the long run you'd want to know what causes it rather than a quick fix." CreationDate="2016-12-01T21:47:07.053" UserId="429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9942" PostId="6332" Score="0" Text="@fabriced I appreciate your concern, but I don't think I have a serious issue. It doesn't take me any longer to get up than my fiancee, or anyone else except those that wake up right away. I'm just providing a little background on my motivation." CreationDate="2016-12-01T21:50:30.380" UserId="4509" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9944" PostId="6332" Score="0" Text="You're welcome! I'm still curious to know what you have tried so far. It might be important to inform your doctor since some of the solutions in the answers (ie Pavlok) can have serious health side effects" CreationDate="2016-12-01T22:14:27.977" UserId="429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9945" PostId="6332" Score="0" Text="@fabriced I haven't tried much beyond the sleep tracker, which did help. It's probably mostly a combination of an irregular schedule (student) and my tendency to undereat when I'm stressed. Maybe I will chat with my doctor. Nevertheless, I'm also interested in a watch to wake me up so it doesn't disturb my fiancee when we don't get up at the same time. It can't be worse than an alarm, after all." CreationDate="2016-12-01T22:20:19.080" UserId="4509" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9946" PostId="6332" Score="0" Text="Although maybe there are some sound frequencies that you can hear but she can't! Have you tried a solution like the philips wake up light?" CreationDate="2016-12-01T22:24:19.110" UserId="429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9947" PostId="6332" Score="0" Text="@fabriced Lol perhaps. I've thought about it but it's a large price tag for something I'm not sure if it'll work. At least a smart watch does other things if it doesn't wake my up well" CreationDate="2016-12-01T22:25:22.907" UserId="4509" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9966" PostId="6342" Score="0" Text="Did you see the updated adding jawbone?" CreationDate="2016-12-03T14:00:01.560" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9969" PostId="5891" Score="0" Text="MP3 player size: You do realize this is not really a good descriptor right?  Example:  Nomad Jukebox, was the size of a CD player, then there is the opposite end of the spectrum, Apples shuffle." CreationDate="2016-12-04T06:17:29.687" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9971" PostId="1864" Score="0" Text="One could also get a tertiary HDD/SDD optical drive caddy, if they do not care about using optical that is (or if in my case, their DVD-RW bit it, and they don't want to send the entire laptop in to MSI for RMA)" CreationDate="2016-12-04T06:40:49.493" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9974" PostId="6293" Score="0" Text="Finally zeroed in on Anker powecor+ 20100. It seems to deliver what I wanted" CreationDate="2016-12-04T15:20:41.250" UserId="5021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9975" PostId="6372" Score="0" Text="What research have you done on your own?" CreationDate="2016-12-04T17:04:53.900" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9976" PostId="6372" Score="0" Text="I've been looking around on Amazon and eBay, but all appear to max out with 2.4GHz and 802.11n capabilities." CreationDate="2016-12-04T17:49:01.070" UserId="5101" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9977" PostId="6372" Score="0" Text="Ok, so you have looked around.  Reason I ask, is some people don't do any at all.  I'll look around.  This sounds like one of those &quot;this should exist&quot; products, that for some reason may not exist lol." CreationDate="2016-12-04T18:07:07.777" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9978" PostId="6372" Score="0" Text="Right. This should exist, considering the technology has been available for a while now. The 2.4GHz frequency is too saturated, and I'm trying to avoid a power inverter just to plug in a big and clunky 5GHz one." CreationDate="2016-12-04T18:17:00.737" UserId="5101" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9979" PostId="6372" Score="0" Text="And.....I was just going to suggest the inverter route.  I cannot find a portable 5G either." CreationDate="2016-12-04T18:20:40.370" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9983" PostId="1711" Score="0" Text="Only a year later, and our storage usage crested 450 Gb, so I just had the &quot;opportunity&quot; to replace the 500Gb SSDs with 6 Tb HDD's. The Synology Hybrid Raid did just what it said it would do: once the volume was repaired with the 2nd large drive, the new volume size automatically increased to the new drive size." CreationDate="2016-12-04T20:43:59.603" UserId="743" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9996" PostId="6337" Score="0" Text="Switched to Samsung 960 Evo Specs are better and the price is the same - the promo code that was received.  NewEgg was really late with the shipment and the item showed up damaged so at this point by the time I get the replacement Amazon will have me the EVO and a 20% (Based on specs) performance boost." CreationDate="2016-12-05T20:49:29.913" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10002" PostId="6387" Score="1" Text="Have you ruled out the card as being the problem?  Also, I suggest you ask over at https://rog.asus.com  as this is a tech support question, which is not on topic here." CreationDate="2016-12-06T01:26:23.847" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10003" PostId="6387" Score="0" Text="I've tried two identical NICs... I guess my understanding of this being hardware related and this being a hardware section of StackExchange was wrong. Sorry." CreationDate="2016-12-06T01:29:30.307" UserId="5113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10004" PostId="6387" Score="1" Text="Yeah, what is considered in scope and not in scope can be.........daunting.    Go look at the meta page, it can be quite a read." CreationDate="2016-12-06T02:10:35.800" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10005" PostId="6307" Score="0" Text="I'm closing this question because we do not allow build requests (or reviews) on this site, as Cfinley stated. They elicit far too many largely opinion-based answers. Please see [these](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/search?q=is%3Aquestion+user%3A60+college) questions for examples of how you could split this question up so it's allowed. Thanks!" CreationDate="2016-12-06T03:05:26.670" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10009" PostId="6387" Score="0" Text="By the way, from what I can tell the 55 error is a memory not installed error, which is intriguing, as this is only happening on your system when you install a wireless card....." CreationDate="2016-12-06T13:30:06.860" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10010" PostId="6391" Score="1" Text="There is a company that makes custom cables, http://www.techcable.com/HTML/SCSI-external.htm  But that is all that I can come up with.      Also, I am not sure if this question falls in site scope, it may end up being closed, as other questions along this line have been." CreationDate="2016-12-06T16:01:02.880" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10012" PostId="6387" Score="1" Text="Right, that is what has baffled me @NZKshatriya.  I can't seem to draw any valid conclusions as such." CreationDate="2016-12-06T20:36:16.737" UserId="5113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10013" PostId="6401" Score="0" Text="Micro-ATX is a fair bit larger than Mini-ITX, and a 25W TDP CPU is a bit high for running fanless." CreationDate="2016-12-06T22:25:53.197" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10014" PostId="6401" Score="0" Text="Oops, you are entirely correct on the ATX form-factor, although I do have to say I have run passive on a 25W TDP CPU, although it was a decent size copper fin/blade style sink.  Will edit/redo" CreationDate="2016-12-07T00:00:03.800" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10015" PostId="6395" Score="0" Text="You seem to answer your own question quite well." CreationDate="2016-12-07T03:46:13.637" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10017" PostId="6395" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I would be glad to hear about other solutions. I'm especially interested in hands-free solutions that do not involve placing a stand on the desk, so that one can move one's head while still using the stenomask." CreationDate="2016-12-07T03:48:06.523" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10018" PostId="6399" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya it is encouraged on Stack Exchange websites to answer one's own questions. Besides, it took me some time to find some solutions (more exactly, a nice guy emailed me pointers to these two solutions)." CreationDate="2016-12-07T03:49:31.667" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10019" PostId="6395" Score="1" Text="There are references to a military version that is akin to a headset mount, but I have yet to come across it." CreationDate="2016-12-07T03:49:52.650" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10020" PostId="6395" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Thanks, I would be very interested! I was indeed thinking about some design similar to gas mask, headset mount, or even helmet. Please let me know if you find them." CreationDate="2016-12-07T03:52:09.347" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10023" PostId="6404" Score="1" Text="I would recommend benchmarking your current server to see whether the limiting factor is CPU power or disk-access speed.  A poorly-structured database could be having problems with either." CreationDate="2016-12-07T21:14:58.800" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10025" PostId="6155" Score="0" Text="These seem to be on the low end of the AIO spectrum, I cannot recommend any of these in good conscience." CreationDate="2016-12-07T22:54:45.737" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10026" PostId="6404" Score="0" Text="Going by what is listed the lower price on the dual CPU HP likely comes from the CPU having lower on die cache as well as a slightly lower MHZ rating, as well as a lower capacity SSD." CreationDate="2016-12-07T22:58:14.707" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10028" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="I flagged your post because the question is overly broad.  Please edit you question.  Are you trying to determine whether or not to buy in each month based on price or new technology.  I have good answers for both.  Upon edit I will post them." CreationDate="2016-12-08T00:49:08.133" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10029" PostId="6134" Score="2" Text="Have you purchased macbook ? I also want to purchase macbook for same reason, but don't know the right choice" CreationDate="2016-12-08T03:38:39.923" UserId="5129" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10030" PostId="6134" Score="0" Text="About ram for Android see this link http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/154/ram-recommendation-for-android-development?rq=1" CreationDate="2016-12-08T03:42:30.853" UserDisplayName="user5130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10031" PostId="6404" Score="0" Text="So, the dual CPU has a total of 32 combined processing threads, and a combined 40M of on die cache, while the single CPU has 24 processing threads, and 30M of on die cache.  From a pure hardware perspective the dual CPU setup sounds better to me, but I am not too familiar with server operations, so I am leaving this as a comment, not an answer." CreationDate="2016-12-08T05:02:41.793" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10032" PostId="6408" Score="0" Text="Hmm.......the only reason I know of newtonian measurements is from rocketry, due to thrust being measured in newton-seconds....so....50 centinewtons = .5 newtons = 0.1124044712215Lbs of force (yay math?).....I'll look around for any place that may possibly post reviews including button-press force....after I get some sleep tho, 1:15am lol." CreationDate="2016-12-08T07:16:00.043" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10037" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="Some questions: What interface does your SSD use? SATA, PCI-E mSATA or something else? Do you mean HiDPI scaling when you say &quot;2 to 1 pixels&quot;? (because I'm pretty sure you can turn that off) What specific software do you use? If it is typical programming stuff, you could probably get a weaker GPU. You might also like to consider an AIO or a Mini-ITX/other SFF PC, e.g. a NUC, which would also be portable (though you need power)." CreationDate="2016-12-08T10:26:22.247" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10039" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 is is using SATA . GPU -&gt; i want to be gaming with it as well once in a while. That's why host must be windows as well. NUC -&gt; i'd need a screen. I am not sure why someone would buy a NUC when you can have a notebook? is it the price?" CreationDate="2016-12-08T16:33:11.713" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10040" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@Jeff i changed the title. It is more to make it clear, that the notebook has to be bought in one of those months. If you know which month is better, the better." CreationDate="2016-12-08T16:36:35.037" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10041" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031  2 to 1 pixels -&gt; see here http://www.howdesign.com/featured/hardware-css-pixels-retina-display/ i write many web apps. So having a retina display with 2 to 1 ratio that results in a lower than 1920 x 1080 resolution is a big disadvantage" CreationDate="2016-12-08T16:42:57.470" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10043" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@Toskan Thanks for the update.  I will edit the question for clarity shortly" CreationDate="2016-12-08T17:56:01.913" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10044" PostId="6401" Score="0" Text="@jaredt thanks for the suggested formatting edit, noted and approved." CreationDate="2016-12-08T18:34:54.830" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10046" PostId="6408" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Thanks, yes 50 cN ~= 50 g here." CreationDate="2016-12-08T20:29:38.493" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10047" PostId="6408" Score="0" Text="Not many listings of actuation pressure for some reason, still looking though..." CreationDate="2016-12-08T20:57:11.000" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10052" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="Why buy hardware in switzerland? Is it cheaper there? Compared to where?" CreationDate="2016-12-08T22:49:57.900" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10053" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@ThomasWeller colombia... colombia has a like 20% tax on all electronics that cost more than 1000 USD. And i think switzerland and USA are almost the same?" CreationDate="2016-12-08T22:56:01.880" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10054" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="Well, 8% in Switzerland, but don't you need to pay the difference at the customs?" CreationDate="2016-12-08T22:59:05.917" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10055" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@Toskan You should be able to change the HiDPI scaling factor: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202471" CreationDate="2016-12-08T23:04:23.017" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10059" PostId="6391" Score="1" Text="Had this as an answer but have no idea how more detail could be provided around a right-angle 68-pin SCSI cable apart from saying that it was, well, a right angle 68-pin SCSI cable: Google for Dell part number 5984D, which is a right angle 68-pin cable. There are a few places out there that have them in stock.  Hopefully this is acceptable as a comment." CreationDate="2016-12-09T14:03:17.767" UserId="5047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10062" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@ThomasWeller to bring in a personal used computer you pay customs? in what country? you ever traveled somewhere, brought your camera, and then paid customs for bringing your camera? ..." CreationDate="2016-12-09T20:28:55.800" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10063" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 this is a tool to scale mac / window native apps. It is not related to the 2 to 1, physical pixels to css pixel that you will face when having a retina display on web pages. At least not to my understanding. Because I can use this scaling as well on windows, and it has no effect on the web page. Because it does not change the hardware. It just changes native apps to look a bit bigger or smaller. That is not related" CreationDate="2016-12-09T20:34:05.533" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10064" PostId="6416" Score="0" Text="And don't give me none of that &quot;but those are obsolete&quot;, I'm not having that; tapes are still cheaper than hdds per GB." CreationDate="2016-12-10T00:53:29.240" UserId="1400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10066" PostId="6416" Score="1" Text="Here is a search result on [newegg](http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;N=100007545&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;Description=tape%20drives&amp;name=Backup%20Drives&amp;Order=BESTMATCH&amp;isdeptsrh=1) for backup drives.&#xA;&#xA;If you are really looking for &quot;cheap&quot; drives, you might try ebay, or local thrift shops, though they can be a crapshoot." CreationDate="2016-12-10T01:34:38.193" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10067" PostId="6134" Score="0" Text="I still haven't bought any Macbook, it's just that I think all the options are awful and a waste of money. Although, my old Macbook keeps crashing and I will have to decide soon." CreationDate="2016-12-10T13:22:54.440" UserId="4839" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10068" PostId="6419" Score="0" Text="Your title suggests you need a motherboard recommendation, your first sentence suggests you don't know what CPU/GPU to purchase, and your last two questions suggest that you need a power supply and CPU cooler recommendation. I'm voting to close this question as unclear." CreationDate="2016-12-10T17:13:38.183" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10072" PostId="6419" Score="0" Text="Your last questions are still asking multiple things; a moderator will close your question soon if you do not edit to ask **one single thing** with specific guidelines in mind - e.g. &quot;5 PCIe slots and 3 SATA ports&quot;. Asking what stuff you should get might be better suited for [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/)" CreationDate="2016-12-10T17:24:14.287" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10074" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="It's a comment about someone suggesting something that _will not work_.  This is a modern, Ath10k class device.  There is no USB/SDIO interface support for Ath10k devices...yet.  I know this one for a fact because I own one of the dongles...ON YOUR SUGGESTION...that doesn't work on any modern distros, coupled with conversations with Silex Technology America and Qualcomm which would know that there isn't any support right now...and they don't discuss planned rollouts until they happen." CreationDate="2016-12-10T18:05:19.053" UserId="4588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10075" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="Don't recommend things that don't work." CreationDate="2016-12-10T18:05:52.387" UserId="4588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10077" PostId="6419" Score="2" Text="You are basically looking for a mobo with 4 DIMMs, seats a core i5-6600K, has at least 3x SATAIII connections.  What size motherboard will your chassis take:  ATX? mATX? mini-ITX? micro-ATX? E-ATX?  What is your budget?  You need to expand on these things." CreationDate="2016-12-10T19:59:32.767" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10080" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="@Svartalf It CAN work, because Atheros is usually easy to work with: http://askubuntu.com/questions/642794/how-do-i-get-the-linksys-wusb6300-wireless-adapter-to-work-on-linux" CreationDate="2016-12-11T04:52:23.140" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10081" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="@Svartalf In any case this was not the ultimate suggestion I made; the other suggestion is the one that the OP went with. I leave this one up only as an alternatives that DOES work." CreationDate="2016-12-11T04:53:01.607" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10092" PostId="6192" Score="0" Text="USB interface is standardized.........to everyone but apple....." CreationDate="2016-12-12T07:08:28.930" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10098" PostId="6404" Score="0" Text="@Mark , there's a benchmark that you would recommend?" CreationDate="2016-12-12T16:06:30.607" UserId="1641" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10101" PostId="6404" Score="1" Text="@ElberCM  Well there is always Passmark, and PCmark8, those are benches I am familiar wish." CreationDate="2016-12-12T18:16:33.990" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10102" PostId="6391" Score="0" Text="@rnxrx I think that will probably work, I'll go ahead and order - I think the length will work." CreationDate="2016-12-12T19:54:22.370" UserId="5110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10103" PostId="6391" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya - Thanks for the information, I sent a couple of emails to techcable but no response as of yet." CreationDate="2016-12-12T19:55:06.697" UserId="5110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10104" PostId="6404" Score="2" Text="@ElberCM, the best benchmark is the one that is most similar to the task you intend to perform.  Ideally, you'd run a simulated load on your actual server software while monitoring CPU load, I/O bandwidth, memory usage, and any other parameters you think might be significant." CreationDate="2016-12-12T20:05:50.993" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10105" PostId="6391" Score="0" Text="You are welcome, sorry to hear their customer service sounds to be lacking.  I am glad to see that you had better luck with the other suggestion made." CreationDate="2016-12-12T20:28:06.927" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10109" PostId="6416" Score="1" Text="When it comes to tape drives, &quot;cheap&quot; basically means buying at least two generations old off Ebay, and &quot;still accessible&quot; means Ultrium/LTO: you'll be writing to LTO-5 tape on a used LTO-5 drive today, and reading it from a used LTO-7 drive ten years from now." CreationDate="2016-12-12T21:41:34.307" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10110" PostId="6443" Score="0" Text="Also, I think that is why he likely has not been back since posting.....sticker shock coma." CreationDate="2016-12-13T05:55:55.667" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10111" PostId="6416" Score="0" Text="His comment on tapes being cheaper than HDD may not be as true as he thinks it is lol." CreationDate="2016-12-13T05:58:26.170" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10112" PostId="6423" Score="1" Text="First of all, what do you define as &quot;portable?&quot;  I'm running my steam games, as well as battle.net, and origin games on my gaming laptop, which while being a 15&quot; ~$800 system, I consider to be portable.........not as portable as, say, an Nvidia Shield.  And definitely not &quot;luggable&quot; as defined by bulky mobile 80s computer systems like the Osbourne." CreationDate="2016-12-13T07:12:38.627" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10113" PostId="6438" Score="0" Text="What do you do on your computer? Which country (for shipping)? Why do you want to upgrade? (any specific performance bottlenecks?)" CreationDate="2016-12-13T10:19:46.837" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10114" PostId="6423" Score="0" Text="I mean mainly, small enough to play in a crowded metro, and with joysticks / controllers to play comfortably." CreationDate="2016-12-13T10:35:08.457" UserId="106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10116" PostId="6431" Score="2" Text="So, your requirements are &quot;Supports Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;Runs Python, MySQL and Tensor flow with high performance&quot; and &quot;has these specs&quot;? Does core count matter? Do you need a dGPU (NVidia or AMD, Workstation or gaming)? Would it be better for the SSD to have fast DQ write, mixed IO, low queue random write/read/mixed IO or sequential speeds? Do you have preferences for keyboard? Screen? Touchpad? Durability Weight? Any extra requirements will help us narrow down what you need. And of course, do you need shipping to a specific country?" CreationDate="2016-12-13T13:27:10.477" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10117" PostId="6438" Score="0" Text="I don't want to upgrade the computer. I want similar performance. It's just that the GPU is starting to fall apart. In fact i have it to be able to test my software in that generation of computers to see how it behaves compared to newer computers." CreationDate="2016-12-13T15:39:02.227" UserId="5165" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10121" PostId="6438" Score="0" Text="What does your software do? Is it graphics intensive? If not, a graphics card isn't going to help the software perform." CreationDate="2016-12-13T17:06:59.290" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10124" PostId="6438" Score="0" Text="I don't want it to perform better, i just want that computer to work in a similar way as i've said already. My sofware in fact is a grid computing cross CPU/GPU organic platform and that computer is just another node. I don't care about the specs as far as they are similar because it will just serve as a compatibility and processing reference." CreationDate="2016-12-13T17:46:06.630" UserId="5165" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10126" PostId="6447" Score="0" Text="I have edited your question to remove the off topic questions (we only recommend products here). I noticed that you are wanting to use this for more than one laptop. Can you list the laptops that you have to make sure that the power supply will be compatible (if possible) please?" CreationDate="2016-12-13T19:38:12.137" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10127" PostId="6416" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya, it depends on the data volume.  Per-terabyte, LTO-5 costs about half of what hard drives do (LTO-6 is the current sweet spot, at a third the price).  Thing is, the break-even point for a $2000 LTO-5 drive is around 100 TB of data." CreationDate="2016-12-13T22:07:16.733" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10129" PostId="6416" Score="0" Text="@mark Yeah, a $2k drive places the medium out of range for most consumers.  And you also have to take into account the environmental storage requirements for magnetic tape.  Can't just toss them in the attic here in south Texas, unless you want to risk a nice melted glob in the summer lol.   Reminds me, I need to keep reminding parents to move old family Christmas VHS tapes to digital...they keep putting it off." CreationDate="2016-12-14T00:04:24.943" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10130" PostId="6432" Score="0" Text="Jim if you are running DDR2 you have the AM2+ variant of the CPU, if you are running DDR3 you are running the AM3 variant of the CPU.  One cpu, TWO socket versions.  This is why you need to include more information in your posts than just a single piece of information." CreationDate="2016-12-14T05:08:34.273" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10131" PostId="6438" Score="0" Text="So you're using the GPU as a benchmark/reference sample? It's quite difficult to match performance across architectures." CreationDate="2016-12-14T06:05:04.390" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10140" PostId="6438" Score="0" Text="I'm not using it as a benchmark itself. That will be given by the final CPU/GPU processing power with the softwate in that given configuration. I just want that node to be quite similar, neither too much more powerful nor too less powerful. As simple as that. Just a quite similar GPU. And if the difference is somehow noticeable it doesn't matter much either, its just another node to do tests." CreationDate="2016-12-14T17:39:35.487" UserId="5165" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10142" PostId="6454" Score="1" Text="I went through the datasheet and it looks like the board does not really support any i7/i5 processors with Iris Pro, despite being FCBGA1440. It however, does support a Xeon E3 1515M v5 :) which has Iris Pro." CreationDate="2016-12-14T18:13:15.100" UserId="4827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10145" PostId="6454" Score="0" Text="Well, ain't that a bit misleading on their advert page.  Those i7's did look like Notebook CPU's to me though." CreationDate="2016-12-14T19:02:41.000" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10146" PostId="6432" Score="0" Text="Jim, I have suggested an edit to your question.  The fix will make the message more readable, as well as give us information needed to answer your question (after you fill in the section I left for you to fill in)" CreationDate="2016-12-15T03:38:56.940" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10147" PostId="5723" Score="0" Text="@LiveWireBT You should see Jim Thio 's latest question.......I cannot believe he has over 11k rep on Stack Overflow, yet has so little working knowledge of hardware." CreationDate="2016-12-15T03:41:41.357" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10148" PostId="6451" Score="0" Text="Holy heck is this even a question? a statement?" CreationDate="2016-12-15T03:49:55.883" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10150" PostId="6454" Score="0" Text="@nav Credit where credit is due :P, answer has been updated." CreationDate="2016-12-15T05:57:07.453" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10152" PostId="6432" Score="0" Text="Please **[edit]** information about the type of RAM you currently have into your question." CreationDate="2016-12-15T11:43:00.297" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10154" PostId="6432" Score="0" Text="I have no idea what the memory is." CreationDate="2016-12-15T12:02:31.483" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10155" PostId="6432" Score="0" Text="How can the same CPU support 2 kind of socket anyway?" CreationDate="2016-12-15T12:03:51.957" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10156" PostId="6432" Score="0" Text="Jim, you have not been paying attention.  There are apparently two versions of the Athlon II X2 240.  One version is for the AM2+ while the other is for the AM3.    As for the type of RAM you have, can you take a DIMM out, and enter in any information that may be on a sticker on either side of the DIMM?.  Failing that, can you run a system diagnostics tool such as [Speccy](http://www.piriform.com/speccy)? This will tell you what type of ram you have, among other things." CreationDate="2016-12-15T15:09:37.887" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10157" PostId="6453" Score="1" Text="The &quot;H&quot; series CPUs you listed are [Ball Grid Array](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array), which means that extremely sensitive microsoldering equipment is required to take a &quot;loose&quot; CPU and solder it to the motherboard. Typically only hardware manufacturers in big industry do this. For consumer-installable chips you need LGA. Therefore your choices are the top three &quot;R&quot; chips. Skylake-H series is entirely BGA. You can also choose from any of the LGA Xeon E3 v5 series that happen to have P580, if you want to go with Xeon and a server board." CreationDate="2016-12-15T15:14:30.070" UserId="586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10163" PostId="6453" Score="0" Text="@allquixotic: I guess all Skylake processors which have Iris Pro come in a BGA package, even the Xeon E3 15xx V5 ones (unless I'm missing something?). There are, of course, a few Xeon E3 15xx V5 boards available, but they're way too costly.." CreationDate="2016-12-15T18:16:04.227" UserId="4827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10173" PostId="6451" Score="0" Text="It's a normal question, I am buying a 5TB disk and I wonder why one is 2x cheaper than the other. That's not a technical support. If that's not a legible question here, I will vote to close this beta as useless." CreationDate="2016-12-16T10:17:19.197" UserId="5176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10174" PostId="6452" Score="0" Text="The difference is the warranty. I've asked in Seagate directly and they told me." CreationDate="2016-12-16T11:56:19.840" UserId="5176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10175" PostId="6431" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031  You forgot the most important thing:  What is the budget? lol" CreationDate="2016-12-16T19:04:38.683" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10176" PostId="6466" Score="0" Text="Yes, there is the Bash shell, but currently the functionality is a bit limited as far as I can tell.  I would kill to be able to run/access things in the windows environment via Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, but have not been able to figure that out yet.  Bash scripting works though.  I do love annoying the Guru's on campus with the blasphemy of a bash shell on Windows tho." CreationDate="2016-12-16T19:06:52.980" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10178" PostId="6431" Score="0" Text="@Look at the question. I don't care about the price." CreationDate="2016-12-16T19:52:48.413" UserId="4689" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10179" PostId="6456" Score="0" Text="I was wondering if 16GB RAM is more important than core i7. I've read somewhere that core i7 is more important for video editors. While more RAM means that emulators running smoothly. Do you have any information on this regard?" CreationDate="2016-12-16T20:12:08.270" UserId="4839" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10188" PostId="6466" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Make 'em cry. I just updated the post that includes instructions to run full Ubuntu on Hyper-V if you upgrade to Windows 10 Pro." CreationDate="2016-12-16T23:16:31.180" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10189" PostId="6431" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya OP says budget is infinity dollars." CreationDate="2016-12-17T00:16:52.020" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10190" PostId="6467" Score="0" Text="Please make a recommendation for a graphics card, not just outline selection criteria. Thank you." CreationDate="2016-12-17T00:20:37.423" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10191" PostId="6456" Score="0" Text="@YousifAl-Raheem As a video editor myself, I can definitely tell you that CPU power is very important in reducing render times. I would prioritize CPU power over RAM in this case because 8GB meets android studio's recommended hardware requirements." CreationDate="2016-12-17T00:21:41.233" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10192" PostId="6466" Score="0" Text="The 7500U has a *max turbo* speed of 3.5 GHz (IIRC, that means 2 core turbo is 3.4), which would tentatively meet OP's specs." CreationDate="2016-12-17T00:28:29.030" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10194" PostId="6466" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Technically the i76600U has a turbo frequency of 3.4GHz which is what is in the Surface.  Personally I am old school and don't even think about about &quot;turbo&quot; base clock rate is my general point of reference.  Talking about this is making we want to go buy a new laptop though." CreationDate="2016-12-17T01:44:10.280" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10195" PostId="6466" Score="0" Text="Err, yes... All i5s, i7s and (most?) Xeons support Turbo boost." CreationDate="2016-12-17T01:46:18.397" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10196" PostId="6474" Score="0" Text="There is a very good review on this machine that goes in depth into battery life, etc. [Review}9http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Precision-7510-4K-IGZO-Mobile-Workstation-Review.167586.0.html).  I am really surprised this only weighs 6 lbs." CreationDate="2016-12-17T01:56:43.340" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10201" PostId="6431" Score="0" Text="Oh, didnt see that.........well........." CreationDate="2016-12-17T02:12:07.390" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10202" PostId="6466" Score="0" Text="@Jeff I run Kali in Win 10 Pro during security club CTF competitions :P" CreationDate="2016-12-17T02:13:14.360" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10206" PostId="6475" Score="0" Text="Wait, how do you get RAID 4 with 2 disks? Do you mean RAID 0?" CreationDate="2016-12-17T02:47:19.113" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10208" PostId="6475" Score="0" Text="Yes.......I will edit.......Super Raid 4.....its MSI's little in house gimmick thing.  Kind of like...Asus has their system tuning software, as MSI does, MSI has their own RAID solution....stuff.....sigh.  Anyone know how to put the trademark sign into text?" CreationDate="2016-12-17T02:52:55.403" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10210" PostId="6475" Score="0" Text="I think caret-TM should work in the answer text. Should be the best short of copying the unicode character off Wikipedia or something." CreationDate="2016-12-17T02:57:50.273" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10211" PostId="6475" Score="0" Text="I think I am happy with how it looks now....feel free to find other weirdness lol." CreationDate="2016-12-17T03:01:07.117" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10224" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="[Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.org/) is cheap, and can play Full HD video, with a few [caveats](http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/1575/can-the-raspberry-pi-be-used-as-a-media-center). This will probably cost about [$85](http://www.howtogeek.com/163541/build-a-35-media-center-with-raspbmc-and-raspberry-pi-redux/), but can be as low as $35 if you already have some random parts lying around." CreationDate="2016-12-19T23:56:57.753" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10225" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="Thanks browly. While good reliable and accurate information is easilly available for Raspberry devices, there's much more hype when it comes to PC specs. And as I said, I do want a windows box, mainly for compatibility with existing products and software. I probably couldn't, for example, get a Netflix player for the Raspberry." CreationDate="2016-12-20T00:05:12.903" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10226" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="Bad answer.  Look at the model numbers involved.  You linked to a WUSB6300.  Suggestion you GAVE is for a WUSB6100.  One's a Realtek based device (the link...) the other, is a QCA MU-MIMO device.&#xA;&#xA;It's NOT a valid suggestion." CreationDate="2016-12-20T00:09:35.237" UserId="4588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10227" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="I'll repeat my remarks.  Don't recommend things (WUSB6100M) that cannot work.  Additionally, don't try to back up your defective suggestion with a link to a completely differing device (WUSB6300) that uses a completely DIFFERENT chipset.  If I could downvote this stuff, I would at this time for those reasons." CreationDate="2016-12-20T00:12:58.543" UserId="4588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10228" PostId="5569" Score="0" Text="@Svartalf On the contrary, I can confirm that the WUSB6100M does work with Ubuntu 16.04. Manual driver installation required, which takes a lot of searching and some technical skill, but it can work." CreationDate="2016-12-20T00:31:57.283" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10230" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="Windows is expensive. Do you have your own licence already?" CreationDate="2016-12-20T02:09:50.907" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10231" PostId="6485" Score="0" Text="Could you just buy a pair of headphones that you like and use some braided wire sleeves. Get sleeves that are 1/8&quot; dia, so they'll slide over your audio cable. Google, &quot;braided wire sleeves&quot;." CreationDate="2016-12-20T07:33:28.760" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10232" PostId="758" Score="0" Text="@mgiammarco can you work with dp1.2 instead of hdmi2.0? If you can, I've got a couple of suggestions for you." CreationDate="2016-12-20T10:54:22.533" UserId="4858" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10233" PostId="6488" Score="0" Text="Thanks, but for now, and to avoid making an overly time consuming project out of this, I'm likely going to stick with  off the shelf windows box (anvy version) PC and video card, and I'm mainly trying to learn what critical specs I need to look for to play hi-def video. I don't want something where the wife will have to call me anytime she wants to operate it. But I must admit that for a future project, that Orange Pi looks pretty impressive for the price." CreationDate="2016-12-20T13:56:02.237" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10236" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya In his comment to sawreal's answer, he clarified that he wants an off-the-shelf WIndows box, so not a build request." CreationDate="2016-12-20T16:30:04.500" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10237" PostId="6488" Score="1" Text="@Randy I think it would be hard to find an off-the-shelf Windows box that _doesn't_ play full HD video. The fact that the tiny Raspberry Pi has no trouble shows how easy it is. Did you look at the [HP Stream](https://smile.amazon.com/HP-Stream-11-y010nr-Celeron-Personal/dp/B01JLCKP48)? About $200 new. [Micro desktops](https://smile.amazon.com/Peformance-Dell-Inspiron-Desktop-Celeron/dp/B018ON5ILU) are even cheaper." CreationDate="2016-12-20T16:34:19.717" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10238" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="I think you're using the terms &quot;PC&quot; and &quot;WIndows&quot; interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. You may want to change &quot;PC&quot; to &quot;Windows&quot; in each instance to clarify what you want. Linux boxes and even Macs are [technically PCs now](http://www.howtogeek.com/195224/macs-are-pcs-can-we-stop-pretending-they-arent/)." CreationDate="2016-12-20T16:55:17.040" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10239" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@browly - Yes thats a good point, though I wouldn't be terribly opposed to a Linux box, and I did find it amusing when Apple started building Dell based Macs :-). But wouldn't you agree that within reason, the minimum technical specifications required to perform the tasks of interest should, by now, be independent of the OS? See, I'm not looking for a specific product recommendation, but the truth about the specs needed. For all I know, I may already have dusty 12 year old machines around here running win-XP, that might be fully capable of what i want to do given the right video card." CreationDate="2016-12-20T17:03:44.823" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10240" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 - yes... I have what are called &quot;site&quot; licences to install windows on additional machines, at least up to Win-7, if in fact something I bought did not already have an adequate OEM version installed." CreationDate="2016-12-20T17:06:58.370" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10241" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="I also wish to comment that, I am having a very hard time conveying what I'm actually asking here. Its probably me not articulating well, but I'm doing my best. I am asking for hardware specifications to be reasonably sure they will do the tasks I described. I realize some operating systems do better jobs at different tasks, and some take better advantage of certain newer CPU features. But I'm hoping to learn what specs will put me in the &quot;safe&quot; zone, without overpaying for 20 times the capability than I actually need. CPU speed, cores, FSB speed, video card specs... those kinds of things." CreationDate="2016-12-20T17:14:59.887" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10242" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@browly  OP still needs to post what his overall budget is, as well as other requirements he is looking for, else this is too broad *should have voted as subject is too  broad*" CreationDate="2016-12-20T17:20:40.597" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10243" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="PC = Personal Computer = MAC/Linux/Windows.....the era of MAC vs IBM/PC is long dead.  That said, [here is a search](http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;N=100019096%204814%208000&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;bop=And&amp;order=BESTMATCH&amp;LeftPriceRange=0%20500) on newegg for systems up to the $500 price point, as a budget has not been specified." CreationDate="2016-12-20T17:26:02.203" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10244" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@browly Would it have been better if the title said &quot;minimum specifications&quot; rather than &quot;minimum cost&quot;? You see, this goes back to my frustration expressed in my last comment. Maybe &quot;up to $500&quot; IS a specification in some sense, but its not at all what I'm asking. If I have specs I can look for, who knows what &quot;low cost&quot; system I might be able to use." CreationDate="2016-12-20T17:34:58.283" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10245" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="Probably. I think what you're really asking is &quot;How can I tell if a computer can play Full HD video or not&quot;, and the answer seems to be, &quot;Virtually all out-of-the-box systems on the market today can play Full HD video.&quot; This means determining the minimum requirements for Full HD video isn't particularly useful. This site is geared more towards addressing specific, practical issues, and listing the requirements for various system functions leans theoretical." CreationDate="2016-12-20T18:30:28.603" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10246" PostId="6453" Score="0" Text="Just a question, but why the fixation on on-chip iris pro?  Not trying to be harping on you or anything.  But if your desired solution does not exist, are there alternatives that you are open to?" CreationDate="2016-12-20T19:49:40.517" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10247" PostId="6492" Score="0" Text="This might be a tech support question, which is not on topic for Hardware Recs." CreationDate="2016-12-20T20:42:32.160" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10250" PostId="6489" Score="0" Text="Do you want purpose-built router hardware, or would a do-it-yourself like a Raspberry Pi work?" CreationDate="2016-12-20T21:37:33.153" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10251" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@Browly well, again i appreciate the input, but I disagree with your answer. First of all, I never said I wanted to buy a NEW system, and did say I was on a budget. That means possibly using an older system. Knowing HOW old I can go requires knowing what SPECs to look for. But since you believe my desire for understanding true numerical specifications for a task is &quot;too theoretical&quot; for a &quot;hardware recommendation&quot; board, you're free to ask the moderator to remove it. &#xA;&#xA;Seems many people who are NOT able to answer questions are very quick to want them removed, or an easier question asked." CreationDate="2016-12-20T21:48:10.133" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10252" PostId="6488" Score="0" Text="@Randy It really is. The Retrorangepi has a new image coming out pretty soon, and if you add Kodi to the mix its as simple as plugging in a game controller to control the box, your wife likely won't have to configure any of the settings as long as it is all setup to that point, all she would have to do is turn it on and navigate to Kodi with a few button presses. But yes, you can find tons of windows computers that can handle it. I've got a laptop from 2008 with 4gb of ram and it still handles everything in this day and age great." CreationDate="2016-12-20T21:57:35.950" UserId="5212" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10253" PostId="6488" Score="0" Text="@browly so there really must be no difference between that micro desktop and an x86 development board. Aside from the nice little case and pre-loaded OS." CreationDate="2016-12-20T22:02:22.837" UserId="5212" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10254" PostId="6489" Score="0" Text="Well I'd prefer a normal router, but what raspbomagic do you have in mind?" CreationDate="2016-12-20T22:42:33.503" UserId="964" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10255" PostId="6485" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS thanks, that's really good idea. I would still prefer something out of the box, but if I won't find anything, I'll try to go with your advice" CreationDate="2016-12-20T23:36:04.767" UserId="5207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10256" PostId="6493" Score="0" Text="Thanks for answer Austin.&#xA;&#xA;I found out that my ram is Hynix but the 8 gb ram I want to buy is Kingston.&#xA;&#xA;In technical side both of them 1600 mhz,CL11.&#xA;The kingston is DDR3L not DDR3.In internet written that no difference between those but only voltage.DDRL3 lower voltage they say." CreationDate="2016-12-21T00:59:25.070" UserId="5213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10257" PostId="6493" Score="0" Text="NOTE:Only 2 slots on my motherboard and I think to buy that 8 gb Kingston and run with my that 4 gb.&#xA;&#xA;NOTE 2:I use i5 5th generation.Also I think to change my hdd to ssd." CreationDate="2016-12-21T01:02:06.653" UserId="5213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10259" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@Randy  Most video cards on the market these days are capable of 1080p output, and as long as you have a motherboard and a power supply that meet said cards requirements, you can install into a system and have 1080p output.   That said, please read the following:  [What is a high quality question?](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/205/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-be-high-quality)." CreationDate="2016-12-21T01:51:19.867" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10260" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@Randy  Although I prefer people do their own basic research....here is another [newegg search](http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&amp;N=100007709%2050001402%2050001312%2050001315%2050001561%2050001314%2050001669%2050001419%2050012150%2050001471%20600007541%20600335272%20600335568%20600335271%20600528884%20600007610%20600007600%20600560925%204814%20600083901%20601186533%20600528839%208000%204025%20600486270&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;bop=And&amp;order=BESTMATCH)  specifying budget video cards, $25-$50 range, max res of 4096x2160.    Lowest price $32.99, highest $44.99" CreationDate="2016-12-21T01:58:28.127" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10264" PostId="6491" Score="0" Text="Hmm, I knew about skull canyon, but was a bit skeptic about how well it dissipates heat. But yes, it's a good fallback option.." CreationDate="2016-12-21T11:09:25.120" UserId="4827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10266" PostId="6491" Score="0" Text="But just wondering, what kind of embedded system would use a high-end processor like core-i7 while using an atom or an arm soc would be a cheaper and efficient solution?" CreationDate="2016-12-21T11:13:24.387" UserId="4827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10268" PostId="6453" Score="0" Text="Why Iris Pro? The thing is i'll be running linux on this machine, so that rules out nvidia and amd, leaving only intel as an option. As for why intel iris pro and why not hd 530, well, I'll be doing some 3d/parallel programming (opengl/vulkan/opencl), so I'll need the highest graphics configuration available" CreationDate="2016-12-21T11:18:24.667" UserId="4827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10269" PostId="6493" Score="0" Text="Im waiting for ur answer." CreationDate="2016-12-21T13:17:30.830" UserId="5213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10272" PostId="6485" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS - Braided wire won't really help. The problem is the thickness/quality of the copper and the where the stress points are (typically at the point where the wire enters the phones or at the jack plug end) . Braiding obviously offers *some* additional protection but not it these weak spots." CreationDate="2016-12-21T15:13:11.917" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10273" PostId="6493" Score="0" Text="@mockingbird I would not mix voltages, especially on the same channel. Look for plain DDR3." CreationDate="2016-12-21T15:27:01.863" UserId="5216" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10275" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya with all due respect, judging a quality question requires reading the question and at least understanding what is being asked. Yes I think discovering whether a video card can support hi def resolution is very easy and basic. As i mentioned, even my 1990s Dell Laptop can support  that resolution. What it can't do is manage more than a few FPS when displaying full screen video at that resolution. Why? Because it lacks some critical specs related to processing power and system speed. So far no one is offering numbers that would. If no one knows it doesn't make the question bad." CreationDate="2016-12-21T16:07:32.773" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10276" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="Oh i read your question:  First you ask for a broad answer of &quot;what critical specs and hardware (CPU type, clock speed, FSB speeds, number of cores, OS, Video card) I will need to accomplish one simple thing: Be able to live stream videos, play DVDs, and play various downloaded video/movie files, while driving my TV to its full 1920 x 1080 resolution&quot;  Which is not in line with this site as per how to ask a quality question.  Then in comments you point out other things." CreationDate="2016-12-21T16:23:08.463" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10277" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@Randy It might not be that your 1900 Dell needs more processing power, it could be that you need different software. Have you looked into video players that support the hardware decoder on your graphics card? If you get videos encoded with a codec supported by your graphics card, and use the right video player, you don't need much CPU power." CreationDate="2016-12-21T16:53:13.463" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10280" PostId="6489" Score="1" Text="A Pi 3 with an additional USB network adapter should be plenty fast enough, but it's definitely a case of &quot;some assembly required&quot;." CreationDate="2016-12-21T20:58:05.207" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10283" PostId="6453" Score="0" Text="@nav Call me curious by why no Nvidia on Linux?  I am looking and they seem to have drivers for Linux on most of their cards." CreationDate="2016-12-21T22:55:34.127" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10284" PostId="6491" Score="0" Text="@nav You know I am not 100% sure.  You could also say a closed system (not up-gradable) would be considered an embedded system.  My guess is this was part of Intel's process of moving into mobile and vehicle systems which is why you do not see much as far as product on the free market with these processors.  I will be honest.  I probably spent over an hour just trying to find what you were looking for and was quite frustrated with the lack of information which tells me these processors are either dead in Intel's eyes are have not hit the open market in force for some reason." CreationDate="2016-12-21T22:58:09.177" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10286" PostId="6392" Score="0" Text="@matt-wilkie Did this answer meet your requirements?" CreationDate="2016-12-22T00:34:25.780" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10287" PostId="6493" Score="0" Text="Thanks Austin for answer" CreationDate="2016-12-22T01:14:31.230" UserId="5213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10288" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="&quot;Does not contain other computer parts such as memory,&quot; - does a memory cache and a couple of registers count?" CreationDate="2016-12-22T01:56:06.643" UserId="2157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10289" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="No. All processors must contain that (that is a crucial part of the processor)" CreationDate="2016-12-22T01:56:40.637" UserId="5224" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10290" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="I could imagine a CPU without an L1 cache. The line delay doesn't hurt you as much at 100 kHz." CreationDate="2016-12-22T01:57:46.363" UserId="2157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10291" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="Yea, a CPU without cache is possible. Please excuse my imprecise language :)" CreationDate="2016-12-22T02:00:39.753" UserId="5224" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10292" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="What hardware skill level are you looking for?  There are non-x86 non-microcontrollers out there that you can buy individually (mostly ARM designs), but you'll need at least moderate electrical engineering skills to connect one to its peripherals -- nobody makes socketed non-x86 mainboards any more." CreationDate="2016-12-22T02:37:31.790" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10293" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="My electrical engineering skills end at calculating the resistor value needed to light an LED with a 12v battery in a breadboard. I could never figure out how to use a PNP or NPN transistor, and definitely don't know how to solder. I think your statement &quot;nobody makes socketed non-x86 mainboards any more&quot; is the answer to my question. :)" CreationDate="2016-12-22T02:42:45.770" UserId="5224" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10294" PostId="6453" Score="0" Text="Well, the laptop I currently use (2010 dell studio) has amd radeon and I had a very tough time with the drivers. The proprietary drivers would never work on most of the distros while the free and open source drivers are not that great on performance. From what I read online, support for nvidia is more or less similar. Since neither of them release the details of the gpu, open source drivers would never work great." CreationDate="2016-12-22T03:31:08.440" UserId="4827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10295" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="@Mark If you post an answer containing that statement I will accept it. So Intel, AMD, VIA, and IBM have 100% market share on socketed individually-purchasable personal computer processors? =(" CreationDate="2016-12-22T03:33:02.390" UserId="5224" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10296" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="Source is Wikipedia on that company list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_x86_manufacturers" CreationDate="2016-12-22T03:34:24.800" UserId="5224" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10297" PostId="6500" Score="0" Text="VIA doesn't make socketed CPUs any more, just solderable CPUs for embedded and small-form-factor computers.  I don't think IBM ever made socketed CPUs." CreationDate="2016-12-22T05:28:47.713" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10298" PostId="6502" Score="0" Text="What is your budget exactly, and I do believe that Amazon ships to the Czech Republic, which is stated as your location in your profile.    You could always go the prebuilt route like that verbatim unit, or you could get an inexpensive USB 3.0 2.5&quot; SATAIII enclosure, and an inexpensive 2.5&quot; HDD, and save money that way.  Just an idea" CreationDate="2016-12-22T06:38:17.390" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10300" PostId="6502" Score="0" Text="So if money us not an issue, can we go &quot;really&quot; expensive with our recommendations? How long is &quot;long life span&quot; for you? About how much data are we talking here?" CreationDate="2016-12-22T09:10:07.197" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10304" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="@Browly The Dell I spoke of, that does have a 1920 x 1080 output, was a Dell Latitude D600. It has no option for changing video hardware. But just playing a DVD  (PowerDVD software), or a simple FLASH or Netflix stream, and it struggles to display even a few FPS. Consider: 24 bit color, at 1920 x 1080 pixels, at 30 FPS requires 186 megabytes per second to be moved to screen memory. That's just MOVING it! Add the CPU overhead to decompress a stream from ANY kind of player, and its clear that the bus and CPU speeds in that old laptop could not keep up." CreationDate="2016-12-22T19:29:51.720" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10305" PostId="6497" Score="0" Text="I regret not saving for 4 inputs either. If you know there is a chance you'll need them, save now, and get it now. It'll be cheaper in the long run and when the 3rd and 4th mics become necessary, you'll be happy you spent that extra money." CreationDate="2016-12-22T22:20:10.580" UserId="2478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10307" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="**Public Service Notice:** This comment thread has got rather long; can I suggest rolling any pertinent details into the question, and taking any remaining discussion or conversation to chat?" CreationDate="2016-12-22T22:51:46.337" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10308" PostId="1724" Score="1" Text="Is there any reason why you are just not moving this to HD storage?  You can get 6 GB for under $250 and that would fit over 1200 DVD's if they were full." CreationDate="2016-12-23T03:39:53.247" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10309" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="Alienware is famous for gaming laptops.  Go there first." CreationDate="2016-12-23T05:08:16.660" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10310" PostId="6503" Score="1" Text="It might be easier to mess around with software RAID arrays than hardware ones. If flexibility is important, OP might like to try ZFS or something." CreationDate="2016-12-23T05:27:34.133" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10312" PostId="6423" Score="0" Text="I believe this discussion can help https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/559kyg/nx_vs_pgs_vs_smach_z_vs_gpd_win" CreationDate="2016-12-23T15:39:58.793" UserId="106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10314" PostId="6438" Score="0" Text="You don't want to upgrade a system, but you want new hardware.  This really makes no sense." CreationDate="2016-12-23T23:40:53.727" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10315" PostId="6453" Score="0" Text="@nav I am running an MSI GL62-6QF-628, Geforce 960M and Intel Graphics 530(Optimus.....yay..-_-...).  The only issues I have run into, are with blasted Optimus system and the nouveau drivers.  Ubuntu is the simplest to tweak though.  Aside from having to add nomodeset to the initial boot options, adding the CPU microcode instructions as well as the proprietary drivers works well." CreationDate="2016-12-24T04:37:21.600" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10328" PostId="5952" Score="0" Text="Finally getting back to this. I've upped the price point a little, since network control would be convenient. Right now, it's between [Onkyo](https://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-NR646-7-2-Channel-Network-Receiver/dp/B00WM1V9KU/) and [Yamaha](https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-RX-V679BL-7-2-Channel-MusicCast-Bluetooth/dp/B00VIRG3GO/)." CreationDate="2016-12-24T21:39:16.693" UserId="664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10330" PostId="6503" Score="0" Text="If the OP wanted storage in his PC, s/w RAID would be sound. In fact I use it myself. However, he's clearly looking for a separate storage solution. That said, ironically most NAS offerings will be using s/w RAID under the bonnet; only the more expensive ones have dedicated raid h/w." CreationDate="2016-12-25T01:40:00.553" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10331" PostId="6518" Score="0" Text="Would a $1,500 USD - $2000 USD laptop meet your budget?" CreationDate="2016-12-25T03:14:03.260" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10332" PostId="6518" Score="0" Text="$1500 is on the high end, preferably between $1200 and $1300" CreationDate="2016-12-25T03:54:05.897" UserId="5239" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10334" PostId="184" Score="0" Text="I've used SAS drives connected to a standard SATA connection, namely Xbox 360 drives that were being identified as SAS, no issues on my end." CreationDate="2016-12-25T17:18:27.737" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10338" PostId="6523" Score="2" Text="What would you define as a reasonable price? Maybe $1000 USD - $2000 USD?" CreationDate="2016-12-25T18:09:27.863" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10339" PostId="6523" Score="0" Text="`Lolx! A valid question, but that's car buying money!  I will update the question" CreationDate="2016-12-25T19:07:23.630" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10340" PostId="6523" Score="3" Text="Uhm...The only thing I can think of you doing for around $500USD, is to get a laptop, and for an extra hard drive IN the unit, use an caddy that replaces the optical drive with a 2.5&quot; ssd/hdd.   You could also setup NAS in your house/apartment.  But to laugh at the 1k to 2k question about laptop prices?  That range is quite reasonable for laptops with the features you are looking for." CreationDate="2016-12-25T20:00:30.837" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10341" PostId="6523" Score="0" Text="Please remember that not everyone lives in the USA. I got a new Core i7 with 17&quot; screen for around $500. I also already swapped out the optical drive. Let's forget the price for moment, though, and say that I can go $1k - the point is that I want to put 3.5&quot; inch drives and more than 16gB RAM into it - and still use it on my lap. Prolly impossible, but I thought that I would ask." CreationDate="2016-12-25T20:44:13.490" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10342" PostId="6527" Score="0" Text="Woiw! That is a beast and a half (+1), but even though I could write it off against tax, I would never spend that kind of money on something which I will replace in a few years (I paid less for my MX5 car &amp; will get at last another 10 years from it). And I need the drives to be internal. I think I am looking for a small desktop case - what what about the screen?" CreationDate="2016-12-25T20:50:27.417" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10343" PostId="6529" Score="0" Text="I saw that 16gB stick, which is what got me thinking about this (that and the fact that my current 1tB + 2tB is not enough drive space) - but it is crazy expensive, so a 4 DIMM solution would be preferable, plus 3.5&quot; drives" CreationDate="2016-12-25T21:06:22.670" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10344" PostId="6523" Score="1" Text="Yeah, I usually go by locations stated in profiles lol, but when there isn't one, its hard to know lol.    But 3.5&quot; drives in an ultra-portable destop/laptop form factor.....gonna take a little digging before I call it impossible.......All else fails, you could find a friend with a 3D printer, and design/print a custom chassis :P" CreationDate="2016-12-25T21:06:56.830" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10345" PostId="6527" Score="1" Text="That one is a 15&quot;. they have a 17&quot; variant.  There is also [Sager Notebooks](https://www.sagernotebook.com/home.php) and they make custom systems, with multiple internal drives, and a lot with the option of not having a preinstalled OS (which can be a cost saver, as buying an OEM copy of windows yourself can save a bundle, of course you would be providing your own support, not that M.S. support is of any actual value lol)" CreationDate="2016-12-25T21:07:22.773" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10346" PostId="6529" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure if any &quot;modern&quot; laptops have internal 3.5&quot; drive slots." CreationDate="2016-12-25T21:12:16.513" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10349" PostId="6529" Score="1" Text="I cannot find any laptops on the market with desktop form factor HDD/SDDs.  Also, a laptop with 4x SODIMM slots will be far from the $500USD range.  At that point you are getting into the portable workstation/desktop replacement category," CreationDate="2016-12-25T21:53:17.817" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10350" PostId="6529" Score="1" Text="You *could* get a portable workstation with those specs in used condition on a website such as ebay... But I personally shy away from used computer components for a number of reasons, one of which is that the true condition of the product is hard to determine prior to your purchase." CreationDate="2016-12-25T21:58:34.407" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10351" PostId="6523" Score="0" Text="I prefer the phrase &quot;barely portable ;-)  Seriously, it has to be movable from building to building a few times a year, but has to be comfortable on my lap. More like  a small desktop than a large laptop." CreationDate="2016-12-25T22:06:06.177" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10352" PostId="6523" Score="1" Text="Yeah...........as far as 4x SODIMM slots, and multiple drive options......[MSI GT83VR TITAN](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uq7C9g0KeI)   It's a video from MSI's German office, in english.  But yeah...pricier than last system I submitted.  I've been sticking with desktops, upgrading the same one over and over again, just bought a laptop last september for college....cost me 1100USD for a low end MSI.  GL62-6QF-628." CreationDate="2016-12-25T22:06:12.293" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10353" PostId="6529" Score="0" Text="Portable workstation? never heard of it. Can you post a link ?  (+1)" CreationDate="2016-12-25T22:06:54.493" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10355" PostId="6529" Score="1" Text="@Mawg http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/mobile-workstation" CreationDate="2016-12-25T22:12:42.680" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10358" PostId="6521" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because compatibility queries are not within this site's scope." CreationDate="2016-12-25T22:31:29.243" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10359" PostId="6484" Score="0" Text="Edited and reworded to the best of my ability. As its still considered too broad for here, I'll discuss this in a different forum. If you wish I'll delete. Whatever the moderators think." CreationDate="2016-12-25T23:30:08.493" UserId="5206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10360" PostId="6518" Score="0" Text="Possible duplicate of [Laptop for data science](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/354/laptop-for-data-science)" CreationDate="2016-12-26T00:14:40.260" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10361" PostId="6523" Score="1" Text="Does the whole thing have to rest on your lap? Would it be possible to have it beside your chair, and just have the keyboard and mouse on your lap? Would using a TV as a monitor work for you? Also, where *do* you live, and is there a site where you'd normally buy stuff from?" CreationDate="2016-12-26T08:07:55.060" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10362" PostId="6523" Score="1" Text="For half the past semester, I got frustrated with my new laptop (issues with Optimus GPU crap and linux)  So I switched to my desktop, got an inexpensive luggage cart and a couple of cargo straps, and lugged my [HAF-XB EVO](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2F84D69435&amp;cm_re=HAF-XB-_-11-119-265-_-Product) to and from campus several days a week.....that got tiresome after 4 weeks, so I went back to the laptop and spent 4 solid days figuring out what was going wrong lol." CreationDate="2016-12-26T08:23:17.307" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10386" PostId="6438" Score="2" Text="Have you considered buying a replacement  Radeon HD 4870 1-Gb 256 bit GDDR5? That way, you already have the drivers and know how it will function for your purposes." CreationDate="2016-12-27T02:05:50.420" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10390" PostId="6516" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/50756/discussion-between-user2284570-and-zacharee1)." CreationDate="2016-12-27T02:21:14.577" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10392" PostId="6516" Score="0" Text="Are you willing to go with a Used-Like New Item? sold by Amazon or a reputable seller?" CreationDate="2016-12-27T04:40:43.447" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10395" PostId="6538" Score="0" Text="Agreed, and I have run an FX-6100 OCd to 4.2Ghz stable (just using FSB modifier) for ages, using same Hyper 212 EVO.....now....if only I could beef up the cooling on my i7 laptop (would have bought an AMD gaming laptop if someone would MAKE ONE" CreationDate="2016-12-27T04:50:52.033" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10399" PostId="6538" Score="0" Text="A big air cooler, à la NH-D14, would likely perform better than an AiO with a tiny radiator. AiOs are more suited for good cooling in a compact system IMO, or if you have a massive 200 W plus TDP (models with large radiators only. Do not attempt with Cosair H60)." CreationDate="2016-12-27T06:39:19.947" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10400" PostId="6536" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya IMO the 95xx series are the few CPUs that **do** need liquid cooling. Can't be much worse than gaming laptops though, I swear mine can only dissipate ~22 W XD. To OP: If you're not overclocking, you might want to look at the Xeon 12xx v5s as well. The base HT model is the 1230, and it should sell for not much more than an i5. They're normally clocked slightly lower, but you could save ~$50. Make sure to get a boxed one if you want the stock cooler, IIRC the OEM/Tray versions are shipped without them." CreationDate="2016-12-27T06:57:59.970" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10401" PostId="6528" Score="0" Text="IIRC, the 7000 series is slightly cheaper if OP doesn't mind sacrificing portability." CreationDate="2016-12-27T07:13:22.193" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10403" PostId="6532" Score="0" Text="Thanks, this is really helpful. I've updated Q to clarify display/cpu - its the physical diagonal size I'm after. I don't need ultra high res, the Z2 has 1080 HD and that is fine (or even a bit less). Updating the CPU is more of a &quot;nice if possible&quot; rather than essential. The water handling is important though." CreationDate="2016-12-27T10:05:06.380" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10404" PostId="6539" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, the USB ports do not have the same retention pins and cannot be adjusted. I am using a cable so I think my best bet is probably to use sticky tape or velcro. Thanks for your help." CreationDate="2016-12-27T11:44:02.850" UserId="5251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10406" PostId="6532" Score="0" Text="@Stilez if the water resistance is that important, your only option really is the S5 I think. It isn't much of an upgrade, but it's the only phone I know of that's ~£200 and water resistant." CreationDate="2016-12-27T14:45:52.977" UserId="664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10407" PostId="6541" Score="0" Text="What is the model of the Logitech speaker system?" CreationDate="2016-12-27T18:18:16.343" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10408" PostId="6541" Score="2" Text="Can you give us the models of the computers?  There is a 3.5mm to optical but they are rare.  It seems that maybe your computers do not have true 5.1 sound.  Also are you looking for true 5.1 sound or are you just looking to get all speakers working?" CreationDate="2016-12-27T18:23:39.177" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10409" PostId="6541" Score="1" Text="You might need a USB sound card to run the 5.1 system properly,  it doesn't seem like your computers support 5.1 audio." CreationDate="2016-12-27T18:24:13.457" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10410" PostId="6532" Score="0" Text="I think the S5 was high up on my &quot;would like except for&quot; list. It's only 2GB as far as I know. I looked at it when it came out. If there's a 3GB model since then, can you link me to it as it would indeed be close to ideal" CreationDate="2016-12-27T18:34:04.340" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10411" PostId="6498" Score="0" Text="You could also make a custom firewall via an inexpensive tower with multiple NICs, running OpenBSD.  Cost are lower due to OpenBSD being free, and one of the most secure OS's out there.  Just finished a Firewalls and Intrusion Detection course running OpenBSD/SNORT, was quite interesting." CreationDate="2016-12-27T18:41:19.847" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10412" PostId="6532" Score="0" Text="Oh, I guess it is only 2GB. I thought it was 3, like the Note 4. Honestly, water resistance might have to be your compromise. There are a few other 2014 brands with it, but most are Sony, and I think you want to avoid that. The others don't have very good specs, or are US-carrier exclusive. I don't want to be too insistent, but the Axon 7 really is a good phone. It matches everything except water resistance and price (which wasn't a very flexible range anyway), and you can always get a water-proof case." CreationDate="2016-12-27T18:49:36.000" UserId="664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10413" PostId="6541" Score="0" Text="I've browsed through Amazon and found nothing exciting in the USB sound card department. There are basically two models (rebranded by a dozen manufacturers) and neither outputs anything over 16-bit from what I read in the reviews. Any suggestions in that department?" CreationDate="2016-12-27T20:53:28.690" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10414" PostId="6523" Score="0" Text="Among the build-it-yourself community, what you're looking for is called a &quot;briefcase computer&quot;." CreationDate="2016-12-27T21:42:46.997" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10415" PostId="6516" Score="0" Text="@Jeff : yes, though the only reputed resseller here is le bon coin." CreationDate="2016-12-27T22:12:57.993" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10416" PostId="6498" Score="0" Text="Being that it is such a small office do you really need the feature set on these firewalls or will a basic SOHO router like a Linksys etc work.  Also is there any reason why you are not considering SonicWall?" CreationDate="2016-12-27T22:54:22.523" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10417" PostId="6542" Score="0" Text="@thanby Don't forget to match the impedance of your speaker system (4Ω)" CreationDate="2016-12-27T22:54:37.467" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10418" PostId="6541" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget?" CreationDate="2016-12-27T22:55:55.907" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10420" PostId="6541" Score="0" Text="Preferably under $100 but I'm not going to buy something that doesn't produce quality sound (like the 16-bit options mentioned in my other comment) so that could be flexible if need be" CreationDate="2016-12-27T23:01:13.730" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10422" PostId="6532" Score="0" Text="A pity. I was hoping, given the Z2's age, that what was high end then would be mid range and much easier to find now. Wonder why it isn't?" CreationDate="2016-12-28T00:40:25.967" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10426" PostId="6532" Score="0" Text="@Stilez well the Z2 is the same age as the S5. It's only been 2.5 years, but it's also been 2.5 years (if you get what I mean)." CreationDate="2016-12-28T02:44:56.217" UserId="664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10427" PostId="6545" Score="0" Text="exactly why I suggested a box running OpenBSD with a custom pf lol" CreationDate="2016-12-28T05:11:18.377" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10428" PostId="6545" Score="0" Text="And I suggested a specific box, as an answer cause I am SO totally getting one of these when finances allow. Maybe 2." CreationDate="2016-12-28T05:12:03.873" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10429" PostId="6544" Score="4" Text="The T7500 is *old*. You'd need to match sockets, and chances are the xeon in it is better than any core i7 you can buy. So, meh, there's little point in upgrading the CPU. Toss in as much ram as you can, upgrade to an SSD (which is totally worth it), and basically spend your money elsewhere." CreationDate="2016-12-28T05:14:03.220" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10430" PostId="6545" Score="0" Text="lol.  As long as they are better than the core2duos we had to use for our projects in the firewalls/intrusion detection course I just finished..........yay slowness." CreationDate="2016-12-28T05:14:31.587" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10431" PostId="6545" Score="0" Text="Hence this model - its got better single thread performance than the j1800 models. You can also spec it to a fair bit better than the official PFsense models." CreationDate="2016-12-28T05:15:45.260" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10432" PostId="6546" Score="1" Text="Sometimes it can go beyond matching the socket. There are times where you will need something like a BIOS update. For example, running a haswell refresh on a haswell motherboard, in which case you would need to update the BIOS with a haswell CPU prior to using the haswell refresh CPU. -- In other cases, the chipset might not be supported by the CPU, even if the sockets match." CreationDate="2016-12-28T05:36:48.083" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10433" PostId="6546" Score="0" Text="That is very true.  You never know what else you might have to do.  For the most part, what I mentioned will work." CreationDate="2016-12-28T05:40:24.557" UserId="5258" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10434" PostId="6474" Score="0" Text="TBH, if anyone finds a similar computer with a Pascal based GTX card, I'd recommend that instead. I'm pretty sure that TensorFlow uses SP, not DP, which means that the newer Pascal would probably be much better. The hard bit is guaranteed Linux support, which is usually very good for Dell laptops, even when not officially supported (personal experience: I've got several with Lubuntu installed that I don't want to scrap but are too old for daily use. The new release with kernel 4.8 dosen't play well with some, but that's another issue)" CreationDate="2016-12-28T10:03:33.877" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10435" PostId="6544" Score="0" Text="Your socket is FCLGA1366, aka LGA1366.  So basically any Socket LGA1366 cpu should work, but as another answer has stated, the CPU is likely not the main thing causing performance bottlenecks." CreationDate="2016-12-28T16:21:19.600" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10445" PostId="6545" Score="0" Text="I have a similar setup with a fanless box but a newer celeron CPU that supports AES-NI rather than the J1900, the performance is better for OpenVPN. Just make sure any box you get has Intel NICs as the throughput is better.  pfSense works fantastically well and is far more accessible UI-wise than running OpenBSD directly and doing command line configuration (nothing against OpenBSD.)  Given the consumer grade quality of Netgear kit, and the current security flaws this is by far the best option." CreationDate="2016-12-28T19:54:46.140" UserId="5261" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10446" PostId="6489" Score="0" Text="The poor USB performance of a PI would be quite a bottleneck on any fibre connection." CreationDate="2016-12-28T20:00:28.640" UserId="5261" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10447" PostId="6086" Score="0" Text="Honestly, with everything OP is talking about doing... He is going to need larger mass storage for the virtual machines, an SSD for the boot drive.. And even then I'd consider another 32gb of ram lol. 40 tabs lol." CreationDate="2016-12-28T21:03:11.980" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10448" PostId="6549" Score="1" Text="What kind of video outputs does your computer have?" CreationDate="2016-12-28T21:24:20.777" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10449" PostId="6549" Score="0" Text="I know it has VGA. I also don't think it has anything other than that." CreationDate="2016-12-28T21:27:35.297" UserId="4963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10450" PostId="6550" Score="0" Text="Thanks, this seems like a very eligible solution. I can't check it out right now though. Did you try this combination out yourself?" CreationDate="2016-12-28T21:50:51.620" UserId="4963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10451" PostId="6550" Score="0" Text="@VladimirDespotovic I have not tried this myself, but assuming the converter works properly and the resolution is matched, I don't see why it shouldn't work." CreationDate="2016-12-28T21:53:52.857" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10452" PostId="6546" Score="0" Text="Some motherboards are also limited in the current they can deliver to the CPU socket.  You have to check the motherboard manual for compatibility." CreationDate="2016-12-28T21:54:40.347" UserId="65" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10453" PostId="6546" Score="0" Text="I didn't know that James!  Coming from me, that is significant because honestly, in all my computer building, I've never used complements that had that issue with each other.  Good point ☝️" CreationDate="2016-12-28T21:56:24.637" UserId="5258" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10454" PostId="6546" Score="0" Text="Actually, I did see it once on a computer someone else built on a super tight budget." CreationDate="2016-12-28T21:58:14.467" UserId="5258" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10455" PostId="6540" Score="0" Text="Would you be open to simpler &quot;key automation&quot;/shortcut software?" CreationDate="2016-12-28T22:04:05.223" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10456" PostId="6540" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2016-12-28T22:08:01.620" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10457" PostId="6540" Score="0" Text="key automation&quot;/shortcut software, is ok as long as it requires no coding and long winded set up. HID macros, lua macros ahk is all out of the question." CreationDate="2016-12-28T22:15:09.867" UserId="5255" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10459" PostId="6541" Score="0" Text="@thanby you should [edit] details like that into your question, where they're more visible and get you better answers." CreationDate="2016-12-28T23:45:05.313" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10461" PostId="6543" Score="0" Text="Well Mark you just hit the bulls-eye and gave an pretty good idea of price margins. Before reading your answer i already bought exactly the same card barely used. My software mainly uses nodes to perform OpenCL double precision calculations on miscelaneous configurations so testing the performance on some newer computers with newer cards the price went over 200$ to get better results. On top of that this card has been running day and night nonstop for years on a high demand basis with no problems. Given i won't upgrade the computer itself the same card was the best choice." CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:22:27.080" UserId="5165" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10462" PostId="5600" Score="0" Text="Perhaps I would put some more money to be able to buy an Apple as they have probably the best screen for photo editing. Most of the cheapest notebooks comes with TN screen that does not really fit for the Photo edition." CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:23:09.233" UserId="425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10463" PostId="6552" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer Ryan. I know in general there's no point in sticking to one or another chipset, but for my specific software i've checked over a long time that midrange AMD cards are way more cost-effective than Nvidia options. Maybe that would be different if i used CUDA, but i can't." CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:31:07.637" UserId="5165" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10464" PostId="6553" Score="0" Text="this looks great, but unfortunately its very pricey and there wouldn't be enough buttons." CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:34:23.513" UserId="5255" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10465" PostId="6553" Score="0" Text="Yes this is as well the reason I did not try it. Additionally it is not very portable (compared to another keyboard) if you need to use it while traveling" CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:37:20.057" UserId="425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10466" PostId="6551" Score="0" Text="Would a HTPC or something similar suffice?" CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:38:19.250" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10467" PostId="6553" Score="0" Text="Note however you can add as much controls as you want, but the budget will just get bigger and bigger." CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:38:57.040" UserId="425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10468" PostId="6551" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS if the GUI is nice and it is within my price range.  A lot of the ones I've seen online running Kodi do not look legitimate." CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:40:43.487" UserId="2393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10469" PostId="6551" Score="0" Text="How about a Raspberry Pi running Kodi?" CreationDate="2016-12-29T00:57:33.763" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10470" PostId="6554" Score="0" Text="What are the specs of the PC you want to put the GPU in?" CreationDate="2016-12-29T03:04:52.050" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10471" PostId="6551" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS that is an option, but I'd rather just buy something that works out of the box.  I am not too good at soldering so I don't know how I'd get a remote sensor on there." CreationDate="2016-12-29T03:43:40.187" UserId="2393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10472" PostId="6554" Score="0" Text="IDK which gpu to select &#xA;accroding to the need of GPU specs will be installed" CreationDate="2016-12-29T03:44:01.293" UserId="5263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10473" PostId="6554" Score="0" Text="Well, you're not going to get a Telsa (or whatever the AMD equivalent is) for that price, so I guess you'd want a GeForce or Radeon. Nvidia typically  has wider support. It also depends if you do double precision work or single precision (what software?). Also, is the 1k (USD?) budget for the GPU or the whole computer? And do you already have parts you can use?" CreationDate="2016-12-29T07:03:37.133" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10474" PostId="6556" Score="0" Text="What's your budget / is your budget a main consideration?" CreationDate="2016-12-29T07:06:43.797" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10475" PostId="6556" Score="2" Text="It has more VRAM and slightly more total processing power, IIRC, and that should be all. The old Titans used to have unlocked FP64 but I don't think that's the case any more. Do you have any more specific requirements? e.g. what software do you use?" CreationDate="2016-12-29T07:07:10.930" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10476" PostId="6556" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS yes, budget is a concern. My budget is 2000$." CreationDate="2016-12-29T07:12:44.623" UserId="5265" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10477" PostId="6556" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 I will try deep learning frameworks like tensorflow, theano or keras." CreationDate="2016-12-29T07:14:19.463" UserId="5265" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10478" PostId="6556" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 You are correct. According to Passmark: GTX 1080: 12026, Titan X: 12957." CreationDate="2016-12-29T07:17:19.920" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10479" PostId="6554" Score="0" Text="thats whole computer budget. if possible" CreationDate="2016-12-29T12:41:20.050" UserId="5263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10480" PostId="6556" Score="0" Text="When you google &quot;nvidia deep learning gpu&quot; and click on the result &quot;getting started with deep learning&quot; you are brought to a page where they mention selecting GPUs for deep learning. On this page about deep learning, the Titan X is mentioned, while the GTX 1080 is not. I'm not entirely sure, but this could mean that there is reduced support for using the GTX 1080 in a deep learning machine. That's my inference." CreationDate="2016-12-29T18:21:12.643" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10484" PostId="6556" Score="0" Text="That is nvidia's recommendation, so obviously they will only mention the most expensive gpu they have." CreationDate="2016-12-29T20:19:30.693" UserId="5265" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10487" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="Of course, it is possible I’m wrong and that such modifications aren’t possible. I want nvidia, because their Windows driver is the only one which have an option to force trilinear filtering in all games." CreationDate="2016-12-29T22:06:23.367" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10488" PostId="2100" Score="2" Text="This question isn't asking for a product recommendation for a specific use-case; they are asking whether or not a product exists at all." CreationDate="2016-12-29T23:00:17.120" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10489" PostId="2100" Score="0" Text="@AdamWykes : but I’m curious enough to buy such technology in order to see if has advantages over other designs. *(the main one is that such cpu could also be used as a gpu).*" CreationDate="2016-12-29T23:04:43.730" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10491" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="Have you done any research into potential cards on your own?" CreationDate="2016-12-29T23:10:30.930" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10492" PostId="6563" Score="1" Text="@NZKshatriya : yes, and my idea is such manufacturer modifications doesn’t exist. But given some manufacturers overclock their products, many their exists an underclocked 1080." CreationDate="2016-12-29T23:11:34.553" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10494" PostId="6563" Score="1" Text="The lowest power consumption that I can find is 180w.  What wattage is your current PSU and how much wattage do your components currently draw?  Generally, you want a little wiggle room between what you are drawing, and the max rating on the PSU." CreationDate="2016-12-29T23:26:05.523" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10496" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya : I have a 430W power supply. I have a 80W Intel cpu and 2 hard drives. I have no wattmetter, so I don’t know exactly what I consume at maximum. My cpu is a 4 cores one, but I have no multi threaded games so the cpu will never use 80W. did you found anything for a GDDR5x base 1070 ?" CreationDate="2016-12-29T23:40:02.930" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10498" PostId="6563" Score="2" Text="Not one.  From what I can tell GDDR5x starts with the 1080s.  The lowest wattage rating I could find was 180w(+) and suggested a minimum of a 500w PSU." CreationDate="2016-12-30T00:14:21.130" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10499" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/50923/discussion-between-user2284570-and-nzkshatriya)." CreationDate="2016-12-30T01:15:23.830" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10501" PostId="6552" Score="0" Text="Oh, darn. Yeah there's always the chip specific parallel computing solutions that are incompatible with the other vendor." CreationDate="2016-12-30T01:42:41.560" UserId="5262" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10502" PostId="6563" Score="2" Text="You could force a lower wattage limit with a overclocking utility. It is very, very unlikely that you'll find a GPU that's clocked lower than stock, in a 3rd party card or otherwise." CreationDate="2016-12-30T04:31:36.337" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10506" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 : do you know such utility on Linux ?" CreationDate="2016-12-30T13:11:13.087" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10513" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="I believe you'd use [nvidia-smi](http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/6_0/rel/gdk/nvidia-smi.331.38.pdf), but you should probably check with Nvidia suport whether it supports power limiting on the GTX 1080, and to the extent that you need it to. Else, you're looking at flashing the card's BIOS." CreationDate="2016-12-31T01:40:42.840" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10515" PostId="6571" Score="0" Text="Not sure about the $50 limit.  If you have thrift shops in your area, those can be a really good place to look for things first.  most of my speakers for my 5.1 system are used, 1970s to 1980s era (back when they made stuff to last).   But as far as newer systems.....this is gonna take some time searching......I'll need coffee." CreationDate="2016-12-31T05:47:32.773" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10516" PostId="2422" Score="0" Text="This looks like the perfect Raspberry Pi 3 project imo....as far as that last &quot;when will windows include........like linux does.&quot;  Hey, at least we have Canonical has gone Heretical, and given a beta BASH shell in windows lol." CreationDate="2016-12-31T05:51:01.603" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10517" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Or he could end up looking at volt-modding.......but for the inverse of what volt-modding is intended for........" CreationDate="2016-12-31T05:53:50.483" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10519" PostId="4263" Score="0" Text="Heck, if you have or can get an old laptop with a working LCD panel, you can turn the panel into an external HDMI monitor.  Instructables and MAKE have project instructions on the basics.  And LCD controller boards cost around $40 to $70.  You just need to match the LCD controller board to the LCD panel #, connect the two and you have a portable monitor.  Note:  I simplified it a bit :P  I am going to be going this route for a Raspberry Pi project." CreationDate="2016-12-31T06:06:30.310" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10520" PostId="1938" Score="0" Text="Do you just want 3.x ports are are you wanting it to give you type c ports as well." CreationDate="2016-12-31T18:39:46.643" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10524" PostId="6575" Score="0" Text="Surface book starts out at way over 2kUSD, and weighs in around 3.3 to 3.5Lbs.  Just doing a cursory search around newegg and other tech oriented online stores, I honestly think your product requirements are a bit grandiose." CreationDate="2017-01-01T03:11:13.523" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10525" PostId="6575" Score="0" Text="Expanded upon the performance requirements a bit. The desktop has a very slow dual-core processor (AMD K8) so the bar isn't too high, but I don't want to see performance fall off a cliff if the CPU is maxed for more than a few minutes." CreationDate="2017-01-01T03:12:44.143" UserId="578" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10526" PostId="6575" Score="0" Text="On my laptop *albeit a gaming system* I just have CPU C-states disables, so the CPU is running at max all the time,   Lowers battery life by three hours, but when compiling kernel packages for custom Linux builds, or running other things......I prefer performance.  There are always things you can do within the OS or BIOS to eke more performance.......wow, a K8....great for overclocking lol.  my desktop is an FX-6100 @ 4.2Ghz....only reason I got an intel laptop, is well, no good AMD based ones." CreationDate="2017-01-01T03:16:47.233" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10530" PostId="6575" Score="0" Text="Couple of quick suggestions would be to look at the [Toshiba Z20t](http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/portege/Z20t/Z20t-C2121) series, and the Lenovo Miix 700 series. Most machines with Core-M processors have sufficient cooling to maintain reasonably high (boost) sustained clock speeds." CreationDate="2017-01-01T06:37:36.627" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10533" PostId="6575" Score="2" Text="IMO, what you're looking for actually seems more on the tablet end of the spectrum (less powerful, more portable) Since you're looking at Microsoft already, why not the Surface Pro? Reviews suggest it lasts longer on battery, the i7 model's Iris 540 is if not better, then just as good as the underclocked 940M in the Surfacebook. It's cheaper too. Unfortunately, it is heavier than your requirements. What exactly will your father be using it for? Atoms of the Bay Trail and Cherry Trail generations are actually quite high performance (though not as much as an Core i- of course)" CreationDate="2017-01-01T12:35:46.390" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10534" PostId="6575" Score="0" Text="I was already leaning towards the i7 Surface Pro 4, but wanted to look at other options as well. Yeah, the question as originally written was too narrowly specified." CreationDate="2017-01-01T15:04:04.910" UserId="578" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10536" PostId="6569" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I think for dashcams night vision means at night but not in a ~100% dark environment. So I doubt it would work for my use case (video of people sleeping in a dark room)." CreationDate="2017-01-02T02:14:53.733" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10537" PostId="6569" Score="0" Text="@FranckDernoncourt No problem, in that case, I assume you're talking about infrared capability rather than low light sensitivity?" CreationDate="2017-01-02T05:17:58.220" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10538" PostId="6532" Score="0" Text="@Stilez some news: Samsung is introducing IP68 water resistance to its A-series smartphones in 2017. They aren't released yet, but the A5 or A7 might be something to look into. It's Samsung, so I don't know about development, but they're solid midrangers, and will probably be pretty cheap." CreationDate="2017-01-02T14:57:24.613" UserId="664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10539" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="What is the reason of 160W limit?" CreationDate="2017-01-02T15:43:43.930" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10557" PostId="6579" Score="0" Text="Submitting answer, but I do not know what size chassis you have, what your budget is, and cannot for the life of me find the cards power draw (which shouldn't be too far above 180-200w)  but you can always paperclip hack a PSU lol." CreationDate="2017-01-02T17:48:01.977" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10558" PostId="6579" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Yeah, DA-2 is pretty much a fanless paperclip" CreationDate="2017-01-02T17:49:26.690" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10566" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@Agent_L : I don’t want any device *(computer related or not)* to consume too much electricity. So I don’t want to upgrade my 430 power supply." CreationDate="2017-01-02T19:23:27.317" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10568" PostId="6581" Score="0" Text="What model laptop is it?" CreationDate="2017-01-03T00:47:31.680" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10569" PostId="6581" Score="1" Text="Also, knowing HP and how they loved to mess with the consumer a lot *and still do* I wouldn't be surprised if the simple explanation was that they simply removed the standard SATA connector, leaving those comb things, and physically mated the connector to the laptop housing.....to facilitate, well, buying upgrades directly from HP." CreationDate="2017-01-03T00:50:42.420" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10571" PostId="6581" Score="0" Text="HP Pavillion DV6000 Notebook" CreationDate="2017-01-03T01:33:50.040" UserId="5294" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10572" PostId="6582" Score="0" Text="[This article]{http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23090159-hard-drive-HP-Pavilion-laptop-bizare-SATA-disk-resolved} may also be of some assistance.  Someone else has had the same issue lol." CreationDate="2017-01-03T01:40:16.730" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10575" PostId="6582" Score="0" Text="Yes, thank you! That link was perfect. The weird connector just popped right off to reveal the typical SATA. I plugged it right in and discovered the hard drive is clicking! Yea, on to the next problem" CreationDate="2017-01-03T02:45:27.663" UserId="5294" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10577" PostId="6582" Score="0" Text="@JParks Welcome.....Gotta love HP and its longtime penchant for making things harder on the consumer...." CreationDate="2017-01-03T04:26:51.540" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10582" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="Also, ue4500 doesn't have a microphone from what I can tell on Amazon.in" CreationDate="2017-01-03T14:35:54.123" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10584" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@user2284570 a 430W PSU doesn't consume 430W all the time. It only consumes as much as the computer needs at the moment (+about 20% for loses). So putting a 500W will not make the computer use 70W more. If you want to save electricity, look for 80Plus certified PSU, it has smaller loses, especially 80Plus Gold or 80Plus Platinium. But most importantly is that good 430W PSU will have no problem running a 180W gpu + 80W cpu. The &quot;500W recommended&quot; is because there are so many shitty PSUs out there, labeled as 400 but delivering barely 200. Post what exactly PSU you have." CreationDate="2017-01-03T15:02:27.790" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10586" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="I thought I am supposed to demand a lot. Otherwise more than a few fit what I want and it's against the rule" CreationDate="2017-01-03T15:25:26.953" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10587" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="hmm..  You should be specific in what you are looking for yes.  But perhaps you could try wording in in a way that is a little less in the form of a demand, and more in line with a request:  such as you are looking for X, with the following features: A, B, C, D.  etc.  I am not trying to be rude, but the way one asks something can result in more or less answers." CreationDate="2017-01-03T15:30:04.277" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10589" PostId="6583" Score="0" Text="Yes, this is completely correct. The black piece with metal fins popped right off to reveal the SATA connection, which I then used something similar to what ArtOfCode posted." CreationDate="2017-01-03T19:26:58.993" UserId="5294" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10591" PostId="6581" Score="2" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not asking us to recommend a hardware solution; it is asking us to identify an existing solution." CreationDate="2017-01-04T01:05:17.070" UserId="3836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10592" PostId="6586" Score="0" Text="What is your budget?" CreationDate="2017-01-04T04:18:55.160" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10593" PostId="6590" Score="0" Text="Voltmeter.........thats just another word for Multimeter right???   Off to look for one.  Was just looking at crimping tools lol." CreationDate="2017-01-04T05:00:31.647" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10594" PostId="6590" Score="0" Text="a voltmeter only measures voltage, a multimeter usually can do some more, like current measuring, resistance ..." CreationDate="2017-01-04T05:24:54.897" UserId="2395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10595" PostId="6590" Score="0" Text="There are a LOT of results for Voltmeter and USB.....but they are for measuring voltage coming from a USB port.........I am willing to bet you could build your own voltmeter for less than buying one lol, which is quite sad when you think about it." CreationDate="2017-01-04T05:27:12.650" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10596" PostId="6590" Score="0" Text="I know about the &quot;voltmeter usb&quot; search term and the devices that show up using it. it's not what I search." CreationDate="2017-01-04T05:41:25.473" UserId="2395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10597" PostId="6591" Score="0" Text="thanks. this seems good, however I have some concerns regarding the battery. How long does it last? currently my setup is measuring the voltage 24/7. I don't want to replace the battery every two weeks." CreationDate="2017-01-04T05:42:24.770" UserId="2395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10599" PostId="6591" Score="0" Text="I hate to say this but I could not find any docs on battery life any any multi-meters.  I do know this one uses a 9V battery.  I think you might need a multi-meter to determine the load that it draws.  I know Amazons policy in the USA is almost no questions asked returns." CreationDate="2017-01-04T06:28:55.503" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10600" PostId="6591" Score="1" Text="you could........rig a powersupply to deliver the required current/voltage to the multimeter through the battery terminals..........But as far as I can tell, the units that plug into the wall are much more expensive." CreationDate="2017-01-04T06:31:29.663" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10601" PostId="6591" Score="0" Text="Agreed.  Also if  you are concerned about battery cost you could always go with rechargeable.  The battery replacement should only take a matter of a minute." CreationDate="2017-01-04T06:32:42.190" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10602" PostId="6591" Score="0" Text="Problem is that I am not always around for changing the battery. With a 12V to 9V converter I am probably over my pricerange." CreationDate="2017-01-04T15:50:36.353" UserId="2395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10603" PostId="6591" Score="0" Text="I have updated the answer with options for lower priced vendors that meet your price criteria, making the assumption you are in the UK but my guess is you can find other vendors if you are in a different country with similar prices." CreationDate="2017-01-04T18:02:41.737" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10604" PostId="6583" Score="0" Text="It is reasonably common in laptops to create a hard drop-in/lift-out connection, instread of dealing with a soft cable that needs routing and strain relief." CreationDate="2017-01-04T19:41:13.627" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10605" PostId="6583" Score="0" Text="@T.J.L. Not that I have seen.  Most I've used have a standard SATA connector, and a skirt of some sort you screw on to the drive, slide the drive into the board connector, then screw the skirt onto the chassis.  Only manufacturers I have seen that use these &quot;adapters&quot; are Dell and HP." CreationDate="2017-01-04T19:49:52.843" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10606" PostId="6583" Score="0" Text="So, two of the largest computer manufacturers in the world isn't &quot;reasonably common&quot; enough for you?" CreationDate="2017-01-04T19:51:50.863" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10607" PostId="6583" Score="0" Text="[How a laptop board should look](http://www.myfixguide.com/manual/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MSI-GE62-Disassembly-19.jpg)  See, that is what I would consider more along the lines of a real system.  With the capacity of the drive in question.    There is a reason that you are finding MSI/Asus systems creeping into the big box stores." CreationDate="2017-01-04T19:56:51.880" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10612" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@Agent_L : yes I known it. But I simply want to never consume so much." CreationDate="2017-01-04T22:09:54.237" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10614" PostId="6581" Score="0" Text="I don't know what has been going on here in the comments but, all that aside, here is my unbiased opinion: @AdamWykes I disagree with your opinion that the question is off-topic because the information is accurate and useful; but we define Hardware Recommendations differently. Everybody I talked to didn't know the black piece popped off. But if you take it down then thanks to NZKshatriya and ArtOfCode for the answers." CreationDate="2017-01-05T02:34:26.423" UserId="5294" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10618" PostId="258" Score="0" Text="Note: Price on Amazon went up quite a bit since this was posted." CreationDate="2017-01-05T08:30:07.713" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10619" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@user2284570 My point is that 500W computer with 80+ platinum CPU consumes less power than 400W computer with poor PSU. And you can always buy a GTX1080 and underclock it for less power." CreationDate="2017-01-05T09:43:15.040" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10622" PostId="1958" Score="0" Text="Personally, 10 VMs may be achievable via an i7 6900HQ, as long as you have enough physical ram to assign to each, while having an adequate amount for the host OS.   20 VMs sounds more like an application for a Xeon build." CreationDate="2017-01-05T16:56:05.537" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10623" PostId="6597" Score="0" Text="He could always get an Epson all in one, if he doesn't print often, and doesn't mind print heads clogging up all the time......the WF-3620 I have works great at scanning.......not much else lol." CreationDate="2017-01-05T17:06:39.947" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10624" PostId="6594" Score="0" Text="A third option would be to go to an office supply store that has printing/scanning services, and pay for the items to be scanned to a storage medium." CreationDate="2017-01-05T17:08:56.423" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10627" PostId="6602" Score="0" Text="I've heard that it's very expensive to manufacture even one mobo:(" CreationDate="2017-01-05T22:32:36.347" UserId="5312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10632" PostId="6604" Score="0" Text="I'd also add a secondary question - what consequence does the i7-6650U's reduced clock speed have to these sorts of tasks? Does the improved onboard graphics/eDRAM compensate for this, or is this only a CPU you'd recommend for graphics-intense tasks?" CreationDate="2017-01-06T01:19:20.927" UserId="5281" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10636" PostId="6604" Score="0" Text="Portability requirement? (if there is one)" CreationDate="2017-01-06T04:00:47.637" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10638" PostId="6591" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I might opt for your solution, altough the power supply should also come from the battery it is measuring. I know this is not optimal, but in case of a power outage the multimeter does not work anymore.&#xA;&#xA;I found this device, altough it is somewhat over my intended budget: http://www.yoctopuce.com/EN/products/usb-electrical-sensors/yocto-volt" CreationDate="2017-01-06T06:39:09.390" UserId="2395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10639" PostId="6604" Score="0" Text="I don't quite understand what you mean - yes, it should be portable, as it gets taken to different work sites. Staff are trying to get me to specify a 15W tdp processor for this reason, as they don't want to specify a laptop that guzzles power." CreationDate="2017-01-06T08:36:41.413" UserId="5281" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10652" PostId="6604" Score="0" Text="Good call on wanting the M.2 SSD. That, along with a traditional HDD should take care of the space requirements for the VMs. Any i7 over the last few years are going to do fine. My concern is the RAM, dedicating that much ram to various VMs running at the same time is going to eat system resources quickly. Id eliminate the 8gb chip. In your case, Id recommend 16gb minimum. I found a few canidates, posting answer!" CreationDate="2017-01-06T14:44:38.247" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10656" PostId="6604" Score="0" Text="@C.Aya Sorry, I was a bit vague. I guess what I mean't by that was does the laptop need to be under 5 lbs, less than a inch thick etc..." CreationDate="2017-01-06T17:18:58.380" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10669" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@Agent_L : I don’t have a poor power supply and I thought undercloking doesn’t work on Linux." CreationDate="2017-01-07T01:17:12.690" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10670" PostId="6613" Score="1" Text="What do you mean by motherboard controls?  Are you talking about where the detected temperature determines what RPM the fans run at?    Also, are you sure the board isn't an HD3 or a D3H?  I am not finding anything for a H170-H3D.   Either way, your board should have a 4pin connection for the CPU cooler, and 3pin connections for case fans.  As long as the fans are PWM they can be controlled by the board  [see this article](http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2205716/explain-3pin-4pin-fan-correctly.html)" CreationDate="2017-01-07T05:39:07.973" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10690" PostId="6605" Score="0" Text="Also, isn't mini ATX smaller than mini-ITX?" CreationDate="2017-01-08T03:46:36.393" UserId="5312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10693" PostId="6624" Score="0" Text="Do the internal drives need to be 3.5&quot;?  A 2x 3.5 bay using adapters to allow for 2x 2.5&quot; drives per 3.5&quot; bay would allow for 4x drives." CreationDate="2017-01-08T05:43:50.223" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10694" PostId="6624" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya The internal drives do need to be 3.5&quot;. I say that because I plan on upgrading to larger drives soon and the price/GB of 2.5&quot; drives &gt;=3TB tends to be much higher than the price/GB of 3.5&quot; drives &gt;=3TB." CreationDate="2017-01-08T05:55:48.207" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10695" PostId="6624" Score="1" Text="Along with my answer, you can also toss a 3.5&quot; drive into a caddy in a 5.25&quot; bays :)" CreationDate="2017-01-08T05:59:03.907" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10709" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@user2284570 It's the existence of overwhelming amount of shitty PSUs that forces nVidia to grossly overstate PSU requirements. State make an model of your PSU so I can tell you if it can carry a 1080 without breaking a sweat or if you can shave off some watts by getting a better one. Sorry, I didn't noticed the Linux requirement." CreationDate="2017-01-08T14:40:58.457" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10715" PostId="6627" Score="0" Text="I would go with a desktop. If you were to buy a desktop, would you want it pre-built or would you be fine with building a parts list?" CreationDate="2017-01-08T18:12:39.467" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10717" PostId="6627" Score="0" Text="no i would build mijn desktop , but what about the laptop , can i upgrade it efficiently ?" CreationDate="2017-01-08T18:45:40.533" UserId="5328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10718" PostId="6627" Score="0" Text="Does &quot;mijn&quot; == &quot;my own&quot;, sorry I am a bit confused." CreationDate="2017-01-08T19:06:09.513" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10719" PostId="1766" Score="0" Text="@Mark And how do we read that page? Personally, I’m about to ask the same question (except Ubuntu 16.04 — but I expect OP to have that, too, by now) so I’ld love an answer …" CreationDate="2017-01-08T19:06:17.227" UserId="4326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10720" PostId="6627" Score="0" Text="sorry i speak a little bit nederaland , so sometimes i use nederlands word , i would say my own." CreationDate="2017-01-08T19:46:24.330" UserId="5328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10721" PostId="6627" Score="0" Text="No problem, just wanted to verify." CreationDate="2017-01-08T19:49:54.773" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10722" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@Agent_L : that’s also why I would have no problem at using a Geforce 1070 despite the nvidia minimum 500W ᴘꜱᴜ requirement. One thing which is rare is that my ᴘꜱᴜ supports Intel® ᴄ7 states." CreationDate="2017-01-08T19:57:30.143" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10724" PostId="6605" Score="0" Text="@WillHopkins, there are two &quot;mini-ATX&quot; form factors: 5.9&quot; x 5.9&quot;, and 11.2&quot; x 8.2&quot;.  They're both rare -- Amazon lists one board that uses the 11x8 standard, and neither Amazon nor Newegg lists a board that uses the smaller standard." CreationDate="2017-01-08T22:56:00.600" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10725" PostId="1766" Score="0" Text="@Jan, you go down the &quot;AP&quot; column to find something that says &quot;yes&quot;, then click on the driver to get a list of chipsets it supports, and select a wifi device with one of those chipsets." CreationDate="2017-01-08T23:44:19.110" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10726" PostId="6627" Score="0" Text="So are your dollars Netherlands dollars? or US dollars? And what games do you plan on playing, what programming compliers/interpreters/IDEs do you plan on using? What sized projects and what expected performance? If it's an 800 US dollars budget, I'd be looking at a completely rebuilt desktop, maybe reusing the SSD, which should be good for 1080p gaming these days, and be reasonably fast for programming (depends what language, I guess) You might even have enough left to get a bigger SSD or a new monitor as an extra." CreationDate="2017-01-09T01:42:39.367" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10727" PostId="6563" Score="0" Text="@user2284570 You got completely sidetracked by marketing. In desktop with pcie graphics, c7 cannot be entered at all, best you can do is c6. This way or another, it's rather pointless, because it means the machine is still running at 1% of the power. Even if the PSU can run at such low power (which means &quot;c7 compatible&quot;) the efficiency goes down so hard it's pretty much irrelevant if the computer draws 5 or 10W. No PSU can run at 1% without wasting twice as much. If you want to actually save power then hibernate. C6/c7 are useful only in laptops, when the top power is like 60W, then c7 is 10%." CreationDate="2017-01-09T08:27:42.820" UserId="1249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10730" PostId="6629" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure there is such a keyboard (assuming you don't go out of your way to get one custom made). The reason being that you are [supposed to use a certain finger to press a certain key.](http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/review/sign-here-typing/keyboard.en.jpg)" CreationDate="2017-01-09T16:10:19.627" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10731" PostId="6605" Score="0" Text="Thanks, that explains why when I look up mini-ATX i just get ATX and min-ITX in the search results:)" CreationDate="2017-01-09T16:48:35.423" UserId="5312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10732" PostId="6605" Score="0" Text="Also, is there a board with an LGA1150 socket that you'd recommend? I found some that I'm looking into, but they don't have the best reviews... It's a $60 one from MSI... it should be fine tho cuz this is a test PC and not the final build. I'll be using my 1151 i7 in the final one and a 1070 FE, but for this i'm using an i5 with the lga1150 and a 960 SSC..." CreationDate="2017-01-09T16:51:03.243" UserId="5312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10733" PostId="6630" Score="0" Text="I am wondering who the board manufacturer was now." CreationDate="2017-01-09T17:16:00.080" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10735" PostId="6605" Score="0" Text="It's unlikely there will be an LGA1150 board that meets your requirements.  Most LGA1150 CPUs only support 8 GB per memory stick, and Mini-ITX boards almost never have more than two memory slots." CreationDate="2017-01-09T22:15:51.857" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10741" PostId="6631" Score="0" Text="Aha, nice find, thanks!" CreationDate="2017-01-10T09:05:39.880" UserId="5329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10743" PostId="4276" Score="0" Text="I have a GT 710 and I have not been able to get it to work in 3840x2160 at 30Hz on a Samsung UE48JU6xxx UHD TV. 1920x1080 at 60 Hz works." CreationDate="2017-01-10T14:49:01.993" UserId="5338" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10744" PostId="6631" Score="0" Text="It wasn't easy lol." CreationDate="2017-01-10T14:57:18.157" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10747" PostId="6635" Score="1" Text="It might be better to build/buy a small PC (vs a compute stick style PC) that's dedicated to this. For a couple reasons: SATA is going to work better than USB and it will allow you to setup RAID for some amount of backup." CreationDate="2017-01-10T16:01:28.240" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10748" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="I remember reading once that every 18 degrees F increase in temperature cuts semiconductor life in half." CreationDate="2017-01-10T18:12:31.233" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10749" PostId="6635" Score="0" Text="Yeah, the only reason I chose the compute stick was that it was the simplest, cheapest low power device I could find ($120 and 10W). Do you have any recommendation for something in a similar price &amp; power range?" CreationDate="2017-01-10T18:56:34.310" UserId="5340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10752" PostId="6635" Score="1" Text="If you're going cheap, I say keep the compute stick, and get either (A) a [hard drive with its own power supply](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEE8K/ref=psdc_595048_t2_B00HXAV0X6?th=1) (not USB-powered) or (B) a powered USB hub to provide power to the portable drive." CreationDate="2017-01-10T21:00:50.667" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10753" PostId="6635" Score="0" Text="Have you considered posting the tech support question to SuperUser to see if there might be a solution to the current USB 3.0 issue?" CreationDate="2017-01-10T21:03:30.473" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10754" PostId="6635" Score="0" Text="Like @browly said, you could try a hdd with a &quot;non usb power supply&quot; like a hdd &quot;docking station&quot; like [this](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00IKC14OG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484083858&amp;sr=8-1&amp;pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&amp;keywords=sabrent+drive+dock&amp;dpPl=1&amp;dpID=51U1urbn70L&amp;ref=plSrch)" CreationDate="2017-01-10T21:35:07.340" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10757" PostId="6636" Score="0" Text="Voting to close as this is primarily opinion based." CreationDate="2017-01-10T21:52:05.850" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10758" PostId="6637" Score="0" Text="The alienware 13 laptops have CUDA capable GPUs. CUDA will help with render times in Adobe AE and PR." CreationDate="2017-01-10T21:58:06.227" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10764" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@cybernard Alienware WAS famous for gaming laptops, now that they are owned by Dell, they are much less so..  You want a gaming laptop, go to Asus/MSI/Sager" CreationDate="2017-01-11T04:06:11.040" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10765" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@Toskan  You originally wrote that you cannot travel with a desktop?  Sure you can :P, you just get one of [these](http://www.cabelas.com/product/PELICAN-Elite-Vacationer-Luggage/1913131.uts?productVariantId=4039059&amp;WT.tsrc=PPC&amp;WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&amp;WT.z_mc_id1=04051945&amp;rid=20&amp;gclid=Cj0KEQiAqdLDBRDD-b2sv6-i6MsBEiQAkT3wAsHJbNNIsbCJpIjuuBNoHJh6gGDhbvptsPvhhfKUUDwaArEp8P8HAQ&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds), secure your case inside with straps and webbing, as well as securing the cards in a separate package, and you are all set" CreationDate="2017-01-11T04:09:41.593" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10768" PostId="6635" Score="0" Text="If you are interested in a small NAS computer build, what would your budget be?" CreationDate="2017-01-11T08:01:30.940" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10772" PostId="6636" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya it is not opinion based, it's more of a lack of knowledge. Macbooks were never designed for gaming, but for his video editing it might be just enough. He would still be better off with the Alienware if he plays games, since it has a dedicated GPU" CreationDate="2017-01-11T12:17:36.833" UserId="248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10774" PostId="6636" Score="0" Text="Then his heading question needs to reflect better his actual question.  Asking which one is worth it is very opinionated.  Personally, I don't think either one is really &quot;worth it&quot; but that's my opinion." CreationDate="2017-01-11T14:18:56.367" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10776" PostId="6627" Score="0" Text="There is one major issue with this question:  It is opinion based.  It asks &quot;should I&quot; upgrade.  This will lead to opinion based answers.  What it should do is list what the possible upgrade options are, and ask which are the better options to take for *insert application here*" CreationDate="2017-01-11T14:38:43.103" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10777" PostId="6630" Score="0" Text="It is a National Instruments board, the group using it are tied to them for various projects. Unfortunately we were unable to procure a cable from them for the environment this device was going in." CreationDate="2017-01-11T16:52:26.723" UserId="5110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10781" PostId="6630" Score="0" Text="AH, I was half expecting a Dell/HP proprietary design board." CreationDate="2017-01-11T18:04:33.263" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10784" PostId="6636" Score="0" Text="What games will you be playing? Keep in mind that OSX does not support the same games that you can play on Windows, so do your research before purchasing. Can you list out a complete list of programs that you will be running? I see After Effects and Premiere, but are there any others? When you browse the internet, about how many tabs do you have open at once?" CreationDate="2017-01-11T20:01:03.117" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10790" PostId="6394" Score="0" Text="Dual ethernet card with two of these: NETGEAR&#xA;Universal N300 Wi-Fi to Ethernet Adapter (WNCE2001)? Not sure if it would work... If you want a lot of bandwidth, running one or two ethernet cables is going to be your best option." CreationDate="2017-01-12T04:05:19.490" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10792" PostId="6394" Score="0" Text="Get a spool of Cat6,  some gigabit NICs, run cable along baseboards....problem solved.   Just a note, but for highspeed data transfers, physical cable is the only way to go." CreationDate="2017-01-12T04:17:58.457" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10793" PostId="6637" Score="0" Text="I 3rd this answer for the simple fact that PC typically run cooler and collect less dust. Macs are NOT dust friendly and difficult to clean. Graphic intense type things will cook a Mac GPU pretty quick." CreationDate="2017-01-12T08:42:20.387" UserId="5359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10794" PostId="6635" Score="0" Text="A cheap 2nd hand Netbook would do just fine for something like this. Otherwise as previous mentions suggest, you'll need a externally powered something or other to fill this request." CreationDate="2017-01-12T08:47:09.100" UserId="5359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10802" PostId="6394" Score="0" Text="Lol yea, The kids would find that Ethernet cable and somehow manage to pull my desktop off the shelf lol. I am considering just running another line through the basement, and landing it where I need it... It's a PITA to carve out the time to get that done.. but it would be the most efficient way of doing it." CreationDate="2017-01-12T15:36:03.013" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10809" PostId="6637" Score="0" Text="Thank you all for answering. Thanks for the tip 0-60fps and @DanV yeah I got friends who go either a burned ram or video cards. Jeff, thank you very informative !" CreationDate="2017-01-12T19:10:44.630" UserId="5344" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10812" PostId="6591" Score="1" Text="I went with buying the yocto-volt, although it was way over budget. I will still accept your answer @Jeff for your efforts." CreationDate="2017-01-12T21:12:15.493" UserId="2395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10816" PostId="6647" Score="0" Text="isnt acer pure garbage? sorry for the language, but they seem to be like hp a spec boost and all else sucks. Thats what i read from a repair man working at a computer store. Acer is just junk. What do you think about the ASUS G752VS-GC006T . I see no point going for gtx 960, it is already old" CreationDate="2017-01-13T00:00:38.830" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10817" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya so i buy another suitcase for 500 dollars, pay the extra money to get it into the airplane, and the extra money to get it from and to the airport, build it together each time etc? dude... haha wtf :D" CreationDate="2017-01-13T00:06:18.177" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10818" PostId="6647" Score="0" Text="@Toskan Acer is not &quot;garbage&quot;. This is a high end laptop, and it is a reputable company.&#xA;&#xA;Also, what you are getting is a GTX 960**M**, which is mobile and worse than a GTX 960" CreationDate="2017-01-13T00:53:14.637" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10820" PostId="6406" Score="0" Text="Well yeah, or you could ship it wherever you are going ahead of time....like golfers do with their clubs lol.  It is ludicrous, but people DO do it.  Especially those who go to major PC conventions." CreationDate="2017-01-13T01:36:41.573" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10821" PostId="6635" Score="0" Text="Well between the Hard drive and the computer, I've spent around $250.  I don't want to spend much more than. I did post a question on SuperUser - not much response.  Checking with Intel Support etc. now ;)" CreationDate="2017-01-13T01:48:01.087" UserId="5340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10822" PostId="6635" Score="0" Text="Correction: I don't want to spend much more than that.  (But I could return these and get something else for around that price)" CreationDate="2017-01-13T02:26:36.690" UserId="5340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10826" PostId="4040" Score="0" Text="This site is for hardware recommendations, as in, you give us specific hardware you are looking into, or requirements for said hardware, and we can make a recommendation..  Doing research into what works &quot;out of the box&quot; with linux, is a bit outside of scope, voting to close as a technical support question" CreationDate="2017-01-13T16:52:24.080" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10827" PostId="4040" Score="0" Text="Try sticking with anything Atheros based.  Aside from this, you are leaving out almost all information required to make a recommendation.  What hardware are you using, what versions of hardware, what distro and version of linux, etc.  Also, budget would be a good idea." CreationDate="2017-01-13T16:57:03.097" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10828" PostId="6652" Score="0" Text="Have you done any research on your own into such devices?" CreationDate="2017-01-13T19:57:17.740" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10829" PostId="6652" Score="0" Text="Apart from a couple of days of Googling, I think I lack the hardware expertise I'd probably need to know where to look!" CreationDate="2017-01-13T19:58:27.493" UserId="5368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10830" PostId="6636" Score="0" Text="I am a mac book pro owner (2011, 17&quot;) myself.  Mac OS has many advantages, security foremost, but, right now, I would **not** opt for a Mac as far as hardware goes.  Everything is totally locked down on newer models - RAM, HD/SDD, everything.  They are totally non-upgradeable, and quite possibly hard to service as well.  This isn't the case with my older Mac.  And the $$$ ding to go up from say a 256GB to 512GB SSD at purchase is massive, much more than you would expect from the aftermarket parts prices.  As a Mac owner, I hate to say this, but Apple is really fleecing nowadays." CreationDate="2017-01-13T20:33:33.743" UserId="5370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10832" PostId="6652" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2017-01-13T21:18:02.220" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10833" PostId="6652" Score="0" Text="You can safely consider it unlimited. I am interested in the possibility of dealing attacks, so we can say that an attacker has unlimited resources at his disposal." CreationDate="2017-01-13T21:21:42.940" UserId="5368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10834" PostId="4040" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I asked pretty much the same question on askUbuntu (before Hardware Recommendations was created), where it was closed because it asked for hardware recommendations :-) I’ve added details on distro and hardware used. As for openness of the question—in “Related” I’m seeing a bunch of similar questions of the type ”is there an X adapter with proper Linux support”, and I’d consider that the very point of a hardware recommendation site." CreationDate="2017-01-13T21:44:43.867" UserId="3788" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10835" PostId="6569" Score="0" Text="Correct, looking for infrared. I edited the question to make it clearer." CreationDate="2017-01-13T22:15:51.037" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10837" PostId="4040" Score="0" Text="I can honestly say that running on an HP system and running any distro of linux will be more hands on than with most other systems.  HP is about as user friendly with non-standard OS's as a live landmine.   But you are correct, the driver for your current card would likely need to be manually added to the kernel.  Now, what proper Linux support is, is much different than Windows.  Most linux users expect to have to have to manually configure/compile drivers." CreationDate="2017-01-13T22:31:33.537" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10838" PostId="4040" Score="0" Text="Hmm, the Elitebook 6930p specs show it running an Intel Wifi Link 5300 for its wireless internet.  This should be supported by [iwlwifi](https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi)" CreationDate="2017-01-13T22:36:04.963" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10840" PostId="6611" Score="0" Text="That CPU has a TDP of 45 Watts, well above the desired 15 Watt limit his staff are suggesting." CreationDate="2017-01-13T23:44:38.110" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10842" PostId="6652" Score="3" Text="If your budget is truly unlimited, get someone to design and fab an ASIC for your specific task.  The cost will be in the millions of dollars, but that's not a problem on an unlimited budget." CreationDate="2017-01-14T00:48:27.190" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10844" PostId="5746" Score="0" Text="This is a request for something that does not fall under the definition of hardware in the stack scope." CreationDate="2017-01-14T01:10:30.313" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10845" PostId="6611" Score="0" Text="@MrPublic If a system that meets all requirements does not exist, a recommendation that meets the most of the requirements is usually acceptable.   Also, staff suggestions are just that, suggestions.  Not requirements." CreationDate="2017-01-14T01:12:43.587" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10846" PostId="6456" Score="0" Text="Or go the non-mac laptop route, get one that you can access the ram slots yourself, and add ram without possibly violating the warranty. OSX can be run on anything. (seriously tho, a mac/pc....they are both personal computers.....mac vs pc line has to die lol)" CreationDate="2017-01-14T02:35:47.303" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10847" PostId="5746" Score="1" Text="@NZKshatriya I'd say that this is still open to discussion at this point, i.e. protective cases/screen protectors may still fall within our scope. See, e.g. [this meta answer](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/267/203) and [this question](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/633/case-for-a-samsung-galaxy-tab-4-10-1-inch-tablet)" CreationDate="2017-01-14T02:39:12.570" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10848" PostId="6456" Score="1" Text="I'm not sure OSX's EULA allows it to be run on non Apple hardware. http://c4sif.org/2012/10/are-hackintosh-computers-legal-no-but-only-because-of-copyright/" CreationDate="2017-01-14T02:40:21.367" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10849" PostId="6456" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya You have a good point about the RAM." CreationDate="2017-01-14T02:43:48.243" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10850" PostId="5746" Score="0" Text="*rips hair out*  Is there a way to, erm, un-vote?" CreationDate="2017-01-14T02:57:35.890" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10853" PostId="6652" Score="2" Text="Also note that you can also just take a Bitcoin miner ASIC and divide the hashing rate by N to see how many different such hashes they can do per second." CreationDate="2017-01-14T10:08:48.927" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10857" PostId="6382" Score="0" Text="If you want a large enter key it's best to look at UK keyboards and have one shipped in. (Most UK keyboards have large enter key by default)." CreationDate="2017-01-14T18:49:39.460" UserId="5376" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10858" PostId="6611" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya If that is the case then BigElittles should change the answer stating that it does not in fact &quot;meets all of your requirements.&quot; It should be noted that the CPU in that laptop is NOT a 15 Watt TDP Chip." CreationDate="2017-01-14T19:46:19.540" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10859" PostId="6611" Score="0" Text="Are there any laptops with 15w TDP CPU's other than those tiny netbooks from a few years ago?" CreationDate="2017-01-14T20:41:32.627" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10861" PostId="6611" Score="0" Text="See my answer below. Intel launched their new Kaby Lake Mobile CPUs in Q3 2016 IIRC. The i7 7500u is exactly what he needs. It supports Virtualization, 2 cores/4 threads, and upwards of 32 GB of RAM. It is a 15 Watt TDP chip, and the laptop itself is running 16GB of Low Power DDR3 RAM." CreationDate="2017-01-14T22:14:51.867" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10867" PostId="6611" Score="0" Text="Is your recommendation available in Australia? Also that ultrabook doesn't have a dedicated gpu, just onboard CPU graphics. Basically it won't be able to play any kind of AAA games, ever." CreationDate="2017-01-15T00:10:30.943" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10871" PostId="6611" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles  To point one thing out, I don't see AAA gaming listed as a requirement, anywhere.  Only the ability to run multiple VMs, (I would ass+u+me at some rate of efficiency)" CreationDate="2017-01-15T00:49:57.323" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10872" PostId="6456" Score="0" Text="If I could edit my comment to remove the now understood to be bad advice....." CreationDate="2017-01-15T00:52:20.857" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10874" PostId="4040" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya wifi worked out of the box from day one, WWAN is the issue here..." CreationDate="2017-01-15T00:58:59.060" UserId="3788" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10876" PostId="4040" Score="0" Text="Have you asked this over at the Unix and Linux stack...not AskUbuntu?" CreationDate="2017-01-15T01:55:23.727" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10885" PostId="6611" Score="0" Text="Yea, the AAA was off topic for sure, but my Australia point is valid?" CreationDate="2017-01-15T02:49:27.107" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10896" PostId="6667" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2017-01-16T15:42:01.320" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10897" PostId="6667" Score="0" Text="Below 100 dollar would be nice." CreationDate="2017-01-16T15:44:39.980" UserId="134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10899" PostId="6663" Score="0" Text="I wonder if a Wii-mote or a Roku3 remote could be used for such a thing? I know the Wii-mote has windows drivers for it." CreationDate="2017-01-16T19:02:31.707" UserId="5359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10900" PostId="6668" Score="0" Text="But is it MAC cloning for every connected device or only for the WAN link? Maybe you could provide a screenshot of the setting." CreationDate="2017-01-16T19:06:42.680" UserId="134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10901" PostId="6667" Score="1" Text="My only question before answering this post is.  Do you have permission to access this network via this method?  This can be a major security loophole." CreationDate="2017-01-16T19:11:00.627" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10902" PostId="6667" Score="0" Text="Yes, I have...." CreationDate="2017-01-16T19:12:02.343" UserId="134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10903" PostId="6668" Score="0" Text="It is a specific setting on the internet connection page that allows you to clone the mac address or set the mac address of your wan port on your router.  This is actually fairly common on most of the routers I have seen.  I have an Asus RT-N66R and it definitely has this feature." CreationDate="2017-01-16T19:25:57.110" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10904" PostId="6668" Score="0" Text="Too bad. That is not what I need. I do not want to clone the link to the internet port." CreationDate="2017-01-16T19:41:30.957" UserId="134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10905" PostId="6668" Score="0" Text="I am confused as to what exactly you are asking then. It does clone the mac address of the machine you hit &quot;clone&quot; on for the WAN port. Essentially reporting that router as the NIC card from that machine." CreationDate="2017-01-16T19:46:08.347" UserId="5359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10907" PostId="6668" Score="0" Text="@DanV: The WAN link is the port to the internet. I am looking for a way to spoof the connected LAN." CreationDate="2017-01-16T21:36:12.040" UserId="134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10909" PostId="6663" Score="1" Text="Not quite what I had in mind, but I'll add them to the list of things to consider. It could potentially be useful if the user could point a Wii-mote at the screen to use it as a mouse as well as for the buttons." CreationDate="2017-01-16T23:16:49.147" UserId="5383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10910" PostId="6668" Score="0" Text="@DanV juergen's network is restricted to certain devices. This is done by only allowing certain MAC addresses to connect to the network. juergen needs a WiFi adapter that lets them specify the MAC address to use when connecting to the network - not when connecting the network to the Internet, which is what the WAN MAC is." CreationDate="2017-01-17T00:04:47.983" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10911" PostId="6667" Score="1" Text="Why not simply request that the MAC of your wireless NIC be added to the approved MAC ID list?  This would seem to be a much more secure idea from a network administration viewpoint.   As this hardware request goes against everything I know on the subject of network security and administration, I am ethically inclined to just walk away from this one." CreationDate="2017-01-17T04:53:58.400" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10912" PostId="6668" Score="0" Text="If you look at the specs of the ASUS you'll see it is a repeater as well. It has repeater mode. You can connect it to the original router that faces the internet. Then all devices can connect to the ASUS. It takes a bit of thinking to correctly set this up. But it is capable, I have done it with this router. But in a previous comment by NZK this will open up a restricted network to unintended holes." CreationDate="2017-01-17T05:41:20.327" UserId="5359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10913" PostId="6670" Score="0" Text="Hello. Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. Unfortunately, &quot;Will [x] work with [certain software]&quot; is classified as tech support, and not on topic for this site. Questions for this site usually go more like &quot;I want to do [tasks], so I'll need something with [x, y and z requirements] that works with [certain software]&quot;. As it stands you might be able to ask your current question on [SuperUser](https://superuser.com) (I'm not sure), but you can also rephrase your question a little (add requirements and budget) to make it a good fit for this site." CreationDate="2017-01-17T09:29:15.163" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10914" PostId="6670" Score="1" Text="So, for example, If you want to use it for computer vision, your requirements would be high resolution and low noise, and you'd also need it to work with Ubuntu or another linux distro. Would that be about right?" CreationDate="2017-01-17T09:30:48.747" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10915" PostId="6670" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Yes, That is what I want. I want to use it with computer vision and its price is $22 with HD1080 while the price of logitech c310 is $33 with HD720P" CreationDate="2017-01-17T09:45:23.230" UserId="5392" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10916" PostId="6670" Score="0" Text="I'm assuming that you're in the US?" CreationDate="2017-01-17T09:59:20.760" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10918" PostId="6670" Score="0" Text="[This stackoverflow question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20968399/camera-suggestion-for-machine-vision-with-opencv) might be relevant." CreationDate="2017-01-17T10:29:13.770" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10919" PostId="6670" Score="0" Text="I don't actually know too much about webcams, so hopefully someone with more experience will take over. We are a beta site, so unfortunately we won't have as large a user base as some of the larger sites. :(" CreationDate="2017-01-17T10:49:06.693" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10921" PostId="6670" Score="0" Text="Alright. Thank you @Alpha3031. No problem. Lets hope. You have taught me how to write a question and I am grateful for that. :) I am not from US, I am from Pakistan." CreationDate="2017-01-17T14:01:21.117" UserId="5392" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10924" PostId="6663" Score="1" Text="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Use-a-Wiimote-as-Your-Computers-Mouse/ Thats possible." CreationDate="2017-01-17T18:52:32.730" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10925" PostId="6670" Score="2" Text="You're looking for something that follows the [UVC 1.1 standard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_video_device_class).  As a rule of thumb, anything that claims &quot;driverless&quot; MacOSX or Windows 7 support is likely to work on Linux." CreationDate="2017-01-17T22:07:49.780" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10928" PostId="6673" Score="0" Text="One of my fear is the socket, in 3~4years, is it possible that the 1151 socket been phased out, forcing me to also change the motherboard for one that support whatever is dominant at this time? Or is the 1151 socket recent enought to not having to care?" CreationDate="2017-01-18T08:59:39.033" UserId="5396" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10929" PostId="6673" Score="0" Text="@DrakaSAN It's unlikely for Intel to release a CPU that's massively better in the medium term, as Intel's tick-tock cycle has slowed down and stagnated with only a few percent performance increase per generation. All you'll likely be missing out on for future generations is fancy new chipset features like USB C and newer HDMI/DisplayPort" CreationDate="2017-01-18T10:37:33.757" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10930" PostId="6679" Score="0" Text="Are you sure Cannonlake is incompatible with Sunrise Point chipsets? Intel typically has chips of the same μarch on the same socket, and node shrinks are supported after a BIOS update" CreationDate="2017-01-18T10:41:50.717" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10931" PostId="6679" Score="0" Text="From this link http://wccftech.com/intel-coffee-lake-is-cannonlake-in-disguise/ it's impossible to say something, UP TO NOW intel changed their chipset every TWO families of CPU. I don't have any way to predict that 1151 socket with Sunrise/Union Point will support next year CPU. Can you say something more ?? Do you have resources to sya it ??" CreationDate="2017-01-18T10:46:21.137" UserId="2198" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10933" PostId="6679" Score="0" Text="Look at this link, that has intel table: http://wccftech.com/intel-roadmap-kaby-lake-coffee-lake-cannonlake-leak/ . One socket has always two cpus families. Probably if they have stepped to a three phase process, it could be that actual 1151 would be able to accept new cpu, but up to now no one knows it" CreationDate="2017-01-18T10:52:37.870" UserId="2198" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10935" PostId="6679" Score="0" Text="I agree on your speculation, but do you have more information to substain it ?" CreationDate="2017-01-18T10:57:19.713" UserId="2198" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10936" PostId="6679" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/51986/discussion-between-alpha3031-and-pm2r)." CreationDate="2017-01-18T11:00:30.663" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10939" PostId="6675" Score="0" Text="@Jeff: I would appreciate it if you could explain why is this not a recommendation for hardware for a specific task. I need a cable that charges the parent device and allows me to read a USB drive simultaneously - that is the task I need to achieve. I would like to know if hardware exists to support this task. This question is not specific to my device - many devices are moving to a single micro USB (or other single port). I figured if I *didn't* say what device I was using, someone would inevitably ask anyway." CreationDate="2017-01-18T16:37:25.860" UserId="5399" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10941" PostId="6675" Score="0" Text="@Jeff Thank you." CreationDate="2017-01-18T19:04:03.770" UserId="5399" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10942" PostId="6675" Score="0" Text="will that work for you scenario?" CreationDate="2017-01-18T19:33:47.770" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10943" PostId="6675" Score="0" Text="@Jeff: I will look at it in more detail when I get a second and let you know. It's not immediately clear to me how I would use the device you link to below, so I have to look more at its capabilities. Thank you for your time on this." CreationDate="2017-01-18T20:03:21.407" UserId="5399" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10945" PostId="6675" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/52024/discussion-between-jeff-and-meg)." CreationDate="2017-01-18T20:50:36.977" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10955" PostId="6672" Score="0" Text="Could always wait for the launch of Zen :P" CreationDate="2017-01-19T01:43:43.623" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10960" PostId="6670" Score="0" Text="The support guy from A4TECH said that this cam is plug and play on windows but he is not sure about ubuntu. However, my research says that this cam is not UVC complaint. @Mark" CreationDate="2017-01-19T14:54:45.043" UserId="5392" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10961" PostId="5898" Score="1" Text="OTG Player app works only for videos, unfortunately. Tried it just yesterday with a mounted USB stick full of music and nothing was detected. [I have found no way](http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/167148/read-audio-from-usb-otg) to use a player app to play music from USB without rooting the Android device." CreationDate="2017-01-19T15:10:06.470" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10962" PostId="5898" Score="0" Text="@Ctouw Good to know. Just curious, can it see the music files if you convert them to mp4 first?" CreationDate="2017-01-19T16:32:14.677" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10968" PostId="6676" Score="1" Text="Just to clarify, you are looking for an android tablet, right? Or are you looking for a device that extends the display of an existing tablet?" CreationDate="2017-01-19T19:12:38.157" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10970" PostId="6675" Score="1" Text="@Jeff I don't see this as a tech support question; the OP is looking for a secondary device that supports a set of features, which is what this site was made for. The only thing that might be an issue is that the requested hardware is a cable, and I am not sure if cables are on-topic [here](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/266/60)." CreationDate="2017-01-19T19:27:33.597" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10971" PostId="6675" Score="1" Text="@Cfinley Thanks for the input I was waiting for someone to chime in.  I have retracted the flag and deleted my comment regarding such.  And hopefully i answered this accordingly for her." CreationDate="2017-01-19T19:30:21.970" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10979" PostId="6647" Score="0" Text="He's a programmer not a  hardcore gamer. He needs the  battery life rather than graphics @Toskan" CreationDate="2017-01-20T15:09:28.570" UserId="5363" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10980" PostId="6681" Score="0" Text="Thank you for finding this product for me! Let me know if I'm understanding correctly: Since it's a power bank and has a USB port, if I were low on battery I could plug-in to this and charge and read my USB at the same time. Is that what you were thinking? I like that it can also read micro SD cards - will come in handy since I have expansion cards in two devices. I'm not sure about rooting my device - I've not done it before, and am not sure what I would need to do in order to ultimately accomplish the goal, but if someone could give instructions, I would consider it." CreationDate="2017-01-20T16:11:35.647" UserId="5399" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10981" PostId="6681" Score="1" Text="@Meg I have updated the answer to include  more details regard use as well as the product manual.  If you requirements in your question were correct this device will free up your port on your tablet completely so you can plug it into a charger and this device will act as a wireless file hub for you and accomplish your task." CreationDate="2017-01-20T16:27:59.993" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10982" PostId="6647" Score="0" Text="well but if you get a gaming notebook, you should not get an old graphic card that you can never upgrade.  And acer really does seem like junk, not only according to what I read, but as well according to reviews: http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/laptop-brand-ratings with a constant 5 years 8th rank or worse" CreationDate="2017-01-20T16:49:00.153" UserId="5126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10983" PostId="6681" Score="0" Text="Ah, I see (I did understand I don't have to root my device for this option - my previous comment was just about rooting in general, with regard to other possible solutions). So it's a wireless way to access a USB, micro SD card, etc. Have you used anything like this, and, if so, could you comment on what it's like using a browser/FileHub app to access files? Can I edit them in-place on my USB, or do I need to download them, save them, edit them, then re-save them to my USB? My other hesitation is a cable is so much easier to carry around/travel with... Just can't have it all I guess!" CreationDate="2017-01-20T17:45:57.623" UserId="5399" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10984" PostId="6681" Score="1" Text="I have added the size to the answer.  Looking at the manual it does not seem like there is any issue with edit in place.  I have used this same scenario in my router that allows me to add storage and editing in place is no issue.  If you buy the product from Amazon it is easy to return :)  I will say that some of this is starting to turn into tech support.  So we might want to move this to SU for more support related questions but I think we have covered everything I know about this device.  I can tell you I am ordering one for my network here since it basically doubles as a wifi extender." CreationDate="2017-01-20T17:52:14.460" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10985" PostId="6681" Score="0" Text="I guess this has sort of turned into tech support, but I feel it's relevant to be able to answer the question - whether the suggested product is a realistic solution. I did look at the device's size and you're correct that it's small relatively speaking, but I'm just thinking about my daily commute and things start adding up when you have a tablet, phone, power banks, this device and chargers (and possibly a laptop and its charger, depending on the day) ;) Such is technology. I do think this is a good option though, and am likely going to order it. Your help has been invaluable! Thank you!" CreationDate="2017-01-20T18:24:10.767" UserId="5399" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10986" PostId="6681" Score="0" Text="I'm going to leave the solution unchecked at the moment, just in case anything else trickles in. I doubt there is a cable that does what I need, or we probably would have had someone post about it by now. I'll give it some time and see how things play out. I really do appreciate your help." CreationDate="2017-01-20T18:25:19.180" UserId="5399" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10990" PostId="974" Score="0" Text="*pokes question with a stick*" CreationDate="2017-01-21T00:53:38.193" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10991" PostId="6676" Score="0" Text="Any reason you a specific to an Android Tablet?  Would a Windows tablet be acceptable?" CreationDate="2017-01-21T02:49:05.087" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10992" PostId="6663" Score="0" Text="Have you considered a mouse?  Scroll-Up / Scroll Down / Click Scroll / Left Click / Right click.  Also there are a tone of mice with more buttons." CreationDate="2017-01-21T02:54:34.200" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10993" PostId="1289" Score="0" Text="@mattwilkie Did you ever determine if the answer met your requirements?" CreationDate="2017-01-21T03:09:26.610" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10994" PostId="6663" Score="0" Text="I hadn't considered a mouse. It would work, but the non-uniform buttons wouldn't be ideal. Currently I'm leaning towards [this](http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Wireless-Bluetooth-Gamepad-Remote-Controller-For-VR-BOX-PC-Phone-Android-IOS-New-/361869412470?var=&amp;hash=item5441190876:m:mZf0-QKziym8cfCbNoNHv-A.). The button configuration would be pretty good for using it without looking, the joystick could probably be used to control the mouse, and it should be easy to implement in my app." CreationDate="2017-01-21T03:14:22.913" UserId="5383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10995" PostId="6693" Score="0" Text="Could you make your question more specific? i.e. What kind of case &quot;form factor&quot; do you want, such as full tower, cube etc... what's your budget for the case, drive bay requirements etc..." CreationDate="2017-01-21T08:37:06.613" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10996" PostId="6693" Score="0" Text="Ok. Will edit question now" CreationDate="2017-01-21T08:37:51.363" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10997" PostId="6694" Score="0" Text="Brilliant! Thank you. This Case will do the trick" CreationDate="2017-01-21T09:25:59.957" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10998" PostId="6699" Score="1" Text="I really think people are going a bit nutcase on battery capacity expectations these days." CreationDate="2017-01-21T21:17:19.673" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10999" PostId="6699" Score="0" Text="And that's OK. But I wouldn't say that expecting a 6h+ battery life from a 13-14 inch laptop in 2017 is &quot;going nutcase&quot; :)" CreationDate="2017-01-21T21:20:59.440" UserId="5433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11000" PostId="6699" Score="0" Text="Despite manufacturers' claims... A laptop's run time on battery is highly dependent on what you are doing on the laptop. e.g. web browsing vs video rendering, max brightness vs min brightness etc..." CreationDate="2017-01-21T21:26:34.050" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11001" PostId="6699" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS Yes, I'm aware of that. I'll edit the post to - hopefully - make it clear." CreationDate="2017-01-21T21:29:00.317" UserId="5433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11002" PostId="6699" Score="0" Text="Yeah, with a 13 to 14 inch, with the screen dimmed to around 50% maybe :P.   I mean, my MSI 15.6&quot; GL62 (low end of their gaming end)  advertised at 5 hours max, I assumed I'd be lucky to get 3 hours at minimum settings.....I was right lol.   I have no clue how Apple was claiming 10 hours on their Macbook Pro w/ touchbar.   Oh, and on @0-60FPS comment on battery life, a lot of people don't get the whole usage = different battery life thing.....which is sad." CreationDate="2017-01-21T23:20:48.840" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11003" PostId="6699" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya There's a pretty large (~75%) power consumption difference between ULV and High performance parts during load though, and Core M / Atoms sip even less power. I'd assume idle means smaller difference, but it could still be significant. IIRC, Asus claimed 11 hours battery life on it's Transformer Book T100, even with a tiny battery, because it uses an Atom. Just a wild guess. I don't actually know how much power modern high performance mobile CPUs and dGPUs use in idle states." CreationDate="2017-01-22T02:12:20.603" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11004" PostId="6270" Score="2" Text="I love the last requirement (rofl)" CreationDate="2017-01-22T03:48:18.747" UserId="2402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11005" PostId="6700" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I will definitely check this one out. However, I need to confess, I'm a bit concerned about the whole &quot;Lenovo pre-installs *spyware* on their laptops&quot; problem. I would probably go with a ThinkPad long time ago if not for those shady activities. I will look into it." CreationDate="2017-01-22T12:00:11.643" UserId="5433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11007" PostId="6700" Score="1" Text="@lesssugar The very first thing I do with EVERY laptop I purchase is wipe it and do a clean installation.  Voila! Problems solved.  I have to 2nd the Lenovo choice.  I own 2 of them and they are the best of any of the low-mid priced laptops I have used." CreationDate="2017-01-22T15:23:29.483" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11008" PostId="6700" Score="0" Text="@Jeff That's reasonable. Any problems with ThinkPad drivers after such a clean-up?" CreationDate="2017-01-22T15:32:47.853" UserId="5433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11009" PostId="6700" Score="0" Text="@lesssugar Not at all.  Just make sure to download just the drivers or install them by themselves so you don't get all the manufacturer bloatware." CreationDate="2017-01-22T15:33:59.363" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11010" PostId="6676" Score="0" Text="Actually OS doesn't matter as long as the hardware supports it. I know there are a few Android phones that have similar capabilities but I want to design similar for my own on a tablet. Android is preferable as it is open source and can be tweaked. I will be making this prototype from scratch." CreationDate="2017-01-22T21:47:57.267" UserId="5401" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11017" PostId="6673" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 This is exactly right. The only way I could see a massive improvement from intel right now is if Ryzen or whatever AMD is calling it becomes a real competitor and starts taking business away from intel." CreationDate="2017-01-23T14:58:00.057" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11018" PostId="6702" Score="0" Text="&quot;monitor the weight of the product in each location&quot; by location, you mean the shelf itself correct?" CreationDate="2017-01-23T17:51:05.810" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11019" PostId="6702" Score="0" Text="I like the idea, but I have a feeling your are going to be hacking a &quot;wifi scale&quot; to meet your form factor... OR using FSRs/load cells attached to a raspberry pi or arduino to accomplish it. If your doing what I think you are doing... I'd consider buying rfid tags in bulk for each box, and a passive scanner for each set of shelves.  Program the tags with the inv details (weight, name, etc etc) and assign it to a specific scanner. If the scanner looses contact with the rfid tag, then notify the person who needs to know that information. Depends on how much inventory your going through though." CreationDate="2017-01-23T18:07:17.060" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11020" PostId="6702" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles I do mean the shelf itself.  RFID will not work we already have this technology.  We have boxes of glass tubes.  There are anywhere between 50 and 100 tubes in each box.  So it would be very difficult to tag each one.  On a side note.  I am already going to the fact that I will  have to go the FSRs/load cells method." CreationDate="2017-01-23T18:09:34.880" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11022" PostId="1788" Score="0" Text="*breaks out soldering iron, removes wifi chip, plugs RJ45 connector with hot glue*" CreationDate="2017-01-23T22:49:19.260" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11026" PostId="6701" Score="0" Text="First of all, all you need is one HDMI out.  That's what home theater receivers with multi HDMI pass-thru are for.  Aside from that, I would like to see some stats on how a multi year old blu-ray player is &quot;one of the best blu-ray players.&quot;" CreationDate="2017-01-24T03:28:17.250" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11027" PostId="6709" Score="1" Text="There are none available yet, but I found 3 that are expected in the first quarter of 2017 - [Rivvr](https://www.rivvr.com/), [kwikvr](http://kwikvr.com/), and [TPCast](http://uploadvr.com/htc-vive-wireless-kit/). Estimated prices on all three range between $200 and $300. Only the Rivvr has preorders currently available. The TPCast sold out it's preorders in 18 minutes back in November 2016. I can provide a more detailed answer once the accessories are available." CreationDate="2017-01-24T04:50:53.093" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11028" PostId="6709" Score="0" Text="@Andy All three of those products still require connecting to a desktop PC, it's just that it's a wireless connection rather than a wired connection.  I want a VR headset doesn't require being near a desktop PC at all, akin to the Samsung Gear VR, except with positional tracking." CreationDate="2017-01-24T06:24:46.890" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11032" PostId="6709" Score="1" Text="@KeshavSrinivasan So you want a VR headset that performs like the Rift or Vive, but has the same portability as a Cardboard headset? The hardware differences between the two make it seem very unlikely that anything like that will exist in the near future." CreationDate="2017-01-24T16:55:38.063" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11033" PostId="6709" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles There were tons of demos for exactly that kind of thing in CES 2017 this month.  (Just Google CES and inside-out tracking.)  So the technology definitely exists, I'm just trying to find out if it's commercially available yet." CreationDate="2017-01-24T16:59:45.897" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11035" PostId="6715" Score="0" Text="Technically gaming laptops are just high power laptops that can be customized.  I have an MSI GL62 (lower down the line than the GP series)  I mainly do college course work on it (OpenBSD, Ubuntu, VMs, etc).  While it does have the horsepower for gaming, and I do game on it, this is not the main reason why I bought it.  Max ram capacity of 32GB, and other upgrade paths are always good.    As far as a no OS option, Sager usually gives that option.  I will find/configure one and post as an answer.  But to close, most customization comes on enthusiast/gaming level items." CreationDate="2017-01-25T12:33:02.327" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11036" PostId="6715" Score="0" Text="Also.....do you prefer a 14&quot; 15&quot; or 17&quot; notebook?" CreationDate="2017-01-25T12:33:40.187" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11038" PostId="6715" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya 15&quot; preferable, i think, ive never worked on 17&quot;. although the screen is bigger im not sure i would be satisfied with size/mobility" CreationDate="2017-01-25T12:41:30.087" UserId="5454" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11039" PostId="6717" Score="0" Text="This was the only one I could find without a discrete GPU :(,   Anyway, have to get ready to drive cross town for a Japanese 1 course....yay rush hour traffic." CreationDate="2017-01-25T12:43:23.680" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11040" PostId="6717" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the link to Sager, i see they have a lot of options. Which greatly helps me to calculate costs and opertunities" CreationDate="2017-01-25T12:47:38.963" UserId="5454" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11041" PostId="6717" Score="0" Text="Yeah, I posted this recommendation before you stated a preference for a 15&quot;  system.  These systems typically are aimed at the enthusiast/gaming segment of the market, but the plethora of options really benefit all applications." CreationDate="2017-01-25T15:28:17.380" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11042" PostId="6715" Score="0" Text="Mine is 15.6&quot; weighs in at around 5.5Lbs (i think)   I really don't notice the weight, though I am carrying around a backpack with the notebook, three textbooks, charger, lunch and a couple 20oz sodas each day.....Total weight easily above 20Lbs lol." CreationDate="2017-01-25T15:38:51.200" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11043" PostId="6721" Score="1" Text="The question is which is better for rendering, not better for carrying around. GTX1070 clearly outperforms Quadro M1200 several times in Octane, Blender Cycles, Furryball, etc." CreationDate="2017-01-25T15:59:47.803" UserId="5459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11044" PostId="6709" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles I found one that's available for pre-order and is coming out in March 2017; see my answer." CreationDate="2017-01-25T16:24:17.830" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11045" PostId="6723" Score="0" Text="Technically isn't connecting to a smartphone a computer connection?  Smartphones today are essentially handheld computers with the added ability to make phone calls." CreationDate="2017-01-25T16:36:40.543" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11046" PostId="6723" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Sure, but I'm just trying to find a VR headset with positional tracking that you can use anywhere as long as you have a smartphone, i.e. something like Samsung Gear VR except with positional tracking." CreationDate="2017-01-25T16:40:39.593" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11047" PostId="6723" Score="0" Text="Just checking.  Just curious, but are you by chance a developer, or just an end user?  If an end user, the question would be what is there on the smartphone VR market that takes advantage of positional tracking?  Personally, I am waiting a few years before joining the VR movement.  Done the early adopter thing too many times lol...  Remember the Nintendo Virtual Boy?  I should have seen that flop coming.  Luckily my 1st gen, first run Xbox One had no issues." CreationDate="2017-01-25T17:10:58.933" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11048" PostId="6722" Score="0" Text="I would (sadly) concur with this.  Going by system specifications alone, the Alienware has more performance for the price.  Yes, it is called a gaming system, but in reality all a gaming system is is a system loaded with high end equipment, and tailored for those looking to get the most out of the system." CreationDate="2017-01-25T17:24:22.540" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11049" PostId="6722" Score="1" Text="This is the conclusion I'm reaching as I read around too.. the 1070 is quite superior vs the quadro." CreationDate="2017-01-25T20:05:19.693" UserId="5458" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11050" PostId="6721" Score="0" Text="I'll be taking the 256gb SSD m.2 + 1TB Hdd on either build, but I'm so far still leaning toward the alienware. It's definitely not travel friendly, but It's not impossible to travel with. I won't need to work with it on the plane for example.. I believe plane outlets can't even power it, and rendering would just destroy the battery. I just need to be able to move it from country to country. I'll work on a desk." CreationDate="2017-01-25T20:11:01.860" UserId="5458" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11051" PostId="6724" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2017-01-26T01:33:06.387" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11052" PostId="6715" Score="0" Text="To be completely honest, I have seen a lot of posts as of late with professionals asking for high spec notebooks for video editing, or virtual machines, or other job based duties. (and all saying no gaming machines...my mentality is a box is a box lol)  A couple were really disconnected from reality, either in budget being way too low, or in thinking they could get a high performance system in a thin &lt;4Lb setup.  I've also seen a real gap between some higher reputation StackOverflow users(programmers) and basic hardware knowledge *which scares me*" CreationDate="2017-01-26T04:11:15.313" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11053" PostId="6721" Score="0" Text="BTW, both computer are actually Dell, as mentioned by the OP." CreationDate="2017-01-26T05:59:23.517" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11054" PostId="6715" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya why wouldn't there be something like this? a box is always more then just a box. I found the Lenovo IdeaPad 700-15ISK, which looks very promising (they seem to be able to do it pretty well). ill do some more research before i decide." CreationDate="2017-01-26T07:07:18.817" UserId="5454" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11058" PostId="6715" Score="0" Text="Well if its a blue box with the words police call box on it, then of course its more than just a box :P" CreationDate="2017-01-26T13:09:48.573" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11059" PostId="6726" Score="0" Text="Thank you. Is the RAM you have suggested for laptops? Secondly, how do you say it should be 1600Mhz while the specification shows 800MHz =&gt; `Max BAndwidth PC3-12800 (800MHz)`" CreationDate="2017-01-26T13:42:20.687" UserId="5466" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11060" PostId="6726" Score="0" Text="Well, I think that was my mistake in the title of the question!" CreationDate="2017-01-26T13:46:20.460" UserId="5466" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11061" PostId="6723" Score="0" Text="&quot;Nintendo Virtual Boy&quot; - God I had this thing... such a bad device... people say VR has to have a certain frame rate to avoid nausea... that thing had 7 frames per second..." CreationDate="2017-01-26T14:46:10.327" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11062" PostId="6725" Score="0" Text="Technical support request — Questions asking about troubleshooting hardware or technical support for hardware are off-topic for Hardware Recommendations because the site is here to provide pre-purchase hardware recommendations and to recommend hardware for a specific task, rather than to support existing devices. You may get help on Super User." CreationDate="2017-01-26T14:46:30.113" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11063" PostId="6726" Score="1" Text="@Meysam  I changed the answer to the laptop version of the memory" CreationDate="2017-01-26T15:06:45.390" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11064" PostId="6725" Score="0" Text="@Jeff This one I am not quite sure on.  To me, it falls in between a tech support request and a hardware recommendation request.  I would rather err on the side of being polite today (have been told I can be a bit snide).  Of course ArtOfCode can always crack the whip on me lol" CreationDate="2017-01-26T15:09:23.870" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11065" PostId="6725" Score="0" Text="Whip cracked, @NZKshatriya. No, but seriously, this is nearly there - at the moment, it's phrased as &quot;how do I make sure it's compatible&quot;, which is a compatibility query and not in scope. If Meysam could [edit] this question to rephrase it as &quot;recommend me some RAM that is compatible with X, Y, and Z, and also has these other things I want, for this price&quot;, that'd be okay." CreationDate="2017-01-26T15:12:42.770" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11066" PostId="6725" Score="3" Text="Had a feeling that was coming" CreationDate="2017-01-26T15:14:21.187" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11069" PostId="6725" Score="1" Text="@NZNZKshatriya I agree.  ArtOfCode whipped me into shape a long time ago.  I err on the side of not getting lashes these days.  And my run to 1000 has been halted by the influx of on hold questions these days." CreationDate="2017-01-26T15:43:59.573" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11070" PostId="6727" Score="0" Text="please clarify more clearly what you expect this smart card / HSM to do (AES? 3DES? RSA? ECDH?). Please also clarify the required APIs (PKCS#11? Java API? Microsoft CSP?)." CreationDate="2017-01-26T17:11:12.730" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11072" PostId="6723" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I'm just an end-user.  If you haven't tried VR, I strongly suggest you try Samsung Gear VR; it's an incredibly cool experience, much better than Google Cardboard.  I now do a lot of my TV and movie watching on a daily basis on the Samsung Gear VR.  And I'm told that the Oculus Rift is an even cooler experience, due to positional tracking, but the only thing that discourages me from getting one is the fact that it relies on a desktop computer.  That's why a product like the Occipital Bridge sounds so appealing." CreationDate="2017-01-26T19:15:14.500" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11073" PostId="6723" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles Now some nostalgic people are running Virtual Boy emulators on Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR." CreationDate="2017-01-26T19:17:11.790" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11074" PostId="6723" Score="0" Text="I don't use a smartphone lol.  Keeping myself on a limited budget per month, and smarphones/dataplans can be a pain.  If i need to do anything computer/data related I use my laptop, phone is strictly call/text." CreationDate="2017-01-26T19:46:37.240" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11075" PostId="6723" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Haha, I'm the exact opposite, I hardly touch desktop computers, I do pretty much everything on my iPhone and iPad.  If I need a desktop computer for something, I use my Intel Compute Stick, which is a little USB drive-looking device that plugs into your TV.  And even then I often don't turn on my TV to access my Intel Compute Stick, instead I access my Intel Compute Stick through my iPad using Teamviewer." CreationDate="2017-01-26T20:01:57.753" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11076" PostId="6728" Score="0" Text="You beat me to this one.    BTW.....665 rep.....one off lol" CreationDate="2017-01-26T20:42:10.947" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11077" PostId="6728" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya an accepted edit and a down-vote away..." CreationDate="2017-01-26T20:42:52.880" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11078" PostId="6728" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Should I down-vote?" CreationDate="2017-01-26T20:56:08.090" UserId="5472" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11079" PostId="6728" Score="0" Text="@MaartenBodewes yes, please." CreationDate="2017-01-26T21:08:55.723" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11080" PostId="6725" Score="0" Text="Personally, I'm not all that focused on reputation.  More on answering what I can when I can lol." CreationDate="2017-01-26T21:27:26.443" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11081" PostId="6728" Score="0" Text="Not enough rep. Dang ;)" CreationDate="2017-01-26T22:08:43.363" UserId="5472" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11082" PostId="6724" Score="0" Text="Ideally less than £200, but if that was without solar thermal support, I could think about that later, it is not given I'd go ahead with it." CreationDate="2017-01-26T23:05:41.577" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11083" PostId="6728" Score="0" Text="I'll give it a try!" CreationDate="2017-01-27T00:46:16.900" UserId="5470" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11086" PostId="6730" Score="0" Text="Define compatibility.  Most hardware stuffed into laptops these days can be accessed by, if not fully supported by the latest linux kernel/drivers that are out there.  Whether or not said drivers are a simple apt/yum/whatever install package-name-here, or require compiling into the kernel is another matter." CreationDate="2017-01-27T03:07:22.397" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11087" PostId="6730" Score="0" Text="I suppose I meant ease of Compatibility(again still learning the Linux world). As you imply may not even be something worth heavy consideration." CreationDate="2017-01-27T03:09:49.427" UserId="5473" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11088" PostId="6730" Score="1" Text="Well, I am running an MSI gaming laptop (low end, cost me 1kUSD last August, needed a new system for fall semester.  Now it is around....near half that.   Had a few issues with GPU/dGPU when I tried installing Debian for one course.  Apparently the older kernel did not take kindly to the system having both a low power, and a high power GPU in the system (Optimus System in my case)   Newer kernels have addressed that for the most part.  I will look into systems in the morning, I am totally exhausted.  Unpaid internships are evil." CreationDate="2017-01-27T03:17:46.573" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11089" PostId="6730" Score="0" Text="Awesome, looking forward to what you have to say." CreationDate="2017-01-27T03:27:57.627" UserId="5473" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11090" PostId="6730" Score="0" Text="Any brand preferences? E.g. msi, dell, asus etc..." CreationDate="2017-01-27T04:14:12.713" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11091" PostId="6730" Score="0" Text="No preference on brand. I have a dell for work and have been very happy. I do not want to limit my options on brand at this point, unless there's reason too." CreationDate="2017-01-27T04:19:40.207" UserId="5473" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11092" PostId="6731" Score="1" Text="How did you go about suggesting the &quot;gaming&quot; systems?  Did you by chance give a side by side comparison using system specifications?  All a &quot;gaming&quot; system is, is a system with enthusiast level parts, for users looking for the most they can get out of the system performance wise.  Sure, the aesthetic design is not boring and bland like a business class system, but that does not mean that the system has to be used for gaming.  I myself am using an MSI GL62 (low end gaming system) for college and IT sector work.  I will look around for portable workstations, but these will likely be 15.6&quot; class." CreationDate="2017-01-27T16:06:28.327" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11093" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, its a fine device, but 17&quot; is definitely to big, I have to carry it around, also when I am traveling. If its an extremely thin and small 15&quot; I might consider it..." CreationDate="2017-01-27T17:08:53.143" UserId="5469" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11094" PostId="6731" Score="0" Text="I know, of course and my personal aim is not gaming but just performance, and I would consider myself an enthusiast. But this is a rather small university and when my boss says no (or the administration) there is not that much space to argue (and even if they understand that, they are concerned as how this would look like for other people, as just the computer sciene department has the priviligue to choose hardware, so other department envy us and look at us anyway rather critical...)" CreationDate="2017-01-27T17:11:35.297" UserId="5469" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11095" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="Thin and small but also powerful is not a normal combination.  My 15.6&quot; is about 5Lbs on it's own.  Couple that with the charger, a few textbooks, a small lunch kit (Japanese bento style lunches are perfect) and I end up carrying around a 20Lb+ backpack on most days.  Decided to go with a black military tactical assault/hiking style pack (carries everything).  I'll try to look around more though." CreationDate="2017-01-27T18:27:24.063" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11096" PostId="6731" Score="0" Text="HAHA, same as at the junior college I am interning at currently (practicum for an associates degree, before I move on to work on a cyber security bachelors).  We USED to have a dedicated network...until other departments got jealous....and we got a department head that had no business being department head." CreationDate="2017-01-27T18:27:42.187" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11097" PostId="4320" Score="0" Text="A couple of years ago, I just powered on my desktop, and slept to the noise of the fan. That only works if you're sleeping close enough to it." CreationDate="2017-01-27T18:30:05.360" UserId="4495" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11098" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="Yes, but I found laptops fulfilling my needs, but unfortunately they had the wrong marketing for the university, i.e. labeling them as gaming... so I hope maybe some more decent designs fulfilling my specs are out there...." CreationDate="2017-01-27T18:33:21.377" UserId="5469" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11099" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="They are really that stuck on the simple fact they are marketed as gaming oriented huh?  I'll keep looking around.  Has to be something in the vast consumer space known as the internet," CreationDate="2017-01-27T18:36:30.007" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11100" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I do not understand either..." CreationDate="2017-01-27T18:51:57.007" UserId="5469" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11101" PostId="6734" Score="1" Text="Ah! Perhaps this could provide an opportunity to set up a dual boot while i'm at it." CreationDate="2017-01-27T19:59:02.097" UserId="5473" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11103" PostId="6736" Score="2" Text="Are you sure this is the correct stack for this?  This seems more in tune with electrical engineering," CreationDate="2017-01-28T14:30:53.583" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11104" PostId="6736" Score="0" Text="Yes, because I'm not planning to do any soldering, or build my own component. I want something ready-made. There are other questions about power sources and converters here, so it seems in-line." CreationDate="2017-01-28T16:57:38.533" UserId="5194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11105" PostId="2103" Score="2" Text="pass through which I believe yours has is [very important](http://www.abt.com/product/107588/HyperDrive-Silver-USB-Type-C-5-In-1-Hub-With-Pass-Through-Charging-GN21BSILVER.html?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=sc&amp;utm_campaign=GN21BSILVER&amp;camptype=cpcUSGooglePLA&amp;kwid=productads-adid^167340466078-device^c-plaid^169261555444-sku^107588-adType^PLA)" CreationDate="2017-01-28T18:21:06.897" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11107" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="Typically gaming rigs only really boast a higher end video card than say a business type system. But, they are typically built better physically to handle accidents. But that said, I'd maybe look into macbook pro lines." CreationDate="2017-01-28T22:33:44.783" UserId="5359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11109" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="@DanV  Actually, as someone who has built systems for almost 20 years, almost every included part in a gaming oriented or workstation system is higher performance than a standard business class, from the motherboard to the GPU." CreationDate="2017-01-29T00:07:56.313" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11110" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="True, they do typically have faster drives/ram/bus and whatnot. But most noticeably from a user end is the graphics and physical construction. I have been out of the laptop scene for about 10 years now as far as build and repair. I know back then the business systems were not very durable and forget handling multi thousand column tables in a database front." CreationDate="2017-01-29T00:17:04.407" UserId="5359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11111" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="I still don't understand calling any system an *insert niche here* system.  Anyway, @StefanH  Answer updated to a different company that I forgot to even think of in the first place. (even when I knew they made workstations)" CreationDate="2017-01-29T00:35:47.603" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11114" PostId="6742" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for something like Apple's Magic Mouse?" CreationDate="2017-01-29T17:13:44.190" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11117" PostId="4320" Score="0" Text="Maybe you could rig something up with a Raspberry Pi and USB powered speaker." CreationDate="2017-01-30T01:21:08.513" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11120" PostId="6747" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2017-01-30T02:35:14.957" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11121" PostId="6747" Score="0" Text="So far.  I can tell you will be needing a card with HDMI 2.0 output (due to HDR output) but as @0-60FPS requested.   Budget is a necessity.   Also, what is your PSU rated at?" CreationDate="2017-01-30T02:43:15.653" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11122" PostId="6747" Score="2" Text="According to [ark.intel.com](http://ark.intel.com/products/65692/Intel-Core-i3-3225-Processor-3M-Cache-3_30-GHz?q=i3-3225) your i3 only supports PCI-E 2.0.      To use the PCI-E 3.0 capabilities, you would need to also upgrade the CPU." CreationDate="2017-01-30T02:49:21.923" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11123" PostId="2751" Score="0" Text="there is no such thing as a &quot;programming&quot; video card....." CreationDate="2017-01-30T03:21:16.313" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11126" PostId="6747" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya: No upper bound on budget, but I would prefer not to pay for performance I'll never use. I could upgrade the CPU if the cost and performance warranted it. But I'd just buy a new desktop before replacing the MoBo and its 16GB of PC3 12800 memory. Updated question with my typical usage.  I believe PSU is rated at 480W, and I'm only running one spinning drive." CreationDate="2017-01-30T04:24:20.890" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11127" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="The EON15-X seems to be a great device, I will suggest it, but hopefully they sell and give warranty here in Germany." CreationDate="2017-01-30T13:05:37.840" UserId="5469" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11128" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="@StefanH Hmm.  Am not quite sure.  I am pretty sure you have to ship the system back to them for service.  As they manufacture their own systems themselves.  That said, I have only one issue with my current laptop, an optical drive going bad.  MSI while making good systems, requires you to send the entire unit to a licensed repair location in your area.   Turns out, an identical replacement optical drive was $24 on amazon.....I am pretty sure you can guess which route I took." CreationDate="2017-01-30T13:13:26.007" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11129" PostId="6733" Score="0" Text="I wish I could afford something from Origin, I have been interested in their systems for years.....specifically their gaming towers.   They are just slightly *sarcasm* beyond my reach currently." CreationDate="2017-01-30T13:14:44.550" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11136" PostId="6723" Score="2" Text="@NZKshatriya I recently had a smart phone break on me, went back to the old flip phone. I have to say, I really like not having the entire world in my pocket. It keeps things simple and less distracting." CreationDate="2017-01-30T18:43:38.783" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11138" PostId="6742" Score="0" Text="something like this? https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-3KJ-00001-Touch-Mouse/dp/B004HYGU18" CreationDate="2017-01-30T21:21:22.880" UserId="5359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11140" PostId="6753" Score="1" Text="To answer your question.  A product that will  not make a noise or vibrate would be a headset without a low battery warning/indicator.&#xA;&#xA;If you have any other questions, feel free to update your question to indicate as such." CreationDate="2017-01-31T01:16:14.350" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11143" PostId="6752" Score="0" Text="If I know that things, I can tell some sample answers, like (1) AM1 is bad for gaming because is a soc (sytem on a chip), and this put him as better/worse than any FM2 counterpart, (2) The Intel config is 75USD go with AMD because the performance of the processors is similar (3) AM3+ is for TOP AMD processors, forget in this low budget comparison" CreationDate="2017-01-31T01:25:05.047" UserId="3967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11148" PostId="6742" Score="0" Text="probably.  Somewhere in China most likely." CreationDate="2017-01-31T01:41:59.337" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11153" PostId="6753" Score="0" Text="Could you narrow your question down?  E.g. what's your budget, how much battery life do you need, what &quot;form factor&quot; do you want (ear buds, headphones) etc... It makes finding a suitable recommendation much easier. :)" CreationDate="2017-01-31T03:58:50.467" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11155" PostId="544" Score="0" Text="https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Charger-PowerPack-Ultra-High-Density/dp/B01BLXY3B6/ref=sr_1_74?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1485835046&amp;sr=8-74&amp;keywords=usb+power+bank&amp;refinements=p_72%3A2661618011" CreationDate="2017-01-31T04:25:43.123" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11156" PostId="6293" Score="0" Text="https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Charger-PowerPack-Ultra-High-Density/dp/B01BLXY3B6/ref=sr_1_74?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1485835046&amp;sr=8-74&amp;keywords=usb+power+bank&amp;refinements=p_72%3A2661618011" CreationDate="2017-01-31T04:27:41.600" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11157" PostId="6293" Score="0" Text="https://www.amazon.com/Qi-infinity8482-50000mAH-External-Battery-Charger/dp/B01C6476CW" CreationDate="2017-01-31T04:35:40.227" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11158" PostId="6755" Score="0" Text="Any USB preference? 2.0,3.0,3.1... what type of connector? Type C?" CreationDate="2017-01-31T17:02:12.370" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11159" PostId="6755" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3. Its MacBook Pro 13, 2015. I would prefer 3.0." CreationDate="2017-01-31T17:13:37.430" UserId="5480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11161" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="I have read a lot of negative reports from the users of Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim. Most of users find it good but some 5-10% reports problems like bad sectors or that it cannot be used anymore after only a short time." CreationDate="2017-01-31T17:17:09.597" UserId="5480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11162" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="As for today - the Amazon link you have given has 124 customer reviews and more than 20% of it are negative." CreationDate="2017-01-31T17:19:21.150" UserId="5480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11167" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="Most harddrives are that way, some people buy them for the wrong reason. I'll edit my post with a western digital alternative. I've had great luck with seagate, and their data recovery services sold through amazon ($10) is really easy to use." CreationDate="2017-01-31T18:24:04.517" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11168" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="What do you mean with &quot;wrong reasons&quot;?" CreationDate="2017-01-31T18:25:28.940" UserId="5480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11169" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="My personal experience with Seagate are very positive - I have nothing against it." CreationDate="2017-01-31T18:26:06.147" UserId="5480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11170" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="I'm always weary when looking at a 1 star review for any tech. I'm assuming people might be buying these for consoles and is disappointed with the speed (console is usb 2.0). Just the way I look at reviews I guess. My oldest drives, 3 2tb seagate drives have been under heavy load for almost 8 years now. They hold actively seeded torrents on a computer that is on 24/7. My newest WD drive is 6tb and failed after 3 months. So I guess it is kind of a lottery draw." CreationDate="2017-01-31T18:30:21.443" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11171" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="Maybe it is also a problem with this particular series of HDD from Seagate. Its can happen with many companies from time to time." CreationDate="2017-01-31T18:44:16.967" UserId="5480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11172" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="Found it. Found it. Found it. I better rated seagate drive, still meets your requirements. Looks like a different model, has better reviews and comes out the box formatted for mac.  Updating answer now." CreationDate="2017-01-31T18:55:59.923" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11174" PostId="6756" Score="0" Text="Quick question. Is this drive going to be used for archive or plugged in and spinning most of the time? The price difference between a NAS and archive rated drive is YUGE!" CreationDate="2017-01-31T20:08:16.643" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11175" PostId="6756" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles See my last bullet point. '*I don't want something that is always on*'. My current external HDD is permanently plugged in, but I only turn it on when I need to access the files on it or do fresh backups." CreationDate="2017-01-31T20:13:27.503" UserId="312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11176" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode WPS can be a bad thing, but not always. It depends on how the routers firmware is setup, and how it handles multiple requests. A program called reaver made it easy to do by people who normally wouldn't stand a chance. It launches a brute force against the routers registrar to recover the WPA/WPA2 pass phrases. Normally taking 4-10 hours to complete, it makes apartment dwellers the prime targets. Some routers will eventually stop the requests outright, but most do not. This method made most WPA routers as easy to get into as WEP. Sorry for drudging up a 11 month old comment :)" CreationDate="2017-01-31T20:37:43.663" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11177" PostId="6756" Score="0" Text="No recommendation, just a note: the cheapest 5TB hard drives I've found are around 140€, and that's just for the drive -- no external enclosure or anything." CreationDate="2017-01-31T21:22:13.233" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11178" PostId="6756" Score="0" Text="@Mark well that's still in the acceptable range. I don't need external enclosure, I'm looking for an external HDD after all" CreationDate="2017-01-31T21:27:38.543" UserId="312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11179" PostId="6756" Score="0" Text="I've been able to find them with an enclosure in your price range, but having a hard time confirming if they ship to Germany. If it's still unanswered tomorrow I'll take another crack at it." CreationDate="2017-01-31T21:40:30.640" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11187" PostId="6759" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles Xbox one has USB 3.0 for drives so :P, but yes, a lot of people will buy drives for *insert device*, only to figure out that they will not get the same transfer speeds as if they were installed say, using eSATA or SATA III connections, therefore they give negative reviews saying the drives are at fault, when in fact it is the connection interface that is to blame." CreationDate="2017-02-01T04:10:55.320" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11206" PostId="6756" Score="0" Text="If you want &quot;large&quot; you could always look for a mid 90s Quantum Bigfoot :P.  But hey, Seagate has announced a 16TB 3.5&quot; HDD, with a tentative 2018 release date." CreationDate="2017-02-01T18:00:12.860" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11207" PostId="6709" Score="0" Text="@KeshavSrinivasan  I refuse to acknowledge Facebook having anything to do with Oculus :P  That said..........VR Arms race.......Has a nice ring to it." CreationDate="2017-02-01T18:38:48.027" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11209" PostId="6709" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Haha, Mark Zuckerberg is actually the one who presented the Santa Cruz demo last fall." CreationDate="2017-02-01T22:55:09.980" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11210" PostId="6635" Score="0" Text="Have you considered a powered USB 3.0 hub?  That would power the drive instead of the mini-PC, and then transfer the data to the system." CreationDate="2017-02-02T03:17:58.210" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11211" PostId="6770" Score="0" Text="LOL. Who was the fool at MS that said USB 3.0 cannot handle a 4TB drive?  It may not be able to handle the power requirement via a single cable, but that is easily rectified with an enclosure that has a separate power and data cable." CreationDate="2017-02-02T03:20:39.880" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11212" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="Why is it people always call things cheapest instead of least expensive.....cheapness refers to quality of an item." CreationDate="2017-02-02T03:31:24.573" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11215" PostId="6773" Score="1" Text="I'm trying to understand what you are attempting so that I can come up with a recommendation. Are you plugging external USB drives into a machine that you want to automatically copy? Is there a reason these backups can't occur over the network?" CreationDate="2017-02-02T17:05:29.767" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11216" PostId="6773" Score="0" Text="Yes we will plug external drives to machine so we can copy files directly from external drive in to PC. Yes there is some internal business requirements to do so." CreationDate="2017-02-02T17:48:47.960" UserId="5522" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11217" PostId="6736" Score="1" Text="@SlugFiller I love the idea, I'm not seeing anything ready made.. well, except for this one made by beam-tech (google search &quot;PC Internal UPS&quot;) Its an interesting idea. I'm still googling. Question, how to you plan to power the monitor? Same device? Or not relevant?" CreationDate="2017-02-02T18:52:18.470" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11218" PostId="1497" Score="0" Text="because most of the people using English worldwide is not an English native speaker ;) - Good to know @NZKshatriya, I will remember it" CreationDate="2017-02-02T20:49:49.233" UserId="1207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11219" PostId="6773" Score="0" Text="afaik, memory and cpu shouldn't have much of an impact on file transfers. Once the cpu/ram tells the two discs to get too work... its the HDD speed that is the limiting factor. Honestly, it might be easier to buy a single NAS drive and map it everyones computer... then they can copy files over your local network and you only have one additional piece of hardware to payfor." CreationDate="2017-02-02T20:53:42.993" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11220" PostId="6773" Score="0" Text="As i describe data must copy directly. There is no network, that is why we are using a PC to collect data so we can properly backup from there." CreationDate="2017-02-02T21:12:53.877" UserId="5522" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11221" PostId="6774" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the solution. But we should copy files directly. There is no network there. I am mostly trying to understand impact of CPU and RAM on the performance of copying files so i can order my configuration accordingly. I don't what to get surprised after setup my environment." CreationDate="2017-02-02T21:15:59.727" UserId="5522" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11222" PostId="6774" Score="0" Text="CPU and RAM, the only thing they are going to do is detect the drive and then initiate the copy/paste command. Any cpu from the last 15 years will handle this without issue. If you want a more in depth explanation of the CPU/RAMs part in this process, I don't think this is necessarily the correct stack." CreationDate="2017-02-02T21:20:33.800" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11223" PostId="6736" Score="1" Text="Very interesting question" CreationDate="2017-02-03T18:08:05.660" UserId="4101" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11225" PostId="6736" Score="1" Text="@BigElittles Hrm, good question. I haven't thought about that. I'd have to look into DC power for the monitor as well. This might be tougher than I had originally thought." CreationDate="2017-02-03T23:43:45.917" UserId="5194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11226" PostId="2127" Score="0" Text="Not sure if this is going to be the same deal as Sonnet, Akitio, and Bizon, but have you taken a look at the [Razer Core](http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-core)? It requires a Thunderbolt 3 port, but it might work for your AIO Mac." CreationDate="2017-02-04T03:21:12.590" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11239" PostId="6788" Score="0" Text="Well.  A chassis with hotswap bays would do the trick.  You could also try your hand at creating a toggle switch panel that fits in a 5.25&quot; bay, have the toggle switches connected to SATA power extensions, so that you can manually switch a device on or off." CreationDate="2017-02-06T03:45:06.613" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11242" PostId="4383" Score="0" Text="While the FX-9590 may be a bit extreme (I'd have recommended a FX-8370) the Asus website has the 9590 in the M5A99FX supported CPU list.  I too had to verify the CPU would work when I saw the recommendation.  Asus only states that upgraded cooling would be in order, as 0-60FPS suggested.  It is true though that the GTX1060 is a very strong upgrade over the GTX960 for roughly the same price." CreationDate="2017-02-06T15:33:08.893" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11244" PostId="6792" Score="0" Text="Thanks, that sounds good. -- Do I get it right that I can press this button (to switch the drives) while the PC is off (but connected to the power, of course)? At I least I hope it works that way, otherwise, I guess, this button would power up (and immediately after, power off) drives 2 and 3 when switching from 1 to 4." CreationDate="2017-02-06T18:32:18.830" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11245" PostId="6792" Score="1" Text="I read the reviews and this is what I gathered. While the computer is on, you can change the drive selection, then on reboot... it will only power on that drive. So it's only powering on one drive at a time, no power spikes or odd behavior to damage the drive." CreationDate="2017-02-06T18:54:27.923" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11247" PostId="6793" Score="1" Text="New or used?  Windows, Mac, Linux?  Any requirements for frame rate?" CreationDate="2017-02-06T21:48:08.320" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11249" PostId="6789" Score="0" Text="Do you have any requirements beyond &quot;free/libre&quot;, eg. wireless protocols, or number/speed of Ethernet ports?" CreationDate="2017-02-06T21:54:23.853" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11250" PostId="6786" Score="0" Text="Does it need to be a PCI card, or will a PATA&lt;-&gt;SATA adapter work?  (Note that a PATA&lt;-&gt;SATA adapter won't bypass any drive-size limitations in the BIOS, while a PCI card might.)" CreationDate="2017-02-06T21:56:33.320" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11252" PostId="6793" Score="0" Text="I don't care about whether it is used, or about the frame-rate. It just needs to produce native low-resolution output. I will use Windows, although I suspect that any solution that does not rely on reducing the resolution in the driver will likely be supported by all operating systems." CreationDate="2017-02-06T22:54:04.907" UserId="5549" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11253" PostId="6789" Score="0" Text="@Mark: As I don’t know what wireless protocols are, I guess … no? Or has this to do with the encryption? WPA2 support would be nice, but I guess this should be standard. No requirements regarding speed or ethernet ports." CreationDate="2017-02-06T23:00:13.483" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11254" PostId="6789" Score="0" Text="Wireless protocols: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and so on." CreationDate="2017-02-06T23:04:07.170" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11255" PostId="6789" Score="0" Text="@Mark: I don’t know enough to decide if it matters or which one I would need." CreationDate="2017-02-06T23:07:59.490" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11257" PostId="6786" Score="0" Text="I'm open to it if it'll work with it. I wasn't aware of such a gizmo. I don't see anything in the BIOS settings of the AMD PC indicating it can support such a large drive, so if a PCI card will be more resilient against older hardware limitations, then the better." CreationDate="2017-02-07T02:26:24.077" UserId="4476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11259" PostId="6794" Score="0" Text="Many thanks for your reply. The resolution is actually 640x480, so a bit too good for my purposes :- I need something that cannot be made to produce good picture by adjusting the driver/other software on the computer it is plugged into." CreationDate="2017-02-07T08:56:04.730" UserId="5549" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11260" PostId="6789" Score="2" Text="@unor they're in increasing order of bandwidth, effectively. 802.11ac is the best; 802.11a carries little. AC-supporting devices are relatively new and expensive - you're more likely to find N-supporting devices." CreationDate="2017-02-07T11:43:38.663" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11262" PostId="6794" Score="2" Text="Just tape some plastic wrap to the lens..." CreationDate="2017-02-07T17:04:09.737" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11263" PostId="6794" Score="0" Text="@Jeremy You should be able to set the resolution to 360p." CreationDate="2017-02-07T17:42:50.337" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11264" PostId="6795" Score="0" Text="Would a smartphone with something like a lifeproof case work? Or does it need to be rugged out of the box?" CreationDate="2017-02-07T17:47:57.753" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11265" PostId="6795" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2017-02-07T17:55:01.090" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11266" PostId="6736" Score="0" Text="@SlugFiller I know this isn't an answer.. but I thought you might be interested. He was able to power a PC a file server and two monitors for a couple hours. http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-computer-UPS-last-for-hours-instead-of-m/" CreationDate="2017-02-07T19:35:06.640" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11272" PostId="6235" Score="1" Text="I'm 100% clueless on this topic, but would a projector meet your needs? Or maybe a web camera pointed down on a desk? A web camera attached to an architect light?" CreationDate="2017-02-07T20:51:39.607" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11273" PostId="6235" Score="0" Text="A projector is a good idea, and comparativelyow tech. I like it. +1 for thinking outside the box. Thanks! Additional suggestions still welcome of course!" CreationDate="2017-02-07T21:15:07.623" UserId="2343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11274" PostId="6235" Score="1" Text="Glad you liked the projector idea. For scaling I would use the piece of A4 paper as the screen size and just make sure everything matches. I hope you find the permanent solution, but I'm growing fond of the idea of a mini projector at the end of an architects light... Edit* BTW it's easier to think outside of the box if you have no idea what box your in." CreationDate="2017-02-07T21:18:28.070" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11291" PostId="6795" Score="0" Text="I have found already a few smartphones with NFC, but any recommendation is appreciated, especially if supported by experience.&#xA;I think rugged out of the box would be better. It will be for people working in dirty environment, wearing gloves, under all weather.&#xA;Budget I'd say &lt;200$/€." CreationDate="2017-02-08T14:55:35.610" UserId="5551" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11294" PostId="6805" Score="1" Text="Do you have a budget for this?" CreationDate="2017-02-08T16:44:29.930" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11295" PostId="6802" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget for this?" CreationDate="2017-02-08T16:47:51.590" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11296" PostId="6796" Score="0" Text="Apparently, you *can* do worse ;-) Some early USB cameras would have a 352x288 sensor, but could only do quarter of that (176x144) when streaming video. It's difficult to be certain because the original manufacturer no longer publishes the specification, but Google thinks that's the case. Many thanks for your reply, I hope to update this in a week or two when my newly bought webcam arrives and I can check it really produces an unclear smudge :-)" CreationDate="2017-02-08T18:17:21.203" UserId="5549" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11299" PostId="6802" Score="0" Text="The price of all hardware will be paid by our client, so we don't have a target budget. However we want to know how much it will cost. One of the main reason of this question is to be able to estimate the cost of the fingerprint module." CreationDate="2017-02-08T23:36:58.113" UserId="5524" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11302" PostId="6793" Score="4" Text="Why do you need a low res camera? I ask because we might be able to find different options than what you thought of if we know what you are trying to achieve." CreationDate="2017-02-09T01:37:01.983" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11305" PostId="6812" Score="0" Text="Which model of Logitech mouse have you been using?  I have a 10 year old Dell wired mouse that gets used 10 hours a day with no issues.  That being said I have Logitech Wireless mice almost exclusively throughout my office and have never had this issue." CreationDate="2017-02-09T15:00:28.760" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11306" PostId="6812" Score="2" Text="Maybe your are just hard on your stuff.  You don't state what kind of usage is going on, hardware can be poorly built, defective, or wear out.  But we don't know what you are doing with your hardware, so we could all suggest what works for us but it might not meet your expectations (or abuse)." CreationDate="2017-02-09T15:46:24.923" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11307" PostId="6812" Score="0" Text="Well, you could try some of the high end gaming mice.  I am using a MadCatz R.A.T. 7.   My previous was a R.A.T.7 when it was made under Saitek, it lasted for years and though heavy....and by that I mean gaming level heavy use." CreationDate="2017-02-09T16:29:11.987" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11309" PostId="6796" Score="0" Text="Did you buy my rec? That would make sense, lower quality video than still images... they probably dropped the resolution to improve framerates... What a crazy world we live in." CreationDate="2017-02-09T18:27:27.357" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11310" PostId="6812" Score="0" Text="Im a logitech fan, been using an m705 since they came out. What I can tell you about them, they hate any kind of dust. I actually bought replacement feet pads, and took my mouse apart and cleaned it with canned air. With that said, what model do you have?" CreationDate="2017-02-09T18:30:57.030" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11311" PostId="6802" Score="0" Text="I think you should read this. http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/43587/is-iphones-fingerprint-signature-a-one-way-hash" CreationDate="2017-02-09T18:39:30.273" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11313" PostId="6636" Score="0" Text="For most things Macs will perform on par with PCs, except gaming. My experience is that they perform worse in games even with same hardware." CreationDate="2017-02-09T20:26:23.883" UserId="5575" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11315" PostId="6812" Score="0" Text="I've got a Compaq mouse that's still going after 20 years.  Might be a bit difficult to find one, though, since the company went out of business in 2002." CreationDate="2017-02-09T21:23:55.130" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11317" PostId="6812" Score="1" Text="@Mark Not quite OOB, were absorbed by HP" CreationDate="2017-02-09T23:31:58.147" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11319" PostId="6816" Score="0" Text="It's usually the CPU that has integrated graphics, not the motherboard. In any case, you were never going to get GTA V performance out of a GTX 210 - it just about runs on an R9-280, which is roughly a GTX 780." CreationDate="2017-02-10T14:02:46.490" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11323" PostId="2103" Score="1" Text="also it doesn't pass power through to the mac - so it's largely useless" CreationDate="2017-02-10T17:04:42.990" UserId="4811" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11324" PostId="2110" Score="2" Text="splitter = hub with 2 ports IMHO. It's just semantics. Can this pass power through usb-c - and could it be used to plug in the ASUS MB169C+ monitor whilst powering the 12&quot; MacBook &amp; monitor?" CreationDate="2017-02-10T17:06:16.820" UserId="4811" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11325" PostId="6709" Score="0" Text="I think it's worth asking if a backtop computer would solve half your problem. Rather than being tethered to a stationary PC, you're tethered to one that moves with you, which puts you on-par with a Gear VR. Then, you only need something with inside-out tracking, and can drop the wireless/standalone requirement." CreationDate="2017-02-10T19:23:33.593" UserId="5194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11326" PostId="6709" Score="0" Text="@SlugFiller Well, I don't want to carry around a computer wherever I go.  I just want to carry my phone and a VR headset." CreationDate="2017-02-10T19:35:20.037" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11328" PostId="6805" Score="0" Text="I think a used smartphone will be your best bet. Do you have the chops to reconfigure it with a new ROM and wifi tether?" CreationDate="2017-02-10T23:11:47.810" UserId="711" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11330" PostId="6817" Score="0" Text="*cough* expensive for a basic mouse.  Also, I am skeptical about HP making the actual mouse........HP and quality have not seemed to go hand in hand in........forever?" CreationDate="2017-02-11T05:29:21.927" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11332" PostId="6821" Score="0" Text="What about Zotac GeForce® GT 710 2GB?" CreationDate="2017-02-11T10:08:45.720" UserId="5539" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11334" PostId="6821" Score="0" Text="@user3382203 [You can run GTA V with a GT 710](http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2970004/zotac-710-2gb-graphics-card-good-card.html). However, you will be limited to lower quality, lower resolution or both to maintain non-slideshow frame rates. GTA V recommends at least a GTX 660, which significantly outperforms the GT 710." CreationDate="2017-02-11T17:27:29.177" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11335" PostId="6823" Score="0" Text="Deleting and re-asking your question because it was closed is *not* the way to do it. Your question was closed for a reason; address that reason with some edits, and it may be reopened. Don't just re-ask it." CreationDate="2017-02-11T20:12:11.283" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11337" PostId="6805" Score="0" Text="Cfinley - somewhere between $100-$200" CreationDate="2017-02-12T00:01:28.773" UserId="5561" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11338" PostId="6805" Score="0" Text="Dan Whaley- I would do what but I'm after quite a few of then, also need a more reliable setup" CreationDate="2017-02-12T00:03:34.950" UserId="5561" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11339" PostId="6824" Score="1" Text="Does your software support GPU hardware acceleration?" CreationDate="2017-02-12T02:40:48.687" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11341" PostId="6821" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Good point, I'll edit my response." CreationDate="2017-02-12T04:16:41.720" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11342" PostId="6821" Score="1" Text="@0-60FPS  Welcome, gotta love that small fact that everyone takes for granted as common knowledge." CreationDate="2017-02-12T04:23:25.007" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11343" PostId="6816" Score="1" Text="Along with the new GPU, I would highly advise increasing the amount of RAM in the system." CreationDate="2017-02-12T04:24:32.937" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11344" PostId="6824" Score="0" Text="I believe these servers has no GPU installed and no onboard graphics either. I am curious about more cpu cores will be more effective on FFMPEG or not." CreationDate="2017-02-12T16:31:02.423" UserId="5589" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11349" PostId="682" Score="1" Text="Does no one use newegg.com or amazon.com on their own before coming here anymore?" CreationDate="2017-02-12T21:20:54.117" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11350" PostId="6828" Score="0" Text="Is a case that plugs into a lightning cable your only requirement? Any budget, battery capacity preferences?" CreationDate="2017-02-12T22:05:44.567" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11351" PostId="6830" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? Are you looking for a 30pin cable or a lightning cable?" CreationDate="2017-02-12T22:10:37.987" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11352" PostId="6830" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS I'm looking for a lightning cable, and budget isn't really a consideration for me.  I just want something good." CreationDate="2017-02-13T00:53:09.830" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11353" PostId="6828" Score="0" Text="Yes, the lightning port is essentially my only requirement.  Budget isn't a consideration. Regarding battery capacity, I suppose the more, the better, but I don't have minimum capacity requirements or anything." CreationDate="2017-02-13T00:56:01.103" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11354" PostId="6830" Score="0" Text="I am just surprised that you haven't damaged the internal parts of the connector." CreationDate="2017-02-13T04:06:14.750" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11355" PostId="6835" Score="2" Text="Or he could, you know, treat his equipment as if he gave a rats behind about it." CreationDate="2017-02-13T05:05:22.497" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11356" PostId="6835" Score="0" Text="Not for me to decide. I'm just trying to help with the problem at hand." CreationDate="2017-02-13T08:18:57.320" UserId="2370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11358" PostId="6830" Score="1" Text="Solution: yank iPhone off cable carefully." CreationDate="2017-02-13T11:59:41.030" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11359" PostId="6840" Score="0" Text="Why not email a server hosting company and ask what they use? IME, tech departments tend to be quite willing to share information." CreationDate="2017-02-13T12:00:41.753" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11361" PostId="4316" Score="0" Text="I am wondering why the intense focus on open source?" CreationDate="2017-02-13T13:09:59.080" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11363" PostId="6840" Score="0" Text="i7 7700K should be the fastest. i5 7600K and i3 7350K are cheaper and only slightly slower. If you don't overclock you could use the equivalent non k model to save some money, but those are slightly slower, even at stock clocks. See [Kaby Lake on wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaby_Lake_(CPU)#Desktop_Processors)" CreationDate="2017-02-13T15:09:29.520" UserId="695" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11364" PostId="6835" Score="0" Text="Hmm, this is an interesting solution.  But from what I can tell, the magnet is incredibly weak, and it disconnects at the slightest motion." CreationDate="2017-02-13T15:47:15.230" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11365" PostId="6830" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Well, for better or worse that's not going to happen, so I want another solution." CreationDate="2017-02-13T15:48:21.877" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11366" PostId="6835" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Well, I *don't* give a rat's behind about it. :-)" CreationDate="2017-02-13T15:49:16.177" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11367" PostId="6835" Score="0" Text="I doubt that since it's mean to be used pretty much like you described it." CreationDate="2017-02-13T15:49:57.947" UserId="2370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11369" PostId="1784" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is a general-advice type question, which are no longer part of our scope." CreationDate="2017-02-13T16:42:44.847" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11370" PostId="4316" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya: Well, I don’t want to run proprietary software, and I don’t want to buy (i.e., support organizations who offer only) proprietary software. -- As for *why* I don’t want this, I guess this comment section, or this site even, is not the appropriate place to elaborate on this." CreationDate="2017-02-13T16:47:01.043" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11371" PostId="4316" Score="0" Text="Usually, I just get a commercial device, and wipe the thing.  You can use nouveau drivers built into the linux kernel to run nvidia gpu's *though if it is an optimus platform, I'd advise to run an updated kernel as the older kernels have less support.* These days, more and more companies are making drivers for popular linux flavors in house though, which is awesome in my opinion, no more having to compile things on my own.  Seems like sometime in the near future I *may* be able to ditch windows for gaming....as long as Linux gets DX12 capability, if not......I'll be an MS slave a while longer." CreationDate="2017-02-13T17:12:54.690" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11372" PostId="6835" Score="2" Text="@KeshavSrinivasan  I wish I was in a position to say money is no object and that I have no qualms about damaging my equipment as I'll just get replacements.......Actually, even if money wasn't an object I would likely still take care of my stuff." CreationDate="2017-02-13T17:15:46.090" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11373" PostId="6835" Score="0" Text="There's still the issue with infants. I think an alternative solution has its right. I'll try Znaps myself." CreationDate="2017-02-13T17:28:22.347" UserId="2370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11374" PostId="6824" Score="0" Text="Well with the second server you can have one core per conversion stream, but it is older." CreationDate="2017-02-13T18:21:11.480" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11377" PostId="6843" Score="1" Text="Could you provide some more details about the headphones? E.g.: on the ear vs. over the ear, budget, wired or wireless, impedance and what you mean by &quot;blown out&quot;. It helps myself and others find a more suitable recommendation. :)" CreationDate="2017-02-14T03:38:22.210" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11378" PostId="6843" Score="4" Text="Sounds to me like you are looking for earbuds.  Here's a little tip.  If you are constantly ruining earbuds, you are listening to music way too loud.  You are causing long term damage to your hearing.   If you find you constantly need to increase volume, you likely already have hearing damage.  Try to lay off the high decibel levels for a while.  I will not be posting any recommendations, as I believe doing so will be detrimental to your well being." CreationDate="2017-02-14T04:11:16.503" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11379" PostId="721" Score="0" Text="Old thread but the way the question was asked begs a question in and of itself.  Does no one find the premise of &quot;cheap yet good quality&quot; to be amusing, seeing as cheap denotes quality, while inexpensive denotes cost?" CreationDate="2017-02-14T05:02:19.013" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11380" PostId="6845" Score="0" Text="Screen size, to a certain extent, is opinion based. But it also depends on how far you plan on being from the screen when you use it. How far from your screen do you plan on working?" CreationDate="2017-02-14T06:58:22.770" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11381" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="You need to compare the power output specs of the sound card or device and the input specs. for the earphones. My guess would be that &quot;cheapo&quot; means &quot;low power&quot; or &quot;low quality&quot;. At least for a recommendation you need to state the device you are using them with." CreationDate="2017-02-14T07:01:36.780" UserId="131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11382" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS I believe it is caused from playing the music at maximum volume.  Yes I'm looking for earbuds." CreationDate="2017-02-14T14:34:30.553" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11383" PostId="6835" Score="3" Text="@NZKshatriya Pride of ownership? Get the crazy nonsense out of here! When I unplug my phone I just baseball throw it hard enough that the cable pops off... isn't that how its supposed to be done?" CreationDate="2017-02-14T14:56:40.903" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11384" PostId="6835" Score="0" Text="@Big  Dear lord, thanks for the laugh, needed that after dealing with traffic." CreationDate="2017-02-14T17:34:12.403" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11385" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="I wish there were a &quot;off-topic due to potential damage to users health or safety&quot; vote to close reason *sigh*" CreationDate="2017-02-14T17:36:33.633" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11386" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="yeah, you're gonna need to turn the music down @William. I'd also recommend over-ear headphones rather than earbuds, as they carry less risk of damaging your hearing." CreationDate="2017-02-14T19:29:54.640" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11387" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode  Not to mention they have better sound quality, and insulate against outside noise, which lowers the need to have music on blast in the first place." CreationDate="2017-02-14T19:34:13.123" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11388" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="If this was asking for OE headphones, I'd recommend mine - Sony noise-cancelling things. They're brilliant." CreationDate="2017-02-14T19:35:46.763" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11389" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="Yes I have never had problems with over the ear headphones just earbuds and blow out." CreationDate="2017-02-14T19:39:15.110" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11390" PostId="6848" Score="0" Text="Thanks, this is what I was looking for.  And reading the reviews of that product, I found out that Apple itself makes a charging case, although it's $99 rather than $25: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MN002LL/A/iphone-7-smart-battery-case-black" CreationDate="2017-02-15T01:41:14.830" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11391" PostId="5793" Score="1" Text="I went for the Omen in the end: same price, brand new, no touch screen (which I didn't need), marginally better GPU. Soooo satisfied now! As you said, going from HDD to SSD was amazing! And in general I find Windows 10 very nice (am I mad?! : )" CreationDate="2017-02-15T06:54:38.697" UserId="4496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11392" PostId="6325" Score="0" Text="I ran UHD + *one* hd + one lesser monitor on a gforce 660 in the past. You don't need much a" CreationDate="2017-02-15T08:40:31.567" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11393" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="You're unlikely to blow out headphones with a phone, even with the most sensitive headphones. Your eardrums on the other hand... cheapo headphones are often badly made, and you might be damaging it in other ways." CreationDate="2017-02-15T08:46:03.753" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11394" PostId="6849" Score="1" Text="One should note that the i7 isn't going to give significant gains should whatever apps you're using not take advantage of SMT (Hyperthreading). Also, it's usual on this site to give specific requirements (exactly what software, workload, budget, country deliverable to and expected behavior), sacrificing generality for more applicable and less opinionated answers, and any research already done, to help us see what you're looking at, so if you could tell us what your budget is and what the two laptop/models you've already found are, that would probably be good." CreationDate="2017-02-15T09:58:18.180" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11396" PostId="6850" Score="1" Text="The direct answer to &quot;How to choose suitable fiber cables for this HDMI Extender?&quot; is to read the product information sheet, and then search for products meeting the recommended cable type." CreationDate="2017-02-15T14:16:55.547" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11399" PostId="6853" Score="1" Text="First of all, what is the wattage rating of your PSU?" CreationDate="2017-02-15T15:37:31.877" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11401" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek  Which is why i doubt he has &quot;blown out&quot; earbuds, but more like just ruined the bass on low end earbuds.    Personally, I cannot stand earbuds, I prefer over the ear cans." CreationDate="2017-02-15T15:41:34.753" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11402" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="I prefer cans too. Impractical for outdoor use. My outside earbuds do isolate well though." CreationDate="2017-02-15T15:42:18.473" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11405" PostId="6853" Score="0" Text="If you could increase your budget to $370, you could afford the beefier/more powerful GTX 1070. Would that be an option?" CreationDate="2017-02-15T15:58:21.503" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11407" PostId="6849" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031: OK, thank you for the comment. I have edited the original post to include more detail. Note that I am looking for kind of a more general answer as to what's better, given that I cannot precisely predict the exact usage scenarios I will go through. The three usage scenarios I mentioned in the original post are more or less certain and I think they are detailed enough for the kind of answer I'm hoping for." CreationDate="2017-02-15T16:09:24.743" UserId="5602" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11409" PostId="6853" Score="0" Text="Well it could be. Is this 41% a valid data?  http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1070-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/3609vs3639" CreationDate="2017-02-15T16:14:57.807" UserId="4032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11410" PostId="6853" Score="0" Text="It depends... It might be better to look at benchmarks that compare the GTX 1070 and GTX 1060 benchmarked using the games you want to play." CreationDate="2017-02-15T16:19:03.393" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11411" PostId="6853" Score="0" Text="What I meant is the site I linked is something I can rely on?" CreationDate="2017-02-15T16:28:40.243" UserId="4032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11412" PostId="6853" Score="1" Text="I'm not sure about userbenchmark, I usually use Passmark for CPUs and GPUs." CreationDate="2017-02-15T16:38:12.953" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11413" PostId="6770" Score="0" Text="Right.  Technically Intel (not MS) said it was just probably not compatible with that unpowered 4TB drive (i.e. replacing the compute stick with another one is not likely to fix the problem).  Incidentally, I have encountered issues with the audio driver failing and requiring a restart since this post, so I'm hoping I didn't make the wrong choice!  Time will tell." CreationDate="2017-02-15T16:56:49.370" UserId="5340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11414" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya they no longer output sound and they blow out at separate times.   Right 1st then left earbud." CreationDate="2017-02-15T17:18:03.807" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11415" PostId="6770" Score="0" Text="I am thinking I will likely go with a Parallella board if I end up making a tiny system.   Something about the 5 watt power consumption and 16 cores @ a hundred bucks just seems about right....." CreationDate="2017-02-15T17:25:31.757" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11416" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="@William   First, I would advise you not go for the bargain bin earphones, and second I would try not having the volume set at anything past 75%.  Remember, you get what you pay for.  If you buy $15 earphones, don't expect Bose or Klipsch qualiity." CreationDate="2017-02-15T17:28:06.207" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11417" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek  I use my Skullcandy HESH 2.0's everywhere lol, don't care if I look strange or not, I want my sound lol.   And I want a freaking wire, cannot stand wireless." CreationDate="2017-02-15T17:29:22.123" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11418" PostId="6770" Score="0" Text="That thing looks *awesome* for Open Source development.  I needed something I could install CrashPlan on, and that processor is definitely not on the list of available compiled executables ;) (That's what I get for using proprietary software)" CreationDate="2017-02-15T17:50:14.267" UserId="5340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11419" PostId="5793" Score="1" Text="AWESOME!!! Glad you are happy!" CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:24:46.307" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11420" PostId="6848" Score="0" Text="Well, that's the apply up-charge. I'm glad you found a couple viable options!" CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:26:41.803" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11421" PostId="6862" Score="1" Text="The Micro-ATX standard specifies a *maximum* size, plus the positions of various elements (such as screw holes).  Anything smaller that has the parts in the right place can also be called &quot;Micro-ATX&quot;.  The three holes in the corners of the B250M Pro-VDH are not screw holes, they're holes used in the manufacturing process to make it easier to handle by machines.  The rest of the holes appear to be in the right places." CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:45:27.057" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11422" PostId="6863" Score="2" Text="&quot;uATX&quot; and &quot;mATX&quot; are the same thing -- they're both approximations to &quot;µATX&quot; by people who can't type a &quot;µ&quot; and don't want to type out &quot;micro&quot;." CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:46:26.933" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11423" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya are apple headphones cheap?" CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:46:37.940" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11424" PostId="6862" Score="0" Text="Well, the 250 isn't a micro-atx, as it's larger than the max size of micro-atx.  Also, this question is in fact off topic due to being a tech support question." CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:54:28.470" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11425" PostId="6862" Score="1" Text="The first place to look is your chassis users manual, and then customer support over at Bitfenix." CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:56:51.447" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11426" PostId="6843" Score="0" Text="@William  Well, if they are the basic, shipped with the device type earbuds, then yes.   Remember, Apple is a phone/computer company, not an audio equipment company." CreationDate="2017-02-15T21:58:38.290" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11427" PostId="6862" Score="1" Text="@NZKshatriya, MSI lists the dimensions as &quot;9.6 x 9.0&quot;, just slightly smaller than the maximum allowed for micro-ATX.  If Amazon's dimensions were to be believed, it would be an undersized EATX board." CreationDate="2017-02-15T22:00:34.407" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11428" PostId="6862" Score="1" Text="@mark  *dumps amazon, moves to newegg*   Yeah, you are right.  Still not seeing why OP would have an issue mounting either board, aside from a case with mis-drilled screw holes." CreationDate="2017-02-15T22:07:33.773" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11436" PostId="6860" Score="1" Text="Just a note, I believe the PSU they have can actually run that GPU since it has a 6+2 Pin PCIe connector (6+2P is safely the same as an 8P), so there would be no need for a 6P to 8P adapter." CreationDate="2017-02-15T23:55:52.453" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11440" PostId="6860" Score="0" Text="@MrPublic Thanks for pointing that out, you are correct. I guess I didn't see the &quot;+2&quot; part. I'll edit the question." CreationDate="2017-02-16T03:11:37.537" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11444" PostId="6862" Score="0" Text="@Mark Do Amazon's dimensions refer to the size of the box? (not the motherboard)" CreationDate="2017-02-16T04:36:50.493" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11447" PostId="6867" Score="0" Text="So two devices on one SATA cable, with the on/off determined by which device has power?     Nope, I think you need to relearn how Serial-ATA functions compared to Parallel-ATA." CreationDate="2017-02-16T13:44:47.260" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11450" PostId="6863" Score="0" Text="@Mark corrected answer." CreationDate="2017-02-16T13:58:19.607" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11451" PostId="6862" Score="1" Text="@0-60FPS  Newegg's dimensions show both being within the 9.x&quot; by 9.x&quot; requirements.  So I am ass+u+ming that Amazon is also measuring the box.  But they both should fit in the chassis *scratches head*" CreationDate="2017-02-16T14:00:08.093" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11453" PostId="1390" Score="1" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because build requests are off-topic" CreationDate="2017-02-16T14:03:22.927" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11455" PostId="6862" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the info., that's helpful.  It turns out it did fit, but I was unaware that it's ok to mount a motherboard using only 4 screws.  It just barely fits in the case, and only 4 of the screws lined up, so I got worried.  I didn't realize that mobo sizes had to be within two sizes, I thought they had to be an exact size.  Thanks for the information." CreationDate="2017-02-16T15:31:37.140" UserId="1633" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11456" PostId="6869" Score="0" Text="Totally better than my answer, but something tells me OP may still not be satisfied, as it does not meet his very specific cable that will detect which device has power lol." CreationDate="2017-02-16T17:34:07.747" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11457" PostId="6869" Score="1" Text="@NZKshatriya Yea, that cable doesn't exist. Unless OP makes one himself, but even then he is going to frying hard drives the entire time. If his goal is to have a single sata port on the mobo be able to access multiple drives separately from one another... this is his best bet." CreationDate="2017-02-16T18:13:25.130" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11459" PostId="5543" Score="0" Text="Does it have to create a local network folder? It looks like there are some [Seagate wireless hard drives](http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/005914en?language=en_US) that can sync via Dropbox or Google Drive. The advantage to that is it could use any wireless network to sync, rather than just your home network." CreationDate="2017-02-16T19:17:03.037" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11460" PostId="6862" Score="0" Text="@trueCamelType I understand the desire to use that bit fenix case, it looks amazing. May the cable management gods be with you." CreationDate="2017-02-16T20:00:32.377" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11461" PostId="5543" Score="0" Text="I'd prefer to not need to use an app to transfer data. I'm not going to rule out using Google Drive or similar, but the USB device does need to be accessible from a non-computer (ie. A car USB port, or a stereo)" CreationDate="2017-02-16T21:05:47.017" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11463" PostId="6860" Score="0" Text="However I do not have the 6+2 cabe, I may have lost it or they didn't even provided it at all. Anyways, do I need to take anything to consideration when i buy a 6 to 8 pin adapter? I suppose I have to connect it to the red slot on the PSU." CreationDate="2017-02-16T21:28:50.090" UserId="4032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11466" PostId="6860" Score="0" Text="Well the specs page says the 8 pin pci-e is a removable component (since it has a connection on both side according to the figure). But I'm not sure if I interpret it correctly :O. http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001558" CreationDate="2017-02-16T21:53:17.183" UserId="4032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11469" PostId="6860" Score="0" Text="@FerencDajka I looked at thermaltake's site for your psu and didn't see anything about the pcie power being removable. Maybe I'm missing something?" CreationDate="2017-02-17T01:34:56.493" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11470" PostId="6254" Score="0" Text="You know, I think OP has fallen off the planet.  Yet this still gets moved to the front page by the Community-bot" CreationDate="2017-02-17T02:56:38.080" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11472" PostId="6871" Score="0" Text="Also....to the OP, you need to specify what screen size you are looking for, what your budget is, as well as what you will be using the monitor for.   Be aware, that you are not likely to find a glass screen on an external monitor.  To my knowledge, Apple is the only company that puts glass in their laptop displays, and I believe they exited the stand alone display market a while back." CreationDate="2017-02-17T03:06:25.657" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11473" PostId="6871" Score="0" Text="I have flagged this to be reopened, with any luck, others will do so as well." CreationDate="2017-02-17T03:07:28.100" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11474" PostId="6860" Score="0" Text="I made a screenshot from the page I linked before, I marked the 8 pin connector, it has connection on both ends. http://imgur.com/a/22JVw" CreationDate="2017-02-17T09:39:07.163" UserId="4032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11475" PostId="1390" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya IIRC Build requests for specific components are on topic, provided that they aren't too broad (which this question might be in danger of being)" CreationDate="2017-02-17T09:54:53.657" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11476" PostId="6872" Score="1" Text="I would suggest trying this same question over at http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/" CreationDate="2017-02-17T13:48:19.777" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11477" PostId="6860" Score="0" Text="@FerencDajka Oh I see now." CreationDate="2017-02-17T15:55:09.470" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11478" PostId="6871" Score="0" Text="What is your budget? Do you have a min/max monitor size you want?" CreationDate="2017-02-17T16:17:00.317" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11481" PostId="6872" Score="0" Text="Could be a good idea (+1). Maybe will, if not help here. But I wanted to consider other possibilities, before declaring R Pi by fiat." CreationDate="2017-02-17T16:39:48.993" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11483" PostId="6872" Score="2" Text="I will do some poking around, after I get my Japanese course work done that is.....just a bit behind due to this site taking over my life.....SE needs an addiction warning." CreationDate="2017-02-17T16:55:35.810" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11484" PostId="6872" Score="0" Text="Ha ha ha ha!!  On consideration, it I was ***sure*** that I wanted a Raspberry Pi, I could simply Google &amp; compare prices. I would like to hear if anyone recommends something  different, like Arduino, or just plain Atmel, etc" CreationDate="2017-02-17T18:14:50.267" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11485" PostId="6869" Score="0" Text="Usually, when I imagine something that is possible, it already exists. I tried buying this from two different sources, but both couldn't process my credit card when it came time to place the order. I also see them on ebay (from Germany) at a significantly higher price. I wish Amazon had these (they never have issues with my card)." CreationDate="2017-02-17T19:32:24.940" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11486" PostId="6589" Score="0" Text="I have the Dell U2715H on trivial and it's a really good monitor. No dead pixels and no problems with backlight bleeding. I just wish that the monitors coating was more glossy. You can see grains on a white surface" CreationDate="2017-02-17T22:16:58.887" UserId="5612" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11487" PostId="6875" Score="0" Text="I'm not a fan of backlighting around keys because it's distracting. I'm in the process of upgrading from a computer that had lights everywhere (which caused nothing but trouble), so I'd like to avoid flashy lighting, past what's useful." CreationDate="2017-02-18T01:30:07.030" UserId="5107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11492" PostId="6882" Score="2" Text="I don't trust cheap devices! years ago I burned a router from cheap testing device.." CreationDate="2017-02-18T19:08:34.277" UserId="5596" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11495" PostId="6869" Score="0" Text="wow really this thing exist!!" CreationDate="2017-02-18T21:47:00.867" UserId="5596" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11498" PostId="6358" Score="0" Text="What do you think after a few months with the KU6290?  Is the input lag bearable?" CreationDate="2017-02-18T23:23:53.850" UserId="5627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11505" PostId="3925" Score="0" Text="Just pointing out one thing:  A desktop replacement does not typically have 2 in 1 abilities or long battery life.  The typical desktop replacement can be quite power hungry as they tend to pack higher performance hardware." CreationDate="2017-02-19T05:24:17.867" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11510" PostId="6887" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget? Also, how big of an array are you looking for?" CreationDate="2017-02-20T00:49:07.933" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11511" PostId="6358" Score="1" Text="I love it. I don't notice the input lag at all unless I'm looking for it. At first, I was changing the Chroma settings to 4:2:2 and then placing it in &quot;Gaming&quot; mode when I would play FPS games, but after a few weeks I didn't bother changing it anymore, and I haven't noticed much of an issue. If I was playing something competitive it might matter, but not for what I do. I mostly use it for coding, watching movies, and playing single-player games, and for that it works great." CreationDate="2017-02-20T01:57:03.863" UserId="5085" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11512" PostId="6887" Score="0" Text="Possible duplicate of a question [I asked back in October](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/6048/looking-for-recommendations-for-external-raid-enclosures)  Only difference being I stopped at USB 3.0 interface, and this is asking for 3.1 lol." CreationDate="2017-02-20T03:26:56.843" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11513" PostId="6875" Score="0" Text="I can understand that. Personally I find the lighting on my K90 quite subtle and you can adjust the brightness. Also since its a solid colour its less distracting for me. But I can see why it might be an issue for you. I guess my next recommendation would be to try and test one in person before buying if possible?" CreationDate="2017-02-20T06:33:44.053" UserId="5617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11514" PostId="3925" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Depends on the price range. For $3k+ you get a quite powerful laptop that is light and has decent battery life. Obviously it is not as powerful as desktop in raw performance terms. See my answer." CreationDate="2017-02-20T07:52:09.190" UserId="3713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11516" PostId="3925" Score="0" Text="I was referring to desktop replacement class systems specifically." CreationDate="2017-02-20T11:13:19.170" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11518" PostId="6887" Score="0" Text="OP has over 4k rep on SO, so knowing how to be specific on questions should not be a problem." CreationDate="2017-02-20T16:13:14.560" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11520" PostId="6038" Score="0" Text="Just found *another* very similar product called [Tile](https://www.thetileapp.com)." CreationDate="2017-02-20T18:15:20.147" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11521" PostId="6895" Score="1" Text="Using a 64 GB card in the Clip+ may be complicated. You will probably have to format it as FAT32, not the default ExFAT. There is also a limit on the number of tracks it can index (with default firmware). Changing it to Rockbox firmware may help." CreationDate="2017-02-21T02:13:59.150" UserId="1175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11522" PostId="6895" Score="0" Text="Hmm it's true! according to this article the maximum MicroSD should not pass 16GB http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Sansa-Clip-Sansa-Clip/Sansa-Clip-SD-Card-issues/m-p/287334/highlight/true#M42771" CreationDate="2017-02-21T02:28:56.997" UserId="5596" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11523" PostId="6896" Score="0" Text="It might be easier to get something like [this phone-flashdrive-usb-esque device from SanDisk.](https://www.sandisk.com/home/mobile-device-storage/ixpand). You don't really need an entire computer to backup one phone. They're out of stock from Newegg and Amazon, but you can get the 32GB version from Newegg Buisness [here.](https://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-0bd-000b-007v2&amp;nm_mc=afc-cjb2b&amp;utm_medium=affiliates&amp;utm_source=afc-cjb2b-Neuintel%2C+LLC) Unless... you really want a laptop, in which case something like a chromebook would probably be suitable." CreationDate="2017-02-21T04:21:50.903" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11524" PostId="6896" Score="0" Text="Agreed.  All you need is something that has the storage capacity of what personal files you have on your device.  Note that there are also online storage options.  Heck, you could even build an inexpensive linux based system with a Raspberry Pi 3, a high capacity USB-2 thumb drive for storage (as the OS is on a MicroSD card) and that would do it lol." CreationDate="2017-02-21T05:16:36.860" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11525" PostId="6898" Score="1" Text="Usually with backups, the best thing to do is just do it while you sleep lol.  You recharge, phone recharges, win win." CreationDate="2017-02-21T05:17:39.883" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11527" PostId="6895" Score="0" Text="downvote due to not meeting necessary requirements of on board storage capacity, or expansion (without performing actions that would void the warranty)" CreationDate="2017-02-21T05:21:31.010" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11528" PostId="6898" Score="0" Text="To wake up and find out that the backup process failed and the phone is out of juice? :) Sorry I'm expecting the worst because I have seen many things in my career so far. But chromebooks are luxurious powerbanks. Sidenote I just searched a bit around and found some tutorial about [idevicebackup2/libimobiledevice](https://santoku-linux.com/howto/mobile-forensics/howto-create-a-logical-backup-of-an-ios-device-using-libimobiledevice-on-santoku-linux/) but many people recommended to use a VM instead." CreationDate="2017-02-21T05:23:10.550" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11529" PostId="6898" Score="0" Text="You have had phones die on you while hooked up to a charger (USB or wall)?  There is a reason why I use a dumb puck phone, and keep my computer oriented crap on a laptop lol.  Much less to go wrong.  Not to mention the security nightmare that are smartphones lol." CreationDate="2017-02-21T05:27:10.207" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11530" PostId="6896" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS But can I use this to do things like backing up my phone and restoring my phone from backup?  Regarding Chromebooks, iTunes doesn't support Chrome OS." CreationDate="2017-02-21T06:08:55.143" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11531" PostId="6896" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Anything I have to &quot;build&quot; doesn't sound very attractive to me.  In any case, I want some solution that allows me to sync with iTunes." CreationDate="2017-02-21T06:10:36.037" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11532" PostId="6898" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya A smartphone may consume more than 500mW which USB ports were initially designed to deliver, but many cheap cables are too long to transfer as much, which can led to software on the phone consuming more power than charged over the cable to the device. It gets more complex with new standards (USB PD), semi standards (Quick Charge) and more cheap non-certified stuff. http://semiaccurate.com/2016/11/11/google-really-trying-force-usb-pd-quickcharging/ If you are interested in technology you should look at how these things work (to control them) instead of avoiding them. :) /OT" CreationDate="2017-02-21T06:19:02.493" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11535" PostId="6897" Score="2" Text="I've already tried FiiO X1 2nd gen and I had to return it because it had a slow and buggy UI. I doubt that the first gen would be better..." CreationDate="2017-02-21T08:15:23.143" UserId="5645" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11537" PostId="6894" Score="0" Text="I'm just curious, why do you want one?  Most people just listen to music on their smartphones nowadays." CreationDate="2017-02-21T09:22:02.917" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11538" PostId="6894" Score="1" Text="@KeshavSrinivasan  I used to listen to music on my smartphone, but I've stopped recently. The phone audio output always stopped working after about one year of usage. In all such cases, I got a refund or a repaired phone, but it was very inconvenient anyway. So now my strategy is to have a different device for listening that I can send for repair without loosing my smartphone." CreationDate="2017-02-21T13:01:20.503" UserId="5645" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11540" PostId="6890" Score="0" Text="https://www.apple.com/airpods/" CreationDate="2017-02-21T15:15:08.633" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11541" PostId="6890" Score="0" Text="They don't cost less than 50€ or $50." CreationDate="2017-02-21T17:15:47.373" UserId="5640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11542" PostId="5525" Score="0" Text="My hardware shop told me the Man O' War only had 60mm inside space. You asked for 70mm. Which is correct?" CreationDate="2017-02-21T17:26:35.147" UserId="5652" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11550" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="Would it be possible for you to edit your question into a more simplified form?  Such as:  I am looking for X device, with A,B,C,D,E requirements....in a list or bullet list format?  Also please include your budget.   The way this is now, it is almost impossible to read and includes information that is not needed." CreationDate="2017-02-22T03:29:36.100" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11551" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="Also, this might be a suitable question for the Askdifferent stack, which is Apple-centric." CreationDate="2017-02-22T03:31:34.217" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11552" PostId="6906" Score="0" Text="Needs some fixups to not get rejected - you need to focus on the hardware recommendations over whether X would work. Tbolt 3 is compatible with USB C tho. TBolt2 uses a mini DP port" CreationDate="2017-02-22T04:29:15.133" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11553" PostId="6906" Score="0" Text="Done the necessary edits to improve its chances or survival on hardware recs. Feel free to do any additional changes - especially if you feel my edits stripped out necessary information. Checking what flavour of TB and what budget you have would help" CreationDate="2017-02-22T06:15:53.587" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11554" PostId="6906" Score="0" Text="Ok great thanks for that. I'll edit the post accordingly" CreationDate="2017-02-22T09:33:41.973" UserId="5398" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11555" PostId="6756" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I'm looking for a *capacious* hard drive ;)" CreationDate="2017-02-22T15:31:13.250" UserId="312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11556" PostId="6756" Score="0" Text="@BigElittles Have you found anything? I'm fine with a link dump really, I just need a place to start, I'm not sure what to look for (i.e. important specs, what brands are good et c.)" CreationDate="2017-02-22T15:31:42.177" UserId="312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11559" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya on your first comment:  Sorry, I'll work on fixing that tomorrow (I'm going to bed soon-ish.)" CreationDate="2017-02-23T01:41:05.613" UserId="5636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11560" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya on your second comment:  True, but I tend to see more software- and OS-related stuff on there when I visit, so I thought this StackOverflow might turn out to be more appropriate (I'm probably just not looking hard enough, though, TBH/LOL…)" CreationDate="2017-02-23T01:44:18.320" UserId="5636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11562" PostId="6579" Score="0" Text="You should be able to put any 16x card in a 4x slot; it will be bottlenecked in terms of bandwidth, but it will work.&#xA;&#xA;Your 4x slot is configured to provide at least 25W, but might do a bit more - however, the GPU won't be able draw more power than the slot can supply - the power regulation circuitry on the mobo will prevent that.&#xA;&#xA;Obviously, if your mobo is working at 100%, it will wear quicker, as it gets hot. While your mobo is on an open test bench, this might not be as good as it seems. Heat will dissipate, but you will still be better off with some forced airflow across the mobo." CreationDate="2017-02-23T12:00:42.820" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11563" PostId="6919" Score="0" Text="Uhm, wouldn't this be better of in the [RaspberryPi stack](http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/)" CreationDate="2017-02-23T16:16:02.433" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11564" PostId="6919" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya not necessarily, If I have questions about wiring or setting up the motioneyeos then maybe. I don't know, maybe I'll edit the question to remove the raspberry pi requirement. It seems like me and you are the only ones on this site these days, what do you think?" CreationDate="2017-02-23T16:49:40.047" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11565" PostId="6919" Score="0" Text="seems so actually.  Wiring though....I wouldn't suppose there would be a stack dedicated to correct/efficient electrical wiring, and the standards and codes that apply would there? There seems to be a stack for everything else.  ArtOfCode is always here though, in the shadows." CreationDate="2017-02-23T17:43:10.830" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11568" PostId="6919" Score="0" Text="My recommendation for capturing license plates would be to install the [CHDK firmware](http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK) on a Canon point-and-shoot.  The firmware provides motion trigger support and scripting abilities, and clever programming could probably get it to do what you want (eg. two shots: a high-shutter-speed one to grab the license plate, followed by a fixed-speed one to get vehicle speed by measuring motion blur)." CreationDate="2017-02-23T20:23:44.787" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11570" PostId="6551" Score="0" Text="What about running plex media server? One install, point the movies folder to your hard drive and thats it... completely free and supports playing content remotely." CreationDate="2017-02-23T21:44:50.953" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11572" PostId="6920" Score="1" Text="Look into Active RFID.  The range is a lot further and you can also use it to geo locate people in the factory.  I don't have time now but can do a write up on it later.  I looked at using it to track the location of my employees at one point in time but decided cameras were fine." CreationDate="2017-02-24T00:02:18.840" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11573" PostId="6872" Score="0" Text="How cheap is cheap? There's pretty capable sub 200 USD industrial PCs that would fit the bill" CreationDate="2017-02-24T00:47:31.547" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11575" PostId="6880" Score="0" Text="There are quite a few   atmega328XX - which are you recommending? A full product name for both would eb nice, or, even better, a link. Btw,   I have added an update to say that I also need a dozen or two GPIO pins - would this board still be acandicate?" CreationDate="2017-02-24T07:47:54.567" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11576" PostId="6920" Score="0" Text="Hmm, cameras ***are*** also an option, with good facial recognition. Feel free to post an answer about active RFID (and a second about cameras ;-)" CreationDate="2017-02-24T08:45:13.997" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11577" PostId="6880" Score="1" Text="What about telling me for what exactly you want it for! so I can give you better answer! There is other things you should consider like the chip memory and the serial port speed, and what language you will use! &quot;I can buy in quantities of a dozen up to maybe 100&quot; I can design custom one if you want." CreationDate="2017-02-24T12:24:51.983" UserId="5596" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11579" PostId="6872" Score="0" Text="Sorry, that's far too expansive. I see no reason pay $50, given what is currently available. Just look at narzan's $3 solution :-)" CreationDate="2017-02-24T15:18:14.980" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11580" PostId="6880" Score="0" Text="There's not really much to say. The web page prompts the user to scan an RFID tag, which currently requires an OCX control in the browser. I would like to make it more cross browser, by dropping the OCX control. I thought that I could do it by having the web page make an HTTP request to a controller which would read the RFID tag using an existing serial port connected reader.  ---------------------- I now realize that an alternative solution would be a cheap processor with WiFi &amp; RFID reader, no need for serial port." CreationDate="2017-02-24T15:26:06.980" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11583" PostId="6914" Score="0" Text="The last phone I know of that had this ability, was an old LG I had.  It had a built in antenna in one corner of the device.   There will need to be both software as well as hardware to accomplish the task you seek." CreationDate="2017-02-24T15:37:08.827" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11584" PostId="6920" Score="0" Text="Say what now? Where was the sarcasm? If you find it in &quot;feel free to&quot;, that was my polite way of saying &quot;pretty, pretty please&quot; - I wanted an answer, of course - with more detail, but was saying that even if @Jeff had only posted &quot;use cameras&quot;,  I would accept it as an answer.. If you find sarcasm elsewhere, please point it out and I will retract it, as there was certainly no sarcasm intended (note that I didn't use the [tag:sarcasm] tag :-)" CreationDate="2017-02-24T15:38:51.807" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11585" PostId="6920" Score="0" Text="Hmm, @Jeff, how does the cost of various methods work out versus their effectiveness? I suppose that facial recognition might miss out if someone turns their head or looks down when entering or leaving a room, but I Can always pick them up in the next room. Can you comment on the accuracy, the cost and how easy it is to integrate such a solution into my own software?" CreationDate="2017-02-24T16:05:51.697" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11586" PostId="6920" Score="1" Text="We did not use facial recognition on the cameras unless you consider my eyes facial recognition. I did mean to ask you what your budget was as well as will you have network access at the doorways or will it need to be wireless.  Other consideration is how many doors are you looking to monitor and how far away are they from each other.  The scanners are the expensive component about 1000-2000 each.  The tags are cheap about 5$ for a wearable wrist band." CreationDate="2017-02-24T16:24:20.393" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11587" PostId="6920" Score="0" Text="I had been going off the idea of cameras, in case employees objected on privacy grounds. I cannot see iris scanning working, as it slows entrance &amp; exit, plus it requires removing protective googles.   I don't have a budget, other than my own pocket.  A guy I know does business with a chemical plant, which frequently tells him it needs such a solution, but is unlikely to part with any money until at lest a proof of concept is shown. Overall cost will play a role in saleability, no I guess cheap, but works well is what I am looking for. RFID?" CreationDate="2017-02-24T16:30:06.983" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11589" PostId="6880" Score="1" Text="Okay with serial port you don't need WIFI shield! easy setup, but with WIFI shield you need a PC or Clint! you can't make a webpage connect to your board without a static IP address and you should open port inside your router to communicate with your boards, if you want to mange all these devices on your LAN network you can use other ways to a accomplish that. anyway I will edit my answer and I will add some links and info." CreationDate="2017-02-24T18:53:54.657" UserId="5596" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11590" PostId="6880" Score="0" Text="You have already answered the question - very well, so I will award it, BUT, you have got me thinking that Wifi + RFID reader is a good alternative, with no serial port, so I have asked a new question http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/6922/small-cheap-processor-with-rfid-reader-and-internet-access if you have any ideas" CreationDate="2017-02-24T19:38:24.900" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11591" PostId="6880" Score="1" Text="I don't know how you will manage to make your web-page to communicate with your device, anyway you can find a lot of RFID reader on aliexpress around $2 depends on the pins, the cheap one will use 8 PINS while the expensive one 4PINS only. and about your other question, I don't think there is RFID with WIFI and and a controller on the same board and cheap in the market. I added RFID to my answer" CreationDate="2017-02-24T20:14:40.213" UserId="5596" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11592" PostId="6914" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya The devices that I'm looking at plug into the iPhone and just require an app to watch TV." CreationDate="2017-02-24T21:10:56.767" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11593" PostId="6880" Score="1" Text="I think that the device must have a static 192.178.xxx.xxx or 10.xxx.xxx.xxx address. Even then, I need to think about it. Should probably work if I insist that the PC also have a fixed address in the same subnet (in addition to any others, e.g. dynamic from ISP).   Thanks for the update on your answer. You have been extremely helpful" CreationDate="2017-02-24T21:39:13.717" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11594" PostId="6926" Score="2" Text="It seems likely that you have not done much research on your own before posting this question.  There are multiple mini displays such as you are looking for.  A simple search on Amazon will yield good results.  Please exhaust all google and amazon searches before asking others to search for you." CreationDate="2017-02-24T23:34:13.083" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11595" PostId="6925" Score="1" Text="Would you be able to use something like Zigbee or Bluetooth rather than WiFi (i.e. Lower range, speed and power consumption)" CreationDate="2017-02-25T01:50:53.857" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11596" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya:  Sorry for the delay in editing this post to make it read more smoothly; got waylaid with some other stuff.  I fully intend to come back to this, though, so don't worry!" CreationDate="2017-02-25T01:51:47.703" UserId="5636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11597" PostId="6916" Score="1" Text="You need to [read this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5.C2.A0GHz_.28802.11a.2Fh.2Fj.2Fn.2Fac.29.5B18.5D)  And also [read this article on 802.11ac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac)" CreationDate="2017-02-25T01:52:05.237" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11599" PostId="6926" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya The point of this site is to get recommendations. How is it helpful to say just search on Amazon? This is a good question, with specific requirements, why downvote it." CreationDate="2017-02-25T12:06:20.783" UserId="1175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11602" PostId="6926" Score="0" Text="@vclaw  the point of this site is to help people yes, but people also need to help themselves first." CreationDate="2017-02-25T13:58:18.477" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11603" PostId="6930" Score="0" Text="If you mean $45 per tag for the Long range Passive RFID , Ali Express doesn't agree with you. However, I do like this answer!" CreationDate="2017-02-25T14:58:26.367" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11604" PostId="6930" Score="1" Text="Not the tag! the reader, for short distance it's around $2 but for the long one &quot;big doors&quot; around $45 https://goo.gl/xWLHvD" CreationDate="2017-02-25T16:06:23.970" UserId="5596" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11605" PostId="6930" Score="0" Text="Loxl! IC IC . Well, I can afford one for development (or cheat &amp; use short range). If there is any interest shown then I will buy a few for real demo &amp; I can't see a chemical factory baulking at $45." CreationDate="2017-02-25T16:09:38.310" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11608" PostId="6914" Score="0" Text="There is no OTG TV for Iphone at all in the market, only for android for now." CreationDate="2017-02-25T16:51:12.797" UserId="5596" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11610" PostId="6914" Score="0" Text="@NarzanQ. There are definitely such products for iPhone, like [this one](http://bigupgadgets.com/wirelss-wifi-mobile-dvb-t-isdb-t-tv-tuner-stick-receiver-for-ipad-iphone-android-phones-tablet.html?fee=14&amp;fep=225612) and [this one](https://www.amazon.com/Escort-Mobile-Digital-Black-iPhone/dp/B00AGV7T6Q)." CreationDate="2017-02-25T20:34:03.793" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11611" PostId="6925" Score="0" Text="My aim is to use a smartphone to configure the hardware. Using a web front-end is the simplest solution. I thought about using bluetooth but this would require writing and installing an app to configure the device. Seems like more trouble, than it's worth." CreationDate="2017-02-26T12:38:33.070" UserId="5672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11612" PostId="6929" Score="0" Text="The arduino (nano) is there mostly for its availability and number of available i/o pins but ultimately that is not my main concern. I'm already bypassing the linear regulator and could remove status lights and add sleep cycles to the code but it wouldn't make too much of a difference, since right now the wireless is about 70% of my power consumption.  The electric imp needs to be connected to the internet at all times, if I understood it correctly. That's sadly not an option for me.. but thanks for the idea." CreationDate="2017-02-26T12:53:34.800" UserId="5672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11613" PostId="6925" Score="0" Text="So as long as you can serve IP over the MAC/PHY it would be fine right? Maybe someone would be able to find a IP/802.15 solution for you along with prebuilt software, who knows." CreationDate="2017-02-26T13:22:32.503" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11624" PostId="6939" Score="4" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is blatantly off topic.  This is more or less asking for a box to put stuff in." CreationDate="2017-02-27T05:00:51.913" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11628" PostId="6939" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for a piece of luggage or something to connect all of these drives? Very unclear" CreationDate="2017-02-27T14:52:52.780" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11633" PostId="6880" Score="0" Text="I want to send an HTTP request to it, from JavaScript, whcih will tell it read an RFID tag's serial number from a reader connectioned over UART and return it in the HTTP response. A really dumb thing, and 9600, 8, N, 1 is enough, with not much code" CreationDate="2017-02-27T16:16:49.703" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11634" PostId="6945" Score="0" Text="I read that it might be preferable not to buy one of those complete sets, but go for an amp (or active subwoofer) and separate passive speakers. I would also be interested in this, so if this is possible within my budget (~ 150 €, or some more if the quality is good, e.g., 180 €), please recommend :)" CreationDate="2017-02-27T23:29:23.867" UserId="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11635" PostId="5502" Score="0" Text="Why the need for 120hz?  The human eye cannot even detect that can it?" CreationDate="2017-02-28T02:07:28.490" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11636" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya:  OK, post (finally, sorry!) edited.  Given my question's current form, however, I now agree that my post might indeed find a better home at Ask Different.  As such, how, then, would I go about getting this migrated over there if you and other possible answerers of this question end up in definite agreement on this?" CreationDate="2017-02-28T02:28:44.987" UserId="5636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11637" PostId="6940" Score="0" Text="I think neither P nor X are comfortable to write &quot;on the go&quot;, since both are pretty large to use with just your thumbs. That's my idea when I'm referring to a &quot;handheld device&quot;. About Xperia Mini, it does not have all symbol keys, so is not good for programming :\" CreationDate="2017-02-28T02:40:07.047" UserId="5683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11638" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="@ Hrmm, That would require a moderator I think, I am just a *cough* humble *cough* user.  Mods are the ones with diamonds next to the name." CreationDate="2017-02-28T03:18:51.380" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11639" PostId="6946" Score="0" Text="Some things to note: IPS panels will generally have a longer response time (5+ ms) compared to TN panels (1-2 ms), so you will have to weigh response time vs viewing angles. High refresh rate G-Sync monitors are currently going to be outside your price range (Expect minimum 400$ for a decent panel). Also some questions: Are you willing to deviate by 1&quot; and go with a 24&quot;? Are you gaming in a surround configuration, or just using 1 monitor for gaming?" CreationDate="2017-02-28T03:20:30.623" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11640" PostId="6946" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the follow up questions. Yeah, that latency tradeoff is why I'm favoring the VA panel in the &quot;Example Candidates&quot; section. My price range is actually not very limited. If there is a good reason I'm even willing to pay four figures, but I believe diminishing returns will kick in much sooner. I have a G-Sync model listed in the same section, which is 24&quot; and $400, so yes. The last time I've played on 3 monitors was 4 years ago, so I pretty much just play on one monitor. If I used all 3, I'd have to settle with 60 Hz and no G-Sync for that particular gaming session :-)" CreationDate="2017-02-28T03:29:52.380" UserId="4132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11641" PostId="6946" Score="1" Text="Although I cannot make a specific recommendation, I would suggest looking towards a 1440p 120Hz+ G-Sync monitor. Your system should easily be able to handle any game at 1440p well over the 60FPS sweetspot, and with G-Sync the higher refresh rate will appear much smoother than without it. As for general PC use, you shouldn't see any text or UI scaling issues with a ~23&quot; 1440p monitor, compared to a 4K one. I always recommend choosing a display very carefully, as it hopefully live through multiple system builds and choosing a higher quality one now will prevent the need to upgrade sooner." CreationDate="2017-02-28T03:43:49.403" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11643" PostId="6946" Score="0" Text="I feel 1440p won't play nice with my 1080p side monitors. I only found one display, Acer Predator XB241YU, that's 1440p and ~23&quot;. It's $500, which is fine if I would buy 3 of them ($1500) and would find it acceptable to have all TN panels, but I spend the majority of my time with non-gaming, so I'm not sure if it's wise. Also, we are at the advent of new display tech like HDR, 4K AND &gt;120Hz panels, so it's probably not worth it to go &quot;all-in&quot; with all 3 monitors today." CreationDate="2017-02-28T17:53:14.377" UserId="4132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11644" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya:  Ah, sure.  Better leave moving this question up to them, then." CreationDate="2017-02-28T20:13:29.633" UserId="5636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11645" PostId="6847" Score="0" Text="I use dual P2415Qs and love them. Cheap and great monitors; the P2*15Q monitors are awesome!" CreationDate="2017-03-01T00:52:16.480" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11653" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="before we help, have you done any searches on your own through Newegg, or any of the major printer companies such as:  Epson, Brother, HP?" CreationDate="2017-03-01T20:06:48.967" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11654" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya Yes. So far, I have found the Brother MFC-J480DW as a possibility, but I am finding conflicting information on whether or not it can perform 2-sided scans from its sheet feeder." CreationDate="2017-03-01T20:25:30.033" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11655" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="BTW, here is the manual for that Brother device. Maybe I'm just not seeing it, but it does not seem to specify whether or not it performs 2-sided scans from the sheet feeder: http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/htmldoc/mfc/cv_mfc880dw/uke/manual/index.html" CreationDate="2017-03-01T20:38:31.410" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11658" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="Your budget of under $150 is not going to cut it for two sided scanning in a printer, or even a stand alone scanner.   The least expensive I can find is in the $500+ range via HP.com." CreationDate="2017-03-01T21:47:53.937" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11660" PostId="6938" Score="0" Text="Not available yet, but the Planet Computers Gemini looks interesting. https://www.planetcom.co.uk" CreationDate="2017-03-02T00:22:15.020" UserId="1175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11662" PostId="6962" Score="1" Text="Thanks for the response. At a hardware level, the challenge would be to find a controller _today_ that _doesn't_ &quot;support&quot; this. I.E., the controller is only providing the &quot;physical layer&quot; connectivity, where the VLAN concerns are handled at the data link layer by the OS and/or driver. I.E., any USB NIC I've ever had has full VLAN support under Linux, as Linux provides its own generic VLAN support (`8021q` kernel module). The key here is finding one with a full-featured Windows driver including virtual miniports - or someone developing a compatible driver that does..." CreationDate="2017-03-02T09:09:20.810" UserId="2159" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11663" PostId="6962" Score="1" Text="Unfortunately, the stock / reference drivers from Cypress do not appear to include such a full-featured driver. (Again, we need something like iANS / BASP here.) I will reach out to them to see if this is something that they would consider developing; it can't hurt, and I'd encourage anyone else following this to do the same. However, this is also only a chipset - and I can't find any developed dongles on the market that even mention using this chipset, which is disappointing - other than their own reference design kits intended for product developers." CreationDate="2017-03-02T09:20:00.683" UserId="2159" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11664" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya No offense, but you are completely wrong.  There are quite a few multifunction devices for $250-$400 that offer two-sided scanning.  Please move on; I don't think you can help for this question." CreationDate="2017-03-02T10:11:47.973" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11666" PostId="6956" Score="0" Text="Any weight requirement and budget? Would usability in sunlight be a concern? Which country are you purchasing from? The more specific your requirements are, the better any potential answers will be." CreationDate="2017-03-02T13:09:39.690" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11667" PostId="6938" Score="2" Text="Why is MIPS-based a problem? Most programs should work on either MIPS or ARM or x86. In the worst case they just need to be recompiled. (Actually after reading the subject of the question, the Pyra immediately came to my mind.)" CreationDate="2017-03-02T13:18:01.210" UserId="5715" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11668" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="@RockPaperLizard  I was referring to your desired sheet fed dual sided printing.  And you yourself set the budget at under $150.   Hence my official answer to this question." CreationDate="2017-03-02T13:52:59.400" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11669" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="@RockPaperLizard  Also, I found the correct search term, Duplex Scanning." CreationDate="2017-03-02T13:56:46.717" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11670" PostId="6949" Score="0" Text="I hope you find a solution, I googled for half a day without finding anything except touchjet. I kept finding things called touch screen conversion frames, and this company http://www.u-touch.us/ but I don't know if it will actually work. Best of luck, hope someone finds something for you." CreationDate="2017-03-02T15:57:20.377" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11671" PostId="6949" Score="0" Text="@ulkoma Do you have a size requirement?  Additionally is there a reason you are specific about it behing a TV as opposed to a monitor?  If you still have the ability to plug in your cable box via HDMI?  Also do you have a budget?" CreationDate="2017-03-02T18:08:12.443" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11674" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for duplex scanning, or duplex copy, duplex scan/print." CreationDate="2017-03-02T22:15:57.837" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11676" PostId="4308" Score="0" Text="would a trackball be an acceptable alternative?" CreationDate="2017-03-02T23:56:17.533" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11683" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="The Brother MFC-L2740DW is $180 at [Amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MRAU8OE?tag=price106730d-20&amp;ascsubtag=227883102&amp;m=ATVPDKIKX0DER). Cheaper models I've found are duplex for print only." CreationDate="2017-03-03T09:46:49.080" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11687" PostId="6958" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031  That was the same thing I found after searching around.  His budget needs to be adjusted just a little, else he is not going to find what he is looking for." CreationDate="2017-03-03T14:51:11.977" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11692" PostId="6972" Score="0" Text="Thanks so much.  Do you happen to have any experience with this device?  I've read in several places that HP inkjets are known for making noises at random times (probably cleaning the heads or something like that).  Any idea if this one has the same issue?  BTW, aesthetically, HP did a great job on this device! :)" CreationDate="2017-03-03T22:29:09.987" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11695" PostId="6939" Score="2" Text="@NZKshatriya, I would suggest voting to get the Help for this site improved or at least clarified if this question doesn't suit your tastes. Based on my interpretation of the current Help, this question is on-topic or at least not off-topic. If you disagree, you're welcome to provide evidence along with your vote." CreationDate="2017-03-04T00:48:15.117" UserId="4476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11697" PostId="6939" Score="0" Text="Our current definition of hardware, is something that electronically connects or communicates with a computer.  A storage box does neither." CreationDate="2017-03-04T02:25:14.563" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11698" PostId="6981" Score="0" Text="A shipping box is not hardware,." CreationDate="2017-03-04T02:25:34.243" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11705" PostId="6871" Score="0" Text="With whatever monitor you are going to go with, keep in mind that you want to use your Macbook's Mini-DP port for the signal, as the HDMI port is only version 1.4, so especially when going for 4k, Mini-DP comes in handy." CreationDate="2017-03-05T18:23:48.183" UserId="3717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11708" PostId="6990" Score="1" Text="TP-Link's kinda the goto company for cheap/decent networking hardware" CreationDate="2017-03-06T00:18:15.667" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11709" PostId="6990" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek I actually prefer Netgear stuff, but it is a bit more expensive. Worth it if you're willing to spend, but TP-Link is a good fallback." CreationDate="2017-03-06T01:48:52.357" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11711" PostId="6377" Score="0" Text="If OP has found either suggestion to be a good one, it would be nice to mark the one they chose as the accepted answer." CreationDate="2017-03-06T05:46:36.277" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11714" PostId="6990" Score="1" Text="I went for a Netgear GS108, but TP-Link TL-SG1008D was also something I considered. Hope I made the right choice." CreationDate="2017-03-06T12:56:56.903" UserId="1189" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11725" PostId="6381" Score="0" Text="I went with Club3d adapter so I can't comment on this. But if it works, then obviously it's more affordable option." CreationDate="2017-03-06T17:18:21.060" UserId="5105" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11726" PostId="6998" Score="0" Text="If this ends up working, come back and mark your answer as the accepted answer." CreationDate="2017-03-06T17:51:52.957" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11730" PostId="6939" Score="0" Text="@jia103, This question is being discussed on [meta](http://meta.hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/606/are-storage-crates-for-hard-drives-on-topic). May I suggest you provide input there. It seems that the existing answer present indicates this should be off topic." CreationDate="2017-03-06T20:20:11.233" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11737" PostId="7003" Score="0" Text="@NeMo Unfortunately it isn't easy task to find such adapters, many shops don't providing info about USB bridge. I found the right one by going to 3 stores with laptop and tested them all until I found correct one." CreationDate="2017-03-07T12:59:45.743" UserId="5748" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11738" PostId="7003" Score="0" Text="What was the name of the model you bought?" CreationDate="2017-03-07T13:03:10.490" UserId="964" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11739" PostId="7003" Score="0" Text="@NeMO It was noname box with Prolific 2773 chipset" CreationDate="2017-03-07T13:07:30.510" UserId="5748" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11762" PostId="7003" Score="0" Text="Do you remember where you bought it from?" CreationDate="2017-03-08T10:43:10.880" UserId="964" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11763" PostId="7007" Score="0" Text="Hmm...It does sound like a viable option but the battery and bigger screen do weigh a bit more. I have also looked into the Lenovo P2 which has an even larger battery and has the same price as the Mi Max that I want to purchase. I'll try to look into both phones before I decide to buy one." CreationDate="2017-03-08T10:49:00.080" UserId="990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11764" PostId="7003" Score="0" Text="@NeMo I found it in a small local computer shop when was on a business trip to Omaha. It funny enough that no one from big guys as Frys, Bestbuy stores haven't  such things, at least at time I shopped. I suggest you to get some cheapest PC on craigslist.org (you can find it there for less than $30) that has PATA interface and hook your HDD directly to it, then run some live Linux CD and secure erase it. I keeping HP dc5100 that has PATA &amp; SATA ports for the similar tasks" CreationDate="2017-03-08T16:29:33.627" UserId="5748" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11765" PostId="7003" Score="0" Text="I found this: https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices. A few have an IDE interface. They all seem quite dear, but I found one for £10, have ordered it and will report back. Cheers!" CreationDate="2017-03-08T16:43:05.327" UserId="964" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11768" PostId="6938" Score="1" Text="@AxelBeckert not a big problem in fact, just compatibility issues. In fact is not MIPS, but ARM, lol." CreationDate="2017-03-09T00:04:05.573" UserId="5683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11769" PostId="6938" Score="0" Text="@vclaw My first impression was: Great! But in fact 17 cm for a handheld is a little big for use with your thumbs :(. Anyways, a great project!" CreationDate="2017-03-09T00:14:56.680" UserId="5683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11771" PostId="6938" Score="0" Text="This is totally a Raspberry Pi project lol." CreationDate="2017-03-09T04:31:59.003" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11776" PostId="7017" Score="0" Text="Try looking (Googling) for an audio receiver instead of a mixer. See what that comes up with" CreationDate="2017-03-10T03:56:21.910" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11786" PostId="7019" Score="0" Text="You could just wait and get a GTX 1080 ti Founder Edition, which is on par with the Titan X, has 11GB ram, only costs $699." CreationDate="2017-03-11T17:16:18.540" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11787" PostId="7020" Score="0" Text="And then there is the new kid on the block, the GTX 1080 ti FE.  11GB GDDR5X, outperforms the Titan X, costs half as much...." CreationDate="2017-03-11T17:17:13.890" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11790" PostId="7019" Score="0" Text="$US699 == $A1129, so 51% more than the Galax EXOC." CreationDate="2017-03-11T21:50:57.620" UserId="5768" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11791" PostId="7019" Score="0" Text="Oh, yeah.....right *facedesk*   Seriously, we need a global standard........I say Bitcoin....or just go back to gold." CreationDate="2017-03-12T00:03:44.780" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11792" PostId="7024" Score="2" Text="Have you done any research into this subject on your own?" CreationDate="2017-03-12T00:29:49.143" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11793" PostId="7021" Score="2" Text="If you are not looking for portability, you could always build your own using an mATX board/chassis/etc." CreationDate="2017-03-12T00:31:01.607" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11795" PostId="7019" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya [There are now \[n+1\] competing currencies XD](https://xkcd.com/927/)" CreationDate="2017-03-12T05:56:01.530" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11796" PostId="7023" Score="0" Text="Thank you for recommendation, I'll investigate various options." CreationDate="2017-03-12T10:11:53.360" UserId="1393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11797" PostId="7024" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya, yep, I did, and it didn't bring much of results." CreationDate="2017-03-12T19:20:20.350" UserId="5777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11798" PostId="7029" Score="0" Text="Thanks, that is exactly I'm looking for!" CreationDate="2017-03-12T19:26:21.840" UserId="5777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11799" PostId="7029" Score="0" Text="@PaulD There's a useful mini-comparison [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNyvmnGoSKY) between the RPi and the CHIP on YouTube." CreationDate="2017-03-12T19:34:28.420" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11800" PostId="7019" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode huh? this question has nothing to do with tech support? how is this question off-topic?" CreationDate="2017-03-13T06:44:34.037" UserId="5768" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11803" PostId="7031" Score="0" Text="Thanks! So, literally right after posting I realised that there was a box around the Coaxial S/PDIF and felt like an idiot, cause I was definitely looking at the three pin." CreationDate="2017-03-13T11:48:57.433" UserId="5778" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11804" PostId="7031" Score="0" Text="@ADSquared That puzzled me at first as well. The 3-pin should have been blanked off if it's meant for technicians." CreationDate="2017-03-13T11:53:33.330" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11810" PostId="7036" Score="1" Text="I'm surprised there are *any*, even in the &quot;coming soon&quot; stage.  Far-field power transmission is much harder and less efficient than near-field transmission." CreationDate="2017-03-13T20:24:22.563" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11811" PostId="7036" Score="0" Text="Well, there are definitely products in the coming soon stage; you can see videos of the Motherbox in action.  And you can see the power transmission rates; they're fairly good." CreationDate="2017-03-13T20:33:43.697" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11812" PostId="7032" Score="1" Text="&quot;User-friendly&quot; is a rather vague term.  For example, do you consider an easy-to-use printer with frequent failed prints user-friendly?" CreationDate="2017-03-13T22:21:49.780" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11820" PostId="7044" Score="1" Text="Ummm there is no 14&quot; MBP. Do you mean 13&quot;? Personally, I'd recommend the 2011 (upgradability, i7 multi-threading, larger screen)" CreationDate="2017-03-15T05:42:28.697" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11821" PostId="7040" Score="0" Text="A quick google search turned up a bunch of stuff - would you ever be looking for more than 8 ports? The prices I was seeing (new, about $1500) included an 8 port Netgear switch and a 24 port Dell switch (Powerconnect 8024F)" CreationDate="2017-03-15T05:49:35.310" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11822" PostId="7044" Score="0" Text="I agree with @NoahL. Lack of upgradeability really sucks. Great marketing ploy, though." CreationDate="2017-03-15T06:35:33.370" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11824" PostId="7044" Score="0" Text="Thanks! Considering I plan on using it for just a few months? Not upgrading it or making it my daily driver." CreationDate="2017-03-15T09:17:37.763" UserId="4972" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11825" PostId="7044" Score="0" Text="Also yeah 13&quot; my bad :D" CreationDate="2017-03-15T09:17:57.663" UserId="4972" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11826" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="Actually there is only one qualified product. Logitech G933. How much more specific can I be? Logitech H600 is not 7.1" CreationDate="2017-03-15T15:38:58.840" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11827" PostId="7040" Score="0" Text="Not more than 8, no. Pain in searching is that SFP+ doesn't always mean 10G, and 10G doesn't always mean SFP+, and a lot of switches have loads of 1G and 2 10G SFP+ which again isn't really what I need. How did you search?" CreationDate="2017-03-15T18:25:34.860" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11828" PostId="7040" Score="1" Text="I searched this: &quot;10 gbps fiber switch&quot;. By searching for fiber I hoped to eliminate RJ-45/10Gb copper switches. All of the fiber switches were SFP+" CreationDate="2017-03-15T18:31:01.700" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11829" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="Jim, you have a habit of starting issues where none exist, did you know that?   And I even gave that exact unit as an answer.  Of course, you never mark answers as accepted, so blah." CreationDate="2017-03-15T21:31:41.940" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11830" PostId="7040" Score="1" Text="Ooooh check this out! I found it by accident, only $600 (but only available for pre-order). https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1318635-REG/ubiquiti_networks_us_16_xg_unifi_switch_12xsfp.html?utm_medium=Email%201640623&amp;utm_campaign=Newsletter&amp;utm_source=Newsletter%20170315&amp;utm_content=Retail&amp;utm_term=US-16-XG-Unifi-Switch-16" CreationDate="2017-03-15T21:43:44.643" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11836" PostId="7049" Score="0" Text="Voting to close:  echnical support request — Questions asking about troubleshooting hardware or technical support for hardware are off-topic for Hardware Recommendations because the site is here to provide pre-purchase hardware recommendations and to recommend hardware for a specific task, rather than to support existing devices. You may get help on Super User." CreationDate="2017-03-16T01:26:12.207" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11839" PostId="7049" Score="1" Text="I don't see this as troubleshooting. The OG is asking what something means on a device. However, you're correct about it violating the purpose of this SE since it's used for recommendation." CreationDate="2017-03-16T01:36:15.173" UserDisplayName="user5796" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11840" PostId="7049" Score="0" Text="Even though I answered your question below, I'm going to vote to migrate this question." CreationDate="2017-03-16T01:36:46.690" UserDisplayName="user5796" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11841" PostId="7040" Score="1" Text="@NoahL - blimey! (as they say here). What a find! Thank you!  **UPDATE:** There's also an existing almost identical model (ES-16-XG not US-16-XG) which also does layer 3 routing (which the US model doesn't) *and* is on sale (not beta), for similar price. Spec suggests nothing else lost to gain the extra benefits. Fussy on transceivers but mine look compatible. Wouldn't have found it without your help + this site.  Price £542 inc VAT: http://broadbandbuyer.com/products/26485-ubiquiti-es-16-xg ... except that Amazon showed a near-new ex-store demo model for under half of that. K'ching! Thanks;-)" CreationDate="2017-03-16T01:39:30.310" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11846" PostId="7049" Score="0" Text="I'm fairly sure the &quot;pc3&quot; is a typo, and it should be &quot;pc4&quot;." CreationDate="2017-03-16T20:33:08.867" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11850" PostId="6325" Score="0" Text="Could you include the interfaces that you may use to connect these monitors (VGA/DisplayPort/DVI-D/etc.) or the monitors' model numbers?" CreationDate="2017-03-17T16:00:32.433" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11857" PostId="7058" Score="0" Text="This Wired article might be helpful: https://www.wired.com/2017/03/mechanical-keyboards-round-up/" CreationDate="2017-03-18T05:37:46.250" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11860" PostId="7068" Score="1" Text="I've edited your question to remove the various extra questions you asked, because they weren't on-topic for this site. The question of which GPU is your best bet for your use is on topic, so that's what I've narrowed it down to." CreationDate="2017-03-18T12:30:12.417" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11861" PostId="7032" Score="0" Text="@Mark. No, failed prints don't sound very user-friendly to me." CreationDate="2017-03-18T13:51:48.993" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11862" PostId="7068" Score="0" Text="Asking what is the best for a situation can bring in a lot of opinion-based answers, as everyone has their own definition for what is best." CreationDate="2017-03-18T16:05:46.800" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11865" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="This question is closed because requirements are too broad. How can the requirements are too broad if only 1 or 2 product fit the criteria? That is the problem. In what way is my &quot;requirements&quot; are &quot;too broad&quot;?" CreationDate="2017-03-18T17:30:37.417" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11867" PostId="6587" Score="1" Text="You have the answer to the question.  Why continue to argue?" CreationDate="2017-03-18T22:15:00.220" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11868" PostId="7062" Score="0" Text="Cherry MX Red is linear, and the only Razor switch that's linear is yellow. Orange is not the closest match." CreationDate="2017-03-18T23:05:35.077" UserId="155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11873" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="because many of my other questions got deleted for the exact same issue. Closed as off topic. Requirements are too broad. I want to understand what's going on." CreationDate="2017-03-19T18:25:12.453" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11874" PostId="7079" Score="0" Text="do you have a more recent link?" CreationDate="2017-03-19T19:33:39.217" UserId="5822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11875" PostId="7079" Score="0" Text="Sorry. I didn't spot the date. It's a failed Kickstarter project." CreationDate="2017-03-19T20:01:05.917" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11876" PostId="7062" Score="0" Text="I didn't know that , thx for adding it !" CreationDate="2017-03-19T23:55:11.570" UserId="5562" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11877" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="Maybe it is because of how you ask them, as in the tone you use.  You have a tendency to come across as very demanding, and not always polite with people.  Currently there is not a close reason that matches that, so sometimes a mod may close a question and have to choose a random reason.  Personally, I think there need to be more close reasons, but that argument belongs in Meta, and if you want a Mod view on why this question was closed, you should ask in Meta as well." CreationDate="2017-03-20T00:08:56.427" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11878" PostId="7081" Score="1" Text="It just means that the PSU is not modular. The leads cannot be detached." CreationDate="2017-03-20T03:51:58.100" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11879" PostId="7082" Score="1" Text="It depends what your VMs are doing, but I doubt it. For multiple VMs and good performance I'd recommend: i7 w/ 4 cores/8 threads, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD" CreationDate="2017-03-20T05:17:48.237" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11880" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="It seems that the official reason why it's closed is different than the real reason. Also I got pissed and my tone looks hostile which piss people off and they want to close me for &quot;some reasons&quot; that's not honest. That piss me off and then everybody got pissed off in some form of mutually assured pissed off situation" CreationDate="2017-03-20T08:23:05.040" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11881" PostId="7081" Score="0" Text="Is this qualified as  a question? It's not exactly asking for a specific hardware recomendation. Good question though. I upvoted. I just want to know if this is the kind of question." CreationDate="2017-03-20T08:24:13.217" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11883" PostId="7081" Score="0" Text="@Jim Whilst the OP is not asking for a specific hardware recommendation, an answer to his question will at least help him to make an informed decision." CreationDate="2017-03-20T08:49:37.863" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11885" PostId="6587" Score="0" Text="Well, how about you take a step back when you get pissed off, and not post immediately.  When I vote to close, it is due to an actual issue, if there is something offensive with how someone is communicating, that is what the flag system is for (as far as I can tell).  Now, how the Mods decide to handle things, is up to them." CreationDate="2017-03-20T12:06:17.157" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11886" PostId="7085" Score="1" Text="It is software that is the problem, since the shop cost of the hardware is trivial. Cheap devices may come with indifferent software. I bought a cheap USB microscope. The hardware was adequate, but the software CD was full of malware." CreationDate="2017-03-20T12:22:46.353" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11887" PostId="7081" Score="0" Text="Technical support request — Questions asking about troubleshooting hardware or technical support for hardware are off-topic for Hardware Recommendations because the site is here to provide pre-purchase hardware recommendations and to recommend hardware for a specific task, rather than to support existing devices. You may get help on Super User." CreationDate="2017-03-20T14:45:44.603" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11888" PostId="7082" Score="1" Text="Technical support request — Questions asking about troubleshooting hardware or technical support for hardware are off-topic for Hardware Recommendations because the site is here to provide pre-purchase hardware recommendations and to recommend hardware for a specific task, rather than to support existing devices. You may get help on Super User." CreationDate="2017-03-20T14:46:07.140" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11890" PostId="7090" Score="0" Text="This is the end which goes into the PSU, right? Because it's not a SATA power connector... In that case, I think you should add the name of your PSU to your question." CreationDate="2017-03-20T20:45:33.860" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11891" PostId="7089" Score="0" Text="More access points won't necessarily improve performance. If you need high throughput, make sure to use both 5Ghz and 2.5Ghz and to put each router on a different channel. But I'm not sure how many and if this will work at all." CreationDate="2017-03-20T20:48:25.443" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11892" PostId="7081" Score="0" Text="Don't be silly, @Jeff. As demonstrated in the question, it's common for sites to include this descriptor with their products, and nowhere else documents it. Knowing what exactly it means, as Mick said, can only contribute to helping people make informed decisions about their hardware purchases, and it's nowhere near technical support. If this site is going to adopt such a myopic view of what constitutes questions on hardware I can only see it being so popular. That's a level of pedantry only the SOFU sites can afford, because they made the bulk of their userbase without it a long time ago." CreationDate="2017-03-20T21:56:37.377" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11893" PostId="7081" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer @Mick, I don't really know why that never occurred to me when the opposite did. If you'd like to put it in an answer I'd be happy to upvote and accept." CreationDate="2017-03-20T22:00:40.863" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11895" PostId="7081" Score="0" Text="@Hashim  Unfortunately. there is nothing in your questions that refers to a recommendation.  Per the site guidelines this is a Technical Supports questions.  If the post was worded differently IE: I am looking for a power supply for my computer.  I am seeing options of XX and XX.  Would you recommend a Fully Wired or Modular.  Etc.  I know it is all semantics but this site could EASILY turn into a tech support forum. On a side note your post was well formed.  Just definitely for what you are asking fits on SU." CreationDate="2017-03-20T22:51:10.203" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11896" PostId="7081" Score="0" Text="Some cars come with 3 wheels... well, 4 if you count the spare. :-D" CreationDate="2017-03-20T22:58:56.627" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11897" PostId="7081" Score="0" Text="And we all know [how those turn out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8)..." CreationDate="2017-03-20T23:23:51.060" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11899" PostId="7095" Score="0" Text="The first one would be perfect, if radeon graphics weren't something to *really* avoid for us, linux users." CreationDate="2017-03-21T04:38:09.250" UserId="5217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11900" PostId="7096" Score="0" Text="Ok thank you. That helps a lot.  I want to avoid this kind of problem." CreationDate="2017-03-21T07:08:06.220" UserId="5762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11901" PostId="7096" Score="0" Text="I think I ll consider putting more money to go for the synology ds716+II" CreationDate="2017-03-21T07:15:22.423" UserId="5762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11902" PostId="7081" Score="2" Text="For a definitive opinion as to whether this question is on-topic, see my question on [meta](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/613/should-questions-that-help-users-to-make-informed-decisions-be-allowed)." CreationDate="2017-03-21T09:44:28.643" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11903" PostId="7090" Score="0" Text="Its not really an option for me to start disconnecting things further, and I can't see any identifying label on the PSU other then the logo in the picture I added above." CreationDate="2017-03-21T10:01:10.903" UserId="5841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11904" PostId="7093" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the reply, but 5-pin modular power supply connector doesn't really seem to be very uniquely identifying. Also I seem googeling seem to suggest that these type of cables aren't really interchangeable. Perhaps you can help me Identify the PSU from the picture I have added above." CreationDate="2017-03-21T10:03:25.880" UserId="5841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11905" PostId="7091" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the reply, but 5-pin modular power unit cable doesn't really seem to be very uniquely identifying. Also I seem googeling seem to suggest that these type of cables aren't really interchangeable. Perhaps you can help me Identify the PSU manufacturer from the picture I have added above." CreationDate="2017-03-21T10:03:58.070" UserId="5841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11906" PostId="7093" Score="0" Text="Not by looking at the fan, no. I don't wish to be rude, but if you remove the PSU from the case, you will be able to identify it for yourself." CreationDate="2017-03-21T10:12:46.937" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11908" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="Without providing more information concerning your precise requirements, this question is highly subjective, and impossible to answer objectively. Speaking personally, I would avoid anything with *Radeon* in the name, since their drivers used to have (and may still have) a poor reputation, and I quickly learned to avoid them. Since I have never heard of ZOTAC and have had good experiences with Gigabyte kit, No. 4 would be my instinctive choice out of the boards that you list, but that's just my personal opinion. As to what is &quot;future-proof&quot;, I have no idea." CreationDate="2017-03-21T11:36:10.637" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11909" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="@Mick.. I haven't provided any precise requirements because I felt that all the 4 listed cards fall in same generation and they all meet similar requirements - budgets, mid-1080p performance, decent-good HEVC decoding/encoding etc. And future proof is being not to invest anything on GPU for at least 3 years. Instinctive and experience based choice is what I'm looking for. I've updated the question with this view." CreationDate="2017-03-21T11:46:24.310" UserId="5851" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11910" PostId="6432" Score="0" Text="Looks like it's clearly written socket AM3. I will send another memory information. I am using CPU-z" CreationDate="2017-03-21T12:06:01.687" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11911" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="Since they all appear to be 4GB boards, look for other differentiators: memory type and bandwidth, number of texel processors, connection types, etc. Without this information, we're back to personal prejudices, as per my answer." CreationDate="2017-03-21T12:26:57.683" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11912" PostId="7082" Score="1" Text="What are your requirements?&#xA;You can over provision CPU (and let the VMs compete for the CPU time), however you cannot give your VMs more RAM (in total) than available on your machine." CreationDate="2017-03-21T15:17:51.507" UserId="984" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11913" PostId="7048" Score="0" Text="Did you ever find anything? I have this exact need at the moment, too" CreationDate="2017-03-21T16:02:19.497" UserId="5853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11914" PostId="7093" Score="0" Text="Me neither, but removing the PSU doesn't seem like something that should be required in such an instance. Anyway, I ended up finding out that we had a leftover cables for the PSU, so the problem solved itself." CreationDate="2017-03-21T16:07:57.160" UserId="5841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11915" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="Could you be more specific? What do you plan on using the GPU for? Gaming, GPU acceleration etc..." CreationDate="2017-03-21T21:37:59.150" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11916" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="If you could provide links to the exact models of the cards, that would be a start." CreationDate="2017-03-21T21:38:02.020" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11917" PostId="7097" Score="0" Text="Considering your budget of $400 (USD?), as well as your use-case, my suggestion is leaning more towards a Ryzen 5 CPU rather than an Intel i5 or i7. However, I would like to know if AMD is an absolute no-go or if you would be willing to go with one of AMD's Ryzen CPUs." CreationDate="2017-03-21T21:45:44.470" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11918" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="Also, do you have a particular budget?" CreationDate="2017-03-21T22:10:52.497" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11920" PostId="7048" Score="0" Text="@KOGI Not yet, but I'll post an answer if I do!" CreationDate="2017-03-22T01:20:45.047" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11922" PostId="7104" Score="0" Text="Why wouldn't something like this work?: TP-Link 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Rackmount Switch (TL-SG1016) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HAJQGA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_heE0ybEVTG493" CreationDate="2017-03-22T02:29:34.870" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11923" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="@0-60FPS . My minimal requirements for the card is to setup an always on HTPC with onboard HEVC decoding and be able to play AAA titles at decent quality for the next 3-4 years. Budget is limited to sub-$200" CreationDate="2017-03-22T04:21:39.413" UserId="5851" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11924" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="@MrPublic . I have updated with the links." CreationDate="2017-03-22T04:21:55.847" UserId="5851" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11926" PostId="7104" Score="0" Text="It's way too wide for a 10&quot; cabinet." CreationDate="2017-03-22T11:02:59.697" UserId="5859" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11931" PostId="7104" Score="0" Text="Oops! I thought you meant 10&quot; deep! My bad!" CreationDate="2017-03-22T15:17:23.557" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11941" PostId="7109" Score="0" Text="You *can* migrate questions to a beta site - a moderator can migrate questions anywhere" CreationDate="2017-03-22T19:53:27.643" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11944" PostId="7109" Score="0" Text="@Art nice to know - I'll keep that in mind should this ever happen again :)" CreationDate="2017-03-22T19:57:04.700" UserId="5866" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11946" PostId="7109" Score="1" Text="Edited question to bring in line with an actual hardware request." CreationDate="2017-03-22T20:05:50.127" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11950" PostId="7090" Score="0" Text="Also..........this was a technical support question &gt;.&lt;" CreationDate="2017-03-22T20:21:45.903" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11952" PostId="7105" Score="0" Text="What is your budget, and how big is too big?" CreationDate="2017-03-23T03:50:21.410" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11953" PostId="7105" Score="0" Text="Something like the [Kingston SE9](http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/personal_business/dtse9h) would be nice. It doesn't have to be cheap." CreationDate="2017-03-23T07:37:53.030" UserId="5860" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11954" PostId="7082" Score="0" Text="Need more requirements." CreationDate="2017-03-23T09:18:49.753" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11955" PostId="7098" Score="0" Text="Which titles and what kind of performance are you looking to get? Certain games work better on NVidia/AMD cards." CreationDate="2017-03-23T09:22:40.060" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11959" PostId="7113" Score="0" Text="Honestly, for an older 1155 MOBO, I would suggest shopping used first, since you will usually find much better deals than shopping for new older socket MOBOs." CreationDate="2017-03-23T17:00:44.040" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11961" PostId="7113" Score="0" Text="Thanks! Do you have any website apart from amazon or ebay that you would recommend that ships outside the US?" CreationDate="2017-03-23T19:59:21.817" UserId="5876" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11963" PostId="7114" Score="0" Text="Any thickness or weight requirements?" CreationDate="2017-03-23T20:36:36.353" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11964" PostId="7113" Score="1" Text="@JeffryRomero You could also try Newegg (newegg.com). They ship internationally." CreationDate="2017-03-23T20:39:08.943" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11965" PostId="7114" Score="0" Text="None are listed!" CreationDate="2017-03-23T22:42:13.940" UserId="5877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11969" PostId="7090" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya only partially. I asked where I could get more such cables. That is asking for recommendations of where/how to get more hardware." CreationDate="2017-03-24T09:45:09.367" UserId="5841" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11972" PostId="7114" Score="0" Text="gigabit's standard. Anything with fast ethernet is probably truly terrible" CreationDate="2017-03-24T13:43:56.707" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11973" PostId="6192" Score="0" Text="This seems like a pretty bulky option for my scenario. Too many cords/adapters to get in the way..." CreationDate="2017-03-24T14:33:22.880" UserId="3645" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11981" PostId="7114" Score="0" Text="Any idea as to what software you're likely to be using? Also, weight requirements should probably be based on your preferences (I know I'd rather not lug around a laptop heavier than 2 kg all day)" CreationDate="2017-03-25T03:27:03.127" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11982" PostId="7090" Score="0" Text="@qonf  You asked primarily an identification request, with a secondary request of where to get more.   Generally asking more than one distinct question if frowned upon." CreationDate="2017-03-26T04:33:07.273" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11984" PostId="7130" Score="0" Text="I use a [Startech USB crash cart adapter](https://www.startech.com/Server-Management/KVM-Switches/USB-Crash-Cart-Adapter~NOTECONS02) with my laptop. Bring a VGA-&gt;HDMI adapter for your situation." CreationDate="2017-03-23T17:04:20.597" UserDisplayName="ewwhite" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11986" PostId="7114" Score="0" Text="I don't know about the software, but it shouldn't be too heavy because I would need to carry it around." CreationDate="2017-03-27T06:16:36.123" UserId="5877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11987" PostId="7130" Score="0" Text="Is there a budget requirement?" CreationDate="2017-03-27T10:15:25.750" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11988" PostId="7130" Score="0" Text="So, more or less a portable dumb terminal, laptop or better format, with pointing/keyboard right?" CreationDate="2017-03-27T10:17:46.877" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11990" PostId="7125" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I am asking for a hardware recommendation.  I'm interested in buying a mobile hotspot." CreationDate="2017-03-27T14:45:57.587" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11991" PostId="7125" Score="0" Text="Sorry, I must have missed that. It appeared that it was asking about cell service. I have removed my vote." CreationDate="2017-03-27T14:47:46.753" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11992" PostId="7125" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Well, it is somewhat related to cell service.  I'm interested in buying a mobile hotspot that comes with a $0 data plan." CreationDate="2017-03-27T14:53:20.483" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11993" PostId="7125" Score="0" Text="I think that you are ok, as service is part of a mobile hotspot. If anything, you might want to add your budget and roughly where this device will be used to make sure the device will actually work once you get it." CreationDate="2017-03-27T14:57:42.807" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11994" PostId="7131" Score="0" Text="If your airwaves are congested, they will be whatever wireless router you buy. I would suggest that you make sure that you have the AC3200 configured correctly before you bin it. Unfortunately, we don't deal with support requests on this stack. The folks on [Super User](https://superuser.com/) may be able to help you. Aternatively, you could try [ThinkBroadband](http://forums.thinkbroadband.com). They are UK based, but wireless problems are the same here as anywhere." CreationDate="2017-03-27T19:48:28.157" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11995" PostId="7131" Score="0" Text="This question is quite broad. There are many routers out there that fulfill your requirements. Can you edit your question to include anything else to narrow down the possibilities? What might help the most is telling us _why_ you think the Nighthawk is a &quot;piece of crap&quot;. That way, we can find products that address these issues. Also, please let you know the maximum price you are willing to spend on a replacement. Thanks!" CreationDate="2017-03-27T19:51:22.783" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11996" PostId="7133" Score="1" Text="Thanks, but I wouldn't be confident that an arbitrary industrial PC would know what to do with a USB monitor at the BIOS level. Once there's an OS installed, I'd be logging in via ssh anyway." CreationDate="2017-03-28T01:33:08.310" UserId="5914" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11997" PostId="7130" Score="0" Text="More or less, yes. Of course a classic dumb terminal would be RS232 or some other serial protocol, but same idea.&#xA;&#xA;As it happens (this question was in limbo over at ServerFault for a while) I've more or less settled on a Lilliput 7&quot; HDMI monitor and a separate USB keyboard. Although if anyone does have any radically different suggestions I may still be interested." CreationDate="2017-03-28T01:34:56.990" UserId="5914" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11998" PostId="7130" Score="0" Text="(Thanks also for the Crash Cart Adapter suggestion. It was a close call, but I've gone for the simpler and cheaper option of an actual monitor. Lingering doubts over whether the client software would work well in Linux, though they do claim support.)" CreationDate="2017-03-28T01:38:42.150" UserId="5914" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12000" PostId="7133" Score="0" Text="In that case, Lilliput makes portable, battery-powered (or mains powered) HDMI monitors.  Fasten one on the inside of a thin Pelican-branded case, with a keyboard on the other side, for an impromptu industrial dumb terminal." CreationDate="2017-03-28T13:56:05.557" UserId="5913" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12001" PostId="7139" Score="0" Text="You don't get to delete and re-ask your question because it got closed. Fix your existing question instead." CreationDate="2017-03-29T00:11:44.213" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12003" PostId="7148" Score="1" Text="I haven't heard or seen such a product either. I think it would be more difficult and therefore expensive to manufacture. Do you have a specific use case for this? The only thing that comes close as far as I can think of is Apple's Magic Mouse 2 with a metal bottom and a glass top trackpad (at least it felt like glass). It's not made for gaming (can't use the mouse while charging) and I think more professional gamers would trade an all metal mouse with more weight for a lighter mouse with customizable weight." CreationDate="2017-03-30T12:53:18.657" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12004" PostId="7155" Score="0" Text="The [Joby JB01389-BWW GripTight Mount PRO](https://www.amazon.de/Joby-JB01389-BWW-GripTight-Mount-PRO/dp/B01C7UYBAA?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&amp;tag=duckduckgo-ffab-de-21&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B01C7UYBAA) looks promising." CreationDate="2017-03-31T06:19:46.137" UserId="5937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12005" PostId="7089" Score="0" Text="well clients are all gonna use their mobile phones and I don't have any guarantee that they support 5GHz band, so I'm obligated to use only the 2.5GHz." CreationDate="2017-03-31T10:15:52.843" UserId="5840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12007" PostId="7089" Score="0" Text="No you are not. If half of them support 5Ghz (and that's pretty likely), then the band is already serving its purpose. Also there was an implied question in my former comment: *do* you need high throughput?" CreationDate="2017-03-31T12:36:53.960" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12008" PostId="7089" Score="0" Text="This makes a pretty good point.&#xA;Regarding the throughput, not at all. Simple HTML updates will be sent every 30 seconds, plus an image every 20 minutes. That's all" CreationDate="2017-03-31T12:44:22.137" UserId="5840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12009" PostId="7157" Score="0" Text="I will try buying 4 x TL-WA701ND access points and set 2 of them on channels 1 and 6 as well as bridging the other 2 and use the 12th channel.. or I might use 2 AP on 2.4MHz and the other 2 on 5MHz.. what do you think?" CreationDate="2017-03-31T13:34:17.993" UserId="5840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12011" PostId="7157" Score="0" Text="Antenna count isn't a reliable way to identify dual-band routers: [MIMO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO) and [antenna diversity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_diversity) both use multiple antennas on a single band; conversely, it's possible (but inefficient) to use a single antenna for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz." CreationDate="2017-03-31T19:44:42.213" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12016" PostId="7157" Score="0" Text="@Mark I tried to say that using &quot;One hint [...] But check the specifications.&quot; You think it's misleading like that?" CreationDate="2017-04-01T08:01:39.360" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12019" PostId="7003" Score="0" Text="It didn't work :/. See edit." CreationDate="2017-04-01T23:00:14.753" UserId="964" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12020" PostId="7162" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2017-04-03T00:07:19.370" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12022" PostId="7171" Score="0" Text="how is it being big a disadvantage?  Harder to lose that way lol." CreationDate="2017-04-03T03:33:36.483" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12024" PostId="7169" Score="0" Text="Voting to close: Primarily Opinion Based:   Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise.  (it is also too broad)" CreationDate="2017-04-03T03:35:09.263" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12025" PostId="7171" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya  I have tight pockets :)" CreationDate="2017-04-03T08:00:51.450" UserId="5645" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12028" PostId="7169" Score="0" Text="Even though your question is a bit too opinion based, let me give mine and hopefully point you in the right direction: I believe you would be better off investing in an Amp and DAC than an internal soundcard." CreationDate="2017-04-03T16:58:38.720" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12029" PostId="7169" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya I don't see why this is opinion-based... I have specific needs and things I want to achieve, and am by no way asking people if they do prefer internal or external sound cards but rather if I'll need an external one for what I want to do." CreationDate="2017-04-03T18:01:05.417" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12030" PostId="7169" Score="0" Text="@MrPublic Is a DAC the same thing as an external soundcard?" CreationDate="2017-04-03T18:01:32.133" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12031" PostId="7169" Score="0" Text="Can you tell us how you plan on using this? Obviously for listening to music, but are you planning on recording at all? What outputs/inputs do you need? Give us everything you know. While you are at it, I would remove the debate about internal/external cards and let the experts here explain their recommendations." CreationDate="2017-04-03T20:51:59.620" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12032" PostId="7176" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware recs! Can you add a bit more details to your answer please? If you remove the links from your answer, it becomes almost useless. We would like the make and model of the cameras as a start. Also, we would like only one device per answer, that way it gives the community to vote/comment on one device at a time." CreationDate="2017-04-03T21:02:20.443" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12033" PostId="7177" Score="0" Text="I'm confused. This notebook has to do database backups while off? Is this only going to be turned on a few times in the next 10 years? What happens if this laptop dies before they want it to?" CreationDate="2017-04-03T21:20:49.710" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12034" PostId="7176" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley, thanks for the clarification!  I'll try to clean it up a bit - and I get what your saying about the links.  Good point." CreationDate="2017-04-04T01:56:52.983" UserId="5966" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12035" PostId="7179" Score="1" Text="Hi. Link-only answers are generally considered low quality on the Stack Exchange network. Please consider adding the important details about your recommendations into the body of your answer." CreationDate="2017-04-04T03:46:04.907" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12037" PostId="7177" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley That's the problem. There are no backups, because the system &quot;sleeps&quot; while powered off. They have to keep the data for 10 years for legal reasons, it's not being worked with." CreationDate="2017-04-04T06:47:06.750" UserId="5967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12039" PostId="7176" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer! That looks very similar to what I wanted. Can't believe I didn't come across those. I'll wait if someone else have something in their sleeves though." CreationDate="2017-04-04T15:10:27.920" UserId="5941" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12040" PostId="7176" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley, I've fixed it up.  Thanks once again!" CreationDate="2017-04-04T15:24:24.810" UserId="5966" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12041" PostId="7176" Score="0" Text="@anonymous2 Thanks for cleaning this up. Looks good now!" CreationDate="2017-04-04T15:47:34.453" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12042" PostId="7177" Score="1" Text="I don't believe there's a good solution for ten years of cold storage: hard-drive bearings will lose lubrication and freeze up, while [solid-state drives will lose data](http://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the-truth-about-ssd-data-retention).  The rest of the computer will survive just fine, as long as you package it to keep dust and insects out." CreationDate="2017-04-04T20:09:33.050" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12043" PostId="7169" Score="0" Text="@Ctouw  Opinion based as everyone has differing views as to what is the best for the application you intend to use it for." CreationDate="2017-04-04T20:51:21.473" UserId="4523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12044" PostId="7162" Score="0" Text="Under $50 would be great, but I may go more." CreationDate="2017-04-04T21:45:15.443" UserId="5933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12046" PostId="7177" Score="0" Text="@Mark yeah I tried to persuade them to only use VMs for example, but they decided to use the laptop AND the VMs, so well...I'll do what's asked of me. They know about the possible risks and to be somewhat safe I'll use SSDs and archive all data on M-disks, too. So you believe just about _any_ notebook should be fine? I thought so, too, but just wanted to check. You can add that as answer if you want to." CreationDate="2017-04-05T07:00:55.353" UserId="5967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12047" PostId="7003" Score="0" Text="Sorry to bug ya, but if it's convenient, I have one more favour to ask. Can you issue the *hdparm --security-erase PWD /dev/sdx* command via your usb/pata interface, and tell me the output? Replace PWD with the master password, (usually NULL, but you can set a different with hdparm commands if you don't know it), and obvious /dev/sdx should be replaced with whatever letter your drive is. Completely understand if it's too much faff! :)" CreationDate="2017-04-05T13:19:25.940" UserId="964" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12050" PostId="7169" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Edited ;)" CreationDate="2017-04-06T09:18:05.230" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12051" PostId="7191" Score="1" Text="Please try and give us more information such as budget, country of purchase and what kind of research you have already done." CreationDate="2017-04-06T13:57:22.383" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12052" PostId="7191" Score="0" Text="Also, what paper types and sizes? Roll-fed or cut-sheet only? Dye or pigment ink? The more detail, the better." CreationDate="2017-04-06T16:07:52.977" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12053" PostId="7190" Score="2" Text="If framerate is not an issue, I believe the HDMI port on your motherboard will support 4K (3840x2160) at 30Hz, which is fine for Movies, TV shows, and general desktop use." CreationDate="2017-04-06T17:00:23.487" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12055" PostId="7189" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget? Internal hardware requirements aside from keyboard switch style?" CreationDate="2017-04-06T18:03:59.867" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12056" PostId="7189" Score="0" Text="Money is not a question here. I'm a typist and I work 90% of my time with my laptop so I need a functional, ergonomic keyboard - that gives me my old thinkpad. Rest of the hardware is relevant, except of one, the screen size should be 14&quot;+ &amp; resolution fHD or around it." CreationDate="2017-04-06T19:33:53.063" UserId="5981" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12061" PostId="7201" Score="0" Text="Are the speakers powered (active)?" CreationDate="2017-04-09T22:44:26.523" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12064" PostId="7202" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure I've seen a headset that switches from wireless to wired i/o when plugged in, only that the headset is being charged while normal wireless function occurs; My Logitech G930 sometimes drops connection for a few seconds, even when plugged in via USB." CreationDate="2017-04-10T16:11:27.323" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12065" PostId="7199" Score="0" Text="Nice. The only other thing I can think of is this: what is the existing PSU?" CreationDate="2017-04-10T16:52:15.227" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12066" PostId="6649" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answers! I'm looking for something smaller, but I appreciate the effort." CreationDate="2017-04-10T19:37:18.020" UserId="5364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12067" PostId="7199" Score="0" Text="The usual solution here is ducted fans, but those are generally custom-built for a specific setup." CreationDate="2017-04-10T20:13:05.387" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12068" PostId="7201" Score="0" Text="@Mick Yes they are." CreationDate="2017-04-10T22:56:46.567" UserId="1951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12070" PostId="7199" Score="0" Text="Have you thought about some ungodly peltier and a huge radiator? Basically the larger the radiator the more heat is transferred to the surroundings." CreationDate="2017-04-11T20:38:01.603" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12071" PostId="7199" Score="0" Text="@Avamander is there an existing setup so I can see how hardcore other people have gone with that idea?" CreationDate="2017-04-12T05:14:13.027" UserId="4832" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12072" PostId="7199" Score="0" Text="@ArashHowaida I think you'd be better off googling something like &quot;extreme passive cooling&quot; or &quot;(enter Xeon Phi wattage here) watt passive cooling&quot;." CreationDate="2017-04-12T09:55:08.790" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12073" PostId="7212" Score="1" Text="You might also want to look at getting a display color calibrator (like a Sypder5 or Colormunki) if you're concerned about color accuracy" CreationDate="2017-04-13T00:29:30.080" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12076" PostId="7212" Score="1" Text="MrPublic, I am very satisfied with your answer and you helped me to decide. Thank you too very much @NoahL, Yes I will. It's my first to buy a highend laptop...that's why I asked. :D" CreationDate="2017-04-13T04:57:39.677" UserId="5344" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12077" PostId="7213" Score="0" Text="I've approved your edit, but in future you should sign in to your account to edit your question, as then it doesn't have to go through the review process. I've also removed your question about used phones and spyware since that isn't on-topic here, but the recommendation you're asking for is." CreationDate="2017-04-13T09:44:33.077" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12079" PostId="7214" Score="0" Text="You may want to call up MSI Support to see if you can buy a single fan from them. That way it is guaranteed to work with your laptop." CreationDate="2017-04-13T14:14:25.517" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12080" PostId="7214" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley My problem isn't whether the fan is going to work with the my laptop or not but rather which brand should I get (I've found several) since I don't think they (MSI) can ship to my country (Morocco). Plus, I've found out that the MSI GE60 series has always had a problem with CPU fans so I'm rather reluctant to buying a new one from MSI. Thanks" CreationDate="2017-04-13T14:24:14.173" UserId="6017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12081" PostId="7211" Score="0" Text="Thank you for asking this! I had the exact same question, but I was going to add the New Razer  Blade as well." CreationDate="2017-04-13T15:56:26.453" UserId="1804" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12086" PostId="7220" Score="0" Text="The easiest way to tell where the bottleneck is is to profile CPU, GPU, memory and IO utilisation." CreationDate="2017-04-14T13:02:32.897" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12087" PostId="7220" Score="0" Text="ffmpeg doesn't have GPU acceleration, so I doubt it's the GPU. Try (like @Alpha3031 said) monitoring I/O, CPU, and memory resources to figure out where your bottleneck is" CreationDate="2017-04-14T15:20:41.047" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12089" PostId="6742" Score="0" Text="@NoahL both Apple and Microsoft use mechanical switches for clicks. They are only touch for gestures (scroll, swipe, etc). They generally do this so that the mice will function as basic mice without software or OS support." CreationDate="2017-04-16T00:12:51.803" UserId="5486" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12090" PostId="6742" Score="0" Text="@DanV as stated above, except with the addition of right click" CreationDate="2017-04-16T00:13:42.213" UserId="5486" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12096" PostId="6254" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya That seems to be a slight issue with the Community-Bot... Bumping questions to the top that are very unlikely to be accepted because the OP has not been seen in ages (when you check their profile)." CreationDate="2017-04-18T03:01:21.667" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12097" PostId="7237" Score="0" Text="I am planning to use this server's CPU and GPU power to render 3D animations, which could benefit from using CUDA. Since the performance gain with GeForce graphics cards would be significant for me, a Tesla GPU would be overkill. Therefore a GeForce card would be preferred to minimize cost. This idea came to my mind as featured in Linus' video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhZJ66l82r8&amp;t=790s . He was able to install consumer grade graphics cards into the server, therefore, as long it fits physically into the slot, I assume it will be compatible, am I right? The VCA is out of my budget." CreationDate="2017-04-18T04:24:30.003" UserId="6042" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12098" PostId="7237" Score="0" Text="It might work, but I'm not sure you want to lay down that much cash (for the GPUs) before testing it with a GPU you already have or one you borrow from a friend (also know that the server you are looking at runs Linux, and I'm not sure if you need Windows if it will work or what other problems there might be" CreationDate="2017-04-18T04:42:25.010" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12101" PostId="7235" Score="0" Text="Great Thanks, I went with this, hopefully it will arrive soon! I will use the rest of my budget to upgrade it to Windows 10 Pro!" CreationDate="2017-04-18T09:01:52.237" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12107" PostId="7236" Score="1" Text="Great question.  Wrong forum.  You should ask this question on SuperUser." CreationDate="2017-04-18T12:47:39.360" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12108" PostId="1849" Score="1" Text="What's wrong with an actual ATX PSU?  Also, add how many drives you're trying to power to the question." CreationDate="2017-04-18T13:29:25.550" UserId="5913" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12111" PostId="7244" Score="1" Text="In its current form this question falls under &quot;tech support&quot;. With a little research you should be able to find several aftermarket laptop cooling solutions and hacks such as applying new thermal paste or an under-laptop cooling pad. Laptops are tough to work inside due to space limitations. You probably just need to clean out the fans and vents internally" CreationDate="2017-04-18T19:04:06.683" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12112" PostId="7241" Score="0" Text="I recommend two hard drives, so that when one fails, you can read the data off the other one." CreationDate="2017-04-18T21:25:39.933" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12113" PostId="7240" Score="0" Text="What size drives?  2.5-inch, 3.5-inch, 1.8-inch, something else entirely?" CreationDate="2017-04-18T21:26:55.740" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12114" PostId="7241" Score="0" Text="^^^^ @Mark is describing a RAID setup." CreationDate="2017-04-19T00:04:04.160" UserDisplayName="user5796" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12115" PostId="7241" Score="2" Text="I'd recommend a NAS or external RAID controller with server-grade or NAS-grade HDDs. Personally, I use WD Red drives, and when you look for drives, look for something designed to be running constantly." CreationDate="2017-04-19T04:07:15.643" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12116" PostId="7244" Score="0" Text="I'm surprised that you managed to heat your core(s)/GPU's up to &gt; 100° C that thermal protection shuts off your computer with stock core speed settings. Did you manage to overclock your laptop or something? I find it strange that a well known manufacturer's quality control would be so terrible." CreationDate="2017-04-19T04:10:44.223" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12117" PostId="952" Score="1" Text="While TEC modules are pretty cool devices, they aren't all that effective when the [core is under load](http://www.legitreviews.com/the-chilltec-thermoelectric-cpu-cooler-review_491/5)." CreationDate="2017-04-19T04:17:38.297" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12118" PostId="7214" Score="0" Text="@RedanN laptop fans aren't usually sold on a by-part basis unlike desktop fans. You're probably not going to find a specific fan just for you. That's why Cfinley recommended you talk to MSI b/c they are most likely to have your specific laptop fan." CreationDate="2017-04-19T04:23:57.717" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12119" PostId="7240" Score="0" Text="What about something like this?: https://www.kanguru.com/mobile/m.duplicators-kanguruclone-hard-drive-duplicator-11hd-tower.html" CreationDate="2017-04-19T04:28:04.433" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12120" PostId="7241" Score="0" Text="I agree with NoahL, a Network Attached Server would be a great way to store your videos. I have a 3tb NAS server running in my college dorms and I can stream 1080p movies off it through my campus' router array. There are plently of ready to deploy NAS servers you can buy, or [you could try setting up a network share yourself](http://www.freenas.org/)" CreationDate="2017-04-19T04:32:19.403" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12121" PostId="7240" Score="0" Text="This is a bunch of similar stuff from the same site: https://www.kanguru.com/mobile/m.duplicators-hard-drive-solid-state-drive.html" CreationDate="2017-04-19T04:40:27.590" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12122" PostId="7196" Score="0" Text="If you were to put the system together yourself it would bring down the cost massively. [PC Part Picker is great site for this](https://pcpartpicker.com/)" CreationDate="2017-04-19T04:41:32.470" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12124" PostId="7244" Score="0" Text="Voting to close as &quot;technical support request&quot;." CreationDate="2017-04-19T05:48:57.287" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12126" PostId="7244" Score="0" Text="No I didn't overclock, I just don't have separate GPU's to handle graphic processing, all of it needs to be handled to CPU. @Bennet Yeo" CreationDate="2017-04-19T07:25:10.753" UserId="4040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12127" PostId="7240" Score="0" Text="@NoahL thanks I'll check it out." CreationDate="2017-04-19T07:27:25.290" UserId="2158" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12128" PostId="7240" Score="0" Text="@Mark The drives are exactly like in the picture." CreationDate="2017-04-19T07:27:54.000" UserId="2158" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12129" PostId="7247" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your reply. Yeah I'm doing this at work so I can bring up a proposition to the boss in order to get the appropriate finances. We have been having a lot of problems with the recording on these drives so I wanted to find the most efficient way to format in bulk." CreationDate="2017-04-19T07:30:49.013" UserId="2158" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12130" PostId="952" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo: luckily this is for a chamber in which complete low power devices are placed and cooled down" CreationDate="2017-04-19T08:05:18.907" UserId="773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12138" PostId="7244" Score="0" Text="@GypsyCosmonaut Even if you're using your integrated graphics card, it's pretty crazy that the laptop is heating itself so much. Perhaps you should install some software like [Core Temp](http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/) and confirm you're really hitting really high temps. Additionally if you really do find that your gpu is able to generate so much heat in tadem with your core, if you have a usb c connection you could purchase a desktop gpu and use a seperated graphics card to run programs." CreationDate="2017-04-19T21:45:54.677" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12140" PostId="7255" Score="0" Text="The 4790K already has a 4.4 GHz max turbo... Unless you can return your current CPU, I doubt it'll be a worthwhile upgrade." CreationDate="2017-04-20T06:30:22.330" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12142" PostId="7256" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer but in the website you gave they had only desktop cooling solution whereas in my case it's a laptop." CreationDate="2017-04-20T09:02:31.477" UserId="6017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12143" PostId="7256" Score="0" Text="https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-Replacement-Toshiba-Satellite-purchase/dp/B00CMO72J4" CreationDate="2017-04-20T09:35:54.217" UserId="6054" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12144" PostId="7255" Score="0" Text="If it already has 4.4 GHz turbo, wouldn't it be more when overclocking it?" CreationDate="2017-04-20T16:08:01.377" UserId="6052" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12145" PostId="7257" Score="0" Text="What form factor? Rackmount? Tower? Will it be in a server room or a shared work area?" CreationDate="2017-04-20T16:59:13.930" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12146" PostId="7257" Score="0" Text="@NoahL, regarding the form factor, I will be glad for any suggestion right now. regarding the storage place, it will eventually be servers room." CreationDate="2017-04-20T17:17:11.167" UserId="6056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12147" PostId="7257" Score="0" Text="Here's a good site to start. This is for an HP workstation, but configured correctly, it will have more power than most servers and will run quietly (because it's destined to be run in an office). http://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?catalogId=10051&amp;urlLangId=&amp;langId=-1&amp;storeId=10151&amp;catEntryId=839174&amp;quantity=1" CreationDate="2017-04-20T18:39:33.783" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12148" PostId="7255" Score="1" Text="That would be correct, but nonetheless, I would not expect you to raise the frequency much further without hitting thermal or voltage ceilings. The [HWBot average overclock](http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/core_i7_4790k/) for the CPU under water cooling is just 4.8 GHz. It does depend on how well you do on the silicon lottery though. I also do not expect you to gain much performance: Unless you use very CPU heavy applications, your computer is unlikely to be CPU bound." CreationDate="2017-04-21T03:49:25.547" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12149" PostId="7258" Score="1" Text="Would something like a Samsung Gear S2 3g be along the lines of what you are looking for? It has a microphone and a speaker." CreationDate="2017-04-21T04:20:23.583" UserId="3980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12151" PostId="7256" Score="0" Text="While this link *may* answer the question (I can't tell), it would be better to quote the relevant parts of the linked page here, and leave the link for reference. Unquoted links are liable to become dead links, and then this answer becomes useless." CreationDate="2017-04-21T10:25:03.257" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12152" PostId="7258" Score="0" Text="That's appears to be an option for sure... Thanks for mentioning it!" CreationDate="2017-04-21T11:32:00.090" UserId="6057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12153" PostId="7259" Score="0" Text="XP?  I highly doubt it." CreationDate="2017-04-21T13:31:25.490" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12155" PostId="7267" Score="0" Text="1 million users? I'd recommend getting someone else to host it (like AWS, for example) unless you want to spend a lot of money on servers, your internet connection, and spend all of your time doing server and network maintenance." CreationDate="2017-04-23T16:22:18.100" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12156" PostId="7269" Score="0" Text="It's hard to tell from the picture - could it be a PATA connector? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA" CreationDate="2017-04-23T16:24:43.917" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12157" PostId="7267" Score="1" Text="Oh, sorry but I don't know if you understand me. I want to rent server from for example OVH. It is maybe because of not clearly asked question, sorry." CreationDate="2017-04-23T16:29:21.310" UserId="6070" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12158" PostId="7266" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much. I did not find any information about a pressure sensor in the S2. Is this pressure sensing only a derived quantity from the area of the fingerprint or a real pressure sensor (like apple smartphones have)?" CreationDate="2017-04-24T06:25:27.770" UserId="6062" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12159" PostId="7266" Score="0" Text="I wouldn't know sorry, maybe someone else can help?" CreationDate="2017-04-24T18:29:15.993" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12160" PostId="7271" Score="0" Text="I uh... do you mean projectors?" CreationDate="2017-04-24T19:55:31.163" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12161" PostId="7271" Score="0" Text="Just playing on that intention, this falls under technical support. To answer the questions in your last paragraph, you are going to want to look for &quot;lumens&quot;. Resolution and refresh rate should be your next measures of quality." CreationDate="2017-04-24T19:58:51.740" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12162" PostId="7271" Score="0" Text="Doh, @JaredT. In my country, we usually call them &quot;Beamer&quot;. I never actually was aware until now that they are not called that in english. :) Fixed." CreationDate="2017-04-24T20:07:18.817" UserId="6081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12163" PostId="7277" Score="0" Text="Thanks. So, what is the effect of using the old PSU?" CreationDate="2017-04-25T11:26:19.080" UserId="6011" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12164" PostId="7275" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your answer. To be honest, I didn't get your comment about efficiency." CreationDate="2017-04-25T11:33:30.757" UserId="6011" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12165" PostId="7280" Score="0" Text="Seems the NZXT case includes fans: http://i.imgur.com/zTdckiQ.png" CreationDate="2017-04-25T11:40:26.773" UserId="5164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12166" PostId="7280" Score="0" Text="Would it be good strategy to just buy a 1000w power supply to be on the safe side?" CreationDate="2017-04-25T11:47:29.783" UserId="5164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12167" PostId="7275" Score="1" Text="If a PSU is 80% efficient (which is typical for a decent brand), then to deliver 350W to your components, it has to generate 438W internally. The wasted energy is then given off as heat. And the efficiency of the PSU varies depending on load: if your PSU is running at half load, the efficiency might be 82%, but at full load, the efficiency might drop down to 70%. So your PSU will work with your components, but at best, it will get hot under heavy loads, and if sustained, it may not be able to deliver what is needed and it will certainly shorten it's life. (So get a decent new one....)" CreationDate="2017-04-25T11:48:36.697" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12168" PostId="7280" Score="0" Text="If you want to blow your money it, sure. Otherwise? I'd rather not use that. Especially if you take your electricity bill into account. The question is what kind of upgrade plan you got in mind? Are those additional GPUs more a &quot;maybe someday&quot; or &quot;within a week of buying the system&quot;? From what I can see that PSU should be sufficient (at least for a single card). You might want to double check motherboard and CPU compatibility. I do remember some artificial barriers for Xeon on consumer motherboards." CreationDate="2017-04-25T12:06:22.747" UserId="6088" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12169" PostId="7270" Score="0" Text="I really like the idea of the WDTV box.  Do you have any suggestions on the version or generation?  From a quick search on YouTube, I found some people have custom thumbnails for the video genres, which would be nice for my purposes, since I want to have different shows and seasons." CreationDate="2017-04-25T15:03:51.357" UserId="2393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12170" PostId="7270" Score="0" Text="TBH, the last version I was aware of was WDTV Live, but I don't know if it or it's siblings are even still on sale. But there are loads of similar Media Players floating around, so what you can get hold of in your neck of the woods. Make sure you read a lot of reviews!" CreationDate="2017-04-25T15:20:14.477" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12171" PostId="7270" Score="0" Text="Since you have had experience with multiple pieces of hardware, maybe you can answer this too; If I am just looking to view my own video files (movies and TV shows), which offers the best user experience?  Like, the ability to sort by genre and a recently watched list (to easily start where you left off in a TV series) would be nice features to have." CreationDate="2017-04-25T15:39:19.583" UserId="2393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12172" PostId="7270" Score="0" Text="Most devices give you the choice of viewing in their original folder structure or grouped together as a pool, and most have various forms of search and filtering, and many will also check the web for cover images, ratings, background material trailers..." CreationDate="2017-04-25T17:04:57.420" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12173" PostId="7270" Score="0" Text="Many will also indicate if a video has been watched and how far through you got, so you can pick up where you left off - so it should be easy for you to track your progress through a series." CreationDate="2017-04-25T17:07:22.333" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12174" PostId="7270" Score="0" Text="I'd find out what you actually have access to in your area, and then run through some in-depth review; if they are recognised brands, you should be able to find some decent reviews..." CreationDate="2017-04-25T17:11:06.477" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12175" PostId="7277" Score="1" Text="@Hossein, maybe it'll work, maybe it won't, maybe it'll catch fire.  Your current PSU has only about 70% the 12V output of a 450W PSU from Seasonic or Corsair, and modern computers draw almost all their power from the 12V line.  You'll be on the edge of overloading your current PSU, and no-name brands don't have the reliable overload protection that quality brands do." CreationDate="2017-04-25T20:12:40.607" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12177" PostId="7278" Score="0" Text="Wouldn't you be looking DVI and VGA or 2HDMI?  I could be wrong but I don't think even usb3.0 can push more then 2 monitors through their bandwidth." CreationDate="2017-04-26T01:28:19.430" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12178" PostId="7277" Score="1" Text="@Hossein like mark said, it's better to use a new PSU with a brand new PC. There is always degradation in hardware. Old PSU's also don't support the newer C states that the CPU is capable off. That could result in a system not wanting to boot and big stability issue's. No-Brand PSU's also don't have the quality CAPS like real brands do. So when using such a high end GPU and decent hardware, get a brandnew one." CreationDate="2017-04-26T08:49:35.803" UserId="6087" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12180" PostId="7280" Score="1" Text="@qed I estimate your peak load would be 350W, The measured efficiency of that PSU is 89% at half load, so that means to supply 350W the PSU would need to generate perhaps 393W, with the wasted 11% given off mainly as heat. If you needed 550W (near the maximum the PSU can supply) the efficiency drops down to 86% (still very good) which means the PSU would then have to generate 643W, so it would be getting quite hot at times." CreationDate="2017-04-26T09:34:45.270" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12181" PostId="7280" Score="0" Text="@qed If you bought a 1000W PSU, then even when you are running under full load, you wouldn't be running anywhere near half-load, which is more inefficient, just as if you were running at full load. If you bought a lower quality 1KW unit, you might find the efficiency is much worse than that EVGA unit, and thus you will pay more for the PSU and more for the electricity." CreationDate="2017-04-26T09:39:13.980" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12182" PostId="7280" Score="0" Text="Thanks @CJM for pointing it out. I actually had a misconception about how the efficiency rating works. My assumption was that it only reached max efficiency at 80%+ load and would be worse below (don't ask why ... that's just how it was)." CreationDate="2017-04-26T09:39:17.310" UserId="6088" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12183" PostId="7280" Score="1" Text="@qed - finally... if you needed 550W, then it may be better getting a 1KW PSU running at half load, rather than that 650W PSU running at full load. OK, I'm done - here endeth the lecture." CreationDate="2017-04-26T09:41:04.660" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12184" PostId="7280" Score="0" Text="https://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/05/16/evga_supernova_nex650g_650w_power_supply_review/6" CreationDate="2017-04-26T09:41:38.507" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12186" PostId="7271" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's looking for general purchasing advice, which isn't within our scope." CreationDate="2017-04-27T11:50:38.507" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12187" PostId="7271" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode, after reading the help center more closely it seems like I indeed misunderstood this part of SE - it seems like exactly the kind of question that is not acceptable on, for example, SO, is the one that is *required* here; so instead of asking about help on how to research which hardware would fit my needs, I should be asking about concrete models. What do you say - should I reformulate this question or delete it and create a new one?" CreationDate="2017-04-27T15:11:36.073" UserId="6081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12188" PostId="7271" Score="0" Text="Yep. Shopping is off-topic on SO, but it's the whole purpose of this site, so ask away. Which of those you do is up to you - if keeping this question but editing would help, you can do that, or delete and re-ask if that's easier." CreationDate="2017-04-27T15:16:00.033" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12189" PostId="7275" Score="1" Text="@Hossein, power supply efficiency varies with the load.  Most power supplies are most efficient when the load is somewhere between 50% and 70% of rated capacity." CreationDate="2017-04-27T20:14:06.753" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12190" PostId="7294" Score="0" Text="Thank you Mark, i'm a little paranoic about image quality since i recently bought a 22&quot; polaroid hdtv and tried to use it as a monitor, but the quality was pretty bad, in order to see a sharp image i needed to set a high brightness and contrast... For a dark image it was ok, but when i opened a webpage or text document with white background my eyes hurt... So i hope that this will not be the case. That's why i'm now looking all the specs before i make another bad purchase..." CreationDate="2017-04-27T22:04:55.380" UserId="6105" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12192" PostId="7299" Score="0" Text="That's not what I want, I want something that allows you to pay $0 a month." CreationDate="2017-04-28T04:45:39.407" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12193" PostId="7296" Score="0" Text="OK thanks, looks nicely integrated. Unfortunately it is about 3 times more than I would like to spend and 5 times the retail cost of individual devices mentioned above plus a few accessories." CreationDate="2017-04-28T11:57:09.260" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12195" PostId="7299" Score="0" Text="That's up to the service provider. I've been using these devices at $0 for years, using several different providers." CreationDate="2017-04-28T23:54:53.347" UserId="6079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12196" PostId="7299" Score="0" Text="Oh ok.  Can you tell me some providers that charge $0 a month?" CreationDate="2017-04-29T00:31:28.833" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12197" PostId="6835" Score="0" Text="@StephanHenningsen Did you ever try out Znaps?  If so how is it?" CreationDate="2017-04-29T00:39:27.530" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12198" PostId="7299" Score="0" Text="Well, no, I don't even know which countries you're interested in. Free calling sounds like bad business though, so I don't think there's many without some catch or other. What's more usual is that there's no subscription, but that you pay small rates for calls to phone numbers. Of couse, if you're only interested in calling from one internet user to another, then that's obviously free of charge." CreationDate="2017-04-30T00:49:32.427" UserId="6079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12199" PostId="7299" Score="0" Text="I live in America, and I'm primarily interested in domestic calling.  Are you aware of any service providers that charge $0 per month and $0 for any domestic calls?" CreationDate="2017-04-30T01:07:49.880" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12200" PostId="7299" Score="0" Text="No, I'm Norwegian. :)" CreationDate="2017-04-30T01:15:31.290" UserId="6079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12201" PostId="6925" Score="0" Text="You could also consider running a fileshare on ubuntu off a raspberry pi." CreationDate="2017-04-30T01:27:36.893" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12202" PostId="7309" Score="1" Text="I like Western Digital's stuff, but that's my personal opinion and isn't based in facts or evidence" CreationDate="2017-04-30T09:04:22.727" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12204" PostId="7309" Score="0" Text="[HGST](https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-benchmark-stats-2016/)" CreationDate="2017-05-01T11:19:38.480" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12205" PostId="7309" Score="0" Text="Before we can recommend a specific model, we need a bit more info: a) Do you have a hard price limit? Do you want an internal or an external drive? Do you care about size as long as it's &gt;=2TB? Do you have any other special wishes (like 2.5&quot; vs 3.5&quot;)?" CreationDate="2017-05-01T15:59:00.857" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12206" PostId="7312" Score="1" Text="The difference between Western Digital hard drives is in firmware design, not in durability.  WD Purple is optimized for simultaneous sequential writes; WD Red is optimized for random read and write access." CreationDate="2017-05-01T20:22:39.937" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12207" PostId="7281" Score="0" Text="SSD all the way.  Samsung 840/850  Faster, more reliable,less power, and etc." CreationDate="2017-05-02T01:44:09.117" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12208" PostId="7241" Score="0" Text="How much does cost matter?  A samsung 2tb 850 ssd is $700, but is way more reliable than any hdd.  They have no moving parts to fail." CreationDate="2017-05-02T01:47:24.293" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12209" PostId="7317" Score="0" Text="Yeah, I don't want a solution that requires DIY work or coding, I just want to be a Logitech Harmony-like product that does everything for me." CreationDate="2017-05-02T02:39:35.007" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12211" PostId="7317" Score="0" Text="You might be to load Kodi media center, formerly XMBC, and that might make it easier. You could certainly add a USB Ir-reciever to the Pi 3, and then control it that way. It would still take some work to configure the first tim  At any rate HDMI-CEC is the only 2 way (send and receive) method of talking to all the devices I know." CreationDate="2017-05-02T03:06:47.613" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12212" PostId="7288" Score="0" Text="You might be able to get a separate USB wifi dongle with USB adapter for your phone.  I have a phone to USB adapter for an endoscope, and since it is USB it should be able to handle other devices." CreationDate="2017-05-02T03:09:48.877" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12213" PostId="7317" Score="0" Text="Well, I'm willing to do basic configuration, like the sort of configuration I do for my Logitech Harmony remotes: I specify what devices I have, what devices a given activity should turn on, what input the devices should be set to, and what each button on the remote should do.  But I'm reluctant to do anything technical." CreationDate="2017-05-02T03:13:23.507" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12214" PostId="7317" Score="0" Text="FYI: Minimum testing effort.  Get kodi and install it to a USB stick.  Buy a usb cec device.  Plug the USB CEC into hdmi.  Boot laptop or computer from USB kodi.  Then you could test the CEC functionality.  You could also get a usb ir-da reciever for testing.  However, that is about $80 worth of parts you might have to send back if it doesn't work as expected.  However, if it does work, you can get pi 3 cheap, and hook everything up to it." CreationDate="2017-05-02T04:09:22.823" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12215" PostId="7036" Score="0" Text="If you want to remodel your interior to have metal walls, you can build this right away:&#xA;&#xA;http://www.iflscience.com/technology/disney-researchers-make-wireless-power-transfer-breakthrough/&#xA;&#xA;Link described by URL" CreationDate="2017-05-02T09:05:10.290" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12216" PostId="7053" Score="0" Text="I recommend that you find a laptop with a chassis and CPU that you like for a nice price, then just upgrade the SSD and RAM on your own.  You'll likely save money, and not be limited by factory available models.  Sell the removed guts." CreationDate="2017-05-02T09:09:04.503" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12217" PostId="7293" Score="0" Text="LCD is not a con, LED is a light technology not a display technology.  The Asus VP228H is a TN LCD panel which DOES have LCD backlighting." CreationDate="2017-05-02T09:15:24.270" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12218" PostId="7294" Score="0" Text="Try setting that same TV to &quot;game mode&quot; or &quot;pc mode&quot;.  It will likely dramatically improve readability and response time." CreationDate="2017-05-02T09:17:02.637" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12219" PostId="7288" Score="0" Text="A longer antenna won't necessarily improve your reception.  Wi-Fi operates at much higher frequencies than e.g. an old analog TV with 'rabbit ears'.  An antenna longer than a few cm would cause more interference than reduce it." CreationDate="2017-05-02T09:23:57.713" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12221" PostId="7036" Score="0" Text="@RajHuff That's a prototype, not a commercially available product.  The two products listed in my question are or will be commercially available some time in the near future." CreationDate="2017-05-02T14:15:52.593" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12222" PostId="7310" Score="0" Text="There is a ton of info here that isn't necessary. You need a non-gaming video card with two outputs (HDMI | VGA | DVI | DP) and a KVM that has Z number of inputs and outputs in (USB | HDMI | DVI). Can you edit your question for clarity please?" CreationDate="2017-05-02T14:53:59.500" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12223" PostId="7320" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget in mind? An old iPad sounds like it would suit your needs and wouldn't be more than $150-200. There are tons of 360-degree-hinged laptops and netbooks on the market these days too." CreationDate="2017-05-02T14:56:14.537" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12224" PostId="7320" Score="0" Text="$150-200 is fine, but the 9.7 inch screen of the old iPad is not enough. I am not aware of 360-degree-hinged laptops with screens larger than 11.6 inches (and 11.6 inches in 16:9 is also not enough); a pointer to 360-degree-hinged laptop models with 13+ inch screens would be much appreciated." CreationDate="2017-05-02T15:07:13.690" UserId="6130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12225" PostId="7319" Score="0" Text="Do you have any distinct dimensions you need a case to fit into? Any objective measures of &quot;small&quot;?" CreationDate="2017-05-02T16:58:44.723" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12226" PostId="7319" Score="0" Text="@JaredT no, just as small as possible" CreationDate="2017-05-02T17:05:16.987" UserId="6127" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12227" PostId="7294" Score="0" Text="Thank you Rajj, i tried all options in the TV on both VGA and HDMI inputs but didn't help... i ended returning the product..." CreationDate="2017-05-02T17:18:46.120" UserId="6105" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12228" PostId="7293" Score="0" Text="Thank you Rajj, so any recommendation?" CreationDate="2017-05-02T17:19:21.827" UserId="6105" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12229" PostId="7036" Score="0" Text="@KeshavSrinivasan I didn't understand your question as purchasable consumer merchandise.  The link above references a working system in place now.  If I find a commercial product for you to buy I'll add an actual answer instead of a comment." CreationDate="2017-05-02T19:53:52.997" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12230" PostId="7036" Score="0" Text="@RajHuff Well, this is a Hardware Recommendations site, so I thought it was understood that I wanted a product to buy." CreationDate="2017-05-02T20:02:26.143" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12231" PostId="7293" Score="0" Text="Of the three you mentioned I would personally go for the Asus model.  But if not for gaming use, I prefer monitors with more horizontal lines of resolution for easier reading, such as 1200P.  If you're still looking beyond these three, consider that Windows is releasing an update which dims and reduces blue light, alleviating eye strain.  The cheapest option would likely suit your needs as well as any other." CreationDate="2017-05-02T20:02:28.063" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12232" PostId="7322" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2017-05-03T13:31:34.960" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12234" PostId="7325" Score="0" Text="If you are able to settle with a PCIe card, I suggest looking at a Dual 10Gbps NIC instead." CreationDate="2017-05-04T19:25:38.823" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12235" PostId="7325" Score="1" Text="[Newegg lists about 20 of them](https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&amp;Subcategory=280&amp;N=100007627%20600533617%20600026698%208000%204814%20600533616%20601205171&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;IsPowerSearch=1), ranging in price from $180 to $650, with a corresponding range of capabilities.  Do you have any criteria beyond &quot;dual LAN&quot; and &quot;Intel High-End processor&quot;?" CreationDate="2017-05-04T20:27:22.937" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12238" PostId="7316" Score="0" Text="Also bonus: SSDs only &quot;age&quot; when you write and not so much when you read as opposed to HDDs which &quot;age&quot; on both kinds of access." CreationDate="2017-05-06T09:56:19.820" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12239" PostId="7334" Score="0" Text="So what you need is a &quot;repeater&quot;, that picks up the ISP router's wifi signal and re-broadcasts it (under the same security and SSID configuration)?" CreationDate="2017-05-06T09:59:57.377" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12240" PostId="7334" Score="0" Text="YES. However, often a router does the job." CreationDate="2017-05-06T10:55:29.290" UserId="5043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12246" PostId="7322" Score="0" Text="200 EUR / 220 USD" CreationDate="2017-05-07T15:04:46.997" UserId="3745" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12247" PostId="7343" Score="0" Text="If you would have around 1000 (+/- 500) bucks, and assume you want to buy a new Laptop (touchscreen unnecessary), which is fast and a compromise in Battery Life, Display Size, Weight, Processor, Memory and Storage. If you had the choice, how would you decide which Laptop to buy, if you want to run a Linux like Arch or Ubuntu on it?" CreationDate="2017-05-07T16:11:16.557" UserId="6157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12248" PostId="7343" Score="0" Text="I would decide by features, numbers and build quality. Comparing all 4 or 5 devices the Librem 13 and Galago Pro do not appear to be very competitive against Dell's and Lenovo's offers. Since I have used Thinkpads a lot I would try the Dell for a change, regarding the Carbon you have to option of waiting for a good deal on the old Skylake model or the newer Kabylake model that's on par with Dell's… which should be refreshed a few weeks/months after Carbon 5th Gen. Getting the older for cheap could be the wiser choice (I bought my T560 on the first day :( )." CreationDate="2017-05-07T19:30:01.533" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12249" PostId="7343" Score="0" Text="And you should check for signing coils (&quot;Spulenfiepen&quot;) in these ultra portable devices. I noticed this problem on my C302 during charging and sometimes under heavy load, it's okay for me but YMMV. The choice of display resolution is up to you, better pick the brighter panel and avoid HiDPI if your desktop environment still has problems with it." CreationDate="2017-05-07T19:33:05.403" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12250" PostId="7343" Score="0" Text="What is the advantage of Thinkpad X1 Carbon against Lenovo Thinkpad E470 besides the weight (1,87 kg) and does the lower max resolution 1920x1080 really matter?" CreationDate="2017-05-08T00:07:48.113" UserId="6157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12251" PostId="7343" Score="0" Text="E470 is bigger (339×242×23,7 vs 323,5×217,1×15,95mm), only has SATA storage, 45Wh battery, no USB-C ports/charging, worse [display](https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-E470-Core-i5-GeForce-940MX-Notebook-Review.189999.0.html), no backlit keyboard, less pleasant haptics. Resolution doesn't matter on typical laptops regarding resources. It depends on how your DE can handle HiDPI, your preference and eye sight. You may find different components in E470 that don't work as well with Linux as the ones in Carbon. 5th gen is already sold in Germany, I clearly browse to many similar sites." CreationDate="2017-05-08T01:04:02.750" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12252" PostId="7345" Score="0" Text="Died means it cant be fixed anymore? Thankyou for answering" CreationDate="2017-05-08T14:02:18.463" UserId="6162" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12253" PostId="7343" Score="0" Text="Which of your recommended provides the feature to exchange components, e.g. graphic card if it breaks?" CreationDate="2017-05-08T20:14:10.690" UserId="6157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12254" PostId="7346" Score="0" Text="As far as I can tell, Optane as a storage technology uses the same interfaces as conventional SSD/HDD storage, and is compatible with anything it can plug into.  Optane as an accelerator cache for a slower storage technology requires BIOS and/or OS support.  Optane as non-volatile RAM requires mainboard and OS support.  Which way are you planning on using it?" CreationDate="2017-05-08T20:47:42.650" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12255" PostId="7345" Score="0" Text="@PanduA, if the data's important, send the drive to a data-recovery company.  Expect to pay around a thousand dollars, with no certainty that you'll get everything back." CreationDate="2017-05-08T21:06:45.673" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12256" PostId="7343" Score="0" Text="None as far as I'm aware. The Intel CPUs with integrated graphics are highly integrated components (referred to as SoC these days) and soldered to the mainboard. Display, input devices, battery, WLAN, M.2/SATA storage and RAM if not soldered to the mainboard are the only components that can be replaced, the mainboard itself is usually replaced by technicians as a whole. Many Chromebooks have soldered RAM and storage so these laptops are a tad better." CreationDate="2017-05-08T23:09:52.900" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12258" PostId="7346" Score="0" Text="@Mark I might defer to your judgement on this, but what I understood was that when plugged in, optane will default to a normal ssd if not 100% compatible. If it has the right CPU, motherboard, OS, then it can work as marketed (learning usage patterns, ect). To answer your question, I have both use cases in mind, but leaning towards non-volatile RAM. I think it would compliment a Xeon machine nicely, but I'm still concerned that no Xeon CPUs or motherboards work with optane yet." CreationDate="2017-05-09T04:29:06.140" UserId="4832" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12259" PostId="4050" Score="0" Text="After a long time searching for off-the-shelf products I wasn't able to find anything affordable, so this is what I ended up doing. I had been hoping to avoid the effort of constructing my own logger but it wasn't actually that bad in the end. The RPi's are working well." CreationDate="2017-05-09T14:33:18.707" UserId="1111" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12260" PostId="1946" Score="0" Text="This could be a solution if it becomes reality: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/jelly-the-smallest-4g-smartphone/description" CreationDate="2017-05-09T16:11:31.077" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12261" PostId="7343" Score="0" Text="And what is you opinion in second hand Notebooks from [lenovo](https://www.notebooksbilliger.de/produkte/+Lenovo+ThinkPad+X1+Carbon#!/q/%20Lenovo%20ThinkPad%20X1%20Carbon/Kategorie/Gebraucht-%20%26%20Vorf%C3%BChrware/Marke/Lenovo/order/asc/orderBy/g:price) or [dell](https://www.notebooksbilliger.de/produkte/XPS+13+Developer+Edition#!/q/XPS%2013%20Developer%20Edition/Kategorie/Gebraucht-%20%26%20Vorf%C3%BChrware/Marke/DELL/order/asc/orderBy/g:price)?" CreationDate="2017-05-09T18:19:49.783" UserId="6157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12263" PostId="7302" Score="0" Text="You might get better results if you list your requirements and let us help you pick the correct board for your needs. Also let us know what you will be using the board for to help us narrow it down." CreationDate="2017-05-10T17:17:48.980" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12265" PostId="7305" Score="0" Text="Instead of asking if something is compatible, try asking for a stylus that works with the Acer and give us any more requirements that you might have (like price and battery life)." CreationDate="2017-05-10T17:27:12.383" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12272" PostId="7352" Score="0" Text="15.6&quot; is an industry standard.  15.4&quot; and below are generally custom form factors limited to the manufacturer.  This means it is harder to find high resolution screens and limited upgradability, crucial to the longevity of a graphic design computer in my opinion.  Could you please provide an example price?" CreationDate="2017-05-11T08:36:12.090" UserId="2090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12273" PostId="7352" Score="0" Text="im sorry i meant 15.6" CreationDate="2017-05-11T08:45:02.633" UserId="6176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12274" PostId="7352" Score="0" Text="edited price section" CreationDate="2017-05-11T08:47:19.050" UserId="6176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12275" PostId="7339" Score="0" Text="Usually you'd tell us what your use case is, and we'll recommend what to get. This is the first time I've seen a question that says what you want to get and asks us what the use case is." CreationDate="2017-05-11T08:49:28.607" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12290" PostId="7368" Score="0" Text="Sounds like you have your answer - no such thing seems to exist." CreationDate="2017-05-12T18:12:39.160" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12293" PostId="7375" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your detailed. Explanation. Sounds like a realy intresting option.     The item i have linked has the following limitations: usb cable based no bluetooth.  Therefore needs to be plugged to a pc. Handlin scanner cable plus laptop at once might be anoying also for fitter persons. I don't expect that i can directly plug it to an i-pad. First scanning and then Transfer data to a pc are worksteps which add complexity. (transfering the small memory card is also no option)  therefore i realy like your option, where you directly see what is scanned, w/o annoying cables." CreationDate="2017-05-13T19:34:26.053" UserId="6195" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12294" PostId="7375" Score="0" Text="I thought at first that it was going to be rarely used, but the convenience factor of nearly-instant scanning with auto-transfer via bluetooth certainly improved my perspective. The images also have the typical i-Device menu feature for sending by email, text message or dropbox among others." CreationDate="2017-05-13T19:51:35.480" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12299" PostId="7372" Score="0" Text="How much are you willing to spend and what do you expect beyond &quot;gas wifi&quot; and &quot;is secure&quot;?" CreationDate="2017-05-14T15:20:56.810" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12300" PostId="7369" Score="0" Text="I see the board will support a dual core CPU. Is the CPU dual core? if not, that would give a nice boost too on the cheap. It would be used but as long as it is not DOA and the seller warranties it not to be, it will work as long as you need." CreationDate="2017-05-14T16:54:32.903" UserId="1344" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12301" PostId="7148" Score="0" Text="Metal mouse are great but do remember that if you have a cold weather, possibly you will have a cold mouse. So probably use less metal" CreationDate="2017-04-14T14:46:04.343" UserId="5344" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12304" PostId="7372" Score="0" Text="Hopefully up to $100. As for other expectations, I don't need additional features. Mostly stable connection, modern standards support and secure and reliable firmware" CreationDate="2017-05-15T07:20:32.477" UserId="6153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12307" PostId="7381" Score="0" Text="What other items would you be running from the UPS, or is it purely to keep the NUC powered on? Would a UPS which tells the computer to shut down when the battery is nearly empty be a useful feature?" CreationDate="2017-05-15T13:23:19.873" UserId="6210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12309" PostId="6742" Score="1" Text="Have you considered a [vertical mouse](https://www.google.com/search?q=vertical+mouse)? They orient your wrist a different way from a normal mouse." CreationDate="2017-05-15T13:53:44.023" UserId="6210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12317" PostId="7387" Score="0" Text="Yes, it is a 2.7 inch. Thank you!" CreationDate="2017-05-15T15:14:38.063" UserId="6211" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12319" PostId="7387" Score="0" Text="@Downvoter Please let me know what is wrong with this answer and I will try to remedy it." CreationDate="2017-05-15T15:20:26.580" UserId="6210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12321" PostId="7387" Score="0" Text="Me? I didn't downvoted, I can't vote yet. Btw what do you think about SanDisk -Ultra II 960 GB Internal SATA Solid State in bestbuy? Thank for the help" CreationDate="2017-05-15T15:26:50.707" UserId="6211" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12322" PostId="7387" Score="0" Text="@Arturo I put &quot;@downvoter&quot; at the start in the hope that they would let me know what I did wrong. Anyway, if I were you I would search for &quot;SanDisk Ultra II 960GB reviews&quot; - it appears that there may be better bang for your buck available from other makes." CreationDate="2017-05-15T15:37:35.423" UserId="6210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12329" PostId="7381" Score="0" Text="Just the NUC itself. I'm open to options in regards to your 2nd point. It would be nice for a graceful shutdown near the end of battery life." CreationDate="2017-05-16T14:03:24.023" UserId="6205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12330" PostId="7368" Score="0" Text="Does your laptop even support booting off of a M.2 SSD?" CreationDate="2017-05-16T14:25:01.037" UserId="1007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12332" PostId="7368" Score="0" Text="Yes my laptop does support booting off of a NGFF (M.2) SSD" CreationDate="2017-05-16T16:41:17.730" UserId="6192" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12336" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="So, for clarity, you're effectively looking for a keyboard that has only one character on each key - and things like Shift to get an alternative character don't work?" CreationDate="2017-05-17T15:49:40.087" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12337" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="Shift might be acceptable (not by me though), but what about anything else?  Obviously, I'd like to use a reasonable amount of Unicode characters beyond ASCII. And I don't want a huge keyboard. So it seems, the only way'd be to somehow &quot;reprogram&quot; (not only map) the visual characters on appropriate keys for all the charset to fit. I'd like to do it in hardware of course (by Shift key, or &quot;change to programming layout&quot; key, change to &quot;calculator&quot; layout, change to &quot;chinese layout&quot; key, etc.). To make the keyboard match the intended usecase, to remove redundancy, clutter, to do one job and well." CreationDate="2017-05-17T15:59:49.590" UserId="6219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12338" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="Imagine after hitting one particular key, there are at least three different characters to show on my display: 2, @ and &quot;ľ&quot;. That's ludicrous!" CreationDate="2017-05-17T16:02:28.500" UserId="6219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12339" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="It's obscene we are still bounded by limitations given by mechanical typewriters. How else to explain the overloading of the keys, than by the historical fact it was done this way for the sake of.. well.. design limitations of typewriters? I don't see these limitations apply to current technologies. Still, we are obliviously constrained by them. And each is happy.. Well guess what, I'm not. I want my product, is there?" CreationDate="2017-05-17T16:15:53.100" UserId="6219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12340" PostId="7391" Score="1" Text="I think, somewhere buried in your rant, you're asking for a keyboard that changes its labeling based on what modifier keys you've got pressed, so that the picture on the key always matches what will appear on the screen.  Is this correct?" CreationDate="2017-05-17T20:07:46.080" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12345" PostId="1261" Score="0" Text="I had read about a alarm clock that projects the time on the ceiling. so you can check the time without even moving your neck. The projected light may be dimmed I guess and if I remember correctly it also had voice controls." CreationDate="2017-05-18T05:32:20.007" UserId="5098" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12346" PostId="7236" Score="0" Text="@Jeff I disagree - HW Recommendations is the correct forum." CreationDate="2017-05-18T07:36:23.080" UserId="3630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12347" PostId="7237" Score="0" Text="NoahL is right. You can put in either 3 dual-slot cards or 6 single-slot cards. Moreover, the airflow is designed so that you should use flow-through cards like Tesla or FirePro - not the usual commercial-grade GPUs with individual fans." CreationDate="2017-05-18T07:38:01.013" UserId="3630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12348" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="@Mark It'd be ideal if it was done with minimal user intervention, but basically yes, my rant's'bout that. How would the computer know I want to write a capital or use a calculator layout? How about machine learning? Of course it can't be 100% sure BUT if it's more probable based on my past behavior, then it's undeniably (read. mathematically) better to switch. If mistaken, I still can press the modifier, it gets spanked and learns better next time." CreationDate="2017-05-18T08:31:57.650" UserId="6219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12349" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="For the time being, though, and for the sakes of answering this question, I'd do with exactly what @Mark described. But I'd need the modifier keys to be as obvious as possible, maybe some state flags for layouts, calculator picture for calculator layout, something semantic for SHIFT, etc. Is there product?" CreationDate="2017-05-18T08:33:10.983" UserId="6219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12350" PostId="7236" Score="0" Text="@Perlator  As soon as &quot;If yes, does it support consumer cards such as GTX 1080 Tis or Titan Xs? How can the power cables be routed?&quot; This was asked it becomes a tech support question. Also &quot;can it support 6 Dual Slot/Double Width GPUs.&quot; is tech support." CreationDate="2017-05-18T12:34:07.277" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12352" PostId="7396" Score="1" Text="The solution to this is probably entirely a software matter, with no special hardware involved." CreationDate="2017-05-18T22:26:21.343" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12358" PostId="7369" Score="0" Text="@Jack I found a cheap Intel core 2 Duo E8400 on eBay and it's on the way now! Thanks for the advice, hopefully​ it helps solve the choppy video playback problem" CreationDate="2017-05-19T23:52:54.273" UserId="6194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12359" PostId="7377" Score="0" Text="Thanks oldmud0! I don't think my coworker knows how to use cloud services, so I stuck with the HDD so he can store his photos and videos. All the parts have arrived, but HD movie playback is still very choppy. Is this a limit caused by the old CPU? Thanks" CreationDate="2017-05-19T23:58:20.670" UserId="6194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12360" PostId="7377" Score="0" Text="@Panpaper depends on how it is choppy. If it's buffering a lot, it's internet. If it's just generally freezing up, desyncing with the audio, and then going really fast to catch up, it *might* be the CPU but it depends on where you are playing it from (i.e. does the player have graphics acceleration?)." CreationDate="2017-05-20T00:18:37.687" UserId="6200" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12361" PostId="7369" Score="0" Text="Great news and with the video card, you should notice a great boost in performance" CreationDate="2017-05-20T01:25:10.497" UserId="1344" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12362" PostId="7377" Score="0" Text="As a follow up on what oldmud0 is stating, if the HD video is streaming from the internet, the internet service has everything to do with playback performance. Satellite internet, like Dish ( I have it and I loathe it) is really bad for streaming video, same for Direct TV. If you are playing videos that are kept on the computer, then the cpu may have been the bottleneck" CreationDate="2017-05-20T01:29:56.250" UserId="1344" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12363" PostId="7377" Score="0" Text="@oldmud0 when I tried to play a 60 fps video on windows media player, it played the video at 30 fps, making the video twice as long. When using VLC player, I get a bunch of colored shapes. For YouTube, it's not an internet problem as I have a 150 Mbits connection and my other devices do it with no problem. Just want to add that I really appreciate your responses!" CreationDate="2017-05-20T01:31:52.230" UserId="6194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12364" PostId="7377" Score="0" Text="@Panpaper I recommend checking your graphics driver. Windows Media Player uses DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration) so all the video should be decoding from the graphics card." CreationDate="2017-05-20T01:34:09.523" UserId="6200" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12365" PostId="7377" Score="0" Text="@jack I have problems with both local and YouTube videos. I have a 150 Mbit/s connection and my other devices work fine. I also did try a H264 extension on Google chrome (as it did help with my Asus Chromebit) but to no avail. I'll update the question with the exact issue with videos when I get home, thanks for your input!" CreationDate="2017-05-20T01:36:05.313" UserId="6194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12366" PostId="7377" Score="0" Text="@Panpaper I recommend posting your situation as a question on [Super User](https://superuser.com), you'll get better results there." CreationDate="2017-05-20T01:37:21.190" UserId="6200" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12367" PostId="7377" Score="0" Text="@oldmud0 I will do that as soon as I get back, thanks!" CreationDate="2017-05-20T01:37:37.780" UserId="6194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12368" PostId="7404" Score="2" Text="Some more information on your use case would be useful." CreationDate="2017-05-20T13:22:34.773" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12370" PostId="7398" Score="0" Text="What's wrong with your current wifi card? I doubt you're able to hit the 1.3 gigabits per second (Gbps) standard max unless you have some seriously decked out personal file servers in your house on your router." CreationDate="2017-05-22T04:18:38.350" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12371" PostId="7396" Score="0" Text="Even if you do find the software to do this, I would highly recommend against doing this. The safeguards exist in the first place for a reason. It would suck if your entire operating system got corrupted because a usb hard drive got kicked loose." CreationDate="2017-05-22T04:21:55.107" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12372" PostId="7408" Score="0" Text="1. I highly doubt the batteries are compatible. Generally batteries are specific per model and can't be upgraded. 2) The difference with the SSDs is their connectivity. The second laptop uses a PCIe SSD, whereas the 500GB HDD is connected via SATA." CreationDate="2017-05-22T04:23:46.713" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12374" PostId="7413" Score="0" Text="I appreciate the response but Razer products generally violate specification #1, which would include the specific product mentioned. I added specification #1 specifically because of Razer. The mentioned product does however meet every other criteria." CreationDate="2017-05-22T05:07:30.030" UserDisplayName="user6249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12376" PostId="7413" Score="0" Text="What's so bad about the keyboard connecting to the internet through a software package? If you're concerned about some tracking issues you could choose to deliberately not install the software controller. Then the keyboard wouldn't &quot;connect to the internet&quot; unless you count your OS checking for new drivers for your keyboard." CreationDate="2017-05-22T05:26:50.740" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12379" PostId="7408" Score="0" Text="If the CPU is the same (both 7300HQ) then the socket must be identical. The chipset may differ, though I dobut it. What battery life will you require? what kind of useage will this laptop see? Heavy multitasking or just casual browsing with 1 or 2 tabs? What kind of weight will you be willing to lug around (IMHO, current gen shouldn't be much more than 1.2 kg)" CreationDate="2017-05-22T10:28:11.283" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12380" PostId="7398" Score="0" Text="It can't detect or connect to the 5G band." CreationDate="2017-05-22T10:42:33.567" UserId="6228" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12382" PostId="7413" Score="0" Text="You won't really find anything else out there." CreationDate="2017-05-22T19:33:26.907" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12384" PostId="7410" Score="0" Text="It's a wifi signal. But NoahL doesn't think range extenders will work." CreationDate="2017-05-23T00:58:50.813" UserId="6243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12385" PostId="7414" Score="0" Text="I do pick up many wifi signals in the room, just not the TWC signal. So I was thinking a range extender would pick it up." CreationDate="2017-05-23T00:59:34.730" UserId="6243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12386" PostId="7414" Score="0" Text="@user8547 Range extenders can only extend what they pick up. So if you can pick it up in the room, you can extend it. But if you can pick it up, you probably don't need to extend it. And therein lies your problem." CreationDate="2017-05-23T03:23:02.767" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12387" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="I did not see it anywhere. You would need keyboard with display on each key, which would get feedback from applications running on the attached computer (remeber Kempston joystick on spectrum? )Even today lot of games are using WASD keys as arrows for move - such flash game in browser should be then able to state this and force the kayboard to show arrows on the mentioned keys, when the game have focus. But when you focus the browser window around it, those keys would get back their WASD meaning to enable you write comments. So it would need a lot of help even from every application." CreationDate="2017-05-23T07:11:10.320" UserId="6253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12388" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="And there are all those SW layers for changing languages and such, which would need to cooperate too (as you can remap any scan code to any character you want). So basically you ask for new kind of OS and all applications to support your theoretical keyboard with information, what does any key in the applications and how it translates to keystroke." CreationDate="2017-05-23T07:19:04.573" UserId="6253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12389" PostId="7391" Score="0" Text="(you tagged it as linux - so what your theoretical keybord should do, when you run vim? In standard mode each key is command, you need to press i/insert to go where you can type text. And any discrepancy in switching focus between applications/changing mode/getting to another stage of game would mean that such device would confuse much more, then it would help. - So I am afraid, that such product will not be here anytime soon. The closest to your question would be software keybords on smartphones/tablets, but they lack the keys and touch responce of physical keyboard" CreationDate="2017-05-23T07:21:34.247" UserId="6253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12390" PostId="7418" Score="0" Text="Yep. I got it pretty much. I'm using WinToUSB for this. I configured UEFI in BIOS and formatted by exHDD using MBR. Works great" CreationDate="2017-05-23T07:24:03.570" UserId="6223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12391" PostId="7414" Score="0" Text="So is there no solution to my problem?" CreationDate="2017-05-23T14:06:46.797" UserId="6243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12393" PostId="7421" Score="0" Text="there are some similar questions but the most recent I found was nearly 2 years ago still, so I figured this is probably ok to ask again." CreationDate="2017-05-23T15:01:48.497" UserId="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12394" PostId="7414" Score="0" Text="Not that I can think of, @user8547" CreationDate="2017-05-23T15:03:22.023" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12395" PostId="7414" Score="0" Text="The room next to mine faces the street. I'll see if I can pick up the TWC signal in there. If so I could put a range extender in there. The landlord always keeps that room open." CreationDate="2017-05-23T15:15:13.403" UserId="6243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12396" PostId="7414" Score="0" Text="Possibly, @user8547, but it's possible the range extender won't work their network because of the way TWC has configured their network." CreationDate="2017-05-23T17:50:38.107" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12400" PostId="7068" Score="2" Text="Your existing card should be able to handle 3 monitors @1440p with ease: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-750-ti/specifications. It is not clear what you are missing/struggling with." CreationDate="2017-05-24T11:01:08.253" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12408" PostId="7429" Score="0" Text="If you don't want to use USB, that pretty much limits you to Thunderbolt, eSATA, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SFF-8088, and maybe one or two others.  Could you narrow things down a bit, by deciding if you want the RAID functionality to be handled by the enclosure or by the controlling computer, by giving a price range, and by deciding if you *really* want RAID 5 rather than RAID 6 (modern drives are large enough that there's a real risk of a second drive failing before the array finishes recovering from the failure of the first)?" CreationDate="2017-05-24T21:58:31.577" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12409" PostId="7387" Score="0" Text="My guess would be that this isn't recommending any hardware and/or this is an answer on an off-topic question. It would help if you add an SDD that you recommend and why to your answer." CreationDate="2017-05-25T15:26:09.140" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12416" PostId="7435" Score="0" Text="The normal version is 3.3GHz with 3.7GHz turbo, the low wattage version is 1.8GHz with 2.8GHz turbo. Is it possible to set the turbo frequency, not just the base frequency? I am not that familiar with oc. Memory voltages are the same, but I guess that does not mean anything." CreationDate="2017-05-26T09:35:08.043" UserId="6258" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12422" PostId="7435" Score="1" Text="You can essentially think about Intel turbo technology as a 'tentative overclock'. If all you want to do is slow down the turbo frequency, you can just install [Intel's Extreme Overclocking Utility](https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24075/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-Intel-XTU-) which is a very easy to use overclocking interface, no calculations required. Unless your core in unlocked, however; your ability to fine tune the processor states will be limited." CreationDate="2017-05-27T01:05:03.583" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12423" PostId="7410" Score="1" Text="NoahL is correct, in order for this to work at least one wifi range extender would need to be set up outside of your room where the regular wifi signal extends to.  You'd have to find an unused out of the way power outlet you can use to power the range extender that is also within the regular wifi signal area.  This may not be hard if you need your wifi signal temporarily.  For a permanent solution, perhaps you could make friends with someone who has a storage unit within the regular wifi area, and ask to set up a range extender in their unit." CreationDate="2017-05-27T22:37:20.573" UserId="6247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12424" PostId="7408" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your comments.  I wanted to know primarily what the difference in chipsets / other motherboard differences is that's not advertised on Dell's site.  I think I may go with the more expensive option right now because the longer battery life would be nice for 4+ years of usage." CreationDate="2017-05-27T22:42:48.537" UserId="6247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12425" PostId="7447" Score="0" Text="I already found what I was looking for, however this may be a better solution. This is especially because if I lose power on the electronic one it will immediately lock (they need power to retract the deadlock and I don't know if I constantly want to rely on my setup being on and working)." CreationDate="2017-05-27T23:10:20.410" UserId="2001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12426" PostId="7447" Score="0" Text="Any ideas on how this setup would work specifically? Aside from installing the regular deadlock what would be the best method to control it with a servo?  (ex. Use some sort of string or other material to pull the knob with the servo or modify the deadlock in some way?)" CreationDate="2017-05-27T23:13:09.040" UserId="2001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12428" PostId="7450" Score="0" Text="Thanks I bought the i5 at the end it was supposed to be supported regarding the motherboard spec, but at the end is not so at the end I will buy a new CPU 6th generation" CreationDate="2017-05-28T11:19:43.580" UserId="5961" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12429" PostId="7451" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because  this is a build compatibility request. We can only provide recommendations for single components per question." CreationDate="2017-05-28T14:03:08.733" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12434" PostId="7461" Score="0" Text="These choices aren't too bad. they'll hold their own on high end games for a whlie. I would try to check if there are cheaper places to buy this laptop like [online sources](https://www.newegg.com/) avoid anything retail (best buy) or buying directly from the source if you want the best price. Honestly though, self building a desktop will allow you to get the greatest bang for buck and build your computer [exactly as you want it](https://pcpartpicker.com/)." CreationDate="2017-05-29T23:06:11.377" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12435" PostId="7451" Score="0" Text="Try using [PC Part Picker](https://pcpartpicker.com/) if you want to verify your parts. It's quite difficult to check whether all parts are compatible just based on description." CreationDate="2017-05-29T23:08:24.447" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12436" PostId="7461" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo, pcpartpicker.com is great, but not relly meant for laptops, which the OP is looking for." CreationDate="2017-05-30T03:59:51.747" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12438" PostId="7463" Score="0" Text="I need something below 1500 USD, The 2nd one has the price of 17 inch hp one. Thanks anyway!" CreationDate="2017-05-30T15:02:53.193" UserId="6287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12439" PostId="7461" Score="0" Text="I was just checking the specs here, I would probably buy it offline for any lower prices if available." CreationDate="2017-05-30T15:04:33.243" UserId="6287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12442" PostId="7461" Score="0" Text="Curious, if you are spending that much for a gaming laptop and plan on directing output to a monitor, why don't you build a desktop PC?" CreationDate="2017-05-30T14:05:22.693" UserId="6290" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12443" PostId="6623" Score="1" Text="Would it be possible to add just a power line to deliver additional power like the ones that come with external portable HDDs?" CreationDate="2017-05-30T23:41:02.403" UserId="6295" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12445" PostId="7462" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the very detailed answer! I must ask - are you 100% sure all of those are enough for the computer to run photoshop/illustrator smoothly? Is it true that the graphics card is so much ore important than the processor?&#xA;Thanks" CreationDate="2017-05-31T09:37:38.780" UserId="6176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12450" PostId="7462" Score="0" Text="It's not that one is more important than the other. It's that you have to balance the components in a computer system. In your case, I recommended a **dedicated graphics card** because all computers come with what's called an **integrated graphics card**. Having a dedicated graphics processor means the crappy integrated graphics card  updates the screen, while the dedicated gpu handles the graphics load from the application." CreationDate="2017-06-01T07:14:29.987" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12451" PostId="7462" Score="0" Text="As for quality assurance, all the laptops should be able to run adobe products smoothly, it's just that some other things (like not having an SSD with options 1/2 could hold the computer back from peak performance). Option 3 is the most powerful laptop of the bunch and as such will have snappiness that most computer geeks would be jealous of. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 in that thing could power the latest triple A games at 4k at 40+ fps combined with that cpu. I doubt adobe products will come close to that load." CreationDate="2017-06-01T07:21:18.643" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12452" PostId="7462" Score="0" Text="One more side note: if you get a laptop with a dedicated graphics card you will have to right click the application and then select 'run with graphics processor &gt;' to tell the computer to choose the gpu to run the application with if it doesn't do that itself." CreationDate="2017-06-01T07:28:57.133" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12453" PostId="7462" Score="0" Text="thank you for the detailed answers! Some of those computers aren't available here. I found this one for a nice price: dell inspiron, intel i7 7500u, 8gb ddr4, 256gb ssd, and a geforce 940mx. Do you think that's enough to carry all od adobe's programs, or I need something more?" CreationDate="2017-06-01T07:41:46.567" UserId="6176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12454" PostId="7462" Score="0" Text="That laptop should be more than enough. Based on the description it shouldn't cost more than $950 if you want a good price and less than $1,300 if you don't want to get ripped off (like at bestbuy). According to [cpu boss](http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-6700HQ-vs-Intel-7500U) your cpu is quite good. The [benchmarks for you gpu](http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-GeForce-940MX) against the latest components aren't bad either." CreationDate="2017-06-01T23:19:39.610" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12460" PostId="7486" Score="0" Text="thanks! only one thing - 940mx is not a gtx card." CreationDate="2017-06-02T13:25:43.347" UserId="6176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12462" PostId="7486" Score="1" Text="No, it's not a gtx card, but the [NVidia page about Illustrator's GPU acceleration](http://www.nvidia.com/object/adobe-illustrator-cc.html) notes that it is supported on windows for any Kepler, Maxwell, or Pascall generation GPU. A quick look at the specs for the 940mx says that it's a Maxwell processor. Common sense says that it is newer than a lot of the listed supported processors. It will work." CreationDate="2017-06-02T17:12:52.800" UserId="6315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12465" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="OK, I think we need a little bit more detail. How much persistent storage do you need? How much RAM do you think will you need? How much redundancy do you want on your data (no RAID, RAID 5?, some more fancy RAID?)? Do you need high-performance networking (eg 10 / 40 GbE?)? How _sure_ do you want to be about up-time (will you need ECC RAM, will you need redundant PSUs, will you need UPS)? How fancy do you want to go on remote-management? Does the noise it generates matter? Will your applications profit from Nvidia GPUs (Quadro / Tesla) or other accelerators like Intel Xeon Phis?" CreationDate="2017-06-03T18:13:45.183" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12469" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="Hello @SEJPM. Thank you for your kind reply. My understanding of hardware is not so great, so I will try to provide the information to the best of my ability, by detailing my end user requirement. I will use this system as my main data storage and data analysis hub. I travel quite a bit (across time zones), so I would be working on this machine remotely. That is why I need the machine to be up 24*7. My analysis usually involves working with big datasets and using models that (sometimes) takes days to converge as they may have to iterate through the entire dataset for each iteration (contd.)" CreationDate="2017-06-04T15:15:32.147" UserId="6316" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12470" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="(contd.) hence, a big RAM to store this data in working memory should help with the speed of the analysis? (I am sure that you could see my ignorance by now!). High performance networking should not be an issue, though I want this system to be future-proof. My IT admin tells me that I should get RAID to auto backup my data every day/week. The remote management will involve running codes, data transfer/editing, running multiple codes at the same time in the background. I am not sure about GPUs, sorry. Ideally I would like this system to be low on noise but I could place it in a (contd. 2)" CreationDate="2017-06-04T15:23:04.860" UserId="6316" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12471" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="(contd. 2) server room if noise becomes an issue. So, noise should not be a big issue. Storage persistent is not an issue in my case. One more thing that I would like is to have my main data storage drive to be SSD (for speed issues) and the backup drives could be HDD. I have been entertaining the possibility of going with Dell PowerEdge range, but am not sure where to get started. Please let me know if I could provide any more information. Thank you for your help." CreationDate="2017-06-04T15:30:32.967" UserId="6316" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12472" PostId="7502" Score="0" Text="There's no need for extra developmental time to implement this, I know that from experience. The games don't work on a 2D plane (unless they're 2D, obviously), they work on a 3D coordinate system and sounds do the same." CreationDate="2017-06-04T16:36:12.493" UserId="6331" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12473" PostId="7500" Score="1" Text="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_access_point" CreationDate="2017-06-04T17:14:03.247" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12474" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="@gem How big is an observation? Without context, 20 million sounds like a small number to me. How big is the total amount of data you're working with? Do you need to keep all of it in RAM at the same time, or can individual events be processed independently?" CreationDate="2017-06-04T17:15:19.467" UserId="695" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12475" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="@goldilocks can you suggest some links to buy. I need to put static ip , dns and gateway in the access point. I tried with Fritzbox 7240, but does not work. Maybe Fritzbox 7240 cannot be used as an access point." CreationDate="2017-06-04T18:05:00.760" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12476" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="An Access Point will basically translate wifi to lan signals and vice versa. If you want to use more than one device behind this one static IP, you want a proper _router_, which will route from your subnet to the &quot;more public network&quot;. If you do not need to run more than one device at any time, a &quot;simple&quot; access point will work. So now for the obligatory questions: How much money are you willing to spend? What else beyond the above explained functionality do you want / need?" CreationDate="2017-06-04T18:20:50.607" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12477" PostId="6140" Score="0" Text="Note that while the CPUs of these systems are _very_ well indeed for a laptop, the GPUs are quite weak." CreationDate="2017-06-04T18:22:57.390" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12478" PostId="6138" Score="1" Text="In case you are still looking (or someone else stumbles across this question): It may be worth considering to get a laptop with a beasty CPU (such as a 6700HQ) and pair that with an external desktop GPU or to directly get one of those new laptops that feature Nvidia Pascal desktop GPUs." CreationDate="2017-06-04T18:24:20.657" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12479" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="I'm going to contradict @SEJPM on this point (as does wikipedia: *&quot;One IEEE 802.11 AP can typically communicate with 30 client systems located within a radius of 103 metres...&quot;*).   AP's work by using [NAT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation) with a private subnet.  This does mean the client devices are effectively hidden from the LAN, but that only matters if they are running IP servers, or you want zeroconf/mDNS stuff to work across the AP -- but a complete router is not a transparent solution to that either (unless you move everything but your ISP router onto it)." CreationDate="2017-06-04T19:32:46.420" UserId="813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12480" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Just normal internet connectivity. I am not hosting any server and neither I want any specific ports like ssh, http/s etc to be running. Budget - cheaper the better." CreationDate="2017-06-04T20:53:47.583" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12481" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="@goldilocks Is FritzBox 7240 an AP or a Router? As far as I understand, the router is only advantageous if one is running an active server, otherwise a normal AP should work. I still could not find any Access Points in internet to buy." CreationDate="2017-06-04T20:57:15.433" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12482" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="You may want to follow the discussion started with [this chat message](https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/37873439#37873439). Beyond that I'd _guess_ that one can fit 128-512GB RAM in this budget range and 20-40 physical CPU cores (with a two-socket server). Storage is a little bit tricky so far (How much do you need for your backups / how much data do you want to maximally back up and how much do you need for general usage) and GPUs with servers probably would get expensive (because you mostly don't get support for cheap GeForce GPUs but only for expensive Teslas / Quadros)." CreationDate="2017-06-04T22:28:29.830" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12483" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="If you are German, here should be an [AVM help article](https://avm.de/service/fritzbox/fritzbox-7240/wissensdatenbank/publication/show/106_FRITZ-Box-fuer-Betrieb-mit-anderem-Router-einrichten/) on your situation. What a router does, is to forward packets between subnets and separating them (with the firewall as well). Actual dedicated access points are mostly an enterprise phenomen (like [ubiquiti unifi ones](https://www.ubnt.com/products/#unifi)) but most routers can be configured to act as one." CreationDate="2017-06-04T22:37:18.910" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12484" PostId="6138" Score="0" Text="6 hour battery life is a big ask if you have some serious GPU load on a discrete graphics card." CreationDate="2017-06-04T23:56:38.220" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12486" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="If your intention is to setup static IPs on a dynamic network, you could just configure your devices to always request the same IP address via DHCP make your devices essentially static." CreationDate="2017-06-05T00:21:21.350" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12490" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM the AVM help article does not work. The problem is that the static IP provided by the router is class B ( 134.x.x.x ) and if I enter it into the routers configuration and activate the DHCP server ( Class C - 192.168.178.x ) of the router to provide IPs to the connected devices, the fritz box complains a conflict between the Class B incoming IP and the class C Router DHCP IP." CreationDate="2017-06-05T11:41:43.903" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12491" PostId="7504" Score="0" Text="Just beware that Webcams open up your firewall to incoming connections (usually from a smart phone) or could log into a data-storage center elsewhere.  Shodan.io can show you how accessible those webcams can be.  If those QR codes are sensitive information it is possible they could get leaked." CreationDate="2017-06-05T11:55:27.460" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12492" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="I _think_ there are some miss-conceptions about networking and router configuration going on here. I'd suggest you ask on [SuperUser.SE](https://superuser.com/) for advice. For example modern networks have long left the class-based approach to IP adresses behind." CreationDate="2017-06-05T14:43:26.523" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12493" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="@CodesInChaos Thank you for your reply. I currently work with data with 20 million(ish) rows, but that size might keep going up as time progresses. I am not a big data whiz, so I thought that 20 million is big dataset :). In addition to my data being long (rows) it could also be wide (many variables- say #50). I am not sure if all the data needs to be in the RAM at the same time, though I assume it would speed up my analysis (I mainly run regression or simulations). Going ahead I may also use this machine for analyzing text(sentiment), voice, images, and videos. Appreciate your guidance." CreationDate="2017-06-05T14:53:01.190" UserId="6316" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12494" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Thank you much for your guidance. I will keep an eye on that chat. Another challenge is that I have a grant that I have to use in 4 months, so I have to use this money in the most efficient manner within that time period. Hence, using cloud computing is out as they would normally bill me every month, unless I could pay them upfront. I will explore that option (probably AWS) as well. Thanks much." CreationDate="2017-06-05T14:57:18.983" UserId="6316" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12495" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="@gem Look at the file size of all your data combined. 20 million rows, 50 columns, 8 bytes each (e.g. a double), would merely be 8 GB. IMO that'd justify a nice desktop, with say 64 GB of RAM for 2k$. But if your goal is to burn through grant money..." CreationDate="2017-06-05T15:03:02.670" UserId="695" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12497" PostId="7502" Score="1" Text="&quot;The hardware doesn't exist&quot; is *technically* an answer, but you should also try to provide a recommendation for the closest alternative if you can." CreationDate="2017-06-05T15:31:50.863" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12498" PostId="7506" Score="0" Text="I don't think this helps - the two sockets visible on the left side would still bump usbs I think. I also have no need for it to rotate." CreationDate="2017-06-05T15:48:16.563" UserId="1716" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12499" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="I am going to give up the fritz box router and buy a simple Wifi Access point like this .  http://static.tp-link.com/res/down/doc/TL-WA901ND_4.0.pdf. I hope it will work. Thank you for the answers anyways." CreationDate="2017-06-05T17:37:35.990" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12500" PostId="7513" Score="0" Text="This is going to be hard to answer as what fits your ear may not fit all ears." CreationDate="2017-06-05T18:23:07.147" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12501" PostId="7508" Score="0" Text="&quot;I didn't find anything.&quot;  There's your answer.  Sounds very niche for something like what you want." CreationDate="2017-06-05T18:25:09.897" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12502" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="If you've already got a working wired network, you want a &quot;bridge&quot; rather than an &quot;access point&quot; or a &quot;router&quot;." CreationDate="2017-06-05T19:06:53.117" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12503" PostId="7504" Score="1" Text="@SDsolar, that's only true for network webcams.  Computer-attached webcams don't do anything to the firewall or network, and don't leak data." CreationDate="2017-06-05T19:18:07.043" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12504" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="@Mark there is only one ethernet cable coming out of the wall and I connect it to my computer. In the computer, I configure the eth0 with a  static IP, dns and gateway provided to me by the owner of the apartment. Hence, I dont have a working wired network. Just one computer connected. I would like to have a wireless network though. Can you recommend me a hardware with a weblink? The hardware should be configurable though, so that I configure the hardware with the static ip, dns and gateway." CreationDate="2017-06-05T19:18:40.803" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12505" PostId="7469" Score="0" Text="Hey, now I am even considering going for the GTX 1070 TX laptop, but 4k version is not available in India, it has 1080p with 1070TX, and I think, later if I go for a 4k monitor, 1070TX won't be able to handle it at ultra anyway, so should I stick with the 1080p + 1060 6GB ?, to play games for next 4 years at med-ultra ?" CreationDate="2017-06-05T19:21:13.097" UserId="6287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12506" PostId="7500" Score="0" Text="Found this cheap device which acts as a bridge, AP, router - all in one and is configurable with static ip, dns and gateway - http://www.edimax.com/edimax/mw/cufiles/files/download/manual/BR-6428NS_V4/BR-6428nS_V4_User_Manual_English_EN.pdf" CreationDate="2017-06-05T19:54:22.193" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12507" PostId="7506" Score="0" Text="My post was more to present you with the suggestion to search for specific terms. This image was one of the more unconventional results. There are more linear models with rotating socket assemblies available from the suggested search." CreationDate="2017-06-05T22:11:41.543" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12508" PostId="7513" Score="0" Text="well some earphones fit all lol" CreationDate="2017-06-06T07:57:11.147" UserId="6334" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12510" PostId="7515" Score="0" Text="Welcome to HWR! Can you add a few more details about this graphics card please? Since the OP brought up price, can you add how much a new Radeon RX470 costs? Can you also tell us what ports the card has and which ones you are using for your setup. I see you are using an HDMI cable for the 4k, but what about the two 1080s?" CreationDate="2017-06-06T18:38:45.303" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12511" PostId="7516" Score="0" Text="Please help tagging for a noob like me. The ones I picked are IMHO not suited so well." CreationDate="2017-06-06T19:01:39.573" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12512" PostId="7516" Score="0" Text="Can you list a few that you have found and tell us why those are not well suited? That way we don't post answers that are not helpful." CreationDate="2017-06-06T19:11:37.607" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12513" PostId="7516" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: thanks for asking. I added that information" CreationDate="2017-06-06T20:26:42.240" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12515" PostId="7469" Score="0" Text="@NikhilVerma 1080p with a 1060 6GB is a great combination; it should continue to run games for the next 4 years. You should be able to run most games at high to ultra settings at first, and after 4 years have passed the majority of games should run on at least medium settings. Take a look at the GTX 560 Ti, for example, which is around 5 years old now. It isn't great compared to what is available now, but by no means is it useless for gaming (yet). Unfortunately the laptop I recommended, while cheaper than many others, only has a GTX 1050, so I would recommend better if possible." CreationDate="2017-06-07T07:09:37.683" UserId="2001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12516" PostId="7469" Score="0" Text="Yep, I think 1060 would be best." CreationDate="2017-06-07T08:23:17.220" UserId="6287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12517" PostId="7492" Score="0" Text="In india `MacBook Air MMGF2HN/A` costs around 56K INR (870 USD) &amp;  `MacBook Pro MD101HN/A`  also has the same cost 50K INR (777 USD), As both are in same price range which one would you suggest ? BTW I'm buying it from my personal funds. thanks !" CreationDate="2017-06-07T09:56:31.710" UserId="6312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12521" PostId="7519" Score="0" Text="Have you thought about getting an enclosure for a 2.5 SSD that has TB3? This is of course assuming you still need to purchase an SSD." CreationDate="2017-06-07T14:39:53.957" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12522" PostId="7519" Score="0" Text="I have thought about it, but most of them have max speeds of ~500 Mb/s. I work in OS development, and it usually means I'm transferring tens of gigabytes of data to the main collaboration drive every day, and it can take a while. I kind of want something that can handle speeds of ~2500 Mb/s, like the Samsung 960." CreationDate="2017-06-07T15:45:12.530" UserId="6353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12523" PostId="7515" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Any RX470 should work. I have the Sapphire Radeon RX470 Turbo+. It has two display port, two hdmi. I'm using the display ports converted with a dongle to DVI for the side monitors, and HDMI for the main display, since this TV only has HDMI input available. Most of the RX470s I saw had similar ports, so that shouldn't be a problem. The only downside with Sapphire I've seen is that they don't have local US tech support, so everything has to be done online. I wish they had a phone number to call, but at least when I filled out the form they were quick to respond." CreationDate="2017-06-07T16:31:16.650" UserId="6349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12525" PostId="7483" Score="0" Text="I think you both answered my question very well and confirmed what I had run into which was that what I was specifically looking for doesn't really exist." CreationDate="2017-06-07T18:53:47.760" UserId="6282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12527" PostId="7483" Score="0" Text="I suppose if you were doing this for a job, you could try and convince the R&amp;D team at your workplace to [buy one of these](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-studio/overview), but they start at $3k." CreationDate="2017-06-07T19:57:10.117" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12532" PostId="430" Score="1" Text="[A Raspberry PI is probably the smallest router you can feasibly get](https://jacobsalmela.com/2014/05/19/raspberry-pi-and-routing-turning-a-pi-into-a-router/)" CreationDate="2017-06-09T02:04:41.890" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12537" PostId="7535" Score="0" Text="This laptop will lag like crazy. Expect 5 minute boot times in a laptop like that and 1 minute logins. If you can't afford a better laptop it will perform fine, but you'll have to exercise your patience b/c it will by no means be snappy." CreationDate="2017-06-10T21:35:20.187" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12544" PostId="1452" Score="0" Text="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/6232/range-extender-via-ethernet-rather-than-wifi" CreationDate="2017-06-12T03:01:52.113" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12546" PostId="7525" Score="0" Text="How about just using a server rack then?  If your PC's are narrow than 19&quot; they can lay down.  Otherwise just install shelves in the server rack, and rest the computers on top of them." CreationDate="2017-06-12T04:21:01.587" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12547" PostId="7471" Score="0" Text="Giving us your workload, budget and weight requirements would be prefered, as it would allow us to answer your question in-depth. For your current dillema, note that several Intel intergrated graphics chipsets are listed. Thus, it is likely that it would work (both the intergrated and dedicated graphics outperform, e.g. the 4600 handily), though whether it will perform well is questionable." CreationDate="2017-06-12T05:57:32.917" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12551" PostId="7554" Score="0" Text="Any criteria other than &quot;can compile objective C&quot;?  All laptops should last roughly 2-3 years, and can compile objective C.  Are you working on iOS apps?" CreationDate="2017-06-12T17:41:20.820" UserId="6388" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12555" PostId="952" Score="0" Text="most 12V Peltiers in of themselves produce upwards of 110W of heat." CreationDate="2017-06-12T18:48:31.143" UserId="4546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12556" PostId="952" Score="0" Text="@tuskiomi: there are many different ones, and you can not only chose the right one, but also drive them with lower current" CreationDate="2017-06-12T20:22:29.323" UserId="773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12557" PostId="952" Score="0" Text="If you don't drive them with enough current, they become insulators. In 99% of cases, you won't have peltier cooler Constant Current source. and in 90% of those cases , the 5V rail isn't enough to drive a cooler properly for a cpu under load- it'd fry it. that leaves 89% of cases to be hooked up to a 12V supply, maybe with a VDC switch. The whole time, you must be supplying enough power to not only move the heat off the CPU, but to move its own heat off as well. If this fails, you're insulating the CPU, causing temperatures to rise, and thus peltier resistance rises, and so the cooling lowers" CreationDate="2017-06-12T20:30:47.410" UserId="4546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12562" PostId="952" Score="0" Text="@tuskiomi: peltiers (as most semiconductor devices) are current driven, thus you obviously driven them with a (adjustable) constant current source. Besides that, the majority of nominal 12V elements need to be driven with much more, often up to 15.4V to operate at their max current, to achieve a max dT. With their resistance equivalent being available between typ. .8Ohm to 10Ohm and nominal voltage between 1.4V and 24V one has a wide variety to chose from if necessary. Consulting the datasheet before buying for a certain application is a useful thing to do." CreationDate="2017-06-12T20:50:08.617" UserId="773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12564" PostId="7541" Score="0" Text="Rule of thumb: a doubling of RAM speed translates to a 10% increase in overall performance." CreationDate="2017-06-12T21:15:29.003" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12569" PostId="7535" Score="0" Text="@adadion On the contrary, that's the definition of a technical support question of the kind that are explicitly off topic here. Also, don't use comments to answer questions." CreationDate="2017-06-13T06:17:31.337" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12570" PostId="7535" Score="0" Text="@artofcode Sorry if I'm rude. `are off-topic for Hardware Recommendations because the site is here to provide pre-purchase hardware recommendations and to recommend hardware for a specific task, rather than to support existing devices.` . Well, while he post, he barely buy the notebook. So it is definitely about pre-purchase device. While technical support question is about having problem with hardware on his hand." CreationDate="2017-06-13T06:53:21.700" UserId="862" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12571" PostId="7535" Score="1" Text="@ArtOfCode I am not looking for technical support,please look at topic and my task.It is definetely about hardware recommandation in pre-purchase,repeating again I am not looking for technical support,I had not said my computer,my device is not working.Please be little more understanding and you should not use imperative sentences to approach others.Thank you." CreationDate="2017-06-13T07:28:36.413" UserId="6373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12572" PostId="7535" Score="0" Text="You're asking if X device will suit your needs. That falls under technical support / technical advice, which we don't do here." CreationDate="2017-06-13T11:41:56.460" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12577" PostId="7492" Score="0" Text="could you please reply to above comment" CreationDate="2017-06-14T18:19:13.220" UserId="6312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12578" PostId="7492" Score="0" Text="I'd get the Macbook Pro. You'd have a rough time doing iOS dev on a 1.6GHz i5." CreationDate="2017-06-14T18:22:19.910" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12581" PostId="7492" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your reply, please check the update in question brother" CreationDate="2017-06-15T09:26:00.897" UserId="6312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12591" PostId="7492" Score="0" Text="Point, @saif. Looks like I fell victim of the megahertz myth myself there. Honestly, it's a question of portability v. expandability. Either machine will do great for iOS development." CreationDate="2017-06-17T00:30:02.457" UserId="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12592" PostId="7578" Score="0" Text="I haven't heard of mice having hardware mouse acceleration. I've only seen the option of mouse acceleration in windows' mouse settings (which I usually turn off)." CreationDate="2017-06-17T00:32:42.830" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12593" PostId="7570" Score="0" Text="Saw the price tag on your linked package and my jaw dropped at the price tag. Personally, I would find it most feasible and cost effective to use a raspberry PI and a [RFID module](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-nfc-rfid-on-raspberry-pi/overview). The main reason I would opt for a raspberry PI is the fact it can run Linux, and thus would be able to run or connect to a seperate MySQL or MaraiaDB database so you can use timestamps and ids to track your information." CreationDate="2017-06-17T00:41:47.593" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12594" PostId="7578" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo [_&quot;The problem with hardware acceleration caused by the sensor in the mouse is that it can be both positive and negative, can be affected by the surface the sensor is used on, and can be unstable/inconsistent.&quot;_](https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=56240.0) ie, it exists." CreationDate="2017-06-17T11:10:44.473" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12595" PostId="7584" Score="0" Text="AFAIK, there are no AM3 CPUs with a TDP of 150w. Which CPU do you have?" CreationDate="2017-06-18T22:00:29.487" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12597" PostId="6254" Score="1" Text="@0-60FPS maybe you are checking the wrong profile, 'cause I'm around on the SE network every day, many times a day :-) And btw, if you need me you can just drop me a @ note. Anyway, I have posted many questions on many SE sites, and I always go back to accept answers...when they answer the question. This VPR cost 200 dollars, far from 100 Euro; ok, right now is 50% and I must admit the budget was last of my concerns, still I asked for a resolution higher than 1366×768 and pardon me but, at 800*480 this one has the resolution of a calculator display." CreationDate="2017-06-19T14:11:34.347" UserId="4953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12598" PostId="6516" Score="0" Text="@Jeff : and [indeed](http://web.archive.org/web/20170619143550/https://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/1150237579.htm)." CreationDate="2017-06-19T14:42:53.267" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12599" PostId="3879" Score="0" Text="cannot write to DVD-**R**" CreationDate="2017-06-19T18:49:12.523" UserId="4546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12600" PostId="3879" Score="0" Text="@tuskiomi DVD-R *RW* is on the disks I use" CreationDate="2017-06-19T20:03:41.923" UserId="2623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12601" PostId="3879" Score="0" Text="Yeah. just wanted to point out the start up cost to manufacturing DVD Rs is much higher than RWs." CreationDate="2017-06-19T20:13:29.933" UserId="4546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12603" PostId="7589" Score="0" Text="I've found Cyberpower PC to not have very good value for the computers they sell." CreationDate="2017-06-20T05:40:23.420" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12605" PostId="7589" Score="0" Text="I know that you don't want to build your own, but something like [this](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zcnfZ8) costs 716usd and has a much better cpu, gpu and ram than both of the machines you linked. [This](https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/38236071#38236071) disclaimer applies, though." CreationDate="2017-06-20T06:13:03.943" UserId="1107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12606" PostId="7589" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo I don't really want &quot;good value&quot;, I just want to be able to use my Oculus Rift." CreationDate="2017-06-20T12:53:22.437" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12610" PostId="7413" Score="0" Text="I have this keyboard and I'm 99% sure it doesn't connect to the internet. In fact, the lights work very well without the internet and you can configure them offline (will check that again when I get home)." CreationDate="2017-06-21T15:42:44.363" UserId="2601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12616" PostId="7589" Score="0" Text="@KeshavSrinivasan if you mention cheapest, don't you mean good value -&gt; lowest price for the performance? I think you don't want to pay 50 dollar more for a similar pc" CreationDate="2017-06-22T10:17:21.397" UserId="6175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12617" PostId="7589" Score="0" Text="@Houbie No, I don't mean that.  I just want to be able to use my Oculus Rift for the least possible amount of money.  I don't really care about &quot;good value&quot;." CreationDate="2017-06-22T14:18:43.597" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12622" PostId="7604" Score="0" Text="Instead of linking to an external resource, which can go out of date or die, you should include the relevant bits directly in your question." CreationDate="2017-06-22T20:56:03.597" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12625" PostId="7567" Score="0" Text="The Asus RT-AC3200 has this feature if i recall correctly." CreationDate="2017-06-23T06:45:55.873" UserId="1007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12626" PostId="7073" Score="0" Text="Actually the Moto X is a Motorola phone. Yes Motorola had been acquired by Google at the time but Google didn't change anything when in comes to the phones that were on the market. Google mainly bought Motorola for the in house development for their projects and because of all the patents Motorola had that Google wanten to protect Android." CreationDate="2017-06-23T07:02:59.707" UserId="1007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12627" PostId="7608" Score="0" Text="Yes, that was one of the choices I've looked at, but faulty search conditions did not showed good suggestions for mobile data version. Also, I chose Acer Switch 10V due to excellent price for new unit, but your suggestion would be actually near the top. Unfortunately, this machine sells at the moment for nearly triple the price I paid for Acer. Unless looking for used, but it still is pricey compared to Acer." CreationDate="2017-06-23T09:15:48.360" UserId="6411" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12628" PostId="7608" Score="0" Text="Yeah, secondary market (used/refurbished) is the only option for Surface 3 now. Sadly, Microsoft declined to put LTE in any of the later offerings." CreationDate="2017-06-23T13:56:25.230" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12629" PostId="7567" Score="0" Text="@gabygg4 Hi there, thank you for your suggestion, I was through the specifications and it seems that it is exactly what we need. You can Add it as an answer. Thank you again." CreationDate="2017-06-23T14:03:13.490" UserId="6402" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12631" PostId="7604" Score="0" Text="I agree, and have updated, and I prefer SEJPM's edit that includes the external link. Using the StackExchange format for hardware recommendations is going to include a lot of one-off questions like this. Unless there is an integrated way to display component information that is kept up-to-date, it is not going to be very convenient for either askers or answerers if external links result in a downvote." CreationDate="2017-06-23T16:02:01.833" UserId="6435" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12632" PostId="7604" Score="0" Text="Just to be clear - external links *are* okay, but the relevant bits should be included in the post just in case the link dies. If it doesn't, awesome, and then it doesn't matter if the details in the post go out of date - it's a contingency backup, rather than an authoritative source." CreationDate="2017-06-23T20:20:35.210" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12634" PostId="7617" Score="0" Text="I ultimately bought the $720 Cyberpower PC ([this one](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B01NBL8BER)), so my question is now moot.  But just so the bounty doesn't go to waste, I'm awarding it to you." CreationDate="2017-06-23T23:37:59.940" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12638" PostId="7523" Score="0" Text="Check the specs on your board before trying something like this. Due to PCI lane limitations, some disable certain slots when other slots are in use. You may be trying to connect to a slot that doesn't work." CreationDate="2017-06-24T16:54:50.543" UserId="1885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12645" PostId="7363" Score="0" Text="As @Jeff said in his answer, the only phones without bloat ware are the Motorola ones, and the Google Pixel. Your best bet is importing the international Motorola, as the Pixel is prohibitively expensive." CreationDate="2017-06-25T17:58:42.633" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12647" PostId="7363" Score="0" Text="@E.Nunn I was hoping there was another phone that I wasn't aware of. And also I didn't know I could buy the international version from amazon easily." CreationDate="2017-06-26T03:44:52.967" UserId="5217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12653" PostId="7633" Score="0" Text="Wow, awesome answer, very helpful! I'm very okay with it being smaller, although I see it's lacking cursor keys as well to get the smaller size. I had not considered that there might be keyboards without 'em, or else I would've probably included them in the &quot;Should Have&quot; section. I'll add a foot note to my question about that." CreationDate="2017-06-26T16:46:16.483" UserId="4350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12654" PostId="7633" Score="0" Text="The cursor keys are bound as a secondary function. By default they are Fn+ I/J/K/L, but different presets do different stuff with them (move them to WASD, make them the primary function of the key, etc.) and of course your custom preset can place them anywhere you like. You should be able to see the little arrows on the keycaps but I can take a picture of my own board to show you if you would like. I also added a note at the bottom about CODE keyboards, as another company that could potentially have something which would fit your needs better." CreationDate="2017-06-26T16:52:11.623" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12655" PostId="7363" Score="0" Text="The OnePlus range might interest you, i have also added an answer for a phone I own, and more than recommend." CreationDate="2017-06-26T16:57:51.250" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12657" PostId="7632" Score="0" Text="This phone looks pretty good! And I love the fact that it has a physical keyboard. The bad thing is that as far as android updates go, apparently it didn't get the Android 7 update. But now I'm looking at the Blackberry Dtek50, that is somewhat close to the moto G5. I just don't know about the updates policies." CreationDate="2017-06-26T18:46:14.543" UserId="5217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12658" PostId="7632" Score="0" Text="Nougat is due on the Priv in September this year if all goes to plan. The Samsung S7 still had Marshmallow at the start of this year. IIRC BlackBerry only release updates when they are satisfied that the tested release is sufficiently secure and stable which can take months in certain cases (this is BlackBerry after all!). Also, some updates can vary from carrier to carrier, with Verizon, Android N stands for Never." CreationDate="2017-06-26T19:34:03.810" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12659" PostId="7631" Score="0" Text="Not a bad idea, but I don't think he mentioned using a computer." CreationDate="2017-06-26T21:38:43.107" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12660" PostId="7631" Score="0" Text="Won't this cause latency? And quality loss, as the non-computer input goes Analog -&gt; Digital -&gt; Back to analog? One of my devices is a computer, but this doesn't seem like a great solution." CreationDate="2017-06-27T03:08:04.463" UserId="1951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12664" PostId="7636" Score="0" Text="Did you write that blog post? If so, please disclose that. Also, can you break this up into two answers please. That way the community can vote on which product they think fits the requirements better. When you write the second answer, please add more detail into the Dell answer, as it doesn't describe how it fits in with the requirements." CreationDate="2017-06-28T04:53:05.523" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12665" PostId="7622" Score="1" Text="I think I see what you are after with the &quot;Secure Mode&quot;, but I don't think it is going to work the way you want. The clipboard is an OS feature, meaning that in order for the device to work they way you describe, it would have to send all data to the computer which will store it in the clipboard instead of directly writing it out. Since it passes through the OS, it is not as secure as you want it. If the device had a buffer, it would still have to send the data as keystrokes. I hope this makes sense." CreationDate="2017-06-28T05:00:37.297" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12666" PostId="7233" Score="0" Text="I really don't like the supposed stereo-to-mono adapters that can't be tested easily for their actual circuit.  I suspect that most of them are simply shorted together between left and right channels, which *probably* won't blow things up because of modern devices' short-circuit protection, but probably won't give you a predictable mix between the original left and right channels either." CreationDate="2017-06-28T05:01:32.847" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12667" PostId="7017" Score="0" Text="You might check out my answer here: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/7641/6407" CreationDate="2017-06-28T05:58:18.617" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12670" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="Rough count on the power requirements exceeds 5A. This means that your standard car battery (63Ah) will supply this for less than 10 hours before completely draining it. Unless the battery is new, so then time would be about 12 hours... I suggest back to the drawing board." CreationDate="2017-06-28T09:07:40.680" UserId="6411" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12680" PostId="7651" Score="0" Text="Would you be running multiple applications at a time? What about the web browser? About how many tabs do you tend to keep open at a time?" CreationDate="2017-06-29T17:47:20.027" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12681" PostId="7651" Score="0" Text="Nothing spectacular really, I might turn on music on youtube, facebook,  while I am working some mathematical simulations in Matlab, or something in Autocad. I am not sure about OS. I never tried Linux but could accept it." CreationDate="2017-06-29T17:51:31.237" UserDisplayName="user6501" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12683" PostId="7649" Score="0" Text="Are you asking a general question about KVMs, or are you looking for a replacement that has that feature? If you are looking for a replacement, can you list other requirements that you have for the KVM please?" CreationDate="2017-06-29T19:49:26.937" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12684" PostId="7649" Score="0" Text="I'm not asking about KVMs in general; rather, I'm asking about DisplayPort KVMs in general. I really don't think my original posting was unclear; but I've edited it to add some redundancy." CreationDate="2017-06-29T23:18:17.243" UserId="6497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12685" PostId="7649" Score="0" Text="Maybe unclear was the wrong close reason, so sorry about that. General questions about hardware are seen as technical support, which is off-topic. Lucky, this question can be saved if you edit your question to ask for a recommendation with the feature(s) you want as the requirements. Please be sure to add as many details to the question as you can." CreationDate="2017-06-30T02:22:51.650" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12686" PostId="7649" Score="0" Text="Rereading my question again, it does exactly that. What, precisely, is the problem?" CreationDate="2017-06-30T02:47:22.597" UserId="6497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12687" PostId="7649" Score="0" Text="Few more quick questions. How much are you looking to spend and how many monitors/computers do you need supported?" CreationDate="2017-06-30T02:51:32.253" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12688" PostId="7649" Score="0" Text="I'm looking at 4-port single-head units. I'm more concerned with whether the functionality I'm looking for exists in the marketplace than with a price point; but less than $600 would be preferable. I've had a disappointing experience with an Emerson (a.k.a. Avocent a.k.a. Vertiv) SV240D (which certainly does not do what I'm after)." CreationDate="2017-06-30T03:05:21.807" UserId="6497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12689" PostId="7651" Score="0" Text="Note that laptop CPUs have three different TDPs: 15, 28 and 45W. If you have an U suffix and a particularly round number like 6700U you are looking at 15W. Why am I explaining this? Because you need CPU power and a low TDP means lower clock, less cores and less turbo time." CreationDate="2017-06-30T13:00:02.293" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12690" PostId="7631" Score="0" Text="Latency, not noticeable. Quality depends on your computer. I use my motherboard's line-in and record my friend's guitar. The microphone in however, is a lot lower quality. You can give it a listen yourself if you have a computer available and determine if there's significant latency.&#xA;&#xA;If you just need to play the two signals out, I recommend purchasing a cheap two channel mixer for $40. Output your speakers via XLR/quarter inch, and get 3.5mm adapters to xlr or rca for channel 1 and 2 of the mixer." CreationDate="2017-06-30T15:27:10.760" UserId="6476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12692" PostId="7658" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the finds. The Avexir might be it. I know it's petty but I don't think I can put the bright blue g.skill's in my setup lol." CreationDate="2017-06-30T20:58:26.040" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12693" PostId="7543" Score="0" Text="So you (or this adapter cable you linked?) are saying I can just drop the sense line which the PCI-E spec asks for (as in &quot;require&quot;). Could you please confirm that you know that this is okay? I wouldn't bet expensive hardware on some random adapter-producer following best practices. Also, I really meant the &quot;peak&quot; in &quot;Peak power 300W&quot;, so I won't need two PSUs. :) But good point about using wire of sufficient cross section." CreationDate="2017-07-01T17:52:11.037" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12695" PostId="7660" Score="0" Text="In general, most (all?) windows 10 devices will also run Linux. But that doesn't mean that an active digitizer which works in Windows also works in Linux. For example my Wacom Intuos Pro works in Linux, but needs to be configured using command line utilities to make full use of it." CreationDate="2017-07-01T18:15:49.740" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12698" PostId="7622" Score="0" Text="So there is no way to transfer any data directly into RAM?  I got the idea from the `cudaMemcpy` function in the CUDA library.  Is there an equivalent in C/C++?" CreationDate="2017-07-01T23:07:22.423" UserId="6471" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12699" PostId="7664" Score="0" Text="_in theory_ I could imagine, if you down-clock your i3 a little bit, that _passive cooling_ (ie no fans, just a big heat-sink, I found a passive cooler suited for 47W TDP CPUs and yours has 51W) _might_ work, however this is way too experimental as for me to post it as a proper answer..." CreationDate="2017-07-02T13:19:02.007" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12701" PostId="7543" Score="0" Text="The diagram I found indicated that only the 8 pin version has sensing pins.  I don't know what your connecting via 6 pin pcie but assuming its a video card then 75w from the mobo and 75w from the 6 pin =150w max of your budget.  Note the document says forced ventilation required at 160w or more.  I would get a volt meter and monitor the voltage for several hours to make sure heat build up isn't lowering the PSU performance.  I am guessing this is for a car PC, and if so then if the car gets 160 degrees on a hot summer day you could have issues and need 2 PSU." CreationDate="2017-07-02T17:36:12.047" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12702" PostId="7543" Score="0" Text="the tolerance is + or -  5% max." CreationDate="2017-07-02T17:37:02.807" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12703" PostId="7664" Score="0" Text="It would be cool to do fanless, but that usually requires a very large heatsink, which won't fit my 56mm limitation." CreationDate="2017-07-02T21:06:18.700" UserId="6435" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12704" PostId="7631" Score="0" Text="@Kaito which is pretty much what I suggested to a certain extent" CreationDate="2017-07-02T21:55:45.030" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12705" PostId="7352" Score="0" Text="Another option to the answer below which is cheaper than both would be the Dell Inspiron 5000 series laptops. I spent 650 GBP on mine, it was on offer, but it sports an Intel Core i7 processor, a 256GB SSD and a 4GB AMD M445 discrete GPU. I run all manner of After Effects and Photoshop instances on this machine with no problem." CreationDate="2017-07-02T21:59:34.783" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12707" PostId="7657" Score="1" Text="http://pcpartpicker.com" CreationDate="2017-07-02T22:25:21.033" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12708" PostId="7664" Score="1" Text="You could try a combination of water cooling and passive fan setting to see if you can get the thermals of the core down so fan RPMs go down as well. Worst case scenario you're down a hundred bucks and have a computer that runs cooler. From a software standpoint you could also try fan speed software like [speed fan](http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php). You'd need a mobo that supports it and 3 pin fan, however." CreationDate="2017-07-03T07:07:17.463" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12711" PostId="7495" Score="1" Text="Thanks for answering. Unfortunately my need was over a year. But I gave you the points for the effort." CreationDate="2017-07-05T02:30:52.373" UserId="2350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12713" PostId="7682" Score="1" Text="The Atom C2550 (Avoton) is a BGA packaged CPU, which means retailers typically do not sell them individually, instead, they are sold pre-attached to motherboards. For example, Newegg stocks [this board](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813157419) offered by ASRock and [here](http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SAi-2550F.cfm) is another option offered by SuperMicro." CreationDate="2017-07-05T09:20:08.203" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12722" PostId="7368" Score="0" Text="Nvm y'all I found what I was looking for, some m.2 egpu adapters come with a USB port meant to accept a wifi dongle" CreationDate="2017-07-05T23:48:23.587" UserId="6192" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12723" PostId="7689" Score="0" Text="That explains it, I see a lot of board + atom combos. Thanks" CreationDate="2017-07-06T01:34:53.983" UserId="6543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12724" PostId="6987" Score="0" Text="Can you spell E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E ?   Buying an inverter and suffering the energy lost will get you ahead for a very long time." CreationDate="2017-07-06T05:30:57.510" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12725" PostId="7673" Score="0" Text="That one uses AAA, but impressive find nonetheless." CreationDate="2017-07-06T09:06:34.130" UserId="6523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12726" PostId="7681" Score="0" Text="You can build one yourself or you can shell out. I tried a few years ago to design a prototype for this that could actually be manufactured for a reasonable cost. It's just not feasible." CreationDate="2017-07-06T17:49:07.847" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12727" PostId="7692" Score="1" Text="You answer lies in the software not in the scanner for most of what you are looking for.  The Fujitsu IX500 Meets all your criteria but i need to test a couple of the modes you are requesting today before i post the answer.  You can see my write up on this here https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/6594/document-scanner-that-respects-limited-desktop-space/6597#6597" CreationDate="2017-07-06T18:16:48.767" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12728" PostId="7681" Score="0" Text="Did you see https://egpu.io ?" CreationDate="2017-07-06T20:16:44.110" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12729" PostId="7543" Score="0" Text="Oh, then I misread the specs, thanks." CreationDate="2017-07-06T20:22:55.673" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12730" PostId="6987" Score="0" Text="Actually the reason it's 12V is usually that this runs from a battery and batteries tend to have some limit on the energy they store... so no, it doesn't make sense to just &quot;suffer the energy lost&quot; (and the added couple kgs of weight). Plus those PSUs aren't that expensive, and I sure as hell won't need two." CreationDate="2017-07-06T20:27:48.040" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12731" PostId="7681" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM just checked it out. Still expensive as it lists the same models I've found by myself, the &quot;cheapest&quot; being an Akitio one at 220$." CreationDate="2017-07-06T21:36:11.220" UserId="4759" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12732" PostId="7681" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 care to elaborate? What's the most expensive part in those, excluding R&amp;D? It's essentially a power brick and a Thunderbolt to PCIe chip that should cost a few bucks when bought in volume, right?" CreationDate="2017-07-06T21:38:02.070" UserId="4759" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12733" PostId="7681" Score="0" Text="@AndréBorie I thought the same thing as you but the problem was that all of the affordable PCI-E riser/expansion modules I could find had bottlenecks that would require re-wiring and soldering to remove. They get all choked up by a USB 3.0 output port/x16 to x1/whatever. All the backend work made it unattractive for both the finances and the sheer amount of extra work. If I remember right my starting capacity would be maybe 7-10 units/week in near-perfect conditions. Anything I found with sufficient end-to-end throughput was too expensive to be financially viable. This was 3-4 years ago." CreationDate="2017-07-06T22:44:05.560" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12734" PostId="7694" Score="0" Text="Thanks, what about the RAM upgrade ?&#xA;also I am a software developer so I can do the backup etc." CreationDate="2017-07-07T05:25:31.100" UserId="6554" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12737" PostId="7681" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 oh so you used an off-the-shelf PCIe expansion module - did you try calculating how much it would cost (at scale) to manufacture your own PCB? Again I expect the only active component (the single chip that translates between Thunderbolt and PCIe) to only cost a few bucks." CreationDate="2017-07-07T19:12:26.297" UserId="4759" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12740" PostId="6904" Score="0" Text="For further/future reference, something like [OWC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_World_Computing)'s relatively new [DEC](https://www.owcdigital.com/dec), but with more ports and a spot for a slot-loading optical disc drive, might fit the bill very nicely." CreationDate="2017-07-08T00:52:57.567" UserId="5636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12741" PostId="7615" Score="0" Text="I'm considering un-accepting this answer actually because that phone you listed, although international, doesn't come with NFC. There is no model available in any store that I found here that comes with NFC." CreationDate="2017-07-08T01:44:20.690" UserId="5217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12742" PostId="7695" Score="0" Text="I'd like to create my custom NAS box built on raspberry or clone. I need recommendation for an arm/atom/else board approx the size of raspb that has 2x sata ports that would enable softwate raid1 case for me. Not looking for usb 3.0 solutions" CreationDate="2017-07-08T08:27:55.850" UserId="6558" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12745" PostId="851" Score="0" Text="I thought that you weren't supposed to mark a question as a dupe if the other question does not have an accepted answer? Maybe that's just on StackOverflow, idk." CreationDate="2017-07-08T17:05:50.637" UserId="6568" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12746" PostId="7693" Score="0" Text="That sounds great, also i looked around and the price is about 500€ in some shops so it would also meet that criteria." CreationDate="2017-07-10T08:58:58.243" UserId="6553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12747" PostId="7692" Score="0" Text="@Jeff thats right, the biggest problem seems to be the firmware on the devices. The IX500 also looks good, I will give you some time to test the modes before I otherwise select jcam3's answer as the solution." CreationDate="2017-07-10T09:05:28.960" UserId="6553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12748" PostId="7681" Score="0" Text="@AndréBorie I never got deep into running those numbers because the up-front labor was just not going to be worth it for me. It may have ended up being profitable, but I value my free time more than my early projections said I'd be making per unit of time worked." CreationDate="2017-07-10T13:52:45.733" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12750" PostId="7693" Score="0" Text="Glad to hear it. Like I said, it's not perfect but it'll get the job done without forcing you to purchase a massive tower printer/copier. Alternatively, if you already have one of those (we do), it will get the job done without preventing that tower printer from supporting the rest of the office since that's what you bought it for. Workflow was really our major concern at the end of the day after all." CreationDate="2017-07-10T21:12:41.267" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12753" PostId="4054" Score="0" Text="Have you seen this one?  6 SATA ports, on eBay for $44.95 with 2GB RAM:  https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/7624/can-someone-recommend-a-low-cost-linux-computer-with-a-hdd-and-some-ram-expandab/7625#7625 - and I assume a NAS is important enough that by low-power you aren't going to try to run it on 2 9V battereies, right?" CreationDate="2017-07-10T23:59:52.013" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12754" PostId="1745" Score="0" Text="Here is one that is definitely worth a look:  Have you seen this one?  6 SATA ports, on eBay for $44.95 with 2GB RAM:  https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/7624/can-someone-recommend-a-low-cost-linux-computer-with-a-hdd-and-some-ram-expandab/7625#7625" CreationDate="2017-07-11T00:07:34.623" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12755" PostId="1324" Score="0" Text="This is an interesting unit.  6 SATA ports, on eBay for $44.95 with 2GB RAM:  https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/7624/can-someone-recommend-a-low-cost-linux-computer-with-a-hdd-and-some-ram-expandab/7625#7625 - Will run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS which can handle all the rest.  Have you see it?" CreationDate="2017-07-11T00:07:59.900" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12758" PostId="1881" Score="0" Text="I'm a bit confused, are you looking for a device that is smaller or wearable or something? Because it sounds kind of like you just want an extra phone to mirror your primary device." CreationDate="2017-07-11T21:55:03.633" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12759" PostId="7703" Score="0" Text="Thanks Oxados! Would you recommend a machine like this then? (I'd need the WiFi add-on however)&#xA;&#xA;http://up-shop.org/home/81-up-gws01w4g-memory32g-emmc-boardwo-vesa-plate.html" CreationDate="2017-07-12T10:45:24.233" UserId="6527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12760" PostId="7707" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your input RubyJunk! However, i am looking for a machine that comes with full Windows 10 (and also i'm a Playstation bod!)" CreationDate="2017-07-12T10:48:12.630" UserId="6527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12761" PostId="7703" Score="0" Text="I believe it would work, although in your case I would wait till next month (and pre-order if available) when the &quot;UP Squared&quot; is released. Since it will also have an Display Port Slot besides the HDMI one and therefor enable 60 FPS (HDMI will only get you 30 FPS)" CreationDate="2017-07-12T15:26:29.513" UserId="6553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12762" PostId="7700" Score="0" Text="https://www.plumewifi.com/" CreationDate="2017-07-12T20:48:09.187" UserId="1804" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12763" PostId="7712" Score="0" Text="A thin transparent film would do the job for any monitor if fitted correctly. Even a matte privacy filter." CreationDate="2017-07-13T17:39:33.160" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12765" PostId="2308" Score="0" Text="I guess the M70 might be easier to find if it's lost on a dark surface, since it's made with contrasting colors." CreationDate="2017-07-14T10:30:55.117" UserId="2040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12766" PostId="7717" Score="0" Text="Those are both M.2 cards.  There are PCIe to M.2 adapters, but virtually all of them have the &quot;M&quot; key used by NVMe drives rather than the &quot;A&quot; key that those have." CreationDate="2017-07-14T18:59:24.980" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12767" PostId="7720" Score="0" Text="What exactly are you looking for? You mention monitors, a laptop dock, and a keyboard and mouse. We like to focus on only on piece of hardware at a time as this allows us to explain our recommendations in as much detail as necessary." CreationDate="2017-07-14T19:04:53.673" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12768" PostId="7720" Score="0" Text="Also, MacBooks do not support traditional docking stations. I have seen [one](https://www.amazon.com/Henge-Docks-Vertical-Docking-Station/dp/B00JPIKNX2/ref=pd_cp_421_3/146-4930421-1368108?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=B00JPIKNX2&amp;pd_rd_r=1AY43WNWTN8NZ52RMXF2&amp;pd_rd_w=xai87&amp;pd_rd_wg=LxhV5&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=1AY43WNWTN8NZ52RMXF2) that basically remaps all the ports to the back or the side. The point of this comment is basically saying that you will not find one dock for both laptops." CreationDate="2017-07-14T19:08:21.240" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12773" PostId="7720" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer. I was hoping to buy a dock that would work for both laptops. The mention of the monitors, keyboard and mouse was simply to inform the extent how I intended to use it.&#xA;&#xA;For all intents an purposes, I was hoping to be able to use the same monitors, keyboard, and mouse, with either laptop." CreationDate="2017-07-16T01:46:28.423" UserId="6585" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12774" PostId="7723" Score="0" Text="The [Lenovo Yoga 720 (15&quot;)](http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/yoga/700-series/Yoga-720-15/p/88YG7000828) looks close, but violats a few of your mandatory features. It has half-sized up-down arrows AFAICT, it has no HDMI / DP port AFAICT, it has no Ethernet AFAICT, it has no dedicated numpad AFAICT and the 1050 only has 2GB of VRAM. But everything else it has and the missing features you _could_ work-around (USB &lt;-&gt; Ethernet connector, Miracast or TB3 &lt;-&gt; HDMI and an external keyboard, maybe even eGPU). I don't post this as an answer because of the violated mandatory requirements." CreationDate="2017-07-16T12:26:45.293" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12776" PostId="7720" Score="0" Text="I don't know about Apple Devices, but _in theory_ I think the [Dell Dual-Video Docking station](http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=de&amp;l=de&amp;s=dhs&amp;cs=dedhs1&amp;sku=452-BCCO) would suit you and would maybe be included in your QoL package? It should connect over USB 3.0 and then support up to two displays (1x HDMI, 1x DP) and you should also be able to plug your peripherals in. (I don't know though how well Video Transmission over USB 3.0 will go)" CreationDate="2017-07-16T12:35:59.883" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12777" PostId="7711" Score="0" Text="If Lenovo doesn't make one than the chances are lower than finding a trackpoint on a laptop keyboard. HP, Dell and Toshiba had models with trackpoints IIRC. I have been using T530, T560, a desktop version of the newer Lenovo layout, Chromebooks (Capslock replaced by another modifier) and desktop chiclet keyboards with different button mappings sans numblock and a mix of different layouts (QERTZ/QWERTY). I don't see what was so &quot;awesome&quot; about these old keyboards and nobody made an attempt to provide a sound explanation that goes beyond just inability to adapt." CreationDate="2017-07-16T15:26:45.003" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12778" PostId="7711" Score="0" Text="Hi, the main thing for me is, that the old layout is pretty much similar to a classic desktop keyboard. So transition between my working place and the laptop is almost seamless. For example I use `Del`, `Home`, `End`, `PgUp`, `PgDn` really a lot. If you compare the old vs. the new layout you see, that the new layout hides the F and other function keys in a small bar at the top. This makes it impossible to write blind and switching from desktop to laptop will always be a pain. I don't have any issues with the chiclet keys it is just the layout." CreationDate="2017-07-16T17:03:54.183" UserId="565" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12779" PostId="7711" Score="0" Text="Okay, I see my solution so far was to move to keyboard layouts where `Home`, `End`, `PgUp`, `PgDn` are mapped to the cursor keys and get used to that." CreationDate="2017-07-16T17:11:32.407" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12781" PostId="7684" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I ended up getting this mouse in a sale and it is exactly what I was looking for. I am pretty happy with it so far." CreationDate="2017-07-17T02:22:47.010" UserId="3751" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12783" PostId="7735" Score="0" Text="This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks !" CreationDate="2017-07-17T12:19:30.443" UserId="6594" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12784" PostId="7723" Score="0" Text="Thank you @SEJPM, yes it seems like the best option out there.. Sadly I need a new laptop ASAP as my current one broke. I'll probably go with that one as something I'm looking for probably will never come out. Thank you very much! #Dongles4Life I guess.." CreationDate="2017-07-17T13:22:03.947" UserId="2222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12789" PostId="7734" Score="0" Text="What country are you planning to use this in?  Drones in the US are required to be under visual observation of the operator at all times." CreationDate="2017-07-17T20:44:41.480" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12790" PostId="7734" Score="0" Text="@Mark Thanks for letting me know. Is that in all states? I would have the chance to use it in India as well, but I'd love it if I could have it go out over the local inlet and circle back on its own. Maybe there's a permit? I mean Amazon is delivering orders by drones now." CreationDate="2017-07-17T21:17:30.140" UserId="6568" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12792" PostId="7748" Score="0" Text="ASUS Zenbooks are full-metal, Dell XPS's should be metal on the outside and hard plastic on the inside, Lenovo ThinkPads are (still?) known for long-term relieability / durability. I don't have any particular experiences with any of these (and didn't look up prices) but that should give you a starting point." CreationDate="2017-07-18T16:37:26.080" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12793" PostId="7734" Score="0" Text="If you're anywhere in the United States, if you fly the drone as a hobby you fall under the [Special Rule for Model Aircraft](https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/fly_for_fun/), which requires you to keep the drone in sight at all times.  If you fly it for business, you need a [Remote Pilot Certificate](https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/fly_for_work_business/becoming_a_pilot/), and must keep the drone in sight at all times [unless you get a wavier from the FAA](https://www.faa.gov/uas/beyond_the_basics/)." CreationDate="2017-07-18T20:11:26.250" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12794" PostId="7734" Score="0" Text="@Mark Thanks very much for sharing that. I've been a private pilot for almost 20 years without knowing about that certificate. I will see what's what about earning one." CreationDate="2017-07-18T21:25:13.207" UserId="6568" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12795" PostId="7747" Score="0" Text="Asus is not known for the quality of their customer support." CreationDate="2017-07-18T22:18:24.100" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12796" PostId="7747" Score="0" Text="@Mark I haven't had any below average experiences with them, but they definitely nave never blown me out of the water. That's still no reason to simply let it slide. Letting those little things go contributes to bad customer service in the first place. You can't make improvements with no data and no feedback." CreationDate="2017-07-18T22:33:19.307" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12799" PostId="7752" Score="0" Text="OP wants a windows laptop." CreationDate="2017-07-19T13:41:54.137" UserId="6620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12800" PostId="7757" Score="0" Text="&quot;Good thing your budget is flexible.&quot; Haha. Wow. I suppose I should put an upper limit. I guess I wasn't expecting these to be that expensive." CreationDate="2017-07-19T14:36:53.503" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12805" PostId="7752" Score="0" Text="Which is why I mentioned the compatibility as well as the possibility to install a second OS on it. Did you even read my answer?" CreationDate="2017-07-19T22:08:22.310" UserId="6615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12806" PostId="7754" Score="0" Text="Unlucily, there's a window quite directly beyond me. I think the hood won't prevent that light." CreationDate="2017-07-20T07:52:42.957" UserId="4858" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12807" PostId="7754" Score="0" Text="I suggest improvising with some cardboard as an experiment. You might be surprised how well it works. Also, taping up some sheer white fabric in the window can cut the glare while still admitting light." CreationDate="2017-07-20T07:58:48.977" UserId="530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12808" PostId="7671" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your help everyone! Decided to go with the MINIX NEO Z83-4 as it has 4gb of RAM and it didnt break the bank too much!&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Total cost came to £160 (add a bit more for the wireless keyboard/mouse if you don't have one!)&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;SPECS: Intel Cherry Trail; Fanless; Windows 10 (64-bit) [4GB/32GB/Dual-Band Wi-Fi/Gigabit Ethernet/Dual Output/4K]" CreationDate="2017-07-20T09:58:58.083" UserId="6527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12809" PostId="160" Score="0" Text="About Eye strain. It is not like that. VR headsets has an additional optics to mimic a correction glasses. I don't know what is effectively the distance but for sure x-times more than 1 inch." CreationDate="2017-07-20T12:36:47.247" UserId="6629" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12810" PostId="7767" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, my budget is $100 max, not a dollar more. Thats one point for the HD 7770! Plus I'm looking, preferably, for a 4GB card" CreationDate="2017-07-20T15:34:34.700" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12811" PostId="7767" Score="0" Text="@GipsyD I understand. Tis a shame though.  https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125897&amp;cm_re=GIGABYTE_Radeon_RX_460_DirectX-_-14-125-897-_-Product" CreationDate="2017-07-20T15:46:21.457" UserId="6633" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12812" PostId="7762" Score="1" Text="I saw your other post about the motherboard. Any LGA1366 board should work. This might not end up being very &quot;budget&quot;.  It is a good chip for what it was, but it requires old slow ram at DDR3 speeds, motherboards that aren't in production anymore, and harder to find expensive memory ( I think it has to be ECC ram, but need to verify).      How much are you thinking to spend out of pocket around this CPU for ram/mb/graphics etc.." CreationDate="2017-07-20T16:03:51.370" UserId="6633" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12813" PostId="7762" Score="0" Text="For the whole build, minus the case and PSU(I already have these on demand), I'm looking at $390-$400 total for the whole build. I don't want to buy a pre-build &quot;gaming&quot; system, plus I have already purchased the E5640 from Ebay" CreationDate="2017-07-20T16:24:23.437" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12814" PostId="7756" Score="0" Text="Are you looking to control 2computers/2monitors with single keyboard and mouse?   Or are you looking to control 2 computers with single keyboard and mouse AND single monitor?" CreationDate="2017-07-20T18:15:40.173" UserId="6633" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12815" PostId="7756" Score="0" Text="Two computers with two monitors using a single keyboard and mouse" CreationDate="2017-07-20T18:16:45.750" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12820" PostId="7772" Score="1" Text="These are some generic specifications. What have you found from companies like Dell or HP that don't meet your requirements?" CreationDate="2017-07-21T13:22:00.083" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12821" PostId="7769" Score="0" Text="This question is too broad to make a specific answer :( However, as a rule of thumb, get a Samsung 960 Evo SSD (M.2 NVMe-based, should work with the board you linked), if you can afford it or a 850 Evo SSD if you can't (SATA3-based, will work most definitely)" CreationDate="2017-07-21T16:46:06.563" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12822" PostId="7769" Score="0" Text="$500 dollar SSD?! Definitely way out of my budget. How is &quot;what is different  between vertical, internal, and M.2&quot; very broad?" CreationDate="2017-07-21T17:43:25.087" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12823" PostId="7769" Score="0" Text="a) There are ~5 different sizes for each of the two SSDs. Prices range from $90 for 120GB / SATA-3 over $150 for the (much faster) 250GB M.2 SSD to $1200 for the 2TB M.2 and $1500 for the 4TB SATA-3 one. b) Your question makes it very hard to _recommend a specific SSD model_ because you neither stated price constraints nor performance or size preferences. c) If you only want an answer as to what the different adjectives mean with regards to SSDs, this _should be_ fine, but I can't help you there precisely ;) d) If you want instructions on how to verify compatibility, this should be doable." CreationDate="2017-07-21T17:52:23.643" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12824" PostId="7769" Score="0" Text="I don't have a price because I am still getting thing put together. I don't know if I am getting a new case or not for example. Also I updated my question a bit." CreationDate="2017-07-21T19:57:54.343" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12825" PostId="7770" Score="1" Text="The Synergy software is interesting, but it requires each monitor to be connected to its respective machine and doesn't appear to take into the question's requirement of multiple monitors on one/all computers. Despite being an incorrect answer to the question, I didn't downvote." CreationDate="2017-07-21T20:32:28.960" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12826" PostId="7770" Score="0" Text="I asked the OP a question in comments to clarify before posting @fred_dot_u.  His response was, &quot;Two computers with two monitors using a single keyboard and mouse.&quot;  This is why I made the post." CreationDate="2017-07-21T22:02:49.667" UserId="6633" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12827" PostId="7770" Score="0" Text="That clarification seems to allow for some ambiguity in the original question. Typically, a multi-monitor reference means more than one monitor on a single computer. With a KVM, it then implies two monitors for each selected computer. Your question in comments does not appear on my screen, nor does his answer." CreationDate="2017-07-21T22:32:26.320" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12829" PostId="7625" Score="0" Text="This one is working out very well.   I upgraded it to 8GB RAM and  a 160 GB SSD.  The thing boots in about 5 seconds flat.  After login the desktop is ready in another 10.  Second hard drive makes it a NAS.  It is like nothing I have ever owned.  This is the ultimate general-purpose computer for me to make the break from Windows complete.  And the price sure is right.  Can't beat this one.  Less than $200 total investment." CreationDate="2017-07-22T05:48:11.667" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12830" PostId="7624" Score="0" Text="This is supposed to be broad.  And it worked!  The computer I found is a screamer, and a steal at that.  Totally general-purpose.  I am now no longer Windows-bound for my Linux network of Raspberry Pi sensors placed all over the solar power plant.  It lets me remotely program the sensors and create gnuplot graphics and also provides NAS for everything.   It is the ultimate data-logger..  The SSD expansion makes it boot in a flash.  (pun intended).  8GB of RAM is plenty for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.  You can keep this closed if you want, because this one answer is all I needed." CreationDate="2017-07-22T05:51:43.647" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12831" PostId="7772" Score="0" Text="Sounds like a Gaming Grade laptop to me, sans the GPU. Why not get one with the GPU, so the laptop can be used for rendering as well if need be." CreationDate="2017-07-22T06:43:37.297" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12832" PostId="7772" Score="1" Text="Look at Acer or Asus. They support these specs and have the aluminum chassis you desire in a laptop. A ROG or a Predator should suffice nicely" CreationDate="2017-07-22T06:45:57.037" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12833" PostId="7763" Score="1" Text="AKAIK, laptop CPUs cannot be replaced with newer CPUs as they are generally soldered onto the motherboard, same goes the GPU, if it has one. Your best bet right now is to either replace the whole motherboard in the laptop, or buy a new laptop with a dual core inside( although IDK why you would do that as more cores outrank more threada anyday)" CreationDate="2017-07-22T06:50:00.147" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12834" PostId="7255" Score="0" Text="A rule of thumb, any &quot;K&quot; model processor is way easier to overclock than standard chips." CreationDate="2017-07-22T06:57:22.100" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12835" PostId="7763" Score="0" Text="Technical support request." CreationDate="2017-07-22T09:14:05.073" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12836" PostId="7772" Score="0" Text="@Andy most of their laptops are plastic and the few that are aluminum either don't have the screen size or the battery capacity." CreationDate="2017-07-22T10:32:02.760" UserId="6638" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12837" PostId="7772" Score="0" Text="@Andy if i had a very specific set of specs, i would just buy that laptop - my options would be limited to 1 or 2. I thought this website is to get recommendations?" CreationDate="2017-07-22T10:48:19.410" UserId="6638" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12838" PostId="7782" Score="0" Text="So your core requirements are a) support for 20 devices over WiFi and b) that it can cope with tropical conditions. Anything else? Price? Top Speed? Standards?" CreationDate="2017-07-22T18:40:45.573" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12840" PostId="7747" Score="1" Text="@jcam3 Many thanks, and sorry for not upvoting your answer. For some reason it won't let me even though I am able to accept it." CreationDate="2017-07-22T20:41:21.120" UserId="6537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12841" PostId="7782" Score="0" Text="C) bandwith control; Price &lt;= 100? Top =anyone? Standards=most common to get compatibilty?" CreationDate="2017-07-22T22:23:58.133" UserId="6653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12842" PostId="7763" Score="0" Text="@E.Nunn a big NO! it's not a technical support request, it's about enthusiasm of how I can upgrade /play with my machine. Which is the main tool of as software engineer." CreationDate="2017-07-23T08:21:14.727" UserId="6554" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12843" PostId="7763" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, you are wrong there, this is a site to recommend hardware to people. Where in the question are we recommending hardware please? Please read this SE's help section." CreationDate="2017-07-23T08:24:17.927" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12844" PostId="7763" Score="0" Text="It says and I quote, &#xA;&quot;Hardware Recommendations is a community-run website to help you find a specific product for your needs. That means you can ask for a recommendation for hardware to perform a specific task. However, you should be aware that &quot;hardware&quot; is not an all-encompassing term. In essence, we can help you if you're looking for a recommendation for hardware that is &quot;an electronic item that is, interfaces with, or connects to a computer to operate&quot;." CreationDate="2017-07-23T08:26:20.633" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12845" PostId="7763" Score="0" Text="And the answer to your question by the way, is no, as laptop cpu's are welded. Socketed Laptop CPUs have hardly hit the market yet, and are very expensive." CreationDate="2017-07-23T08:28:13.223" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12847" PostId="7752" Score="0" Text="I don't think that was an option in the original question @user5682822 , it certainly wasn't mentioned anyway." CreationDate="2017-07-23T08:37:59.010" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12848" PostId="7786" Score="1" Text="Upgrading processors in laptops is mostly not possible as the CPUs are embedded in the motherboard and don't use a socket. If you want a new CPU, just buy a new laptop that has your required specs." CreationDate="2017-07-23T10:43:31.807" UserId="5312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12849" PostId="7786" Score="0" Text="Thanks, is the SSD driver is an improvement? If so I will upgrade and whit some time before buying a new one" CreationDate="2017-07-23T11:27:44.003" UserId="6656" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12856" PostId="7763" Score="0" Text="I don't think you can swap the processors between the laptops, as on laptops, manufacturers usually weld the processors right on the mainboard." CreationDate="2017-07-23T05:09:53.417" UserId="6655" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12857" PostId="7480" Score="0" Text="Interesting, I was looking for the same thing.   Simply speaking, USB Bluetooth 5 adapters supporting the extended range or higher bitrate don't seem to be available here in summer 2017, almost a year after the specs released." CreationDate="2017-07-23T20:25:48.857" UserId="6658" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12858" PostId="7771" Score="0" Text="I see you signed up to answer — that's a good link! It's a battery-pack, instead of a wall-wart, but it's definitely something up my alley. (Now, if only they did a version with something more like 60Ah, as opposed to only 25Ah …)" CreationDate="2017-07-23T23:12:04.490" UserId="5988" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12860" PostId="7747" Score="0" Text="@user6537 No worries, it's probably part of the site rules. You need to hit a reputation breakpoint in some of the stack exchange communities in order to gain certain privileges. Glad I was able to help. Quick edit: It's not publicly visible but I did get the rep bonus for your vote, so definitely don't be discouraged from tossing points at answers that help you solve a problem." CreationDate="2017-07-24T06:44:24.693" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12862" PostId="7786" Score="1" Text="Yes, the SSD is an improvement. However, I do not recommend upgrading only the storage drive if you are having bad performance, in which case you should buy a new laptop/desktop. Otherwise, just upgrade to an SSD." CreationDate="2017-07-24T14:53:56.250" UserId="5312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12864" PostId="1999" Score="1" Text="This was a good while ago but better late than never. &#xA;Ended up going with this + upgrading to 16GB ram and an M.2 SSD. it's a decent computer with a lot of bang for your buck. Thanks!" CreationDate="2017-07-24T19:24:27.003" UserId="1753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12867" PostId="7786" Score="1" Text="Unless you're making these maps all day long, I wouldn't care about 10 minutes and leave the laptop as it is. If you want to upgrade anyway, I would look into more main memory (if supported by the laptop), because you mentioned closing other applications to run the map maker." CreationDate="2017-07-24T21:46:21.997" UserId="3655" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12871" PostId="7794" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! I have a few questions regarding your requirements. Do you need a hard drive with fast I/O, or do you need a ton of storage (&lt;= 1TB)? I also am assuming that the calculations are not multi-threaded, based on your hyper-threading comment. Is this correct? Is there anything else that you can add to the question to make it more specific? Things like &quot;high memory demand&quot; and &quot;high hard drive I/O&quot; are vague. Thanks!" CreationDate="2017-07-25T17:07:22.387" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12875" PostId="7794" Score="0" Text="Thx :) Hard drive should be fast and large. ;) Though I guess something between 512G and 1T is enough, where the latter could be external for saving purposes only. Calculations would be in parallel, using multiple cores if available but would not need/profit from hyperthreading. High memory demand means s.th. like at least 16G, better 32G in total. High hard drive I/O means that whatever can't get written into the memory would get written on the disc and read in again when needed. These files can get several GB large and that of course takes some time to write and read with slow hard drives." CreationDate="2017-07-25T17:50:55.757" UserId="6671" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12886" PostId="7806" Score="0" Text="Just to clarify: You are looking for a bluetooth dongle that also has another USB port build in, right?" CreationDate="2017-07-26T18:18:48.173" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12887" PostId="7806" Score="0" Text="No (sorry for the confusion), The device I'm looking for connects over bluetooth to my keyboard and connects over USB to my laptop. The USB connection on my Linux machine needs to see a HID device instead of a bluetooth adapter." CreationDate="2017-07-26T18:24:27.680" UserId="6697" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12891" PostId="7806" Score="0" Text="You're looking for a Bluetooth dongle that presents itself to the computer as a USB HID device?  I'm not sure such a thing can exist: I don't think USB HID provides any way for such a device to pair itself with a keyboard." CreationDate="2017-07-26T20:42:02.933" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12892" PostId="7570" Score="0" Text="raspberry and RFID module could be fine but I have not found a long distance RFID module for raspberry." CreationDate="2017-07-27T13:41:30.743" UserId="6406" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12893" PostId="7762" Score="0" Text="@akaDrHouse I did some digging around on a few forums, and I saw that the E5640 can support ECC-RAM as well as standard DDR3 RAM. The only downside in terms of RAM is that the E5640 can only support DDR3-1066Mhz. Oh well, you win some and you lose some. Thanks" CreationDate="2017-07-27T14:49:57.620" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12894" PostId="7570" Score="0" Text="You could try the communicating R. PI devices over a network router. I've heard of routers like the ones from Ubiquiti reaching for miles if that's the type of range you need. If you have a computer hooked up via ethernet to the same router you could use that as a local DB for your timestamp data." CreationDate="2017-07-27T15:19:36.397" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12895" PostId="7062" Score="0" Text="Razer Yellow actuation point is after 1.3mm versus the Cherry Red 2mm, a 35% difference. I don't think you're going to find a much closer comparison but there are significant differences." CreationDate="2017-07-27T15:40:25.770" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12897" PostId="7570" Score="0" Text="I do not really understand what you mean. My problem here is how can I create a timing system using RFID tags. Basically I would like to create a kind of RFID portal. Each participant would have on his bib a tag that would be detected when he crosses the finish line. This requires an RFID antenna that picks up several meters away" CreationDate="2017-07-27T18:15:26.523" UserId="6406" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12898" PostId="7570" Score="0" Text="My mistake, I thought you were referring to the distance between the R. PI and a storage device. You'd need a specialized RIFD module for this. Most RFID modules I've seen (like on buildings) have very small effective radii." CreationDate="2017-07-27T18:18:54.433" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12903" PostId="7296" Score="0" Text="Who's &quot;we&quot;? I assume it's the company you work for, but what company is that?" CreationDate="2017-07-28T21:45:24.660" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12907" PostId="7831" Score="0" Text="Noted. Leaving the 7XXX series behind. Would the GTX 650 be a viable option?" CreationDate="2017-07-30T05:15:28.253" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12908" PostId="7794" Score="0" Text="More details are needed. How many cores do you really need? Any GPU acceleration is needed or possible?&#xA;You might want to consider waiting for AMD based laptops with more cores (or Intel equivalent, when they release their counter chips)" CreationDate="2017-07-30T01:31:24.627" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12909" PostId="7831" Score="0" Text="I don't not fully understand - the GTX 650 is an old one too, from around the same time. Are you trying to get something for less than $100? &#xA;You wrote the budget for a GPU is $100, so the ones I've mentioned are the better ones" CreationDate="2017-07-30T14:46:51.260" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12910" PostId="7831" Score="0" Text="Well I am looking for a GPU around $100. But anything south of $100 is preferable" CreationDate="2017-07-30T14:48:06.873" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12911" PostId="7831" Score="0" Text="You have to decide what you prefer more. The best for $100 are the ones I mentioned above" CreationDate="2017-07-30T15:12:09.507" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12912" PostId="7831" Score="0" Text="I think I should wait, like you said, and watch the GPU prices from here on. Either that, or I will save up my funds and go for a high end card, like a 1060 3G or 6G" CreationDate="2017-07-30T15:13:55.253" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12913" PostId="7794" Score="0" Text="@eddr depends ... let's say 1-4/1-8. On the cluster I use 1 to 24. GPU is not important, thus the Nvidia Tesla or whatever the name for laptops would be is not what I need. At least not now. Are there information about the future AMD chips that you refer to?" CreationDate="2017-07-30T17:32:07.073" UserId="6671" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12914" PostId="7826" Score="0" Text="&quot;don't use hyperthreading&quot;. The 22 cores will be useless if OP means the applications are single threaded." CreationDate="2017-07-30T20:48:26.850" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12915" PostId="7818" Score="0" Text="Have you contacted plantronics tech support about the m95? That sounds like it should be a relatively easy problem to fix." CreationDate="2017-07-30T20:51:32.410" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12916" PostId="7826" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk to quote the OP from the comments under the question: _&quot;Calculations would be in parallel, using multiple cores if available but would not need/profit from hyperthreading&quot;_  and _&quot;On the cluster I use 1 to 24&quot;_ as the answer to _&quot;how many cores do you really need&quot;_. So yes, the OP _can_ make use of these cores (and in fact does when he can), and in fact his computations are so intense that Hyperthreading (which exploits not fully utilized functional units in cores to deal with other processes) essentially would have little room to serve other cores / the application." CreationDate="2017-07-30T20:53:35.447" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12917" PostId="7794" Score="0" Text="@eddr is probably talking about the AMD Threadripper chips (and maybe Ryzen and Epyc as well). Threadripper is the high-core count high-end desktop processor segment of the new AMD processors (with a lot of raw power that you probably could use here) and Ryzen is the gamer version (cheaper, less cores, like 8 instead of 16) and Epyc is the server-line. Actually ASUS claims to have an 8-core Ryzen laptop in the pipeline and will release it &quot;later this summer&quot;." CreationDate="2017-07-30T20:56:11.750" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12918" PostId="7826" Score="0" Text="I understand now. I didn't realize OP commented below and that makes perfect sense." CreationDate="2017-07-30T21:03:29.333" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12919" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="Since asking that question, I have since upgraded my setup that includes two 25&quot; (in portrait) and a 28&quot; (in landscape) setup. I think the monitors were heavier than 10lbs, and the stand still works great. That monitor stand might work for you if all three are rotated, and if they are not that heavy." CreationDate="2017-07-31T04:20:30.707" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12923" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="@maaartinus How much do they weigh?" CreationDate="2017-07-31T13:14:08.003" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12927" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="@Jeff 30.6 lbs, but that's the total, including the stand. Currently, I can neither find nor measure the weight of the display alone." CreationDate="2017-08-01T00:25:53.200" UserId="6722" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12928" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="@maaartinus I used this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I3IMWNY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1 and it worked for me with some modifications on 27&quot; screens.  (3 Side By Side)  Let me get you some photos of the changes and a materials list you need to make it work.  Took me about 2 hours including installing all the monitors and it works GREAT." CreationDate="2017-08-01T03:09:33.770" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12929" PostId="7842" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Max... I agree with you on the price though..." CreationDate="2017-08-01T13:11:01.207" UserId="6728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12930" PostId="7840" Score="0" Text="I think something important to consider here is what Electronic Health Record software you're going to be using on this tablet, if any. You could look for reviews specific to your EHR or even contact their support team to see if they have any recommendations. For what it's worth, an MS Surface Pro would easily fit your needs; your final decision will come down to whether or not you can find something suitable at a better price and if those tradeoffs will be worth it long-term. A used (slightly older) Surface model might do the trick as well." CreationDate="2017-08-01T14:40:35.540" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12931" PostId="7818" Score="0" Text="OP have you tested all these headsets on Win10 or were some of those crashing issues happening when you were still on Win7?" CreationDate="2017-08-01T15:45:20.457" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12932" PostId="7818" Score="0" Text="I have tested all headsets with Windows 10. I only had the Samsung HM1000 on Windows 7, and had more frequent crashing issues then." CreationDate="2017-08-01T16:41:47.530" UserId="6523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12934" PostId="7850" Score="0" Text="The main reason I am looking at RX 570 now is that most RX 480/580 are out of stock on some web store. Especially Newegg. However you made a valid point about waiting for Vega. Sound like I am planning to wait on GPU for now." CreationDate="2017-08-01T20:07:01.470" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12935" PostId="7850" Score="0" Text="You sure about that TDP for the RX 570?  [AMD's website](https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-570) says &quot;150W typical&quot;, while looking at actual cards gives numbers from 150W to 225W." CreationDate="2017-08-01T21:02:38.080" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12936" PostId="7850" Score="0" Text="On newegg it states &quot;Power Consumption: 120W&quot; for third party rx570s. Looking at the powerdraw from my rx480 from msiafterburner I see 91W to 140W power draw. AMD maybe giving more headroom on their website." CreationDate="2017-08-01T21:15:11.057" UserId="6476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12937" PostId="7848" Score="0" Text="This question is leaning tech support, as you are not asking for a power supply, rather what wattage you need. This is easily fixed by changing the wording around a bit and adding a few requirements (price, energy efficiency, modular, included fan, etc)." CreationDate="2017-08-02T02:24:13.067" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12938" PostId="7848" Score="0" Text="According to [this](http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-radeon-rx-570-4gb,review-33866-15.html), a RX 570 uses around 225W at 100%, so two cards would be ~500W. Mechanical drives use up more energy than SSDs. Based on everything, I would be looking for at least 800W, but thats just me. I tend to not skimp out on the PSU." CreationDate="2017-08-02T02:31:48.707" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12939" PostId="7846" Score="0" Text="This is a good answer. To make it even better, can you add a few more details to it please? How does it connect to the computer (USB, 3.5mm jacks, wireless, etc)? Is the padding covered in fabric? Are they open or closed cups? What about cost? The answers to these questions will greatly help out the OP, and maybe anyone else looking for something similar later." CreationDate="2017-08-02T03:22:20.027" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12940" PostId="7846" Score="0" Text="Done and done ( ^_ ^)b" CreationDate="2017-08-02T07:27:44.193" UserId="5488" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12943" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="I was bored, so I made a complete write-up. TL;DR: Wait 1.5 weeks and then ask another 5 or so directed questions here (and don't forget to link to this Q&amp;A for feature descriptions) and you'll have the parts you need." CreationDate="2017-08-02T13:37:17.327" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12948" PostId="7840" Score="1" Text="Thanks @jcam3&#xA;Well we are in the process of setting up a data base also. So will actually contact these providers as suggested." CreationDate="2017-08-02T14:48:28.007" UserId="6728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12956" PostId="7837" Score="0" Text="I asked a similar question here: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/420/122 - slightly different purpose (router/firewall rather than desktop). My ISP has not lived up to my expectations of 1Gb+ connections so I am holding off doing the build still, can't weigh in with personal experience" CreationDate="2017-08-02T23:34:01.957" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12977" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget we can account for @maaartinus" CreationDate="2017-08-05T06:54:22.803" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12978" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="@E.Nunn Not really, but given that the cost for the stand from the linked question was &lt;$60, I'd expect to stay &lt;$120 (depending on the features, I'd raise the limit)." CreationDate="2017-08-05T08:17:18.593" UserId="6722" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12979" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="The weight of a single monitor is approximately 13.4 kilos (29.5lbs) according to this datasheet http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscmisc/vac/us/product_pdfs/LP3065_data_sheet_May07.pdf" CreationDate="2017-08-05T08:56:15.113" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12991" PostId="7874" Score="0" Text="By the way this question is off topic for this site, please ask on superuser.com for more informed answers (I answered your question anyway ;))" CreationDate="2017-08-06T06:57:49.490" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12993" PostId="7875" Score="0" Text="I am planning to get something like amd ryzen 1700x which comes with base clock rate of 3.4 Mhz. Which make it possible going by what you said to make full use of 3.2 Mhz ram. I am moving over from AM2 CPU 1075T. Thus ANY speed above 1333 Mhz (total 8 GB over 4 cards) is a nice upgrade at this rate. :)" CreationDate="2017-08-06T11:53:20.697" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12994" PostId="7875" Score="0" Text="Sorry, it doesn't work like that. The clock of the processor isn't directly linked to maximum supported clock speeds of the RAM. Some of the i7 list which clock up to 4.2 Ghz can only officially support 2400 Mhz RAM. Look on the manufacturers site for details. If you take a peek on ark.intel.com , it will show exactly that for high end processors such as the i7-4790k" CreationDate="2017-08-06T14:40:58.637" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12995" PostId="7876" Score="0" Text="Do you have a laptop or a desktop? Also, what kind of capacity were you looking at?" CreationDate="2017-08-06T14:44:34.807" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12996" PostId="7876" Score="0" Text="I have a laptop, an Asus, i5 @E.Nunn" CreationDate="2017-08-06T14:45:36.437" UserId="6756" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12997" PostId="7876" Score="0" Text="I would be excessively cautious about running a Hackintosh from a USB, on PC hardware. To get a functioning Hackintosh with ZERO problems is a difficult feat on a desktop with Hard drives, let alone a laptop booting from a USB." CreationDate="2017-08-06T14:48:24.637" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12998" PostId="7876" Score="0" Text="That’s all I have tho @E.Nunn I can just get a new USB, not a new computer unfortunately" CreationDate="2017-08-06T14:50:01.233" UserId="6756" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12999" PostId="7876" Score="0" Text="Sure, I wasn't suggesting a new computer, I was just specifically wary of Hackintoshes, as, despite the technical problems, they are illegal anyhow. http://lockergnome.com/2012/02/24/are-hackintosh-computers-legal/ . To be fair, Apple are hardly likely to come knocking on your door, but it's just the ethics of breaking the EULA." CreationDate="2017-08-06T14:51:52.577" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13000" PostId="7876" Score="0" Text="Sure they are. However what do you think about that USB I found?" CreationDate="2017-08-06T14:53:58.287" UserId="6756" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13001" PostId="7876" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/63401/discussion-between-e-nunn-and-fet)." CreationDate="2017-08-06T14:54:55.897" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13002" PostId="7875" Score="0" Text="Yeah I just realize that could be a problem after looking at this link. https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-1700x It say 2667 MHZ memory supports but there are some reviews that suggests going over that (also corresponding OC their cpu) saw huge improvement for Ryzen Zen line of CPU. Also most Ryzen CPU seem to support much higher memory speed than intel counterpart so." CreationDate="2017-08-06T15:14:59.413" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13003" PostId="7875" Score="0" Text="By the way, AMD may have a higher memory speed support, but there is a reason why AMD CPUs are much cheaper than their Intel counterparts, because they can afford to put in more features, considering the AMD usage of more slower cores, compared to the expensive Intel usage of fewer, faster cores." CreationDate="2017-08-06T15:26:13.817" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13004" PostId="7875" Score="0" Text="Here is a user who pushed 3200 MHZ (2x 8 GB) on a 1700 which is basically a slimmer version of 1700x. So the result could be reasonable similar better on 1700x. 16% boost in 1080 gaming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G80uG3acg44 Most of this was 3 month ago." CreationDate="2017-08-06T15:33:42.720" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13007" PostId="7875" Score="0" Text="My bad, I have just realised that a function called XMP in the BIOS makes it possible to utilise faster RAM speeds than the recommended CPU RAM supported speed without overclocking your CPU. I edited my answer accordingly." CreationDate="2017-08-06T16:01:25.847" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13010" PostId="7874" Score="0" Text="@E.Nunn Please don't do that. If you *know* a question is off-topic, answering it is not constructive." CreationDate="2017-08-06T23:22:28.250" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13012" PostId="7879" Score="0" Text="Could you define &quot;Doesn't break the bank&quot;? That would seem like a lot of money, yet you say Roku at $5/mo is too much." CreationDate="2017-08-07T06:27:41.207" UserId="131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13013" PostId="7880" Score="0" Text="(And i've been using this to control it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/r.html?C=2F1HKFMSHK6AF&amp;K=A1TZ5LCKJ3IV3M&amp;R=7MQQLX7YLVRI&amp;T=C&amp;U=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fdp%2FB072LWZ3K4%2Fref%3Dpe_1909131_77697001_tnp_email_TE_AMZLdp_1&amp;A=FOFFOTWGY5OL7T9EX7VRAOBZS2CA&amp;H=SA0I2VT3EFVRV9N9IRRIJCSSV6UA&amp;ref_=pe_1909131_77697001_tnp_email_TE_AMZLdp_1)" CreationDate="2017-08-07T13:20:48.050" UserId="6527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13014" PostId="7874" Score="0" Text="How did this question get flagged as hardware support? I have not figured out which range of MHZ to buy for RAM. So... the answer was there is no constriction outside of DDR4." CreationDate="2017-08-07T17:03:01.323" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13015" PostId="7879" Score="0" Text="You could probably look at the intel compute stick." CreationDate="2017-08-07T18:01:22.037" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13016" PostId="7879" Score="0" Text="@user3169 The hardware isn't going to need to do a lot but be a web browser that sits on a single page 99% of the time, so paying $100 for hardware is silly. And $5 a month for a web browser is equally silly. When I say doesn't break the bank I'm talking about the hardware itself in total, and I think $50 would be an upper limit for such a device" CreationDate="2017-08-07T20:04:11.870" UserId="6762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13017" PostId="7879" Score="0" Text="@StephenFischer If you have another PC (even an old laptop) that you can broadcast the picture from, you could get a Steam Link unit along with a mini remote kb/m (something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Rii-Wireless-Keyboard-mini-X1/dp/B00I5SW8MC). That's really all I can think of that's going to hit the functions you want at the $50 price point you're looking for. Everything else is going to be lackluster (Amazon Fire Stick = not enough power), more tech-intensive than you want (R.Pi), or too expensive (mini-PC, Intel Compute Stick)." CreationDate="2017-08-07T21:19:30.483" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13019" PostId="7874" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Sorry, It won't happen again." CreationDate="2017-08-07T21:21:02.837" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13020" PostId="7877" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure that a television without built-in IR for remote control use is even available anymore. Best bet is to get a non-smart TV , an antenna/digital converter box kit, and then just open the monitor housing and hardware disable the IR yourself (read: just rip it out or snip the wires). I would try to find a popular model so that you can look up the IR receiver placement more easily." CreationDate="2017-08-07T21:23:01.180" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13029" PostId="7827" Score="0" Text="Why should/would I go with this instead of a dedicated workstation laptop like the Lenovo Thinkpad P70?" CreationDate="2017-08-08T06:54:45.790" UserId="6671" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13030" PostId="7827" Score="1" Text="@pH13-YetanotherPhilipp Because the P70 runs a either a laptop i7 or a Xeon-turned laptop i7 (roughly speaking) but in either case the CPU may only take up to 45W whereas the Origin PC's CPU may take up to 91W (allowing for higher clocks for longer)." CreationDate="2017-08-08T08:09:56.243" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13032" PostId="7877" Score="0" Text="The built-in IR can be easily disabled, though it baffles me why you want to do that. It can't send data, and the TV can't be flashed over IR. In any case, it's just a little 3-5mm diode behind some shaded plastic, easy to remove. All last-generation TVs have some means for direct control via capacitative touch or buttons. I recommend an older Sony Trinitron CRT, though the box for signal really depends on what programs you want. Satboxes are receive-only." CreationDate="2017-08-08T13:51:09.723" UserId="6213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13034" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="If you end up using this answer as a guide to build your computer from scratch you might want to consider using [PC Part Picker](https://pcpartpicker.com/) as a complimentary resource to find and then track and manage the cost of each component. There are also a lot of pre-configured builds that you can modify." CreationDate="2017-08-08T18:48:04.720" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13035" PostId="7888" Score="0" Text="Oh I see... thanks for the clarification! So are all the eGPU setup only compatible with a machine having Thunderbolt 3? For example MacBook Pro (2016) can connect to eGPU but Mac Pro (2013) can't due to the lack of Thunderbolt 3 port?" CreationDate="2017-08-08T19:35:57.133" UserId="2240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13036" PostId="7888" Score="0" Text="@Blaszard Macs are special in that regard, in that they sometimes come with Thunderbolt 2 ports, if they do, you can use an eGPU. [egpu.io also has you covered in that case :)](https://egpu.io/external-gpu-buyers-guide-2017/#tb2-enclosures)" CreationDate="2017-08-08T19:38:03.690" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13037" PostId="7888" Score="0" Text="And it means that the box, not the graphic card, has a power plug that should be connected to an outlet, right?" CreationDate="2017-08-08T19:40:35.483" UserId="2240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13038" PostId="7888" Score="0" Text="@Blaszard exactly, the box has a plug for the outlet and the card needs to be connected to the power supply in the box." CreationDate="2017-08-08T19:41:26.797" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13039" PostId="7888" Score="0" Text="OK, thanks. Just want to ask one more... is there such thing as &quot;mobile eGPU&quot;, on which you don't need an outlet? I want to use eGPU on my laptop in cafe as well, if that is possible. Or does it consume too much power so unreasonable (or poor performance, if any)?" CreationDate="2017-08-08T19:45:01.950" UserId="2240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13040" PostId="7888" Score="0" Text="@Blaszard I don't know any such device, because a) desktop cards draw &gt;100W usually killing every battery super quick and b) the market for such a device would be even smaller than the current desktop-powered eGPU market because most people will just get a laptop with a somewhat powerful laptop GPU instead of spending money on an external device (that they possible can't even upgrade)." CreationDate="2017-08-08T19:52:48.720" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13041" PostId="7890" Score="0" Text="Your monitor is definitely an odd one out. Most monitors (and computer products in general) on the market should not get hot enough to touch. Also note that the temperature you feel and the actual heat of the components are not always the same. For example, a laptop with a very thermally conductive case will feel hotter to the touch, but actually be quite cool in the core's perspective because the case is efficient at moving heat away from the core." CreationDate="2017-08-08T22:18:14.000" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13042" PostId="7847" Score="0" Text="I'm using EyeFinity for multi-monitor fullscreen. Since i'm only running one monitor through the DP it's fine. I misunderstood and thought that any monitors on DP would need to run active, but as you explained this is only for using multiple monitors for the DP port. thanks" CreationDate="2017-08-09T10:50:21.920" UserId="6730" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13043" PostId="7877" Score="0" Text="Rather than buying a TV set and turning it into a monitor, could I not get an antenna and tuner with an HDMI output and feed it to an HDMI input of a simple monitor, adjusting the tuner when I want to change channels, or are there major drawbacks with that idea? Just 10-15 of the British &quot;Freeview&quot; channels listed near the top of [this page](https://www.freeview.co.uk/why-freeview/channels#yP1ktHCrygfbOjPI.97) would be fine. Does &quot;last-generation&quot; mean &quot;most recent but one&quot; generation, or &quot;most recent generation&quot;? (Please excuse my ignorance.)" CreationDate="2017-08-09T12:14:11.287" UserDisplayName="user6760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13044" PostId="7894" Score="0" Text="Yes, this combination will not work." CreationDate="2017-08-09T16:41:51.090" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13045" PostId="7894" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your answer." CreationDate="2017-08-09T18:47:36.820" UserId="6775" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13046" PostId="7897" Score="0" Text="Will I lose any bandwidth if I use a Display Port to HDMI adapter?" CreationDate="2017-08-09T20:15:51.057" UserId="6776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13047" PostId="7896" Score="2" Text="I recommend [this computer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus)." CreationDate="2017-08-09T20:15:51.473" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13049" PostId="7897" Score="0" Text="You will be limited by the display HDMI port - what is the exact model of your display? (also, I'll add that to the answer)&#xA;EDIT: to reply your question - you won't &quot;lose&quot; bandwidth, you'll just be limited by the port" CreationDate="2017-08-09T20:27:03.623" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13050" PostId="7897" Score="0" Text="I guess that in your case it's probably HDMI version &lt; 2.0, so you won't be able to do 4K@60FPS, only 4K@30FPS (which should be good for movies)" CreationDate="2017-08-09T20:35:01.800" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13055" PostId="7901" Score="0" Text="You might ask on [Software Recs](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/) about what you could run on your HTPC to accomplish your goals. If you do decided to ask a question there, please be sure to list the specs of the machine." CreationDate="2017-08-10T14:56:16.037" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13056" PostId="7901" Score="0" Text="I don't insist on having a HTPC for this, as I wrote above, I'm fine changing the hardware that would do this: ideally for something that could do this out of the box." CreationDate="2017-08-10T15:13:06.183" UserId="6781" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13057" PostId="7897" Score="0" Text="My TV (LG 55UH615A) supports 4k@60 so it should have HDMI 2.0 port. In that case, I'm guessing I need to make sure that the adapter support it?" CreationDate="2017-08-10T18:14:44.580" UserId="6776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13058" PostId="7903" Score="1" Text="I'm not aware of any (beefy) eGPU solutions that don't require some PCI-like connection (which includes Thunderbolt 2 and 3). And chances are that most cases with cards will be heavier than the difference between a MacBook and a MacBookPro." CreationDate="2017-08-10T18:26:36.933" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13063" PostId="7897" Score="0" Text="this one should be good https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-DisplayPort-Supports-displays-3840x2160/dp/B00S0C7QO8/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1502409181&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=displayport+to+hdmi+2.0&#xA;&#xA;I have good experience with Plugable and they took the time to explain stuff to me. You can talk to them. It seems that's it's better to get an &quot;active&quot; solution rather than a simple &quot;passive&quot; cable&#xA;&#xA;If you'll scroll down, you'll see their rather detailed explaination" CreationDate="2017-08-10T23:54:54.897" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13064" PostId="7903" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM In &quot;heavy&quot;, I meant I carry it frequently to go outside; I use eGPU only when I'm home." CreationDate="2017-08-11T05:36:00.440" UserId="2240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13074" PostId="7898" Score="0" Text="I appreciate the help. I ordered one which supports HDMI 2.0" CreationDate="2017-08-12T14:54:20.070" UserId="6776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13087" PostId="7922" Score="0" Text="Do you have a specific budget in mind?" CreationDate="2017-08-14T20:54:13.353" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13088" PostId="7924" Score="0" Text="Would Bluetooth headphones be what you are after?" CreationDate="2017-08-15T05:33:58.380" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13089" PostId="7922" Score="0" Text="No, but not averse to spending the money that either of the two phones above cost, which in the EU, cost €450-550" CreationDate="2017-08-15T06:05:33.353" UserId="6618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13090" PostId="7924" Score="0" Text="@E.Nunn No. I will be using them in a setting were wireless communication is not allowed. I want them to play audio on their own without needing a separate device." CreationDate="2017-08-15T07:07:13.323" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13096" PostId="7934" Score="0" Text="I can't make a particular recommendation, but if you simply google &quot;external touch screen&quot;, plenty of candidates pop up..." CreationDate="2017-08-16T10:47:12.847" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13097" PostId="7934" Score="0" Text="Yeah, but of 16 inches or less, only appear the ones related to Raspberry Pi or other boards... @SEJPM" CreationDate="2017-08-16T11:40:17.770" UserId="6812" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13098" PostId="7933" Score="0" Text="The problem isn't patient but testing the motherboard making sure it is not dead on arrival. I did not have a spare video card do that. Hence the low price constriction. The deadline is August 28th for RMA on motherboard. By the time Vega 56 comes out it will be too late." CreationDate="2017-08-16T12:31:27.983" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13099" PostId="7933" Score="0" Text="but you need a CPU anyway - doesn't it have an iGPU?" CreationDate="2017-08-16T12:45:50.840" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13100" PostId="7933" Score="0" Text="Not this one. X370 pro gaming + amd 1700x. My current PC still runs amd 2 1075T CPU + 8 GB DDR3 at 1333 MHZ ever since I put it together 3 years ago. So this will be a huge upgrade. Hence the better performance constriction." CreationDate="2017-08-16T12:58:31.373" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13101" PostId="7933" Score="0" Text="indeed huge upgrade - the 1075T should have limited the performance&#xA;can't you just get some used $10 GPU to test it? or borrow from a friend?" CreationDate="2017-08-16T14:11:36.710" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13102" PostId="7933" Score="0" Text="I don't think I have any unused video card. I already asked a few people I know who have build their PC. Out of luck. I looked at local store most have 1060 for little above $200." CreationDate="2017-08-16T14:41:18.883" UserId="6634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13103" PostId="7937" Score="0" Text="There is a whole lotta phones out there that fit your needs, Motorola just rule basically." CreationDate="2017-08-16T16:24:46.927" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13104" PostId="7922" Score="0" Text="The phones in the answer below surpass the OnePlus 5 in performance and other phone swag, and cost a lot less than €550, they are £200 in the UK." CreationDate="2017-08-16T16:26:46.183" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13106" PostId="7504" Score="0" Text="Are you taking &quot;pictures&quot; or having the video on so you can scan them?" CreationDate="2017-08-16T16:30:21.783" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13107" PostId="7938" Score="0" Text="Please narrow down the options, providing a budget would be a good start. What kind of performance do you expect from this computer? Edit the question with a list of must haves and nice to haves and don't needs." CreationDate="2017-08-16T17:17:54.493" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13108" PostId="7939" Score="0" Text="On principle I avoid wireless wherever I can because I'm apparently a grandpa in my mid-20's, but that looks like a potentially awesome solution that I hadn't heard of. Looking forward to taking a closer look this afternoon." CreationDate="2017-08-16T17:23:14.867" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13109" PostId="7939" Score="0" Text="If your computers are hardwired to the network, that will also work, so good luck :)" CreationDate="2017-08-16T17:24:37.013" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13110" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="I literally can't find anything that will support that kind of weight with stability. 3 of the things is 90lbs ffs :p. One option is to have three separate heavy duty arms and place them in such a way that they will be perfectly aligned." CreationDate="2017-08-16T17:36:38.433" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13111" PostId="7504" Score="0" Text="I'm taking pictures exclusively" CreationDate="2017-08-16T19:22:42.017" UserId="6333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13112" PostId="7944" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I opened the back-panel and the view is same as above image.&#xA;&#xA;Happy to hear that I can upgrade to SSD. Thanks a lot. :)" CreationDate="2017-08-17T07:25:34.630" UserId="6820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13113" PostId="7942" Score="0" Text="Actually this is (theoretically?) only a subset of all the laptops that the OP has to consider because one can also imagine the vents sitting on the side instead of the bottom." CreationDate="2017-08-17T07:38:36.470" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13114" PostId="7937" Score="0" Text="Thanks ever so much - I've had a cursory look at them and will weigh up. The Z is an older phone with a lesser battery and greater resolution - would that be likely to be an issue in daily usage?" CreationDate="2017-08-17T11:30:27.750" UserId="6618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13116" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="Does the card come with pre-equipped air cooling (ie &quot;are there fans on the card&quot;)? Also what are you looking for in the rest of the system? A lot of sequential CPU power? A lot of parallel CPU power? A lot of RAM? A lot of Storage?" CreationDate="2017-08-17T12:23:51.697" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13117" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM I think the card has air cooling. The device I received looks exactly like the one in the picture at page 6 (http://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce-gtx/NVIDIA_TITAN_Xp_User_Guide.pdf). My focus is highly parallel computing." CreationDate="2017-08-17T12:33:09.623" UserId="6822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13118" PostId="7943" Score="0" Text="Please provide us a budget.  Also edit you question to include what you will be using the laptop for and the reason for need of a faster ssd to get better answers." CreationDate="2017-08-17T15:39:12.857" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13119" PostId="7937" Score="0" Text="Depends really what you are using it for. How many hours a day do you actually use it?" CreationDate="2017-08-17T16:09:50.420" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13120" PostId="7937" Score="0" Text="Usage depends, calls, texting, WhatsApps, podcasts, photos, streaming music and video." CreationDate="2017-08-17T16:21:12.030" UserId="6618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13121" PostId="7937" Score="0" Text="Just looking at the Z2 on gsmarena I note that they've dropped the FM radio AND increased the price to an estimated €700! :-S" CreationDate="2017-08-17T16:21:23.747" UserId="6618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13122" PostId="7937" Score="0" Text="Ouch. Thats a bit expensive. There is always the LG G5. Also, for your usage, as long as you dont use it extensively, it should be fine. My phone is over 5 years old now and I still only use 8% of the battery for a day of light usage. Its all down to battery hogging apps like wifi always on." CreationDate="2017-08-17T16:53:06.647" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13123" PostId="7941" Score="0" Text="It would be hard to answer your question on the basis that a minority of people have this top end range of monitors, and a smaller percentage come onto this site. I'm not sure that manufacturers would actually provide this specific information either." CreationDate="2017-08-17T17:58:17.063" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13125" PostId="7942" Score="0" Text="There was no mention of side vents, so not included as part of my &quot;answer.&quot;  There were a lot of things not mentioned and I'm not even sure that the OP is even looking for something specific, which I also noted.  Its a poor answer, I admit, but it was a poorer question." CreationDate="2017-08-17T19:16:15.233" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13127" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for a complete system, or are you wanting to build your own?" CreationDate="2017-08-17T19:38:15.647" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13128" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Either is fine.  Do you have any suggestion?" CreationDate="2017-08-17T21:27:27.257" UserId="6822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13129" PostId="2485" Score="0" Text="@jm666 THIS. as person who personally uses Xamarin forms with a mac VM within the same device I can personally attest to it's efficacy." CreationDate="2017-08-17T21:47:28.093" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13130" PostId="7073" Score="0" Text="Part of the issue(I believe) I have determined is that Android devices are battery hogs especially on recent versions so part of space is taken up by increased battery sizes." CreationDate="2017-08-18T00:27:54.403" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13131" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="This question is quite broad, as there are a lot of things that go into a custom PC. It would be better to ask multiple separate questions if you are intending on building a PC as this site is for recommending hardware to meet a specific task, not building a PC for a user." CreationDate="2017-08-18T08:17:29.503" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13133" PostId="7952" Score="0" Text="I'm not experienced with Blender, is the operation which's time you want to minimize bound by the CPU or the GPU mainly and how much RAM do you need (depending on your answers, there are some tricks to get better performance)." CreationDate="2017-08-18T12:17:56.557" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13134" PostId="7952" Score="0" Text="Also: Is high disk performance important, that is during the operation do you need to quickly read / write _a lot_ (multiple GB) of data to the drive?" CreationDate="2017-08-18T12:26:44.807" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13135" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="OK, the user guide says that the only hard requirements are that you _need_ 8GB RAM (16 preferably) and that the PSU should at least supply 600W and offer a 6+8 pin power connector. These are actually quite moderate requirements, I'll see if I find the time to throw some components together (but in any case other answerers can use the above information!)." CreationDate="2017-08-18T13:19:34.730" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13136" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM That is very kind of you. Thank you for the information." CreationDate="2017-08-18T13:46:49.697" UserId="6822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13137" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Thank you for your kind response. If you need information for a specific task, then I should tell you that I intend to speed-up some algorithms using the parallel computing power of GPU. I intend to use CUDA for the programming. let me know if this helps." CreationDate="2017-08-18T13:50:00.553" UserId="6822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13138" PostId="7953" Score="1" Text="Better in what ways? What games will you be playing? The more you can give us, the better our answers will be." CreationDate="2017-08-18T14:37:09.890" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13139" PostId="7953" Score="0" Text="I have made a few minor changes in the question @Cfinley. Hope that works" CreationDate="2017-08-18T14:51:27.107" UserId="6828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13140" PostId="7953" Score="1" Text="You really have to define budget, uses and preferences" CreationDate="2017-08-18T15:08:41.637" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13141" PostId="7953" Score="0" Text="@eddr Price for both is almost the same. I will be choosing **ONLY** from the two. I have specified my use in the question. I do not know if my question is off topic here. I just need some idea about which one of these 2 would be a better choice as one has GTX 1050 with 16GB RAM and the other GTX 1050Ti with 8GB RAM" CreationDate="2017-08-18T15:12:14.060" UserId="6828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13142" PostId="7953" Score="0" Text="@eddr Made some more minor edits." CreationDate="2017-08-18T15:16:34.710" UserId="6828" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13143" PostId="7946" Score="0" Text="OK, I should imagine that pretty much any parts can be used for that task so I'll leave @SEJPM to come up with a parts list." CreationDate="2017-08-18T18:01:58.957" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13144" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn I can't find anything either, and every item that might be even remotely close is way outside of OP's price range. Even getting three separate articulating monitor stands would be $400 easily." CreationDate="2017-08-18T18:22:05.563" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13145" PostId="7952" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM The operation I want to minimize is by GPU, and it should have at least 4gb of vram. About the RAM, I think 16 GB would be perfect." CreationDate="2017-08-18T18:47:13.123" UserId="6826" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13146" PostId="7952" Score="0" Text="High disk performance is not priority. But having a ssd disk to run my system is important to me." CreationDate="2017-08-18T18:47:47.887" UserId="6826" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13147" PostId="7835" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 That's the problem, I have a quality arm myself as I have a heavy color accurate monitor for design work, but these clock in at 200 USD each" CreationDate="2017-08-18T19:08:16.823" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13149" PostId="7953" Score="1" Text="The Dell would be a lot faster for gaming then. The Ti variant is around 40% faster on average. Display is pretty lousy, but can be replaced" CreationDate="2017-08-18T21:25:16.760" UserId="6720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13151" PostId="7954" Score="1" Text="So to confirm, you have a double sided document that you want to scan into two separate PDF files, with each side of the document being in a file of its own? Or are you looking for something that if the document is one sided, will only put one page in the PDF, or if it is double sided, will put both sides in the single PDF?" CreationDate="2017-08-19T11:05:03.513" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13152" PostId="7957" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much! I'll take a look on that. I owe you one. Greetins!" CreationDate="2017-08-19T14:27:30.540" UserId="6826" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13153" PostId="7954" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Great questions.  I will update my posting to improve clarity and answer your questions." CreationDate="2017-08-19T16:13:35.393" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13154" PostId="7954" Score="0" Text="OK, would it be an option to sort the documents into two piles before scanning? One pile double sided one pile single sided?" CreationDate="2017-08-20T07:35:05.453" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13155" PostId="7954" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Yes, that's an option.  Not ideal, but definitely doable.  Ideally, it could also handle double-sided documents that contain multiple pages, but that requires it to somehow know when one document ends and the next begins." CreationDate="2017-08-20T17:19:59.407" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13157" PostId="7969" Score="0" Text="Given that you picked _Xeons_ you _will_ need a dedicated GPU if you want graphics." CreationDate="2017-08-21T14:09:14.663" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13158" PostId="7970" Score="0" Text="what about low-end GPUs such as an r5?" CreationDate="2017-08-21T14:51:24.360" UserId="6802" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13159" PostId="7970" Score="0" Text="@j.kay if they have at least 1GB of GDDR5 RAM, then no problem. Else they should also be ok (but probably quite slower)." CreationDate="2017-08-21T14:53:06.023" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13160" PostId="7970" Score="0" Text="Another difference is that professional cards typically have unlocked FP64 (exceptions include the Quadro M6000), again not important for games, but useful for compute. That's why you see supercomputers using Tesla GPUs as accelerators" CreationDate="2017-08-22T02:10:25.650" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13163" PostId="7073" Score="0" Text="I think the [Sony Xperia X Compact](http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_x_compact-8292.php) is a 4.6&quot; ." CreationDate="2017-08-22T17:58:28.983" UserId="6846" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13165" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="Could you provide a link to both computer models so I can compare them? Usually performance isn't down to processor alone." CreationDate="2017-08-22T19:46:28.320" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13166" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="I was comparing two laptops which are indentical apart from the processer as far as I can make out. Here are the links: http://tinyurl.com/y9rs32km and http://tinyurl.com/y84lvet4" CreationDate="2017-08-22T21:08:55.073" UserId="6848" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13167" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="If you want to play games on your laptop, I would focus more on getting a good graphics card as that is more likely to be the bottleneck. Specifically aim for something with a solid dedicated graphics card." CreationDate="2017-08-23T03:20:49.623" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13168" PostId="7976" Score="0" Text="Thanks for that, I hadn't realised how much of a laptop's cost is made up by the processor either! Is about half the cost of my laptop." CreationDate="2017-08-23T09:30:22.460" UserId="6848" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13169" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo How easy is it to add a separate graphics card to a laptop after purchase?" CreationDate="2017-08-23T09:41:42.907" UserId="6848" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13170" PostId="7975" Score="0" Text="I _think_ you got the currency conversion wrong, surely you are not ready to spend 7k USD on a phone? ;)" CreationDate="2017-08-23T11:33:24.707" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13171" PostId="7943" Score="0" Text="@Jeff : For now, budget is flexible. I am a software developer and mostly use Visual Studio and Android studio along with SQL Server version. And gaming sometimes, ;)" CreationDate="2017-08-23T11:46:53.130" UserId="6820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13172" PostId="7975" Score="0" Text="you're right, haha, thanks" CreationDate="2017-08-23T11:55:22.630" UserId="6849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13174" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="You can't add a graphics card to your laptop without totally replacing the motherboard, which comes with the CPU preinstalled by the way. Very expensive." CreationDate="2017-08-23T16:10:34.747" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13175" PostId="7213" Score="0" Text="Did you actually ever go ahead and buy a phone? Or are you still looking for a recommendation?" CreationDate="2017-08-23T16:28:41.817" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13176" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Well technically if you have USB C you could get an external GPU enclosure and connect it to the laptop, but I think it only works with specific laptops/motherboard designs. That's pretty much the only possible way to add a dedicated graphics card to a laptop after purchase besides literally ripping the laptop apart and shoving a new one in there." CreationDate="2017-08-23T16:37:42.147" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13177" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo thats only for Thunderbolt right? There is actually no point in getting a card that has more bandwidth than the Thunderbolt 3 specification for this kind of application. Thats 40gbps for anyone interested. To be fair, not many high-end consumer cards top somewhere around ~12 gbps so you should be fine." CreationDate="2017-08-23T16:41:43.077" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13178" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn I believe [thunderbolt is USB C and here is one of those gpu encolsures](https://youtu.be/FZSMcKbuEnA?t=3m20s)" CreationDate="2017-08-23T16:59:19.587" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13179" PostId="7981" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I need to buy at that store because I have discount there." CreationDate="2017-08-23T18:12:32.947" UserId="6849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13180" PostId="7983" Score="0" Text="I highly doubt there is an enclosure that has _native_ support for TB2 _and_ TB3. However, I _think_ you could use a TB2 &lt;=&gt; TB3 adapter when you get the new laptop (these should be a thing for the apple users who want to continue using their old HW, like you)." CreationDate="2017-08-23T19:59:57.610" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13181" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo That _is_ the Razer Core ;)" CreationDate="2017-08-24T05:23:16.840" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13182" PostId="7974" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Egpu enclosure support is pretty limited right now, admittedly. It seems only gaming tier laptops feature this technology like [MSI](https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-enters-the-e-GPU-game-with-GUS.190644.0.html) and [Alienware](http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/alienware-graphics-amplifier/apd/452-bcfe/gaming)." CreationDate="2017-08-24T08:12:15.433" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13183" PostId="7986" Score="0" Text="Really? This question was asked two years ago, and there was a more relevant question more recently than that. Please check first." CreationDate="2017-08-24T22:19:21.987" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13184" PostId="7987" Score="2" Text="In all honesty, I think $2000 is way *under* budget for something like this." CreationDate="2017-08-25T02:20:30.387" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13187" PostId="7988" Score="0" Text="To be honest the difference between those laptops isn't going to be great. You won't be playing games at highest setting on that new laptop. It's more than enough for web browsing and word processing, however." CreationDate="2017-08-25T16:36:31.867" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13188" PostId="7988" Score="0" Text="I would take a look at the Dell Inspiron 15 5567 for very good performance. I personally have one of these, and the price to performance is very good." CreationDate="2017-08-25T17:33:36.517" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13189" PostId="7983" Score="2" Text="I would actually suggest that you get a Thunderbolt 3 (from enclosure) to Thunderbolt 2 (Computer input) adaptor, and use the Razer Core as the GPU enclosure. The problem with doing it the other way is because you will be limiting your bandwidth." CreationDate="2017-08-25T17:41:10.927" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13190" PostId="7987" Score="0" Text="2000 does sound a bit low but I am looking into this for you." CreationDate="2017-08-25T18:53:16.250" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13191" PostId="7986" Score="0" Text="Irrelevant. I answered a question with a logical response, regardless of the stale state." CreationDate="2017-08-26T00:06:31.200" UserId="6862" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13192" PostId="7986" Score="0" Text="Irrelevant. The OP is not likely to mark the question as answered as he has probably solved it by now." CreationDate="2017-08-26T05:46:57.810" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13193" PostId="6809" Score="0" Text="If you are still interested, The Arduino GSM Shield 2 might do what you are looking for." CreationDate="2017-08-26T09:56:42.107" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13194" PostId="7987" Score="0" Text="I've been looking at a Wacom tablet, something like this:  http://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-displays/cintiq-27-qhd-touch  It's not quite a 60 inch TV, but it seems like it could meet a lot of needs.  I don't know much about these.  Ideally, it would work as a 4th monitor on my desktop.  I could maybe put a software solution on it that solves the sharing, leaving the realestate and naturalness of using a pen to the device.  Any thoughts here?" CreationDate="2017-08-28T00:23:16.297" UserId="5563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13195" PostId="7999" Score="1" Text="&quot;Supported Socket FM2+/FM2 processors AMD A-series/ E2-series processor&quot; - No, this board doesn't support Intel CPUs at all. You need an AMD." CreationDate="2017-08-28T13:34:20.633" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13196" PostId="7986" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Every question should have an answer. There are even [badges](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/badges/64/revival) for answering old questions." CreationDate="2017-08-28T14:18:55.233" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13197" PostId="7986" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley OK, ill accept adjustment, but given the nature of this StackExchange site, I would have thought that it would be somewhat useless to do so." CreationDate="2017-08-28T15:41:56.230" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13198" PostId="7986" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Some hardware do not really change over the years, like keyboard, mice, KVMs, UPSs, etc. Plus you never know when an answer will help out someone other than OP." CreationDate="2017-08-28T15:46:56.863" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13199" PostId="8000" Score="0" Text="What do you intend to use Davinci Resolve for specifically?" CreationDate="2017-08-28T17:29:20.593" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13203" PostId="7896" Score="0" Text="@Mark Get enough of those together and you've got the original server rack!" CreationDate="2017-08-28T18:07:06.607" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13206" PostId="8000" Score="0" Text="I will be editing RAW 4K video (flat file) shot on the iPhone 6s, so will be dealing with color correction, effects etc" CreationDate="2017-08-29T04:35:46.390" UserId="6885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13208" PostId="8002" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I'm just wondering that if the GPU the bottleneck anyway no matter if I go for the Ryzen 5 or 7" CreationDate="2017-08-29T13:39:34.720" UserId="6885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13211" PostId="7761" Score="0" Text="As Bren said I would look at ThinkPads, for the biggest you have you could either get a pretty decent ThinkPad or if you looked on a site such as eBay you could get a second hand one that should still be in great condition and that will have a little extra power for the price. There are loads on eBay due to them being used a lot in industry meaning you can by a huge range of them for a good discount!" CreationDate="2017-08-30T13:13:13.180" UserId="6685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13214" PostId="8021" Score="0" Text="Unless I'm missing something in the camera world, I would say that a lot of these features are exclusive to dslr." CreationDate="2017-08-31T06:52:20.573" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13215" PostId="8021" Score="0" Text="I've managed to find the Pentax XG-1. I'm going to look at it a bit more tomorrow, but so far it looks like it fills all your requirements" CreationDate="2017-08-31T08:35:01.720" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13216" PostId="8021" Score="0" Text="There are a couple of others just outside your price range, like the Panasonic FZ80, but I'm fairly sure the Pentax is the best match you're going to get under $300" CreationDate="2017-08-31T08:41:22.307" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13217" PostId="8018" Score="0" Text="Have a look at the Nokia 5, the Nokia 6, the Nokia 8 and the upcoming Nokia 7. And reports claim that they sometimes get the monthly updates before the pixel devices and that they run an even more pure Android than Google devices." CreationDate="2017-08-31T13:19:04.387" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13218" PostId="8022" Score="0" Text="This camera starts at $500 in the U.S., but I'll definitely be looking at used models of this since it fits my criteria. EDIT: That is, with a lens." CreationDate="2017-08-31T14:07:17.810" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13219" PostId="8022" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk if you end up getting one I couldn't recommend it more!" CreationDate="2017-08-31T14:47:37.517" UserId="6527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13220" PostId="8018" Score="0" Text="Can a phone run purer android than the Google Pixel?" CreationDate="2017-08-31T17:32:36.903" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13221" PostId="8021" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn, bulb mode and interchangeable lenses are pretty much exclusive to DSLRs, but the rest of the features can be found on (or added to, in the case of Canon) mid-range to high-end point-and-shoot cameras." CreationDate="2017-08-31T20:05:31.190" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13222" PostId="8021" Score="0" Text="The problem with DSLRs is their size and pricing both do not fit my requirements." CreationDate="2017-08-31T20:17:33.413" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13223" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="as i am on a budget i am going with this card; i need to support both the screen at the same time while coding and recording the screen for teaching purpose at 30fps, is the card powerful enough for this or do i need to go with a GDDR5 card instead of ddr3; if there is a better card do suggest, this card is around 50usd here. Thanks" CreationDate="2017-09-01T03:20:42.913" UserId="6907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13224" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="@Doc recording video is kind of a different ballpark. Please reply with the full system specs for the build and we can take a look at everything. www.pcpartpicker.com can help if you need a resource for listing everything. Also let me know if you are just recording so you can upload video later or if you are live streaming." CreationDate="2017-09-01T03:55:23.573" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13225" PostId="8021" Score="0" Text="I disagree with the pricing there, the Canon EOS 700D / Rebel T5i is closer to your price point with a lens, than the suggestion below. It's also a very good camera, even coming on for light professional usage." CreationDate="2017-09-01T05:52:36.660" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13226" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="the part list is in the post, i'll be using bb flashback pro software to record the screen, i won't record game playing and won't stream. just screen capture at 30fps for coding tutorials. after recording the software allows me to edit the file and export as mp4 for viewing." CreationDate="2017-09-01T06:07:42.437" UserId="6907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13227" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="@Doc I'd recommend something a bit newer to be honest. Getting like an Nvidia gtx 750 or maybe even a 950 should be easy to find at the price range you're looking for." CreationDate="2017-09-01T06:14:40.100" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13228" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="i wont be gaming at all, i can have r7 240(in budget),or sapphire Rx 550  2gb(thrice the cost of R7- &quot;no vga here&quot;) or zotac 1050Ti 4gb(4 times cost of r7)" CreationDate="2017-09-01T06:39:55.617" UserId="6907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13229" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="only the r7 comes with vga port rx 550 and 1050ti don't have it.My hp monitor has only vga, the dell monitor has hdmi and vga." CreationDate="2017-09-01T06:55:01.480" UserId="6907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13230" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="also the rx 550 comes with dvi and hdmi but i have hdmi +vga on dell and vga on hp, how to deal with this if i go with rx 550?" CreationDate="2017-09-01T12:31:57.550" UserId="6907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13231" PostId="8021" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn the EOS 700D is very expensive also ($500+ for body and 18-55mm lens)" CreationDate="2017-09-01T13:06:04.183" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13233" PostId="8021" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk That's very strange, I paid 375 two years ago for the body and lens kit" CreationDate="2017-09-01T17:32:50.267" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13234" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM what new parts are coming? i am currently building a pc and may  use them. is it the intel 8 gen for desktop? when are they coming?" CreationDate="2017-09-01T17:44:45.750" UserId="6907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13235" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="He could be talking about the HEDT Intel lineup or the 8th gen ones. If I was to choose one for a rendering machine, I would choose one of the upcoming i9 HEDT processors. I'm actually building a PC at the moment that will be taking a i9-7980XE, as I run a video post house." CreationDate="2017-09-01T18:09:36.850" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13236" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="@Doc please see my post edit for a full product recommendation as well as the answers to your questions posted here in the comments." CreationDate="2017-09-01T19:59:29.337" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13237" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="@Doc I was talking about the Ryzen CPUs and the high core count i9 CPUs." CreationDate="2017-09-01T20:00:49.947" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13238" PostId="8029" Score="0" Text="How well would a digital projector fit into your specifications? You can find resolution capabilities over a wide range, with different illumination intensities. With a movie screen sort of surface on which to display, you would have a variable screen size without resolution change." CreationDate="2017-09-02T01:36:52.530" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13240" PostId="8025" Score="0" Text="Thanks, that looks good. Do i need to upgrade the power supply as the recommended card has a power requirement of 400W? Is 1Gb DDR5 better than 2GB ddr3? how is this card https://www.amazon.in/SAPPHIRE-GDDR5-BOOST-HDMI-DVI-D/dp/B00TIT3IKS/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504325049&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr1&amp;keywords=r7+240+ddr5" CreationDate="2017-09-02T04:12:47.740" UserId="6907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13241" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="AMD try to wow idiots with their high core count, but the reality is, AMD always have more slower cores than fewer, faster cores. This is why a 4 core Intel CPU will generally feel faster than an 8 core AMD CPU. @Doc if you are going to choose, go for Intel within your price range." CreationDate="2017-09-02T06:52:57.517" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13242" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="By the way, x299 mobos come in much cheaper than 500 USD. He could get a lower end i9 HEDT and save a bit of money overall." CreationDate="2017-09-02T06:57:02.053" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13244" PostId="8030" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer. I've updated the question." CreationDate="2017-09-02T09:08:33.310" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13245" PostId="8029" Score="0" Text="@fred_dot_u, yes, I was thinking about it. However, I am not sure how it looks in terms of daily use and heat emission. Is any of these products capable of being in use for 6-8 hours per day?" CreationDate="2017-09-02T09:12:05.847" UserId="54" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13246" PostId="8030" Score="0" Text="I'd like to add that instead of 1080p or 1440p, 2160p (4K) might be worth considering as an option. You can always set it to 1080p if all else fails without any resizing artifacts. There have been warm color profiles (anti blue light) on most crt/lcd monitors I have had (except B/W monochrome), this feature is said to have been a bit refined in newer models though I prefer software solutions." CreationDate="2017-09-02T10:05:15.550" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13247" PostId="8029" Score="0" Text="a high intensity projector will have a bulb that generates quite a bit of heat, but the LED versions are not quite as bad. If there is no direct sunlight in the room, your ambient light conditions may handle the lower intensity models. Some of the models I've found fit the budget as well. LED models will not suffer from low life spans when used constantly." CreationDate="2017-09-02T10:50:00.907" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13248" PostId="7501" Score="1" Text="What you want is mostly known as &quot;Dolby Atmos&quot; with speaker systems. It has a bit of support on (UHD) Blu-Rays and in a few games. Such headphones will probably advertise &quot;Dolby Atmos&quot;." CreationDate="2017-09-02T21:11:17.250" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13249" PostId="8012" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 frogot to mention https://discuss.howtogeek.com/t/usb-c-to-dell-ring-charger-adapter-wire/63151" CreationDate="2017-09-03T11:34:49.460" UserId="6901" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13250" PostId="8029" Score="0" Text="@terry_8 I think you will get away with spending a lot less than your budget, even only a third of it, so that is good news." CreationDate="2017-09-03T21:20:12.287" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13251" PostId="8036" Score="0" Text="Do you need the 10-bit color output from the Adobe programs (is for a professional display)?" CreationDate="2017-09-03T22:45:44.817" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13252" PostId="8036" Score="0" Text="No i will not, i dont believe i will. I only use adobe programs for web development purposes such as creating logos or website adjustments in dreamweaver. But i do plan on purchasing a high def/professional monitor." CreationDate="2017-09-03T23:22:21.773" UserId="6886" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13253" PostId="8036" Score="0" Text="I updated the build link, im constantly researching to see what i need. I dont have a clue if im going to need a intensive GPU not. VM's will use RAM and CPU i believe." CreationDate="2017-09-04T01:31:00.833" UserId="6886" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13254" PostId="8032" Score="0" Text="Hello, and welcome to Hardware Recommendations. To make a good recommendation, we really need more information about your requirements. What is your budget and what country do you need shipping to? What is your desired performance? Do you need a 2-in-1 laptop, and how important is it to you compared to battery life, build quality and other features? Adding these details will greatly assist us in finding a laptop that suits you. Good luck." CreationDate="2017-09-04T08:05:57.383" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13256" PostId="8036" Score="0" Text="We could really need more details of what you'll be working on. If you're using Photoshop, what sized images, etc. You might also get a better response if you break your question into smaller ones that deal with one component at a time. I suggest starting with the case, with any requirements that you might have (mounting for radiators, quietness, size, GPU length, etc)" CreationDate="2017-09-04T08:19:50.623" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13257" PostId="8032" Score="0" Text="Alpha3031 is right but let's simplify: how much money do you want to spend?" CreationDate="2017-09-04T11:02:41.530" UserId="6922" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13272" PostId="8043" Score="0" Text="Do you specifically want one of these brands or can I suggest an alternative along with the best option from the list?" CreationDate="2017-09-05T18:58:01.703" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13273" PostId="8043" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn I'm very much open to alternatives! Infact that would help me, even more, incase I missed out on something good" CreationDate="2017-09-05T19:20:01.763" UserId="4346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13274" PostId="8007" Score="0" Text="I sincerely doubt that any cloud service providers are going to offer support for jerry-rigged R-Pi / input hardware, and there are practically none that would handle actual user data for a client. They give you the infrastructure, you handle the data, that's how this works. I'll look through some vendor lists to see if there's anything out there for this, but AFAIK services like TenantCloud and Zora don't offer anything like this. You either need a custom solution or you're going to shell out for a solution. Or you can just go get the coin-op machine. I'll be back if I find anything useful." CreationDate="2017-09-05T22:07:49.190" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13275" PostId="8045" Score="0" Text="Quite frankly, I'd be more worried about the quality of the PSU. You never needed 1200 W, but I definitely cannot recommend anything from Viotek. From what I've found they are substandard, and usually don't have enough amperage on the 12 V rail, which is what almost everything uses. Stick with something manufatured by one of the trusted manufacturers, like Seasonic, Superflower or check that they are manufactured with quality parts. It's worth the extra cost, wheras a silly amount of headroom isn't." CreationDate="2017-09-06T02:12:23.040" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13276" PostId="8045" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Would EVGA be considered as a quality manufacturer? I see their name on a lot more than just power supply units." CreationDate="2017-09-06T02:18:48.527" UserId="6933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13277" PostId="8045" Score="0" Text="That said, it would be good if you detail any other requirements you might have (quietness, modularity, etc), as currently there are many PSUs that could suit your needs." CreationDate="2017-09-06T02:36:24.617" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13278" PostId="8045" Score="0" Text="It depends, as EVGA doesn't actually manufacture PSUs, they take platforms by manufacturers and slap their brand on. Genrally, the G2, P2 and T2 series, which I believe are made by Superflower, are good, as are the GS, made by Seasonic. the older B series are slightly poorer quality, but should still be fine if you don't overtax them." CreationDate="2017-09-06T02:38:29.347" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13279" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn With the Zen microarchitecture, AMD has improved IPC significantly over Bulldozer. While single threaded applications still suffer, it is no longer the old ~50%, more like ~80% now. Along with the higher core count, AMD offers an attractive alternative for well threaded applications. AMD *is* easily competitive for HEDT, for performance, though not for power efficency. [Semiaccurate's benchmarks show that the Threadripper 1920X can achive multicore performance parity, even with the more expencive i9-7900X](https://semiaccurate.com/2017/08/11/amds-ryzen-threadripper-1920x-review/)" CreationDate="2017-09-06T04:27:28.977" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13280" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="IMHO, a single 1 TB M.2 SSD would be better than the mixed M.2/SATA. The price difference is only $140 (500 GB 850 EVO is $140, 960 Pro is 300 and $580), and the M.2 has 4x the sequential IO speed. OP might only *need* the 512 GB though, and apparently the M.2s don't really scale anymore (maybe because they're already at limit)." CreationDate="2017-09-06T07:06:28.880" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13281" PostId="8047" Score="0" Text="Have a look at the Nokia 3." CreationDate="2017-09-06T13:05:28.100" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13282" PostId="8048" Score="0" Text="Google has its own Office-like products, which one would use with a Chromebook." CreationDate="2017-09-06T18:38:06.643" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13284" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="Over the years AMD have tried time and time again but they have never delivered. I understand threadripper is now challenging the Intel line up, but Intel have got the tech in their pocket, and I wouldn't really class the 7900x as an option for a high end desktop. I know that sounds silly to some people, but not to video professionals, seconds are dollars. Maybe one day AMD will blow them away with some long-brewed secret, but until then I will be buying Intel HEDT for my desktops, such as the 7980XE. For workstation stability, overclock is not an option, so this is really where Intel shine." CreationDate="2017-09-06T21:18:49.210" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13285" PostId="6492" Score="0" Text="I agree it is not.  But where else would you ask this?  Anyway it has a funny answer:  &quot;That depends....&quot;" CreationDate="2017-09-07T01:41:36.097" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13286" PostId="4057" Score="0" Text="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/7624/can-someone-recommend-a-low-cost-linux-computer-with-a-hdd-and-some-ram-expandab/7625#7625" CreationDate="2017-09-07T01:58:19.890" UserId="5341" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13287" PostId="8048" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the reply. Does that have similar offline program as OneNote?" CreationDate="2017-09-07T03:08:11.250" UserId="6935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13288" PostId="8048" Score="0" Text="Google Keep is the Google app designed for taking notes, and is usable offline. Have you considered trying dictated notes, e.g. with Google Keep on a phone, or a dedicated dictaphone? Transcription quality is often quite good these days, and you can always correct it later." CreationDate="2017-09-07T04:03:41.527" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13289" PostId="8048" Score="0" Text="Google Docs can also be used offline." CreationDate="2017-09-07T11:31:30.120" UserId="6939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13290" PostId="8048" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031: Thank you for the edit and reply. Sorry, I might have been not clear, I want to write my thoughts and arrange them in a way, to allow me attain certain desired utilities, i.e. I am using OneNote for thinking. But, I will be checking the transcription quality, later when I come in need of it. I will check Google Keep now." CreationDate="2017-09-07T12:28:15.403" UserId="6935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13292" PostId="8052" Score="0" Text="Does anything except RAM support matter? Intel or AMD? Which socket? How many PCIe slots? Budget? Size?" CreationDate="2017-09-07T18:53:22.277" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13293" PostId="8052" Score="0" Text="Just going to be used to test out RAM, everything else can be selected based on the MB" CreationDate="2017-09-07T19:00:09.143" UserId="6940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13294" PostId="8053" Score="1" Text="That is strange, I know that they are different technology but I have seen some HP and others support both HPE ProLiant DL580 Gen9 (2400 MT/s Memory) is an example of a server that supports both load reduced and registered memory. I know these different technologies cannot be run at the same time, and are rare, but they do exist" CreationDate="2017-09-07T20:12:06.123" UserId="6940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13296" PostId="8054" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the answer. Are there such palms with large screen?" CreationDate="2017-09-08T01:09:42.687" UserId="6935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13301" PostId="8054" Score="1" Text="Not to my knowledge.  The issue that you face is that what you are looking for is the epitome of a Palm Pilot." CreationDate="2017-09-08T03:19:48.593" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13302" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn, I didn't get a notification, so sorry for the late response. My point was that high core count has some uses, especially in HEDT and server segments. AMD's only problem in HEDT is that they aren't offering *enough* cores. If they actually **did** offer more cores than Intel, there would be less of a problem. Their IPC isn't unusable any more and they are matching the lower half of Intel's HEDT CPUs with better value for money. While Zen's focus was never on HEDT, their platform (and it is about the platform these days) is definitely competitive." CreationDate="2017-09-08T03:47:14.003" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13303" PostId="7857" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Yes, I agree with you on the lower range statement. I have no doubt that AMD will come out with something in the near future that will match the top end Intel processor for a cheaper price. I think that AMD personally would excel in providing products for static devices, like a renderfarm, where the actual devices are not being manned. Their core count is perfect for this, as the PC is not running multiple other applications at once, and the processor resources can be allocated to where it really needs to go." CreationDate="2017-09-08T05:15:05.380" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13304" PostId="8048" Score="0" Text="Refurbished laptops seem to be cheap (as low as 10,000 INR), it seems optimal to buy cheap laptops for using only OneNote. If the laptop dies, we can buy another one. These laptops do also have EMI option at round 900 INR per month. This might eliminate high maintenance and cost. And Modern laptops seem to be fast in starting up. Battery life is the only problem." CreationDate="2017-09-08T08:23:02.310" UserId="6935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13305" PostId="8059" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your answer. I wasn't looking for a recommendation of a specific purchase offer, just model names.&#xA;I appreciate your concern for my safety, too.&#xA;&#xA;But actually you gave me a good idea, I might simply install bootcamp on my macbook instead of selling it.. Have to think about that. Will look into T5xx too." CreationDate="2017-09-08T14:59:09.430" UserId="6943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13310" PostId="2661" Score="0" Text="Did you ever find a solution? I am in an identical position, and would be grateful for your advice." CreationDate="2017-09-09T12:39:11.687" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13311" PostId="2661" Score="1" Text="No, nothing specific @Mawg in the end I figured out my car battery had a fault another way and replaced it" CreationDate="2017-09-09T14:23:03.223" UserId="1997" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13313" PostId="8065" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the answer. I am waiting for such (Oynx, Remarkable, etc) e-readers with keyboard." CreationDate="2017-09-10T01:53:24.943" UserId="6935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13314" PostId="8065" Score="0" Text="I don't want stylus till I want to draw anything for illustrating what I am thinking. I added it as the need, as it will eliminate me drawing in paper and then inserting picture. Is stylus optimal than keyboard for text inputting? I don't know why Bamboo Folio is useful." CreationDate="2017-09-10T01:56:38.333" UserId="6935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13315" PostId="2661" Score="0" Text="It would still be a useful thing to have around. My battery is very difficult to access, so I would rather take the starter/charger to it. [This](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IDCMLFE/) and the very similar, but 25% cheaper [this](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001C85UG8/) Look identical but rebranded, hence the price difference.  They seem ideal, but have an incredibly worrying 5 start to 1 start review ratio, so I am reluctant. I will continue to search fro &quot;jump start&quot; devices, rather than &quot;battery chargers&quot;" CreationDate="2017-09-10T07:06:12.937" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13316" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="So I'm still trying to figure this all out, anyone wanna dumb it down for me? It's all just so confusing and gives me a headache." CreationDate="2017-09-10T23:35:30.020" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13317" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="I mean if you guys can give me your absolute best recommendations for which parts I need (like the way you told me how to get the AMD ThreadRipper 16 core CPU) that'd be great." CreationDate="2017-09-10T23:53:31.750" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13318" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="Also right here https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074CBH3R4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;psc=1 is the CPU part that's needed, right? It comes with a cooling system, so I don't know if I should get that one... Also, another one is a bundle of the cpu and motherboard." CreationDate="2017-09-10T23:56:33.383" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13319" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="SEJPM, are you sure the ADM is good? My sister had built her computer and said that for gaming Intel is better. Is there a way to have both?" CreationDate="2017-09-11T03:42:02.520" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13320" PostId="8015" Score="0" Text="I purchased a used Dell 2900 last winter for $300 10 Tb 32GB Dual Quad core (low grade) redundant PS, Dual NIC, etc.  You could get something nicer and faster for the budget you are looking for.  Killer is consumer driven OS's (Read Mac and Windows) are not fully supported on servers; but most enterprise hypervisors will work great.  I use XenServer." CreationDate="2017-09-11T08:02:52.563" UserId="6955" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13321" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="@GodzillaDude Yes, the AMD CPU will outperform any currently available Intel CPUs, because your workload is _parallel_ and that's where AMD CPUs are good at. Intel is indeed better at games, but only because they are faster on a single core, but they come with less cores. // The CPU you found is indeed the correct one, the cooling system looks like one of the bigger Corsair ones I mentioned. // I strongly encourage you to make another question, asking for a mainboard recommendation next (I'll guide you there on what's next). Just link to this post." CreationDate="2017-09-11T08:59:52.690" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13322" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="@GodzillaDude Also cut-offs need to be found now that you have reduced the budget below the estimated price for a max-performance build. We can see when the exact parts have been picked." CreationDate="2017-09-11T09:01:44.560" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13323" PostId="8061" Score="0" Text="You may want to note that Seagate HDDs have kind of a bad reputation these days as can be seen in BackBlaze's quarterly reports ([2017Q2](https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-stats-q2-2017/))." CreationDate="2017-09-11T14:34:25.203" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13324" PostId="8072" Score="2" Text="Hynix just makes the memory chips, I need information about the manufacturer of the actual RAM kit you bought to be able to help. Even if you got a different kit with the same chips, the PCB can vary as can standards for timing, voltage, clock speed, etc. Usually the physical RAM stick has a long model number / designation printed onto a sticker. Your best bet is to get RAM that matches the model number of your current kit, or to buy an entire new set. Mixing RAM kits introduces too much risk of system instability to be advisable." CreationDate="2017-09-11T16:20:13.017" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13325" PostId="8073" Score="0" Text="Have a look at [this review](https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-ROG-GL753VE-7700HQ-1050-Ti-Laptop-Review.223910.0.html). Oh and the 1050Ti is just a lower-clocked desktop 1050 Ti, so if you would have to plan with at least a 1060 to get significant perfomance boosts. In total I'd maybe expect 10-30% more performance from a desktop PC at the same price-point." CreationDate="2017-09-11T18:30:38.343" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13326" PostId="8061" Score="0" Text="If you look through the history of BackBlaze's reports, you'll see that the Seagate 3TB and 4TB drives in particular have annual failure rates upwards of 30%." CreationDate="2017-09-11T20:31:33.333" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13327" PostId="8015" Score="0" Text="I hadn't thought about the issue with consumer OS's. Thank you for mentioning that. What parts proved the most problematic, and does the problem still hold if you run them in a virtual machine?" CreationDate="2017-09-12T02:09:16.470" UserId="6870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13328" PostId="8015" Score="0" Text="I didn't have any problems because I use xenserver (enterprise grade) on the hardware (enterprise grade).  Xenserver run just about any modern OS in a VM, consumer OS's as well.  You will want your storage configured by what ever your host is, not the VM.  I am using hardware RAID for the xen host and MDRAID for the datastores.  If you want to use enterprise hardware, just know you should plan on using an enterprise grade (read server) OS.  There is windows server as well although I have never used it.  Xen has things like Xendesktop as well, look it up." CreationDate="2017-09-12T03:14:51.783" UserId="6955" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13329" PostId="8015" Score="0" Text="Thanks. If you make this into an answer, I will accept it." CreationDate="2017-09-12T03:30:37.833" UserId="6870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13330" PostId="8072" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 Right, so I took one bar out and there's a sticker with more info. It seems like Hynix did indeed manufacture the whole thing, at least there's no other indications (see above). There's similar ones on eBay but haven't found the exact one yet" CreationDate="2017-09-12T08:02:36.523" UserId="6959" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13331" PostId="8072" Score="0" Text="Normally I'd recommend going to Crucial's website and using their memory finder to pick a guaranteed-compatible upgrade, but they appear to be out of stock on the memory you need." CreationDate="2017-09-12T20:15:28.353" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13332" PostId="8076" Score="0" Text="How much space are we talking? How often do you need to access it? Is a cloud provider an option? Is it one machine being backed up or will an entire team be using this?" CreationDate="2017-09-13T02:13:13.800" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13333" PostId="5535" Score="1" Text="There don't seem to be too many options available. See this reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/64x2sb/nuc_like_system_but_with_64gb_ram/" CreationDate="2017-09-13T03:46:32.830" UserId="6967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13334" PostId="102" Score="0" Text="Also, it is nearly impossible to connect the emulator to a bridged network connection - normally each device runs on an isolated network interface." CreationDate="2017-09-13T05:37:08.777" UserId="5055" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13335" PostId="290" Score="1" Text="Here's a monitor that matches option #3: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&amp;cs=04&amp;l=en&amp;sku=210-AHSQ" CreationDate="2017-09-13T05:38:40.247" UserId="5055" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13336" PostId="8072" Score="0" Text="@Mark I ended up asking for a recommendation/quote from a German supplier. They offered me some memory that's guaranteed to work with mine, but it's OEM stuff with their own label on it. Maybe I can read the actual make when it's arrived. Thanks!" CreationDate="2017-09-13T09:43:20.983" UserId="6959" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13338" PostId="8080" Score="2" Text="Any budget restrictions or requirements except &quot;needs to support dual-sim&quot;?" CreationDate="2017-09-14T13:46:07.373" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13339" PostId="8080" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM No but I'd like to know a few alternatives." CreationDate="2017-09-14T13:53:31.090" UserId="181" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13340" PostId="8080" Score="1" Text="The Nokia 8 should be shippable with dual-sim support and I expect the Nokia 9 to have this trait as well on release." CreationDate="2017-09-14T14:30:49.453" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13356" PostId="1907" Score="0" Text="Will second others--what are you requirements for a &quot;laptop&quot;? Does it need to run Windows? If you're okay with something that runs ARM, you'll be able to get much lower power than anything that runs x86. (There's a reason Intel never broke into the mobile phone market...)" CreationDate="2017-09-16T21:51:18.410" UserId="1951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13357" PostId="8097" Score="0" Text="Before we get to recommendations, have you tried things like turning down brightness, changing refresh rates or using a dark background?" CreationDate="2017-09-17T00:38:39.820" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13358" PostId="8100" Score="0" Text="The socket for the CPU is like 4 &quot;generations&quot; behind the current standard, the RAM us two &quot;generations&quot; behind. The drive ports will be 1-2 gens behind (meaning they'll limit SSDs). You seriously should consider a new(er) mainboard." CreationDate="2017-09-17T17:03:44.890" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13359" PostId="7859" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Okay than you so much you're amazing. Here is the link to the question, though I don't know if I should have gotten that liquid cooler that came with the picked out CPU. https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8101/mainboard-recommendations-for-built-computer-meant-for-rendering-and-gaming" CreationDate="2017-09-17T17:10:46.267" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13360" PostId="8101" Score="0" Text="Logically, the next component after the mainboard, could either be a) the RAM b) the graphics card(s) or c) the persistent / long-term storage." CreationDate="2017-09-17T19:09:41.183" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13366" PostId="8097" Score="0" Text="Yes I did, without success unfortunately. Speaking of those 2 DELL's, those were same models. I couldn't get second to look even near as first (brightness, contrast etc.)" CreationDate="2017-09-18T19:15:05.317" UserId="6992" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13368" PostId="8106" Score="0" Text="Thanks I will try to get the processor, and I think SATA || can operate at 1GBPS or more and typical SSDs have max 550 mbps so SATA || should not be a bottleneck" CreationDate="2017-09-18T20:09:18.127" UserId="6554" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13369" PostId="8106" Score="0" Text="Do you have any idea about graphics card which helps for photoshop photo editing" CreationDate="2017-09-18T20:10:29.373" UserId="6554" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13370" PostId="8106" Score="0" Text="@codemirror, make sure you've got your bits and bytes straight.  SATA II has a raw transfer rate of 3 giga*bits* per second and 8b/10b encoding, for a top speed of 300 mega*bytes* per second.  For comparison, a Crucial BX300 advertises reading 550 mega*bytes* per second -- you lose almost half of the potential read speed with SATA II.  Still much better than a hard disk." CreationDate="2017-09-18T21:01:10.680" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13377" PostId="8097" Score="0" Text="Your question title caught me there." CreationDate="2017-09-19T16:41:44.477" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13380" PostId="8116" Score="0" Text="Since you have copied [your question](https://superuser.com/questions/1251870/hdd-vs-ssd-for-semi-frequent-backups) from Super User without asking to have it migrated, go a head and delete your SU question. No use in keeping it up over there." CreationDate="2017-09-20T15:40:30.637" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13385" PostId="6550" Score="0" Text="Do you think that a simple VGA-to-SCART cable would work?" CreationDate="2017-09-21T20:23:42.007" UserId="4963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13386" PostId="8122" Score="0" Text="thanks, very insightful. price is always a factor, but I prefer the added peace of mind with SSD shock resistance and maturing controllers. I am still combing through the models, but 3D TLC seems to be a better option device-wise than (3D) MLC. I looked through HDDs as well, but didn't find anything innovative or exciting apart from helium drives, which are oriented at higher capacities than I need" CreationDate="2017-09-21T21:06:25.153" UserId="7007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13388" PostId="8117" Score="0" Text="Which of the requirements is excluding all the phones?  Is it the price?  The OS?  Would answers start pouring in if I changed some requirement? :)" CreationDate="2017-09-22T15:34:43.963" UserId="7006" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13389" PostId="8117" Score="0" Text="I think it might be hard to meet all your requirements and still come in under $200." CreationDate="2017-09-22T16:30:18.953" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13390" PostId="8117" Score="0" Text="Ok, I've removed the price requirement.  ...and added a &quot;used is ok&quot; requirement." CreationDate="2017-09-22T16:37:13.507" UserId="7006" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13391" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget?" CreationDate="2017-09-22T23:03:16.683" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13392" PostId="8125" Score="0" Text="What motherboard do you currently have and are the SATA ports on it all currently in use?" CreationDate="2017-09-22T23:04:41.820" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13393" PostId="8126" Score="0" Text="You will need to add a rough budget." CreationDate="2017-09-22T23:06:40.130" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13394" PostId="8125" Score="0" Text="At the moment I have a dell optiplex 3010 and yes the 4 ports are being used. I plan to build my own tower for NAS and virtualisation and want to use the card I buy in that." CreationDate="2017-09-23T07:33:19.210" UserId="7026" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13395" PostId="8007" Score="0" Text="I ended up deciding I don't need to charge for laundry, I can just introduce fair usage policy. (e.g. 2 per day, 3 per week, 10 per month etc.) To do this I will try to build a tag based system, with a relay on the machine's start button (tap the tag to enable the button). I will need some sort of computer with RFID reader, a watch and a bit of storage to store a log of events. I am thinking Arduino but my friends are trying to convince me to go with raspberry pi zero. Thoughts?" CreationDate="2017-09-23T16:05:54.260" UserId="6894" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13396" PostId="8007" Score="0" Text="Raspberry pi would be the easier implementation in terms of set up and maintenance. Good policy decision as well, in my opinion at least" CreationDate="2017-09-23T16:12:12.377" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13397" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="Man I'm so grateful for all this help you're providing, thank you. I'm still kind of lost within all of this and am just looking at your recommendations and adding them on Amazon. Someone told me that it's best to get like 6 or 7 different memory slots in the computer so in the future I don't have to buy a different one and can just put in more memory. I have no idea what's going on man I really need some help." CreationDate="2017-09-24T20:35:39.210" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13398" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="Can you explain it like you're explaining it to an 8 year old? Thanks man." CreationDate="2017-09-24T21:01:35.793" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13399" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="@GodzillaDude ok, the non-technical explanation can be summarized as: There are 6 mainboards compatible with the CPU you picked. Of those 6, three of which are available with your favorite reseller Amazon. All these three cost 350-400USD and have all the high-end features you could possibly wish for. My recommendation fell onto the MSI board because of details (such as size, wifi and price). As for the RAM slots, because you'd have to get the _exact same_ RAM sticks _again_ for a later upgrade, more often than not, one will just get a new set at which point &gt;4 slots is nice but pointless." CreationDate="2017-09-24T21:07:32.387" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13400" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="As for the grand scheme of things: About 1350USD are planned now and I would recommend you make three distinct questions for the three components listed in the comment under the question." CreationDate="2017-09-24T21:10:57.197" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13401" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="My head is gonna explode i have no idea what to do. This is my list of what I have: For the CPU I can either get the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950x or the Intel Core I9-7900x Processor (I don't know which of the two I need to get. Which one is better for 3D Rendering? I hear intel is better but I'd like your opinion for clarification.) For the Motherboard, there is either MSI Gaming AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper DDR4 VR Ready HDMI USB 3 SLI CFX Extended-ATX Motherboard (X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC) that one or" CreationDate="2017-09-24T21:17:17.867" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13402" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="ASUS PRIME X399-A AMD Threadripper TR4 DDR4 M.2 U.2 X399 EATX HEDT Motherboard with USB 3.1 Gen2, AURA Sync RGB Lighting and 3D Printing Mounts. I'd like to know which one you think is better for my main priority Blender 3D Rendering. For the GPU there is this one I found called ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 TI 11GB VR Ready 5K HD Gaming Graphics Card (ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-11G-GAMING) which is $750. I don't know if that's a good graphics card but I know I'll use GPU rendering a lot. And that's all I have. So I have the two choices for the CPU and Motherboard, and have a GPU but don't know if" CreationDate="2017-09-24T21:24:58.067" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13403" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="it's good to get. If you can give me your input that'd be great man, again thanks for being so generous and helping me out!" CreationDate="2017-09-24T21:25:29.817" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13404" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="@GodzillaDude Given your budget, the AMD Threadripper 1950X will be the best CPU for the 3D rendering workload that you have, because you can split it up in many small tasks which can be done independently by the 16 cores of the AMD as opposed to the 10 cores by the Intel processor. The Intel processor would be faster on a per-core basis, but this doesn't compensate the larger number of cores of the AMD. As stated in the post my recommendation is the MSI mainboard you found, but either can be made work (you just need to state which you picked)." CreationDate="2017-09-24T21:40:07.143" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13405" PostId="8104" Score="0" Text="As for the GPU I can just re-iterate the recommendation I have already given: Please make a separate question for it. The focus on GPU rendering is good to know and will definitely influence the recommendation. But given that your budget is 3k USD (as opposed to the &quot;original&quot; 7k), other options may be faster for a better / similar price-point." CreationDate="2017-09-24T21:42:35.453" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13406" PostId="8130" Score="0" Text="OK, to adress the questions formulated in the images. No, the Intel and the AMD CPU have _fundamentally_ different sockets and peripheral circuitry, meaning there's no way to exchange them _and_ keep the same mainboard. As for the Mainboards, I didn't know Amazon doesn't have any MSI ones in stock anymore. The ASUS one will work as well. One only needs to look out for the exact pick when picking the case." CreationDate="2017-09-24T22:09:28.650" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13407" PostId="8130" Score="0" Text="The difficult thing is, there are two somewhat viable options: 2x GTX1070 or 1x GTX 1080Ti. The former is probably a bit more expensive (each card is at least about 400 USD, plus one potentially needs a beefier PSU), the latter will provide better gaming performance, but may be a few per cent slower and a bit cheaper (700-800 USD, plus a less expensive GPU)." CreationDate="2017-09-24T22:24:10.910" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13408" PostId="8130" Score="0" Text="So of the two I should pick the AMD. Okay, what about the motherboard? MSI is available, but it's $400 which is fine." CreationDate="2017-09-24T22:25:24.150" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13409" PostId="8130" Score="0" Text="Either mainboard will perform very well, my advice would be to go with the cheaper one at the time of ordering (don't need to waste $50!). Just need to look out for the different formats when picking the case (-&gt;note for answerers on that Q&amp;A)." CreationDate="2017-09-24T22:29:46.830" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13410" PostId="8128" Score="0" Text="Hey thanks @Jan! You mentioned &quot;unlocking ratings&quot;...  Where can I find a list of such ratings?" CreationDate="2017-09-25T15:27:00.080" UserId="7006" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13411" PostId="7732" Score="0" Text="Just a note for anyone looking for the same answer I was....  I finally purchased, and tested this out with both systems, and it works great. Thanks to SEJPM and LiveWireBT for the advice." CreationDate="2017-09-25T15:41:43.677" UserId="6585" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13412" PostId="8128" Score="1" Text="I used the definitions from your question for my rating. The installation instructions from LinageOS have more details." CreationDate="2017-09-25T17:42:05.600" UserId="7033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13413" PostId="8135" Score="0" Text="Nice, +1.  Instead of using the scan button on the hardware/scanner itself, I clicked the &quot;Scan&quot; button in the software called Espon Scan 2, per page 58 in the manual, without changing any settings.  The &quot;Scanning Side&quot; field was already set to &quot;Double-Sided&quot;.  I'll have to update the default scan settings once I find out where to get Document Capture Pro.  Thanks!!" CreationDate="2017-09-26T03:02:27.880" UserId="7041" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13414" PostId="8138" Score="0" Text="Since primitive RAID chips don't cost much more than simple SATA controller chips, it's rare to find controller cards that *don't* claim some sort of RAID support.  The card you linked does support drives up to at least 4 TB, though that information is buried in the fine print of the &quot;overview&quot; section." CreationDate="2017-09-26T19:52:55.863" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13415" PostId="2155" Score="0" Text="Possible duplicate of [Barcode POS terminal](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/5472/barcode-pos-terminal)" CreationDate="2017-09-26T21:52:56.250" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13417" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="Eh, not really. I mean I'm not looking to spend $100 per light, but I know this might not be cheap. lol" CreationDate="2017-09-27T12:17:57.790" UserId="7024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13418" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="Might be easier &amp; cheaper to wire up a PLC and Relays lol" CreationDate="2017-09-27T12:22:09.530" UserId="7024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13419" PostId="8136" Score="0" Text="Can't you use the USB Drive as the boot drive? What I used to do on old FreeNas systems, but that was a LONNNNNnnnnnggggg time ago." CreationDate="2017-09-27T16:20:05.570" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13420" PostId="8130" Score="0" Text="Try looking into Golem, cloud based Blender rendering. Its still in alpha, but might save you a chunk of change." CreationDate="2017-09-27T16:21:22.863" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13421" PostId="8143" Score="0" Text="Be careful with skimping on the PSU. A bad power supply can end up destroying your system. Also your specs are way more than you need for simple programming and non triple a 3d games." CreationDate="2017-09-27T20:23:58.747" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13422" PostId="8143" Score="0" Text="Desktop graphics are going to be a significant improvement over laptop graphics, especially a Ti over a non-Ti card.  Without specific game spec requirements....but it might not make a huge difference for you.  Something to consider." CreationDate="2017-09-27T21:49:23.593" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13423" PostId="8143" Score="0" Text="@bennett i'll also play AAA 3d rpg games if some catch my interest, my current system can play da: Inquisition with medium setting but with unstable 30 fps(mostly below), i hope my new machine can play it with high-highest setting with stable above 30fps(60fps is of course preferred). Can you recommend me a good psu under $50. And if possible amd equivalent of my planned setup, i'm a bit out of touch with the current gen amd cpu and gpu." CreationDate="2017-09-27T23:28:32.773" UserId="7048" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13424" PostId="8143" Score="0" Text="checkout [pc part picker](https://pcpartpicker.com/) to help you put together the cheapest possible rig. For finding equivalent AMD cpus to Intel use [Benchmarks](http://cpuboss.com/), and for GPUs check their [benchmarks](http://gpuboss.com/) too. Benchmarks allow you figure out how your rig will perform without constantly being in touch with the current generations of cpu and gpu." CreationDate="2017-09-28T03:29:09.110" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13425" PostId="8143" Score="0" Text="after doing some research i get this configuration. for intel: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KBTxpb , and amd: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rKhL3F. i'll consider buying rx470 if i have some budget left. After some consideration i'll probably go desktop, but i'll wait a bit more before buying." CreationDate="2017-09-28T04:41:00.403" UserId="7048" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13426" PostId="8143" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths, Re: Desktop graphics, NVidia Pascal actually has identical core configs for desktop and mobility. Performance shouldn't be much differentiated until throttling kicks in, though I've not heard how much that affects things. However, Ti vs non-Ti is up to 30% difference (usually less though) for the 1050/ti." CreationDate="2017-09-28T04:47:11.880" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13427" PostId="8136" Score="0" Text="What about an SD card to SATA adapter? They seem to be available cheaply." CreationDate="2017-09-28T08:34:27.197" UserId="1175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13428" PostId="8149" Score="0" Text="Do you have any particular laptops that you recommend?" CreationDate="2017-09-28T10:05:41.107" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13429" PostId="8146" Score="0" Text="Will you be doing any rendering? What do you know about what you'll be doing on AutoCAD?" CreationDate="2017-09-28T10:12:06.483" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13430" PostId="8149" Score="0" Text="thanks a lot.. this is the kind of info I was looking for. my first plan was to get a desktop for this purpose. but I also realized I needed a new laptop as the laptop I have is almost 10 yrs old. so trying to see if i can combine the 2 requirements and get a really good laptop or get a desktop for studies and a cheaper laptop for my personal requirements" CreationDate="2017-09-28T20:17:48.560" UserId="7053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13431" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="[Let Me Google That For You](https://www.google.com/search?q=bluetooth%20light%20switch&amp;hl=en-GB&amp;complete=0&amp;gws_rd=ssl)" CreationDate="2017-09-28T20:35:08.653" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13432" PostId="8146" Score="0" Text="I am not sure yet, but I was hoping to be able to do rendering if required" CreationDate="2017-09-28T21:00:14.987" UserId="7053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13434" PostId="8135" Score="0" Text="After countless tries at this, now I figured out why Espon chose to use the software to handle this functionality, and not the hardware buttons to handle this functionality.  There is a bug.  If you have the speed button enabled to fast (button on scanner with icon containing two parallel horizontal lines on top of each other, with a third horizontal right arrow above those lines), meaning it's lit up with a blue light with no other configuration toggle buttons enabled (lit up to blue), this feature works great!" CreationDate="2017-09-28T23:42:32.183" UserId="7041" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13435" PostId="8135" Score="0" Text="If you have any other configuration, you'll get a paper jam error with the Epson Scan 2 software during every scan." CreationDate="2017-09-28T23:42:37.797" UserId="7041" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13436" PostId="8135" Score="0" Text="Error: &quot;A paper jam or double feed has occurred.  See the documentation for instructions on removing the originals.  Click [Continue] to resume scanning.  Click [Save and Exit] to save scanned pages and go to the main menu.  Click [Stop] to stop scanning and discard scanned pages.&quot;" CreationDate="2017-09-28T23:44:33.533" UserId="7041" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13437" PostId="8135" Score="0" Text="You have to re-enabled that toggle button on every scan if using this double-sided feature, because it turns off after each scan of a set of paper in the paper feeder." CreationDate="2017-09-28T23:46:40.277" UserId="7041" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13438" PostId="8149" Score="0" Text="Keep in mind that the manufacturers and computer retailers always sell desktops and laptops with hardware that all has the same model numbers(sometimes with M on the end for Mobile). Don't be fooled into thinking a laptop with an i7-4790k, a GeForce 980 GTX, and 32GB of RAM is the same as a desktop with the &quot;same&quot; hardware. The desktop will be quite a bit faster simply because it uses more power. Laptops, even mobile workstations, sacrifice performance for power savings." CreationDate="2017-09-29T13:11:15.847" UserId="7058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13439" PostId="8149" Score="0" Text="Since desktop hardware is the benchmark, it's probably more correct to say that a laptop's performance will always be lower than it's desktop counterpart simply because it uses less power." CreationDate="2017-09-29T13:18:37.373" UserId="7058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13440" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn, that doesn't help. Those are not what I am looking for. Those are Bluetooth switches that are hard-wired to light fixtures. Not what I asked. tyvm." CreationDate="2017-09-29T21:59:03.420" UserId="7024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13441" PostId="8150" Score="1" Text="You do realise that current gen ThinkPads exist right (with a mighty 20% increase in CPU performance and... pretty much the same size RAM)? And OP did specify Linux." CreationDate="2017-09-30T02:36:24.170" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13442" PostId="8157" Score="0" Text="If you are willing to spend 5k+ USD you can get something quite beefy ;) But I guess you are on a smaller budget?" CreationDate="2017-09-30T11:03:07.877" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13444" PostId="8157" Score="0" Text="Yes, I'm thinking more in the range of 2K" CreationDate="2017-09-30T13:50:57.557" UserId="5579" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13445" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="Sorry for that. I was a very generic Google search after all, I though it might bring up something of interest. Have you actually tried using a little Google Fu to find what you were looking for?" CreationDate="2017-09-30T19:10:11.257" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13447" PostId="1765" Score="0" Text="Although I must admit having no experience with them, have you considered using a Rapsberry Pi, together with a RS-232 expansion board?" CreationDate="2017-10-01T13:38:21.527" UserId="6491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13448" PostId="8167" Score="0" Text="I also did find this in my researches. BUT: Can it communicate via the micro USB? Or is it only for charging? Everywhere it is only stated as &quot;wireless&quot;, and to be charged via micro USB. Also the mentioned review says nothing about communication via USB." CreationDate="2017-10-02T10:26:03.470" UserId="5581" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13449" PostId="8167" Score="0" Text="What do you exactly mean by communicating?" CreationDate="2017-10-02T10:28:54.957" UserId="7075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13450" PostId="8166" Score="1" Text="You need to use the permalink to share lists." CreationDate="2017-10-02T10:41:23.507" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13451" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="Yea I searched for about an hour before giving up and asking for help. Nothing was really what I was looking for. Everything was connected by hard wire at some point. I only want the electricity to be the hardwire. Everything else is wireless., if possible :)" CreationDate="2017-10-02T12:34:55.897" UserId="7024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13453" PostId="8173" Score="0" Text="Will all the speakers be playing audio at the same time? Will they be playing the same audio, or do you need support for multiple streams eg. play stream 1 in bedroom 1, steam 2 in bedroom 2?" CreationDate="2017-10-02T18:28:18.157" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13454" PostId="8173" Score="0" Text="they will have the same stream source pc or phone" CreationDate="2017-10-02T18:44:55.230" UserId="6772" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13455" PostId="8166" Score="0" Text="Edited! Thanks for letting letting me know about that" CreationDate="2017-10-02T19:21:59.750" UserId="7075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13457" PostId="8167" Score="0" Text="@IgorTheBoss, sending keypress and mouse signals over the USB cable.  As stated in the Amazon Q&amp;A, this keyboard is Bluetooth-only, using the USB cable for charging." CreationDate="2017-10-02T20:02:05.400" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13459" PostId="8167" Score="0" Text="Oh no it can't do that, but it seems thats the only one I could find that fits almost all of your requests" CreationDate="2017-10-03T07:34:39.270" UserId="7075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13461" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="Ohhhh, I now visualise the product you are looking for. I will search and see what I can find. I thought you meant a light switch that connects to your phone but what you want is a light switch that sends a Bluetooth signal to the bulb/fixture itself yes?" CreationDate="2017-10-03T18:12:00.560" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13462" PostId="8173" Score="0" Text="I haven't been able to find much on this but a potential solution could be to use NFC tags near the doorway to each room, and program each one to connect your phone to that room's bluetooth speaker. So as you go into each area while playing music on the phone, you swipe it and it'll change settings. For the PC you could just get multiple bluetooth adapters and set a windows shortcut to cycle them, but you may run into signal issues there. I wish I could be of more help but everything I can find is on the level of expensive smart home systems with hardware installation requirements." CreationDate="2017-10-03T19:48:21.623" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13463" PostId="8173" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 what kind of hardware? I am willing to install some kind of hi-fi radio or wi-fi transmitter/receiver set up ." CreationDate="2017-10-04T03:22:56.323" UserId="6772" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13465" PostId="8173" Score="0" Text="Could i do it with something similar to a FM car transmitter the ones that have bluetooth on them. And on each speaker i would have a mini radio receiver. The Fm transmitter would connect to the speakers and i would connect to the Fm transmitter with trough bluetooth with either my phone or my PC. Would this be doable?" CreationDate="2017-10-04T13:21:36.223" UserId="6772" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13467" PostId="8178" Score="1" Text="going to accept this, though would be really nice to get some actual use feedback for something so pricey, thanks for the details" CreationDate="2017-10-05T00:25:46.693" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13468" PostId="8180" Score="1" Text="What are your requirements? I'd probably go for a cheaper 1070 without more detail. The GTX 1070 is good for all current games, usually above 60 FPS for 1080p/Ultra, playable at dual monitor or QHD and for the less demanding games, also at UHD/4K resolution. While the MSI card is good, it's not worth 140 Euros more than the cheaper [Zotac &quot;Mini&quot; variant](https://m.alternate.de/mobile/details.xhtml?p=1297479). You won't see a big performance difference, given that they are all the same chip, though there are differences in cooling and noise." CreationDate="2017-10-05T02:06:07.100" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13470" PostId="8183" Score="0" Text="Is there any specific reason you don't want ARM-based hardware? They're generally cheaper and more power efficient at the small SoC end of the spectrum." CreationDate="2017-10-05T02:20:44.310" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13474" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="Exactly. I know there is something similar in motion detector bulbs i found from phillips. But instead of the motion detector controlling the bulb, id like a bluetooth signal (or wifi or rf or whatever) to do it from the switch. Bonus would be either mobile connection to the switch or to the bulb as well, but not required :)" CreationDate="2017-10-05T12:07:56.580" UserId="7024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13475" PostId="8185" Score="1" Text="That PRI card looks like it *should* work, but you need to talk to Dialogic." CreationDate="2017-10-05T06:32:52.413" UserDisplayName="Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13476" PostId="8185" Score="1" Text="You could probably very cheaply find some old Cisco gear that can do it. I had everything you needed several times over and threw it all out three years ago. Sorry." CreationDate="2017-10-05T11:51:12.323" UserDisplayName="David Schwartz" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13477" PostId="8185" Score="2" Text="I remember now -- we used to use the [Ascend Max](http://www.icd.com/ascend/) line of products to do this. They're available used for practically nothing if you can find the exact model you need." CreationDate="2017-10-05T12:07:18.170" UserDisplayName="David Schwartz" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13478" PostId="8184" Score="0" Text="Thank you, very interesting article. So the reason why this particular 1080 is so cheap compared to other models is propably only inferior cooling rather than missing power, right?" CreationDate="2017-10-05T12:26:08.763" UserId="2092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13481" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="I suppose I can wire up a Raspberry Pi to the bluetooth switches via relays, and then turn on the light via relays. But thats a whole hell of a lot more wiring than wireless :)" CreationDate="2017-10-05T14:26:09.840" UserId="7024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13482" PostId="8183" Score="0" Text="In many cases you only get outdated kernels. If there's a good support with modern kernels, it would be also okay. Unfortunately I only could find Banana Pi based on ARM and for R2 there's only very bad linux kernel support." CreationDate="2017-10-05T19:03:47.133" UserId="7088" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13483" PostId="8183" Score="0" Text="The Allwinner A20 in the Banana Pi R1 is supported by the armmp used in [Debian/armhf](https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/armhf/ch02s01.html.en) though." CreationDate="2017-10-06T03:04:47.863" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13484" PostId="8185" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the tip. I'll look out for used boards then." CreationDate="2017-10-06T05:58:19.050" UserId="7099" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13486" PostId="8131" Score="0" Text="Hey thanks for there reply, sorry man I'm still just really lost. So what parts do you think I should get? For the graphics card, cpu, all of that? I really need a good computer that is mainly for Blender that renders very good and fast for complex animations, preferably under $3,000. Sorry I'm just so lost and dont know anything" CreationDate="2017-10-06T21:27:37.270" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13487" PostId="8131" Score="0" Text="@GodzillaDude for GPU, CPU and mainboard you have recommendations now. Each part requires some research (at least from my side). I can't / won't make an all-in-one recommendation because of this. For your next question the candidates are PSU (power supply unit), RAM (working memory) and persistent storage (HDDs, SSDs, ...). Pick one and ask or pick all three and ask for all three in three questions (this would speed things up)." CreationDate="2017-10-06T22:48:41.640" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13490" PostId="8203" Score="0" Text="If you run the numbers through online calculators, you'll find that the system would draw ~750W with two GPUs, so your 1200W PSU should suffice. As for the CPU it has 28 PCIe lanes, meaning you probably get the performance of 12-ish lanes per GPU (which is more than enough)." CreationDate="2017-10-08T10:21:15.693" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13491" PostId="8203" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Ok, I see, thank you. And, could you tell me please, what if I am going to use the GPUs to train deep models? Would it be a problem to have only x12 lanes per GPU, or it could only affect initial data loading process into video memory?" CreationDate="2017-10-09T07:49:01.203" UserId="7110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13492" PostId="8205" Score="0" Text="technically both types of card can do the job, the more interesting question is whether any concrete model has the right number of ports (which will usually be 3x DisplayPort + 1x HDMI)." CreationDate="2017-10-09T08:59:09.023" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13494" PostId="8194" Score="0" Text="Toshiba?  Otherwise, this is pretty niche and not standard." CreationDate="2017-10-09T19:21:02.880" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13495" PostId="8194" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths What do you mean? What's &quot;pretty niche and need standard&quot;? Did you try to send a link?" CreationDate="2017-10-09T20:02:30.793" UserId="7102" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13496" PostId="8194" Score="1" Text="To clarify: keyboards come in a pretty standard size on laptops.  You've not shown any research of your own on this problem.  A smaller than normal space bar is going to be a pretty niche product.  If it exists.  The closest thing I checked for resulted in Toshibas looking to have a smaller space bar.  Have you looked?" CreationDate="2017-10-09T20:06:18.043" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13499" PostId="8205" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Thanks. How about combine the ports on motherboard with the ports on gpu? Will that work?" CreationDate="2017-10-10T07:09:45.673" UserId="7112" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13500" PostId="8206" Score="0" Text="Yes, agree, I've seen a couple of them and it seems there is no too much difference in rendering apps. But do you think the same is true for, e.g., CUDA computations? I don't know if this process is similar to rendering from memory manipulation point of view." CreationDate="2017-10-10T07:36:32.440" UserId="7110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13502" PostId="8167" Score="0" Text="@IgorTheBoss, I did a similar search about two years ago, and found plenty that fit *almost* all the requirements.  I found zero that fit all three." CreationDate="2017-10-10T19:31:50.070" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13504" PostId="8200" Score="2" Text="Your answer should include how it meets OP's requirements.  Otherwise this is little more than a link answer which isn't very acceptable." CreationDate="2017-10-11T19:43:43.087" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13505" PostId="8209" Score="1" Text="Completely block the sound of a jackhammer?  Have you considered building yourself an anechoic chamber?" CreationDate="2017-10-11T21:20:54.730" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13506" PostId="8215" Score="1" Text="Can you tell us the reason and maybe we can come up with a creative solution?" CreationDate="2017-10-12T02:54:28.497" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13507" PostId="8079" Score="1" Text="Chromebooks are really tailored for the Chrome operating system as a kind of thin client with most of the storage in a cloud storage. I have been trying to find an acceptable yet cheap mobile device and looking at Chromebooks but the only ones that would seem to be decent hardware are about as expensive as a laptop anyway." CreationDate="2017-10-12T03:14:57.120" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13508" PostId="8215" Score="0" Text="I want to place the switch on the desk. To easily attach devices. Compare it to a USB hub, they have the uplink at the back usually." CreationDate="2017-10-12T11:44:27.627" UserId="2395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13512" PostId="8221" Score="0" Text="If the OP is using Verizon FiOS, it sounds like the router uses MoCA as the WAN port, unlike a traditional cable modem: https://forums.verizon.com/t5/Fios-Internet/New-to-FiOS-can-I-use-my-own-modem-and-router/td-p/796207" CreationDate="2017-10-12T16:18:29.890" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13514" PostId="8218" Score="0" Text="For personal use, most Wi-Fi range extenders will let you do this (have a separate SSID). For commercial routers, this is called &quot;Wi-Fi as WAN&quot;." CreationDate="2017-10-12T17:10:53.177" UserId="4618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13515" PostId="8221" Score="0" Text="I may have a slight misunderstanding of the equipment. Living in the dark ages, I don't have fiber access, as the Google internet blimps have not yet stationed over my area. With my lack of understanding of MoCA WAN/LAN, only half of my answer is correct, the portion contained in the last sentence." CreationDate="2017-10-12T17:53:57.787" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13516" PostId="8216" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I happen to have access to a Dell laptop with the DW5811e (which is the EM7455) and just tried it—the card seems to work indeed. As for whitelisting on the 6930p, I have no experience with that and cannot tell for sure if changing USB VID&amp;PID is enough (and will not break anything else). You might still need to flash a patched BIOS, as mentioned in my answer." CreationDate="2017-10-12T19:07:51.043" UserId="3788" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13517" PostId="8218" Score="0" Text="You can probably setup a &quot;Guest&quot; WiFi network with different SSID and authentication on Router A. Would that be acceptable?" CreationDate="2017-10-13T03:16:34.653" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13519" PostId="8215" Score="0" Text="Very crude Google search suggests what you're after is quite expensive or DIN mounted https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ethernet+switch+ports+on+both+sides&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=shop&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjQ88aBt-3WAhUK7hoKHWKOB84Q_AUICigB&amp;biw=1604&amp;bih=772" CreationDate="2017-10-13T10:53:01.930" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13520" PostId="8209" Score="0" Text="Bose QuietComfort 35's should do the trick for the acoustic levels, but you're likely feeling the impact of the jackhammer as well as/rather than hearing it." CreationDate="2017-10-13T10:54:51.647" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13521" PostId="8205" Score="0" Text="If you plug into the integrated GPU (motherboard DVI output), you likely won't be able to use the discreet GPU as well. Best bet is to just daisy-chain the DisplayPort connection." CreationDate="2017-10-13T10:56:14.893" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13522" PostId="8193" Score="0" Text="1U is way thin. You'd struggle to get a decent HSF in there. You ought to look at 2U PC cases and go from there." CreationDate="2017-10-13T10:58:33.987" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13525" PostId="8215" Score="0" Text="Can you link it directly? I probably have different search results then you." CreationDate="2017-10-13T12:49:57.027" UserId="2395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13526" PostId="8193" Score="0" Text="Even though I will be using only a 200W PSU?" CreationDate="2017-10-13T13:44:10.710" UserId="5441" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13528" PostId="8218" Score="0" Text="@browly Thank you, I'll look into Wi-Fi range extenders and &quot;Wi-Fi as WAN&quot;." CreationDate="2017-10-13T13:45:41.953" UserId="7131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13529" PostId="8218" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 No we can't do that because we're not allowed to enter and modify the system that broadcasts network &quot;A&quot;. We're only allowed to borrow their network but without sharing the wifi-password to others. That's why we need to broadcast a new network &quot;B&quot;. But thx for your suggestion" CreationDate="2017-10-13T13:46:06.260" UserId="7131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13530" PostId="8209" Score="0" Text="The jackhammer would be a rare occasion and might be the most extreme cases. I only mentioned it as a reference to what kind of noise will be considered. &#xA;&#xA;@spikey_richie will the noise cancelling feature also work to just isolate the background noise even when you're not listening to any audio?&#xA;&#xA;Thank you!" CreationDate="2017-10-13T16:23:09.447" UserId="7121" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13534" PostId="8209" Score="0" Text="I believe so, yes" CreationDate="2017-10-13T21:19:18.477" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13538" PostId="1940" Score="0" Text="For the record, you'll probably need LP (low profile) RAM sticks if your RAM slots are blocked by the HSF." CreationDate="2017-10-16T10:55:31.437" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13544" PostId="8233" Score="0" Text="Please specify a price-range, also pre-built PCs usually are less flexible but also nicer to use and also a little more expensive. Can you name the specific program(s) you are using for editing, this way we could potentially look up whether it's CPU / GPU / RAM / memory-speed intensive." CreationDate="2017-10-16T13:07:45.907" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13547" PostId="8231" Score="0" Text="I need to install some apps. It was $20 in the US... £50 is still reasonable / sensible." CreationDate="2017-10-16T15:30:04.853" UserId="1393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13548" PostId="8231" Score="0" Text="@MichalStefanow simply go on Amazon and sort by lowest price and you'll find a few." CreationDate="2017-10-16T15:33:06.123" UserId="7141" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13549" PostId="8231" Score="0" Text="£45 https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_n_1?fst=as%3Aoff&amp;rh=n%3A356496011%2Ck%3Aandroid+4g&amp;sort=price-asc-rank&amp;keywords=android+4g&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1508174619&amp;rnid=1642204031" CreationDate="2017-10-16T17:24:42.590" UserId="1393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13550" PostId="8233" Score="0" Text="@rakwaht I have edited your question to include your comment. I have also removed the off-topic questions to focus on the pre-built computers." CreationDate="2017-10-16T17:53:40.460" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13551" PostId="8234" Score="1" Text="Raspberry Pi 3 has 1 GB of RAM." CreationDate="2017-10-16T19:04:17.217" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13552" PostId="8234" Score="0" Text="+1 for the latest edition of Pi" CreationDate="2017-10-16T19:05:25.950" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13553" PostId="8235" Score="0" Text="I was able to find BananaPi, but unable to find OrangePi. Thank you so much, fits my needs" CreationDate="2017-10-16T20:19:55.557" UserDisplayName="user7144" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13554" PostId="8240" Score="0" Text="Whichever I don't get now I'll get at Christmas so it's litteraly just about which to buy first to get the most performance before I fully upgrade." CreationDate="2017-10-16T23:46:01.623" UserId="7141" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13555" PostId="8239" Score="0" Text="Something like this? https://www.scan.co.uk/products/aten-cs692-2-port-usb-hd-audio-video-kvm-switch" CreationDate="2017-10-17T07:25:31.083" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13556" PostId="8235" Score="0" Text="If this answered your question to your satisfaction please accept as answer :)" CreationDate="2017-10-17T13:14:09.047" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13558" PostId="8239" Score="0" Text="This switches two computers to one keyboard/monitor, what i need is a solution to have two computers switched to two sets of keyboard/monitor." CreationDate="2017-10-17T19:18:25.680" UserId="7145" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13559" PostId="8233" Score="0" Text="Spend less then 2k what?" CreationDate="2017-10-17T19:30:39.110" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13560" PostId="8242" Score="0" Text="Sorry my bad for not phrasing the question well, it's for gaming, I use the old quadro because it's what I have, would the i5s igpu be better at gaming? Sorry my fault, thanks for the answer :)" CreationDate="2017-10-17T20:27:12.310" UserId="7141" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13561" PostId="8242" Score="0" Text="For gaming, yes, the i5 will be better.  If you were trying to render huge pointclouds from a scientific dataset, or needed high color accuracy while creating a movie, the Quadro would be better." CreationDate="2017-10-17T21:42:49.150" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13562" PostId="8242" Score="0" Text="ok thanks, I'll go with the CPU and mobo and get the 1050 when I can." CreationDate="2017-10-17T21:45:21.760" UserId="7141" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13563" PostId="8243" Score="1" Text="There's at least one error on that list: Asus's [specification page for the PRIME B350-A/CSM](https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-B350M-A-CSM/specifications/) says no ECC." CreationDate="2017-10-17T22:04:17.557" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13564" PostId="8205" Score="0" Text="@spikey_richie Thanks. I'll look into it. I just realized that i didn't mention that one of the display will be a projector." CreationDate="2017-10-18T00:40:00.813" UserId="7112" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13565" PostId="8245" Score="1" Text="I suggest you make your question more general and include more of your requirements / expected workload. Hardware Recs generally works best when there is some freedom for the answerer to choose another option that may not have been considered, with the requirements specific enough to judge whether the answer is a good fit." CreationDate="2017-10-18T01:26:45.217" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13566" PostId="8245" Score="2" Text="On SSDs: PCIe SSDs are simply faster. SATA III, nominally 6 Gbps, has a maximum transfer rate of 600 MB/s with 8b/10b encoding. Even the best SSDs are limited to ~500 MB/s sequential in real use. Mid end PCIe SSDs can easily push 2000 MB/s read and 1000 MB/s write. Of course, there's no  point getting the entry level SSDs in M.2 form factor, unless you're pressed for space. $200 for a 120 GB SSD is a massive ripoff. Shopping Express, for example, stocks the entry level *275 GB* [MX300](http://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/crucial-mx300-275gb-sata-internal-ssd/CT275MX300SSD1) for $120." CreationDate="2017-10-18T01:39:46.973" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13567" PostId="8245" Score="2" Text="The mid-end 250 GB [960 EVO](http://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/samsung-960-evo-nvme-m.2-250gb-ssd/MZ-V6E250BW) is only $40 more. And yes, these are in AUD. Unless the SSD they're offering much better than the best on the market, it's a total ripoff." CreationDate="2017-10-18T01:41:44.433" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13568" PostId="8233" Score="0" Text="Sorry man I forgot to specify, I am thinking in euros" CreationDate="2017-10-18T06:53:13.543" UserId="7143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13569" PostId="8246" Score="1" Text="Regards the antenna, you can get antennas with a desktop (usually magnetic too) base, with a &quot;pigtail&quot; cable such as this https://www.amazon.com/Insten-335802-Booster-Antenna-Wireless/dp/B004I1GHKY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1508319307&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=magnetic+antenna+pigtail" CreationDate="2017-10-18T09:36:04.073" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13570" PostId="8239" Score="0" Text="Can you draw a diagram of what you're after?" CreationDate="2017-10-18T09:38:43.643" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13571" PostId="8226" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your suggestion. I'll find a review about them and see if this will suffice to what i'm looking for. Thank you1" CreationDate="2017-10-18T11:05:15.023" UserId="7121" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13572" PostId="8243" Score="0" Text="And I said I don't know how accurate it was.  My answer still answers OP question.  If one on the list is incorrect and the others are correct, that answers OP.  I removed it from this answer, but the source list is still going to be what it is." CreationDate="2017-10-18T19:01:29.047" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13573" PostId="8247" Score="0" Text="The problem with TN isn't bleeding, it's color shift.  For example, the top image on [this test page](http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/viewing_angle.php) shows white stripes on a medium-grey background at the top of my TN monitor, and red stripes on a light-grey background at the bottom." CreationDate="2017-10-18T19:03:27.843" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13574" PostId="8246" Score="1" Text="Your question as it is right now may be off-topic since you aren't asking for a specific piece of hardware, rather you're asking how to troubleshoot an issue before a recommendation can be given for a a piece of hardware.  The short answer to both your questions is Yes.  The question you need to ask, &quot;Can someone recommend me a solution to the problem (either an antenna extension or new wifi card)?&quot;  This is what your title suggests, but the body of your question doesn't.  We also don't have enough details about your needs.  Budget, for example." CreationDate="2017-10-18T21:15:31.677" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13578" PostId="8255" Score="0" Text="Quite interesting, I didn't know this website where you can list pc parts like this. Really good suggestion" CreationDate="2017-10-19T11:42:49.600" UserId="7143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13579" PostId="8255" Score="0" Text="Swap the H115i for a Noctua NH-D15. Cheaper and better cooling performance. That 850W PSU is oversized, less will do." CreationDate="2017-10-19T13:23:58.533" UserId="3717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13580" PostId="456" Score="0" Text="You want to look at LG's webOS capable TVs. They seem to be able to play HEVC files." CreationDate="2017-10-19T13:34:49.533" UserId="3717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13581" PostId="8254" Score="0" Text="Would motherboard also be a consideration? Would you consider going with the Coffee Lake i3 and then upgrading to an i5 in the next year or two?" CreationDate="2017-10-19T13:37:23.947" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13582" PostId="8256" Score="0" Text="I have edited your question to remove the off-topic questions while keeping your concerns. Please edit your question if I missed anything." CreationDate="2017-10-19T15:56:25.577" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13583" PostId="8255" Score="0" Text="I own a H115i so thats why I thought I should recommend it and yes 850W is a lot but again it won't hurt since I'm not sure what will he do with the PC. He can always change the parts tough :D" CreationDate="2017-10-19T17:16:23.140" UserId="7075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13584" PostId="8255" Score="1" Text="@rakwaht if my answer helped you, could you be kind enough to verify it? Thanks!" CreationDate="2017-10-19T17:34:46.833" UserId="7075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13585" PostId="8259" Score="0" Text="I'm quite concerned about the inefficiencies of going from whatever voltage the power bank's battery(s) output all the way up to mains voltage (240v in my case) or even only 110v, and then back down to 19.5v.  I'd rather a device that was designed to supply 20v at 10A, since the battery can be configured to supply around the correct voltage." CreationDate="2017-10-20T00:08:30.523" UserId="376" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13586" PostId="8259" Score="0" Text="The problem is that, right now, there are just too few options available.&#xA;The design you're speaking of is used in the MAXOAK 50000 mAh, which runs by directly connecting to the laptop without an AC adapter, but it didn't work with my 230W laptop (message was displayed indicating not enough power). None of the really small power banks can dish out much power ... yet.&#xA;I expect more options to become available moving forward because more and more laptop manufacturers are using the sealed (non-replaceable) battery, which means that demand for high-capacity, high-wattage power banks should grow." CreationDate="2017-10-20T01:14:13.587" UserId="7165" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13587" PostId="8259" Score="0" Text="I'm also considering an ORing harness - you plug a few (preferably identical) power banks into its inputs, and plug the harness into the laptop, and the harness' circuitry shares the load between two or more inputs.  At its most basic, you join the negative wires and attach the positive wires to the inputs of a shottsky oring diode pair, and attach the output to the laptop's positive input pin.  However, diodes have heat dissipation issues, and if one power bank drops out, the other could be fried, so you'd be better off with more complicated circuitry to reduce losses and prevent overloads." CreationDate="2017-10-20T01:27:58.477" UserId="376" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13588" PostId="8261" Score="1" Text="Part of the question should be what kinds of activities do you think you will be doing as a part of the task of analyzing Lidar data. Please update your post with those tasks. I would assume that there will be visual representations through imagery large screen and high resolution count however I am also wondering if there would be need for display of text as well. And will there be a need for interacting with the imagery by plotting points and that sort of thing? It may well be that having two displays, one for imagery and one for software tools would be the best alternative." CreationDate="2017-10-20T12:03:47.750" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13589" PostId="8263" Score="0" Text="Right off hand I would think each ISP would have its own router and router configuration so what you would need is a router for each ISP. Could you update your post to describe the actual interface of the two ISPs? Are they cable or DSL or fiber or satellite or what?" CreationDate="2017-10-20T12:10:28.587" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13590" PostId="8261" Score="0" Text="I've updated the info. This is more or less what I thought myself as well, thank you for the reply!" CreationDate="2017-10-20T13:00:05.530" UserId="7167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13593" PostId="8265" Score="1" Text="So, what are the specified reasons?  You don't really specify.  Pretty vague." CreationDate="2017-10-20T15:17:04.013" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13594" PostId="8264" Score="0" Text="This is almost a tech support question (off-topic), are you open to other makes/models that are compatible?" CreationDate="2017-10-20T15:22:45.560" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13595" PostId="8264" Score="0" Text="If it can be explained why they would be compatible, then yes. The general question of interest is how to determine compatibility, and I am using my case as an example. Generalizing my case it would seem that if a motherboard manufacturer approves memory from vendor X with chip Y then any other memory provider Z with the same same chip Y should satisfy compatibility. Having said that, this question should qualify as &quot;A request for information that will lead to a product decision&quot;, no (https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/205/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-be-high-quality)?" CreationDate="2017-10-20T15:54:57.217" UserId="7032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13596" PostId="8264" Score="0" Text="Re the scope of question `Pre-Purchase Questions → Assurance You're Making an Informed Decision` (https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139/is-a-scope-of-product-recommendations-pre-purchase-inquiries-agreeable)" CreationDate="2017-10-20T15:58:52.847" UserId="7032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13597" PostId="8264" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths please also note that the other models in the QVL either did not satisfy my requirement (`16GB DDR4-2133 ECC/UNB CL15`) or are are not available to me." CreationDate="2017-10-20T16:09:18.937" UserId="7032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13598" PostId="8261" Score="1" Text="I am not sure how useful a third monitor would be nor what is the size and resolution of a &quot;small SD monitor&quot;. I would be inclined to go with the 27 inch 2540x1440 though the question may also be whether your laptop GPU can drive that to its native resolution or not. And you would need to match up display inputs (DVi, HDMI, etc.) with what the laptop has connections for. You may need an adapter if the laptop only does HDMI [HDMI with resolution 2560 x 1440 possible?](https://superuser.com/questions/119755/hdmi-with-resolution-2560-x-1440-possible)" CreationDate="2017-10-20T18:33:00.130" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13599" PostId="8265" Score="0" Text="See this [answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/289040/119271) Basically, any SSD will do, but stick to name brands like [Kingston](http://amzn.to/2hSGvZf)" CreationDate="2017-10-20T18:44:48.313" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13600" PostId="8263" Score="1" Text="@RichardChambers, you'd need a *modem* for each, but it's quite possible to have a router that does failover between the two (I set up one back in the early days of high-speed internet that would fall back to dialup if the cable internet went down)." CreationDate="2017-10-20T22:05:37.490" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13601" PostId="8267" Score="0" Text="Thank you @user212827 for the thorough answer!" CreationDate="2017-10-21T11:06:54.620" UserDisplayName="user7171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13602" PostId="8270" Score="1" Text="The Thunderbolt port on the 2017 XPS 13 (9365) *is* a DisplayPort Port. You just need the right cable. EDIT: I can confirm it is the same for both 2016 Macbooks (I assume you have 13&quot; one though?) Ctrl-F Thunderbolt on these spec sheets and you'll see DisplayPort [XPS 13](https://web.archive.org/web/20171021125147/https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-xps-13-9365-2-in-1-13-3-core-i7-7y75-16-gb-ram-256-gb-ssd-english/specs/), [13&quot; Macbook Pro](https://support.apple.com/kb/SP747)" CreationDate="2017-10-21T12:50:31.137" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13603" PostId="8270" Score="0" Text="So, no adapter needed, just a $15 cable." CreationDate="2017-10-21T13:00:05.487" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13606" PostId="8265" Score="0" Text="The [Crucial BX300](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073W4N5KB/) is really cheap right now for some reason. It's a mid range instead of entry level SSD, meaning it has MLC and the like. I'm still a little paranoid about Kingston SSDs because of a [switcheroo](https://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand) they did a while back." CreationDate="2017-10-21T13:36:40.590" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13607" PostId="8265" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the pointer @Alpha3031, but right now this SSD can't be purchased in my country. It does seem a great deal though, so I will keep an eye on it." CreationDate="2017-10-21T13:40:39.033" UserDisplayName="user7171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13609" PostId="8256" Score="0" Text="I have installed Linux on several of my windows default laptops, and they work perfectly. For some laptops with fancier features such as RGB, there maybe no Linux drivers, but other then that you should be fine. I personally think you could use a dell latitude which I have installed Linux on in the past(kubuntu)" CreationDate="2017-10-21T18:35:37.377" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13612" PostId="5694" Score="0" Text="If you can solder, see http://eliverse.com/content/vendiverse/" CreationDate="2017-10-22T12:28:19.520" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13613" PostId="5910" Score="0" Text="Not quite Raspberry Pi, but this looks extremely promising - http://eliverse.com/content/vendiverse/" CreationDate="2017-10-22T14:00:00.540" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13614" PostId="8280" Score="2" Text="There's no need to use shortened links; they're often used by spammers to hide their links. It's best to link directly to the page." CreationDate="2017-10-22T15:18:20.777" UserId="578" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13615" PostId="8270" Score="0" Text="This sounds like great news, thanks! I guess you mean a cable like this? http://www.kanex.com/usb-c-dp-adapter" CreationDate="2017-10-22T17:37:46.240" UserId="7176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13616" PostId="8270" Score="0" Text="I made a mistake on the XPS 13 version, it is in fact late 2016 (9360), sorry! The spec sheet of the Mac clearly lists the DisplayPort capability, but the XPS spec sheet (http://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptop-and-2-in-1-pcs/xps-13/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop) does not. Is that cause for concern for the XPS, or will the USB-C adapter I linked to above still work?" CreationDate="2017-10-22T18:00:30.167" UserId="7176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13617" PostId="8270" Score="1" Text="According to the last post of [this thread](http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/f/4613/t/19996644) on the Dell TechCenter the 9360 supports Displayport Alternate Mode with the USB C. IMO, you should go with a cable, like [this one](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074GVQBY2/) from Amazon (or really, any other). What you linked is USB C to female USB A, and you'd still need *another* cable, which seems like a bit of a hassle to me." CreationDate="2017-10-23T09:54:45.463" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13620" PostId="8246" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Thank you for your suggestion. How edited my question. Is it OK now?" CreationDate="2017-10-23T20:35:19.500" UserId="5143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13621" PostId="8284" Score="1" Text="Please try to limit your answers to one recommendation. That way, you can give the OP as much info about them as possible and it also allows the community to vote for the best monitor." CreationDate="2017-10-23T20:45:29.323" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13623" PostId="8286" Score="1" Text="I expect that the fit of this overlay to a laptop screen not designed for it would not work well. I also am not sure that the connector is an actual USB connector such as thumb drives and other USB devices have. It looks like it is instead designed for a specialty connector which is wired like a USB or has the same pinout as a USB connector and this is designed to plug into a fitting on a motherboard or a controller card. See this youtube video [How to install touch screen kit overlay on a LCD monitor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnaMV3_6Cyk)." CreationDate="2017-10-24T00:12:01.707" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13624" PostId="8286" Score="1" Text="See also [Resistive Touch Screen to USB Mouse Controller - AR1100](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1580) from Adafruit. Then this article [How to Convert an LCD to a Touch Screen](https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-convert-an-lcd-to-a-touch-screen). Also an older article with a Lenovo netbook and Hoda Technology Solderless Touch Screen Kit [How to Convert a Netbook Into a Touchscreen PC](http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/how-to/a5144/4339778/)." CreationDate="2017-10-24T00:22:31.610" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13625" PostId="174" Score="0" Text="The Raspberry Pi 3 is out with more functionality than the Pi 2. Bluetooth and WiFi. The GPU needs to be set to use about 256MB of system memory for decent performance with video such as YouTube in Chromium over WiFi though you may be able to get by with less. Has 4 USB ports and HDMI and power supply uses microUSB connector. Windows 10 IoT seems to be special purpose for embedded devices and is not like Windows 10 at all. Pi 3 uses microSD card and I have read of people using 128GB cards and 256GB cards but I use 32GB card." CreationDate="2017-10-24T00:57:49.757" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13626" PostId="4017" Score="0" Text="I have heard that graphics drivers for the Raspberry Pi 3 are a bit unoptimized. I've watched YouTube videos with Chromium on my PI 3 with HDMI 23&quot; 1920x1080 display. Changed GPU to use 256MB system memory and ran fairly well with Logitech 2.1 speakers. Raspbian has Chromium which is not Chrome but Chrome is built on top of Chromium so all the CSS and render engine is same. Plug-in support for things like widevine used by Netflix that are problematic. Pi 3 has 4 USB ports and Ethernet port and WiFi, which I have used, and Bluetooth, which I have not. Model B has 1GB of RAM. microUSB for power." CreationDate="2017-10-24T01:09:22.273" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13629" PostId="8288" Score="0" Text="What does Microsoft say you have to replace? What is the actual problem with the USB? What USB devices are you needing to connect to your Surface Pro?" CreationDate="2017-10-24T13:49:18.333" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13634" PostId="8286" Score="0" Text="If you are going to move forward with this I would really appreciate if you answer your own question with details about the equipment you used, what you did, and how it turned out. I am considering doing something similar by taking an LCD display, removing it from the housing and mounting it in a wooden frame along with a touchscreen overlay and a Raspberry Pi 3. Then running software with the Raspberry Pi using the touchscreen for the human interface. I tried a Perixx PERIPAD-501B touchpad with Raspbian and Windows 10 on a PC and it worked great." CreationDate="2017-10-24T18:04:45.603" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13635" PostId="8286" Score="0" Text="I will do so, if I go forward. I am still contemplating :-)" CreationDate="2017-10-24T18:21:30.493" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13636" PostId="5694" Score="0" Text="Or, even if you can't solder ... they are ***very*** helpful" CreationDate="2017-10-24T19:20:29.510" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13637" PostId="8286" Score="1" Text="There are several different technologies used with touchscreen overlays and each does provide particular advantages and disadvantages. Some work with gloved hands, for instance, while others work poorly with gloved hands. And the operating environment as far as noise and dust can also make a difference. Then there is the consideration as to whether the overlay and controller are designed for multi-touch or not." CreationDate="2017-10-24T21:16:21.897" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13638" PostId="8286" Score="0" Text="Just a laptop on a sofa will do for me, but that does sound interesting. Feel free to expound, for the benefit of future readers" CreationDate="2017-10-24T21:19:54.593" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13639" PostId="8296" Score="1" Text="Panasonic [AX900](http://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/TC-65AX900U.html) has 1 DisplayPort input." CreationDate="2017-10-25T03:21:47.423" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13641" PostId="8288" Score="0" Text="They asked me to replace the surface pro as USB cannot be repaired. Once I was using a USB hub and it seems that the hub shorted it out. Microsoft service center too couldn't find the problem, they simply said they cannot use their diagnostic USB in my laptop and therefore USB is not working. My son uses USB for his external microphones etc.Not everything is Bluetooth, hence finding it very difficult to have lost the only USB on this." CreationDate="2017-10-25T10:32:45.380" UserId="7193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13646" PostId="8226" Score="0" Text="@Pennf0lio I would suggest looking at JH Audio, Flipears, Lear, Rooth, ACS, and Westone. They do custom molded in-ears. They sound extremely good as well, better and more accurate than the Bose QuietComforts." CreationDate="2017-10-26T07:21:32.470" UserId="7136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13651" PostId="8293" Score="0" Text="Adhesive velcro? Or, for b) just about any phone case once they come out for the Pixel. There will surely be rugged ones as well" CreationDate="2017-10-26T09:02:50.200" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13657" PostId="8131" Score="0" Text="SEJPM, thank you so much for all the help, I really appreciate it. So I stopped being lazy and came back to this to finally get this PC built. What I have picked out is the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900x CPU, the MSI Gaming Motherboard, and the Eva GForce GPU you have recommended to me. I asked another question here, https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8304/best-power-supply-unit-for-blender-cycles-rendering and am waiting 40 minutes to ask the other two questions. Thank you SO much, you have no idea how much your helping!!!!!!" CreationDate="2017-10-27T05:29:29.970" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13658" PostId="8304" Score="0" Text="I don't have time to write a full answer, but my recommendation will be [the EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G3 for $190 on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZ3SFB3)." CreationDate="2017-10-27T07:03:38.670" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13661" PostId="8293" Score="0" Text="A normal phone case is probably not an option unless it is easily and quickly removable without loose parts while its back remains stuck to the dock.  I will also want to be able to quickly put the phone in a car mount by itself.  I'd rather not stick adhesive velcro directly to my $1k phone.  Its OK for the dock to look hacked together as it will already be ugly with cables, but the phone should be able to be returned to stock state." CreationDate="2017-10-27T09:31:38.830" UserId="7205" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13667" PostId="8256" Score="0" Text="Reminder - answers must recommend specific hardware." CreationDate="2017-10-27T23:41:58.553" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13668" PostId="8304" Score="0" Text="Thank you SEJPM, when you do have the time do you think you can tell me why that's your recommendation and what others you may have? Also here re my other questions you told me to make: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8316/best-persistent-storage-for-blender-cycles-rendering-for-pc-im-getting-built https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8315/best-ram-for-blender-cycles-rendering-for-pc-im-getting-built" CreationDate="2017-10-28T02:37:17.240" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13669" PostId="524" Score="0" Text="Belated Update for Kaby and Coffee Lake: As of Q4'17, with the release of the second unlocked i3 processor, there is really no reason to look further. The i3 7350K currently retails at around U$ 147 at [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCEJN24/), while the 8350K is around $50 more expensive. Both have average overclocks of around 4.9 GHz [(1)](http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/core_i3_7350k/)[(2)](http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/core_i3_8350k/), though because the 8350K has 4 **physical** cores instead of hyperthreading, it may prove more suitable for any multithreaded workload." CreationDate="2017-10-28T03:24:47.240" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13670" PostId="524" Score="0" Text="Note that both CPUs feature the AVX 2 ISE. If an even higher performance is desired, the [i5 7640X](http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/core_i5_7640x/) is a Kaby Lake-X CPU with a average overclock 400 MHz higher. AMD's Ryzen CPUs are still currently less competitive in terms of single thread performance, though I will update again for future architectures, as soon as I remeber." CreationDate="2017-10-28T03:32:41.497" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13679" PostId="8315" Score="0" Text="The next up on the list of Hardware to specify is the case and then only the CPU cooler is left and you are (finally) done :)" CreationDate="2017-10-28T12:29:54.493" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13681" PostId="8319" Score="0" Text="Thank you so much. I have a Drive that has 3 terabytes and I can keep all my current projects on that, so what does it mean to archive old projects? Like ones I created with this Mac Book Pro?" CreationDate="2017-10-28T23:42:09.333" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13685" PostId="8319" Score="0" Text="@GodzillaDude the idea is that you have enough space to keep some of your older projects on your PC (in case you need to revisit them). Much like with your current drive where you also won't be working on 5 different projects taking 100GB each at the same time (I guess?)." CreationDate="2017-10-29T13:27:03.397" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13688" PostId="8319" Score="0" Text="So your recommendation for the storage is to get the Samsung 960 500gb and the WB Black 4tb? 4tb is insane which would be great!" CreationDate="2017-10-29T21:26:14.063" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13689" PostId="8319" Score="0" Text="I think I could get the 6TB, would that be better then the 4tb?" CreationDate="2017-10-29T21:26:59.897" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13691" PostId="8319" Score="0" Text="@GodzillaDude The 6TB variant should be just about the 4TB (performance wise) variant with a better price / storage ratio for about 40USD more." CreationDate="2017-10-29T21:32:19.780" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13692" PostId="8319" Score="0" Text="Ah okay. So I think I'm all set (excluding peripherals like the monitor, keyboard, mouse), but here is my list of what I should get. Am I missing anything? https://imgur.com/a/qiRdZ" CreationDate="2017-10-29T21:34:36.217" UserId="6737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13693" PostId="8319" Score="0" Text="@GodzillaDude the GPU is not on that list (intentionally?). You are also missing a CPU cooler (to transport the heat away from the CPU, this would be #2 missing) and a case (where you can actually mount all that fancy hardware)." CreationDate="2017-10-29T21:48:49.820" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13703" PostId="8291" Score="0" Text="I have to choose between these three because of our process, and the only confusion is with the printing technology." CreationDate="2017-10-31T02:41:06.863" UserId="166" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13705" PostId="8291" Score="0" Text="Crossposting to [/r/Printers](https://www.reddit.com/r/printers/) may help you reach a more specialised audience. Otherwise, hopefully you'll get some more views due to the bounty, but keep in mind we're still a small community on this site" CreationDate="2017-10-31T03:21:50.827" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13706" PostId="8239" Score="0" Text="I found this: http://www.gefen.com/product/4x4-dvi-kvm-dual-link-matrix-EXT-DVIKVM-444DL, but it says no HDCP. Is this a problem with windows computers not running any content with copyright protection?" CreationDate="2017-10-31T10:32:37.190" UserId="7145" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13709" PostId="8325" Score="4" Text="What's your use case? Usually a HDD can only be mounted by 1 device." CreationDate="2017-10-31T16:03:20.617" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13710" PostId="4042" Score="1" Text="I know you already have some answers, but for me I've found that using rubber grommets supplied with the drive caddy work wonders. My Fractal Define R5 has 4x 500GB 7200 RPM drives in, and I can't hear any of them clicking away." CreationDate="2017-10-31T16:05:01.730" UserId="7092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13712" PostId="8284" Score="0" Text="@Erdem Ugurluol &quot;If you tell me about your gaming setup&quot; did you mean my specs or what games will I play on my monitor? If games are the case then pretty much PES 18, Civ VI, horror games like The Evil Within 2, NFS.. So more or less casual games - no FPS games" CreationDate="2017-11-01T09:13:06.047" UserId="7075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13713" PostId="8329" Score="0" Text="Your 1320 should do what you want, just glancing at the setup doc.  Please review it and confirm you have set it up correctly. http://support.dlink.com/ProductInfo.aspx?m=DAP-1320" CreationDate="2017-11-01T15:17:13.573" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13714" PostId="8330" Score="0" Text="My impression is that the label &quot;gaming&quot; on a monitor is to indicate that the monitor has sufficient performance for First Person Shooter and similar fast paced games with a low Response Time and good colors and sometimes with a Refresh Rate greater than 60Hz. Looking at the Samsung web site that looks to be a good display http://www.samsung.com/uk/business/business-products/business-monitor/essential/LS27E330HSX/EN and better than the 22&quot; Lenovo's I use. I have two though and you may want to consider having two yourself." CreationDate="2017-11-01T20:14:20.217" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13715" PostId="8332" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recommendations. We need a bit more information: 1.) Do you have a budget? Price/performance is important. 2.) The IDE probably isn't the slowest part of development. What type of development do you do? If you are doing some machine learning, a GPU may be more appropriate than a CPU update, etc. 3.) RAM is another reason an IDE can be sluggish. Do you have enough in your current system? 4.) What mother board do you have? That's your most important factor - especially if you aren't going to be upgrading that as well." CreationDate="2017-11-01T21:19:23.733" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13716" PostId="8332" Score="0" Text="Hello and thanks for redirecting. Budget is about 400$  +-. Most time i use Visual Studio for develop &quot;line of business aplications&quot;,sometime mobile (Xamarin).  My current hardware is  i5-4690k, 16gb ram and nvidia gtx 1700 . Anyway new cpu need new motherboard and ddr4 ram, so it will be upgrade too. Thanks for answer" CreationDate="2017-11-01T21:30:52.607" UserId="7234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13717" PostId="8330" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your response.  I think I will order this one and probably a second in the future." CreationDate="2017-11-02T00:38:33.770" UserId="7232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13718" PostId="8330" Score="0" Text="I took another look at the tech specs and clicked on the show more specs to see what interfaces are provided. The page says D-Sub and HDMI and there is no Display Port or DVI. Check your laptop. Most laptops that I see have HDMI and/or D-Sub with VGA." CreationDate="2017-11-02T00:51:32.623" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13719" PostId="8332" Score="1" Text="See https://superuser.com/questions/44926/building-a-fast-visual-studio-machine as well as https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1814015/was-visual-studio-2008-2010-or-2012-v11-written-to-use-multi-cores and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11054410/does-visual-studio-2012-utilize-all-available-cpu-cores" CreationDate="2017-11-02T01:17:05.110" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13722" PostId="8179" Score="0" Text="Their DynaSync is about monitor handling. My question is more about keyboard connectivity handling. But this is good info. I've edited the question to clarify the focus. Any hints on the equivalent for keyboard handling?" CreationDate="2017-11-03T09:38:21.570" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13723" PostId="8271" Score="0" Text="Does your friend's insurance policy place any restrictions on what entry mechanisms he can use? They might decide that the place wasn't sufficiently secured in case of a burglary. And cheap RFID cards will be trivially easy to clone." CreationDate="2017-11-03T11:45:33.533" UserId="7244" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13724" PostId="8335" Score="0" Text="Your first two &quot;more Advanced&quot; technologies have functionally equivalent AMD counterparts. The last is of dubious value. Getting a SSD though, I definitely agree with." CreationDate="2017-11-03T15:02:39.807" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13726" PostId="8329" Score="1" Text="Some sort of whole home WiFi system could do this. See this question: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/7700/whole-home-wifi-system" CreationDate="2017-11-04T02:36:47.800" UserId="1175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13727" PostId="8337" Score="0" Text="Being discovered will depend on the environment it is being used in and whether people are looking for it or not." CreationDate="2017-11-04T13:41:06.140" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13728" PostId="8337" Score="0" Text="@RichardChambers People are not looking for it, but will be invariably cautious. Please see the linked questions and its commnets for additional details." CreationDate="2017-11-04T13:42:12.570" UserId="7247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13730" PostId="8343" Score="0" Text="[Here](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8218/router-that-can-connect-to-a-wifi-network-and-create-a-new-wifi-network) is a similar question that may be helpful" CreationDate="2017-11-05T04:44:00.233" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13733" PostId="8335" Score="0" Text="Install VS and OS to ssd is basic. Maybe i thinking about switch sata ssd to pcie ssd. But not sure about performance boost. Anyway ty for answer." CreationDate="2017-11-05T19:15:18.807" UserId="7234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13734" PostId="8117" Score="0" Text="Sony used to have a service which would send you a bootloader unlock code after entering the IMEI on their website. Dont know if its still there tough." CreationDate="2017-11-05T19:26:07.310" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13736" PostId="2674" Score="0" Text="If you want a good camera in that budget I'd go for a used flagship. Where I live you can easily get, say, LG G3 for around 100 USD. Sadly if camera matters used flagships top anythning new you can buy." CreationDate="2017-11-05T19:44:28.800" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13737" PostId="8293" Score="0" Text="I've had two Goosperry Jelly cases and they fit quite tightly. Too bad they dont seem to be available for the Pixel 2 XL yet. And as any rubber case - they have no loose parts. Although usually during removal the back bends slightly which might be an issue." CreationDate="2017-11-05T20:02:49.207" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13741" PostId="8343" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 correct me if I'm wrong. Network extender will need cable in order to get WAN, to create what I want I need wifi as wan?" CreationDate="2017-11-06T20:47:54.367" UserId="7252" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13742" PostId="8343" Score="0" Text="No, network extenders will work fine. WiFi-as-WAN devices do the same thing, but usually also happen to have a full featured router attached, with all the other WAN bits as well." CreationDate="2017-11-07T00:04:39.403" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13744" PostId="8355" Score="2" Text="You don't mention a budget nor physical card size limitations. Also how are you planning to use the 2 4K displays, gaming or work or what?" CreationDate="2017-11-07T14:05:17.283" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13747" PostId="8355" Score="0" Text="Since you are using the gaming tag, what games do you play? Do you use any graphics intensive software?" CreationDate="2017-11-07T20:02:13.633" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13754" PostId="8364" Score="1" Text="I'd like to know more, or even see a picture, of what your exact issue is and what you require." CreationDate="2017-11-08T23:28:13.877" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13755" PostId="8355" Score="0" Text="I have a big computer case so i dont think there are any special size restrictions. I want to be able to drive one 4k screen for gaming (only playing Destiny 2 right now, but I don't want to limit myself), and I want to use one 4k screen for non-gaming things. Of course I want to limit the amount of money I spend but that is not my primary concern since I tend to buy expensive but very seldom :)" CreationDate="2017-11-09T07:18:07.550" UserId="7268" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13756" PostId="8301" Score="0" Text="Does it use TCP connection or is just a RJ45 connection for kvm?" CreationDate="2017-11-09T14:05:30.053" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13758" PostId="8363" Score="0" Text="Can you tell us what you would like to use this hub for exactly? As it is written it is a little hard to follow. Also, can you list the exact laptop that you have please." CreationDate="2017-11-09T15:33:10.293" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13759" PostId="8367" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget for this flash drive? How much storage are you looking for?" CreationDate="2017-11-09T15:37:29.777" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13760" PostId="8367" Score="0" Text="I have seen all sort of prices so let’s say I don’t have a budget but care only about performance. I would like to use it as an external bootable drive with macOS High Sierra. If partitioning it would work I would accept any size, otherwise 16GB. Thanks" CreationDate="2017-11-09T15:39:38.320" UserId="7260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13761" PostId="8363" Score="0" Text="Laptop is ASUS VivoBook Pro 15 N580VD.&#xA;I would like to have as little cables as possible. So if it's possible, I would buy a hub with ethernet port, (at least) 2 displayports/HDMIs, at least one USB type A and at least one USB type c port. IF it would work on usb 3.1 gen 1. I know this would work on gen 2, but I'm not sure about gen 1." CreationDate="2017-11-09T18:23:05.370" UserId="7275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13772" PostId="8363" Score="0" Text="I have edited your question to include the information from your comment. Please add anything that I may have missed." CreationDate="2017-11-10T17:23:05.837" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13776" PostId="7903" Score="0" Text="Can you please read [this apple support article](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204154) and verify whether you have any generation of Thunderbolt? And can you please link to the specific model you have (so we can look at the precise connectivity options)?" CreationDate="2017-11-10T20:33:57.687" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13777" PostId="7983" Score="0" Text="I have agree with Edward on the adapter question now, but oppose him on the choice of enclosure, the Razer core has about _the worst_ amount of features for the price tag." CreationDate="2017-11-10T20:47:18.677" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13778" PostId="8348" Score="0" Text="Judging from the fact they provide a &quot;mini-disc&quot; with drivers and dedicated software Id bet it wont work. Unless it's a usb serial (with standard drivers) and you will be able to launch that software under wine." CreationDate="2017-11-10T23:55:11.407" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13779" PostId="8367" Score="0" Text="No suggestion?? Does anyone have experience with USB-C pen drives? Have you tried some? Thanks" CreationDate="2017-11-11T00:05:22.733" UserId="7260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13781" PostId="8323" Score="0" Text="Have you tried [updating the driver](http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=eu_ot&amp;lang=en&amp;prod=dcp7055w_us_eu_as&amp;os=128)? You didn't specify that you had, and Brother is pretty good about this. It's entirely possible that will solve your issue, and you can avoid the expense of replacing an otherwise-functional printer (and the electronic waste associated with its disposal)!" CreationDate="2017-11-10T09:12:04.360" UserId="7238" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13783" PostId="8323" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 I appreciate the point you're trying to make, but unless I can upload the driver to SE for them to host, linking to the driver download page (and suggesting that OP try a newer build of the driver) is the closest I can get." CreationDate="2017-11-10T15:04:16.297" UserId="7238" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13785" PostId="8323" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 In the future, the [specific build you've directly linked to](http://web.archive.org/web/20171110150934/http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1.gz) (mirrored in my comment to protect against you editing your own comment) WON'T be current and WILL result in the very same issue with future operating systems that OP is currently facing!" CreationDate="2017-11-10T15:13:36.767" UserId="7238" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13786" PostId="8323" Score="0" Text="You can also link to [the main download page](http://web.archive.org/web/20171110150815/http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=eu_ot&amp;lang=en&amp;prod=dcp7055w_us_eu_as&amp;os=128#SelectLanguageType-625_0_1) in the same way. The Wayback machine will update the page if it is still available. In any case, more detail in your answer would probably be appreciated by any future readers." CreationDate="2017-11-10T15:19:02.043" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13787" PostId="8323" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 And yet if Brother revamps their site, it'll be a mirror of a stale page that links to stale drivers. The breakage you're trying to prevent tells whoever comes across the link that they should look for the newest version of the page, since when it comes to things like software outdated is, in many cases, worse than none: you think you've solved a problem but end up with software that has a security vulnerability that was fixed in a newer version (for example)." CreationDate="2017-11-10T15:23:38.500" UserId="7238" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13788" PostId="8323" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/68539/discussion-between-alex-and-alpha3031)." CreationDate="2017-11-10T15:26:04.733" UserId="7238" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13789" PostId="8323" Score="0" Text="No I did not try to update the driver. I just want it to work. I want to buy a device that works. That's what this question is about. Even it would work, it does not solve this question, since the procedure to install the brother driver is much to complicated for me." CreationDate="2017-11-10T19:34:27.587" UserId="1862" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13790" PostId="8323" Score="0" Text="@guettli You use Ubuntu, yet updating a driver is too much for you? I humbly suggest a Mac for your next computer. (No shame in it; I use one myself.)" CreationDate="2017-11-10T19:43:13.587" UserId="7238" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13791" PostId="8355" Score="1" Text="Volta and Navi, the next generation of GPUs, are both going to be released early next year,  on a 12 nm shrink, so if you can wait a bit, there's should be enough extra performance to be worth it." CreationDate="2017-11-12T02:33:01.173" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13792" PostId="8374" Score="0" Text="As for 1), I'm pretty sure, but don't know for 100% (because AMD's spec pages are shit) that these CPUs have 64 PCIe lanes, so they can easily take two cards at 16x and more memory / whatever at x4." CreationDate="2017-11-12T16:13:42.220" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13793" PostId="8374" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM: sure, that's why I picked Threadripper as a platform. But I'm wondering if any of the existing motherboards have some... peculiarity in the way they organize their PCI slots, which can create some problem. The wording in some of the manuals I've downloaded isn't clear enough for me to be 100% sure." CreationDate="2017-11-12T16:29:15.973" UserId="7287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13794" PostId="242" Score="0" Text="the provided link is out of stock - any alternative available now?" CreationDate="2017-11-13T00:29:53.127" UserId="7291" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13795" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="OMG the paperlike is *really* impressive. i've been using e-readers for a while and their refresh rate is nowehere near what we see in their video demo, assuming it's for real. as for the price/patents: larger e-ink displays are really expensive. 1st gen 13&quot; displays are 600$+ now, so i can see why this one is 1000$. i just wish it had a touch screen as well... ;)" CreationDate="2017-11-13T01:12:13.290" UserId="7291" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13797" PostId="8377" Score="0" Text="Adobe RGB is a superset of sRGB. And better monitors do give those specs, you just have to search hard enough (manufacturer's website). 100% sRGB is roughly 70% Adobe RGB, but 80% Adobe RGB might be less then 100% sRGB (unlikely)." CreationDate="2017-11-13T12:32:26.800" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13798" PostId="8374" Score="1" Text="There shouldnt be any peculiarities in organisition, but bear in mind that some lanes might be reserved for chips on motherboard (such as a USB 3 controller). As for RAID - the on board controller is waaay slower then dedicated ones. I recommend getting a small SSD for your current project and an HDD or NAS for archiving - that would be faster than on-board RAID." CreationDate="2017-11-13T12:41:45.627" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13800" PostId="8380" Score="0" Text="While this question is not asking for technical _support_, it is asking for technical _details_. This site exists to help others find computer hardware that performs a specific task. Basically, this question is not asking for a specific hardware recommendation. Please read the [on-topic help center](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) for more information." CreationDate="2017-11-13T18:12:16.440" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13801" PostId="8383" Score="0" Text="Your solution would basically mean to have 1 monitor dedicated to laptop and 2 to desktop. However, what I'm seeking is a solution that allows me to use all 3 monitors on desktop and same 3 monitors on the laptop, simply by switching things over. I don't need to work on them at the same time, I'll likely ever use one or the other. Thanks for telling me about this solution, it is an option I'll consider." CreationDate="2017-11-13T19:46:23.573" UserId="7288" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13802" PostId="8380" Score="0" Text="It is asking for how to ask for that specific piece of hardware. Knowing this is a prerequisite to using this site. I find that rather useful to have here." CreationDate="2017-11-13T19:48:24.050" UserId="7293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13803" PostId="8374" Score="0" Text="@Jan Dorniak: Mmm... when it comes to video editing, a &quot;small SSD&quot; won't do to hold the footage ;-), and an external NAS will be too expensive. This leaves a dedicated RAID card. The problem is that, from what I see, that market has pretty much died. Do you have any recommendations on that front?" CreationDate="2017-11-13T20:39:21.200" UserId="7287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13805" PostId="8374" Score="0" Text="&quot;Small SSD&quot; as in 256 GB :) As for dedicated RAID cards - I'm almost certain the market isn't dead, just that from the very beginning it was an enterprise product. As for speeds of on-board RAID - I've got two 8 years old WD Blacks in software (on-board) RAID 0 using Intel H97 and I just measured roughly 210 MB/s read and 140 MB/s write speed." CreationDate="2017-11-13T20:56:43.727" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13806" PostId="8374" Score="0" Text="Had to split my comment...&#xA;Also if you're set on RAID - if you don't have any backup other then the PC HDDs planned I **strongly** recommend gritting your teeth and buying 3 HDDs to use RAID 5 - it's a bit less efficient but can survive a single disk failure (whereas any disk failing means loosing all data on RAID 0). Most modern motherboards support those three modes - 0, 1 and 5. Also - post the motherboards you looked at so maybe I can manage to look something up." CreationDate="2017-11-13T20:57:55.023" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13807" PostId="8387" Score="0" Text="(Rant about cloud solutions left out). Depending on the size of data I'd go for SATA SSD or HDD. Consider that a single SATA SSD (and maybe even a HDD) can saturate 100 Mb link.  When it comes to caching - there are solutions (Intel's prioprietary for Windows which comes with the motherboard or for Linux bcache or alternatives) but they all have one thing in common - the cache is a dedicated partition. As for getting the SSD for the OS - IMHO seems like a waste of money if it's going to be a pure storage server." CreationDate="2017-11-13T21:09:26.010" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13809" PostId="8374" Score="0" Text="210MB/s? If I'm not mistaken, that is the speed of a regular 7200 rpm drive, so it doesn't seem like the RAID is helping much in your case... I'd like to get something faster, if possible. As for your other question, I'm aware of the risks of RAID 0; in fact, I'm using it right now in my current PC. I keep myself safe by making frequent backups." CreationDate="2017-11-13T23:48:55.770" UserId="7287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13810" PostId="8374" Score="0" Text="As for the motherboards I've looked at, they are the ones in this article: https://www.anandtech.com/show/11685/amd-threadripper-x399-motherboards . It seems that those are actually the only ones in the market right now. From what I have seen, none of them support RAID 5, only 0-1." CreationDate="2017-11-13T23:50:36.033" UserId="7287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13812" PostId="8389" Score="0" Text="@RichardChambers We already record and transcribe the lectures and make them available.  We want the subtitles in addition so the international students can interact more with the class (for example getting to know their peers and asking questions during the lecture)." CreationDate="2017-11-14T07:11:29.970" UserId="7297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13813" PostId="8373" Score="0" Text="Thank you for you answer. I accepted it and gave you the bounty although I could not very it, since it needs some time until I receive the hardware. But the printer and the support seem to be good. thank you." CreationDate="2017-11-14T13:10:56.853" UserId="1862" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13814" PostId="8373" Score="0" Text="@guettli No worries, I'm glad to help. Hope you come back next time with another question or an answer! Our site is still very much growing, and every user counts." CreationDate="2017-11-14T13:40:11.483" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13815" PostId="8387" Score="0" Text="Sounds like you'd want at least some caching locally on the desktops. How much storage do you need and what is your budget?" CreationDate="2017-11-14T13:51:15.987" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13817" PostId="8389" Score="0" Text="I am curious if you have discussed this with the international students and gotten their opinions as to what would be helpful. Intensive English as a Second Language classes may be a better approach especially classes that concentrate on the technical language used in the classes. One of the reasons the students attend your university may be English immersion. You do not mention the diversity of the classes however it sounds like you have only international students from a particular area so only Mandarin or only Arabic is needed? Will that change next semester?" CreationDate="2017-11-14T14:00:28.697" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13820" PostId="8383" Score="0" Text="Ohh... well I completely misunderstood. Sorry about that. I'll get back to googling for you." CreationDate="2017-11-14T17:12:17.547" UserId="4504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13821" PostId="8389" Score="1" Text="@RichardChambers You're right, English immersion is part of why they're here.  They actually asked for the subtitles.  They don't want it as a replacement for speaking English, they want it as an assistant.  When you're dealing with ESL, the difference between &quot;kind of following&quot; and &quot;getting it&quot; can be only 10%!  They want the subtitles to help with that 10% and to listen to the rest of the content in plain English.  Thanks for all your ideas!" CreationDate="2017-11-14T17:41:05.707" UserId="7297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13822" PostId="8389" Score="0" Text="On the technical side, how large is the classroom to be used and the placement of the display? How much text and what size font along with colors would be used? I suppose it were best that it is configured.The price point bends pretty sharply above say 32 inch and going to a 2K or more resolution. Are you thinking of something like a standard LED display that is being driven by say a Raspberry Pi or similar computer over HDMI? Possibly using a Pi with Chromium in kiosk mode and making changes that are pushed down via a server such as node.Js?" CreationDate="2017-11-14T18:07:21.680" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13823" PostId="8389" Score="0" Text="Does the total system also need to support mathematical symbols and equations?" CreationDate="2017-11-14T18:08:56.723" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13824" PostId="8389" Score="1" Text="@RichardChambers We don't have any specific thoughts on screen size, font size, color, etc - just that it should be legible.  The auditorium is a 3/4 arena layout with about 200 seats.  There are no seats more than 20 feet from the stage.  I have no experience with Pi, but it's a very intriguing idea, especially with the ability push changes from a server you're suggesting.  What components would I need to make that work?  - and no, the system does not need to support mathematical symbols or equations." CreationDate="2017-11-14T19:56:05.577" UserId="7297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13825" PostId="8387" Score="0" Text="Unless you've got a seek-heavy access pattern (typically, large numbers of small files), the hard drive won't be the bottleneck, the network will." CreationDate="2017-11-14T21:06:21.053" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13827" PostId="8380" Score="0" Text="Sorry for the delay. I have been trying to find a meta post where we talked about questions like these, but I can only find the  [one](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/430/60). We as a community have had a hard time in the past with &quot;pre purchase&quot; questions like this one, and have had much discussion not only in meta, but also on chat. If I am able to find anything else, I will be sure to post it here." CreationDate="2017-11-14T21:51:08.787" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13828" PostId="8383" Score="0" Text="I don't mean to offend you. Thanks for your answer. I've been googling this a lot myself but found no solution so I came to ask here." CreationDate="2017-11-15T02:29:58.473" UserId="7288" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13832" PostId="8380" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley It's fine you probably know what you are doing and my post is indeed not asking about a specific hardware recommendation." CreationDate="2017-11-15T13:07:32.230" UserId="7293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13833" PostId="8393" Score="0" Text="While I personally really like this question, it is unfortunately off-topic for this site, as it doesn't fit with our definition of [hardware](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/266/60)." CreationDate="2017-11-15T15:46:21.827" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13834" PostId="8393" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not asking for a hardware recommendation." CreationDate="2017-11-15T15:46:42.103" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13835" PostId="8393" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Oops. Any suggestion as to a more appropriate forum?" CreationDate="2017-11-15T15:53:09.547" UserId="7305" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13836" PostId="8393" Score="0" Text="[r/MechanicalKeyboards](https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/) might be the best place to start. Maybe even [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/7d34vq/rmechanicalkeyboards_ask_any_question_get_an/). Good Luck!" CreationDate="2017-11-15T16:12:23.493" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13837" PostId="8396" Score="0" Text="I know it's been 4 months but better late then never." CreationDate="2017-11-16T04:41:23.830" UserId="5629" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13838" PostId="8393" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Thanks, I'll try there!" CreationDate="2017-11-16T08:26:55.747" UserId="7305" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13839" PostId="8373" Score="0" Text="I received the device today. Printing worked out of the box: Very nice. Unfortunately scanning does not work at all. See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/977202/hp-laserjet-allinone-scan-does-not-work" CreationDate="2017-11-16T21:23:06.250" UserId="1862" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13840" PostId="8373" Score="0" Text="@guettli Damn. That looks like a network module error. You might end up having to fiddle around with the config a little. It might work over USB though. Would you be willing to run a cable to your Ubuntu computer and using the network for any other computers? It looks like lots of people have SNMP issues, unfortunately. [\[1\]](https://askubuntu.com/questions/531918/why-is-snmp-broken)[\[2\]](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16467712/php-snmp-cannot-find-module)[\[3\]](https://thejoyofstick.com/blog/2012/12/01/installing-snmp-mib-files-in-linux-ubuntu-12-04-lts/) You might want to tag ..." CreationDate="2017-11-17T02:42:46.977" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13841" PostId="8373" Score="0" Text="... with [snmp] and [mib] to get the right people to see it. Sorry I can't help more." CreationDate="2017-11-17T02:44:31.087" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13842" PostId="8364" Score="0" Text="If you know all of your specs, you could try entering them on [pc part picker](https://pcpartpicker.com/). It will filter out pc cases for you. That way you wouldn't need to brute force buy an inordinately large case." CreationDate="2017-11-17T03:52:08.053" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13844" PostId="8387" Score="0" Text="Thanks everyone. Correct, the bottleneck will be the network. &#xA;5 desktops (RJ45), 7 laptops (WiFi) + 3 network printers.&#xA;Usually, because of part-time jobs, only 2-4 workers are working at the same time.&#xA;A few times are more busy periods however.&#xA;No idea about the budget, but a priori not be the determining criterion.&#xA;Currently, a remote virtual desktop is used to share files and time planning.&#xA;Rare but annoying failures from the server or connection paralyze the team work.&#xA;Switching between local/remote sessions also painful. Server with physical access wanted, no cloud-based solution." CreationDate="2017-11-17T11:56:51.397" UserId="6491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13845" PostId="8388" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much Damon for your relevant notes and reports about  observed speeds. You're right. The only exception that I see is if the server needs to run some application where read or write speed is important, for instance seeking though shared emails on the server. In my original post, I omitted mentioning that the team want to share not only documents, but also time planning and emails.&#xA;For more details, see the comments of my original post." CreationDate="2017-11-17T12:17:28.350" UserId="6491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13846" PostId="8395" Score="0" Text="just to make sure, have you actually calculated how much the electricity will cost you compared to the money you make?" CreationDate="2017-11-17T14:14:57.570" UserId="5276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13847" PostId="8395" Score="0" Text="I have. I am looking at a 547% percentage profit" CreationDate="2017-11-17T15:07:07.990" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13848" PostId="8402" Score="0" Text="I don't know if I agree with this answer. First off, you should **NOT** rely on data recovery services. It is not a guarantee that they will be able to recover everything. If you can't live without it, you can't live without having it backed up. Second, there are more types or RAIDs than just 1 and 5. I personally use RAID 10 at home. There are pros and cons to each setup, so please do your research and don't pick one at random." CreationDate="2017-11-17T16:41:58.190" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13849" PostId="8403" Score="0" Text="What tablet are you going to use with this stylus? Do you have a budget if a device does exist?" CreationDate="2017-11-17T16:45:36.310" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13850" PostId="8401" Score="1" Text="Do you know what software you will be using? Can you define &quot;good life&quot;? Do you have a screen size/resolution preference? Any other details you can add that would help us?" CreationDate="2017-11-17T16:49:29.313" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13851" PostId="8402" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: I believe you misunderstood my thinking. I agree that people should in theory not rely on data recovery but **in practice** it is often not the case. I see many people and companies selecting a storage without caring about what will happen if there's some failure. When they face a data loss, they sometimes have complicated systems (like RAID 0) for which the data recovery will cost MUCH more. RAID 10 is nothing else than RAID 1 and RAID 0 combined. There is nothing wrong with RAID 1. RAID 0 is for speed and useless if the bottleneck is a USB or RJ45 cable." CreationDate="2017-11-17T17:27:41.350" UserId="6491" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13852" PostId="8403" Score="0" Text="Many years ago I had a mouse in a pen-like form factor.  Would something like that meet your needs?" CreationDate="2017-11-17T20:31:41.947" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13853" PostId="8402" Score="0" Text="@OuzoPower, my data-recovery plan is quite simple: I pull out my backup and restore the data from it.  If you've got a reliable backup, it doesn't matter how complicated your live-data storage system is.  (I use RAID-6.)" CreationDate="2017-11-17T20:34:20.767" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13854" PostId="8373" Score="0" Text="I am not in a hurry. I wait until I can give a bounty on AskUbuntu and I hope someone does see my question and answers it. Thank you very much for your help." CreationDate="2017-11-17T21:56:58.597" UserId="1862" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13855" PostId="8404" Score="0" Text="I would think that for a backup drive exceptional quality would be important. I suppose you could just have a replacement plan of replacing the backup drive every couple of years regardless just to be on the safe side." CreationDate="2017-11-18T03:03:36.520" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13856" PostId="8405" Score="0" Text="Monochrome and text/barcode only? A dot-matrix printer with sprocket feed may be all you need." CreationDate="2017-11-18T12:06:56.343" UserId="4232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13857" PostId="7299" Score="0" Text="I finally found a solution that allows free unlimited calling with no monthly fees or any other kinds of fees.  See my answer." CreationDate="2017-11-18T22:13:03.210" UserId="5445" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13858" PostId="8405" Score="0" Text="Hey Mick, yes monochrome text is all I am after. Thanks. Can you please provide a link to this printer? I'll do some research of my own." CreationDate="2017-11-19T02:12:52.133" UserId="4097" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13859" PostId="8408" Score="0" Text="What price range do you consider cheap for a camera?" CreationDate="2017-11-19T06:05:18.700" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13860" PostId="8405" Score="0" Text="You might add which printers you have used to avoid duplication. For commercial production use, I would recommend a [Zebra Printer](https://www.zebra.com/us/en/products/printers.html) if you can find one that fits your needs." CreationDate="2017-11-19T06:51:36.683" UserId="131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13861" PostId="8408" Score="0" Text="@Richard Chambers - around £30" CreationDate="2017-11-19T10:25:56.457" UserId="4755" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13865" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="It seems like this laptop model uses soldered-on CPUs, ie &quot;just pick the CPU with the highest number and a K behind the number&quot;." CreationDate="2017-11-19T17:43:06.803" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13866" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="So this https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80684I78700K-Core-i7-8700K-Processor/dp/B07598VZR8/ref=sr_1_23?s=pc&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511113573&amp;sr=1-23&amp;keywords=processor is better than this? https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-6850K-Processor-FC-LGA14A-BX80671I76850K/dp/B01FJLAITC/ref=sr_1_11?s=pc&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511113573&amp;sr=1-11&amp;keywords=processor" CreationDate="2017-11-19T17:48:34.570" UserId="7327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13867" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="Yes, the 8700K should do better than the 6850K. However AFAICT neither is compatible with the Alienware 17 R4." CreationDate="2017-11-19T17:49:45.910" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13868" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="How can you tell if it's compatible?" CreationDate="2017-11-19T17:53:04.943" UserId="7327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13869" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="The [17R4](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0THPHM/) runs on an [Intel Core i7-7820HK](https://ark.intel.com/products/97464) which uses the `FCBGA1440` socket. This means that a) the pin-counts miss-match with the other CPUs (1440 vs 1151 vs 2011) and b) that the CPU is _physically soldered onto the board and not removable_. Thus an upgrade of the CPU is not possible." CreationDate="2017-11-19T17:56:45.540" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13870" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="Crap sorry I meant r3. I have the Intel i7-6700hq." CreationDate="2017-11-19T17:59:11.807" UserId="7327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13871" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="It's the same story with the 6700HQ as with the 7820HK." CreationDate="2017-11-19T18:00:27.733" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13872" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="How do you finish a forum post? Do you just leave it?" CreationDate="2017-11-19T18:05:06.383" UserId="7327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13873" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="I'll write up an answer, then you can accept it and this discussion can stay as a reference" CreationDate="2017-11-19T18:05:37.723" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13874" PostId="8412" Score="0" Text="Okay. Please do." CreationDate="2017-11-19T18:07:32.557" UserId="7327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13875" PostId="8410" Score="0" Text="It might be easier just to buy an anti-glare film and put that on a laptop that meets your specifications." CreationDate="2017-11-19T23:23:03.200" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13876" PostId="8401" Score="0" Text="That maybe solid-works, makes a **huge** difference in recommendations. Without that, a cheap $300 dollar laptop would probably suit your needs." CreationDate="2017-11-19T23:27:31.153" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13879" PostId="8124" Score="0" Text="A lot of lighting uses the mains, but has a 0-10v dimmer line.  You might be able to do that without relays." CreationDate="2017-11-20T03:16:10.103" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13880" PostId="8073" Score="0" Text="My question, how big are the models your doing?  If your doing 10 story buildings with all the wiring and plumbing the laptop will be painfully slow.  If your doing small scale objects it maybe ok.  The complexity,number of textures, and level of details will make a big difference." CreationDate="2017-11-20T03:36:12.230" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13881" PostId="8403" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley it should work with any bloothooth device" CreationDate="2017-11-20T08:13:42.180" UserId="5276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13882" PostId="8403" Score="0" Text="@Mark that sound interesting, are there ones that you can use with a smartphone?" CreationDate="2017-11-20T08:22:43.237" UserId="5276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13883" PostId="8403" Score="0" Text="No idea.  The one I used was so old it connected to a DB-9 serial port." CreationDate="2017-11-20T08:45:32.090" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13886" PostId="8421" Score="1" Text="Even if you were using straight exchange rates, given the current weakness of the pound, 88 USD translates to more like 65 GBP. A quick look at the actual prices show that the situation is even worse than that. [An Amazon search](https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_size_browse-bin_6?fst=as%3Aoff&amp;rh=n%3A340831031%2Ck%3Awd+green%2Cp_n_size_browse-bin%3A10625610031&amp;keywords=wd+green&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511255299&amp;rnid=187137031) shows the WD Green to be closer to £88 than it is to £65. OP's request looks to be unrealistic, unfortunately." CreationDate="2017-11-21T09:24:08.587" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13887" PostId="8421" Score="1" Text="I've checked some other retailers: [Overclockers.co.uk](https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/storage/hdd-hard-disk/3tb-to-4tb) doesn't stock the Green, but the cheapest 3 TB is £71.99. [alza](https://www.alza.co.uk/wd-av-green-power-3tb-western-digital-d450081.htm) actually sells it for £96. Ridiculous, I know. Many other components are also priced so that you may as well just assume the UK price is the same **number** as the US price: I've checked the Intel 7700K, Ryzen 5 1600, and a few others, and they were about 10 less than 1:1." CreationDate="2017-11-21T09:31:35.617" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13888" PostId="8404" Score="1" Text="TBH, with the general price level of hardware in the UK, I do *not* think you will be able to get 3TB of storage for £50. You probably either need to settle for a lower capacity, like 1 TB or *possibly* 2 TB if you get a used HDD, though I do not recommend the latter at all, or save up a bit more. I estimate at least £60, probably more like £70, and even then you're scraping the bottom of the barrel." CreationDate="2017-11-21T09:36:29.263" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13891" PostId="8410" Score="0" Text="I hate these films :-(" CreationDate="2017-11-21T17:36:02.327" UserId="7325" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13893" PostId="8080" Score="1" Text="https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3 is a useful phone finding utility with the ability to specify you want a Dual SIM phone." CreationDate="2017-11-22T11:13:22.737" UserId="7342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13895" PostId="8422" Score="0" Text="http://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-OLED65G6V seems like a quality choice, and they are market leaders in top of the range equipment." CreationDate="2017-11-22T19:01:09.653" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13897" PostId="8430" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for a hardware recommendation or a how to guide?  One of these is off-topic." CreationDate="2017-11-22T19:14:57.040" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13898" PostId="8430" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths I'm not sure, I'm not very familiar with this. I can connect everything myself so I don't think I need a how-to guide though I don't know which exactly hardware I need to accomplish this." CreationDate="2017-11-22T19:46:42.177" UserId="7347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13899" PostId="8430" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths, it sounds like a request for &quot;hardware and how to use it&quot;, though for any hardware likely to be suggested here (rather than on, for example, [Electronics SE](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/)), the &quot;how to use it&quot; is &quot;plug it in&quot;." CreationDate="2017-11-22T20:33:25.267" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13903" PostId="8436" Score="0" Text="Is there an upper limit for the price?" CreationDate="2017-11-23T19:55:51.300" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13904" PostId="8422" Score="0" Text="Yeah I looked at that one then red a bunch of reviews about screen burn in." CreationDate="2017-11-23T20:40:16.060" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13905" PostId="8438" Score="0" Text="Well I first want to just clear up a misconception I think you have, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is a singular disk drive which is susceptible to failure. RAID is a way you can spread data redundantly across **multiple** drives, so one can fail and you will still have all your data.&#xA;&#xA;**Saying that, we need more information.** Specifically, we need to know your **budget, amount of storage needed, how you plan to access it (laptop, phone, over the internet), and what you want to store on it**" CreationDate="2017-11-24T01:42:04.437" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13906" PostId="6232" Score="0" Text="@danieln I think you do not understand. If you have two WiFi networks with the same SSID, they will show up as one and a device will automatically select the closest wifi network, &quot;extending&quot; it." CreationDate="2017-11-24T01:43:35.343" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13907" PostId="8404" Score="0" Text="As a side note, a backup drive should always be redudant, so I would heavily recommend getting a single 3TB drive as if it fails, you could be in for a world of trouble." CreationDate="2017-11-24T01:45:57.297" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13908" PostId="8436" Score="1" Text="What kind of software are you running? Any expectations as to battery life or portability? Which country do you need shipping to? Are compact desktops (+ monitor and peripherals) acceptable?" CreationDate="2017-11-24T02:53:38.673" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13912" PostId="8436" Score="0" Text="It should be a laptop. Battery life is not a driving factor. However, good battery life is better. I will be running dual OS: Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux. Shipping to the US." CreationDate="2017-11-24T10:44:04.273" UserId="7352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13914" PostId="8439" Score="0" Text="I´m talking about 4GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, 15&quot; screen size. Is for basic programing (not basic the language). About photoshop isn´t for nothing professional. Isn´t a primarily based question because i´m waiting a reply from anyone who has a laptop with this processor and uses for programing." CreationDate="2017-11-24T11:12:41.070" UserId="6092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13916" PostId="8439" Score="0" Text="Small photos as 12Mpx or less and small programming projects. Think you about me as a noob." CreationDate="2017-11-24T11:20:57.237" UserId="6092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13917" PostId="8439" Score="0" Text="So, are you willing to give us your budget (how much money) and which country you live in? I'm going to have dinner now, so I'll be gone for a bit." CreationDate="2017-11-24T11:24:54.147" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13918" PostId="8439" Score="0" Text="I saw this Lenovo and i have a 300€ top (https://goo.gl/QaC5xk). An i3 processor is too expensive. For my country(Spain) this Lenovo has a excellent price." CreationDate="2017-11-24T11:32:19.163" UserId="6092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13919" PostId="8439" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/69206/discussion-between-alpha3031-and-daniel-ruiz)." CreationDate="2017-11-24T12:28:01.930" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13920" PostId="8438" Score="0" Text="I did edit the post with the info you said :)" CreationDate="2017-11-24T15:54:40.930" UserId="7353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13921" PostId="8442" Score="1" Text="&quot;vs&quot; does that mean Visual Studio? What kinds of solutions and how large? What is the node server for? Are you wanting to host a server or is it for development? What is &quot;fl studio&quot;?" CreationDate="2017-11-24T15:59:57.953" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13923" PostId="8422" Score="0" Text="might have changed their technology more recently to be fair. I would definitely look at an LG or Samsung option if you are set on 4k OLED/Quantam Dot TV" CreationDate="2017-11-24T22:17:53.327" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13924" PostId="8448" Score="0" Text="Thanks a lot, really helpful. BTW, I am looking for an ATX board." CreationDate="2017-11-26T06:18:57.297" UserDisplayName="user7357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13927" PostId="8442" Score="0" Text="yes vs is visual studio. My solutions are medium, i would say. The node server is just for dev. And fl studio  is fruity loops from image line, it's a daw (digital audio workstation)." CreationDate="2017-11-27T07:20:20.350" UserId="7356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13928" PostId="8443" Score="0" Text="I am choosing the Asrock AB350 ATX motherboard. After spending significant amount of time, I learned that without a sound card, most motherboards in the B350 range will work the same. I am going to try the build without any audio cards for now. :)" CreationDate="2017-11-27T10:38:12.633" UserDisplayName="user7357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13929" PostId="8450" Score="0" Text="It sounds like you are asking for the software side of a PBX. If that's the case, we probably aren't the best place for advice. However, if you are looking for recommendations on what hardware your users should get, we can help. However, we'd need a few more details: Do you have specific features you want the phones to have (speed dial, video, etc)? Do you have a budget per phone?" CreationDate="2017-11-27T16:43:38.533" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13930" PostId="8450" Score="0" Text="Side note, on the software side: Look as [Asterisk](https://www.asterisk.org/)." CreationDate="2017-11-27T16:44:15.683" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13932" PostId="8450" Score="0" Text="Thanks Andy, maybe I don't understand the narrow line between hw and sw in this case. If I have a voip connection to my provider should I use a PBX? Groups/users responders and so on do you consider this for sw or hw? I'm editing my question to add more details as requested." CreationDate="2017-11-27T16:56:56.307" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13933" PostId="8429" Score="1" Text="Can someone explain why I got a -1? I was directed to this site when I posted my question elsewhere. I thought this was a rather direct, well researched, specific question.... if there isn't one out there that's one thing.  But what did I do wrong with my question?" CreationDate="2017-11-28T04:43:48.127" UserId="7346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13934" PostId="8436" Score="0" Text="@OOzy Pal, like SEJPM asks, is there a max price limit? Also approximately what kind of work or use?" CreationDate="2017-11-28T12:52:16.050" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13936" PostId="8429" Score="0" Text="If the keypad were detached from the board, like it would lay on your desk next to the keyboard as a standalone unit, would that be an acceptable compromise provided that all of your other specs are met?" CreationDate="2017-11-28T15:04:09.963" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13939" PostId="8429" Score="1" Text="I think you are going to have a tough time finding this. I am not sure if I have even seen a wireless back-lit keyboard. But then again, I haven't looked for those either." CreationDate="2017-11-28T16:28:26.353" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13944" PostId="8455" Score="1" Text="SLI support is dicey in a lot of games, and there are more powerful single cards on the market that would cost him less money. On top of that, spending $100 on the CPU is going to likely toss you back a generation into DDR3 tech, which is going to limit the longevity of the build. Why is SLI so important, and for god's sake why do it with a pair of 960's? There's no way that a build with these specs is going to achieve a good balance of price, performance, and lifespan. I'll look into it anyhow but some more information about why these constraints exist would help." CreationDate="2017-11-28T20:08:04.110" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13945" PostId="8455" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 Ironically, that is exactly what I told him when he told what GPU, more GPUs, he was looking at. He has a budget of around $500-$600, but wants to get other things like a SSD, a little bit of RGB and a few other things for his case. I figured that $100 would be more than enough for the CPU, hence the specs (I was not expecting like a i7-3770k). I think he wants SLI just to say he has SLI in the system, as a bragging right if you will." CreationDate="2017-11-29T04:07:51.780" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13946" PostId="8455" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 I will update the question as soon as I return home this evening" CreationDate="2017-11-29T04:08:47.817" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13947" PostId="8456" Score="0" Text="Spot on. The spec says exactly that. A bios flash is fine, and I've used ASUS higher-spec boards for years for my workstations and found them very solid and well-built; haven't used their WS range but I can't imagine it's any less so. Thanks!" CreationDate="2017-11-29T06:15:20.420" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13949" PostId="8455" Score="0" Text="Why the clock requirement? Another thing from your friend? Because a clock cycle from Bulldozer (15h) or Atom (say, Silvermont or Goldmont) is vastly different from a relatively recent Core (Sandy Bridge or later) or the new Zen architectures. Also: Unrelated, but will he be overclocking? A recent i5 would probably be the best option, something like 2500K should be below budget." CreationDate="2017-11-29T06:48:59.977" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13950" PostId="8455" Score="0" Text="I don't think he wants to overclock, I think he just wants a high core count, as he does programming as well as live streaming on Youtube. He was very vague in the system that he wants for his budget. As per the clock requirement, that was one of the things he wanted preferably if I could source one." CreationDate="2017-11-29T06:54:49.417" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13951" PostId="4353" Score="0" Text="this from rich may be relevant HIS 5450 Silence 512MB DDR3 PCI DVI/HDMI/VGA, Make sure you get the PCI version because the also make a PCI-e version. But good luck finding one." CreationDate="2017-11-29T17:27:37.713" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13952" PostId="8461" Score="2" Text="any idea what makes it win10 compatible?  (if you don't have rep to comment then you can edit you response into your answer)" CreationDate="2017-11-29T17:28:36.657" UserId="135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13953" PostId="8429" Score="0" Text="A detached numpad would still work. There are plenty of back-lit wireless keyboards but most of them are pretty small and don't have a numpad, and none of them are ergonomic." CreationDate="2017-11-29T23:10:49.883" UserId="7346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13955" PostId="8429" Score="0" Text="Maybe I could use a bluetooth transmitter but those seem pretty hard to find. I only can find two brands and both are out of stock on their respective sites." CreationDate="2017-11-29T23:59:31.827" UserId="7346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13961" PostId="8466" Score="1" Text="What are your specific requirements?" CreationDate="2017-11-30T18:55:10.767" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13964" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="Here is a reasonable setup: &#xA;&#xA; - https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8466/what-is-a-price-efficient-parallel-number-crunching-server&#xA;&#xA;If you buy the parts from amazon, you can assemble for $8600. &#xA;&#xA;For building bigger machines, I recommend sites like:&#xA;&#xA; - http://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-Simulation-and-Visualization-Computers-s/706.htm" CreationDate="2017-11-30T19:50:36.153" UserId="7420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13965" PostId="8466" Score="1" Text="Why are you looking to upgrade? Is there a bottleneck with your current system, and if so, what is it?" CreationDate="2017-11-30T19:52:50.307" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13968" PostId="8466" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley The bottleneck is CPU, takes 6 hours to run those 3000 processes on 64 threads. This means I can't really experiment with system parameters during a single day (in a research role). Assuming we double CPUs we'll also have to double (or 1.5x) the RAM." CreationDate="2017-11-30T20:03:16.597" UserId="7420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13969" PostId="8466" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths We can parallelize our calculations to 3000 separate processes. The calculation is mostly in LAPACK (through Python/numpy). Prefer one big machine over several small ones, until a reasonable limit on price efficiency. Can spend 15K or 30K (if performance still doubles for the extra money)." CreationDate="2017-11-30T20:04:15.963" UserId="7420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13970" PostId="8466" Score="0" Text="If you're currently using LAPACK, it sounds like you might be able to switch to GPGPU computation.  If so, you can save a great deal of money by using GPUs instead of CPUs." CreationDate="2017-11-30T20:41:10.193" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13971" PostId="8471" Score="0" Text="Hi again :) ! Good point on no big improvement by small processor increment. MKL with AVX 512 sound like a good idea! Hugepage would only help if we are swapping, which we're avoiding on purpose by using this much of RAM. Indeed, GPU is not an option. Thanks for all the support!" CreationDate="2017-11-30T23:40:29.870" UserId="7420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13973" PostId="8472" Score="1" Text="Also, if your friend changes their mind about overclocking, definitely grab either a K series i5 or the Ryzen. Overclocking does give a decent performance boost for these CPUs." CreationDate="2017-12-01T06:23:35.913" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13974" PostId="1048" Score="1" Text="Current version of this built into a system can be gotten here: http://www.mini-box.com/ALIX-APU-Systems" CreationDate="2017-12-01T07:00:30.787" UserId="7429" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13977" PostId="8483" Score="1" Text="It's not possible to use i7 CPUs in 2S. You will need to get Xeons, specifically the E5 2600v3 series. Looking at the block diagram in the manual, it is apparent that the motherboard you've chosen can draw 2 x16 PCIe links off *each* CPU, which would appear to meet the requirements you have specified. That said, if you give more details about what your workload entails, perhaps it would be possible to find an even better solution." CreationDate="2017-12-03T13:53:51.003" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13978" PostId="8483" Score="0" Text="Oh right, the i7 are 1S only.. I can't really quantify the workload, i just want to use the maximum lane to have 4x Gpu at thex max power, i need to be the fastest with deep learning training, that's all." CreationDate="2017-12-03T14:01:37.687" UserId="7459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13979" PostId="8483" Score="0" Text="I'm going offline now, but your budget and likely frameworks would probably be the most pertinent information. Any other tidbits may still be useful though. Good luck." CreationDate="2017-12-03T14:05:02.530" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13981" PostId="8483" Score="0" Text="The budget is less than 8000€.&#xA;However, it's not clear about the _2 x16 PCIe links off each CPU_, i'm not sure if it is possible yet, if i don't find any notice that say precisely i can use x16/x16 for each cpu, i think that i ll write to asus if i don't find at all. Else, do you know any other mobo brand for this kind of intel base without buying in a big kind of server ?" CreationDate="2017-12-03T14:07:39.890" UserId="7459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13982" PostId="8483" Score="0" Text="You can check the block diagram in the manual. It's in the Support section. Page 190 on my device. I think you could split your questions up and get the full treatment, CPU, MB, GPU, etc, if you could be bothered. Many of the questions on this site do that." CreationDate="2017-12-03T14:13:55.717" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13983" PostId="8485" Score="0" Text="Intel has better IPC and I *think* scale slightly better to high frequencies (heat, maybe?). Still, if you aren't doing anything demanding, I might try and downsell you to an R3/i3. Any specific games that you play? What's your current specs, and how much are you looking to improve them?" CreationDate="2017-12-03T14:17:31.903" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13984" PostId="8483" Score="0" Text="Ok i ll see, and finally, the  Z10PE-D8 WS seems to support E5 2600 v4 series, thanks" CreationDate="2017-12-03T14:33:49.177" UserId="7459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13985" PostId="8491" Score="0" Text="whats your budget? A phone maybe?" CreationDate="2017-12-05T14:30:33.230" UserId="5276" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13987" PostId="8479" Score="0" Text="Great, thank you for your confirmation, I'll most likely buy Samsung 850 Evo/Pro." CreationDate="2017-12-05T16:42:56.833" UserId="7440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13988" PostId="8492" Score="1" Text="It also appears to be, per the definition in the OP, &quot;Incredibly expensive&quot;" CreationDate="2017-12-06T02:28:56.643" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13989" PostId="6199" Score="0" Text="SATA III has max throughput 6 Gb/s, so it should handle 550 MB/s, shouldn't it? Theoretically, it should be able to transfer about 750 MB/s." CreationDate="2017-12-06T14:16:36.097" UserId="7440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13990" PostId="8479" Score="0" Text="One more idea - isn't it possible to use any PCIe port instead? There should be some free ports since the motherboard has 4x PCI Express x1 and it looks like only 2 are used (ethernet and wireless cards), although, I'm not sure if there's any free connector inside." CreationDate="2017-12-06T14:23:46.097" UserId="7440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13993" PostId="8501" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is not asking for a hardware recommendation. Build reviews/requests are off-topic for this site, as they are quite broad." CreationDate="2017-12-06T19:53:31.250" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13994" PostId="8501" Score="0" Text="If you would like an example of how to ask build request, please check out [these questions](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/search?q=user%3A60+is%3Aquestion+college). Disclosure: these are my questions." CreationDate="2017-12-06T20:34:38.100" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13995" PostId="7110" Score="0" Text="Eh I disagree. There are likely adapters, but the question is cost. PCIe is by design backwards compatible with previous generations. And there are PCIe bus expanders available to plug 20 more PCIe cards into a single slot. So get a PCI 3.0 2-slot bus expander with a 16x card edge, plug into the old machine and it will negotiate at 1.0 16x speed. The expander slots will of course be limited in speed but 2+ expander slots into 1 slot are limited in max speed anyway, so likely will work as fast as it can support.  .... but the cost of this bridge may be beyond the point that is affordable." CreationDate="2017-12-06T20:38:43.667" UserId="7044" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13996" PostId="8491" Score="0" Text="@Eumel that would be way too large. A smart watch would be better but those have a lot of things I don't need." CreationDate="2017-12-06T21:17:54.203" UserId="6143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13997" PostId="8504" Score="0" Text="There *aren't* any &quot;mobile (xxxM) versions&quot; of the *Pascal* based GPUs..." CreationDate="2017-12-07T08:36:29.063" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13998" PostId="8500" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? What sized scenes? Do you need portability? Battery life? Why not a desktop? Tell us your requirements so we can tell you what you need." CreationDate="2017-12-07T08:37:07.127" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13999" PostId="8492" Score="0" Text="A $4000 laptop is not even close to fitting in a $800-$1000 budget." CreationDate="2017-12-07T21:29:59.963" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14000" PostId="8506" Score="0" Text="Uh, what are you asking for?" CreationDate="2017-12-08T07:59:06.567" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14001" PostId="8506" Score="0" Text="For a cheaper Case, PSU, Mobo. :/" CreationDate="2017-12-08T14:44:26.223" UserId="7542" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14002" PostId="8506" Score="0" Text="I have closed your question as it is too broad for our site. We expect questions to focus on only _one_ piece of hardware at a time. This allow the answerers to give you more details as to _why_ they are recommending the hardware. Because of this reason, we also do not allow build requests/reviews. Please break this question up into multiple questions, and you are encouraged to add link to the others." CreationDate="2017-12-08T15:11:46.583" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14003" PostId="8506" Score="0" Text="This is just sad. I can't find a place to belong. I have looked everywhere posted everywhere and only 1 person gave me a good answer. anyway thanks you can close this account. bye." CreationDate="2017-12-09T03:50:04.873" UserId="7542" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14006" PostId="8507" Score="1" Text="What does internal/external antivirus mean?" CreationDate="2017-12-10T12:24:57.373" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14007" PostId="8507" Score="0" Text="Also, I believe the dominance of dual cores is largely due to power/heat. Up until Kaby Lake R, the lowest power 4C CPUs in Intel's lineup had TDPs of 25 W, and before that, 45W. The new ones are 15 W though, which are more or less in the range of Intel's other ULV chips." CreationDate="2017-12-10T12:40:19.680" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14008" PostId="8512" Score="0" Text="the 8th Gen i7 will probably go to the same turbo clocks as the 7th Gen one but also has two more physical cores, which probably will be much more handy..." CreationDate="2017-12-10T13:30:24.153" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14009" PostId="8512" Score="0" Text="One question to answer is what kinds of applications do you think you will be using? Please add to your post, not as a comment, what you plan to do with the laptop and how you plan to use it." CreationDate="2017-12-10T14:11:33.080" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14010" PostId="8512" Score="0" Text="@Richard Chambers question edited" CreationDate="2017-12-10T15:44:15.383" UserId="853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14011" PostId="8507" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031, by external antivirus I mean a bootable antimalware device, something like [FixMeStick](https://www.fixmestick.com/?utm_expid=55563167-77.JRjol2HrSOeu05q4u_nHAg.0) that you can plug into your PC and boot into to clear up virii that you can't get to when your OS is running. By contrast, internal anti-virus would be a conventional antimalware program that runs under an operating system like Windows. I've heard these terms used on the home shopping channels, they may not be official tech lingo. I'll edit my post to clarify." CreationDate="2017-12-10T23:04:18.670" UserId="7543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14012" PostId="8507" Score="0" Text="I think the hardest requirement here is the DVD/BluRay drive. Most laptops these days have disposed of the ODD for a thinner, lighter build. Quad core also has some pitfalls, as there are a lot of low performance AMD 15h or Intel Braswell quad cores running around. Even with the new Ryzen or Kaby Lake R I think compilation is the only thing that will see any benefit, and definitely not a full 100%, or anywhere near that, due to increased thermal throttling. Most of your typical productivity applications and such would be happy on a single core." CreationDate="2017-12-11T01:43:21.643" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14014" PostId="8518" Score="0" Text="Your answer was very helpful, but moreover, I am concerned for availability of cables for my parts. My case has lots of space, so I too would be going for a non-modular hopefully. Can u please clarify if any PSU should have the necessary cables that I need in this case?" CreationDate="2017-12-11T11:37:45.290" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14015" PostId="8518" Score="0" Text="Also, from your modular/non-modular link, it seems that not only are the cables not pre-installed with modular, but they don't come with the PSU at all in the first place????" CreationDate="2017-12-11T11:39:52.220" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14018" PostId="8499" Score="0" Text="What CPU and RAM is it? I'm having a hard time finding specs about it besides [this document](https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/security/esa/hw/170Series_HW_Install.pdf) which just lists &quot;1x2 (Dual Core)&quot; and &quot;4GB&quot;" CreationDate="2017-12-11T12:34:15.927" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14019" PostId="8518" Score="0" Text="Glad it helped. To answer your question, all the PSUs(irrespective of modular or not) comes with necessary cables to all the components of the PC. Cables for your motherboard's power, CPU cooler, case fans, SATA, PCIE, and almost every other component that you might plug into the build are shipped with your PSU. The components you mentioned in your original question will definitely fit into your PSU. No additional cables required. You should only be worried about the excess cables that are left out after you complete your build ;)" CreationDate="2017-12-11T12:37:33.047" UserDisplayName="user7357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14021" PostId="8518" Score="0" Text="Also, if you would want someone to help you choose a PSU for you, please post the required wattage and other specs based on my original answer. Go for any popular brands such as Corsair if you are very much worried." CreationDate="2017-12-11T13:01:19.993" UserDisplayName="user7357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14022" PostId="8507" Score="1" Text="I've looked a bit more, and I *don't* think you'll be able to find a laptop that both has a disk burner and fits into that thin-and-light 2-in-1 category. Probably more like 700 for a quad core (though nearly $100 is for the Windows 10 Pro licence), and much less ($500-600) for any decent dual core. Thunderbolt is somewhat rare as well." CreationDate="2017-12-11T13:19:34.850" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14023" PostId="8507" Score="0" Text="Would you be willing to use an external BD drive?" CreationDate="2017-12-11T13:29:34.310" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14024" PostId="8499" Score="0" Text="it has 4x1GB of RAM and a Intel Xeon E5520" CreationDate="2017-12-11T13:37:16.413" UserId="7524" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14025" PostId="8494" Score="0" Text="hardware recomendations... isn't it suppose to recommend hardware? maybe this space should be renamed" CreationDate="2017-12-11T15:48:35.960" UserId="7501" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14027" PostId="8499" Score="0" Text="What size is the motherboard? I can't seem to find info on that as well." CreationDate="2017-12-11T16:14:03.187" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14028" PostId="8499" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Nor can I, I don't think its any normal kind of motherboard that has a specific name." CreationDate="2017-12-11T16:15:31.760" UserId="7524" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14029" PostId="8499" Score="0" Text="Can you measure it with a ruler or something of the sort? Maybe also mounting hole placement?" CreationDate="2017-12-11T16:17:54.163" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14030" PostId="8499" Score="0" Text="When I get the chance later on today I will try to take the mother board out any measure it and get a few photos of it" CreationDate="2017-12-11T16:18:44.660" UserId="7524" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14034" PostId="8519" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I'm curious as to what part of the requirements I'm not meeting, I'd be happy to elaborate on those. There's a concrete recommendation at the top, and reasoning explaining those choices in the body. The list format isn't particularly well suited to my answer (&quot;software development&quot; and &quot;1150&quot; is pretty quickly filled.)" CreationDate="2017-12-11T19:57:28.647" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14035" PostId="8516" Score="0" Text="Can you give us any more requirements please. They only things we have to go off of is the CPU socket and an indirect budget. Please edit your question to include as much detail as possible about what you are looking for. Here are a few questions that might help: How many HDDs/SSDs/CD Drives do you have? How many USB ports are you using/would you like? They more detailed the question is, the better the answers will be." CreationDate="2017-12-11T19:59:37.693" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14036" PostId="8519" Score="1" Text="So uh, I commented on the wrong answer. Sorry about that!" CreationDate="2017-12-11T20:09:07.320" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14037" PostId="8499" Score="0" Text="As far as I can tell, it uses a custom motherboard.  You probably won't be able to find an upgrade." CreationDate="2017-12-11T20:43:17.093" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14038" PostId="8486" Score="0" Text="I don't have a complete answer for you, but talking about Cisco products I believe the cheapest ones with those features would be on the sg200 family, but you need to confirm the details on them." CreationDate="2017-12-11T23:47:53.273" UserId="7230" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14039" PostId="8518" Score="0" Text="My last concern is price.  I have spent around 1.6k until now, so I want a cheap but reliable PSU. Can you suggest a few specific models?" CreationDate="2017-12-11T23:53:25.513" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14040" PostId="8521" Score="0" Text="So your budget is around 100 EUR (or maybe more like 200 EUR for combined RAM + CPU, because DDR4 is more expensive), is that correct? What country do you need shipping to? Is overclocking an option?" CreationDate="2017-12-12T04:47:08.233" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14041" PostId="8521" Score="1" Text="Also, I would recommend an Athlon X4 over an APU if you're going in that direction, as the iGPU is useless in your case, it would be cheaper, and there would be no competition for thermal/power limit." CreationDate="2017-12-12T04:54:23.923" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14042" PostId="8518" Score="0" Text="Corsair, EVGA, and Cooler Master are some of the reputable brands. There are a lot of PSUs available. I have only used a couple of them.  I currently have a Corsair CX model. This is a good one - makes a little noise but not in a disturbing way. The other PSUs I had are very old and should not be available now. Check http://www.jonnyguru.com/ for detailed reviews about a model that you may choose." CreationDate="2017-12-12T10:01:05.180" UserDisplayName="user7357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14043" PostId="8521" Score="0" Text="Thanks! The budged is not strictly 100€ for CPU + RAM. 100€ would be nice, but if 150€ or 200€ would make a huge difference in speed, thats fine too. I need shipping to germany." CreationDate="2017-12-12T10:17:55.350" UserId="7563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14044" PostId="8524" Score="1" Text="I would be surprised if you could not find something at a local thrift shop that would work nicely. I have noticed that an e-commerce site I use here in the US for electronics seems to have monitors of 27&quot; or smaller on sale regularly for US$125 or less with 21&quot; usually below US$90." CreationDate="2017-12-12T13:51:49.270" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14045" PostId="8511" Score="1" Text="I doubt something like this exists, as both ends are going to need power to communicate with each other." CreationDate="2017-12-12T15:37:24.883" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14046" PostId="8524" Score="0" Text="I recent bought 2 x 22&quot; (1680 x 1050) monitors on a well know auction site for £25 each which is typical, and you can get a new 21.5&quot; (1920 x 1080) for £90-£100. There is not a lot between them all, so for a specific recommendation, you'll need to provide more detail as to what your needs are.... cont'd.." CreationDate="2017-12-12T16:12:30.733" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14047" PostId="8524" Score="0" Text="...cont'd... what connection type does your laptop support? VGA/DVI/DisplayPort/HDMI? What resolution do you need? What other features are important? Power consumption? Contrast/brightness? Brand? Warranty period?" CreationDate="2017-12-12T16:14:45.923" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14048" PostId="8524" Score="0" Text="In all honesty, there are so many decent, cheap alternatives out there, with few stand-out performers, that you are unlikely to get much from this posting, unless you come up with a very specific/uncommon requirement" CreationDate="2017-12-12T16:18:20.477" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14049" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="I know it is a bit bigger, but would an external 2.5&quot; HDD work for you? No power cable, small form factor, and you will not have to worry about it failing due to too many writes." CreationDate="2017-12-12T16:38:35.700" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14050" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="@CFinley - Agreed. It would be perfect! ...except it is physically too big, and my core board does not have SATA circuitry, just USB.  But you did help me here: I have updated my question to show that yes, SSD technology is what I would like, but in a small USB-thumbdrive package. Thanks!" CreationDate="2017-12-12T17:04:46.510" UserId="7567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14051" PostId="8524" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I don't really have any more detailed requirements. Still, helpful to know that I can pretty much buy anything and it'll be ok." CreationDate="2017-12-12T18:00:46.827" UserId="3663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14052" PostId="8524" Score="0" Text="If you want to go super-fancy, my recent research for about the same size has found the Dell P2217H to be about as top-of-the-line as it gets." CreationDate="2017-12-12T18:01:29.017" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14053" PostId="8522" Score="0" Text="As for the GPU, probably an 1180 (Volta-based) would be a better upgrade than a 1080 because of the usual architectural and production improvements." CreationDate="2017-12-12T18:08:19.310" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14054" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="While not a real answer, I have found a german company called [Winkom](http://www.winkom.eu/kontakt/) who have put SLC chips into their (USB3.0) sticks. Sadly their webpage is available only in German, but I'm sure they'd also be happy to tell you more about their sticks and to sell to your location." CreationDate="2017-12-12T18:14:52.230" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14055" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="Additionally there seemes to be a [taiwanese / russian company  Mach-Extreme Technologies](http://mx-technology.com/h5/en/contact.php) offering their &quot;Ultra&quot; line of sticks which also feature SLC chips." CreationDate="2017-12-12T18:18:12.447" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14056" PostId="8470" Score="0" Text="Why not get an apple magic mouse? It uses a touch detection based scrolling mechanism, and I believe it works in 2 dimensions." CreationDate="2017-12-12T18:27:31.300" UserId="3838" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14057" PostId="8470" Score="0" Text="Oh, sorry, you said no wireless" CreationDate="2017-12-12T18:28:11.597" UserId="3838" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14058" PostId="8520" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not asking for a computer hardware recommendation." CreationDate="2017-12-12T18:48:22.323" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14059" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM - Thanks for that info, I will definitely look into them. If I get anywhere with it I will let you know." CreationDate="2017-12-12T20:44:58.317" UserId="7567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14060" PostId="8528" Score="0" Text="If I choose to upgrade now and continue to take good care of the desktop, hopefully it will last for another 3 years at least. However, by then I think a PCIe 2.0 graphics card with 2 GB VRAM is going to be woefully outdated for gaming (even right now, 4 GB would be my preference if I had PCIe 3.0), so I doubt I would want to transfer it if I could afford a graphics card that is faster and with more VRAM.  Also, PCIe 4.0 was just released this year (2017), but PCIe 3.0 cards support up to 11 GB VRAM, vs. PCIe 2.0 cards support only up to 2 GB VRAM." CreationDate="2017-12-12T23:06:59.263" UserId="7569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14061" PostId="8528" Score="0" Text="&quot;The benefits of the latest hardware.&quot;  That is essentially what I am trying to figure out.  What exactly are the benefits of a newer PC vs. an upgraded old PC?  The only differences I have found so far are support for more VRAM with PCIe 3.0 and support for SSDs with SATA 3.  Are there other benefits?  Can I really compare a 7-year-old 3.0-GHz quadcore CPU with a modern quadcore CPU?" CreationDate="2017-12-12T23:12:30.817" UserId="7569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14062" PostId="8528" Score="0" Text="The desktop currently has a 250-watt power supply with integrated graphics.  If the dedicated graphics card requires 300 watts, then I need to add those numbers together?  I do not know how much power the USB 3.0 card requires, but I don't think it would be much of an issue since I have an external powered USB 3.0 hub to connect high-speed devices to.  I can already connect that to USB 2.0 (with reduced speed), but I want the higher bandwidth." CreationDate="2017-12-12T23:24:37.047" UserId="7569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14063" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="So I'm not calling this an answer yet, but I found this company: https://www.cactus-tech.com that sells industrial-grade SLC storage devices.  No write-leveling on the USB drives though.  That seems to be non-existent. Also, they are wholesale in bulk only.  No retail.  Continuing my search..." CreationDate="2017-12-12T23:31:46.490" UserId="7567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14064" PostId="8528" Score="0" Text="650 W is the cheapest power supply that is over 550 W. The USB 3.0 card actually comes with a SATA-to-Molex adapter, so I don't think I need Molex on the power supply.  https://www.bestbuy.com/site/thermaltake-smart-series-650w-bronze-power-supply-black/8733872.p/" CreationDate="2017-12-12T23:34:17.647" UserId="7569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14065" PostId="8527" Score="0" Text="Something else completely different I am debating is whether maybe I should just forget about the desktop altogether and get myself a Windows 10 gaming laptop with dedicated graphics.  I already have a Windows 10 laptop though (with integrated graphics, but it has USB 3.0 and HDMI), so I am not sure if that is really worth it.  I can't do high-definition video editing on my current laptop though." CreationDate="2017-12-13T00:54:45.887" UserId="7569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14068" PostId="5570" Score="0" Text="If it wasn't for the workstation-sized motherboard constraint and 512GB, I'd be inclined to suggest something along the lines of an old ProLiant DL580 G5 or a Dell R900 topped out with 256GB of memory. Given the cost of DDR2, assuming that it's just a size constraint and speed isn't too important, you could easily manage two of them for under $500 a pop." CreationDate="2017-12-13T06:09:04.470" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14069" PostId="8499" Score="0" Text="@Mark It's possible that with some coercion a standard motherboard could be made to fit. Pretty hard to tell though without knowing what the dimensions are." CreationDate="2017-12-13T06:11:34.467" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14071" PostId="8521" Score="1" Text="Are you willing to buy used? If so, I would *strongly* recommend a used 1156/1155 build: you'll manage a 4c/4t CPU for very little. For example, you could get an [X3430 for €20.88](http://r.ebay.com/ugxHDw), an [Asus P7H55 for €69.36](http://r.ebay.com/P99SM4), and [overclock it to 3.5GHz+.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZguOHLbVas&amp;t=267s) You'll also be able to use [cheaper DDR3](http://r.ebay.com/F99dyx), which is good as DDR4 prices have skyrocketed recently." CreationDate="2017-12-13T06:40:22.633" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14072" PostId="8507" Score="0" Text="I'll have to use an external BD drive because I can't find anything affordable that includes an internal one." CreationDate="2017-12-13T06:48:39.400" UserId="7543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14075" PostId="8528" Score="0" Text="For power, yeah, you add all those together. The power rating listed by a power supply is the max power it was designed for. They achieve best efficiency at 80% output for sustained, typical use. If you get one that's too small, you won't be able to source enough power, but likewise, you don't want to get one that's too big. It's not as big a problem as too small, but it's not what you want (and also it's more expensive)." CreationDate="2017-12-13T14:58:15.620" UserId="7571" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14076" PostId="8528" Score="0" Text="As far as benefits, CPUs have gotten faster and the number of processors has increased, so that affects everything. Because of that, and also because of, I'm sure, a whole bunch of reasons that are totally not my wheelhouse, integrated graphics is not the joke it was years ago, and in fact, you can increasingly get by without a dedicated graphics card. Or certainly, you can put off buying one for a while." CreationDate="2017-12-13T15:00:22.460" UserId="7571" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14077" PostId="8529" Score="0" Text="What is the dimensions of the screen you are looking for? What about the ideal resolution? What are you planning on using  the computer for? I am guessing music and movies, but I want to be sure of the requirements." CreationDate="2017-12-13T16:02:47.780" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14078" PostId="8526" Score="1" Text="Can you edit your answer to include a specific hardware recommendation please. This boils down to &quot;buy used from one of these stores&quot;, which isn't really helpful. Please check out our [Answer Quality Guidelines](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/59/60) if you have any questions." CreationDate="2017-12-13T16:46:06.987" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14079" PostId="8527" Score="0" Text="This is a really broad question. It looks like you are asking what to do: either buy a new desktop computer or buy a new GPU, PSU, and a USB 3.0 card for the existing one. That question is something you are going to have to answer, as it is asking for an opinion. Secondly, on top of that question, you also mention a Blu-ray drive and a 4K monitor. Every component in your question is on-topic here, as long as you break them up into their own questions. Please have a look at our [Question Quality Guidelines](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/205/60) if you have any questions." CreationDate="2017-12-13T17:05:24.937" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14080" PostId="8526" Score="0" Text="My point was that you shouldn't need a specific recommendation for a generic (flatscreen) monitor.  It's plug-and-play.  In my experience when it comes to generic used hardware, the trustworthiness of the seller is more important than what is being sold (the monitor I bought the day before yesterday is a Gateway, who doesn't even exist any more).  My recommendation is to check local shops in the area for used monitors before shopping online." CreationDate="2017-12-13T17:59:26.030" UserId="7569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14081" PostId="8521" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 very interesting, though I have no clue about overclocking. The thing about used is warranty, my brother is no tech expert, so he wont be able to troubleshoot and fix things himself. Thanks for the suggestion anyway, I will have a look at some used processors!" CreationDate="2017-12-13T18:49:35.873" UserId="7563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14082" PostId="8529" Score="0" Text="Resolution should be HD 1280x720 and up. Size is less important. I'm going to use it for a research project for a business idea - a proof of concept." CreationDate="2017-12-13T22:30:58.253" UserId="7572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14083" PostId="8532" Score="0" Text="By &quot;Can run Linux&quot;, what distro are we talking? Android is Linux, would rooted Android be enough for you?" CreationDate="2017-12-14T03:31:08.013" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14084" PostId="8532" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Yes, technically Android is Linux... but I mean like a distro with a windowing system ideally." CreationDate="2017-12-14T03:45:34.163" UserId="1203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14085" PostId="8532" Score="1" Text="How much is an arm and a leg? 200? 500? 700? What kind of battery life are you looking for? How much storage? Do you need a certain level of performance, and if so, how much and for what applications?" CreationDate="2017-12-14T03:45:46.250" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14086" PostId="8532" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 IDK, if I can do it for a lot less than an ipad, I'd prefer that." CreationDate="2017-12-14T03:47:20.790" UserId="1203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14087" PostId="8534" Score="0" Text="[AMD vs Intel: Does Threadripper mean it’s time to root for the underdog?](https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/here-we-explain-the-basic-differences-between-intel-and-amd-cpus/) as well as others indicate that the AMD does seem to have an advantage of throughput over Intel when it comes to multi-threading and multi-processing due to more cores. This article [Ryzen is for Programmers](http://timothypratley.blogspot.com/2017/03/ryzen-is-for-programmers.html) about a build using AMD has some rough comparisons against an older MacBook Pro that was being replaced." CreationDate="2017-12-14T13:29:13.027" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14088" PostId="8533" Score="0" Text="Note that a 980M is about as powerful as a 970 (desktop) card. Thus the GPU power is roughly a 1070 compared to a 970." CreationDate="2017-12-14T14:30:57.057" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14089" PostId="8533" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM So I am essentially comparing a 1070 to a 1070?" CreationDate="2017-12-14T14:38:28.320" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14090" PostId="8533" Score="0" Text="No, [a 970 is significantly less powerful than a 1070](http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1070/2577vs3609), I just wanted to give you a more useful comparison." CreationDate="2017-12-14T14:40:05.247" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14091" PostId="8533" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM my bad. A bit of miscommunication there. Thank you for the insite though. Makes it a bit more clear now" CreationDate="2017-12-14T14:45:10.173" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14092" PostId="8534" Score="0" Text="You would lack a very important data and it is the budget with which you account. but I can recommend you discard Intel because as you say at the beginning you will not play much. For the type of lavor you want to perform you need more cores and RAM mainly for Streaming and Virtualization, so I recommend a Ryzen processor, RAM Gskill or Corsair and Samsung EVO 960 SSD pro that for me is the best" CreationDate="2017-12-14T17:29:00.373" UserId="7580" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14093" PostId="8534" Score="0" Text="You say you don't play games, so why even consider an Intel for which you say has better performance for games?  You need to compare on the merits of what you are actually going to use it for." CreationDate="2017-12-14T17:34:27.380" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14094" PostId="8535" Score="0" Text="I think you got downvoted because neither of these tablets support a data plan in the 1700/2100 bands (or at all)." CreationDate="2017-12-14T21:44:39.187" UserId="1203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14095" PostId="8534" Score="0" Text="I have closed this question as too broad. Please limit your questions to one component. This allows you to describe your requirements and allows the answers to explain the recommendation. If you would like to see an example of how to ask these types of questions, please check out this [question series](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/search?q=is%3Aquestion+user%3A60+college). Disclosure: These are my questions." CreationDate="2017-12-14T22:49:58.773" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14096" PostId="8535" Score="1" Text="Can you please explain _why_ you recommend these please? The more details the better. Please check out our [answer quality guidelines](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/59/60)." CreationDate="2017-12-14T22:56:08.737" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14097" PostId="8532" Score="0" Text="It looks like the [HP Spectre X2](https://www.amazon.com/HP-Spectre-12-a009nr-Screen-Windows/dp/B01M2U8SOQ/) might fit some of your requirements, but it doesn't have GPS, so you'll be able to use maps, but not navigation with live location &quot;you are here&quot; shown on the map. It *reportedly* works with T-mobile, but since it only has official support for Verizon, this is the sort of thing I'd check with T-mobile. There is no official Linux support either, but it *should* work and [people *have* got it working.](https://cesg.tamu.edu/faculty/paul-gratz/personal/linux-on-the-hp-spectre-13-x2/)" CreationDate="2017-12-15T04:21:26.107" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14098" PostId="8532" Score="0" Text="Overall, I think I would recommend it, since it's nice and relatively cheap, has reasonable processing power, a pretty nice SSD, and you already get the keyboard. However, that's only if you're willing to use just maps, without GPS for navigation, which would be kinda annoying, but *maybe* not a deal breaker? Oh, and it also has Windows instead of Android, in case that might matter." CreationDate="2017-12-15T04:25:47.257" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14099" PostId="8527" Score="0" Text="I think you should ask this on Super User. AFAIK, there's nothing wrong with the question itself, its just on the wrong forum." CreationDate="2017-12-15T07:56:46.243" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14100" PostId="8534" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I asked only about the CPU" CreationDate="2017-12-15T08:00:12.750" UserId="7579" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14101" PostId="8533" Score="0" Text="&quot;I do a lot of 3D rendering for buildings and structures&quot; What applications are you using? Do you care about anything besides performance?" CreationDate="2017-12-15T08:54:08.180" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14102" PostId="8522" Score="0" Text="What games and what settings are you targeting? Do you care about color accuracy? Backlight bleed? &quot;Pet&quot; features like USB hubs?" CreationDate="2017-12-15T08:56:42.873" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14103" PostId="8533" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I use applications like AutoCad, TurboCad and to a lesser extent, Maya, 3DS Max and Sketchup. Well, mainly yes. I also care for how long I will be able to use the laptop before I am to replace it with a newer model." CreationDate="2017-12-15T08:58:00.823" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14105" PostId="8482" Score="0" Text="What kind of 4K video? The processing power required will vary vastly depending on codec and bitrate." CreationDate="2017-12-15T09:08:52.113" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14106" PostId="8469" Score="1" Text="To clarify on &quot;since 2008&quot; and &quot;since 2013&quot;: Nehalem and Jaguar." CreationDate="2017-12-15T09:19:02.320" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14108" PostId="8522" Score="0" Text="Overwatch, cs : go, World of Warcraft, tomb rider, GTA, the witcher 3 and some AAA or strategy games. But no COD or battlefield. I'd like to have great response time, and not awful color accuracy so I won't spent weeks to find a decent result. With volta next year, I think I will upgrade my GPU in the coming years.. So I'd better choose a good monitor. Perhaps I will need to cut TAA or MXAA and lower settings a bit, but I think it would be worth it in the end.  My choice could be an IPS 27&quot; 1444p monitor 144 hrz with g sync. But I absolutly don't know which one. I don't care about USB." CreationDate="2017-12-15T12:57:06.343" UserId="7560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14109" PostId="8537" Score="1" Text="[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Performance-i7-7500U-Process-Bluetooth/dp/B077GF2VY8/) sells the i7 version for slightly less than what you quoted. Is the *E* series a two-in-one (*i.e.* convertible) though?" CreationDate="2017-12-15T13:26:37.653" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14110" PostId="8532" Score="0" Text="&quot;able to run linux&quot; is probably going to really hike the price" CreationDate="2017-12-15T15:58:53.817" UserId="384" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14111" PostId="8532" Score="0" Text="Am I allowed to tweak? I'll take out the Linux requirement since it seems to be a deal breaker... (unless you consider Android Linux, which it really is...)" CreationDate="2017-12-15T16:34:30.227" UserId="1203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14112" PostId="8539" Score="1" Text="I do not think that it will come with a heat sink. Do you have any other requirements, other than the socket it must support? Things like price and size are a good starting point. I also have a [related question](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/294/60) that you might be interested in." CreationDate="2017-12-15T16:42:53.317" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14114" PostId="8535" Score="0" Text="Also consider that Ubuntu Phone is no longer produced; that means the Aquarius M10 Ubuntu Edition may not be a valid choice at this point." CreationDate="2017-12-15T18:33:58.873" UserId="3816" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14115" PostId="8545" Score="1" Text="Do you have any more requirements for the hardware?  How many VMs will you be running at one time? Will you be gaming with this laptop? What is your budget?" CreationDate="2017-12-15T20:22:54.283" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14116" PostId="8545" Score="1" Text="Also, We only recommend hardware here. There is a [software recommendations site](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/) that you can ask about what VM software to run on this laptop, but you will need to show prior research and have a good list of requirements." CreationDate="2017-12-15T20:26:20.197" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14117" PostId="8545" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley i am not going to run any VM. I am going to install everything on my laptop" CreationDate="2017-12-15T20:42:52.260" UserId="7587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14118" PostId="8545" Score="0" Text="Then I am confused about the statements about VMs in your question. Can you please elaborate on them?" CreationDate="2017-12-15T21:06:57.770" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14119" PostId="8545" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I just asked if i can use VM as alternative and what is costs? my vm needs to be connected to vpn" CreationDate="2017-12-15T21:16:45.013" UserId="7587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14120" PostId="8539" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley My bad I didn't mention that I have an LGA1151 socket so I can't use that one." CreationDate="2017-12-15T21:43:24.333" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14122" PostId="8537" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 but the cheapest convertible laptop at all I found was for $1599 AUD. Robert said he was looking for max $1000. So maybe Robert you have to buy a non-convertible one." CreationDate="2017-12-15T23:19:14.077" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14123" PostId="8507" Score="1" Text="I think you are a bit unrealistic with your budget and requirements. I think that the one I suggested meets most of your requirements but if really want all that then you should bump up your budget to 2000 or so, unfortunately." CreationDate="2017-12-15T23:24:06.843" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14124" PostId="8540" Score="0" Text="Just a question, would [this](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JQ2YDCY/ref=psdc_11036281_t2_B007JEMXYQ) one meet what you said? I can't any TDP stats about it." CreationDate="2017-12-15T23:31:57.320" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14125" PostId="8540" Score="0" Text="@TGamer Yes, it's rated for 130W, but it seems a tad pricy for a cooler from Deepcool." CreationDate="2017-12-16T00:01:42.397" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14126" PostId="8469" Score="0" Text="FYI:  I read there is a bios update coming to allow users to disable PSP on AMD.  Don't know when its coming out." CreationDate="2017-12-16T02:54:09.633" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14127" PostId="8511" Score="0" Text="Wireless cables?? Devices like keyboards with bluetooth dongles exist that are power by the USB port on 1 side, and the keyboard has batteries on the other side.  Obviously you have to change the batteries every couple months unless you integrate a charging stand and lthium ion batteries." CreationDate="2017-12-16T02:57:40.597" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14128" PostId="8438" Score="0" Text="Just for comparison google drive is $10/month for 1TB.  Amazon might be even cheaper.  Saves you the headache of managing the hardware yourself.  Crashplan is $10/month for unlimited for 1 device." CreationDate="2017-12-16T03:36:08.637" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14130" PostId="8540" Score="0" Text="Can u suggest a better one? I am looking for a blue LED one to suit my build." CreationDate="2017-12-16T06:21:06.337" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14131" PostId="3932" Score="0" Text="update: The VM solution on external storage has no sense - at least with HyperV: every time the Surface goes to Standby, it cuts power to the SD and USB ports. Not too bad, would not HyperV kill the VM on almost every occasion." CreationDate="2017-12-16T12:12:08.370" UserId="3709" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14132" PostId="8540" Score="0" Text="If you need one with blue LEDs, that's the cheapest then. However, you could always buy something like an H7 and then put on your own fan, which would also let you use the one from an H7 elsewhere in your build." CreationDate="2017-12-16T19:41:29.663" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14134" PostId="8544" Score="0" Text="Unless I'm confused, [SanDisk makes the Cruzer Glide in a 128GB](http://a.co/eaj2o4Q) (though I haven't confirmed it has the bit flipped like my 8GB one.) The major downside I see is that it's USB 2.0." CreationDate="2017-12-16T19:50:31.583" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14136" PostId="6307" Score="0" Text="Have you considered an i9? or maybe an i7 8th gen?" CreationDate="2017-12-16T22:02:45.767" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14140" PostId="8544" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Yeah USB 2.0 is a deal-breaker for me. I'm going to be booting off it and USB2 would kill that." CreationDate="2017-12-17T00:39:46.207" UserId="7576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14143" PostId="8553" Score="0" Text="You said &quot;Great quality photo finishes for poster.&quot; Are you looking for a large format glossy photo printer?" CreationDate="2017-12-17T08:17:32.943" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14144" PostId="8510" Score="0" Text="What is the appropriate board for this topic? Oop, just saw it - super user. thanks." CreationDate="2017-12-17T09:56:17.623" UserId="7548" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14145" PostId="8553" Score="0" Text="What do you mean by large format? Glossy photo on photo paper isn’t essential but could be useful!" CreationDate="2017-12-17T10:43:15.157" UserId="7592" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14146" PostId="8557" Score="1" Text="I'm curious as to what your use case is for this. Might it be better to buy a server as is?" CreationDate="2017-12-18T05:40:18.740" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14147" PostId="8557" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, cost-efficient archiving and backup storage - some of the drive bays to be used used to rotate redundant drives off-site. I assume that an off-the-shelf server has a worse price/performance ratio and provides less flexibility regarding the choice of components (e.g. mainboard)." CreationDate="2017-12-18T09:04:00.417" UserId="1197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14148" PostId="8557" Score="0" Text="I'd agree with flexibility in most cases, cost will heavily depend. Do you have a height requirement (1U, 2U?)" CreationDate="2017-12-18T13:24:39.197" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14149" PostId="8557" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, no, height isn't that important." CreationDate="2017-12-18T13:42:42.453" UserId="1197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14150" PostId="8557" Score="0" Text="Does it need to be rack mountable? 2.5&quot;/3.5&quot;?" CreationDate="2017-12-18T14:01:11.447" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14152" PostId="8539" Score="1" Text="The [Hyper 212 EVO](http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/hyper-212-evo/) does support the 1151 socket by the way. I bought 3 of them because of the question. One is on an Intel build, one is on an older AMD, and the last one is on an AM3+ build." CreationDate="2017-12-18T16:27:53.570" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14153" PostId="8553" Score="0" Text="Do you have a budget for this printer?" CreationDate="2017-12-18T16:34:42.547" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14154" PostId="8557" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, doesn't need to be rack-mountable, 3.5&quot; drives." CreationDate="2017-12-18T16:53:11.963" UserId="1197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14156" PostId="8553" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley up to £500 but I had originally budgeted about £1400 given that I was looking at laser ones" CreationDate="2017-12-18T18:52:53.090" UserId="7592" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14157" PostId="8469" Score="0" Text="@cybernard I've heard that as well, but I'm not sure if I am willing to trust that to work reliably, or if I want to support them with my money! But at least it's a backup plan." CreationDate="2017-12-18T20:10:56.853" UserId="3934" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14159" PostId="8560" Score="0" Text="You don't give enough detail of what you have and what you want." CreationDate="2017-12-18T21:43:23.820" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14160" PostId="8561" Score="0" Text="I'm confused as to what the issue is here. What's the issue with your FX 6300, why is it not performing as expected? Why is Ryzen not a viable upgrade path? How much money are you working with?" CreationDate="2017-12-18T21:47:24.233" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14161" PostId="8560" Score="0" Text="I’m asking for hardware recommendations, so I start at 0! The only thing I do have is a medical device outputing an image on hdmi and dvi. I’m asking what hardware I need so that I will end up with the output of that device in the GPU memory of some other computer with lowest possible latency." CreationDate="2017-12-18T21:51:23.843" UserId="7595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14162" PostId="8561" Score="0" Text="No issues, I wish to build another pc. I don’t know if the Ryzen systems will support the stress of the work mentioned .  I’m speaking of around US 250.  V.gr.: I have and old celeron at 1.6 Ghz  (dont remember the generation but this one is from before the i series ) that outperforms a recent  A10 7300  . So I do not want to buy a newer but less capable system." CreationDate="2017-12-18T21:59:59.700" UserId="7593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14164" PostId="8469" Score="1" Text="@pipe I don't know what real choice you have.  This was not discovered for decades on Intel, and AMD released it for a PR advantage.  However, how do we really know that all CPU don't have hidden access, security through obscurity, that just hasn't been found yet.  Firewall the equipment and move on." CreationDate="2017-12-18T23:15:06.113" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14166" PostId="8564" Score="0" Text="Ok, thanks for the valuable info!" CreationDate="2017-12-19T00:55:57.557" UserId="7593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14167" PostId="8561" Score="1" Text="You might want to look at getting a small (32 GB to 256 GB) SSD to use as a cache. It does not look like your specified applications are too demanding regarding CPU. However, I can tell you that the old 15h based CPU architectures are far less performant than the current generation Ryzen and Coffee Lake, or even as old as Sandy Bridge on the Intel side. Whether your applications would benefit from multiple threads or GPGPU acceleration I do not know." CreationDate="2017-12-19T03:57:59.300" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14168" PostId="8543" Score="0" Text="See here some info about it https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/169533/usb-to-vga-on-linux" CreationDate="2017-12-19T04:34:56.050" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14169" PostId="8537" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 By the way I only referenced the link for specs, you can find it elsewhere for cheaper maybe, and Scorptec only operates in Melbourne, Australia." CreationDate="2017-12-19T06:14:25.210" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14170" PostId="8537" Score="0" Text="Yes, I did mention that. There was an Amazon link in my previous comment." CreationDate="2017-12-19T06:15:29.817" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14171" PostId="8537" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Yeah I figured you were trying to say it's cheaper at Amazon. Doesn't matter where from, I think what matters is the actual laptop." CreationDate="2017-12-19T06:25:51.493" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14172" PostId="8566" Score="0" Text="If I may ask, what is the need? What's not good enough with the VGA?" CreationDate="2017-12-19T11:50:08.140" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14175" PostId="8560" Score="0" Text="I understand that part, but you don't tell us what the device is or what kind of devices you are looking at.  This site is for specific recommendations, which can not be made if you don't give anyone some idea what you are looking for." CreationDate="2017-12-19T15:30:49.350" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14176" PostId="8564" Score="1" Text="This answer is so good I want to delete mine. Great research and formatting work." CreationDate="2017-12-19T15:47:04.203" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14180" PostId="8560" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths, they're looking for a low-latency HDMI capture card.  The nature of the video source that provides the HDMI is irrelevant; what matters is the computer they'll be putting the capture card in.  Is it going to be PCIe, Firewire, Thunderbolt, or something else?  (USB is unlikely -- the latency isn't low enough.)" CreationDate="2017-12-19T21:28:17.297" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14181" PostId="8565" Score="0" Text="The four fixed bays are 2.5&quot;, while the comments to the question specify 3.5&quot; drives." CreationDate="2017-12-19T22:07:36.933" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14182" PostId="8565" Score="0" Text="@Mark the comments was added after my answer... But anyhow he didn't stress 10 (only 'like 10') so even 8 might be fine for him" CreationDate="2017-12-19T22:17:39.017" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14184" PostId="3837" Score="1" Text="What difference in quality are you seeing in now thinkpads and the past ones?" CreationDate="2017-12-20T03:21:08.380" UserId="6935" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14185" PostId="8552" Score="0" Text="Only two complaint: there's no way that thing is maintaining anything close to a sustained 3.4 GHz boost or getting close to the 6700HQ under a sustained load, especially in that form factor. That boost is really only going to help for short periods of time or very good cooling (which it doesn't seem to have.) I'd guess it's probably closer to 75% of a 6700HQ. The lack of Thunderbolt (especially given the flexibility offered by Thunderbolt 3) is a serious downer." CreationDate="2017-12-20T05:37:55.587" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14186" PostId="8507" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 Except for their [4c/4t Atom CPUs](https://ark.intel.com/products/series/76761/Intel-Atom-Processor-Z-Series), but those are trash." CreationDate="2017-12-20T05:41:46.950" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14187" PostId="8507" Score="0" Text="I'd say an SSD is a must-have. It's simply so, so much better, even for everyday use." CreationDate="2017-12-20T05:43:17.550" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14188" PostId="8552" Score="0" Text="I probably should have mentioned, HP Envy X360s, either the old dual cores or the new Intel quad cores, have Thunderbolt. However, I don't think they come with Windows 10 Pro, if that's important to OP. It's a sidegrade, but it really depends if 10 Pro is really that important." CreationDate="2017-12-20T06:45:24.830" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14189" PostId="8577" Score="0" Text="The $50 offer for the R510 is for a used/refurbished one and doesn't include the drive cages, right? Supermicro has some [SATA backplanes](https://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/mobileRack/) in its portfolio, e.g. the CSE-M35TQB and CSE-M35T-1B. That means each has 5 standard SATA ports on its back. For some reason they call them 'mobile racks' but each is just a 5 times 3.5&quot; drive internal hot swap drive bay solution that occupies 3 5.25&quot; slots. In Europe, you can get them starting at 105 € (new, from a real vendor)." CreationDate="2017-12-20T09:53:06.103" UserId="1197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14190" PostId="8577" Score="0" Text="@maxschlepzig Yes, I'd recommend searching using LabGopher. Thanks for the info on the Supermicro enclosure. I've added both of those things to my post." CreationDate="2017-12-20T16:07:06.563" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14194" PostId="8579" Score="0" Text="Kali's not that great if you want to secure your browsing -- it's designed for penetration testing, not security.  You'd be better off with something like Tails with persistent storage, which has somewhat different hardware requirements." CreationDate="2017-12-20T20:53:55.550" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14198" PostId="8421" Score="0" Text="Not all WD drives use the same hardware. There's a reason Reds and Purples are marketed and warrantied for always-on performance." CreationDate="2017-12-21T02:00:36.207" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14199" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="Update: Haven't found anything yet that fits all the criteria, but I have located a small USB-to-mSata adapter that would allow me to use a proper mSata SSD (that has write-leveling and SLC chips for write-longevity).  The only problem is that it is bigger than I would have preferred, and draws significantly more current than a similarly sized USB stick.  On the other hand, I also found several companies that make SLC-based USB sticks (not just Cactus-Tech), but those don't have write-leveling.  The search continues..." CreationDate="2017-12-21T03:41:42.880" UserId="7567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14200" PostId="8529" Score="0" Text="Pretty much any All-in-one computer, or tablet would meet your needs. Most portable computers are already in DC, so you should not have any problems with using the car as a power supply. In fact, there are DC to AC converters in which you can plug laptop chargers into which, invariably, convert the AC back into DC for the laptop's battery." CreationDate="2017-12-21T07:38:19.500" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14201" PostId="8582" Score="0" Text="The Bose SounTrue's MSRP on newegg is supposed to be $120 MSRP (top range of OP), but is on sale right now for [$79 (limited offer expiring on dec 25th)](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826627055). They are a great option, however." CreationDate="2017-12-21T07:42:19.017" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14202" PostId="8566" Score="0" Text="The display is much slower to react when turning on compared to the other screens." CreationDate="2017-12-21T14:23:28.513" UserId="7597" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14204" PostId="8583" Score="0" Text="If you want to force a fairly expensive mouse, specify Omron switches. Besides that, have got a certain mouse in mind?" CreationDate="2017-12-21T15:57:03.407" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14205" PostId="8157" Score="0" Text="Can you give some more specifics on what kind of work you're doing in these programs? To me it seems like you're being heavily GPU bottlenecked, but with a little RAM upgrade, you may be just fine." CreationDate="2017-12-21T16:03:45.677" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14206" PostId="8579" Score="0" Text="I'll have to look into Tails then, I've just used Kali in the past because it's so easy to monitor/tweak my own network interfaces, and it's got a great development community" CreationDate="2017-12-21T16:04:03.853" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14207" PostId="8560" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2017-12-21T16:09:43.843" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14208" PostId="8560" Score="0" Text="@Mark: I can pretty much assemble the computer in a way that suits the task, budget for that is about 15k. I read about GPUDirect supported by Nvidia quadro cards. Is there such a lowlatency capture card that can get the data right into the nvidia card?" CreationDate="2017-12-21T19:47:56.387" UserId="7595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14209" PostId="8586" Score="0" Text="[Unless your definition of real time is &gt;300ms](https://hpbn.co/mobile-networks/), probably not happening. Beyond that, it's not up to the SIM, but up to the networking equipment on your and the towers' end. Why do you need to push this data over cellular?" CreationDate="2017-12-22T05:37:24.047" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14210" PostId="8585" Score="0" Text="Why not just move it to VoIP? You can still run a separate fax service." CreationDate="2017-12-22T05:50:48.137" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14211" PostId="8586" Score="0" Text="I have researched about other solutions such as LPWAN (lora) but my country still haven't supported it. &#xA;About wifi, my city doesnt have whole wifi coverage, too. Just few points.&#xA;So I decide to use 2G/3G technology to transfer data." CreationDate="2017-12-22T08:00:35.897" UserId="7615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14213" PostId="8580" Score="0" Text="What do you plan to do with these laptops, should you decide to pick one of the two? Do you have each one in a different configuration to the other?" CreationDate="2017-12-22T15:53:52.413" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14214" PostId="8586" Score="0" Text="My suggestion would just be to research who had the best coverage in your area." CreationDate="2017-12-22T17:37:45.763" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14216" PostId="8588" Score="0" Text="Out of curiosity, why not just by time on a server in a datacenter rather than dealing with the hardware yourself if you're not going to have physical access to it anyways? FYI, most &quot;real&quot; servers just sort of assume a fairly dust-free environment; it might be better to filter the dust externally rather than inside the server." CreationDate="2017-12-22T21:25:47.617" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14217" PostId="7278" Score="0" Text="What connectors do you have on the device you're plugging into? What's your budget? If you're going to be running all the cables independently anyways (as seems to be implied by the &quot;extender&quot; bit), why not just cable manage several of the same length?" CreationDate="2017-12-22T23:04:03.117" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14221" PostId="8258" Score="0" Text="Regarding light gaming: would high refresh or G/Freesync be important to you? I'm guessing that color reproduction or viewing angles aren't too important." CreationDate="2017-12-23T00:41:04.087" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14223" PostId="8588" Score="0" Text="As stated, already buying time in a datacenter for US$1000 per year. Equipment spec is too high and usage is too complicated for a cheap low-end virtualized single-game-process colo. Need Ubuntu, CPU with high single core performance, 64gig memory, and shell access, to run about 6-8 heavily modded Minecrafts that each need 4-6gb memory (Infinity, Hermit, etc) linked by IRC, Discord node.js connector, KVM VM for Windows 10....... meanwhile personally I live in the boondocks, 1.5 / 0.25 meg DSL in a rural area, so I can't host it myself." CreationDate="2017-12-23T01:03:55.903" UserId="7044" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14224" PostId="8588" Score="1" Text="You said you were paying for space in a colo, not for server time itself. I don't know exactly what specs you need, but it's free to check how much an [EC2](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/reserved-instances/pricing/), [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/), or [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/pricing/) instance would cost. What are we looking at total? 16 cores at maybe a Passmark of 1500 per core, 64 GB of RAM, 4TB of hot spinning storage, and 1Gb/s up/down?" CreationDate="2017-12-23T01:13:23.613" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14225" PostId="8588" Score="0" Text="In any case, I'm still wondering if it'd be better to filter the air in the room rather than as it enters the server–especially since that'd allow you to use 2 or 3 gen old off-the-self servers for much, much cheaper than building your own. Plus, it'll be designed and validated for 24/7/365 operation, all while giving you server-grade features, like allowing you to monitor remotely and change low level settings using IPMI." CreationDate="2017-12-23T01:16:03.063" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14229" PostId="8579" Score="0" Text="I'm confused as to what &quot;secure my own traffic&quot; constitutes. You stated &quot;VPN&quot; and the ability to run Kali, but basically any computer with a tethered internet connection (be it a carrier provided WAP or phone) should be able to do this, as the data connection is separate from the security. Would you *prefer* a computer with built-in cellular capabilities? Do you want it that *all* traffic through this VPN on some hardware level? On a system level? On a network level? Why? Do you already have a phone or laptop? If so, why don't those fit the bill?" CreationDate="2017-12-23T03:48:59.623" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14230" PostId="8587" Score="0" Text="I mean what module Sim not only Sim. As far as I know, on the market, there are some module Sim support 2G such as module Sim800, Sim900, arduino Shield GSM..." CreationDate="2017-12-23T12:16:15.713" UserId="7615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14231" PostId="8587" Score="0" Text="I see. In that case, we'll need to know more about your intended setup: what existing hardware are you trying to use? How much data are you pushing? Power constraints? Budget?" CreationDate="2017-12-23T17:55:46.943" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14232" PostId="8130" Score="0" Text="Are you still looking into this question?" CreationDate="2017-12-24T01:03:47.723" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14233" PostId="8587" Score="0" Text="Thank for your advice. I will consider them in choosing the best option." CreationDate="2017-12-24T10:31:36.047" UserId="7615" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14234" PostId="8527" Score="0" Text="Just found these two links, which I think might answer my question.  Lifewire.com recommends upgrading an old desktop if the cost of upgrading is less than half of the cost to replace it.  https://www.lifewire.com/upgrade-or-replace-desktop-pc-832712/  https://www.komando.com/tips/12058/" CreationDate="2017-12-24T10:41:27.597" UserId="7569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14235" PostId="8527" Score="0" Text="It looks like the total cost to upgrade will be over $130, versus the cost of replacing the desktop (with something similar but Windows-10 compatible) would be only $278.  So it looks like I might be better off after all just getting a new desktop.  There are also apparently a lot of ominous warnings about continuing to use hard-disk drives that are going on eight years old (the desktop was manufactured in 2010)." CreationDate="2017-12-24T11:09:26.110" UserId="7569" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14236" PostId="8258" Score="0" Text="They are important but I could live without them, for e.g. if you recommend me 2 similar monitors and 1 haves G sync/ freesync I'll take one with G/Free Sync" CreationDate="2017-12-24T17:55:40.157" UserId="7075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14237" PostId="8572" Score="0" Text="AFAIK neither current gen Intel or AMD CPUs support this feature." CreationDate="2017-12-25T03:11:50.267" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14238" PostId="8258" Score="0" Text="What GPU are you using? Would you be willing to switch in order to get G/Freesync?" CreationDate="2017-12-25T03:13:13.753" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14239" PostId="8572" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I hope, this video helps you to believe that it works - https://youtu.be/0BoktTdEZFE" CreationDate="2017-12-25T09:21:47.830" UserId="7117" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14240" PostId="8258" Score="0" Text="R9 380 4GB STRIX GAMING, probably not, but again I just need a thin bezel 25&quot; monitor, and I believe that even without Gsync/freesync, games that I play(mostly 3rd person shooters like GTA, Sleeping Dogs, Watch Dogs, some Far Cry and sport games) will run great" CreationDate="2017-12-25T10:31:00.737" UserId="7075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14241" PostId="873" Score="0" Text="@DamianYerrick Hello. I have noticed that this question is more than 2 years old, and that you haven't picked an answer to accept yet. Did any of the given ones satisfy you? Have you, perhaps, found your own solution? If yes, please, share it as a self-answer! If no, would be nice if you tell why do none of the answers fit your situation." CreationDate="2017-12-25T13:01:45.190" UserId="5595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14242" PostId="8572" Score="0" Text="Not his motherboard or a current gen processor unfortunately, I wouldn't count on this feature." CreationDate="2017-12-25T21:11:27.533" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14243" PostId="8125" Score="0" Text="Still looking for a solution?" CreationDate="2017-12-25T21:21:47.437" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14244" PostId="8125" Score="0" Text="No got sorted below thanks " CreationDate="2017-12-26T01:07:59.783" UserId="7026" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14245" PostId="8594" Score="0" Text="this is an interesting device. thank you." CreationDate="2017-12-26T02:34:10.017" UserId="7623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14247" PostId="8597" Score="0" Text="Potentially yes, even though that is indirect, but you also need to consider how good the memory is compared to the CPU's power. You need to look at the efficiency of of your RAM and model (ie. DDR4, DDR3, etc.)" CreationDate="2017-12-26T07:10:16.553" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14249" PostId="8579" Score="0" Text="My current laptop is for work only and has highly restrictive policies. I want something super-lightweight that I can carry around with it for accessing domains/content that would otherwise be blocked. Its internet access needs to be physically separate from the company network for security reasons, hence using something like a 4G modem (built-in or otherwise). Aside from that I need a bit larger screen than a phone, and the ability to attach a keyboard. My main concern is just how can I effectively connect to the internet with such a device? Built-in modem? External? Recommendations?" CreationDate="2017-12-26T16:51:12.533" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14250" PostId="8592" Score="1" Text="In my experience, SD cards are a very poor choice for general-purpose storage.  The controller is usually optimized for the FAT32 filesystem and a write-mostly workload consisting of small numbers of large files.  For a read-mostly workload and large numbers of small files, a card could well be slower than a spinning hard drive." CreationDate="2017-12-26T21:10:46.097" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14251" PostId="8592" Score="1" Text="@Mark That depends **extremely** heavily on which SD card you get. Think of the SD cards that go into professional video/photo cameras: they support large, sustained read/write workloads for extremely large files (which wouldn't be supported by FAT32...) or many small files at extremely fast speeds. That's why I wrote &quot;Since you haven't provided a specific price or storage requirement, I can't get more specific than that.&quot; There's a reason SD cards range from [$50](http://a.co/hbjFIw1) to [$250](http://a.co/4HD8388) for the same capacity." CreationDate="2017-12-26T21:16:56.730" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14258" PostId="8597" Score="0" Text="It's ddr4 as I mentioned." CreationDate="2017-12-27T08:05:57.483" UserId="7627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14259" PostId="8600" Score="0" Text="I'll do and get back to be this." CreationDate="2017-12-27T08:08:05.390" UserId="7627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14260" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="Do you care about having the additional flexibility/quality offered by software encoding, or is NVEC good enough? Would you be fine with a K/X skew CPU if you didn't have to overclock it? Would you be fine with a one-button overclock? Why don't you like AMD?" CreationDate="2017-12-27T09:15:08.970" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14261" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="NVEC seems to be ok now, but never know what will happen in future. Well K/X are extra money and if i will not oberclock its waste of money right? One-button overclock never hear about that. I dont like AMD cuz drivers and support for SW. My friend has AMD and has only issue with it. But if you give me some good reasons maybe i will switch to AMD" CreationDate="2017-12-27T10:43:59.443" UserId="5849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14262" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="K/X would be wasted if you're not overclocking, but depending, it might be your only option if you end up with software rendering and want to stay Intel on (read: X299 platform.) One button overclocking is becoming fairly common on newer boards. For your workload, it seems like Ryzen/Threadripper's high core count would be extremely enticing. I'm not sure what driver/support issues your friend ran into (it's the same CPU architecture after all); all issues I'm aware of are either fixed or are in the realm of server related features." CreationDate="2017-12-27T10:54:32.157" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14263" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="If you plan on using NVEC though, I'm questioning why you even need a CPU upgrade. Wouldn't you want a GPU upgrade?" CreationDate="2017-12-27T10:55:06.773" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14264" PostId="8597" Score="0" Text="Yeah, so in any case, for example, I wanted to get a Gigabyte 1060 installed, but I did not consider the capacity of my PC itself, and I was warned that this could seriously threaten my PC's stability. An expert also warned me that in the future, it also a better idea to divide your total RAM across the total available slots in my motherboard for better and more enhanced performance, ie. if I have 32GB, and MB has 4 slots, get 4 x 8GB RAM and so on" CreationDate="2017-12-27T11:04:47.887" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14265" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="Well the reason is that i am worried about this CPU most of time 80-90% usage." CreationDate="2017-12-27T11:44:37.007" UserId="5849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14266" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="Well the reason is that i am worried about this CPU most of time 80-90% usage. And i bought GPU few months ago so no reason to upgrade GPU. So if i dont wont overclock maybe best choose is ryzen after all" CreationDate="2017-12-27T11:50:44.217" UserId="5849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14267" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="What's your GPU usage at?" CreationDate="2017-12-27T20:17:54.583" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14268" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="Just a question, 500-700 USD or what?" CreationDate="2017-12-27T22:30:35.723" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14270" PostId="8600" Score="0" Text="The game is using almost 90%, any way this is not my point, I saw reviews on this same configuration i3 8100 with nVidia 1050tiand the CPU usage in the same game same settings was about 60% -70% ." CreationDate="2017-12-27T23:46:17.310" UserId="7627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14271" PostId="8600" Score="0" Text="The only diff from the reviews is RAM single channel 8 GB instead of dual channel 16GB, so could it be that the increased CPU usage is caused by the memory configuration?" CreationDate="2017-12-27T23:48:12.720" UserId="7627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14272" PostId="8614" Score="0" Text="I'm going to question this. Especially given the availability of the 8600K right now, the fact that it only gives a 2c/2t upgrade, the extremely high price of DDR4 right now, the fact that he's using NVEC, and the relatively low cost of Ryzen/Threadripper, I don't think the 8600K is a good choice." CreationDate="2017-12-28T04:35:49.247" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14273" PostId="8436" Score="0" Text="Not much of software. Office, Matlab, Dropbox, dual boot." CreationDate="2017-12-28T05:42:23.650" UserId="7352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14274" PostId="8614" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Well the thing is I am not too familiar with &quot;non-Intel&quot; CPU's so my experience is limited but thanks for the advice :)" CreationDate="2017-12-28T06:50:20.553" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14275" PostId="8606" Score="0" Text="Besides res, size, and HDR support, are there any other concerns you have?" CreationDate="2017-12-28T09:24:24.297" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14277" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="I'm not going to flag it, but I think you should edit your question to orient itself better towards Hardware Recommendations rather than support. I'm going to answer it anyways (in a bit!) but in the future, purely &quot;support&quot; questions are better on sites like superuser.com" CreationDate="2017-12-28T09:30:18.507" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14278" PostId="8610" Score="0" Text="&quot;but they seams to be made to be able to encode in real time with the drawback of having big file size.&quot; I'm confused as to what you're saying here. The final export has a large file size? That doesn't make sense. And 53Mb/s is awfully high; why such a high bitrate? Perhaps this could be turned down? What GPU do you currently have, if any? What's your budget? Are you bound to FFmpeg? Do you care about the lack of flexibility that comes with GPU encoding?" CreationDate="2017-12-28T10:10:22.133" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14279" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="You seem to have two separate issues here as well: one is your computer not posting, the other is your ML issue. Let's separate that out into different questions. You also mention crypto: Are you mining on this rig as well? If so, are you planning to move to multiple cards? What are you mining?" CreationDate="2017-12-28T10:17:29.180" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14280" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="Ignoring that though, a couple things: Why use a Z series board with a locked CPU? What are you doing that's actually going to be incurring significant overhead on your GPU (read: why not just use your GPU for the displays as well?) I don't understand where &quot;I cannot setup CUDA because the GPU is powering the graphics.&quot; is coming from. What ML library are you using? CNTK, TensorFlow, Theasno?" CreationDate="2017-12-28T10:17:37.790" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14281" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="Regarding the lack of POST: Reset CMOS, try switching BIOSs, reseat the CPU checking for any damage, and if all else fails, take it to someone else to test it/RMA." CreationDate="2017-12-28T10:20:36.083" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14282" PostId="8580" Score="0" Text="I am voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not asking for a computer hardware recommendation. Finding differences between two products is not what this site is here for." CreationDate="2017-12-28T15:44:29.020" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14285" PostId="8606" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Thanks for your comment.  I guess general future proofing i.e. hdr10 support and likelihood of oled tv's coming down in price." CreationDate="2017-12-28T16:45:54.657" UserId="7639" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14286" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Thanks for not flagging and responding. Will edit the question to focus purely on hardware recommendations. To answer your other questions related to support: I'm just interested in dabbling with crypto, perhaps mining a few alt currencies (e.g. monero, zcash). My main interest is in using CUDA for conv neural nets. To your question &quot;Why use a Z series board...&quot; I don't even know what that means. I suppose that's where the hardware recommendation comes in. What other boards should I be thinking about?" CreationDate="2017-12-28T19:09:21.233" UserId="7640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14287" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Re &quot;I cannot setup CUDA...&quot; several online guides I consulted for setting up CUDA on Ubuntu said that you need to run the graphics off of the CPU, not the GPU, at least when installing the drivers. Indeed, when I attempted to setup CUDA I ran into some errors (I wish I could be more specific. Didn't save the terminal output). Looking at this post -- https://medium.com/@samir_moussa/battling-through-an-nvidia-gpu-setup-in-the-name-of-machine-learning-c7ebd5b36f87 -- it seems that this is probably related to my having to use nouveau.modset=0 from the GRUB." CreationDate="2017-12-28T19:17:11.887" UserId="7640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14288" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="Long story short, I skipped to playing around with the hardware before exhausting all my software options and am now paying the price for it. Will edit my question to solicit a solid hardware recommendation in the event that I've accidentally torched my motherboard." CreationDate="2017-12-28T19:18:03.667" UserId="7640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14289" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/70912/discussion-between-jmy1000-and-aaron)." CreationDate="2017-12-28T20:02:32.890" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14290" PostId="8610" Score="0" Text="OK, I add more information about what you asked" CreationDate="2017-12-29T10:40:02.020" UserId="7642" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14293" PostId="8592" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Wow thank you very much for detailed explanations! I haven't even considered this option before, I didn't know these SD cards could be so fast. Which one would you recommend buying without taking the price into consideration?" CreationDate="2017-12-29T17:08:11.163" UserId="7347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14294" PostId="8373" Score="0" Text="I could get scanning to work on Ubuntu 17.04, but scanning works very good with the &quot;HP Smart (HP AiO Remote)&quot; Android App. I  have this all-in-one-device: HP LaserJet Pro MFP M130nw." CreationDate="2017-12-29T18:32:42.060" UserId="1862" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14295" PostId="8618" Score="1" Text="As far as I know, Windows, Mac, and Linux treat all pointer devices equally: whichever one is moving is the one that controls the mouse pointer." CreationDate="2017-12-29T20:47:33.223" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14296" PostId="8618" Score="1" Text="The best USB plug-gable device for signatures I can think of is a [drawing tablet](https://tabletunderbudget.com/best-drawing-tablets/), but that seems like overkill." CreationDate="2017-12-30T03:46:14.370" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14297" PostId="8529" Score="0" Text="How much CPU Mhz do you need?  The Raspberry Pi 3 runs on 5v, and is a complete ARM computer.  There is a special Windows IoT version for this device.  Even has a HDMI port." CreationDate="2017-12-30T04:06:31.150" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14298" PostId="8618" Score="0" Text="+1 for drawing tablets, they're made for this, and come with all the nice creature comforts like palm rejection and such. Plus, they're very, very cheap since they've been around a while, and actually quite good. I picked up a Wacom Bamboo CTH-460 for $21 NIB from Goodwill, and I've seen dozens more for sale." CreationDate="2017-12-30T04:58:35.890" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14300" PostId="8621" Score="0" Text="There are motherboards with that many SATA connectors like the [ASRock Z87 Extreme](http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme11ac/), though they tend to be rather expensive." CreationDate="2017-12-30T05:21:21.583" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14301" PostId="8622" Score="0" Text="I'm guessing the SSDs would be connected over something faster with the HDDs over USB. I agree it's a poor idea though." CreationDate="2017-12-30T05:22:13.577" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14303" PostId="8625" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer! I will take a look at it." CreationDate="2017-12-30T12:09:19.417" UserId="7651" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14304" PostId="8627" Score="0" Text="I'm going to say this is too broad. There's just too many solutions available, and since you noted that a software solution would be fine, hardwarerecs probably isn't the place to ask this. That said, superuser might be a good place." CreationDate="2017-12-30T23:20:43.547" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14305" PostId="8627" Score="0" Text="On that note: &quot;Regular red and black connectors.&quot; Are you referring to RCA cables? What are you plugging them into (if &quot;your PC&quot;, what PC/motherboard?) OS specific software solutions are going reign, so what OS are you using?" CreationDate="2017-12-30T23:22:23.800" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14307" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="Any suggestions would work" CreationDate="2017-12-31T09:08:02.567" UserId="7648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14309" PostId="8627" Score="0" Text="The red and black wires on the back of car and home speakers. I'm looking into building a car PC and am in the planning phase. I haven't settled on an OS yet because I don't know which hardware I'll be using. The only thing I haven't figured out is what hardware has drivers which allow for adjusting audio fade like." CreationDate="2017-12-31T21:43:23.630" UserId="7654" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14310" PostId="8627" Score="0" Text="The problem is there's just too many ways to accomplish what you want to do: hardware controls, software, sound card dependent... basically whatever you do, there will be a way to accomplish it. Think of it this way: in the end, all you're doing is changing the amplitude of two sets of signals. The number of ways you can do that is innumerable." CreationDate="2018-01-01T01:43:04.543" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14311" PostId="8592" Score="0" Text="@IvanYurchenko I've edited my answer, take a look and let me know if that answers your questions!" CreationDate="2018-01-01T02:17:30.957" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14312" PostId="8627" Score="0" Text="What OS or driver do you know of that supports this feature? To my knowledge the OS leaves it to the driver to implement this. I chose hardware reqs because drivers are hardware specific. If I can find the hardware and driver that will accomplish my goal then I can look at which OS's are supported by that driver." CreationDate="2018-01-01T05:10:53.650" UserId="7654" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14315" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="The Ryzen 7 1700 probably will offer better parallel performance, given that it has 2 extra cores." CreationDate="2018-01-01T12:34:54.057" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14316" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Are there any relevant tests? Ryzen 7 1700 works at 3100MHz with all cores active, while i5-8600k works at 4100MHz." CreationDate="2018-01-01T12:38:38.433" UserId="7662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14324" PostId="6689" Score="0" Text="If everything fails, you may want to look for a (small) FPGA with a memory chip (so the FPGA can auto-fetch the logic) to get the job done." CreationDate="2018-01-01T18:05:55.280" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14325" PostId="6652" Score="0" Text="Relevant: [How fast can a SHA-256 implementation go?](https://crypto.stackexchange.com/q/50618/23623) on Crypto.SE." CreationDate="2018-01-01T18:11:41.027" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14327" PostId="8352" Score="0" Text="Have you considered just buying multiple USB bluetooth sticks and a powered USB hub.  Plug it into any thing with a USB port including a raspberry pi." CreationDate="2018-01-01T19:17:33.270" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14328" PostId="8352" Score="0" Text="https://superuser.com/questions/931188/how-many-devices-can-be-hooked-up-to-one-pc-bluetooth-adapter-at-a-time    This suggest that 4-7 devices can be connected at once per adapter depending on certain coniditions and limitations." CreationDate="2018-01-01T19:24:10.110" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14329" PostId="8352" Score="0" Text="How many concurrently active bluetooth device do you want have?" CreationDate="2018-01-01T19:33:11.957" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14330" PostId="8629" Score="0" Text="Add 2 microsd to TF adapters and now your device can support 4 total" CreationDate="2018-01-01T20:58:12.417" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14331" PostId="8296" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 It appears that the Panasonic AX900 is no longer sold anywhere." CreationDate="2018-01-01T22:23:05.980" UserId="7203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14332" PostId="8645" Score="0" Text="A lot of different questions here, I'll try to answer them all, but many aren't right for hardwarerecs." CreationDate="2018-01-01T23:08:42.497" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14333" PostId="8296" Score="0" Text="What do you want the feature for?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T00:00:00.117" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14334" PostId="8646" Score="0" Text="&quot;Use my desktop PC through some app.&quot; Would Teamviewer work?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T00:03:13.057" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14335" PostId="8646" Score="0" Text="For physical keyboard: is Bluetooth fine, or would you want wired? If so, is a wire poking out the side fine, or do you want a seamless connection? Given that almost every tablet uses a glossy screen, would an aftermarket matte screen protector work?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T00:13:41.113" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14336" PostId="8648" Score="0" Text="I'm tempted to say that this should be merged with your DisplayPort question, since USB-C carries a DisplayPort signal." CreationDate="2018-01-02T01:55:32.043" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14337" PostId="8296" Score="1" Text="The [Philips BDM4065UC/00](https://www.amazon.com/Philips-BDM4065UC-Resolution-Speakers-DisplayPort/dp/B00SCX78JS) does, but it's technically a 40&quot; monitor." CreationDate="2018-01-02T02:06:02.027" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14338" PostId="8648" Score="0" Text="However, they are different physical connectors. I believe two questions is justified, though they are related, so I put links to each other in them." CreationDate="2018-01-02T02:07:06.010" UserId="7203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14339" PostId="8648" Score="0" Text="¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ I guess. Still confused as to why you need a DisplayPort signal." CreationDate="2018-01-02T02:07:43.673" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14340" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="I'm tempted to recommend used server grade gear, maybe dual E5-4620s or something. What case do you have? I'm curious though: does it need to be sitting right in front of you, or would a server in another room be fine? [I'm guessing you don't want to use a manycore add-in board like Xeon Phi](https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/case-study-achieving-high-performance-on-monte-carlo-european-option-using-stepwise) or use POWER or use GPU acceleration." CreationDate="2018-01-02T02:18:17.643" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14341" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="What's your budget, including a motherboard and (potentially) PSU? Do you need any particular features on your motherboard? How much memory do you need? Do you care about power consumption? Does your workload benefit from AVX-512?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T02:24:57.650" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14344" PostId="8604" Score="0" Text="There's a massive, massive, massive variety of cases that will fit these cards–you happen to have one of the few that doesn't. Anything that lists the ability to accommodate two 29.8cm cards will be fine. Have you got any further requirements? Budget, I/O, expansion, etc.? If not, it's just a matter of taste at that point; I'm happy to give you some recommendations, but for the most part, it'll just be &quot;well reviewed and I think it looks pretty.&quot;" CreationDate="2018-01-02T04:10:05.610" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14345" PostId="8604" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I have a budget of 5000-6000 INR and I have about 3 HDD and 1 SSD" CreationDate="2018-01-02T04:13:24.210" UserId="5918" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14346" PostId="8649" Score="0" Text="Really good explanation here. Should be the correct answer. Anyway, how about Core 2 Extreme QX6850? its worth it to upgrade?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T05:21:18.220" UserId="7666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14348" PostId="8649" Score="0" Text="IMO still no. For that money (or close to it) you could get an H55 motherboard and a 4c/8t X3440 and overclock it." CreationDate="2018-01-02T05:38:07.277" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14349" PostId="8604" Score="0" Text="Not super familiar with availability in India, but [browse this list and see if anything catches your eye.](https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#X=0,7902&amp;J=3,20&amp;K=1,12&amp;m=337,50,11,716,106,58,62,94,229,51,63,46,56) I personally have used the S340 and enjoy it very much." CreationDate="2018-01-02T05:42:46.903" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14350" PostId="8604" Score="0" Text="will do and thank you btw" CreationDate="2018-01-02T06:02:47.433" UserId="5918" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14351" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I doubt that R can use AVX512 now, but it will probably use it in the future. I have about $300 for the processor. That is why I am not going to buy Xeon Phi or a used server." CreationDate="2018-01-02T06:09:56.980" UserId="7662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14352" PostId="8651" Score="0" Text="Apple has great QC and out of the box calibration, but there are many other high end monitors that produce an equally good picture. Apple doesn't manufacture their own panels, nor do they use one single panel for every display. There's just no way to pick a monitor or even sets of monitors that are &quot;as good as Apple&quot; without at the very least picking a single reference monitor. I'd recommend that you instead give a budget, target resolution and size, and anything else you'd like, and we can work a recommendation from there. You'll probably want a monitor with IPS, but beyond that, ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯." CreationDate="2018-01-02T06:13:43.260" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14353" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="Xeon Phis I've seen go for sub $300, but yeah, availability sucks in general. Used servers (and parts) often have significantly better performance/$ than desktop, so if you're willing to use one, I'd strongly, strongly recommend it. Have you got other parts of a machine already, or are you building from scratch? Sidenote: Why not use GPU acceleration? Given the massively parallel nature of this, it seems perfect." CreationDate="2018-01-02T06:17:21.733" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14354" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 GPU acceleration requires manual optimization of the code. It is easier for me to use a supercomputer than to rewrite the code, since I have to write a new code for each new paper. I doubt that Xeon Phi 31S1P, which are sold for $100, have a better performance than, say, i5-8600k. Used Dell Poweredge R820 at ebay cost more than Threadripper-1950x." CreationDate="2018-01-02T06:26:39.923" UserId="7662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14355" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="Yeah, so we'll stay away from GPU and Phi then since they require manual optimization. I guarantee you I can beat $/performance though: [here's an R710 with 2 X5675s](https://www.ebay.com/itm/162754535952) for a total Passmark of 17014 for $195 shipped to your door, beating the Ryzen 1700's Passmark of 13743 and $300 price tag. Again, if you've already got some parts, we can just do motherboard and CPUs, but the principal is the same. Have you got other components? What's your budget including a motherboard? What's your total budget?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T06:42:59.913" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14356" PostId="8649" Score="0" Text="Anyway, if I'm do check on PassMark site, it will tell me that Xeon X5470 scores 4662 rather than Q8400 only 3187, even Q9650 only got 4191. So basically the X5470 are the winner for this competition? So for that 4 series that we talked before, which one recommended to use within my motherboard Asus P5G41T MLX?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T06:56:55.137" UserId="7666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14357" PostId="8649" Score="0" Text="Yup. Given that you've already got a Q8400, I'd invest in a decent air tower cooler like the Cryorig H7 that you can transfer to a future machine (or whatever you've got) and then just overclocking to fill the gap; you should probably be able to hit [3.4GHz](http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/core_2_quad_q8400/). If you feel like it's time for more of an upgrade, switch platforms and sell your old gear." CreationDate="2018-01-02T07:15:25.847" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14358" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Thank you for the idea. But I would prefer to build a new desktop PC, which will stand on my table. I am building it from scratch." CreationDate="2018-01-02T07:17:01.217" UserId="7662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14359" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="Gotcha. What about a dual socket server board in an eATX case?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T07:22:11.753" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14360" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 No, I think I would rather go for a desktop board. Server board means additional hassle with disks connection, special RAM, etc. Moreover, just now I am not going to buy used hardware. Nevertheless thank you for the idea. If I will try to get a PC for Solidworks without a graphics card, may be I will try some used Xeons, since Solidworks needs Xeon IGP." CreationDate="2018-01-02T07:37:36.097" UserId="7662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14361" PostId="8640" Score="0" Text="Okay, I'll post an answer then." CreationDate="2018-01-02T07:42:08.830" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14363" PostId="8652" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer, but PassMark is one of the tests that may or may not be relevant to my tasks." CreationDate="2018-01-02T08:50:48.697" UserId="7662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14364" PostId="8583" Score="0" Text="Any that wont break after a few clicks. A logitech is a good pick, but not sure if it has any different configuration from the low quality chinese ones..." CreationDate="2018-01-02T09:45:21.730" UserId="7612" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14365" PostId="8652" Score="0" Text="@Viktor There's no perfect test for your tasks except your tasks, and &quot;Monte Carlo&quot; is just too broad of a class of algorithms. I've added additional benchmarks to give a wider perspective, but I'm sticking with my Ryzen 1700 recommendation." CreationDate="2018-01-02T09:45:49.373" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14366" PostId="8583" Score="0" Text="Best I can do is specify Omron switches then. Maybe also specify that it has to be a Philips, Avago, or Pixart sensor. Again, best bet will be to pick a mouse you think is good and then run with that." CreationDate="2018-01-02T09:53:25.087" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14367" PostId="8653" Score="0" Text="The XPS 13 is only a tad larger than the MacBook Air–seriously, like half a pound and half an inch in the largest direction. Any other requirements? Battery life? Price? Screen size? Resolution? GPU? Webcam, mic? What size database are you dealing with? [The Visual Studio requirements are pretty low.](https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/productinfo/vs2017-system-requirements-vs)" CreationDate="2018-01-02T09:58:29.577" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14368" PostId="8652" Score="0" Text="Thank you. The answer seems to be that similar prices tend to offer similar performance." CreationDate="2018-01-02T10:31:09.130" UserId="7662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14369" PostId="8652" Score="0" Text="Pretty much; you'll see strengths and weaknesses on each side (right now, single threaded on Intel and high core count/$ for AMD being the key strengths), but competition tends to drive prices towards an equilibrium. Coffee Lake is basically a direct response to Ryzen; seeing 6-cores after all these years is no coincidence." CreationDate="2018-01-02T10:37:17.567" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14370" PostId="8646" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 No keyboard is fine, I can use the desktop PC if I need to write, after all. I will use a matte screen if I see that being glossy really is a problem. I think teamwiever is fine, anyway it's a low priority requirement." CreationDate="2018-01-02T14:01:26.173" UserId="7667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14371" PostId="8654" Score="0" Text="Can you somewhat quantify your understanding of &quot;rarely&quot;? Ie once a week? Once a month? Once every couple of months? Also what are your size constraints (which you obviously have given that you don't have a laser printer)?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T15:37:41.957" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14372" PostId="8654" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Thanks for looking. It's about once every couple of months. I can't measure the space as I'm not at home, but it's roughly 75cm wide, 35cm deep and 35cm high." CreationDate="2018-01-02T15:40:44.913" UserId="1800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14373" PostId="8653" Score="0" Text="holy crap you're right! without measuring, It seemed so much bigger in the shop and I couldn't compare it directly because the air 11 isn't available any more. I'm going to go back and take another look at it." CreationDate="2018-01-02T16:05:19.990" UserId="7670" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14377" PostId="8654" Score="0" Text="Do you need a pure printer or do you need a printer with integrated scanner? And do you categorically exclude laser printers or only if they violate the size constraint?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T19:12:17.410" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14378" PostId="8654" Score="0" Text="Also a potential workaround for inkjet printers: Power them up about once a week, wait until they make no more noise and then power them down again. This self-maintenance should (hopefully) prevent dry-out at the expense of a little ink use each time." CreationDate="2018-01-02T19:13:25.107" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14379" PostId="8654" Score="0" Text="@sejpm thanks for the suggestion. I'm happy with a laser printer if it will fit. I would prefer an integrated printer, but one that works reliably is by far the most important thing." CreationDate="2018-01-02T19:33:47.277" UserId="1800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14382" PostId="8525" Score="1" Text="@MrChips, if you're writing the data from Linux, you can use a flash-oriented filesystem such as [F2FS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2FS) to handle the wear-leveling for you." CreationDate="2018-01-02T22:21:16.747" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14383" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="Do the drives need to be hot swappable?" CreationDate="2018-01-02T22:22:07.313" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14384" PostId="8647" Score="0" Text="The requirement for lots of HDMI ports suggests that you're not using an AV receiver.  Is that true?  Normally, the AV receiver would have lots of HDMI ports for various goodies and then you'd have a single HDMI cable from the receiver to the TV." CreationDate="2018-01-02T22:25:33.027" UserId="7673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14385" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="Yes.  And they will be part of a RAID 1 volume.  Probably use Seagate Enterprise 4TB, SED Markara." CreationDate="2018-01-02T22:44:00.510" UserId="7673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14386" PostId="8647" Score="0" Text="No, I want to use the TV remote for switching inputs. I don't need a separate box. How is that &quot;normally&quot; what people do? I've never seen it before." CreationDate="2018-01-02T22:53:02.833" UserId="7203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14387" PostId="8647" Score="0" Text="The AV receiver, in addition to allowing multiple source devices (Roku, PS3, Blu Ray player, Cable/Fiber set top box), the AV receiver will drive various standards of surround sound speakers (at something like 100 watts per channel or whatever).  This is something a TV cannot do and why most people use a receiver (something has to drive those speakers)." CreationDate="2018-01-02T23:10:35.610" UserId="7673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14388" PostId="8654" Score="0" Text="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByhxkwJBdusDZ1E5RjFvUzJVY00/view?usp=sharing    I have been there done that!  Unfortunately the hp m551 is a bit bigger than your size. M551n 385 mm x 491 mm x 514 mm" CreationDate="2018-01-02T23:25:25.520" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14393" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="The 3.5&quot; SATA drives, or something else? Do you already have another computer, or would a new platform work? What's your budget? Do you particularly care about power?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T00:44:42.420" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14395" PostId="8651" Score="0" Text="I've got a 14 inch laptop with 1920 x 1080 and a 24 inch monitor with 1920 x 1200, the 24 inch isn't as sharp as the laptop but I'm not sure that is what the issue is, the colour on the laptop looks much better especially for web pages. However movies look very similar if not better on the 24 inch but I don't really care about the movies, its the web pages and windows UI that is the problem. I've never had this issue with an apple screen. The monitor is Dell U2410F one of the older models and it has IPS." CreationDate="2018-01-03T01:39:08.397" UserId="7669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14396" PostId="8651" Score="1" Text="Is the U2410F suiting you? Also still going to need budget, target resolution and size, and anything else you'd like. It's also quite possible that your monitor simply isn't calibrated correctly. Have you tried switching viewing modes, downloading an online color profile, or calibrating by eye/with a meter?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T02:18:48.543" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14399" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="The large capacity, enterprise quality, drives that Seagate makes that I would use are all 3.5&quot; drives.  I am either buying or building a NAS device to add to my existing equipment.  I prefer buying, as I am under the delusion that I will get better support that way.  I'd spend around $2K for a NAS.  I'm not too concerned about power." CreationDate="2018-01-03T02:50:06.697" UserId="7673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14400" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="Would you be willing to buy used hardware?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T02:54:05.370" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14401" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="Do you want to be able to set an authentication key at a hardware level, or is software fine?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T03:02:19.407" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14402" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="I was hoping to use the TPM to generate and store a key. Perhaps I would be forced to enter a password of sorts at boot time (booting the NAS I mean) and may need to write some recovery key to a flash drive that I keep safe somewhere.  I want no data to be readable in the event a thief steels the entire NAS or just one of its drives." CreationDate="2018-01-03T03:08:14.673" UserId="7673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14403" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="Do you want support for TPM 2.0, or is 1.2 okay?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T03:15:40.710" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14404" PostId="8651" Score="0" Text="I changed the preset mode from standard to sRGB and it looks much better now, I still need a new monitor eventually though. I was thinking of budgeting at about $600 AUD for a 24 inch 4k monitor, would anything around that price be worthwhile?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T04:34:26.617" UserId="7669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14405" PostId="8651" Score="0" Text="Bit of a strange question, should be my last one. Do you game at all? If so, what GPU do you have? Do you have any plans to change that in the near future?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T04:42:38.747" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14408" PostId="8665" Score="0" Text="I'm going to disagree with this choice too–not because I dislike used hardware but because of the compromises you make on the X58 platform: either you max out at a locked hex-core xeon, or a quad-core i7. While neither of these are bad persay, I don't think it's the right option, since it forces a choice between single threaded performance and a higher core count. OP also clearly has the budget to spend on a better system. That's not to say something like the X5650 can't game–[they most definitely can](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JopY0kcKjq4)–I just don't think it's the best choice." CreationDate="2018-01-03T05:34:37.857" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14409" PostId="8665" Score="0" Text="Sidenote: Having used Intel's desktop boards, really not a fan. They tend to be fairly cheap but also fairly locked down. For example, the [DX58SO](https://ark.intel.com/products/36888/Intel-Desktop-Board-DX58SO) is capped at 16GB of memory rather than the usual 24GB." CreationDate="2018-01-03T05:36:02.127" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14410" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="Got any numbers on GPU usage yet?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T05:37:09.267" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14411" PostId="8657" Score="0" Text="Intersting! I've only ever seen it go the other way (split one connection to provide power to two devices.) I'd recommend you also try https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com" CreationDate="2018-01-03T05:41:00.030" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14413" PostId="8647" Score="0" Text="How well do receivers play with HDCP? Wouldn't handshaking be problematic with a device that accepts multiple inputs and can even send the sound elsewhere?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T07:07:04.327" UserId="7203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14415" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="GPU usage for streaming 30% during gameing with PUBG 70%" CreationDate="2018-01-03T09:48:35.763" UserId="5849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14417" PostId="8592" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Thank you!" CreationDate="2018-01-03T12:07:34.330" UserId="7347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14424" PostId="8666" Score="0" Text="I have a single critique on all this: most e-readers I know use e-ink and e-ink is B/W only AFAIK. Reading books (which is what I'd expect a Kindle to do) and reading PDFs in general look like a different thing to me ;)" CreationDate="2018-01-03T17:33:32.870" UserId="7667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14426" PostId="8666" Score="0" Text="@Zachiel Missing how that's a critique; it's got a good IPS LCD, so PDFs should be fine. It's &quot;just another Android tablet.&quot; To be fair, the real advantage of E Ink is really battery life only though, and there's no reason you can't read books as well on an LCD display, and by extension, this tablet. There are [tri-color E Ink displays](http://www.eink.com/color-technology.html), but Amazon doesn't even bother making a Kindle with one." CreationDate="2018-01-03T20:16:13.357" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14427" PostId="8667" Score="0" Text="What do you plan to use it for? Budget? Target size? Any other concerns with the screen, like resolution, refresh rate, or color accuracy? Performance requirements?" CreationDate="2018-01-03T22:52:52.923" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14428" PostId="8669" Score="1" Text="I'll add an answer in an hour or so when I'm more available, but basically, RAM faster than 2400 is &quot;overclocked&quot; using [XMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_presence_detect#XMP) out of the box." CreationDate="2018-01-03T23:31:27.887" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14429" PostId="8669" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 thank you. I am looking forward to an answer. I took a look at the XMP article but did not understand much beyond there is data about the memory stick encoded in the stick and which is used at boot time as part of configuring the hardware run time environment. My primary concern is whether using the faster RAM will be a problem. My secondary question is whether using the faster RAM will be an asset. As I know nothing about over clocking and tweaking settings, I would hope that at boot the processor and memory and motherboard can get together and decide how to run as fast as possible." CreationDate="2018-01-04T03:47:16.743" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14430" PostId="8673" Score="0" Text="Ah, good to know. Surprisingly, none of those came up in search results but I wasn't searching too wide. The title was under the presumption that passive cables were maybe all there was and I was hoping for a `4m` cable but only finding `3m` at most." CreationDate="2018-01-04T03:50:27.583" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14431" PostId="8673" Score="0" Text="This one came up which seems promising although I can't confirm that it's certified (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XSV3B4L)" CreationDate="2018-01-04T03:52:43.330" UserId="219" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14432" PostId="8673" Score="1" Text="@Enigma It doesn't brand itself as an active cable explicitly, but that cable seems to have some pretty good specs and Club3D has a good reputation (especially compatibility with AMD cards), so given the pretty low price of that cable and Amazon's return policy, I say go for it!" CreationDate="2018-01-04T04:03:07.850" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14433" PostId="8667" Score="0" Text="Target size below 13&quot;. Main prupose, reading texts, answering e-mail, ssh connections for administration of other systems. Performance... Videos should play and compiling some stuff should also not take ours. Budget, the Surface 3 which is known to work is out of my budget." CreationDate="2018-01-04T07:43:11.473" UserId="7681" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14434" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="I'll work on a more complete answer, but why do you specifically want a Kaby Lake processor specifically? Would a last-gen quad core be fine? 7 hours of battery life may be a bit tricky (if you use real world numbers instead of the manufacture ones.) Do you have any concerns with budget? You mentioned portability is an issue for you; how heavy is too heavy? There's a pretty big range in the weight of 15&quot; laptops." CreationDate="2018-01-04T07:44:46.470" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14435" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="A GTX 1060/1070 isn't going to be able to max out every Blizzard title, but I think I get your idea regarding the performance you're looking at. What's your opinion on eGPUs?" CreationDate="2018-01-04T07:45:31.857" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14436" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="I think you're going to have an awfully hard time finding a matte display in this day and age, with Macs having glossy as (basically) always, and many other manufacturers moving towards glossy touchscreens. Anti-glare of some sort is pretty common, though performance varies widely; would an aftermarket cover satisfy you?" CreationDate="2018-01-04T07:47:40.713" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14437" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="I'm of the opinion all four of the laptops you listed are good, but none of them quite meet your requirements. XPS 13 fails graphics card and matte display (though I've never seen build quality issues, so it might have been a one-off bad experience for you or just me being misinformed); Surface Book fails to have a good enough graphics card (GTX 1050), matte display, backlit keyboard, and (as you mentioned) Thunderbolt 3; X1 Carbon (and the Yoga line is pretty massive) fails Kaby Lake and GPU..." CreationDate="2018-01-04T07:57:49.247" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14438" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="[Razer Blade 14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1GABTei_7c) doesn't fail build quality (though it may fail reliability), matte display and Kaby Lake." CreationDate="2018-01-04T08:01:04.367" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14439" PostId="8677" Score="0" Text="No, I'm going to post about this soon, but it has to do with XMP." CreationDate="2018-01-04T08:02:43.677" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14440" PostId="8670" Score="0" Text="Is it the best though?" CreationDate="2018-01-04T08:03:13.663" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14441" PostId="8678" Score="0" Text="How many is several/how much storage are you planning to store? What applications are you planning to install?" CreationDate="2018-01-04T08:30:26.410" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14442" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="I already have laptops with the 7th gen, and some of the work that I do would really benefit from the extra cores. I am willing to pay premium for the right device, as I don't plan on updating it for at least 3 years. Right now I carry the Dell XPS 13 and Macbook Pro (lightbar 15&quot;). The macbook pro is heavy for me to lug around all day (I cant' really wear a backpack to work)." CreationDate="2018-01-04T09:35:01.383" UserId="7685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14443" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="A matte display is a requirement because my work requires me to type a lot and staring back at my own reflection or fighting glare from lights, or having to use it outside on a sunny day - all these fall by the wayside on a glossy display." CreationDate="2018-01-04T09:38:46.773" UserId="7685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14444" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="As of now though there are no hexa-core mobile processors, so a quad-core 7th gen should be just fine. I'm missing though why you're carrying two laptops instead of one, if your goal is to keep things light." CreationDate="2018-01-04T09:38:58.937" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14445" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="If matte is that important and you don't want to use an aftermarket cover, I think you're basically going to be forced towards the ThinkPad line if you want a fairly light notebook. Almost every notebook these days uses a glossy display." CreationDate="2018-01-04T09:40:33.097" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14446" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="The work that I am doing right now requires macosx; but I am transiting away from that role. So in the end, there will only be one laptop. I was trying to convey that the 15&quot; macbook pro feels heavy to me to be carrying around (well obviously the dell xps 13 is a much more manageable device). In the end the goal is to have one device." CreationDate="2018-01-04T09:40:54.077" UserId="7685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14447" PostId="8675" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/71172/discussion-between-jmy1000-and-burhan-khalid)." CreationDate="2018-01-04T09:41:11.450" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14449" PostId="8666" Score="0" Text="Well I just wanted to point out (but I'm probably being pedantic here, and you're in no way required to change your answer) that &quot;being a kindle&quot; does not automatically mean it can read all books, since some books are in color and not all kindles can show color, e.g. mono-color e-ink. Nothing to worry about, and thanks for your research effort!" CreationDate="2018-01-04T10:30:42.617" UserId="7667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14450" PostId="6689" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the reply do you have some examples of common FPGA's that I could use?" CreationDate="2018-01-04T11:31:31.293" UserId="5426" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14451" PostId="6689" Score="0" Text="For example one of the Artix-7 FPGAs from Xilinx (but note they need BGA packaging)." CreationDate="2018-01-04T11:35:08.630" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14452" PostId="8678" Score="0" Text="6~8 TB? Plex Media Server" CreationDate="2018-01-04T13:49:02.603" UserId="106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14453" PostId="1140" Score="0" Text="I have this machine via work. The only problem with this laptop (the bloatware is minimal) is that the keyboard is off-center due to the dedicated numpad and will take some getting used to. Also, the keyboard on this one doesn't have the same legendary feedback as the T-series or X-series, YMMV." CreationDate="2018-01-04T14:35:25.077" UserId="7685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14455" PostId="8666" Score="0" Text="True, but they're purpose built for it, so they'll generally be pretty good at it. If you like the answer, if you'd like, go ahead and vote up; if this satisfies what you're looking for, go accept it." CreationDate="2018-01-04T17:38:14.117" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14456" PostId="8686" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? I'm guessing around $1800. Do you particularly care about money?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T02:57:57.070" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14457" PostId="8686" Score="0" Text="Got a few tweaks I'm going to post, but for the most part, pretty good." CreationDate="2018-01-05T03:30:58.623" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14458" PostId="8686" Score="0" Text="Yes. Definitely under 2000; preferably less than 1800" CreationDate="2018-01-05T03:50:01.467" UserId="7692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14459" PostId="8686" Score="0" Text="Would you like to go significantly cheaper than your current build in return for sacrificing a little performance? How far? What about used components?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:04:56.290" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14460" PostId="8686" Score="0" Text="No used components" CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:05:40.163" UserId="7692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14461" PostId="8686" Score="0" Text="How much performance lost?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:06:05.120" UserId="7692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14462" PostId="8686" Score="0" Text="Depends on the workload; some 0%, some 10-15%, some actually +5-10%. I'll leave it as is for now and we can discuss it a bit more in a sec." CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:13:04.973" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14463" PostId="8685" Score="0" Text="I appreciate it man, my main concern is with rdimm memory though. Udimms are often interchangeable with regular dimms, Rdimm is often where compatibility issues arise. Unless I have big misunderstanding of it." CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:18:51.853" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14464" PostId="8685" Score="0" Text="RDIMMs flat out won't work :/ Compatibility once you start getting into more &quot;server grade&quot; gear basically just becomes a bit of a bear, but most any ECC UDIMM will probably work. What do you need registered memory for in a desktop though? ECC I can understand, but typically, registered memory is only important in ultra-high memory count applications." CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:44:52.140" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14465" PostId="8683" Score="0" Text="That is a desktop grade drives (not NAS) and is 5400RPM though. Not necessarily the end of the world, but ehhhhh." CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:46:26.693" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14466" PostId="8688" Score="0" Text="Thanks! 1) I have accessories. 2) Is there a version of the mobo you chose without rgb lighting? 3) For the gpu I am doing video editing in 2k and a teeny bit of 4K, using premiere and after effects." CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:49:56.140" UserId="7692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14467" PostId="8688" Score="0" Text="@UnknownUser 2. No, but you can just turn it off, though at that point I might recommend going with one of the cheaper boards. 3. What resolution are you gaming at?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:51:29.473" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14468" PostId="8685" Score="0" Text="Honestly I don't need it for anything in particular, It's more of a fun idea to mess with since I can get server grade parts through work for practically free." CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:52:43.847" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14469" PostId="8685" Score="0" Text="Ooooo, I like server grade parts! What about using server grade motherboard? Also, are you familiar with the homelab community?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T04:54:42.417" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14470" PostId="8685" Score="0" Text="I'm self taught so I'm a bit oblivious to the various communities out there!, I'm always looking for people to connect with though! For mitx server boards the closest I've seen to what I'd want to use would be asrocks rock rack. (what a mouthful!) It supports both the lga2011v3/4 sockets and quad channel sodimm ecc memory, as well as the xeon D boards; On the consumer side I've been looking at the x99 socket. Sadly I've yet to see a single mitx threadripper or epyc board!" CreationDate="2018-01-05T05:21:59.263" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14471" PostId="8685" Score="0" Text="Check out /r/homelab then! I've seen that board before (I think Linus had one?), but I'm fairly sure that one doesn't support RDIMMs either. My guess is that there won't be ITX boards with TR4, the socket is just too big." CreationDate="2018-01-05T05:27:43.267" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14472" PostId="8685" Score="1" Text="I think there might still be hope, with the growing popularity of daughterboards and sff pcs. You never know. Definitely gonna check out that reddit! Thanks man!" CreationDate="2018-01-05T05:32:10.290" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14473" PostId="8685" Score="0" Text="Btw, how do I mark your post as the answer? Completely new to stack exchange." CreationDate="2018-01-05T05:33:39.537" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14474" PostId="8685" Score="0" Text="[Underneath the arrows, there should be a little check box you can mark.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/how-does-accepting-an-answer-work)" CreationDate="2018-01-05T05:40:12.507" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14475" PostId="8688" Score="0" Text="mainly 1080p (2k)" CreationDate="2018-01-05T05:55:57.137" UserId="7692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14476" PostId="8688" Score="0" Text="What games do you play at what settings?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T05:58:23.717" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14477" PostId="8691" Score="0" Text="Repeaters are super expensive and require another power source at what's usually an inconvenient location. IMO active cables are a much better solution." CreationDate="2018-01-05T06:41:47.417" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14478" PostId="8690" Score="0" Text="Quadros aren't going to help in Premier except under very specific circumstances; the main thing they add for video editing is support for better color and other specific features." CreationDate="2018-01-05T06:45:02.563" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14479" PostId="8691" Score="0" Text="I'm seeing that now. Jeez, digital repeaters are expensive. Makes me miss analog. Still I'd say buying a repeater has pros that should be considered, durability first among them. I'm seeing repeaters on amazon in the $80 range, and I'd reckon you can find cheaper ones on ebay for less.    Wires are almost always the first point of failure in any setup." CreationDate="2018-01-05T06:53:43.313" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14480" PostId="8690" Score="0" Text="Exactly! No arguement there." CreationDate="2018-01-05T06:55:25.650" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14481" PostId="8691" Score="0" Text="Active cables tend to be much better quality than cheap passive ones, but yes, your point is valid. If you're really concerned about durability, I'd go with optics." CreationDate="2018-01-05T06:55:26.000" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14482" PostId="8691" Score="0" Text="I'm a bit unfamiliar with optics. Do you have any resources to help brush up on them?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T06:57:15.030" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14483" PostId="8691" Score="0" Text="Sorry, optical cables. Take a look at the latter part of my answer." CreationDate="2018-01-05T07:00:02.600" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14484" PostId="8691" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the heads up! Great information as always." CreationDate="2018-01-05T07:05:01.087" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14486" PostId="236" Score="0" Text="Even with the new 4C still seems to be a no?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T08:05:41.547" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14487" PostId="236" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 That's correct. 4C: &quot;Works on single screen set up, max screen size 27&quot; 16:9 or 30&quot; 21:9.&quot;" CreationDate="2018-01-05T08:11:16.513" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14489" PostId="1286" Score="0" Text="Have you taken a look at [DigiDucky](https://github.com/geckom/DigiDucky)?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T08:25:31.803" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14490" PostId="8651" Score="0" Text="I do game but not new games, its only for a laptop its an onboard GPU. Even if I do get a PC in future I'm not that fussed about gaming performance." CreationDate="2018-01-05T10:02:22.797" UserId="7669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14491" PostId="1251" Score="0" Text="You also should note that the cable box probably uses DRM (HDCP) on the output, so your capture card needs to be HDCP compatible, or you need to install a HDCP stripping device of some sort between cable box and capture card." CreationDate="2018-01-05T13:20:15.720" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14492" PostId="8688" Score="0" Text="Truthfully, I don't do a lot of gaming. That is not the main purpose of this PC. The only game I really play is Minecraft." CreationDate="2018-01-05T15:31:27.663" UserId="7692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14493" PostId="8688" Score="0" Text="Also, I updated the list you gave with some RGB stuff. Can you look over it? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HV8fKZ" CreationDate="2018-01-05T15:32:47.213" UserId="7692" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14494" PostId="6307" Score="0" Text="@Tgamer I finished this project in 2016 but I went with the 6800K which I can tell you I am much happier with than another machine almost identical with a 7700k.  The handling of large numbers of applications open in windows is handled much better on the 6800." CreationDate="2018-01-05T16:13:04.043" UserId="5001" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14495" PostId="8647" Score="0" Text="I don't know the answer to that question." CreationDate="2018-01-05T16:29:21.197" UserId="7673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14496" PostId="8666" Score="0" Text="I waited for a bit to see if other votes came in but I guess it is time to cast mine and accept." CreationDate="2018-01-05T19:13:21.627" UserId="7667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14497" PostId="8694" Score="0" Text="I found an LG https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/monitors/lg/lg-27ud58-27-uhd-ips-freesync-monitor/314277/ how does this one compare to these 24 inch monitors?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T22:04:52.153" UserId="7669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14498" PostId="8694" Score="0" Text="@el_pup_le Quite well if you'd like a 27&quot; monitor." CreationDate="2018-01-05T22:07:56.913" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14499" PostId="8694" Score="0" Text="is there any loss in picture quality from the bigger screen size?" CreationDate="2018-01-05T22:09:08.233" UserId="7669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14500" PostId="8694" Score="0" Text="@el_pup_le Lower pixel density of course, but besides that, no." CreationDate="2018-01-05T22:09:54.063" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14501" PostId="8694" Score="0" Text="Cool I'll probably go with the p2715q" CreationDate="2018-01-06T00:11:41.377" UserId="7669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14502" PostId="8695" Score="0" Text="A software based solution may be possible as well. Do you have admin permissions on this computer?" CreationDate="2018-01-06T00:34:21.437" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14503" PostId="8700" Score="0" Text="Though I agree that it's a leaked capacitor, buying a replacement part isn't necessarily the best option. If an RMA is available I'd do that; if OP has a soldering iron on hand, then replacing a capacitor that large is fairly trivial even without lots of prior experience." CreationDate="2018-01-06T07:19:55.883" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14504" PostId="8700" Score="0" Text="I completely forgot about that!, rma'ing would definitely be the simplest solution if it's available." CreationDate="2018-01-06T07:22:27.913" UserId="7691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14506" PostId="8702" Score="1" Text="[You can change your MAC address without any need for a separate hardware dongle.](http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/01/change-mac-address-os-x/) That aside, your ISP is not snooping on your connection and banning your MAC address, if nothing else for the simple reason that that data is not exposed to them. Trying to circumvent WPA security won't accomplish what you want anyways, but I'd be willing to bet changing your MAC address does." CreationDate="2018-01-06T07:52:42.563" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14507" PostId="8702" Score="0" Text="WOW. Thank you for an instant reply! Didn't realise I can change my address like that... `sudo ifconfig en0 ether d4:33:a3:ed:f2:12` - **IT WORKS** - what a bullshit, can I haz my time back?" CreationDate="2018-01-06T08:00:43.680" UserId="1393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14509" PostId="8696" Score="0" Text="Windows tablets have terrible, terrible support and usability compared to iOS and Android. Also, what? How is stock Android more susceptible to bloat than a fork? I'd argue it's the other way around. Toughpads are neat, but even in an outdoor environment, their level of ruggedization is beyond what's probably needed here. Also no way those are staying under $200 consistently. Also Windows." CreationDate="2018-01-06T08:10:38.453" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14511" PostId="8695" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I do. What do you have in mind?" CreationDate="2018-01-06T13:00:04.663" UserId="7693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14512" PostId="8695" Score="0" Text="[Karabiner Elements](https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements), along with any generic (or fancy!) USB keyboard; there's some other solutions that I'm trying to recall." CreationDate="2018-01-06T16:57:26.510" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14518" PostId="8701" Score="1" Text="Can confirm (or at least add a second voice to) this. Typical-user workloads won't see anywhere near the slowdown that the current articles are quoting, though I can't give you exact numbers." CreationDate="2018-01-06T18:51:53.323" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14519" PostId="8705" Score="0" Text="I'll try and post an answer some time tonight, but a couple initial questions: budget and if you'd be willing to use used components. Regarding Meltdown/Spectre: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8697/new-computer-in-light-of-meltdown-and-spectre/. Keep in mind Ryzen has no iGPU as well." CreationDate="2018-01-06T22:05:38.923" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14520" PostId="8706" Score="0" Text="Why do you not want them to share a USB host? There are plenty of computers that can handle that data rate on a single host." CreationDate="2018-01-07T21:04:34.093" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14521" PostId="8708" Score="0" Text="If you can tell me which country you live in I can narrow it down more, but for starters, there's [this.](https://de.pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#X=0,13797&amp;W=2300,2500&amp;sort=price&amp;page=1)" CreationDate="2018-01-07T21:34:06.107" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14522" PostId="8711" Score="0" Text="As cool as the webcam solution is, it seems like it'd be a lot more elegant just to wire the LEDs to come through the cabinet. Is there something impeding that? Alternatively, what about installing optics and mounting the camera outside?" CreationDate="2018-01-07T21:36:43.220" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14523" PostId="8711" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, This is a closed-box Honeywell underfloor heating controller -- me rewiring the LEDs is, at least, hugely invasive and has possibly expensive consequences (thermal &amp; financial) if my intervention goes banana shaped. I understand your elegance-think (I already tried light pipes), but I prefer to see the beast &quot;as is&quot; on camera." CreationDate="2018-01-07T21:52:20.703" UserId="7705" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14524" PostId="8711" Score="0" Text="I see. Yeah, besides that, the only thing I can think of is fibre optics, but a camera seems to be a reasonable solution. That or individual light sensors taped down to the controller." CreationDate="2018-01-07T22:03:53.407" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14525" PostId="8713" Score="0" Text="Whoooo - investigating tomorrow (23:07 here and perhaps a glass of wine or two has passed my lips -- doesn't aid smart thinking). 30mm focus sounds magical, view angle I will discover tomorrow. Many thanks fred.u" CreationDate="2018-01-07T22:10:39.583" UserId="7705" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14526" PostId="8711" Score="0" Text="Light pipes are a cool idea, too bad it doesn't work for you. A light pipe can be as simple as an acrylic rod with good optical contact on the source and a polished end at the destination, or even a frosted one." CreationDate="2018-01-07T22:16:46.083" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14527" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="@Mark - Thanks! I didn't even think of that option.  I will definitely look into this in combination with a high-quality SLC USB drive.  Thanks again for this suggestion!" CreationDate="2018-01-08T04:27:58.613" UserId="7567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14529" PostId="8706" Score="0" Text="I am assuming here that the combined camera + wifi dongle usb data rates  may exceed the capacity of a single usb host." CreationDate="2018-01-08T09:01:11.673" UserId="7655" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14530" PostId="8706" Score="0" Text="I can't speak for every board ever, but I believe the Joule 570X should have a throughput of 500Mb/s. Not recommending you buy that board by any means, but a single controller should be fine." CreationDate="2018-01-08T09:51:21.390" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14536" PostId="8715" Score="1" Text="While AMD CPUs could be unaffected by Meltdown, it should be noted that  they are still vulnerable to Spectre. Spectre might be harder to exploit and does not disclose kernel memory, there isn't, and won't be, a software patch. A firmware update, at the minimum, would be required. (Though, I guess that does mean that there is no issue with the software patch causing performance degradation, since there isn't one)" CreationDate="2018-01-08T13:13:58.150" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14537" PostId="8715" Score="0" Text="AMD claims that the fix will have negligible impact on performance. Also everyone is essentially affected by Spectre, so if you're looking for a computer you shouldn't worry too much about it because if a hardware revision is needed it probably won't be out until next year at the earliest." CreationDate="2018-01-08T15:43:47.660" UserId="6476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14538" PostId="8708" Score="0" Text="So basically you are just looking for a 24&quot; 1080p TN panel monitor that cost less than €130, correct? What inputs does this monitor need to have?" CreationDate="2018-01-08T16:15:03.060" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14540" PostId="8657" Score="0" Text="Connecting two power sources together is tricky and cannot be done safely only with a splitter cable — it would backfeed whichever power source is slightly lower voltage than the other (or shut off) and possibly damage it." CreationDate="2018-01-08T18:10:35.487" UserId="465" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14541" PostId="8708" Score="0" Text="I'd like it to have DisplayPort, however, I can also live with HDMI. I'd rather have DisplayPort because my graphics card has three DP-inputs and one HDMI-input." CreationDate="2018-01-08T19:38:06.433" UserId="7704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14542" PostId="8708" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 The link you sent me is very useful. I've come up with this: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/4BBrxr/aoc-e2460sh-240-1920x1080-60hz-monitor-e2460sh. It looks very good." CreationDate="2018-01-08T19:58:43.100" UserId="7704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14543" PostId="8708" Score="0" Text="@Thijs365 Are you in Germany? Also, DisplayPort to HDMI cables are very cheap since they're entirely passive." CreationDate="2018-01-08T21:00:45.087" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14546" PostId="8701" Score="0" Text="My one benchmark for Meltdown (compiling the Linux kernel) showed a 3% slowdown from KPTI (the Linux mitigation).  I've seen gaming benchmarks showing about a 5% slowdown.  For the average user doing average things, the performance hit won't be noticeable." CreationDate="2018-01-08T21:23:05.097" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14550" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="For 5 meters, it seems like the easiest thing is just to run a cable. Is there something preventing that?" CreationDate="2018-01-09T03:10:27.763" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14551" PostId="8708" Score="0" Text="I'm not in Germany, but the prices are close enough. I've got two HDMI ports in total, though, because my CPU came with integrated graphics to which I can also connect HDMI." CreationDate="2018-01-09T10:55:01.567" UserId="7704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14553" PostId="8708" Score="0" Text="An IPS or VA panel for a bit more money would also be great. As long as it doesn't have ghosting." CreationDate="2018-01-09T15:17:26.667" UserId="7704" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14555" PostId="7148" Score="0" Text="Same as @LiveWireBT, I'm confused as to why you want a metal mouse. Typically, plastics are used as lightness is often valued in mice; AFAIK the Magic Mouse is one of the few 'quality' (though rather unergonomic) mice which uses a primarily metal construction." CreationDate="2018-01-09T19:02:08.327" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14556" PostId="7915" Score="0" Text="Option 1 won't work; ignoring that mSATA != mini PCI-e or NVMe NGFF, the MacBook is completely soldered down, and there's no way to connect any sort of solution up through there." CreationDate="2018-01-09T20:06:50.620" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14557" PostId="7903" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM is right. While there might be some kludgy way to make it work since you're using it entirely as a compute node, there's no way it will work normally nor does anyone offer the hardware to do this. You *have* to upgrade to a computer with some available PCI-e expansion, of which TB3 is the cleanest solution." CreationDate="2018-01-09T20:08:42.297" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14559" PostId="8725" Score="0" Text="Not sure if I'll be able to give a full answer, but I think you'll find that low light performance is actually independent of resolution, and that the security camera market is far, far less concerned with resolution than other requirements (reliability, FOV, etc.)" CreationDate="2018-01-10T02:06:58.317" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14560" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="yes, it is not possible to use cable. The platform can rotate in 2 axes. Therefore, the cable cannot be brought out of the platform." CreationDate="2018-01-10T05:59:31.750" UserId="7648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14561" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="I see. Do you want the monitor on the ground to be driven by the same computer, or prefer a different computer, or no preference?" CreationDate="2018-01-10T06:04:36.843" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14562" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="The cost and visibility are important. So the preference is big LCD or LED, with as less as possible more hardware." CreationDate="2018-01-10T11:49:39.440" UserId="7648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14563" PostId="8728" Score="1" Text="Have you looked into Orange Pi boards?  Small and cheap is going mean less RAM though, from what I've looked at.  Orange Pi boards do have several other features that might meet your reqs that a Raspberry doesn't." CreationDate="2018-01-10T17:50:59.260" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14564" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="Doesn't quite answer what I was asking. Do you want the display that's not on the platform to be driven by the computer that's running the flight simulator, or a different computer? Basically, do you want to stream it over the network and have a different computer display the data, or use the same computer with some sort of wireless display adapter?" CreationDate="2018-01-10T19:19:31.953" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14565" PostId="8725" Score="0" Text="The reason I mention low-light is because I read an article that said 6 pixels per inch is sufficient to identify a human subject &quot;in ideal conditions&quot; but that 12.5 pixels per inch were required &quot;in poor conditions&quot;. Although how this number was determined I don't know." CreationDate="2018-01-10T20:05:41.067" UserId="7716" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14566" PostId="8726" Score="0" Text="I'm not going to vote to close since it is still a hardware recommendation, but this seems to fall into a weird gap between https://music.stackexchange.com and here and–even if it is on topic here–I'm afraid you might not get the help you seek. I myself don't think I have the technical background to give a good recommendation here." CreationDate="2018-01-10T21:19:45.030" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14567" PostId="8728" Score="0" Text="Besides thickness, do you care about footprint?" CreationDate="2018-01-10T21:47:34.897" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14568" PostId="8725" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, actually, for a given sensor size, low-light performance is inversely proportional to resolution: the more pixels you have, the less light each one can catch, and the lower the image quality will be.  It's also why professional cameras produce far better low-light images than cell-phone cameras for the same pixel count: a sensor the size of a frame of film can catch far more light than a sensor the size of a grain of rice." CreationDate="2018-01-10T22:06:49.100" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14569" PostId="8728" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8thsI actually wasn't aware of the Orange Pi but a quick search has me optimistic about that or similar solutions, thank you for the recommendation." CreationDate="2018-01-10T22:52:19.877" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14570" PostId="8728" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Footprint is less of an issue because I'm planning on a 9 or 10 inch screen, it just all needs to be slim enough to be easily hand-held. What's killing me so far is that every device with reasonable power seems to include an Ethernet port or stacked USB ports, which aren't necessary and blow the 1/2&quot;-or-less goal." CreationDate="2018-01-10T22:56:31.450" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14571" PostId="8725" Score="0" Text="@Mark True, but because of a bunch of other things that ultimately impact low light performance, it's not a straight &quot;4K cameras have worse low light than 1080P!&quot; An a7S II will beat an EOS 5DS. Of course that's nowhere near an apples-to-apples comparison, but that's the point: you can't just compare resolution/sensor size and get a complete idea of low light performance (though, of course, these are important factors.)" CreationDate="2018-01-10T23:42:19.177" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14572" PostId="8728" Score="1" Text="@thanby You could just desolder and remove them if that's all that's killing you." CreationDate="2018-01-10T23:45:27.143" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14573" PostId="7216" Score="0" Text="All the mive like this claim to have it or have very little metal, but are all plastic inside." CreationDate="2018-01-11T00:17:49.957" UserId="5933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14574" PostId="8728" Score="0" Text="That wouldn't cause the hardware to freak out?" CreationDate="2018-01-11T12:43:43.447" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14575" PostId="8726" Score="0" Text="I was asking on https://music.stackexchange.com/ but they said that they don't discuss product reccomendations." CreationDate="2018-01-11T13:01:42.300" UserId="7719" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14576" PostId="4386" Score="0" Text="Of curse, nowadays, the correct answer is the [Raspberry Pi Zero W](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero-w/)" CreationDate="2018-01-11T13:55:34.220" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14577" PostId="8728" Score="1" Text="@thanby, no.  Unless you screw it up.  But you seem like you might know what you are doing :)" CreationDate="2018-01-11T14:11:08.840" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14578" PostId="8728" Score="0" Text="Well I own a soldering iron, but we all know that doesn't make you an expert ;) That being said, your suggestions did lead me down a whole discovery path of other boards like the LeMaker HiKey which do fit most of my requirements. However they're often pricey, so I might try to mod a cheaper board first if it's as easy as desoldering some components." CreationDate="2018-01-11T15:08:09.107" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14579" PostId="8726" Score="0" Text="Yeah I saw that :/ It's possible that a non-SE site is where you'll want to go." CreationDate="2018-01-11T16:28:49.510" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14581" PostId="8729" Score="1" Text="An HDMI keyboard? Do you mean USB, or am I missing something?" CreationDate="2018-01-11T16:40:18.770" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14584" PostId="8728" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths I'm going to try out an Asus Tinkerboard for starters, it meets all the requirements (except size, which you mentioned how to fix). Feel free to write up our conversation as an answer!" CreationDate="2018-01-11T18:28:01.690" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14587" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="It is preferable to be on the same computer as flight simulator if possible. If not we may add additional hardware, with lowest possible cost" CreationDate="2018-01-11T19:43:27.410" UserId="7648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14591" PostId="8729" Score="1" Text="Yeah, HDMI keyboards don't exist. Or if they do, they're incredibly niche. Did you mean HID - Human Interface Device?" CreationDate="2018-01-11T23:39:51.810" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14593" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="@Hamid the easiest solution is definitely to run a cable. If this platform rotates in two axes, then there is a point that always remains stationary - right at the center of the mounting. Run the cable through that point, and you won't run into any issues with the rotation." CreationDate="2018-01-11T23:45:42.547" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14596" PostId="8731" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close as off topic, but the answer is that it'd be fine with an Intel CPU but won't work with AMD since until the X399 Designare comes out, no AMD motherboards support Thunderbolt 3, and no AMD laptops support Thunderbolt 3." CreationDate="2018-01-12T04:55:05.963" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14597" PostId="8734" Score="0" Text="A 4x 3.0 connection is unlikely to be a bottleneck; cards are nowhere near saturating their connection. [You're not wrong that there's a performance decrease](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHwXOwTgYB0), but this comes from the fact that the connection goes through the chipset rather than directly to the CPU. As much as I'm an advocate for building your own computer, there are many, many legitimate use cases for an eGPU, and dismissing them out of hand is a poor decision." CreationDate="2018-01-12T04:59:25.793" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14598" PostId="7903" Score="0" Text="Also TensorFlow has some fairly popular forks that support OpenCL" CreationDate="2018-01-12T05:06:22.200" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14599" PostId="8735" Score="0" Text="See my comment on your other answer. Here though the problem is actually *less* severe, since for the purposes of deep learning, going to the system memory except to exchange batches is so slow that it might as well be treated as an error." CreationDate="2018-01-12T05:07:09.373" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14600" PostId="8733" Score="0" Text="What lead you to choose these two notebooks intially?" CreationDate="2018-01-12T05:16:12.600" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14601" PostId="8739" Score="0" Text="I agree with your conclusion between these two notebooks, though you should note that the 8550U is going to draw more power (the TDP-down is a 10W vs 7.5W, not even accounting for turbo or Lenovo's tweaks.) In any case I'm wondering if there's something else better. Neither of these are cheap, and IMO, at that price point, there are far more compelling offerings." CreationDate="2018-01-12T05:18:55.753" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14604" PostId="8729" Score="0" Text="Lolx - never post late at night: Yup - HID (question corrected)" CreationDate="2018-01-12T07:28:31.663" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14605" PostId="8628" Score="0" Text="It is not possible to use cable." CreationDate="2018-01-12T08:59:18.533" UserId="7648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14606" PostId="8734" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000: This is actually my field of research - GPUs in analytic DBMS work. So, I can tell you with some confidence that at in many (though not all) computational workloads, 12 GB/sec is very much a bottleneck. When it isn't, either you're doing some, say, deep learning, or physics number crunching, or alternatively - your system is likely mis-designed or mis-implemented. That would not at all be surprising, because software systems utilizing GPUs are still in their infancy in many respects." CreationDate="2018-01-12T12:40:33.317" UserId="7729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14607" PostId="8734" Score="0" Text="It'll depend on the workload of course, but for something like deep learning or graphics rendering, having to go offboard on any sort of regular basis is often considered a failure because the time to do any sort of fetch from the main system memory absolutely kills the performance; you just can't do 900 GB/s over FSB/HT/QPI/UPI. For our application we only ever fetched data from the system memory when switching out training batches." CreationDate="2018-01-12T12:51:31.060" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14608" PostId="8734" Score="0" Text="That combined with the fact that his post history focuses heavily on Boost and TensorFlow leads me to believe that his workload shouldn't be regularly fetching from system memory. To be honest, I'm not an expert in this field, but it seems like your use case is fairly different from OPs. I tried pulling up the page on your profile to poke around some more and better understand it, but it's 404ing unfortunately." CreationDate="2018-01-12T12:54:04.910" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14609" PostId="8734" Score="0" Text="The workload will be a deep-learning based one. So there should not be a huge amount of I/O, being it limited to the input/output layers. However, periodically I may have to swap the NN stored on the GPU memory with another one stored in main memory (network partitioning)." CreationDate="2018-01-12T13:23:23.300" UserId="1776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14610" PostId="8734" Score="1" Text="@Pietro In that case an eGPU solution is probably fine. That said, given what you're doing, it's likely that the GPU will be a massive portion of the cost of the build (especially if you opt for a Quadro or other high-memory card), and just throwing it on a cheap platform may work out better than trying to lug around a GPU and enclosure all the time." CreationDate="2018-01-12T13:51:10.930" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14611" PostId="8741" Score="0" Text="What laptop do you have? How does the USB-C port not work?" CreationDate="2018-01-12T16:41:04.663" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14612" PostId="8741" Score="0" Text="Also, do you have a docking station?" CreationDate="2018-01-12T17:10:01.813" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14614" PostId="8741" Score="0" Text="I don't have a docking station, don't want one, I just want the hdmi connection. The USB Type C apparently doesn't take in video on my model (ASUS Tech Support told me that this morning) so I'm going with the next best item" CreationDate="2018-01-12T21:23:47.320" UserId="7737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14615" PostId="8741" Score="0" Text="updated question with my laptop model" CreationDate="2018-01-12T21:28:05.370" UserId="7737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14616" PostId="8705" Score="0" Text="Sorry about taking so long to get back to this, I swear I'm working on an answer! Having a little trouble deciding how I want to approach this." CreationDate="2018-01-13T04:38:38.510" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14617" PostId="8741" Score="1" Text="Asus support is correct in that your USB-C port can't use an eGPU (only Thunderbolt 3 ports can do that), but mislead you in that it can *output* a video signal just fine. [Here's one such cable.](https://www.amazon.com/uni-Thunderbolt-Compatible-Pixelbook-More-Space/dp/B075V5JK36/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1515882286&amp;sr=1-5&amp;keywords=usb+c+to+hdmi)" CreationDate="2018-01-13T22:25:02.810" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14618" PostId="8742" Score="0" Text="Here is the Crucial memory finder http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/memory which can help you find Crucial memory for your Ideapad. This is where I landed, http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Lenovo/ideapad-500 so take a look.  Probably the best path would be to purchase a two stick memory upgrade so that both sticks are the same manufacturer and type and the same size. So purchase a kit of 2 of the 4GB RAM sticks." CreationDate="2018-01-13T23:43:14.597" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14619" PostId="8743" Score="0" Text="So, what are your requirements like in terms of battery life, weight, connectivity (WiFi, BT, USB), etc? Any nice to have features that you want? I assume you're looking for US shipping, and your budget is less than 400 USD?" CreationDate="2018-01-14T12:57:05.030" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14620" PostId="8743" Score="0" Text="I edited the question adding some hardware specifications. A nice to have feature would be a stylus supported by Photoshop/Illustrator" CreationDate="2018-01-14T14:56:21.380" UserId="5134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14621" PostId="8742" Score="1" Text="One question, are you wanting to have a total of 8GB of RAM or are you wanting to add an additional 8GB of RAM? I assume with your current 6GB of RAM you have two RAM sticks installed, a 2GB stick and a 4GB stick. Is that true?" CreationDate="2018-01-14T15:14:13.687" UserId="7125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14622" PostId="8744" Score="0" Text="Inline software volume control buttons, or an actual hardware knob? Also, iPhone 6 and **later** seems to imply Lightning connector; is that what you want, or do you want a standard headphone jack?" CreationDate="2018-01-14T22:09:41.973" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14623" PostId="8742" Score="0" Text="@RichardChambers That's what I'd think usually, but it's very usual to run sticks that don't match in dual channel." CreationDate="2018-01-14T23:08:40.127" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14624" PostId="8744" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Id like a pair of earrings with physical volume control buttons on them that work with iPhone 6 or later. This is because some earphones seem to only work with certain iPhone generations and not others" CreationDate="2018-01-14T23:57:48.567" UserId="7748" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14625" PostId="8744" Score="0" Text="Gotcha. Do you want ones that use the Lighting connector or the standard 3.5mm headphone jack?" CreationDate="2018-01-15T00:24:54.123" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14626" PostId="8743" Score="0" Text="The light Photoshop/Illustrator seems to imply you'll need an x86 based computer, unless you're fine using the rather handicapped mobile apps. Is that correct?" CreationDate="2018-01-15T00:27:19.700" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14627" PostId="7923" Score="0" Text="Still looking? I'm also curious how firm you are on Cherry switches vs. something like Kailh, Gateron, or Greetech." CreationDate="2018-01-15T00:30:33.307" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14628" PostId="8744" Score="0" Text="Probably the one that uses the 3.5mm jack. I presume that's what most iPhones have?" CreationDate="2018-01-15T01:48:37.027" UserId="7748" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14629" PostId="8744" Score="0" Text="The iPhone 7 and later don't have a headphone jack." CreationDate="2018-01-15T01:56:10.200" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14630" PostId="7094" Score="1" Text="The important thing here is that cheap adapters use the passive [DisplayPort++](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Dual-mode) which only supports single link, while expensive adapters are active." CreationDate="2018-01-15T05:23:50.320" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14631" PostId="8737" Score="0" Text="I've found out the hard way that the Tinker Board has pretty limited support, while the Orange Pi has comparable models with some hardware advantages and much broader support. I might give the OPi a shot if the Tinker Board doesn't do what I need. Thanks for the suggestions!" CreationDate="2018-01-15T13:09:34.057" UserId="975" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14632" PostId="8741" Score="0" Text="Thanks for informing me that @JMY1000 I'll give that cable a try and see if it works." CreationDate="2018-01-15T15:51:48.823" UserId="7737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14633" PostId="7094" Score="0" Text="While this is probably one of the few available choices the website says &quot;1920 x 1080 @ 120 Hz&quot; is the max @120hz, and does seem to support 144hz as the OP wants." CreationDate="2018-01-15T18:05:56.747" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14634" PostId="8746" Score="0" Text="I'm a little confused as to what your client + server idea is. Are you saying that you want all traffic on a certain network to pass through a VPN? If so, why would the client have to connect to the server? Why would it matter what the client is?" CreationDate="2018-01-15T20:30:28.340" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14635" PostId="8746" Score="0" Text="For &quot;The server must be a device purchased and specially designed for this purpose without any firmware modification.&quot;, why? Does this include simply loading an OS (no firmware changes)? What about building your own box? What are you size/budget limitations?" CreationDate="2018-01-15T20:31:27.693" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14636" PostId="8534" Score="0" Text="Still looking for suggestions?" CreationDate="2018-01-15T23:25:06.660" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14637" PostId="8374" Score="0" Text="Forget RAID at least for speed.  Get a M.2 SSD and you can easily get 2000mb/s.  Pay a bit extra and get 3000 maybe even 3500." CreationDate="2018-01-16T01:46:12.007" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14638" PostId="8667" Score="0" Text="I'll have to put more time into this later, but the HP x2 210 G2 comes to mind." CreationDate="2018-01-16T08:36:22.983" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14639" PostId="8692" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much for this detailed list. In the end I changed my mind and followed Yisroel suggestions." CreationDate="2018-01-16T08:55:40.810" UserId="106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14640" PostId="8692" Score="1" Text="@wil Fair enough, though keep in mind you're making some serious speed and and cost compromises." CreationDate="2018-01-16T08:57:26.770" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14641" PostId="8683" Score="0" Text="Thank you. I realized 5TB would be enough for my needs, so I got the Seagate Barracuda HDD you suggested. It was not easy to find a barebone/mini-PC that can store an HDD of this width (15mm) though. I however found this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0742V3Q79 (Shuttle XPC Nano NC03U)." CreationDate="2018-01-16T08:58:27.490" UserId="106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14642" PostId="8743" Score="0" Text="Why that? An Intel I-series or a M-series x64 processor should be able to run Adobe suite quite smoothly." CreationDate="2018-01-16T09:01:36.753" UserId="5134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14645" PostId="7078" Score="1" Text="Still looking? If so, I might just recommend a separate capture card, or [this](https://embeddedmicro.com/products/hdmi-shield.html) if you're willing to go through the time and effort to program it. You could also try the [PiCapture HD1](https://lintestsystems.com/products/picapture-hd1) hat. If that doesn't work, you could also try asking on https://arduino.stackexchange.com/ and https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com" CreationDate="2018-01-16T09:45:40.270" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14646" PostId="7923" Score="0" Text="Yes, indeed. Actually, I don't have any experiences with switches other than Cherry. However, I am not emotionally bound to them if others have similar characteristics and quality." CreationDate="2018-01-16T12:51:55.457" UserId="6806" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14648" PostId="8241" Score="1" Text="To be extra clear: [Ryzen isn't validated for ECC support on consumer chipsets and, as a result, AMD doesn't officially support it.](http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/75030-ecc-memory-amds-ryzen-deep-dive.html) ECC support is however enabled, and certain motherboard manufactures do validate ECC memory." CreationDate="2018-01-16T21:34:13.647" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14649" PostId="8683" Score="0" Text="Also as an aside... Look at this combo for two 3.5&quot; drives, this is what small means... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX3AMp0W3cA. The ODROID-XU4Q with the  CloudShell2 NAS Kit" CreationDate="2018-01-17T05:09:11.873" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14650" PostId="7268" Score="0" Text="Some cameras can upload to Facebook if they have Wi-Fi, is it acceptable? Or do you really need the camera to use a SIM card?" CreationDate="2018-01-17T07:25:11.113" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14651" PostId="7268" Score="0" Text="Yes that is a good idea for extending my search term" CreationDate="2018-01-17T07:26:11.397" UserId="5442" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14652" PostId="8751" Score="0" Text="That $400 budget is very, very tight for doing anything outside at night. If you're willing to give that up, I think you'll find it much easier to find a camera that works for you." CreationDate="2018-01-17T09:22:20.313" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14654" PostId="8751" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000: 10 years ago I had a small 100 USD digital point-and-shoot whose exposure time I would set to like 10 seconds, and it gave OK (even though grainy/noisy) results with low lighting. Actually my night shots usually have quite a lot of light in them, example: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roppongi_Hills_North_Tower.jpg" CreationDate="2018-01-17T10:21:55.097" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14656" PostId="8751" Score="0" Text="If those extremely long exposure times are fine, then sure." CreationDate="2018-01-17T18:22:41.620" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14657" PostId="1897" Score="0" Text="Real life is like a 24&quot; 8k monitor, actually an infinity-k monitor, so that must really strain your eye ;)  (Unless, of course, you have special glasses that pixelate your world.)" CreationDate="2018-01-17T19:31:25.407" UserId="7762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14658" PostId="1897" Score="0" Text="I use daily a 13&quot; 4k display on my Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro laptop and appreciate the pixels.  (Granted, I have it flipped backward so it is closer to me.)  I don't understand why they don't make smaller 15&quot;-17&quot; 4K monitors, as I want to have an array of them and not have them take up too much space.  Also, now we have cell phones that are higher than FHD." CreationDate="2018-01-17T19:35:22.003" UserId="7762" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14659" PostId="8748" Score="1" Text="wow, txs.  that's going to take me a while to digest.  I'll have to see what's around both in new and used components, but it's a good place to start." CreationDate="2018-01-17T22:59:32.290" UserId="7701" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14660" PostId="8752" Score="0" Text="how about 1. receive fax 2. save a copy internally 3. process OCR etc 4. use saved copy and dial out to send the original fax to the other fax machine." CreationDate="2018-01-18T03:51:35.263" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14661" PostId="8752" Score="0" Text="Should work but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do it this way legally." CreationDate="2018-01-18T08:53:36.450" UserId="3683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14663" PostId="8752" Score="0" Text="Probably not an option, but can you post the legal limitations?" CreationDate="2018-01-18T09:25:38.393" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14664" PostId="8753" Score="0" Text="How is the accelerometer attached? The Beetle, BLE Nano, and Pi Zero come to mind, but they may not have the I/O you want." CreationDate="2018-01-18T09:27:37.327" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14665" PostId="8753" Score="0" Text="I2c most probably. Here tou have an example: https://learn.adafruit.com/flora-accelerometer/wiring-with-conductive-thread" CreationDate="2018-01-18T09:29:18.347" UserDisplayName="user7263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14666" PostId="8755" Score="0" Text="It would be possible to use it as a portable project with his own baterry and lasts for weeks?" CreationDate="2018-01-18T09:45:31.693" UserDisplayName="user7263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14667" PostId="8755" Score="0" Text="@Lechucico Depends on the power draw of the accelerometer, but the board itself on a fairly generous 20000 mAh battery bank should do just about a week." CreationDate="2018-01-18T09:49:12.650" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14668" PostId="8755" Score="0" Text="Do you know more devices for portable solutions?" CreationDate="2018-01-18T09:59:11.860" UserDisplayName="user7263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14669" PostId="8755" Score="0" Text="Besides the other two I listed, it seems to pretty much be breakout boards. There's fatter boards for sure, but that seems in conflict with your goals." CreationDate="2018-01-18T10:03:27.367" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14671" PostId="8752" Score="0" Text="The original is in german but it means more or less &quot;No server or software solution, only a analog or digital fax is acceptable&quot;" CreationDate="2018-01-18T11:39:17.657" UserId="3683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14672" PostId="8758" Score="0" Text="You can't actually do this directly; USB doesn't have this splitting capability. You'll need to find a workaround." CreationDate="2018-01-18T20:17:36.610" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14674" PostId="8758" Score="0" Text="Can you explain the hardware that you currently have please? I understand that you can't modify the central desktop, but what is the other device that will be listening to the signal? Is it another computer? Can we modify that in any way? What can you tell us about the microphone? I am assuming it has a USB connector, and as JMY1000 said, you can't split USB devices." CreationDate="2018-01-18T22:08:15.927" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14677" PostId="8759" Score="0" Text="What OS should this support? Which device do you already have (so we do not recommend that one that doesn't work for you)? Do you have a budget for this?" CreationDate="2018-01-19T15:26:17.280" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14678" PostId="8758" Score="0" Text="I was thinking of adding a second computer.  I am not a hardware guy -  but why can't we split USB - is there a two way communication protocol underneath? As alternative there may be a need for headset with two microphone mounts..." CreationDate="2018-01-19T16:55:06.213" UserId="7768" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14679" PostId="8759" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Edited the post!" CreationDate="2018-01-19T17:36:45.053" UserId="7771" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14680" PostId="8753" Score="0" Text="[Related - your previous question](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8424/device-with-ble-wi-fi-accelerometers-and-battery)" CreationDate="2018-01-19T18:18:27.947" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14684" PostId="8757" Score="0" Text="Ubiquiti's Access Points (APs) which essentially provide access to a wired network with wifi have an _excellent_ reputation when it comes to signal strength (of course they are a bit pricey, but probably cheaper than the orbi)." CreationDate="2018-01-19T19:30:59.180" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14686" PostId="8757" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM thanks for the advice! I googled Ubiquity products. It looks like APs use PoE technology and also lack of Ethernet ports which is not suitable in my situation (I can use it neither as gateway to my network nor as AP). Is there any solutions for APs to do &quot;conversations&quot; with router in a wireless way? (That's what Orbi is able to offer) It would be even better to have seamless connection between router AP and repeater AP. Or just wifi router (to make it network gateway) with Ubiquity's quality and a bit more ports." CreationDate="2018-01-19T21:05:02.190" UserId="7766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14687" PostId="8757" Score="0" Text="I had a look and it appears that if you have two Ubiquiti APs, you _can_ set one up as a repeater of the other and just feed power to it (this is called &quot;Wireless Uplink&quot; in Ubiquiti-Marketing-Language). If you search for something like &quot;ubquiti ap repeater&quot; you should find a description. As for the power supply, if you look around on your favourite shopping plattform there should be &quot;poe injector&quot;s which convert wall power to PoE for the repeating AP." CreationDate="2018-01-19T21:46:57.087" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14688" PostId="8757" Score="0" Text="@SEJPM Yes, I found it. But the remaining problem with ports shortfall. So it looks like I need switch and/or gateway (UniFi Security Gateway, USG) before the first AP. I saw Pro version of Ubiquity AC AP, it has only 1 WAN, 1 LAN and 1 USB port. This might be really close to what I need." CreationDate="2018-01-19T22:49:27.183" UserId="7766" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14690" PostId="8404" Score="0" Text="Still looking? It might be possible to get an external drive and shuck it for cost savings." CreationDate="2018-01-19T23:52:55.060" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14691" PostId="8741" Score="0" Text="I bought that one and it didn't work, I still get a black screen when connected, thinking an external adapter will be my only hope" CreationDate="2018-01-20T01:19:51.870" UserId="7737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14692" PostId="8404" Score="0" Text="You won't find new 3TB HDD for less than 60-63 GBP. Toshiba DT01ACA300 is good bet." CreationDate="2018-01-20T15:34:47.783" UserId="7777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14693" PostId="8746" Score="0" Text="Maybe I'm wrong but what I want is to secure all my HTTP traffic with the constraint of not renting services to a third company/website. So any device must be physically at my home. I need something very simple (as much as possible). My budget limitation for this is 500 euros" CreationDate="2018-01-20T16:23:47.657" UserId="7753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14694" PostId="8746" Score="0" Text="Okay I think I see: you want a server that you own to be somewhere else, and then you tunnel all your traffic through that server?" CreationDate="2018-01-20T17:56:32.577" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14695" PostId="8746" Score="0" Text="yes this is exactly what i want ..." CreationDate="2018-01-21T11:20:21.930" UserId="7753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14696" PostId="8746" Score="0" Text="[Take a look at sshuttle](https://superuser.com/questions/62303/how-can-i-tunnel-all-of-my-network-traffic-through-ssh)" CreationDate="2018-01-21T23:12:00.673" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14698" PostId="7923" Score="0" Text="Not my actual recommendation since it doesn't transfer well, but the [Cooler Master MasterKeys L PBT](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071LPMSMS/ref=pe_1861300_268965150_em_1p_0_im) with MX Blues is on sale for $61.07" CreationDate="2018-01-21T23:38:31.630" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14706" PostId="8771" Score="0" Text="Although the form factor is five inch." CreationDate="2018-01-24T02:08:59.667" UserId="7794" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14707" PostId="8405" Score="0" Text="How about avery labels on 8.5&quot; by 11 sheets and then using the avery template in MS office or libreoffice?  Laser printers last a long time, hp laserjet 4000,4050,4100,4200,4250 have all lasted 10+ years.  Even modern M600,601,604, and etc run more than that in a month." CreationDate="2018-01-24T03:03:41.433" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14708" PostId="8771" Score="0" Text="That looks perfect... but I can not find an actual (source) download and a single binary download is not enough to base a decision to buy something on - (where) do I get updates, does it even work, etc. I don't think this counts as &quot;supported by current LineageOS&quot; unless you can add a link to a source repo." CreationDate="2018-01-24T08:41:30.250" UserId="4136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14713" PostId="8777" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much for the list of pros and cons. I heard also that there are some new hand controllers in development for the HTC Vive which shall be more comfortable to use. The name of them are &quot;Knuckles&quot;. I heard also that Vive allows to use more addons than the Rift (Only read that over some blogs and forum). I've a better view of point of the VR Headsets by that I will probably wait for the Vive Pro to be released." CreationDate="2018-01-26T07:26:22.267" UserId="7804" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14714" PostId="8777" Score="0" Text="Yeah, the Knuckle controllers seem very promising but in true Valve fashion very little is known about their release date or pricing." CreationDate="2018-01-26T16:14:58.780" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14715" PostId="8775" Score="0" Text="It depends entirely on what you're planning on doing.  The Vive is room-scale VR: if you want to move around in a roughly room-sized virtual environment, it's the only option.  The Rift and others are desk-scale VR." CreationDate="2018-01-27T01:14:03.003" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14716" PostId="8777" Score="0" Text="Is the Vive's room size based on experience?  The website only lists a room size of 5m x 5m." CreationDate="2018-01-27T01:21:39.483" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14717" PostId="8777" Score="0" Text="Yes the Vive states it's support pretty conservatively. I've personally set minute up around 7x8m without a single hitch in tracking. At that kind of range you just need to be careful of reflective surfaces in the area as they will have a more pronounced distortive effect on tracking." CreationDate="2018-01-27T01:23:53.550" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14718" PostId="8779" Score="0" Text="The key is a simple sticker why not remove it yourself, and use cleaner or rubbing alcohol to remove the sticky? Erasing the hard drive with gparted or similar, take a couple minutes at most.  Why go through all the effort to find that 1 in a million laptop, if it even exists, when at least these 2 parts of your requirements are so easy for you to do manually?  How about buying whatever, and paying a local computer store or even a smart friend say $50  to do it for you?" CreationDate="2018-01-27T03:51:04.427" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14719" PostId="8779" Score="0" Text="how about? &quot;Buy it with no hard drive.  Then goto any vendor buy a hard drive or ssd and it won't come with an OS on it.&quot;  Or buy it &quot;as-is&quot; it then buy another hard drive or ssd separately, install that, and hide, burn, sell, or whatever the hard drive that came with it?" CreationDate="2018-01-27T03:54:28.490" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14720" PostId="8779" Score="0" Text="I'm with cybernard on this one. What's wrong with preinstalled Windows?" CreationDate="2018-01-27T19:08:11.807" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14729" PostId="3860" Score="0" Text="According to Gurobi, GPUs are as per Gurobi 6.0 (a bit dated) not particularly well suited to solvers like Gurobi ad similar: &quot;Currently, GPUs are not well-suited for solvers like Gurobi&#xA;◦ For LP, sparse linear algebra does not parallelize to hundreds of GPUs&#xA;◦ For MIP, each tree node requires very different calculations, but GPU SIMD&#xA;computations are designed for identical calculations on different data , please see: http://www.gurobi.com/pdfs/webinar-parallel-and-distributed-optimization-english.pdf" CreationDate="2018-01-29T08:35:02.493" UserId="7824" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14730" PostId="133" Score="0" Text="may i ask why not  online ? Google Cloud Storage costs  about 0.7 cents per GB/month . You don't get  even close to this price with hardware solution. And IMHO you can consider google as reliable company" CreationDate="2018-01-29T10:23:49.327" UserId="7817" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14731" PostId="8785" Score="0" Text="I am assuming you also want the VESA mounts on the monitor? Do you care about the display technology (TN, IPS, etc)? Anything else to help narrow down a selection?" CreationDate="2018-01-29T16:51:47.773" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14732" PostId="8785" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Anything which offers good picture quality would work fine. I am not looking for any gaming monitor, Mostly I will be reading PDFs, browsing the web and doing some programming." CreationDate="2018-01-29T17:10:11.313" UserId="269" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14733" PostId="8785" Score="0" Text="As far as I can tell, no one makes a monitor that small with HDMI. Would DVI be fine? You can buy cheap passive converters for a few dollars." CreationDate="2018-01-30T01:58:45.047" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14734" PostId="8786" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? What's your use case?" CreationDate="2018-01-30T01:59:47.717" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14735" PostId="8786" Score="0" Text="Would you be fine with an aftermarket VESA mount? They're often nicer than the stock ones." CreationDate="2018-01-30T02:00:43.647" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14736" PostId="8786" Score="0" Text="Would painting it yourself be an option? There are very, very few monitors that aren't black." CreationDate="2018-01-30T02:01:19.733" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14737" PostId="8786" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 addressed all of your questions in the post. Thanks for your input! :)" CreationDate="2018-01-30T06:44:34.207" UserId="5758" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14738" PostId="8785" Score="0" Text="How about Benq GW2270HM" CreationDate="2018-01-30T08:54:23.890" UserId="269" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14739" PostId="8789" Score="1" Text="This might fall into the DIY category, rather than hardware recommendations, but consider that the image you provide is likely created by light traveling through a liquid. One would use water, mineral oil, vegetable oil, just about any transparent fluid. Modifying an existing device to send the illumination through the medium might be challenging, but that's the fun of DIY." CreationDate="2018-01-31T01:54:08.740" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14740" PostId="8789" Score="0" Text="@fred_dot_u , But it seems that DIY is not for shopping recommendations" CreationDate="2018-01-31T07:56:26.560" UserId="2010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14741" PostId="8789" Score="0" Text="Then you'll have to be more specific with your requirements." CreationDate="2018-01-31T17:13:52.623" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14747" PostId="8799" Score="0" Text="Interesting; the DPI is 2/3 that of the laptop, but you say it looks blurry. Are you sure you have everything properly configured?" CreationDate="2018-02-02T02:53:43.637" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14748" PostId="8799" Score="0" Text="Also, could you give us some more information as to what you're looking for? How big? Target resolution/DPI? Use case?" CreationDate="2018-02-02T02:54:28.610" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14749" PostId="8798" Score="0" Text="How far are you trying to send this signal? Do you already have the cable laid? In any case I'd argue the normal use case (since it's an extender, as though you just moved your port) is male to female, but ignoring that, what's wrong with just another male to male bit? Signal degradation isn't an issue since it'll be a short run well within spec and it's a digital connection, and quite frankly, I wouldn't worry about another point of failure; it's a USB cable for goodness sake." CreationDate="2018-02-02T02:59:11.187" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14753" PostId="8798" Score="0" Text="If you can you give us your use case and a few requirements, we might be able to help you look for the product you want." CreationDate="2018-02-02T16:36:13.460" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14754" PostId="8799" Score="0" Text="Are you sure you have the resolution set properly on thr extern monitor? The &quot;blurriness&quot; might come from not using the native resolution of the monitor." CreationDate="2018-02-02T16:39:47.397" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14756" PostId="8799" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 everything's properly configured. I'm looking for something not bigger than 24&quot;, don't care about DPI/resolution as long as it looks as crisp as my laptop, and use case: productivity and work (no games, no videos, etc.)" CreationDate="2018-02-02T16:57:05.753" UserId="7837" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14757" PostId="8799" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo yes I'm sure - the monitor looks as it should be looking. It's the (very) crisp display of the laptop next to it that's making it look ugly." CreationDate="2018-02-02T16:57:38.383" UserId="7837" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14758" PostId="8798" Score="0" Text="I updated it the question with the use case.  It's nothing tricky, I just wondered if someone could shed light on why male-to-male extenders aren't the norm, since in nearly every case you are almost always dealing with female terminated equipment.  Or maybe they do exist but I just don't know what the proper search term is.   Hmm, now I am thinking I should have tried &quot;usb to cat5 converters&quot; or something.  I'll do that now." CreationDate="2018-02-02T17:43:20.583" UserId="7835" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14760" PostId="8798" Score="1" Text="As for the second cable: much of the time that cable/whatever will already be embedded into the thing you're plugging in. Think of a (cheap) keyboard or mouse or USB hub or whatever: having a port on the other end is just more flexible." CreationDate="2018-02-02T21:21:17.630" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14762" PostId="8804" Score="0" Text="Why ESP32 in particular?" CreationDate="2018-02-03T07:11:20.610" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14764" PostId="8804" Score="0" Text="As far as I know that is the most common &quot;all-in-one&quot; board around.&#xA;And I am familier with Arduino IDE." CreationDate="2018-02-03T18:18:12.300" UserId="7836" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14765" PostId="8347" Score="0" Text="OpenWrt can do prefix delegation, since Barrier Breaker. Not to mention almost everything else on the list, like DNS,  464XLAT and separate VLANs for each Ethernet port. But it's _firmware_ that runs on a variety of routers, not all of which will meet your 1Gbps wire speed requirement. In particular, very few will NAT or firewall at that speed." CreationDate="2018-02-04T02:00:12.550" UserId="746" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14766" PostId="8347" Score="0" Text="@MichaelHampton Neither the 1Gbps nor the NAT capability are hard requirements. If it can do both separately but cannot do NAT at 1Gbps it would still be a very nice answer. NAT at 1Gbps is not something I expect to see. As for firewall what I'd really like to see is that it can do stateless firewalling of TCP (for performance and scalability) and stateful firewalling of everything else. But that sort of requirement felt too specific to include in my question." CreationDate="2018-02-04T12:06:03.197" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14767" PostId="8810" Score="0" Text="Thanks i Will wait more before i accept the answer" CreationDate="2018-02-04T23:51:27.463" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14768" PostId="8810" Score="0" Text="I Just get a little feel it waste because it is Intel core i7 CPU but it can't get to play a game that Intel core i3 can play smoothly with some cheap CPU like astroneer" CreationDate="2018-02-04T23:54:27.670" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14769" PostId="8810" Score="0" Text="@AlphaBetA You could always sell it and buy something else, or just remove the CPU and put it in a normal desktop motherboard. Neither are perfect solutions." CreationDate="2018-02-05T05:37:44.163" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14770" PostId="8812" Score="0" Text="Hot damn that's some fancy hardware! By VMware you mean ESXi, yes? What's the intended use for the clients?" CreationDate="2018-02-05T10:25:53.447" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14771" PostId="8811" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! We try to refrain from posting link-centric answers, as they decrease legibility and are susceptible to link rot. Could you add a quick summary of the available phones to the body of your answer?" CreationDate="2018-02-05T10:27:33.517" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14772" PostId="8810" Score="0" Text="Thank you I will accept your answer" CreationDate="2018-02-05T15:46:48.650" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14773" PostId="8810" Score="0" Text="Also i don't want to sell it but how to remove the CPU and put it in another motherboard while it still get in the computer case ? Because the  screen is very big and it will be very cool to play game in the   screen big like that" CreationDate="2018-02-05T15:49:29.750" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14774" PostId="8810" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately AFAIK there's no way to easily keep using the display. Tough spot :/" CreationDate="2018-02-05T16:26:51.890" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14775" PostId="8810" Score="0" Text="So sad I don't want to sell it I'm crying right now " CreationDate="2018-02-05T20:00:36.343" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14781" PostId="8812" Score="0" Text="This depends on what software you will be running and your use cases. Can you [edit] your question to add a few details about how these machines will be used? Things like software, OS, and anything else you can add that might make a difference in our recommendations." CreationDate="2018-02-06T22:00:22.180" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14785" PostId="195" Score="0" Text="Regarding gaming performance: Even GTA V runs with the 2000M (tested @W520 series). Not at high FPS but it is playable." CreationDate="2018-02-07T10:29:05.287" UserId="6806" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14798" PostId="8821" Score="1" Text="I am thinking that this should be asked on [Software Recs](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/) as the phone itself doesn't control that; the OS does. Any phone that has an SD card slot running that OS will work, as long as that OS supports the phone." CreationDate="2018-02-08T15:38:26.570" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14802" PostId="4195" Score="0" Text="iBeacons also aren't what you want anyways; they're designed to have a static transmitter SCREAMING that it's around, while devices can just sort of listen in." CreationDate="2018-02-08T21:37:00.743" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14803" PostId="4195" Score="0" Text="Is hardware authentication required, or would a software solution and a general purpose transmitter be fine?" CreationDate="2018-02-08T21:37:19.457" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14804" PostId="8822" Score="0" Text="Bit off topic, but I just wanted to let you know that the link to Tixys on your profile seems to be dead." CreationDate="2018-02-08T21:39:09.370" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14805" PostId="8821" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley can you help me migrate this to there? Thanks" CreationDate="2018-02-09T02:32:42.793" UserId="7868" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14808" PostId="8821" Score="0" Text="@Ooker Sure, lemme talk to the mods to see if it's on-topic for them, and I'll get back to you." CreationDate="2018-02-09T03:44:28.043" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14809" PostId="8822" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000: Thanks for the notice, but I just tried the links on my SE/SO/Network profiles, and they seem to be ok. Do you remember an error message? Or did the request time out? Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-02-09T10:30:02.497" UserId="4922" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14810" PostId="8822" Score="0" Text="Seems to be good now! It wasn't able to resolve the domain name." CreationDate="2018-02-09T11:04:06.633" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14811" PostId="8822" Score="0" Text="Thanks! Maybe some network hiccup at my hosting ISP." CreationDate="2018-02-09T11:04:56.610" UserId="4922" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14820" PostId="8826" Score="0" Text="&quot;heterogeneous physics computations&quot; Can you be more specific? What application? Are you programming GPU yourself?" CreationDate="2018-02-09T22:51:30.540" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14821" PostId="8826" Score="0" Text="Also fair warning: Vega GPU prices are *super* inflated right now thanks to mining." CreationDate="2018-02-09T22:51:47.527" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14824" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="What does &quot;Fast 3D rendering&quot; constitute? What programs are they using? What's the size of their models? What's their budget?" CreationDate="2018-02-11T07:36:48.807" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14825" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 buget is about $200. Mostly will be using 3dsMax. Fast rendering means that there should not be any lag while working and moving objects on screen." CreationDate="2018-02-11T15:37:51.177" UserId="7880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14826" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="...$200 or $2000? How many polys is he working with? What constitutes &quot;working and moving objects&quot;–just manipulating wireframes, or dealing with complicated materials and physics? Render times?" CreationDate="2018-02-11T23:02:16.040" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14827" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="the budget is ~$200. The main job is to render out 3d building elevations. The rendering process can take longer but the working and manipulating should be smooth. There is nothing too complex as an architect he needs to create 3d elevation images." CreationDate="2018-02-12T01:47:32.923" UserId="7880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14829" PostId="8834" Score="0" Text="Is Price an issue, or 20K is also fine? If not say your max price range." CreationDate="2018-02-12T02:25:24.737" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14830" PostId="8826" Score="0" Text="I am using OpenCL for solving problems of fluid mechanics, heat equations,... (PDEs in one word), N-body simulations, rendering using path tracing on GPU." CreationDate="2018-02-12T02:29:19.883" UserId="7872" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14831" PostId="8834" Score="0" Text="@YisroelTech up to around 3kUSD" CreationDate="2018-02-12T02:44:11.120" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14832" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="The build you made isn't a $200 build, not even close–even very roughly, that build it at least $600. If you want to do something reasonable at that price point, you're going to need to go with used components. I still would like to know how many polys they're working with roughly." CreationDate="2018-02-12T05:24:20.977" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14834" PostId="8826" Score="0" Text="What applications are you using? Are you writing this yourself?" CreationDate="2018-02-12T05:26:24.510" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14835" PostId="8835" Score="0" Text="Thanks. &quot;there is no reason why you would not be able to install Windows 7 on it. &quot; I am afraid that some component may not have any Windows 7 compatible driver. The ability to run on Windows 7 is the most difficult requirement to satisfy, as the information is difficult to find :(" CreationDate="2018-02-12T06:50:55.273" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14836" PostId="8835" Score="0" Text="@FranckDernoncourt I highly doubt that should be a real concern. The GPU and CPU work, and that's the main, all it others you can really play around with the drivers and get to work." CreationDate="2018-02-12T10:41:22.143" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14837" PostId="8832" Score="1" Text="Welcome to Hardware recs! Can you add a few more details about the products to your answer please. The OP is interested in the weight, battery life, and software compatibility, which I not see mentioned in your answer. Can you please [edit] your answer to include this information?" CreationDate="2018-02-12T15:40:11.220" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14838" PostId="8836" Score="0" Text="Are you using SMB to share? What's your budget? Do you care about expandability? Power consumption?" CreationDate="2018-02-12T17:45:19.333" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14839" PostId="8479" Score="0" Text="So I have bought the _Samsung 850 Pro_ SSD and it's working good. It's probably the best SSD that my hardware supports (I don't have the M.2 interface). Thank you for your help!" CreationDate="2018-02-12T17:55:19.380" UserId="7440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14840" PostId="8837" Score="1" Text="Just have to find one that comes with a half-size bracket.  If all your looking for is size, there are plenty out there.  Otherwise you need to give some more detail on what you are looking for." CreationDate="2018-02-12T19:48:15.160" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14841" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="I mean the budget $200 was for graphics card only. I have rest of the components figured out. Need a ~$200 graphics card that will make lag-less editing of 3d architecture models." CreationDate="2018-02-13T04:05:32.357" UserId="7880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14842" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="I think with some rebalancing you might be better served by a different computer altogether. What's your total budget? Also, I still need to know the size of the models being worked with here–how many polys, material types, etc." CreationDate="2018-02-13T04:10:45.797" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14843" PostId="8832" Score="0" Text="Adding relevant information from the comparison would be good too; we try to refrain from link-centric answers, as they hurt legibility and are susceptible to link rot." CreationDate="2018-02-13T04:12:46.273" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14844" PostId="8836" Score="0" Text="Budget = 1000 Euros, 4TB is enough, don't care about power consumption" CreationDate="2018-02-13T09:12:15.847" UserId="2224" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14845" PostId="8836" Score="0" Text="Upgradability? Is used hardware okay?" CreationDate="2018-02-13T09:12:52.403" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14846" PostId="8836" Score="0" Text="I don't know what is `SMB` so I don't think I am using it! Yes, the current hardware configuration is ok." CreationDate="2018-02-13T09:13:45.227" UserId="2224" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14847" PostId="8836" Score="0" Text="By used I mean pre-owned (specifically older servers.) SMB is probably the most common file sharing protocol (especially on Windows.) If you don't know, you're probably using that or FTP." CreationDate="2018-02-13T09:17:31.177" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14848" PostId="8836" Score="0" Text="If i remember well, I had done right click -&gt; Properties -&gt;Sharing  on the folder." CreationDate="2018-02-13T09:26:37.933" UserId="2224" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14849" PostId="8836" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/73070/discussion-between-jmy1000-and-yaylitzis)." CreationDate="2018-02-13T09:52:34.223" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14850" PostId="8826" Score="0" Text="I am writing it myself" CreationDate="2018-02-13T12:18:52.477" UserId="7872" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14851" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="Somewhere, with the likes of 100+ objects. Total budget is ~600 dollars" CreationDate="2018-02-13T15:50:21.020" UserId="7880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14852" PostId="8826" Score="1" Text="Why two GPUs? Are the calculations really that intensive? What is your budget?" CreationDate="2018-02-13T16:44:55.733" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14861" PostId="429" Score="0" Text="The G105 also isn't mechanical, while the G710+ is." CreationDate="2018-02-14T20:19:01.710" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14862" PostId="682" Score="0" Text="Still looking? If so, would 27&quot; be fine?" CreationDate="2018-02-14T20:22:16.327" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14870" PostId="8848" Score="0" Text="By Pine Row, do you mean the motherboard out of an HP Pro 3000, or the system as a whole? And what's this about firewall?" CreationDate="2018-02-15T19:03:20.510" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14873" PostId="8845" Score="0" Text="Is it an Xbox One S controller, or an Xbox One controller?" CreationDate="2018-02-15T21:00:32.983" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14874" PostId="8845" Score="0" Text="It's an XBox One Controller.&#xA;I realised, that because of the power problem I won't find a solution like I wanted. I just bought a wireless mouse, a bluetooth adapter and a longer USB cable. Not that convenient, but it will do" CreationDate="2018-02-16T12:13:19.267" UserId="2092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14875" PostId="8845" Score="0" Text="Normal Xbox One controllers don't have Bluetooth support, only the Xbox One S." CreationDate="2018-02-16T21:08:51.003" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14876" PostId="8848" Score="0" Text="the two links are broken. and well, there's only a handful of actual chips you'd find. I'd note though that's a *really* old PC." CreationDate="2018-02-18T13:50:47.373" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14877" PostId="7309" Score="0" Text="Reliability test for hard drives: https://github.com/linuxhw/SMART/blob/master/README.md" CreationDate="2018-02-19T11:53:03.297" UserId="1226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14880" PostId="8864" Score="2" Text="No single consumer router that I know of will handle 120 simultaneous clients without crapping itself. You're looking for an enterprise-grade solution for that." CreationDate="2018-02-19T22:35:47.490" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14882" PostId="8864" Score="0" Text="Take a look at Ubiquiti and Xclaim/Ruckus's stuff." CreationDate="2018-02-19T22:48:54.763" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14884" PostId="8862" Score="0" Text="What for? You're asking for a device that's both not a NAS and is one, which is a bit odd." CreationDate="2018-02-19T22:50:36.043" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14885" PostId="8862" Score="0" Text="Since there are hard disks with both Ethernet and USB, I suppose there should be some with Ethernet and Thunderbolt. It will work as a NAS when Ethernet is used." CreationDate="2018-02-19T23:50:25.260" UserId="1776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14886" PostId="8864" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode I didn't specify that I was looking for consumer grade. But, reading [the spec sheets](https://xclaim.s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs/datasheets/ds-xi-3.pdf) other than the promise to get +80 clients, I don't see any feature that separates them from the rest, which is what I'm kind of looking for with my question." CreationDate="2018-02-20T01:12:51.923" UserId="7883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14887" PostId="8862" Score="0" Text="There are, but it's unusual. What's the use case?" CreationDate="2018-02-20T01:44:35.113" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14888" PostId="8865" Score="0" Text="Why limit yourself to those two options? And why use CPU instead of GPU?" CreationDate="2018-02-20T06:03:56.383" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14889" PostId="8865" Score="0" Text="I do not have much exposure to GPU Computation and GPU Devices. If possible can you suggest me the best GPU for Machine Learning?." CreationDate="2018-02-20T06:21:20.637" UserId="7907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14890" PostId="8862" Score="0" Text="The use case is mainly simulation." CreationDate="2018-02-20T11:19:23.210" UserId="1776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14891" PostId="8777" Score="0" Text="Just FYI anyone reading this again, my post originally stated the Vive's roomscale capabilities were up to 30x30 meters. This was a typo that I corrected to 30x30 feet or about 10x10 meters." CreationDate="2018-02-20T14:11:38.253" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14892" PostId="8862" Score="0" Text="Simulating what?" CreationDate="2018-02-20T21:26:49.970" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14895" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="Would used hardware be okay?" CreationDate="2018-02-21T06:41:23.347" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14904" PostId="8831" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 yes just need compatibility info" CreationDate="2018-02-21T11:27:56.087" UserId="7880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14906" PostId="8869" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, we cannot help with RAID Configurations here. [Super User](https://superuser.com/) might be able to help, but please make sure the check out their [help center](https://superuser.com/help) first." CreationDate="2018-02-21T15:29:09.503" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14907" PostId="8848" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 It's a HP Pro 3000 PC that I need to put a network card in it." CreationDate="2018-02-21T18:07:50.737" UserId="7894" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14908" PostId="8869" Score="0" Text="I see you have edited your question. Great! But now we need to know a few more details. What configurations do you need this to support? What does &quot;lots of space&quot; mean? Same with &quot;small budget&quot;. Can you define these for us? Also, are you going to be purchasing the drives separately, or are you expecting the NAS device to come with them? What are the measurable goals of the device? High speed can mean different things for different people. If you can give us hard numbers, we can reopen this question." CreationDate="2018-02-21T19:00:01.280" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14909" PostId="8872" Score="0" Text="No idea if it's any good, but the SnowLizard SLXtreme looks interesting." CreationDate="2018-02-22T03:40:44.293" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14910" PostId="8872" Score="0" Text="Yes except I believe you have to use wireless headphones." CreationDate="2018-02-22T03:53:36.947" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14911" PostId="8872" Score="0" Text="If you're concerned about that again, you should've just made this an edit to your previous post rather than creating a new one." CreationDate="2018-02-22T03:56:58.467" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14913" PostId="8872" Score="0" Text="There are technically  different.  This doesnt need to be waterproof just shatterproof." CreationDate="2018-02-22T04:01:56.503" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14919" PostId="296" Score="0" Text="I have tried this and most of them are either in black and white or terrible quality.  I have one actually.  Why windows xp support?" CreationDate="2018-02-24T03:39:05.937" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14920" PostId="6896" Score="0" Text="I would like to make note that with iCloud if you want to have just 32GB then you can use the 50GB plan at $0.99/month for 200 months or about 16 years for $200, which is quite a bit." CreationDate="2018-02-24T22:14:17.107" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14930" PostId="8878" Score="0" Text="What criteria does the product need to meet aside from battery life? Do you have a preferred form factor (over-ear, on-ear, inside-ear)? Must it be 10 continuous hours or can it do a quick-charge for some period of time within that time frame? Do you have a maximum price?" CreationDate="2018-02-26T13:51:29.323" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14933" PostId="8878" Score="0" Text="@JaredT price is no object.  I would prefer earbuds do to size but honestly I doubt I can be to picky considering of my strict battery requirement." CreationDate="2018-02-26T14:51:41.353" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14936" PostId="8889" Score="0" Text="The 8 hour batter looks promising." CreationDate="2018-02-26T15:20:41.093" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14940" PostId="8881" Score="1" Text="this is clearly not off topic, asking for hardware recommendations before purchase to achieve a particular goal is exactly what this question is doing." CreationDate="2018-02-26T16:48:58.980" UserId="7326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14942" PostId="8891" Score="0" Text="How are you receiving this video signal?" CreationDate="2018-02-27T06:44:04.190" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14943" PostId="8878" Score="0" Text="You'll have a wider choice if you consider phones that continue to work whilst recharging (not all of them do). Then you could always have a small powerbank to plug in if needed. Note, aim high: there are phones claiming 24 hours of bluetooth, eg JBL E65BTNC." CreationDate="2018-02-27T09:50:04.153" UserId="6950" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14946" PostId="8878" Score="0" Text="@meuh I'm assuming in your comment 'phones' is slang for headphones. Hmm  I am adopting wireless headphones because I am planning to use a battery case on my phone.  The JBL E65BTNC looks promising." CreationDate="2018-02-27T14:49:07.407" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14950" PostId="8893" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not asking for a hardware recommendation." CreationDate="2018-02-27T19:14:09.593" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14951" PostId="8854" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the recommendation, seems like that would be as closed as it gets to what I want. I settled for the G933, but next time I'm on the market for headphones, I'll definitely give the Sibera 840 a try." CreationDate="2018-02-28T14:08:04.347" UserId="2428" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14952" PostId="8891" Score="0" Text="SCART Connector that I can break out into RGB or any other type of Analog Standard.  Retro Gaming Systems" CreationDate="2018-02-28T19:18:31.963" UserId="7934" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14954" PostId="8883" Score="1" Text="You don't need it to be wireless, but is there a reason it can't be wireless?" CreationDate="2018-02-28T19:42:47.547" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14956" PostId="8881" Score="0" Text="Yeah, I don't feel this is off-topic either.  Many other questions of this nature are way more broad, and allowed to stay open." CreationDate="2018-02-28T19:45:12.093" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14963" PostId="8883" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths - Well, I guess the signal is better on a wire than on wireless (faster, bigger bandwidth, no chokes). But if a wireless speaker has a decent quality, that's good enough for me. By the way, is there any wireless speaker that can also be connected by (TRS) cable?" CreationDate="2018-03-01T05:00:01.210" UserId="7923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14965" PostId="8899" Score="0" Text="&quot;I have been told that they will not work together.&quot;  By who?  Since you're only doing &quot;home&quot; tasks, why the 1700 and not say 1500?  It would be cheaper and still give good power." CreationDate="2018-03-02T14:23:53.643" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14966" PostId="8853" Score="0" Text="What's your budget like? What are you using these for?" CreationDate="2018-03-02T18:31:22.103" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14967" PostId="8892" Score="0" Text="Do you have any other requirements at all?" CreationDate="2018-03-02T18:34:01.093" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14968" PostId="8896" Score="1" Text="What are you switching between these laptops? It's a bit of a weird use case. A KVM sounds sort of what you want." CreationDate="2018-03-02T18:34:54.347" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14969" PostId="8899" Score="0" Text="Echoing @SiXandSeven8ths. They're completely compatible, but it's a rather weird system to build." CreationDate="2018-03-02T18:35:47.603" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14972" PostId="8896" Score="1" Text="Thanks for the response, I have 2 USB 3.0 port replicators, both hooked up to 3 separate monitors, a keyboard, a mouse and speakers. The setups on both side are totally identical.  At any given time, I can take the physical USB cable and hook up laptop 1 to setup A or B and laptop 2 to the other.  I simply want a switch device so that the laptops can be hooked up all the time and toggle between the port replicators and their corresponding peripherals.  It’s a simple true swap, I’m honestly surprised this doesn’t seem to be a more prevalent device.  It’s just a simple crossover in my mind." CreationDate="2018-03-02T21:12:05.040" UserId="7945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14973" PostId="8900" Score="0" Text="As a matter of fact, I have been using pcpartpicker. But I should probably mention that I want to be good without any upgrades for the next couple of years. Is a Ryzen 5 still the way to go?" CreationDate="2018-03-02T21:42:19.273" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14974" PostId="8900" Score="0" Text="I would say yes, the Ryzen 5 is the better pick unless: 1.) budget is not a concern or 2.) you know that you have workloads that would benefit from the extra cores. Examples of such workloads would be rendering, video editing, compiling code, etc." CreationDate="2018-03-02T22:05:24.020" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14975" PostId="8900" Score="0" Text="What level of code compile? I usually work with winforms on VS2015" CreationDate="2018-03-02T22:13:37.400" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14977" PostId="8892" Score="0" Text="no, i think there are not many cases anyway that i could choose from." CreationDate="2018-03-02T23:41:15.863" UserId="6721" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14978" PostId="8899" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Why?" CreationDate="2018-03-02T23:59:27.653" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14981" PostId="8900" Score="0" Text="Will the CRYORIG C7 do?" CreationDate="2018-03-03T01:13:50.020" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14984" PostId="8853" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I spent a mere 100 EUR for the three RF headphones+transmitters, now I'm willing to spend a bit more, though I'd seriously like to avoid three times the ~350 EUR each Siberia would cost... Usage would include gaming, listening to music, watching movies and voice chat (mostly non-parallel )" CreationDate="2018-03-04T12:15:39.103" UserId="7897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14985" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Quick update: https://medium.com/@aaronpolhamus/building-a-centos-7-machine-learning-station-with-nvidia-cuda-integration-everything-i-learned-17aed82ab3ce. Thanks for all the help! It seems that it was alternating my connector cables between the integrated and GPU ports that scrambled the board." CreationDate="2018-03-05T00:26:50.370" UserId="7640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14986" PostId="8853" Score="0" Text="Hm, a second option might be headphones (maybe bluetooth with multipoint, though the TV would still need a transmitter), and separate (bluetooth?) microphone that's still comfortable together with the headphones..." CreationDate="2018-03-05T07:51:02.957" UserId="7897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14987" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="Interesting post, but it's a bit outside the strictly hardware recs space. That said: I still don't know why you had issues with Ubuntu. CUDA has worked fine for me (though admittedly I was using it headlessly rather than with Unity, though if you like GNOME, there's nothing preventing you from using it on Ubuntu–they're actually switching the default back soon.) Server compute can also be much cheaper than you posted using things like Reserve Instances on EC2, but building your own is almost always bound to be cheaper... if you pick the right hardware. On that note..." CreationDate="2018-03-05T10:01:01.523" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14988" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="1. You spent what I'd consider to be a lot of money on a case, but if you like it, no harm. 2. You bought a relatively weak cooler for a relatively high price that won't allow you to reach your full potential with your CPU. 3. You spent a lot of money on memory. 4. You bought a 7700K, but AFAIK neither overclocked nor made particularly good use of hyperthreading. 5. Bought an expensive motherboard." CreationDate="2018-03-05T10:07:32.173" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14989" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="With the $2200, you could've bought a used Dell T5500 [~$200](https://us.bidvoy.net/dell_t5500/179), 4x8GB DDR3 [~$100](https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.X4x8gb+ddr3+ec.TRS0&amp;_nkw=4x8gb+ddr3+ecc&amp;_sacat=0), a new PSU for around $100, and ~4 GTX 980Tis at [$400 each](https://us.bidvoy.net/980ti/27386/6m) with a 10% &quot;not-US&quot; premium to spare." CreationDate="2018-03-05T10:15:18.263" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14990" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="The problem with your build wasn't compatibility or putting it together for the most part (those are technical issues that you can overcome), but **realizing what you needed.** *That's* what hardware recs is for, and it's quite probable that a better build could've been had for less while saving your friend some time and you some cash. Your original post is a classic example of an [XY problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem)." CreationDate="2018-03-05T10:19:26.733" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14991" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="&quot;Making sure you have all the key ingredients&quot; is easy–we have PCPartPicker for that. What's hard is finding the ingredients that make the best recipe. Throwing more money at the problem with an i9 doesn't do anything to help if you need more GPU power." CreationDate="2018-03-05T10:21:11.517" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14992" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="And if you still need help with those Wi-Fi drivers, https://superuser.com/ should be a good spot (and one that you're familiar with, too!)" CreationDate="2018-03-05T10:22:10.500" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14997" PostId="8912" Score="0" Text="Generally you can tell the NAS not to expose these over the network, even if they generate them. Would that be sufficient?" CreationDate="2018-03-06T09:03:02.623" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15000" PostId="8913" Score="0" Text="https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Connect-Wireless-Stick-Flash/dp/B00ZCFYT5K&#xA;&#xA;Like this?" CreationDate="2018-03-06T15:31:50.670" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15001" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Now I know, thanks for all the follow-ups, man." CreationDate="2018-03-06T18:34:19.573" UserId="7640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15002" PostId="8609" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 The 4x GTX 980 Tis is an interesting idea. Good for hyper-parameter searching across light-weight conv net training runs. For single heavy training jobs I'm not sure that that would provide an advantage." CreationDate="2018-03-06T18:35:32.423" UserId="7640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15004" PostId="8912" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 They aren't _visible_ over the network, but if you grab an entire directory at once, you're going to get an index directory as a subfolder. That's the whole problem. I'd be very surprised if there was a NAS solution that effectively screened these directories out over all available communication methods." CreationDate="2018-03-06T18:48:06.687" UserId="7959" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15005" PostId="8900" Score="0" Text="@TGamer I looked over your additional questions and have added an edit to the bottom portion of my response reflecting my best answers to them." CreationDate="2018-03-06T23:00:12.343" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15008" PostId="8900" Score="0" Text="But see [this](http://www.cryorig.com/c7_us.php) it doesn't show AM4 under supported motherboards" CreationDate="2018-03-07T05:47:17.150" UserId="7555" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15013" PostId="8058" Score="2" Text="At this date, I would be surprised that you'd find a laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed." CreationDate="2018-03-07T19:18:02.113" UserId="835" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15015" PostId="8913" Score="0" Text="No this goes the wrong direction. Updated question to clarify." CreationDate="2018-03-08T22:28:49.000" UserId="7960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15017" PostId="8929" Score="2" Text="It's a little hard to answer this because it's very vague. Could you add a possible budget? A bit more specific detail? You could run all of those things off a cheap laptop." CreationDate="2018-03-09T17:20:02.290" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15018" PostId="8926" Score="0" Text="Max budget for the RAM? I get that it's very expensive but it's easier to narrow down your options if you set a price limit. Also, pcpartpicker.com will give a fairly good list of ram kits. Side note, unless you have a reason to pick a particular brand, they are mostly very similar, especially in the top end brands like the ones mentioned." CreationDate="2018-03-09T17:24:21.643" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15021" PostId="8922" Score="0" Text="Has this phone been rooted and if not, it is easy to root? Are ROMs easy to find? How much does this phone cost? What about a hardware keyboard? please [edit] your answer to include the answers to these questions." CreationDate="2018-03-09T20:10:22.673" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15022" PostId="8929" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Furthermore, a small $30-40 amplifier w/ USB (maybe closer to $80-100 for one with a screen) and an external DVD drive with a USB connection could probably cover all of OP's requested uses. Post is, indeed, vague." CreationDate="2018-03-09T20:11:52.157" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15024" PostId="8926" Score="0" Text="I'm willing to pay more if it results in a significant performance boost.  That's the point of my question - is there any human-noticeable benefit from paying more or is it just a waste of money?  There's a $600+ difference when buying 128GB - if it makes little or no difference in practice, I'd rather keep that or spend it on something useful.  Back in the old DDR3 days, the difference between e.g. 1333 and 1600 was small enough that it was easy to ignore.  Now there's 1 Ghz or more of difference.  BTW, the main reason for 128GB  is for more ZFS ARC - disk caching more than number crunching." CreationDate="2018-03-10T01:20:24.890" UserId="3707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15025" PostId="8926" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn I suspect that there is no noticeable difference and not wasting money is a priority for me - but I don't want to spend $2K on RAM and then find that I've cripppled my machine's performance for the sake of NOT spending the extra ~$600.  I'll be living with the consequences of my choice for at least the next 5 years." CreationDate="2018-03-10T01:23:33.480" UserId="3707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15026" PostId="8930" Score="0" Text="Thank you – just knowing what that feature is called is a tremendous help!  I just updated the title and intro to the OP with this." CreationDate="2018-03-10T03:05:25.090" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15027" PostId="8913" Score="1" Text="You could set up a server (for example using a raspberry pi or something like that) and connect your USB to it. This would act like dropbox. Own Cloud (https://owncloud.org/) is an open source software for that." CreationDate="2018-03-10T11:56:41.807" UserId="3977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15028" PostId="8926" Score="0" Text="I would say that if you are running memory intensive tasks, obviously more is better. But I have never needed above 32 gig personally, even though my job is content creation and I use the creative cloud suite extensively. At the moment, my priority on a new machine would be the processor and gfx card, as I run multiple high res monitors on the machine too. I'm inclined to suggest to get 64 gigs for now, and get the other 64 when it's cheaper in a few years time, as you mentioned this is a 5+ year build." CreationDate="2018-03-10T13:30:16.507" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15029" PostId="8929" Score="0" Text="The additional info from @jcam3 is also very good, I would look at the options suggested between us." CreationDate="2018-03-10T13:37:24.737" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15030" PostId="1270" Score="0" Text="@thatguyoverthere, can you confirm you have/had an i7-3820QM working in an Asus K53SV? I have a K53SC and was wondering if I could also upgrade to an i7-3820QM..." CreationDate="2018-03-10T15:30:56.817" UserId="7985" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15031" PostId="4040" Score="0" Text="@NZKshatriya most linux users expect supported devices to just work out of the box because linux doesn't do drivers that work only on specific brands, linux has drivers for generic hardware and chipsets.  Linux doesn't enable or allow vendor lock-in nonsense like &quot;this PCI-e card or USB device will work because it's Brand X but this one with identical hardware won't because it has a different vendor ID&quot; or &quot;using an SSD to cache a HDD is only possible if you've got an Intel motherboard and certain specific models of an Intel SSD&quot;" CreationDate="2018-03-11T00:14:23.440" UserId="3707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15032" PostId="1270" Score="0" Text="Hi there, as far as I can remember, i7-3xxx series wont fit a i7-2xxx socket. I did however fit the  i7-2860hq on my Asus K53SV. It's been running fine every since I did it 2 years ago. 0 issues." CreationDate="2018-03-12T09:39:10.320" UserId="993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15033" PostId="2706" Score="0" Text="Having had the phone in practice for a while now, I cannot recommend it for one reason in particular - there appears to be insufficient thermal protection in the electronics of mine - heavy loading of those 8 cores caused the battery to swell. In the UK I also had problems with retailers honoring the statutory 1 year warranty when the fingerprint sensor started malfunctioning now and then. So I then compromised on the IR and got a Lenovo P2, which has longer battery life with a slightly smaller battery." CreationDate="2018-03-12T16:55:19.803" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15036" PostId="8942" Score="0" Text="Do you have any requirements for this GPU? How are you going to use it? Why do you find the Radeon TX Vega 64 interesting? Why haven't you purchased it yet?" CreationDate="2018-03-13T13:56:16.440" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15037" PostId="8942" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your questions @Cfinley, I've edited my question to answer most of them (deleting the unnecessary Vega pondering). Regarding why I haven't purchased it yet: I'd rather ask for advice based on experience prior to spending 2-3k :)" CreationDate="2018-03-13T14:03:44.890" UserId="7991" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15038" PostId="8947" Score="0" Text="Thanks @fred_dot_u this was actually quite helpful. I have to power a pc of 800 watt, so perhaps 1000 watt would be sufficient. Although the prices differ a bit here, they are similar enough in that it's quite an investment with still uncertain returns (my balcony has some shadow, it's south-east and it's a cloudy country :)). I would do it for the environment, but my budget won't allow it yet. I wish this technology would become cheaper soon. Thanks again!" CreationDate="2018-03-13T23:13:12.823" UserId="7991" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15039" PostId="8950" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, no, you can't. Even with a processor that fits the socket, most laptop CPUs are BGA, and therefore you'd need a BGA reworking kit and to know how to use it." CreationDate="2018-03-14T06:06:48.980" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15040" PostId="8926" Score="0" Text="Unless your workload specifically depends on high throughput or low latency RAM, there is no significant benefit from fast RAM. Brands rarely matter as they use chips from Samsung, Micron or Hynix anyway." CreationDate="2018-03-14T06:10:29.837" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15041" PostId="8926" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 yeah, that's what I figured.  My doubts came from the fact that the speed of the threadripper's Infinity Fabric is tied to RAM speed.   BTW, a local shop is now stocking 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 C16 for $275 AUD each, so $1100 per 64GB, same as what I was looking at for DDR4-2400.  I'll do a little more research (to figure out if it's worth going to 3400 or 3600 or higher) but that's probably what I'll get." CreationDate="2018-03-14T06:25:58.190" UserId="3707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15045" PostId="8950" Score="0" Text="If it is all about graphics why not to try external GPU? I think its much better choice than replacing cpu." CreationDate="2018-03-14T11:24:34.597" UserId="7304" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15046" PostId="8957" Score="1" Text="The cable connecting to the computers and display has a USB-C connector on both ends, correct?" CreationDate="2018-03-15T15:40:25.877" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15048" PostId="8957" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Yes :)" CreationDate="2018-03-15T15:43:23.133" UserId="5758" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15050" PostId="8872" Score="0" Text="previous question similar but different https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8843/iphone-7-waterpoof-battery-case-with-music" CreationDate="2018-03-15T19:05:17.700" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15051" PostId="8872" Score="0" Text="Link doesn't seem to work for me" CreationDate="2018-03-16T15:57:24.587" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15054" PostId="8968" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the quick answer.  I think the specs are wrong / confusing...  When I opened up the laptop it looked like the M.2 2280 was via an adapter on the SATA slot.  And if it really is via the adapter is it actually possible to take a 6Gb/s interface and make it a 16Gb/s interface?  I'll try to get a picture to clarify." CreationDate="2018-03-16T22:04:49.913" UserId="8015" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15055" PostId="8968" Score="0" Text="It might be an adapter on a non-standard interface. Check this: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/tp01_en/page/1/thread-id/115394" CreationDate="2018-03-18T03:50:24.490" UserId="8017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15056" PostId="8968" Score="0" Text="Thanks.  Those cited speeds through the adapter are really bad, right?" CreationDate="2018-03-18T14:04:40.873" UserId="8015" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15057" PostId="8968" Score="0" Text="What do you mean? 1500MB/s is way more than SATA3, and that's near the maximum you can get from PCIe 3.0 x2." CreationDate="2018-03-18T14:13:20.837" UserId="8017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15058" PostId="8977" Score="1" Text="Logitech has a great unifying software (so you can obtain them separately)" CreationDate="2018-03-18T22:04:59.237" UserId="7853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15061" PostId="8968" Score="0" Text="Ah, I missed that this was MB.  So if this adapter can somehow do full speed NVMe PCIe 3.0 x 2, then it seems that I just get the fastest SSD for that.  Which drives are fastest on that?" CreationDate="2018-03-19T15:44:33.023" UserId="8015" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15062" PostId="8980" Score="0" Text="How many monitors are you using and what are their resolutions? What ports do you need on the graphics card? I feel pretty confident that any current gen GPU would support a single 4K display, but I am not 100% sure of this." CreationDate="2018-03-19T17:32:31.110" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15065" PostId="8969" Score="0" Text="What requirements do you have for a secondary monitor? What resolution and size would you like? Is a TN panel OK, or would you like an IPS panel? IMO, you are not going to find a monitor that you will be happy with for that price. The quality compared to the iMac just wont be there." CreationDate="2018-03-19T17:58:34.843" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15066" PostId="8969" Score="0" Text="I just bought Dell P2417H, but at the first feeling wasn’t surprised of the quality. Actually, I wanted this model because I knew that it would be ok choice as secondary screen, but the one I used earlier was U2417 model, so the UltraSharp would be better instead of the P I took. I plan to change it. I was surprised how bad my eyes felt after working for some short time, but the U model doesn’t was absolutely fine." CreationDate="2018-03-19T18:03:35.017" UserId="4803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15068" PostId="8957" Score="0" Text="What you are looking for is traditionally described not as a &quot;Y-cable&quot; (which would be a non-spec-conformant and dangerous device, in this case) but a &quot;KVM switch&quot;. (Unfortunately I don't have any recommendations about switches for USB Type C, but perhaps adjusting the terminology in your question will help you get an answer.)" CreationDate="2018-03-20T01:21:24.643" UserId="465" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15069" PostId="8980" Score="0" Text="Single, but it's possible to have another one in near future. So 4k or 2x4k." CreationDate="2018-03-20T08:38:34.463" UserId="9027" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15070" PostId="8985" Score="0" Text="Raspberry Pi 3 with external hard drive, configured for Plex and torrenting.  But that's what I do, and you might be looking for something a bit different if I'm reading you question right (if the Plex app isn't working right for your PS4 this isn't the right solution)." CreationDate="2018-03-20T15:32:23.627" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15074" PostId="8985" Score="0" Text="If you still have the WD MyCloud, you might want to try asking on [Super User](https://superuser.com/) before you give up all hope. I do know that video games are off topic there, but your question is about the hardware, so I would ask in meta or the chat room if this question would be on-topic there first before actually asking on the main site. Either way, we can help you pick out a new device here." CreationDate="2018-03-20T15:53:11.870" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15075" PostId="8985" Score="0" Text="I still have it I'm just afraid to spam SE too much with my question.&#xA;And as the day went by, I've realized I still have enough older parts to make a full computer, that I'll probably just put in a Silverstone case for 90€. Then just add a couple of 8tb ironwolf drives in there.&#xA;Thanks for the tips, if I change my mind again I'll definitely go have a chat there !" CreationDate="2018-03-20T16:00:06.293" UserId="9032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15077" PostId="8978" Score="0" Text="Possible duplicate of [Is it possible to replace a laptop's processor?](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8950/is-it-possible-to-replace-a-laptops-processor)" CreationDate="2018-03-20T19:37:35.507" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15079" PostId="8978" Score="1" Text="Would you please read my question? I know the processor can be replaced, I wish to know the best option. The title is clear, different and unique." CreationDate="2018-03-21T00:39:07.533" UserId="9026" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15080" PostId="8988" Score="1" Text="Your link to the &quot;wiring info and the device info&quot; is broken. It would be ideal to transpose that information directly into your posted question, for accessibility and to avoid &quot;Link Rot&quot;: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_rot" CreationDate="2018-03-21T14:12:10.310" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15082" PostId="8978" Score="0" Text="I re-read it and understand better what you are asking, my apologies.  Unfortunately, I don't think you are going to have much luck with a processor that is &quot;undocumented&quot; as it may just not be compatible.  You're free to try though." CreationDate="2018-03-21T15:00:07.073" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15083" PostId="8988" Score="0" Text="Ah yes, I actually provided an invalid link. Please see the updated link now, thanks!" CreationDate="2018-03-21T18:14:41.227" UserId="9034" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15084" PostId="8990" Score="0" Text="Yes, I confirm I have the pro model.&#xA;Thanks a lot for your response. For the part recommendation, I think I'll have enough with 256GB now that I know that I will be able to keep the HDD as secondary drive. Also, I don't look for the fastest SSD, I believe a standard one will have a huge impact in comparison with the current one." CreationDate="2018-03-21T18:38:18.843" UserId="9039" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15085" PostId="8990" Score="0" Text="@Rafaesp &quot;Also, I don't look for the fastest SSD, I believe a standard one will have a huge impact in comparison with the current one.&quot; You are correct there my friend. Even the crappy first generation 110 GB corsair SSD I bought back in 2011 or 2012 was a night and day difference in real world performance and quality of life. Enjoy the upgrade!" CreationDate="2018-03-21T20:24:47.350" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15086" PostId="8978" Score="0" Text="The question pointed as possible duplicated were downvote and closed as off-topic. I am not sure if I understood the purpose of this forum. But in my case, the HP Compaq got a good documentation, it is just about asking for the detail needed, if the question is &quot;on-topic&quot;." CreationDate="2018-03-21T22:06:14.897" UserId="9026" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15087" PostId="8991" Score="0" Text="why not a phone" CreationDate="2018-03-21T22:10:52.950" UserId="7786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15088" PostId="8991" Score="0" Text="I don't think the quality is good enough. But I'm not too sure. My S7 actually gives pretty nice photos; I'll try this more often to compare." CreationDate="2018-03-21T22:30:12.113" UserId="1115" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15089" PostId="8991" Score="0" Text="You put compact camera in the title but said weight is basically irrelevant. Would you consider a compact system camera?" CreationDate="2018-03-22T18:10:14.680" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15090" PostId="8996" Score="0" Text="Thanks @fred_dot_u this is definitely helpful. I should have added that I was planning on using either a cut out metal backplate from a current case, or a custom cut/drilled piece of acrylic glass (although I probably will not since this can start changing shape at 60-70 degrees C). I do plan to mount it at all of the points. The angle of tilt should be about 40 or 45 degrees. My biggest worry is the uneven force on the mounting points at the top, as there are less holes there. The board would also hold 2 watercooled gpu's." CreationDate="2018-03-22T18:14:25.587" UserId="7991" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15091" PostId="8991" Score="0" Text="To be fair, the s7 has a sick camera, and the pixel 2 has the highest rated phone camera, so if you were considering a new phone, then that's a phone and camera all in one, unless you need the super zoom that the tz range offers" CreationDate="2018-03-22T18:19:03.643" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15093" PostId="8973" Score="0" Text="Wait Wait Wait, the U versions of i7 don't even compare to the HQ versions. At such a low price it's almost like robbing the shop, get the ROG, it's 20x more powerful and cheaper anyway @Zem_Su I would personally buy the ROG, I thought my laptop was good when I bought it only to find out the U embedded processors are as great as marketed bling like octacore phone CPUs" CreationDate="2018-03-22T18:31:01.200" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15096" PostId="8996" Score="0" Text="Fewer holes would imply lower forces involved, if the engineering is done correctly. If you see fewer components in the area of the reduced count of mounting holes, it is consistent with my suggestion." CreationDate="2018-03-22T22:04:57.523" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15098" PostId="8832" Score="0" Text="Hello everyone, i added a few more details about the products" CreationDate="2018-03-23T09:27:53.430" UserId="7879" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15099" PostId="8838" Score="0" Text="It has internal card but only for Ethernet, not WiFi." CreationDate="2018-03-23T14:36:14.117" UserId="5143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15100" PostId="8995" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Cfinley, I'll consider it in the future. For now I have a conceptual representation of a solution and will try to work that out (also I have not yet purchased any 'tilted case' as you say, as I wish to make one myself). I will leave the question here 'as is' unless it is suggested to delete it of course." CreationDate="2018-03-24T10:36:57.240" UserId="7991" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15101" PostId="8996" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I am probably going to cut out the metal panel that regularly holds a motherboard in a case, and weld sidepanels for support. This should be quite stable, and if I limit the degree of tilt to 60 degrees I hope the strain will be within limits. Indeed I was planning to use all mounting holes for support. The forces should be similar as if one would tilt a regular case and lean it to a wall (with some support). The whole idea is to reduce chances of if any leakages in watercooling would occur, that they would drip on the rest of the motherboard. Thanks for your answer by the way!" CreationDate="2018-03-24T10:41:29.230" UserId="7991" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15103" PostId="9002" Score="0" Text="This is a cheap refurbished machine by the way since its for nothing critical a 3-4 year protection plan and a cheap price is good enough in this case." CreationDate="2018-03-25T16:30:05.907" UserId="1004" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15104" PostId="7004" Score="0" Text="In my experience Lineage OS sucks pretty much on anything but official Google phones.  The drivers are not open source but binary blobs for many phones even by Samsung and are not forward/backwards compatible.  So I do not believe a phone like this exists.  Despite phones operating systems being open source the hardware isn't." CreationDate="2018-03-26T03:59:07.047" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15105" PostId="9001" Score="0" Text="Thinkpads &amp; Apples are what I buy.  Buying a slightly old thinkpad and upgrading the RAM and HD would put your significantly under budget.  I have heard some good things from some dells and razers(often expensive)." CreationDate="2018-03-26T04:04:51.033" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15106" PostId="9001" Score="0" Text="Hi, welcome to Hardware Recommendations! I was wondering what locale you would buying this laptop in (Your SE profile says you're from the bulgaria locale)?. In addition, I would like to point out that power saving laptops (with long battery lives) tend to have purposely under-powered hardware (iex. U,S series intel processors). Therefore, it is probably impossible to find a laptop with 4/5 battery life without sacrificing performance." CreationDate="2018-03-26T04:48:48.927" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15107" PostId="9002" Score="0" Text="Can I just say that this documentation is pretty god awful 0_0. The memory configuration chart is really confusing. What I think that it is demonstrating is that any memory configuration should be possible, withstanding it not exceed 16 gb total. In addition, I want to mention that if you buy a really low end processor running multiple OS's at the same time is going to really slow down the system regardless of the gb of RAM installed." CreationDate="2018-03-26T06:10:47.067" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15108" PostId="7986" Score="0" Text="Isn't there a chip one could use to build a KVM the same way one can build an Ethernet switch or a USB hub?&#xA;&#xA;Just for clarification, this is a completely selfish (as in &quot;enlightened self-interest&quot;) comment: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8965/any-chips-for-building-a-kvm" CreationDate="2018-03-26T13:18:24.403" UserId="8014" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15110" PostId="9001" Score="0" Text="Are you thinking about buying an apple computer, or are you only looking at Windows computers?" CreationDate="2018-03-26T17:21:11.540" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15113" PostId="8973" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn, thanks for a comment! Yes, seems like U series is light and energy-efficient but won't handle a lot of graphics and intense work. Will do some more research and an actual search of machine ;)" CreationDate="2018-03-26T19:22:12.137" UserId="9019" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15114" PostId="9008" Score="0" Text="Could you please state what is wrong with stock Android.  There are plenty of stock Android phones.  In terms of updates nothing really official by the OEM  updates 2+ years except Google &amp; Samsung.  I'm sure there are exceptions.  Removable batteries have gone the way of the dodo and don't exist in typically.  Also you said a normal phone is to small.  Hmm you mean flip phone?  My carrier no longer sells these in stories but that is my assumption." CreationDate="2018-03-26T21:42:04.573" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15115" PostId="1700" Score="0" Text="The Oukitel does not support many carrier bands otherwise I would own one." CreationDate="2018-03-26T21:43:57.293" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15116" PostId="9008" Score="1" Text="@William Uh? I don't understand your comment at all. I'm asking for something that is stock Android or close. What are you calling a “normal phone”? A *basic phone* (is that what you call a “flip phone”?) is too small. I've never seen Android phones that small." CreationDate="2018-03-26T22:02:10.670" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15119" PostId="9001" Score="0" Text="First thing first, thanks for the feedback guys. Secondly, I'm from Bulgaria but I my brother lives in UK and maybe I'm gonna buy it from there , because its cheaper.I was thinking about getting an older Macbook but I dunno how long will it receive updates because I've read that if u want to code on Swift you need the lates version of macOS.In addition, I am not completely sure about the macbook so some PC recomendations would be appreciated :)" CreationDate="2018-03-27T09:57:58.647" UserId="9065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15120" PostId="9012" Score="0" Text="Great, many thanks" CreationDate="2018-03-27T10:03:17.097" UserId="9071" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15121" PostId="9008" Score="0" Text="I don't understand what you mean by basic phone.  And what research have you done on this?  This reads like a list of what you want but don't want to do any of the work yourself." CreationDate="2018-03-27T13:28:30.903" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15122" PostId="9008" Score="1" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Must be a generation gap. I guess basic phones are disappearing. I've added an explanation. Regarding research, well, I've looked at phone comparison sites which give me thousands of models and no useful them to filter them. I've also given some idea of what I know won't work. “This reads like a list of what you want” — well, yes, that's the point of this site after all. Please take a minute to read the [question quality guidelines](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/205/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-be-high-quality)." CreationDate="2018-03-27T14:41:48.980" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15123" PostId="9008" Score="0" Text="@Gilles  Thanks for the explanation.  Sorry for sounding condescending, its a good question but too many always come off as &quot;here's what I want, you do the work&quot; and I like to see what the asker has discovered on their own because it can help sift out an answer that isn't wanted." CreationDate="2018-03-27T15:59:38.957" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15124" PostId="7975" Score="0" Text="What requirements do you have for this phone? You make it clear that you are worried about quality, and we do have your budget, but we don't have anything else. Would you like an SD Card slot, dual sim cards, small form factor or a phablet? What apps will you use? If you can [edit] your question with these answers, we can reopen your question." CreationDate="2018-03-27T18:14:26.820" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15126" PostId="7168" Score="0" Text="batteries and cameras tend to work in inverse size and quality typically." CreationDate="2018-03-27T22:51:44.827" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15128" PostId="9001" Score="0" Text="Get a Thinkpad T series with extended battery.  It easily lasts 4-5 hours." CreationDate="2018-03-27T23:20:22.240" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15129" PostId="208" Score="0" Text="I wouldn't describe this phone as drop proof with gorilla glass 4.  Maybe with a lifeproof type case but as stated." CreationDate="2018-03-27T23:25:54.683" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15130" PostId="1437" Score="0" Text="The Google phones whether Nexus or Pixel are the most supported phones to my knowledge for ROMs.  They are crazy easy to root.  I would advise get an old Nexus or Pixel." CreationDate="2018-03-28T03:51:12.570" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15132" PostId="9011" Score="0" Text="Are there phones in that range with a fingerprint reader yet? It strikes me that this may be a plus — the sequence of gestures to log in (swipe, type PIN or pattern) are a bit complex, especially in an emergency." CreationDate="2018-03-28T15:17:50.443" UserId="45" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15133" PostId="9011" Score="0" Text="that one does - its at the back though, like many newer phones. Not sure why since it has *physical* buttons and the centre button's traditionally used for the fingerprint scanner" CreationDate="2018-03-28T15:23:20.517" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15135" PostId="9022" Score="0" Text="Try looking at [benchmarks](http://gpuboss.com) as they will enable you find close if not exactly equivalent performing gpus." CreationDate="2018-03-28T20:06:20.863" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15136" PostId="9022" Score="0" Text="Benchmarks I've used, but the problem with benching is that it often poorly reflects real-world application.  For instance, two 1070's will outperform a single 1080ti on paper, but in a game with poor SLi compatibility, the second GPU ends up unused and you take a net performance loss.   In other cases, the benchmark happens to be optimized for a certain driver set, and so newer equipment underperforms.  I've matched the benches, but considering the additional factors, I'm looking for more real-world data." CreationDate="2018-03-28T20:31:30.080" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15137" PostId="9022" Score="0" Text="The link I gave you (GPUBoss) also contains actual data on the cpus (iex. performance/watt) if you're interested/can understand it. I'm not sure how you can get &quot;more real-world data&quot; without actually having the gpus on hand." CreationDate="2018-03-28T20:35:46.573" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15138" PostId="9022" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, GPUboss doesn't have the 1070ti, but UserBenchmarks did.  This doesn't account for SLi performance, though, so yeah, I'm looking for more anecodotal evidence to weight in as well." CreationDate="2018-03-28T20:54:45.950" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15139" PostId="9023" Score="0" Text="get a bluetooth adapter and you can share keyboards &amp; mice between the computers.  Probably the easiest and cheapest souliton" CreationDate="2018-03-29T04:50:51.967" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15140" PostId="937" Score="0" Text="Did you find any solution now? I'm also interesting for a solution like this" CreationDate="2018-03-29T06:31:53.117" UserId="9091" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15141" PostId="9027" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much @journeyman-geek. Problem with both thunderbolt and 10Gbe is that I will need to upgrade my motherboard, which is currently out of my budget. My motherboard doesn't support thunderbolt, and I have no more PCI-e slots for a 10Gbe as I have used all of them for other things that are important for my work, so I won't be able to take them out. Also, my household network might not even support 10Gbe. I was hoping, maybe for the time being, that using dual or quad ethernet cables might give me a little bit extra speed. Do you think that could work?" CreationDate="2018-03-29T11:00:30.757" UserId="9088" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15142" PostId="9027" Score="0" Text="Just go with sata drives then." CreationDate="2018-03-29T11:02:46.490" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15143" PostId="9027" Score="1" Text="Chances are your house network won't even properly handle a read of 1Gb/s, depending on distance.  I also don't recommend &quot;shotgunning&quot; your home connection, as this can lead to other problems.  SATA drives should do the job fine. &#xA;&#xA;There *are* PCI-E expansion sets that turn one slot into 4 slots.  If you go PCI-E, I recommend an M.2. connection and drives for it; as you definitely won't have speed problems." CreationDate="2018-03-29T12:04:14.850" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15144" PostId="9027" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much for your help guys. I guess I might look into the PCI-E expansion, as there is no point in spending hundreds of dollars if I am not even going to get the best of the gigabit ethernet." CreationDate="2018-03-29T12:37:44.990" UserId="9088" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15145" PostId="9011" Score="0" Text="I got the Xiaomi A1 since 2 months. It's a very good one, easy to use and very cheap. I bought it for around 170€. For the updates, I got the last one from google on march." CreationDate="2018-03-29T14:22:22.987" UserId="9091" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15149" PostId="9029" Score="0" Text="So this means it supports up to 32 GB of DDR3 then, correct? That would be my interpretation of that link and the documentation there so just wanted to know if you feel the same. That document chart is awful though for sure. Let me know and I'll accept afterwards—thanks!!" CreationDate="2018-03-29T23:23:06.087" UserId="1004" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15150" PostId="9029" Score="0" Text="Yup! I'd trust the site over the shoddy document you got." CreationDate="2018-03-30T00:47:18.453" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15151" PostId="9029" Score="0" Text="CDove, just to be specific though, the &quot;shoddy&quot; document you refer to that I got has a URL of &quot;`https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03387773#AbT6`&quot; whereas the site you trust has a URL of &quot;`https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03387773`&quot; so these are both from the exact same site apparently so this is really why I asked so what is your thought now knowing this? Still the same or what?" CreationDate="2018-03-30T04:03:40.697" UserId="1004" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15153" PostId="9002" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Yes, I'll only be running VMs one at a time and not long term just when I want to test something I'm not too worried about process but I understand what you are saying, and I will look into upgrading processor or other machines on the market as well and think hard about it just in case. Damn the vendor's website of a specific model machine having an &quot;awful&quot; explanation with regard to that specific chart. It looks as if I overlooked a specific portion of the HP post which contradicts 16 gb total theory though." CreationDate="2018-03-30T04:10:29.467" UserId="1004" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15154" PostId="9029" Score="0" Text="You say don't trust the chart, another person says the chart is awful.... jeez—I'm going to be doing more research for sure before I purchase anything but want your thoughts on this matter since I asked." CreationDate="2018-03-30T04:14:06.120" UserId="1004" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15155" PostId="9029" Score="0" Text="Further evidence CDove might be right: I checked each and every processor's official spec sheet on the &quot;bad documentation&quot; and they all support up to 32 GB. As far as more research you could consider contacting HP themselves and see if they can't clear up the confusion." CreationDate="2018-03-30T05:13:23.477" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15156" PostId="9028" Score="0" Text="If you decide to go for a KVM switch you can find cheaper switches at [newegg](https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;N=100160866%20600030362&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;Description=KVM%20switch&amp;bop=And&amp;Order=PRICE&amp;PageSize=36), at least relative to the example link." CreationDate="2018-03-30T05:21:04.460" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15157" PostId="9031" Score="0" Text="P.S. UK exchange rates/prices from Newegg seemed disfavor-able (including the addition cost to ship them to Bulgaria), so I didn't include any of the UK versions,equivalents." CreationDate="2018-03-30T08:01:00.240" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15158" PostId="9030" Score="0" Text="What kind of simulations is this computer going to be running? Are the AI, for example, configured to run &quot;scenario branches&quot; in parallel (which would make a multi-core processor more useful)?" CreationDate="2018-03-30T08:09:24.270" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15159" PostId="9030" Score="1" Text="This kind of comes down to whether you will be running most of your processing on a GPU (Ex. Artificial Intelligence) or CPU (Ex. More traditional simulations). If you will be processing mainly on a GPU, you will want a Motherboard with as many Physical PCIe x16 slots, to add more GPUs as needed. If you are processing mainly on a CPU, you will want to invest in a higher end socket (X299, TR4, Even a Dual Socket board) to maximize performance." CreationDate="2018-03-30T15:28:34.423" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15160" PostId="8471" Score="0" Text="Turning on huge page support will help even in situations where there is no paging to mass storage.  The issue is that with small pages there aren’t enough entries in the TLB for a large matrix.  The TLB misses slow things down.  Try turning on transparent huge pages and see what happens." CreationDate="2018-03-31T01:08:37.680" UserId="9101" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15161" PostId="8968" Score="0" Text="I bought a Samsung 960 PRO SSD and it turned out to be the same speed as my current drive (1700 MB/s read, 400 MB/s write) so it does seem the adapter is not providing full speed access to the drive." CreationDate="2018-03-31T16:15:01.093" UserId="8015" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15162" PostId="9038" Score="1" Text="You're not going to be able to play much with that processor. What games is he playing? If you are really set on using that motherboard you would have to have an external GPU (using something like a pcie extender) and an external powersupply. Also a GT710 is not meant for gaming." CreationDate="2018-04-02T09:08:24.253" UserId="6476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15163" PostId="9034" Score="0" Text="To see if your RAM is a bottleneck check your RAM on windows task manager (ctrl+shift+esc) to see if it is near full as that will force it to page into the hard drive. Even then your SSD should help out there. Your computer is actually really decent. Duty Check: are you running the unreal engine processor on the integrated graphics instead of the discrete?" CreationDate="2018-04-02T13:51:26.090" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15164" PostId="8436" Score="0" Text="TBH you'd be overpaying if I were to recommend a laptop based on your requested specs. You could get away with chroembook like specs if that's all the type software you'd be using." CreationDate="2018-04-02T14:17:20.200" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15167" PostId="9045" Score="2" Text="An SSD and a new(er) graphics card would be a significant improvement.  I would suggest a card with at least 2 GB as a starting point for your budget.  SSDs are relatively cheap.  For a proper recommendation, we should know what games specifically you intend to play and what your budget is." CreationDate="2018-04-02T20:26:30.030" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15170" PostId="9037" Score="0" Text="Have you tried a different cable?  Noise on the line is usually caused by the cable itself being poorly made or poorly insulated.  A better quality cable may solve the problem." CreationDate="2018-04-03T14:35:12.147" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15171" PostId="8968" Score="0" Text="Well, 1700MB/s = ~14Gbps..." CreationDate="2018-04-04T00:29:23.187" UserId="8017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15172" PostId="6123" Score="0" Text="Could you have a look at the [similar question I just posted](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/9050/7888)?  I don't *think* the CS782DP you purchased fits all my requirements ([one Amazon review](https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3V2I63J6UPCGS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B01AH0BMPO) mentions window resizing issues), but I'd like your take." CreationDate="2018-04-04T05:39:41.900" UserId="7888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15173" PostId="8178" Score="0" Text="@AdamComerford, if you've now purchased it, it would be good to update here (or at least on Amazon or something) to say how well it worked out." CreationDate="2018-04-04T05:45:36.730" UserId="7888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15175" PostId="9034" Score="0" Text="Thanks Bennett Yeo, I took a look at the task manager and see about 89% RAM usage when running the engine alongside say Chrome. It seems to be configured to use the GTX 1060." CreationDate="2018-04-04T08:31:22.930" UserId="9100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15176" PostId="8178" Score="1" Text="The price for this is so high, especially when you add the fact that I would be looking to buy a 4K display (this KVM is more expensive than most displays at 750 euro) that I have had to give up on the idea of having a KVM in my new set up and settle for virtual solutions for managing my other machines" CreationDate="2018-04-04T10:14:44.293" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15177" PostId="9049" Score="2" Text="Is there a specific reason you push for the the high end and not a 1050ti?  OP doesn't specify budget but does say &quot;low income college student.&quot;  I'd have a hard time telling someone to spend that kind of scratch." CreationDate="2018-04-04T13:22:05.037" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15180" PostId="9034" Score="0" Text="That's pretty full. Upping your RAM won't be a bad upgrade in this case. 16 gb should be more than enough, although you could probably get away with 10 or 12 if you're looking to save a little cash." CreationDate="2018-04-04T19:19:54.227" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15182" PostId="9049" Score="0" Text="Fair enough and agree that a 1050ti would be a big improvement, though you do get what you pay for and a 1080  [vastly out performs](http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1080-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti/3603vs3649)  the former. If the OP could focus the budget on one thing I recommend spending large ($750USD) on a 1080" CreationDate="2018-04-04T20:58:20.427" UserId="7202" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15183" PostId="9043" Score="0" Text="I would like to mention that the article you linked claiming the i7 8th gen was dramatically better than the 7th gen processors was benchmarking the powersaver (U series) processors. It doesn't seem there is as [dramatic a difference between the &quot;enthusiast&quot; grade i7s (K series)](http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-7700K/3937vs3647)." CreationDate="2018-04-05T06:47:28.043" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15184" PostId="1521" Score="0" Text="Seem the Pioneer is the best option: slim, USB3, easy to find and not to expensive." CreationDate="2018-04-05T19:29:14.347" UserId="425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15186" PostId="9048" Score="0" Text="No, this does not do what I need.  It has 2 USB-C ports and does not get its power another way.  So I cannot power the hub and make a connection between two USB-C devices, powering those two devices from the hub." CreationDate="2018-04-05T23:24:00.360" UserId="9097" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15187" PostId="1437" Score="0" Text="I personally rooted my phone with basically no effort using [KingoRoot](http://www.kingoapp.com/). It's actually an easier process than I remember jailbreaking iOS devices, and comes with a nice do-it-all GUI. Rooting your phone is actually much easier than you think." CreationDate="2018-04-06T03:58:03.693" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15189" PostId="9059" Score="0" Text="Since you already have an Ubiquiti router, why not just add an Ubiquiti AP or 2?  I'm not convinced (based on your other question about your setup) that a single consumer all-in-one will be adequate for you 3 story cult-house." CreationDate="2018-04-06T18:10:51.830" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15190" PostId="9059" Score="0" Text="The Ubiquiti itself has no wireless capabilities, so I'd need an AP to essentially stop at each floor.  I don't mind that, but the AC APs are $100 a piece, have a bit lower connection speed (which is probably just a more honest listing than most, actually) and I'm concerned about losing the physical port for the second floor machine.  I also don't have a PoE router; only one port is PoE. It's a good idea though....i'll add that to my options" CreationDate="2018-04-06T18:31:12.510" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15191" PostId="9059" Score="0" Text="Fair enough.  I was just curious if that were an option.  I see what you are trying to accomplish, I'm not sure I have the answer.  Hopefully someone does as I like your question." CreationDate="2018-04-06T18:53:09.830" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15192" PostId="9059" Score="0" Text="Actually, it looks like it's an option the more I look into it.  I'm just concerned that all of those devices will be too taxing on the small Ubiquiti router, if my current router is overheating." CreationDate="2018-04-06T18:55:56.517" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15193" PostId="9059" Score="0" Text="I'd still lean toward having a router and an AP or two, versus 1 do-everything device, just because of wall and floor.  If your current router is having issues...maybe a Google WiFi or a similar mesh network could work as well, and isn't overly expensive." CreationDate="2018-04-06T19:36:58.467" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15196" PostId="9066" Score="0" Text="Water cooling is a pretty good reason to get water cooling on its own. Also water cooling means a water cooler will be attached instead of an actual fan, so yes it is &quot;silent&quot;." CreationDate="2018-04-08T01:35:43.137" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15198" PostId="9070" Score="0" Text="I would agree that since this is your first foray into watercooling, an AIO or other kit solution might be the best approach.  It's worth pointing out, however, that the radiator needs fans in most cases, and that prevents WC from being silent. Air cooling and watercooling are similar in efficiency once you get into the upper end of each, and both can run very quietly, but neither is silent unless your solution is totally fanless." CreationDate="2018-04-09T12:11:15.717" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15199" PostId="9079" Score="1" Text="What cooler is currently on the CPU?  The stock one?  I'm big with Noctua products for my air cooling and that fan may help, but a different cooler altogether may be a better solution.   Also, are we sure it's the CPU fan making the noise?" CreationDate="2018-04-10T12:06:35.567" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15200" PostId="9072" Score="0" Text="A watch with GPS turned On *will not* hold battery for more than a day or two maximum. And I don't think there's any good one with a swappable battery." CreationDate="2018-04-10T12:21:41.880" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15201" PostId="9072" Score="0" Text="I only need the GPS feature when running, so it will be turned on less than 3 hours per week." CreationDate="2018-04-10T16:32:00.900" UserId="7606" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15204" PostId="9079" Score="0" Text="I think is the stock one, no visible information anywhere, but If find more information I will post it here. The noise is from the cooler, because I stop completely it with my hand, and the noise reduce to almost nothing. Also, I have blocked just to let spin a little, the noise was more similar to the others coolers." CreationDate="2018-04-10T17:35:14.660" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15205" PostId="9082" Score="0" Text="This is helping a lot! There are good directions, information and solutions in your reply, I will investigate starting again from the 1) searching for PWM somewhere in the BIOS. I will say something soon. I also post more information about my rig in the question." CreationDate="2018-04-10T17:48:34.300" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15206" PostId="9082" Score="0" Text="Also, the system is lasting, but not without some repairs over the years, like MotherBoard (changed 1 time), PSU (1 time), CPU (1 time from a 2100+ to this 1900+). Also now is just works like 48 hours continuously in a week." CreationDate="2018-04-10T17:59:37.930" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15208" PostId="9079" Score="0" Text="@CDove the cooler is a Cooler Master, I have updated the question with this new info. Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-04-10T22:29:39.483" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15209" PostId="9082" Score="0" Text="1) This BIOS has no PWM or way to control the fan.  &#xA;2) I have tried [software like Speedfan for linux](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/328906/find-fan-speed-and-cpu-temp-in-linux) but some did detect nothing, and none gave information about the fan speed or way to control it." CreationDate="2018-04-10T22:30:22.707" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15210" PostId="9082" Score="0" Text="Now I will try the options 3), 4) and then 5) to see. Also I have notice that if I drop, by manual control, the RPM to ±3000RPM the noise drops a lot without raising to much the temperate 35°. Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-04-10T22:36:40.610" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15212" PostId="9082" Score="0" Text="OK, so the resistor is next in line. Note also that if you can improve general airflow through the case, you will in turn improve the function of the CPU HSF. So make sure you have a decent, quiet intake fan at the front and a decent, quite exhaust fan at the back." CreationDate="2018-04-11T12:34:13.670" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15216" PostId="9066" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo, a water cooler still has a fan and radiators, not to mention a pump. For many applications, air cooling will be cheaper and quieter, with similar dissipation, through an overclocked high TDP system may benefit from extra dissipation." CreationDate="2018-04-12T08:48:05.587" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15221" PostId="9082" Score="0" Text="The resistor probably is step to big at the moment…and I really thinking about improving the airflow through the case, like you said, so probably if I put two fan cooler with 2000rpm (17dB), one in the front bottom (intake), and the other e the back top (exhaust), this could work. Also the CPU would be close to the back top fan, and i could try to remove it CPU Fan completely. But I have to check the CPU temperature, and then try to had the resister. Thanks @CJM" CreationDate="2018-04-12T15:18:12.053" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15222" PostId="9066" Score="0" Text="@Alpha3031 True, I probably should have specified &quot;silent&quot; more specifically from a &quot;vs. cpu fan standpoint&quot; as the radiator is usually mounted to a fan which makes noise. I personally have found the sound of a water cooling pump to be less of a noticeable sound than cpu fan, but this might just be because I am an OC-addict." CreationDate="2018-04-12T18:15:56.317" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15223" PostId="9090" Score="0" Text="Clear and savage answer" CreationDate="2018-04-14T15:48:11.307" UserId="9161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15225" PostId="9090" Score="0" Text="I wasn't trying to be savage, but it is a rather blunt answer." CreationDate="2018-04-16T15:18:16.830" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15226" PostId="9099" Score="1" Text="A note about Epson printers (at least the one I had). The cartridges themselves kept track of how much ink they had, not the printer. Meaning that you couldn't refill them yourself without resetting the cartridge. You will also have to use it frequently, as it will run a cleaning cycle that will eat up your ink if it was not used. It used a full cartridge set once just to clean itself. Haven't used it since. I'm not sure if others have the same experience, but I wouldn't touch Epson if I were you." CreationDate="2018-04-16T15:27:12.180" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15227" PostId="9091" Score="0" Text="I removed an off-topic sub-question. If you do have to clean your own cartridge, you might be able to ask that question on [Super User](https://superuser.com/)." CreationDate="2018-04-16T15:28:32.117" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15228" PostId="9098" Score="0" Text="Took a quick look at the reviews - this looks *very* impressive to me. There are a few flaws noted in reviews by Amazon customers, but this is very close to the caliber of hardware I'm expecting. Absent another answer with a better product, I'm likely to give you the check." CreationDate="2018-04-16T17:41:25.230" UserId="578" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15229" PostId="9098" Score="0" Text="Just don't make the mistake I did; I bought about $300 worth of multicolor fading LED silent fans only to discover that they had a unique tiny fan controller that can only take three fans at a time.  It was like reaching into a spider's nest until I got enough zip ties..." CreationDate="2018-04-16T18:01:18.513" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15230" PostId="9099" Score="0" Text="Thanks for this. I came across this line of Epson EcoTank printers that seems to deliberately accept bottled ink, what do you think of something like this? https://epson.ca/For-Home/Printers/Inkjet/Epson-Expression-ET-2550-EcoTank-All-in-One-Printer/p/C11CE91201.&#xA;&#xA;I had planned on using an organic solvent like ethanol or acetone to clean the cartridge if necessary, but with the printer above it looks like it ships empty, so it might not be necessary to clean it at all." CreationDate="2018-04-16T18:53:13.770" UserId="9164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15231" PostId="9091" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley OK, no problem." CreationDate="2018-04-16T18:54:55.933" UserId="9164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15233" PostId="9097" Score="0" Text="Thanks for answering, However you consideration is higher than my requirement. &quot;dust resistance&quot; I mean is keep the fiber dust out of enclosure. And the fiber dust is major from cloth and carpet. I think a filter net can solve the problem. Even if there are portable requirement, I can ensure that it is impossible to drop the enclosure down the ground. Because you involve &quot;shock absorbing&quot;, I want to add a requirement &quot;vibration absorbing&quot;, and &quot;vibration&quot; means the vibration from air conditioner( high performance),  electric fans(on the table) and fresh air exchange system. I will modify post." CreationDate="2018-04-17T00:24:51.177" UserId="7932" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15234" PostId="9097" Score="0" Text="Even if my usage intensity is much higher than the office using, but it is still less than the real data center situation. Furthermore, I do not think it is conflict between SSD and HDD, because SSD is smaller than HDD and a middle layer case can adapt SSD to HDD socket(it is easily found on market)." CreationDate="2018-04-17T00:36:53.983" UserId="7932" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15235" PostId="9097" Score="0" Text="But it still help me a lot, thank you." CreationDate="2018-04-17T04:14:53.210" UserId="7932" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15237" PostId="9099" Score="0" Text="@KBriggs That looks promising, but I don't know anything else about it. It might be impossible to clean it out if you ever had to, and I am not sure how/when/if it cleans itself, but it might be the best product for you. I will see if I can find more information about this printer." CreationDate="2018-04-17T15:50:59.007" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15238" PostId="9094" Score="0" Text="Do you want a fully enclosed case? Or, are you OK with one side of the hard disk being exposed like the one shown in the image?" CreationDate="2018-04-17T16:06:09.957" UserId="9035" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15239" PostId="6896" Score="0" Text="My advice is to pay $1 dollar month to pay for iCloud.  Purchased apps in iTunes had been deprecated." CreationDate="2018-04-17T16:12:43.307" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15240" PostId="9099" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Yes, cleaning it out might be tricky. I have confirmed that the ink holder ships empty, so no initial cleaning would be needed at least, but the service rep confirmed that there is no easy way to clean it out once it has been loaded once. Not a dealbreaker, just means it would be a single-purpose machine." CreationDate="2018-04-17T16:41:31.560" UserId="9164" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15241" PostId="9105" Score="0" Text="These computer all have very similar specs. I would go with the LG Gram b/c it has an SSD. It seems options 2/3 have discrete graphics cards which won't be terribly helpful for general app development. What locale are you from? I may be able to recommend higher spec laptops for the same price! (The linked sites seems to suggest you are from a Spanish-speaking country?)" CreationDate="2018-04-18T22:21:14.520" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15242" PostId="9105" Score="0" Text="I'm from Brazil (Portuguese-speaking country ^^) I found this one with i7 8GB 256GB SSD for just R$ 3.349,00 (https://www.kabum.com.br/produto/94527/notebook-vaio-fit-15s-intel-core-i7-7500u-8gb-ssd-256gb-sem-dvd-rw-windows-10-home-sl-15-6-3340210-vjf155f11x-b0711b?origem=52&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw2dvWBRBvEiwADllhn52hOALfzZyqy8q_ruFEM4ijr_max-mZOKDlejVR-G7rE9xR3COaMBoC0gQQAvD_BwE)" CreationDate="2018-04-18T22:23:31.240" UserId="9174" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15244" PostId="9106" Score="0" Text="It is a really good notebook indeed and I'd love to buy it, but it can get taxed in customs and the price will be R$ 5.943,92 :(" CreationDate="2018-04-18T22:53:00.287" UserId="9174" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15245" PostId="9106" Score="0" Text="This laptop should ship directly to your home address in brazil, I don't think you would need to take it through customs. I'm afraid I don't understand? Also I double checked and I'm afraid the shipping cost is actually about 47 USD." CreationDate="2018-04-18T22:56:55.413" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15247" PostId="9107" Score="0" Text="Your question is a little too broad.  Have you done any shopping on your own yet?  Presenting choices from where you've already done some of the work would narrow things down.  I was involved with a woman in Trois-Rivieres for awhile who had an ASUS gaming laptop she got for around this price, they're a good company, and I know you can get their hardware easily where you are from. Probably a good place to start." CreationDate="2018-04-19T12:16:34.650" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15248" PostId="9054" Score="0" Text="Fantastic answer, thank you for your advice!" CreationDate="2018-04-19T14:09:11.010" UserId="9100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15249" PostId="9107" Score="0" Text="You're asking for a list.  That isn't the purpose here." CreationDate="2018-04-19T15:15:20.780" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15251" PostId="9103" Score="0" Text="Thanks a lot! I went with the 650Watt in the end but also the low end graphics card so I hope it'll be ok!" CreationDate="2018-04-20T13:39:04.737" UserId="9176" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15252" PostId="9103" Score="0" Text="Sounds good, the low-end GPU shouldn't have much TDP so you are probably fine that way.  If not, I see the EVGA 850w Bronze (which isn't their best, but is still really good) go on sale often.  Don't forget to click the checkmark next to the answer if I answered your questions!" CreationDate="2018-04-20T13:53:58.887" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15253" PostId="9101" Score="0" Text="have any idea from the logs what caused the crash in the first place.  The fact that it ran for a month without issues makes it seems like it can handle the job.   I know thats not really what your asking, but if you cant make what you already have work better then thats an option as well." CreationDate="2018-04-20T18:02:07.573" UserId="7864" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15254" PostId="9102" Score="0" Text="Unfortunatly, build requests/reviews are off-topic for this site. Please see my [question series](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/search?q=user%3A60+is%3Aquestion+college) for an example of how to ask these types of questions. Also, I would not recommend buying/building a computer without understanding your use case. All I see is that you want many cores and this will not be a gaming system. If you do decide to break up this question, please list the goals of this system and how you till be using it." CreationDate="2018-04-20T18:42:20.183" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15260" PostId="9101" Score="0" Text="yeah, I am actually asking because my department wants me to :( I added an automatic reboot now and I think it will handle it well. Still, recommendations would have been helpful." CreationDate="2018-04-21T07:56:04.250" UserId="9175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15261" PostId="203" Score="0" Text="Out of curiosity, wouldn't the receiving system (laptop/desktop/server) need to have an equally powerful range to be able to send requests to the network? Seems to me the better solution would be a wireless relay to boost the signal both ways." CreationDate="2018-04-21T11:10:35.413" UserId="9193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15262" PostId="203" Score="0" Text="@O.M.Y. Nope. &quot;the receiving system&quot; is itself the one that's gonna use the powerful Wireless network adapter. Also, both ends don't need to have the same range to reach each other, they only have to fall Into each others coverage." CreationDate="2018-04-21T15:13:20.343" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15263" PostId="203" Score="0" Text="@Conspiria - What is your definition of the difference between `range` and `coverage`? As far as I knew the *effective* range of a radio-type device **determines** the device's *effective* area of coverage. What you are saying (`&quot;both ends don't need to have the same range&quot;`) makes no sense. If I have a mobile radio with 5 watts of power and a base station with 1 watt of power the base will be able to hear me as I move further away but after a while I will not be able to hear the base clearly (which is critical in digital data signals) and then at all. Wireless routers/bases are no different." CreationDate="2018-04-22T02:00:18.213" UserId="9193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15264" PostId="203" Score="0" Text="Put another way, range is like the radius of a circle and coverage is the area inside the circumference *based on that radius*. Two circles can overlap but just putting a small radius circle inside a large radius circle does not guarantee effective 2-way signal coverage unless the **centers** are mutually overlapped (each center point must be somewhere within the maximum radius distance of the other)." CreationDate="2018-04-22T02:09:52.633" UserId="9193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15265" PostId="203" Score="1" Text="@O.M.Y. I see no point in continuing this conversation in the comments, it's not chat section. my question is pretty straightforward and only about a wireless network adapter, no talks about other equipment. If you wanna know more about this field do more research yourself ." CreationDate="2018-04-22T06:19:14.180" UserDisplayName="user137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15266" PostId="9120" Score="0" Text="If you’re not looking for router capabilities, what you’re looking for is called a WAP (wireless access point). Try searching for that instead" CreationDate="2018-04-23T04:44:29.550" UserId="5358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15269" PostId="9125" Score="0" Text="This. Great explanation of Spectre and Meltdown, and I agree that &quot;waiting for the next one&quot; will always have you waiting for the be-all-end-all generation that just won't come. +1" CreationDate="2018-04-23T15:22:03.700" UserId="976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15270" PostId="9123" Score="0" Text="Designing, manufacturing, and testing CPUs are hard. I would not expect the Spectre and Meltdown bugs to be fixed by the time 9th gen is released. The software level fixes do not impact performance as much as previously thought." CreationDate="2018-04-23T15:32:14.110" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15271" PostId="9126" Score="0" Text="I have an ethernet wire going from one building to another.  In the other building, I cannot access the wifi as it is too far away.  The following would work but is expensive : https://www.amazon.com/Google-WiFi-Router-OnHub-AC1900/dp/B013ALA9LA/ref=br_lf_m_efocte25asgg7h2_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;s=pc.  Ethernet in wifi out.  In the other building the machine all have NIC or integrated wireless.  I have tried hot-spotting my phone before and even though I am on unlimited data, the broadband was erratic (not good in a customer conference call)!" CreationDate="2018-04-23T18:39:39.643" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15272" PostId="9132" Score="0" Text="What is &quot;inexpensive&quot; to you?" CreationDate="2018-04-25T13:29:38.017" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15273" PostId="9129" Score="0" Text="Had terrible experiences with Jawbone build quality and customer support, I recommend looking elsewhere." CreationDate="2018-04-25T15:12:13.630" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15275" PostId="9132" Score="0" Text="Probably under $200, but bring the best you got" CreationDate="2018-04-25T23:11:14.400" UserId="1628" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15276" PostId="9133" Score="0" Text="Since it's assistive tech, it costs more.  That's because health insurance can cover it, and when insurance can cover something, prices on that something get inflated drastically (rendering insurance nothing but a legalized protection racket, if you ask me).  After 5 years in software that managed healthcare contracts, I can tell you that anything like this has its price determined first by the maximum amount they can get from the insurance companies.  You might want to look into gaming keyboards; there are supplemental ones for the left hand that can be mapped to do what you're asking." CreationDate="2018-04-26T13:58:33.070" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15277" PostId="9132" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for phone or tablet or either?" CreationDate="2018-04-26T19:28:59.573" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15278" PostId="9132" Score="0" Text="Either would be fine" CreationDate="2018-04-27T11:53:42.807" UserId="1628" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15279" PostId="9138" Score="0" Text="I actually already have an external speaker with bluetooth, however sometimes it just doesn’t work with the pi, and the sound coming from the 3.5mm audio jack is buzzy. That’s why I was looking for something tiny connected to USB port. Thanks for your answer anyway!" CreationDate="2018-04-27T13:04:13.710" UserDisplayName="user9212" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15284" PostId="9127" Score="0" Text="Do you have a specific audio profile that you want? (iex. Big bass vs. good high range production). In general, Skullcandy headphones are typically priced around your wish list price and will give you decent audio vs. price. Bose headphones Quiet Comforts are very comfortable with excellent sound but are probably above your price point." CreationDate="2018-04-27T15:07:10.477" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15285" PostId="9127" Score="0" Text="Yeah a quick Google gives £289 for the Bose QuietComfort 35 II so I'll probably give those a miss :-) I'd say a rounded profile - I'm not interested in excessive bass. Whatever profile the Klipsch Image S4 are, I liked those very much." CreationDate="2018-04-27T16:09:58.983" UserId="9201" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15287" PostId="9133" Score="0" Text="Seems super niche. Have you thought about doing it yourself with an Arduino? It probably won't be to hard or expensive." CreationDate="2018-04-27T21:09:27.960" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15289" PostId="9148" Score="0" Text="Isn't the base clock speed of the ram 3000MHz ?" CreationDate="2018-04-29T19:42:05.887" UserId="9218" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15290" PostId="9148" Score="0" Text="I'd agree with #1 solely based on CPU; the Intel is going to do better for gaming and since that is your primary purpose, that's what I'd go with.  However, #2 is just as worthy if not for saving a few bucks and getting an SSD; the CPU is still quite capable." CreationDate="2018-04-29T23:20:43.583" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15291" PostId="9148" Score="0" Text="I believe base standard for Coffee Lake is 2666. Note choice 2 has only 2400 MHz memory. Considerable slower RAM." CreationDate="2018-04-30T02:51:36.143" UserId="9028" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15295" PostId="9149" Score="0" Text="Switch devices like these are usually &quot;pass-through&quot;, so you can't send instructions from the peripheral device you have connected send a signal directly to the switch. Everything I've found in the last half hour that claims to have hotkey support has terrible reviews, most of them dealing with the hotkey issue. This is anecdotal from my search, but you'd likely be better off finding a KVM switch or a USB switch with the physical button on an extended cable, that way you can  route it somewhere more convenient." CreationDate="2018-05-01T19:43:19.453" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15296" PostId="9149" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 I am using Mouse without Borders now, but it sometimes lags and additionally it has trouble with games. I will probably buy a switch with a button and code a rasberry pi to close the circuit somehow and then trigger that with a hotkey from my PC and plug it together with an USB cable to trigger it." CreationDate="2018-05-01T21:22:15.583" UserId="9220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15301" PostId="7294" Score="0" Text="LCD panels can indeed produce flicker. When lowering the brightness, most monitors flash the LED backlighting. The flashing is half the time `off` and half the time `on`, the screen appears to be half as dim.  This practice is known as ***PWM (pulse-width modulation)***. The manufacturers do this to save a nickel rather than provide circuitry reducing the electricity to properly dim the LEDs. Unfortunately, the user is unwittingly staring into something like disco strobe lights – not healthy to eyes &amp; brain. See [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlight#Backlight_dimming)." CreationDate="2018-05-02T22:27:52.553" UserId="530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15304" PostId="9161" Score="0" Text="The choice is a very personal one. Being a web developer myself, my experience has been that Mac devs chose a bigger screen over two smaller ones while Windows devs chose the opposite." CreationDate="2018-05-03T13:03:07.023" UserId="3929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15308" PostId="9163" Score="0" Text="`more effective at cooling` - did you find the stock cooler unable to keep your cpu cool under your workload? I'm sure there are a few communities out where someone would give you a stock cooler for little more than the cost of shipping" CreationDate="2018-05-03T19:12:13.140" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15309" PostId="9163" Score="0" Text="`quieter` this is another point that begs the question - what do you consider too loud or quiet enough? noise will vary more on workload than by the cooler itself. Larger hunks of metal will result in less fan noise for short burst workloads because of their thermal capacity" CreationDate="2018-05-03T19:14:21.580" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15312" PostId="9163" Score="0" Text="Going with Jared's general point; Do you have examples for us as to how loud or how hot the machine is getting?  If you're on a low budget, we'd hate to make a recommendation that spends money in the wrong direction." CreationDate="2018-05-04T13:05:58.150" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15314" PostId="9164" Score="0" Text="Agreeing with this.  Also, it may be important to you that the monitor can rotate on its mount 90 degrees.  I don't do so much web dev, but I do some, and having a portrait screen next to a landscape screen makes it much easier to work with markup languages (HTML, XML, JSON) and chase down code in huge code blocks in .Net stuff." CreationDate="2018-05-04T13:11:51.347" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15315" PostId="9166" Score="0" Text="The fan looked promising but unfortunately seems too deep for my mid-tower, in which the MicroATX motherboard is mounted on the side with 16cm of clearance above it. I also would ideally want a heatsink/fan that's much less than the whole 16cm, I'm actually surprised at how large these fans are. The stock Intel one that I have, including the heatsink, comes up to around 4-5cm high. Ideally, I'm looking for something closer to that height, give or take another 5cm or so." CreationDate="2018-05-05T18:21:17.827" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15316" PostId="9166" Score="0" Text="Unless I'm reading the format of dimensions wrong entirely, which would explain why all these fans are so deep. Is there some sort of standard for which order width, length and height/depth go in?" CreationDate="2018-05-05T18:23:17.760" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15317" PostId="9166" Score="0" Text="Also, with regards to your Speedfan comment - is there a way of/guide to knowing when exactly is too early for the fan to be at 100%?" CreationDate="2018-05-05T18:23:55.820" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15318" PostId="9163" Score="0" Text="It's not getting particularly hot, I suppose, just loud enough to hear audibly, usually a whining or drone. I had assumed that this was both down to the stock cooler's own loudness *and* its inability to cool properly. Experimenting with Speedfan, though, I notice that the noise/whine of the fan that I'm hearing only occurs at 100%, and the fan is a quieter at around 85%, although the drone is still unmistakeably there." CreationDate="2018-05-05T18:50:15.030" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15319" PostId="9163" Score="0" Text="This basically means that the fan is virtually always running at 100% when on. In any case, I'd like to get rid of both the sound at 100% and the usual drone from the old fan... my usual temps are between 36-39, which doesn't seem that high to me considering there's two HDDs and an SSD in this mid tower." CreationDate="2018-05-05T18:50:18.127" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15320" PostId="9165" Score="0" Text="Good point about the sound of the cooler I selected, I suppose I assumed that the stock Intel cooler would be louder than any third party one on account of being a stock product, though I couldn't find any actual dB rating for it. If I'm getting this dimensions malarkey the right way round, that cooler also seems to be pretty deep. See my comment on the other answer." CreationDate="2018-05-05T18:56:55.243" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15321" PostId="9163" Score="0" Text="Forgot to tag: @Cdove" CreationDate="2018-05-07T22:56:22.840" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15322" PostId="9163" Score="0" Text="Forgot to tag: @JaredT" CreationDate="2018-05-07T22:56:32.743" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15323" PostId="9166" Score="1" Text="Re: Speedfan - A sign that your fan is too aggressive is when it ramps up, it quickly cools the CPU such that the temp drops and thus the fan eases off quickly - which means your goes noisier &gt; quieter &gt; noisier &gt; quieter etc. Having the fan ramp up in more gradual steps means it will get gradually noisier until it reaches an equilibrium... hopefully some time before fan speed = 100%." CreationDate="2018-05-08T10:48:16.707" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15324" PostId="9166" Score="1" Text="Freezer pro 11 LP added as a low-profile alternative" CreationDate="2018-05-08T10:54:17.683" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15325" PostId="7956" Score="0" Text="The irony that the company that developed the M-Disc didn't even last as long as a conventional DVD - the went bust in 2016." CreationDate="2018-05-08T12:40:59.240" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15326" PostId="9178" Score="1" Text="I didn't know anyone even still made these as standalone devices.  Have you considered just purchasing an older-model used phone and not connecting services? It might actually cost less." CreationDate="2018-05-08T15:07:01.790" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15327" PostId="9178" Score="0" Text="Get iPod Classic.  Install Rockbox.  Done." CreationDate="2018-05-08T18:57:41.097" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15328" PostId="9177" Score="0" Text="You're gonna want the Gigabyte if you want to game, the Dell will do alright.  The Lenovo has integrated graphics, so might handle some ok.  The mac would probably need a dual boot with Windows and that graphics is kinda low end for high end gaming." CreationDate="2018-05-08T19:03:45.857" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15335" PostId="9177" Score="1" Text="The Gigabyte is going to be the standout performer there. And I think your support and durability ratings are radically different to mine. You'll get better support from Gigabyte and Lenovo, and Dell are not reknowned for durability either." CreationDate="2018-05-09T12:47:30.063" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15336" PostId="9177" Score="0" Text="Thanks! That is useful!" CreationDate="2018-05-09T13:13:46.080" UserId="4727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15337" PostId="9185" Score="0" Text="So basically you're telling me this doesn't exist?" CreationDate="2018-05-09T13:32:12.787" UserId="9260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15338" PostId="9185" Score="0" Text="Correct.  [Even large format scanners](https://www.amazon.com/Epson-DS-50000-Large-Format-Document-Scanner/dp/B009EUFV4W) don't go much over 17&quot;.  [This Link](https://www.hereon.biz/receipt-scanner/) may give you options for scanners that will get you the OCR features you want." CreationDate="2018-05-09T13:36:29.647" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15339" PostId="9184" Score="0" Text="Thank you for detailed answer. But even that router is only designed to control specific devices or to extend the range of existing connections.  When using a phone or computer, you are able to give the Bluetooth device internet access without knowing or caring what that device is doing over the connection. That is what I am attempting to locate. I could design and build my own, but it would be nice if there was something off the self that would do this" CreationDate="2018-05-09T15:52:53.770" UserId="7864" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15340" PostId="9177" Score="0" Text="Invest in an external keyboard (usb) and external monitor. This will improve efficiency.    Laptop keyboards alone are always a compromise." CreationDate="2018-05-09T16:32:48.670" UserId="6195" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15341" PostId="9187" Score="0" Text="Yes, zenbook is a very aesthetics laptop and it's impressive" CreationDate="2018-05-09T19:11:36.043" UserId="9261" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15343" PostId="9193" Score="0" Text="Is landspace vs portrait mode a concern for 32”? Also, might be better for her to find out if she at least has a HDMI or DVI port, or some port?" CreationDate="2018-05-10T11:33:33.403" UserId="2323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15344" PostId="9193" Score="0" Text="Even if she has a Mini DisplayPort, which most 2010 MacBook Pro had, she can buy a DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort converter. Best to wait until the laptop comes back from the shop." CreationDate="2018-05-10T11:36:09.713" UserId="2323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15348" PostId="9192" Score="0" Text="Do you have any screen size and resolution requirements? I am assuming full color support is a must (to eliminate e-ink displays). What about power and connection requirements? Price? Is there anything else that you can think of that might help us narrow down the selection?" CreationDate="2018-05-10T15:46:59.160" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15353" PostId="2075" Score="0" Text="What would you recommend for a similarly-shaped laptop that gets hot in the center?" CreationDate="2018-05-10T19:10:08.410" UserId="7203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15355" PostId="9194" Score="0" Text="Do you have a hard price ceiling? What about any size requirements? Do you have anything else you can add to your question that might help us search?" CreationDate="2018-05-10T22:03:06.120" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15359" PostId="9169" Score="1" Text="Do you have requirements about screen sizes? Would 17 be too big or 13 too small? I recently purchased a Dell XPS 15 and would absolutely recommend it, but the specific one I purchased is way out of your budget. Also keep in mind that some generations of the i5 do not have hyper-threading. I think the 8th Gen has it, but I am not sure." CreationDate="2018-05-10T22:33:07.460" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15360" PostId="9166" Score="0" Text="Just decided to go ahead and buy the Freezer 11 LP. Double-checked and all the standard-sized HPSs would definitely have been too big for my case. Thanks for all your help, it's much appreciated." CreationDate="2018-05-11T00:03:57.720" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15361" PostId="9169" Score="0" Text="I'd rather have a bigger screen than a smaller one, but I could propably settle for any as long as it would outperform other laptops in other categories that I care about" CreationDate="2018-05-11T06:12:34.633" UserId="9044" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15362" PostId="8955" Score="0" Text="It is just a bit more than 150 Euro but most likely the best option these days" CreationDate="2018-05-11T09:44:47.360" UserId="7923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15363" PostId="9194" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley just made an update" CreationDate="2018-05-11T12:25:41.260" UserId="9268" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15364" PostId="9194" Score="0" Text="Thanks. Keep in mind that used units are tricky for us. If an answer links to a specific item, that answer will be deleted (eventually) as it will not help future readers. However, a link to a new unit should have all of your requirements, but might be too expensive, leaving you with the exercise of finding a seller." CreationDate="2018-05-11T14:45:42.487" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15365" PostId="9194" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley new units might be OK also. So, I believe that the new one would cost 600$ and I would try to find used one then." CreationDate="2018-05-11T15:32:09.837" UserId="9268" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15372" PostId="9203" Score="0" Text="thanks for suggestions but none of these have analog triggers..." CreationDate="2018-05-12T06:20:22.613" UserId="9030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15373" PostId="9203" Score="0" Text="The [Logitech F710](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041RR0TW) has analog triggers, but only four face buttons. I haven't seen any gamepad with six face buttons plus analog triggers." CreationDate="2018-05-12T07:28:07.340" UserId="819" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15374" PostId="9203" Score="0" Text="Paul Sweatte: neither did I, hence my search for this &quot;unicorn&quot;" CreationDate="2018-05-12T10:53:15.637" UserId="9030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15376" PostId="9210" Score="0" Text="I would strongly recommend against anything below i5 for graphic intensive workflows from the Intel range, even my (admittedly 5 year old) i5-4570 struggles from time to time with photoshop and premiere. I would highly recommend [this cpu here](https://www.cyberport.de/pc-und-zubehoer/komponenten/prozessoren-cpu/amd/pdp/2001-6cs/amd-ryzen-r5-1500x-4x-3-5-3-7-ghz-18mb-sockel-am4-cpu-box.html) if your budget will stretch for that." CreationDate="2018-05-13T18:33:37.697" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15379" PostId="9192" Score="0" Text="I'd say e-ink is out due to resolution/color constraints. Really no other contraints: just trying to determine best display technology for simulating real word printed/painted pieces. OLED?" CreationDate="2018-05-14T00:51:27.517" UserId="9266" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15380" PostId="9210" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! Can you add _why_ you recommend the Ryzen 5 1600 to your answer please? This will help others looking for something similar." CreationDate="2018-05-14T15:38:22.487" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15381" PostId="9210" Score="0" Text="@EdwardNunn Can you add an answer with your recommendation? Comments are temporary and are not the best place for answers, let alone comments on another answer." CreationDate="2018-05-14T15:42:21.137" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15382" PostId="9215" Score="0" Text="Thanks, but I said &quot;instead of relying on [...] learning (which requires a working remote to learn from)&quot;. The point is the current remote is so bad I can't count on it giving any reliable signal. It might work now, but who knows in a couple of years, when I may have to reprogram (for whatever reason) the universal remote? Also, there are some documented functions that are not available in the default remote, so I can't learn them from it." CreationDate="2018-05-14T17:10:45.050" UserId="9281" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15383" PostId="9210" Score="0" Text="The reason I recommended the Ryzen 5 1600 is because it has six cores and twelve threads (as I mentioned in my answer, multithreaded performance is important), it has good single threaded performance, as well, which is important too, its price isn't very steep and last but not least, it will be upgradable as it has been stated that AMD will continue to support the AM4 socket for a couple of years." CreationDate="2018-05-14T19:30:40.697" UserId="9283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15384" PostId="9218" Score="0" Text="Take a look at mysn.eu, I own a Slim 14 and am very happy as coding machine" CreationDate="2018-05-14T22:51:25.763" UserId="9293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15385" PostId="7406" Score="0" Text="possibly related: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/9220/lga1151-cpu-lowest-power-consumption" CreationDate="2018-05-15T07:08:32.107" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15387" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="Xeons tend to underperform in single-threaded apps, and this is why.  They're designed to go in server farms, where a 1w difference in TDP is often a 100w difference in a rack. However, it sounds like you're using hardware for something that might suit your purpose better (and using less power overall) with one single physical machine running virtual machines." CreationDate="2018-05-15T12:25:18.447" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15388" PostId="9221" Score="0" Text="As far as I know all Adobe applications can use more than 4 cores, so you would recommend the Ryzen? The rendering of the final images is done in the cloud anyway, saves a lot of time. I adjusted the question a bit, cause I am unsure about the graphics." CreationDate="2018-05-15T13:38:32.370" UserId="9293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15389" PostId="9221" Score="1" Text="I personally prefer nVidia graphics cards, but AMD ones aren't bad.  They were ATI before AMD bought up the company.  You're doing a lot of 2D rendering, so texture memory and CPU are what will matter most.  If you get the 1060, get the 6GB variant.  If the rx580, get the 8GB variant.  for what you're doing, they will perform very similarly." CreationDate="2018-05-16T13:50:28.943" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15390" PostId="9221" Score="0" Text="Actually I mainly use ray tracers for the rendering of the files. On my local machine I only do the preview rendering, the images you see on Behance are all cloud rendered. Thanks for the advice :)" CreationDate="2018-05-16T15:37:31.417" UserId="9293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15393" PostId="9227" Score="0" Text="I have edited your question to hopefully make it more clear. Please [edit] it if I have made the wrong assumptions. Do you know what PCIe slots are available on your motherboard? Do you have a budget for this adapter?" CreationDate="2018-05-17T22:27:39.667" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15394" PostId="9234" Score="0" Text="Somebody makes an IDE SSD? Why? You can find [modern IDE HDDs](https://www.amazon.com/Blue-320-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B000RO3BPA/ref=sr_1_54?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526660628&amp;sr=8-54&amp;keywords=ide%2Bhdd&amp;th=1) that will be just as fast, have more storage, and be cheaper." CreationDate="2018-05-18T16:26:19.293" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15395" PostId="9228" Score="1" Text="I would really think twice about purchasing an SSD for this system. You are not going to get anywhere near the performance increases you are thinking." CreationDate="2018-05-18T16:49:17.310" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15396" PostId="9232" Score="0" Text="But I have a PCIe 3.0 (with a graphics card) and a PCIe 2.0 free. May I use  PCIe 2.0 to install the SSD NVMe?" CreationDate="2018-05-18T19:53:24.510" UserId="9311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15397" PostId="9232" Score="0" Text="PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 2.0 refer to generations of the PCIe. The generation of PCIe doesn't change accross a motherboard. What you have is an occupied PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, with x16 referring to the configuration of the slot(this contains the graphics card), and an empty PCIe 3.0 x16 slot. However this empty slot is configured as an x4 slot, which means it looks identical to the slot with your graphics card, but will only work with devices configured for an x4 slot. Both of the adapters above are designed for a slot configured for x4. This is the slot you will use." CreationDate="2018-05-18T20:14:56.747" UserId="9313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15398" PostId="6896" Score="0" Text="Honestly, for a computer with no other purpose than this, consider used. I don't know where you are but a simple 4gb Windows 7 machine with a 250-500gb hard drive can be had for significantly under $100." CreationDate="2018-05-18T20:22:00.153" UserId="9304" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15399" PostId="9236" Score="1" Text="Can you clarify the price? I assume you mean ₹60,000, since $60,000 wouldn't be budget by any standard. Is that right?" CreationDate="2018-05-19T07:42:27.667" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15400" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="@CDove VMs is not an option, it controls some hardware on-location. it sure sounds like the perfect job for a Raspberry Pi, but the hardware requires a specific motherboard, sporting an LGA1151 socket. (hope to find some way to connect the hardware to an rpi in the future tho)" CreationDate="2018-05-19T10:41:55.710" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15402" PostId="9213" Score="1" Text="Very uncommon request. I'm wondering: What's your motivation? Why this approach? What's the reason for this very uncommon approach?" CreationDate="2018-05-19T11:28:47.027" UserId="9308" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15404" PostId="9236" Score="0" Text="Yes Obie, its ₹. Sorry I missed that. And thanks for the elaborated answer. It helped a lot!" CreationDate="2018-05-19T16:23:03.123" UserId="9315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15405" PostId="9236" Score="0" Text="@Obie2.0 Actually also I thought of going for Macbook as I saw on YouTube that Mac integration with their own application Final Cut Pro X is significantly faster than a windows machine running 3rd party apps like Adobe Premiere Pro. A Mac running Final Cut Pro X saves about 70% render time. The problem is that I could only afford a Macbook Air. Would Macbook Air be a good option?&#xA;&#xA;If not, as you suggested, I will go for a desktop." CreationDate="2018-05-19T16:32:56.223" UserId="9315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15406" PostId="9236" Score="0" Text="That's probably true, that Macs save time. Macbook Air probably wouldn't be enough. However, you can grab a used MacBook Pro with high specs from eBay for about 1049 USD plus shipping. Also, I forgot to consider monitor pricing. Do you already have a monitor?" CreationDate="2018-05-19T19:24:30.733" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15407" PostId="9239" Score="0" Text="Thank you! I've read a few reviews and it leaves me with a mixed impression. Things like &quot;fan running for no reason&quot; aren't acceptable for me. I used to hate another laptop with such issue." CreationDate="2018-05-19T21:29:29.163" UserId="9292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15408" PostId="9240" Score="0" Text="I note that you say &quot;small enough to be easily concealed.&quot; I don't think that it's illegal to record a conversation to which one is party in India (it is in some other countries), but certainly some people might not take it well anyway." CreationDate="2018-05-19T22:17:50.333" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15409" PostId="9236" Score="0" Text="Yes I do have a monitor already. I had a old desktop that is completely working. I will see what all can be reused." CreationDate="2018-05-20T05:57:36.083" UserId="9315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15410" PostId="9237" Score="0" Text="Would these fit in the Node 202 case?" CreationDate="2018-05-20T09:02:29.157" UserId="9320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15411" PostId="9232" Score="0" Text="I don't understand the x4 and x16 lanes. If I have a PCIe graphics card and a NVMe, both in the same time, the speed of NVMe can be reduced? This [SSD NVMe](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BN5FJZQ/?tag=stackoverflow17-20) read speeds up to 3,500MB/s, I will achive this speed with an x16 lane occupied by a graphics card?" CreationDate="2018-05-20T16:25:48.140" UserId="9311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15412" PostId="9237" Score="1" Text="@Zushauque - Not sure." CreationDate="2018-05-20T17:21:56.957" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15413" PostId="9232" Score="0" Text="I found something that explain my doubt [Everything you need to know about NVMe](https://www.pcworld.com/article/2899351/everything-you-need-to-know-about-nvme.html), I did understand the x16 and x4 lanes to traffic data, but the link explained. Thank you!" CreationDate="2018-05-20T22:56:07.280" UserId="9311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15414" PostId="9242" Score="0" Text="How do you feel about DIY?  Raspberry Pi 3 (or etc), usb gps, sd card, some code which many other people have done similar projects, and of course USB battery packs.  If you get a 64gb sd card you may never have to delete a file ever.  A bit of programming and you can add basically whatever features you want.  Pi 3 has built-in wi-fi and bluetooth (use significantly more power if left on continously)" CreationDate="2018-05-21T00:05:45.997" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15419" PostId="9244" Score="0" Text="I had though of that, but unfortunately the battery life of my current phone makes it only suitable for short-term tracking, even with an external battery pack. I could probably use for a day or two with external power, but certainly no longer than that." CreationDate="2018-05-21T20:08:05.690" UserId="9322" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15420" PostId="9242" Score="0" Text="@cybernard May be worth looking into - do you know of any examples that people have documented online?" CreationDate="2018-05-21T20:13:37.077" UserId="9322" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15421" PostId="9233" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the comment after the downvote" CreationDate="2018-05-22T10:30:48.740" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15422" PostId="9253" Score="0" Text="Thank you Zornitsa, I will consider it." CreationDate="2018-05-22T10:34:42.367" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15423" PostId="9203" Score="0" Text="Paul Sweatte: hyperlinks in your answer - are they amazon affiliate links?" CreationDate="2018-05-23T18:07:45.273" UserId="9030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15424" PostId="9203" Score="0" Text="@coder [Excellent question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26964/)." CreationDate="2018-05-23T18:49:30.537" UserId="819" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15425" PostId="9254" Score="0" Text="So you are looking for a laptop with a 1080 GPU that supports Linux. Is there anything else you need in your laptop? Things like Price, screen size, resolution, CPU, RAM, and battery life are helpful to us." CreationDate="2018-05-23T20:50:27.350" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15430" PostId="9262" Score="0" Text="It not what i asking for" CreationDate="2018-05-24T22:30:44.777" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15431" PostId="9262" Score="0" Text="You suck! How can you recommend something like that! It not for Coffe Lake! This motherboard don’t compatible with this motherboard! All Coffe Lake chips don’t compatible with older gen of motherboard!" CreationDate="2018-05-24T22:44:41.797" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15432" PostId="9262" Score="0" Text="It only compatible with the 300 series motherboard! I will downvote you if i can" CreationDate="2018-05-24T22:47:39.137" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15434" PostId="9234" Score="0" Text="Thanks! So, this is not my only computer! And this solution is expensive and not very desirable like you said. So, the ideia was to buy a modern SSD Drive (SATA) for the time being and then make a bigger upgrade (like: motherboard, cpu, ram). Using some some type of connector to make the IDE/PATA to SATA." CreationDate="2018-05-25T13:55:59.350" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15435" PostId="9228" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I think you are making to many wrong assumptions about my question, this in fact an Hardware recommendation. I don't have a trouble in the hardware, I don't think I will get more speed. What I would like is a Hardware recommendation for this intermediary upgrade. And I need help finding a specific product for my needs. I also updated the question, hoping this is more clear to every one. Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-05-25T14:17:32.017" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15438" PostId="9262" Score="1" Text="Well sorry for giving advice, maybe I shouldn't have even commented." CreationDate="2018-05-26T02:53:03.553" UserId="9339" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15440" PostId="9262" Score="0" Text="Im kidding im just overreacting yesterday! Advice and learning is good dude! I just have bad thing to thinking so it make me overreacting! Im apperaciate what you has done!" CreationDate="2018-05-26T13:27:42.520" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15441" PostId="9274" Score="0" Text="Come across this which looks promising: https://www.amazon.co.uk/SilverStone-SST-NT09-115X-Nitrogon-Cooler-Profile/dp/B01AWFVDWQ/ref=sr_1_9?s=computers&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526777067&amp;sr=1-9&amp;keywords=low%2Bprofile%2Bcpu%2Bcooler&amp;th=1 Is it likely to be quieter than the Freezer 11 LP?" CreationDate="2018-05-26T20:04:47.550" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15442" PostId="9274" Score="0" Text="Also considering this for the amount of reviews that say how quiet it is: https://www.amazon.co.uk/RAIJINTEK-Corporation-0R100003-raijintek-0R100003-Fan/dp/B00IAPWRTE." CreationDate="2018-05-26T20:18:18.130" UserId="4933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15443" PostId="6120" Score="0" Text="`My WDR4300 &quot;clogs&quot; if I seed my Linux / misc OSS disk image torrents for an hour or so` - this can often be mitigated by turning off the router's &quot;firewall&quot; and logging features, clearing the logs, and rebooting the router afterwards. sometimes it's that damn firewall-thing that can't handle torrents" CreationDate="2018-05-26T23:18:21.800" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15444" PostId="9275" Score="1" Text="latency is location/ISP dependant though, unless you mean inside the local lan." CreationDate="2018-05-27T07:30:56.013" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15446" PostId="9277" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I can survive a separate DVD. The 8/16 core/thread Ryzen machines where about half that price and less susceptible to recent security issues, so I will wait a bit longer." CreationDate="2018-05-27T11:15:46.150" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15447" PostId="9254" Score="0" Text="No, I specified all the requirements. I additionally clarified it. I don't see it as a too-broad question especially that I do not see hardly any answers to this question both here and on the web. I am asking for a specific hardware recommendation on the hardware recommendation website. How can that be off topic?" CreationDate="2018-05-27T12:06:59.670" UserId="9330" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15449" PostId="9277" Score="0" Text="@nsandersen - There *are* currently a few Ryzen laptops. The only ones I know about only go to 32 GB, which is why I didn’t mention them. They probably will support 64 GB once consumer 32 GB SODIMMs come out, and this is an upgrade you can do yourself. I don't think they'll be much cheaper, though." CreationDate="2018-05-27T17:40:02.433" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15454" PostId="9284" Score="0" Text="I am not sure I understand. You want to buy a new laptop, in addition to your current one, for your 130 dollar hard drive? If that *is* what you want, it might be tricky to find a modern laptop that supports it. Have you considered an external hard drive, or getting a 2 TB HDD for your current laptop? Or, if you'd be willing to buy a 1000 dollar laptop for your hard drive, maybe buy a 4 TB Samsung SSD instead that'll fit in a laptop." CreationDate="2018-05-28T20:04:29.803" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15455" PostId="9284" Score="0" Text="I already have a 2Tb HDD in my laptop, but it is a 2012 Lenovo Y580. Though it is really good, I'm also considering buying a new laptop (maybe an ASUS Rog) and I would eventually transfer the 4Tb HDD to the new Laptop. Now, I can't use it in my current Laptop, but I hope to be able to use it on my future one." CreationDate="2018-05-28T20:32:47.777" UserId="9358" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15456" PostId="9234" Score="0" Text="That's not really a thing.   Even if you could connect in this way, you'd be slowing things down to IDE speeds.  The combination of drive and adapter, if it did exist, would cost more than the one in the link here, and would also put you in the exact same performance hole.  Your alternative might be a SCSI card and drive, but this would probably be even more expensive and hard to find now." CreationDate="2018-05-29T15:46:32.807" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15457" PostId="9285" Score="0" Text="Supporting mic input will be tricky but everything else shouldn't be to hard https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0728GP9XH/?tag=stackoverflow17-20" CreationDate="2018-05-29T23:11:58.690" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15458" PostId="9285" Score="0" Text="But see, that's the trick of it- I'm looking for a single device that does both! I've only been able to find one or the other..." CreationDate="2018-05-29T23:16:17.187" UserId="9361" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15460" PostId="9285" Score="0" Text="I'm looking for a device that has the ability to send stereo sound input and receive stereo sound input at the same time over Bluetooth... the device linked would provide very poor quality for a microphone, and I'm looking for something handsfree. Ideally a performer will have a microphone hanging on their ears (hands-free) and a monitor in their ear, so they can both speak into the mic and hear whatever audio is sent over Bluetooth." CreationDate="2018-05-29T23:35:53.003" UserId="9361" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15462" PostId="9285" Score="0" Text="I am saying I do not believe the typical standard for microphones will allow for stereo transmission over bluetooth.  As a possible workaround you could feasibly have 2 devices.  The 1 posted above and this one https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mini-3-5mm-Bluetooth-Audio-Transmitter-A2DP-Stereo-Dongle-Adapter-for-TV-iPod-Mp3-Mp4-PC/791933627?wmlspartner=wlpa&amp;selectedSellerId=973&amp;adid=22222222227065093679&amp;wmlspartner=wmtlabs&amp;wl0=&amp;wl1=g&amp;wl2=c&amp;wl3=169610021704&amp;wl4=pla-274776371973&amp;wl5=9009544&amp;wl6=&amp;wl7=&amp;wl8=&amp;wl9=pla&amp;wl10=113148614&amp;wl11=online&amp;wl12=791933627&amp;wl13=&amp;veh=sem Would require some special cables" CreationDate="2018-05-30T00:39:20.570" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15463" PostId="7490" Score="0" Text="@CodesinChaos - A lot depends on the specifics of what they're doing. For instance, if the simulation takes only 8 GB but they need to generate a plot for a few hundred parameter values, they might need a little more to do it efficiently." CreationDate="2018-05-30T02:34:38.317" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15464" PostId="9285" Score="0" Text="Interesting... Considering video can be streamed over Bluetooth I am a bit skeptical that its a protocol limitation... Do you have a source for that?" CreationDate="2018-05-30T11:49:45.350" UserId="9361" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15465" PostId="9285" Score="0" Text="Your Bluetooth video argument isn't convincing.  In my experience Bluetooth video is is laggy and has artifacts.  The protocols evolve by use case.  I'm just looking at the history of how this evolved. If the isn't greatly distinguishing then it won't exist.  Lots of lavaliere mics are mono. It doesn't make sense when you have a directional one mic to have stereo input the vast majority of the time." CreationDate="2018-05-30T13:12:52.687" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15466" PostId="9228" Score="0" Text="Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. While your question is not a tech support question anymore, it is still too broad for us to reopen. I now understand that you are looking for a SATA SSD for your system, but you do not state the storage size and the price you want to stay under. If you can add both of those to your question, I will reopen it for you." CreationDate="2018-05-30T17:36:46.037" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15467" PostId="6120" Score="0" Text="@hanshenrik Useful to know for the future, thank you. It would still be very good if it was actually to cope by itself! In any case, I gave up on the idea. Bought two identical Mikrotik routers for my both ISP links at home, then gave the printer access to my WiFi; then used Mikrotik's excellent firewalling mechanism to forbid the printer to make ANY outbound connections (I don't want it talking to home servers). With the printer inside the local network, no OS had a problem finding it and using it -- Win10, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android: they all work with it. And decided that I'll use FreeNAS." CreationDate="2018-05-30T18:45:39.400" UserId="4821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15468" PostId="9254" Score="0" Text="Sorry it took so long to get back to you. This question is off-topic as it doesn't have enough requirements. With a quick search, I found ~80 laptops that might work for you, mostly in the 2-3K price range. If you can add a few more requirements, I'm sure this question can be reopened." CreationDate="2018-05-30T20:54:21.893" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15469" PostId="9293" Score="0" Text="Technically assuming the microphone works it will still be mono." CreationDate="2018-05-31T00:16:07.513" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15470" PostId="9293" Score="0" Text="This looks like a potentially good option! I appreciate the suggestion to get in touch with the team, that's a wise idea. I'll have to reach out to them for sure!" CreationDate="2018-05-31T11:24:37.360" UserId="9361" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15471" PostId="9254" Score="0" Text="Sure, thanks for getting back to me but I think there is still a misunderstanding. I know that there are many laptops out there. I did the research. But I am looking for one that somebody used and tested and it works (not that it potentially works). And there are hardly any of them as people use desktops for deep learning. if you found any one of them, then please reopen and post it as an answer." CreationDate="2018-05-31T11:25:08.577" UserId="9330" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15472" PostId="9297" Score="1" Text="are you talking about dual WiFi or dual WAN? I want to connect 2 ISP in fallback mode" CreationDate="2018-05-31T12:38:59.743" UserId="9268" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15475" PostId="9246" Score="1" Text="Can you break this up into two different answers please? That way the community can vote on each piece separately. Also according to OP's profile, they are from the US, so your last paragraph isn't exactly useless." CreationDate="2018-05-31T16:10:39.730" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15476" PostId="9298" Score="0" Text="So, the printer always dispense more toner than needed?. As wroten before, if I print a line, the printer dispense the entire sheet of toner or a space somewhat larger than needed?.&#xA;&#xA;Thanks for your previous clarification." CreationDate="2018-05-31T19:35:34.807" UserId="9363" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15484" PostId="7006" Score="0" Text="Is carrying a USB battery pack a viable option for you?  How about an external hdd with either USB, bluetooth, wifi connectvity to sync your photos." CreationDate="2018-06-01T02:36:52.513" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15485" PostId="9298" Score="0" Text="This depends partially on the line.   It won't drop an entire sheet of toner for one line, but it will drop, over the course of printing, at least an average of 13% of toner waste by incident.   That said, your mileage may vary, especially considering that some companies have print counts in the firmware for either the printer or the cartridge.  For example, some printers will limit to x number of pages per toner cartridge as a &quot;safety feature&quot;, which really just ensures you're buying toner when they want you to buy toner." CreationDate="2018-06-01T11:47:11.183" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15487" PostId="9283" Score="0" Text="I would recommend researching fan controllers and how they work so you can define your requirements. Come back with your list and concerns and we can help you find the one that fits your needs." CreationDate="2018-06-01T17:53:49.937" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15489" PostId="9228" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Really? …I edit the question with more information like you asked, except for the actual price (because let's face it, in which currency? And with or without shipping costs?) and placed more meaningful information related to that (I think). I guess that the ideia is to receive recommendations, not limit to much a possible good answer (even one that most is not expecting). Hopping this is sufficient (otherwise let it be closed), Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-06-03T09:32:12.053" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15490" PostId="9293" Score="0" Text="So, as a follow up: It seems that this device would in theory do what I wanted to do, but I've found no evidence that the Kickstarter delivered the devices at all. @Dwayne Reid what sources do you have that this device is available at all? I called the company's California office and the number was reassigned to someone else, their Facebook page even belonged to a different group, so it seems the company is no longer doing work." CreationDate="2018-06-04T02:24:45.493" UserId="9361" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15491" PostId="9293" Score="0" Text="I did receive my pledge rewards (2 sets) and they do work as promised.  I'll see if I can track down contact information." CreationDate="2018-06-04T04:26:32.443" UserId="7938" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15493" PostId="9234" Score="0" Text="@CDove Just letting you know the question has changed in a way that affects your answer." CreationDate="2018-06-04T14:55:00.143" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15494" PostId="9311" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the info.yep I was talking abt those processors only" CreationDate="2018-06-04T17:05:09.757" UserId="9375" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15495" PostId="9308" Score="0" Text="Can you post links or full system specs for these laptops you're considering? CPU core / thread count is far from the only factor at play when it comes to running heavy development applications smoothly, so more detailed information about the machines is probably necessary before anyone will be able to make a proper recommendation." CreationDate="2018-06-04T19:02:28.173" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15498" PostId="9310" Score="1" Text="This is normally where your use-case would recommend an SSD.  Is there a reason you're not looking into that option?" CreationDate="2018-06-05T12:38:31.627" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15499" PostId="9315" Score="0" Text="3.5 years old.thanks cdove! I don't accept now to allow for other answers." CreationDate="2018-06-05T15:46:25.267" UserId="5775" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15500" PostId="9310" Score="0" Text="@CDove - I already have several SSDs in my laptop, as well as a 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD. I'm looking to upgrade the HDD." CreationDate="2018-06-05T20:12:36.000" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15501" PostId="9310" Score="0" Text="HDD is old technology and is being replaced by SSD.   While expensive, 1-2 TB SSD are available, perform better, and physically last longer than HDD.  If it's within your budget, I'd do that.   The only alternative I can think of is an SAS drive (i.e. Quantum Fireball) that can run at 15000RPM, but those stop at about 600GB because SSD have effectively replaced them and SAS is uncommon and probably not in your laptop." CreationDate="2018-06-06T11:33:29.463" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15502" PostId="8504" Score="0" Text="`huge, thick, and heavy` and don't forget _LOUD_" CreationDate="2018-06-06T18:06:06.913" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15503" PostId="9319" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately, no one of the listed phones are &quot;ok&quot;. (No one is an classic keypad-like phone, without touchscreen). Looks like that you're right and simply no phone of such features exists. +1" CreationDate="2018-06-06T21:34:42.423" UserId="2336" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15504" PostId="9293" Score="0" Text="Thanks Dwayne. I've awarded you the bounty. If you can get me some accurate contact information, that'd be brilliant. You can get in touch with my with my email, which you can find on my website linked in my SE profile." CreationDate="2018-06-06T23:42:19.937" UserId="9361" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15506" PostId="9319" Score="0" Text="You're looking for a keyboard type called &quot;T9&quot; then; the kind where you cycled through letters tied to the phone number keys to text.   These do exist, but there are none which contain anything but the absolute most rudimentary functions.  You will not find one that is a hotspot." CreationDate="2018-06-07T11:59:43.177" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15508" PostId="9322" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I'mthinking to get external WiFi until I buy a new on which may have to be sooner than later" CreationDate="2018-06-07T16:44:27.000" UserId="5775" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15509" PostId="9319" Score="0" Text="Yes, the classic keypad e.g. numbers, + `*` and `#` and the letters as you described. With hotspot. Unfortunately, me also find no one... :( And honestly do not understand why. Here are _pure hotspot_ devices, ([like this](https://www.amazon.com/Huawei-E5756-Mobile-globally-black/dp/B00AEJNEGE/ref=br_lf_m_evy2zsszkro26yf_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;s=wireless)) here are simple phones also, so don't understand why can't combine the two." CreationDate="2018-06-07T16:53:19.103" UserId="2336" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15510" PostId="9319" Score="0" Text="You can technically combine them.  The market for them is just so small that no-one cares to do it.  That, and the software for hotspots are usually written for iOS and Android, which T9 phones don't use.  Dedicated hotspots use router hardware instead of software emulation, so they're different devices from phones entirely." CreationDate="2018-06-07T17:32:32.283" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15511" PostId="9310" Score="0" Text="@CDove - I already have plenty of solid state storage in my laptop. Currently I have 3 TB, which I might upgrade by 1 TB soon. I also have a 1 TB HDD in there, and I'd rather not buy a 1 TB+ SSD to replace it with at the moment." CreationDate="2018-06-07T23:33:05.933" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15514" PostId="9317" Score="0" Text="My advice is carry a second hotspot device around.  Alternatively get the android blackberry if you want physical buttons.  Simpe and hotspot are kinda opposites." CreationDate="2018-06-09T00:18:59.653" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15515" PostId="7711" Score="0" Text="As a software partial solution I map the function keys to the other keys.  I rarely use the higher level function keys anyways.  I actually am still using the t420 to type this on so I do miss the old layout for sure." CreationDate="2018-06-09T00:22:07.310" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15516" PostId="9293" Score="0" Text="I have asked the project creator to get in touch with me.  I'll connect with you if he does." CreationDate="2018-06-11T03:08:53.357" UserId="7938" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15517" PostId="9336" Score="0" Text="Is this a remote for browser-based playback on a pc/mac? or another device? what potential inputs are you looking for (bluetooth, RF, wifi, capacitive material on  the end of a pointy stick)?" CreationDate="2018-06-12T19:13:02.530" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15519" PostId="9332" Score="0" Text="_Would it have sufficient RAM/CPU to handle things?_ well, what kind of things are we trying to do? RDP isn't particularly demanding and the experience rests more on the quality of your connection, but don't expect a raspberry pi to give as good an experience as a 4k video editing workstation pc" CreationDate="2018-06-12T19:19:04.043" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15522" PostId="9031" Score="0" Text="Worth noting to the OP that if you go the route of emulating/virtualizing macOS there are frequently driver-related difficulties - things like audio output and networking. Depending on the depth to which they are looking to develop with Swift it is worth mentioning." CreationDate="2018-06-12T20:44:31.877" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15523" PostId="9031" Score="0" Text="@JaredT VMPlayer actually supports Mac OS &quot;secretly&quot; it's just &quot;disabled&quot; on vm player. Any driver related difficulties would be due to VM Player problems." CreationDate="2018-06-12T21:14:11.183" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15524" PostId="9337" Score="0" Text="Thank you! The bracket was the real answer, but I also like that first camera you linked in terms of it's solar panel on top design." CreationDate="2018-06-13T13:45:38.760" UserId="6568" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15525" PostId="9336" Score="0" Text="@JaredT I’ve significantly changed my question." CreationDate="2018-06-13T14:03:34.567" UserId="5949" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15533" PostId="9339" Score="0" Text="If this is a server type system, have you thought about using a RAM disk? If you are concerned with actually retrieving the data at a later time, you can have the files written out of RAM back to disk. Some RAM disk applications come with a function that allows the contents of the RAM disk to be written to file and reloaded on startup." CreationDate="2018-06-14T08:25:42.143" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15534" PostId="9339" Score="1" Text="What platform are you on currently? What's your budget like? How big are the files all combined? My thought is potentially some sort of 3D Xpoint solution, but it may or may not be feasible depending on what you're doing." CreationDate="2018-06-14T09:14:10.577" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15535" PostId="9332" Score="0" Text="Do you have any requirements besides cost? Are you willing to pick something up used?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T09:15:25.027" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15536" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="Somewhat confused as to what the requirements are here. You've stated you a Mac to develop for the Apple ecosystem, but then go on to discuss a webapp using an Oracle DB. What exactly are you building here? Sidenote: What's you target? A $150 MacBook from 2008 will run the latest version with a little fiddling, and will actually feel fine day-to-day with a quick SSD upgrade, but it's really not going to be doing much. Do you have a baseline of what's acceptable using a comparable laptop from another vendor?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T09:20:48.107" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15537" PostId="9312" Score="0" Text="Is power draw a big concern? There's a range of older server grade switches with plenty of PoE ports, but they tend to have relatively high power draws (~60-100W.)" CreationDate="2018-06-14T09:22:17.303" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15538" PostId="9307" Score="0" Text="That's a lot of hot swap bays. It's not quite what you want, but take a look at [my previous post](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/8557/mini-itx-case-with-10-sata-hot-swap-bays/8577#8577) while I try and do some research. Do they need to be 3.5&quot; bays, or will 2.5&quot; work? How compact is &quot;compact&quot;?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:34:28.967" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15541" PostId="9286" Score="0" Text="What size? Full size, TLK, 60%, 40%?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:38:48.170" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15542" PostId="9284" Score="1" Text="That drive probably isn't designed for laptops, as very few are that thick. Normally 2.5&quot; drives that thick are designed for servers, but the fact that it's a Barracuda drive and not a NAS/enterprise level drive makes me wonder who this product is intended for." CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:43:21.590" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15543" PostId="9275" Score="0" Text="Adding on to @JourneymanGeek's point, usually the latency caused by your router is fairly negligible compared to the internet." CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:44:10.120" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15544" PostId="9274" Score="1" Text="Before you go buying another cooler: have you tried adjusting the fan speed of the one you have in the BIOS? That aside, how low profile is low profile? My general recommendation is the [Cryorig C7](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Lbhj4D/cryorig-cpu-cooler-c7), but it'd be good to get some more info." CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:48:24.147" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15545" PostId="9273" Score="0" Text="Budget? Also, what about something like the [Kangaroo](http://www.kangaroo.cc/kangarooplus/)? I'm not sure if it has a mic, but something like that–ultra-portable with a battery–could be pretty killer." CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:51:11.167" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15546" PostId="9272" Score="2" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not a computer hardware recommendation. Unfortunately, I don't know of another StackExchange that's designed really for this type of question; maybe https://workplace.stackexchange.com?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:51:59.450" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15547" PostId="9271" Score="0" Text="What are you doing with this system? What's the budget? Do you specifically want Ryzen, or would another platform be okay? Would you be okay with used components?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T10:54:09.693" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15549" PostId="9269" Score="1" Text="Seconding Synergy, it's a great software solution for what you seem to be trying to accomplish. Do note that you don't have to pay for it; the core components are open source, and [there are built versions through 1.8.8 available for download free](https://github.com/brahma-dev/synergy-stable-builds), with some forks floating around that purge the activation requirements for some of the features." CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:02:14.867" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15550" PostId="9261" Score="0" Text="Do you have any plans to upgrade to an unlocked CPU in the future?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:05:30.623" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15551" PostId="9258" Score="0" Text="Plenty. Do you specifically need hardware VP9 decoding, or is software fine?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:11:43.207" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15554" PostId="9240" Score="0" Text="I'm missing what the &quot;for Linux&quot; bit in the title means." CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:16:50.973" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15555" PostId="9233" Score="0" Text="I'm confused as to what &quot;video/audio sharing chance&quot; means. Do you mean how to connect device[s] to the TV/speakers? If so, what device[s] are you connecting? Where does the Polycom phone play into this?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:18:53.903" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15556" PostId="9228" Score="0" Text="I'm still confused as to why you would want an SSD is this system. This system is so old that it just doesn't make sense. You'd be much better off spending $20-25 to get a older cheap prebuild and then sticking an SSD in that." CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:21:06.553" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15557" PostId="9227" Score="0" Text="The basic thing to understand is that there are two things at play here: the physical connector and the protocol being used. M.2 is a physical connection, with a number of different &quot;[keyings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2#Form_factors_and_keying)&quot;. NVMe and SATA are protocols that can be used by SSDs to communicate. NVMe uses PCI-e, and therefore has higher bandwidth, though the actual speed you experience is dependent on the drive. @user9313 is correct in that the adapters he linked could allow you to utilize NVMe, but the adapter is relatively unimportant compared to the drive itself." CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:27:16.897" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15558" PostId="9227" Score="0" Text="If you want to start a different post about the requirements you have for your drive, I'd be happy to answer." CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:27:45.183" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15559" PostId="9226" Score="0" Text="What are you connecting this enclosure to?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:28:11.257" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15561" PostId="9213" Score="0" Text="Why do you need *infinite* write endurance instead of just *high* write endurance?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:31:20.060" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15562" PostId="9200" Score="0" Text="Is there not a way to just prevent the monitor from turning off so you don't have to deal with the EDID spoofing? I can't speak to EDID working, but regarding HDMI 2.0, it's dependent on if your card has DisplayPort 1.3, since most adapters use passive [DisplayPort++](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#DisplayPort_Dual-Mode_(DP++)). Unfortunately, there's not enough info on the R9 370 online for me to figure out if it does, so you'll need to do it on your own." CreationDate="2018-06-14T11:37:43.993" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15563" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 - good question.  I am looking for a Mac laptop comparable to a Dell Latitude E7450, 500GB SSD, Intel i7, 8GB memory.  The Oracle database is a free version (XE version)." CreationDate="2018-06-14T13:53:46.103" UserId="2326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15564" PostId="9228" Score="0" Text="This is enthusiast think, if it is possible and and how possible it is. But I understand the questions and comments. Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-06-14T14:10:41.753" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15565" PostId="9228" Score="0" Text="A challenge if you will I guess, but probably not desirable or functional like @CDove said! Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-06-14T14:17:17.747" UserId="9061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15566" PostId="9349" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the information! I ended up buying the Samsung Evo" CreationDate="2018-06-14T14:50:41.127" UserId="5875" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15567" PostId="9349" Score="0" Text="Samsung Evo is a great one, I didn't list that since they tend to be a bit higher on price compared to their competition. I'm glad you were able to find what you were looking for and hopefully this question will help someone else." CreationDate="2018-06-14T15:09:51.587" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15568" PostId="9271" Score="0" Text="I code and usually have 2 or 3 AVDs running along with docker, intellij, chrome with 20+ tabs, so I think I'd definitely benefit from multiple cores. The emphasis on the multi m.2 drives is because my workflow involves a lot of small I/O and I plan to run both OSs and /home from them (I can give up on one m.2 for windows though). I have been suggested threadripper instead of ryzen but it's a big step in cost, my budget is around ~$750 for the mobo, ram, cpu and at least 1 small m.2 drive)" CreationDate="2018-06-14T15:40:38.160" UserId="790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15569" PostId="9286" Score="0" Text="Good question. It would be best if it is full size or TLK. I do need quick access to home,delete,end,pg up, pg dn." CreationDate="2018-06-14T18:57:33.527" UserId="9360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15570" PostId="9271" Score="0" Text="What about used gear? Do you game at all? I'm thinking maybe a dual socket 1366 or 2011 system (especially given current DDR4 prices), but you'll probably be giving up a significant amount of single core performance in return for more cores." CreationDate="2018-06-14T19:21:17.203" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15571" PostId="9272" Score="0" Text="I would recommend going to https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/" CreationDate="2018-06-14T20:05:13.857" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15572" PostId="9272" Score="2" Text="@JMY1000 What is wrong with this question? Speakers, headphones and earbuds are on-topic here, as long as they have enough requirements." CreationDate="2018-06-14T21:20:06.590" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15573" PostId="9272" Score="1" Text="@Noah Are you going to be listening to music/podcasts/audio-books/other audio while wearing these? I know you are open to any type, but do you prefer earbuds over headphones or vise versa? Is there anything else you can add to the question to help us narrow down a product for you?" CreationDate="2018-06-14T21:26:11.893" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15574" PostId="9213" Score="0" Text="The only thing I know of with high but not infinite write endurance is ferroelectric RAM, and it has the large disadvantage that reads count against it too (since they're destructive). If you know of another technology with high write endurance, I'd probably be okay with it." CreationDate="2018-06-14T21:38:14.233" UserId="5751" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15575" PostId="9271" Score="0" Text="I'd prefer to avoid used parts and intel altogether, given its small amount of PCI lanes, and new workstation hardware (xeon) is costly too. I do game but very little, if it can do 50-60 fps I'm good." CreationDate="2018-06-14T22:31:50.063" UserId="790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15577" PostId="9310" Score="0" Text="The faster it spins the more damage will be done when you accidentally sit on it or drop.  If I had $1 for ever user that said it would never happen to them and it did I would be retiring today." CreationDate="2018-06-15T03:15:10.437" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15578" PostId="9310" Score="0" Text="@cybernard - I'm not sure my laptop would notice if I sat on it." CreationDate="2018-06-15T03:45:14.913" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15579" PostId="9272" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley Because of the specific mention of earplugs and the fact that it's for noise isolation exclusively, not in conjunction with normal listening. Unfortunately that's not really hardware. A question about noice isolating/cancelling headphones/earbuds would be more on topic." CreationDate="2018-06-15T04:24:33.557" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15580" PostId="9271" Score="0" Text="Gotcha. Used Intel would have plenty of lanes for relatively cheap, but I understand." CreationDate="2018-06-15T04:25:27.917" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15581" PostId="9258" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I need Hardware supported  VP9 encoder or software encoder is fine. But it should support 720p30fps video streaming as well as recording." CreationDate="2018-06-15T06:12:46.323" UserId="9335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15582" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="Do you specifically want a MacBook Pro or would you be interested in a MacBook Air or MacBook? Would used be okay? What about Apple Refurbished (basically new)?" CreationDate="2018-06-15T17:43:10.703" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15583" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Prefer to stick with Pro but, if it is not too much trouble could you provide a suggestion for both a Air and Pro?" CreationDate="2018-06-15T17:45:29.483" UserId="2326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15584" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 and ‘yes’ I can go refurb" CreationDate="2018-06-15T17:46:41.530" UserId="2326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15585" PostId="9271" Score="0" Text="Do you absolutely need the GPU running at 16x or can it run at 8x (fine for gaming, other stuff might vary)?" CreationDate="2018-06-15T17:47:04.870" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15586" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="What about used?" CreationDate="2018-06-15T17:47:41.127" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15587" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 ‘used’ is cool." CreationDate="2018-06-15T17:49:47.380" UserId="2326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15588" PostId="9355" Score="0" Text="This looks like, it could be what I'm looking for ?&#xA;https://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/4G-WIFI-LTE-USB-2-0-Dongle-Mobile-Broadband-Modem-SIM-Card-Signal-Voice-Call-SMS/192516033561" CreationDate="2018-06-15T21:37:22.217" UserId="9412" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15589" PostId="9355" Score="0" Text="It definitely says it is. Now it needs to work as well..." CreationDate="2018-06-15T22:49:33.663" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15590" PostId="9271" Score="0" Text="I might even drop my current 1050 into a PCIe 2.0 8x, my priority is fast I/O hence my interest in nvme" CreationDate="2018-06-15T22:52:52.087" UserId="790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15592" PostId="9307" Score="0" Text="Looks like finding 6 and 8 bay cases is a lot easier. I've got a number of options, but a couple of questions first. Would you prefer more rectangular or more square? Is cost a significant issue, and if so, what's your budget? Do you want a parts list with a full build or just a case recommendation?" CreationDate="2018-06-16T07:23:38.677" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15593" PostId="9261" Score="0" Text="I don’t want to overclock" CreationDate="2018-06-17T02:51:33.780" UserId="7849" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15594" PostId="9272" Score="0" Text="Hi all - they were just for noise cancelling. We've since gone with the Bose!" CreationDate="2018-06-17T18:55:23.103" UserId="9351" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15596" PostId="9357" Score="0" Text="How will you be using this laptop? Is the battery life the only thing you care about, or are there other requirements? How much are you willing to spend? What size would be ideal for your situation? Please [edit] your question with the answers to these questions and anything else that will help us find a laptop for you." CreationDate="2018-06-18T21:46:32.700" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15601" PostId="9341" Score="0" Text="RAM Drives (i.e. using RAM as a pretend drive) will offer the best performance, with access times measured in nano-seconds (rather than milliseconds). However, they are volatile - so a power cut or PC failure will me you will lose data. How much depends of the RAM disk s/w used and how it has been configured to work. A UPS can partially mitigate this, but unless this application can handle the occasional, abrupt loss of data, this is not the best approach." CreationDate="2018-06-19T16:31:01.317" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15603" PostId="9357" Score="0" Text="To your question. Windows Hibernate battery life is similar on most Windows devices. You just need to choose that closing the lid should hibernate." CreationDate="2018-06-19T17:07:37.667" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15604" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="Would you prefer a 13&quot; or a 15&quot; model? (There's also 17&quot; but they're really pricy and kinda old.) Additionally, within the MacBook Pro line there's sort of this cut-off point where Apple jumped from using a &quot;standard&quot; display to a &quot;Retina&quot; display, basically getting a much nicer (both resolution and color-wise) display while becoming significantly lighter and thinner while losing a little I/O and upgradability. Do you have a preference for one or the other?" CreationDate="2018-06-20T04:10:36.850" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15605" PostId="9271" Score="0" Text="What games and at what resolution are you playing?" CreationDate="2018-06-20T04:31:57.333" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15607" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="Sure, there are plenty. What's your budget like? Screen size, resolution, color accuracy? Use case? Power vs. portability vs. battery life?" CreationDate="2018-06-20T04:44:17.213" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15612" PostId="9341" Score="0" Text="I wouldn't recommend a RAM drive unless you pair it with periodic writes to less volatile memory, such as a task which backs up the contents to an HDD or SSD as a &quot;checkpoint&quot; within acceptable tolerance." CreationDate="2018-06-20T11:28:41.680" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15613" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Well, I'm broke but I'm willing to look at higher end laptops to start saving. Screen should be 14&quot; at worst, 15&quot; or larger would be ideal. 1080p at least. I don't know what to say about color accuracy, I'm not a designer + I'm colorblind. My use case is, eh, already stated here. I need that piece of hardware in the laptop, for which I need that spare slot. The laptop can either be a powerhouse (in which case weight and battery life matter less, if it's got a strong CPU) or portable (in which case it should be light-ish and with a decent battery life) - either extreme is fine." CreationDate="2018-06-20T11:47:31.227" UserId="9413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15614" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="Regarding the power/portability/battery matter, I just don't like failed attempts at having the best of all 3. I know there are some spectacular balances achieved in some laptops, but those typically make my bank account weep." CreationDate="2018-06-20T11:49:03.357" UserId="9413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15615" PostId="9325" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 - 15” and not particular about display" CreationDate="2018-06-20T12:03:22.083" UserId="2326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15618" PostId="9364" Score="0" Text="Making lists isn't the goal of this stack." CreationDate="2018-06-20T19:09:16.247" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15619" PostId="9364" Score="0" Text="Yeah, I can't find any Stack to ask this question... Only need to know if anyone knows any device with the hardware to support WiFi RTT" CreationDate="2018-06-20T19:43:52.453" UserId="9433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15621" PostId="9364" Score="1" Text="Other than the Pixel 2 &amp; 2 XL running Android P beta as a client, I'm not aware of any retail devices, if rooted see: https://github.com/Plinzen/android-rttmanager-compat . Also this thread for access points: https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/8i89du/router_support_for_80211mc/" CreationDate="2018-06-21T02:33:38.883" UserId="9435" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15622" PostId="9364" Score="1" Text="@MarcEstrada Superuser might be closer, but I think it's okay for here since you couldn't find any." CreationDate="2018-06-21T04:20:49.543" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15625" PostId="8047" Score="0" Text="Used phones give you more for less." CreationDate="2018-06-21T13:00:58.973" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15628" PostId="9129" Score="1" Text="@jcam3 Thanks for your comment, I've missed that - the problem with the build quality was for a specific model, or you heard about it for more than one model?" CreationDate="2018-06-21T17:12:09.750" UserId="9185" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15629" PostId="9129" Score="0" Text="had unresolved issues with the 2 and 3" CreationDate="2018-06-21T17:14:44.997" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15630" PostId="9129" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 Oh! thanks for the warning" CreationDate="2018-06-21T17:26:19.650" UserId="9185" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15631" PostId="9366" Score="0" Text="Great info. So if I am reading you correctly, you are suggesting the third line in your table w/o the Retina display, correct? If so, is there a model number or model number range you can suggest?" CreationDate="2018-06-21T22:45:04.627" UserId="2326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15632" PostId="9366" Score="0" Text="@tale852150 Yes. EMC 2353, 2563, 2556." CreationDate="2018-06-22T01:11:29.763" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15633" PostId="9366" Score="1" Text="ok, fantastic! Thx to you I now feel I can navigate- or at least start - my adventure in the Mac ecosystem." CreationDate="2018-06-22T01:14:12.073" UserId="2326" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15635" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="What about just getting a USB wi-fi adapter?" CreationDate="2018-06-22T01:30:34.343" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15636" PostId="9286" Score="0" Text="Razer has a few but they're Greentech switches, not Cherry. I'm going to keep looking." CreationDate="2018-06-22T01:44:54.140" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15637" PostId="9258" Score="0" Text="What target bitrate?" CreationDate="2018-06-22T02:35:25.523" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15638" PostId="9369" Score="1" Text="OMG, thank you soo much! You are the best!" CreationDate="2018-06-22T03:45:06.247" UserId="9360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15639" PostId="9258" Score="0" Text="Target bit rate is  ~1.5 Mbps." CreationDate="2018-06-22T06:09:32.180" UserId="9335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15642" PostId="9370" Score="0" Text="How should the watch alert you without a paired smartphone? On a builtin display?" CreationDate="2018-06-23T04:51:47.477" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15644" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="This seems to be a bit of an [XY problem.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem) Why do you need whatever you're running to be on the 1151 platform? For something that requires this little processing power, it seems like the additional cost, complexity, and power draw introduced by a full desktop platform doesn't make sense." CreationDate="2018-06-23T04:55:26.383" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15645" PostId="9213" Score="0" Text="@JosephSible Would 3D XPoint like that used in Optane be acceptable? My only concern is that it's fairly large, expensive, and only comes on Intel's modules ATM–things that probably aren't desirable in a microcontroller application." CreationDate="2018-06-23T05:02:02.547" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15647" PostId="9192" Score="0" Text="What are your price requirements like?" CreationDate="2018-06-23T05:03:41.143" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15649" PostId="9185" Score="0" Text="@Marathon55 (Just so you get notification of the conversation) Maybe I'm missing something, but what I'm hearing is that any scanner that's not a flatbed *might* work but you don't know of any?" CreationDate="2018-06-23T05:10:16.823" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15653" PostId="9171" Score="1" Text="The pen part I think may be a bit of a hold up. Most of these tablets are either intended for drawing or reading, not schoolwork–though I'm as surprised as you are that no one has capitalized on this void well, given the potentially lucrative nature of education. Since you'll probably need a laptop anyways for college, what about getting one that can handle your textbooks as well? The Surface Pro comes to mind, but there are plenty of other options." CreationDate="2018-06-23T05:23:10.517" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15656" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I guess that is a valid option, although it's going to be slightly inconvenient for a laptop that's meant to be portable." CreationDate="2018-06-23T09:00:49.130" UserId="9413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15657" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 i don't need 1151, but i need to control 18x RX580 GPUs, which have PCI-e connectors, [this motherboard](https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B250-MINING-EXPERT/) seems like the only board with the hardware to do it. the job does not require much from the cpu at all, and thus i'd like to save on electricity by using a cpu that use very little electricity." CreationDate="2018-06-23T11:10:38.810" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15658" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately I'm just having a lot of trouble finding any laptop that would have another wi-fi card (the only reason for a properly keyed M.2 slot I can think of), and no luck with an M.2 slot tall enough that would fit the adapter (let alone a free USB header.)" CreationDate="2018-06-24T01:26:26.397" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15659" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="@hanshenrik I see. Are you mining?" CreationDate="2018-06-24T01:27:30.823" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15672" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I wonder what reasons a manufacturer could have to install two different wireless cards onto a laptop motherboard. Regarding the M key adapter, by tall enough you mean having room in the case for the extra card on top of it? Or with enough space to fit its length?" CreationDate="2018-06-24T07:49:54.723" UserId="9413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15673" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 yes, Ethereum, with [Ethminer](https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer), on a headless Ubuntu 18.04-server edition. turns out the system overhead of running a headless linux server is ridiculously small, with the system itself using some 120MB ram, and practically 0 cpu when fully booted and only running an ssh login server. i also did [a bunch of stuff](https://github.com/divinity76/linux_speedtweaks) to reduce cpu usage, but i don't think i had to." CreationDate="2018-06-24T08:19:03.530" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15674" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 (i compiled ethminer and the majority of its dependencies with `-march=native` making the compiler use host-cpu-specific optimizations, and disabled ASLR, KASLR, and &quot;page table isolation&quot; (cpu meltdown/spectre protections which primarily makes usermode-syscalls slower, and ethminer does nothing but syscalls all the time to talk with the GPUs))" CreationDate="2018-06-24T08:20:28.060" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15675" PostId="9375" Score="1" Text="It has PCI-e–one 16x slot and two 1x slots. Do you have ac wi-fi at your house?" CreationDate="2018-06-25T02:27:47.760" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15676" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="Sorry, got to give this a -1. Neither of those prebuilts are great value or well balanced, and the cost is going to vary massively depending where they're located in Europe." CreationDate="2018-06-25T02:35:27.243" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15677" PostId="9377" Score="0" Text="Where are you located? Do you have a target resolution/refresh rate? Would you prefer a single laptop which can also game?" CreationDate="2018-06-25T02:36:38.397" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15679" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="I can't think of one besides a few specialty applications (like accessing an internet connected network and one without it, like for robotics), which is probably why it doesn't exist, since their approach is probably just &quot;Go get another wi-fi adapter.&quot; I meant room in the case." CreationDate="2018-06-25T02:47:17.080" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15680" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="Have you considered that it's basically impossible to find the B250 Mining Expert at a reasonable price?" CreationDate="2018-06-25T02:51:39.253" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15681" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 In what why do you see the systems as imbalanced? If you feel there is a better answer feel free to post a better one and I will retract mine." CreationDate="2018-06-25T03:02:53.880" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15682" PostId="9220" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 i got 3 of them, but are only using 1 of them, so the 3 should last a while" CreationDate="2018-06-25T07:33:13.253" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15685" PostId="9354" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Here's another option: 4G modem + some type of dock. This + a M.2 Key A/E for Wi-Fi inside would be good enough as well. Most laptops designed for portability nowadays have a dock (even 3rd party cheap-o ones). And if the laptop is designed for power (and isn't very portable), I think an Ethernet port is enough for me." CreationDate="2018-06-25T10:21:49.077" UserId="9413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15692" PostId="9378" Score="1" Text="Since OEMs like HP get their boards custom made, you will find it difficult to just screw one into any box. Their cases are made for their boards. You'll most likely have to do some custom work to make it fit with off the shelf parts." CreationDate="2018-06-25T17:09:01.640" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15694" PostId="9370" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I'm not too particular about how the alert is issued, but I'll add that to the question" CreationDate="2018-06-25T22:36:55.003" UserId="9439" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15695" PostId="8939" Score="1" Text="It would definitely be larger than a laptop, but SFFPCs have come pretty far lately and you might get away for quite a bit less money by going that route. You'd obviously have to consider traveling with the (modest but still) larger case, as well as needing a dedicated keyboard/mouse and screen, and be tied to the wall. But let's face it, a laptop with these specs is not going to be very &quot;portable&quot; to begin with. The main detractor to this is that they are rarely available prebuilt so you will be on the hook for actually assembling and perhaps modifying to make everything fit." CreationDate="2018-06-26T13:12:16.387" UserId="4043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15696" PostId="9377" Score="0" Text="&quot;I've thought about a mac, but I don't think it's that good for gaming, is it?&quot; It is infact not optimal for gaming, but it is possible just not recommended" CreationDate="2018-06-26T13:42:34.067" UserId="7199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15703" PostId="9383" Score="0" Text="Good finds.  Thank you." CreationDate="2018-06-27T01:45:06.077" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15710" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="Overemphasis on CPU compute power and RAM rather than GPU. I will post my own answer once I get back an answer from OP about where they're located so I can get accurate pricing." CreationDate="2018-06-28T13:34:45.920" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15711" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 [the GTX 1060s are by no means weak](http://gpuboss.com/graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1060) and I felt that they were adequate for the usage case. I avoided some of the newer higher end NVIDIA GPUs because I had heard that their price is being inflated by the crypto market. The way I looked for the computers was based on GTX 1000 series, any i7+ skylake processor (for DDR4 timings). The systems that happened to be the cheapest just so happened to have these processor/RAM pairings." CreationDate="2018-06-28T13:49:02.020" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15712" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="In fact here is the [query](https://www.newegg.com/global/es/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;N=100897449%20601314311%20601314320%20601315061%20601314507%20601314508%20601314514&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;bop=And&amp;Order=PRICE&amp;PageSize=36)." CreationDate="2018-06-28T13:49:07.013" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15713" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="Prices are coming down now, and moving from a 1060 to a 1070 or 1070ti is going to be a much bigger jump from an i7 to an i5 with similar clocks. Single core performance is generally much more important than the number of cores in games, and hyperthreading especially rarely makes a difference in games." CreationDate="2018-06-28T13:52:56.810" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15714" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 [The cheapest system available to Spain](https://www.newegg.com/global/es/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883101475) I could find that has at least a 1070 starts at &#xA;€1.120,99. It has a i7-6700 which is more than adequate processor pairing, however, left too small a margin without sacrificing the monitor, although arguably I could relax the response time spec." CreationDate="2018-06-28T14:02:26.120" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15715" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="Why force a prebuilt system? Why restrict yourself to looking at Newegg?" CreationDate="2018-06-28T14:08:10.943" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15716" PostId="9379" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/79501/discussion-between-bennett-yeo-and-jmy1000)." CreationDate="2018-06-28T14:11:10.873" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15718" PostId="9381" Score="1" Text="This is still pretty broad. A few questions: Are you hoping to do this all on 1 board, 4 boards (dual CPU) or 2 boards (quad CPU)? Do you have a chassis picked out? Multiboard cases are rare/expensive." CreationDate="2018-06-28T19:28:06.593" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15725" PostId="9365" Score="0" Text="You could get a cheep android phone, set up two user accounts, and in the master account set it up to allow only calls to one number, and put a big call button on the screen. Then you customers have access to the other account only." CreationDate="2018-06-29T10:33:14.933" UserId="9474" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15726" PostId="9357" Score="0" Text="Yes configure it to hibernate to disk, on lid close (Microsoft's Windows and Gnu/Linux), it will use zero power. Then get a laptop with ≥8 hour run-time." CreationDate="2018-06-29T10:38:37.273" UserId="9474" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15727" PostId="9365" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your answer, but buying an Android phone for each car in the entire fleet seems like a bad solution." CreationDate="2018-06-29T15:10:36.830" UserId="9434" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15728" PostId="8939" Score="0" Text="It looks like Acer will do a &quot;Predator Helios 500&quot; (PH517-61) with a Ryzen 2700 CPU. Now I just await the RAM ceiling.." CreationDate="2018-06-29T16:16:58.893" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15730" PostId="9403" Score="0" Text="You're going to have to deal with your campus network admin." CreationDate="2018-06-29T19:41:01.440" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15732" PostId="9403" Score="0" Text="6 7/8 thank you for the comment but why do you say that? What is it about the University network that does not allow a bridge connection?" CreationDate="2018-06-29T21:55:07.983" UserId="9475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15733" PostId="9365" Score="0" Text="Can you tell us more about what you need?" CreationDate="2018-06-30T09:27:05.410" UserId="9474" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15734" PostId="9365" Score="0" Text="I have expanded my comment, with more options, into an answer." CreationDate="2018-06-30T09:32:39.747" UserId="9474" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15745" PostId="9405" Score="0" Text="Thanks. Do you know how would you configure an android phone to only show this particular app (one-button calling app) and restrict anything else from showing up?" CreationDate="2018-07-03T21:32:21.050" UserId="9434" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15746" PostId="9405" Score="0" Text="No I would have to start by finding out. I would look at the multi user stuff, and have your customer only have access to the less privileged user (that is all I know)." CreationDate="2018-07-03T23:17:56.823" UserId="9474" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15752" PostId="9161" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? Target resolution and size? Do you care particularly about color?" CreationDate="2018-07-04T14:25:21.857" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15753" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="What 4K content are we talking about? Blu-rays? Web content? Cable TV?" CreationDate="2018-07-04T14:46:10.643" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15756" PostId="9408" Score="0" Text="What's the model number of the HDD you're trying to use?" CreationDate="2018-07-04T15:00:54.190" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15758" PostId="9407" Score="0" Text="Why are you focusing on the XPS 15 and ZenBook Pro specifically? Not that they're bad laptops, but I'm trying to understand what you want. What's your budget like? Do you game? Do you care about resolution/color/refresh rate? Weight? Battery life?" CreationDate="2018-07-04T15:02:04.893" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15760" PostId="9404" Score="0" Text="Out of curiosity, why do you want to do this on the router?" CreationDate="2018-07-04T15:04:34.120" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15764" PostId="9402" Score="0" Text="Going to get an answer fleshed out tonight, did some research in the past on this." CreationDate="2018-07-04T18:34:33.677" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15765" PostId="9381" Score="0" Text="Frankly.  I am not sure how this could possibly be too broad.  If I ask for a recommendation for one piece of hardware (mobo) for a specific task (parallel processing)  given a single condition (processor type) what would it take to make the question more specific?" CreationDate="2018-07-05T04:44:58.793" UserId="9458" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15766" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="This is for streaming files from a NAS or internet. Blu-ray would be nice but not essential." CreationDate="2018-07-05T06:40:14.573" UserId="3929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15767" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 To add to my previous comment: If it can only play files from an internal hard drive or external USB drive I would be happy too, but I would rather stream it from elsewhere." CreationDate="2018-07-05T06:46:28.243" UserId="3929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15768" PostId="8500" Score="0" Text="Don't forget Quadro Nvidia graphics series or FirePro AMD series is more efficient instead of gaming series graphics such as Nvidia GTX." CreationDate="2018-07-05T11:57:59.117" UserId="9497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15769" PostId="9399" Score="0" Text="Does FEAT have an associated whitepaper? It seems like it should given it's by a university, but I can't find the remote sensor you're referring to." CreationDate="2018-07-05T13:46:47.297" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15770" PostId="9426" Score="1" Text="This depends entirely on what program you're using. [See this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-90qEJAVkU); in some cases it helps massively, in others not so much." CreationDate="2018-07-05T13:52:54.377" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15771" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="Are there any particular form factor constraints? Would you be willing to put something together yourself?" CreationDate="2018-07-05T13:55:21.760" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15772" PostId="9427" Score="0" Text="If I can daisy chain two together maybe I could put 2 on the bottom of my laptop and put something else other places to fill it out.  I don't think the hinges on the thinkpad/macbookpros  are strong enough to hook it to the screen.  Linedock is definitely overpriced not to mention I am concerned how long it will last." CreationDate="2018-07-05T13:58:42.080" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15773" PostId="9427" Score="0" Text="Although you could, there's really no way I can recommend that seriously. You could possibly do it with a 3D printed case and cable, but I don't know if that's something you'd be interested in." CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:03:13.343" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15774" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="What about loading your own software?" CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:05:03.150" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15775" PostId="9399" Score="0" Text="http://www.feat.biochem.du.edu/pub_list.shtml" CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:05:51.607" UserId="7953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15776" PostId="9388" Score="0" Text="Define &quot;not too expensive&quot;; KVMs get very pricy very fast. Also, does the HDMI need to be 4K@60, or is that separate?" CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:05:56.100" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15777" PostId="9399" Score="0" Text="Way too many articles for me to work through. Do you have a link to the original whitepaper?" CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:06:54.083" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15778" PostId="9399" Score="0" Text="What paper are you looking for exactly? I could not understand." CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:10:11.917" UserId="7953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15779" PostId="9399" Score="0" Text="A paper published by the original creators detailing their work." CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:14:12.870" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15780" PostId="9385" Score="0" Text="How far from the WAP are you usually?" CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:15:38.420" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15781" PostId="9399" Score="0" Text="There are many papers, and the list I posted should have them. The author should be Bishop.  I have not come across the paper you are looking for but have seen only references about it." CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:21:36.637" UserId="7953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15782" PostId="9408" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Hitachi 0S00226 Simpledrive MINI SDM/500BD External" CreationDate="2018-07-05T15:27:56.473" UserId="1937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15783" PostId="9426" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 thanks, it was very useful. on this video Quadro GPU selected :-)" CreationDate="2018-07-05T15:43:34.243" UserId="9497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15784" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="Yes building something my own is a possibility if it’s only a matter of putting some components together in a housing, install something that works instantly as media player and if it’s affordable. The problem is, I have no idea what to buy or install and I have no budget or time for experimenting. So any advice in that direction is very welcome." CreationDate="2018-07-05T17:19:15.243" UserId="3929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15785" PostId="8192" Score="0" Text="Why not VA? They have very good black levels and high contrast. I have two different types that also have very wide viewing angles and very good color representation. And with the quick response time (and one is 120Hz) they even are good for gaming. For me they were the all round monitor of choice. Even for non-gamers something to consider." CreationDate="2018-07-05T21:31:39.740" UserId="3929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15787" PostId="9404" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Downloading and seeding torrent is time consuming,I don't want to run computer for such a long time only for torrenting.Since router is always on, so if this job can be done with router that would be awesome." CreationDate="2018-07-06T08:59:14.687" UserId="4271" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15788" PostId="9388" Score="0" Text="Yes 4K@60Hz required (otherwise I would have put it in the other list). Many KVM are between 500-1000 EUR ... I would like some more like between 100 and 400 EUR. HDMI KVMs are actually cheaper than DisplayPort KVMs. I found a brand that a product which would match most of my request. The brand is TESmart. Problem so far is I find their red model too flashy, they have a grey one and a black one, yet they are not sold in Europe and until recently couldn't &quot;be delivered&quot; top my address (which should soon be solved))." CreationDate="2018-07-06T09:59:11.533" UserId="9412" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15789" PostId="9418" Score="0" Text="the G3900 seems great then, if TDP doesn't mean much for idle consumption (which is contrary to what Intel CS said :&lt;  ) - &#xA;`The final nail in the coffin is that v5 Xeons simply aren't compatible with motherboards with consumer chipsets–including B250` - gotdammit. i already ordered a `Xeon E3-1235LV5` before you wrote this." CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:14:03.953" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15790" PostId="9418" Score="0" Text="`However, this difference isn't necessarily huge` - 1 significant difference if the usage is small enough, is that i don't need a fan to cool the cpu. my i3-7300T locked at 800MHz use [this](https://www.moddiy.com/products/Molex-High-Performance-Thermally-Conductive-Adhesive-Heatsink-%2845mm-x-43mm-x-25mm%29.html) small heatsink, and doesn't go above 65c, and in fact, i can even lock it at 2GHz and run the Furmark CPU Burner for over 30 minutes, and it will hover around 80c. i'll be a bit disappointed if i have to cool the G3900 locked at 800MHz with a fan, but i'll check i'll check it out :)" CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:18:27.127" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15791" PostId="9418" Score="0" Text="(but if i don't lock the speed, and run it at 3.5GHz, it goes over 90c in under 60 seconds, which is why i don't let the clock run unlocked - if some program hung up and started using 100% cpu and the clock wasn't locked, it would probably destroy my cpu)" CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:19:52.767" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15792" PostId="9418" Score="0" Text="@hanshenrik You could always get a bigger cooler or run the fan at a lower voltage, both of which would decrease power consumption. Still, the power consumption of the fan shouldn't be above 1.5W or so, so it shouldn't really make a difference in the grand scheme of things." CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:26:16.247" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15793" PostId="9404" Score="0" Text="What about a small and low power computer like the Raspberry Pi Zero?" CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:27:01.503" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15794" PostId="9418" Score="0" Text="really? the intel stock fans use &lt;=1.5W?" CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:28:42.047" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15795" PostId="9418" Score="0" Text="(btw, an issue with the B250 mining expert motherboards: the intel stock fan will always run at 100%, no matter how cold the cpu is, and regardless of what your bios fan control settings are. i've experienced this on 2 different B250's... sigh)" CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:30:02.317" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15796" PostId="9418" Score="0" Text="According to [this](https://superuser.com/questions/179751/how-many-watts-do-case-fans-generally-use), 120mm fans typically consume 1.8W at 12V; I'd expect the stock fan to use significantly less." CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:31:43.757" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15797" PostId="9418" Score="0" Text="hmm, according to [this](https://www.amazon.com/E97379-003-Connector-Aluminum-Heatsink-3-5-Inch/dp/B01LWMGRX6), it's about 3.36W (12v 0.28a) - which is still very little :)" CreationDate="2018-07-06T13:54:51.320" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15803" PostId="9392" Score="0" Text="Exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-07-06T21:00:17.260" UserId="9466" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15804" PostId="8058" Score="0" Text="The older laptops have the 16:10 resolution, you should looking for 16:9 aspect ratio." CreationDate="2018-07-07T08:21:45.920" UserId="9497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15805" PostId="8192" Score="0" Text="@bpiec I think &quot;Ergonomic Height &amp; Tilt Adjustable&quot; is important for developers, if you agree, add this feature to your question. also full port is important feature (such as HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA, and DVI ) for connection to some devices." CreationDate="2018-07-07T08:31:12.190" UserId="9497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15813" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="could you please explain what is  TFOPS exactly?" CreationDate="2018-07-08T18:18:40.020" UserId="9506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15814" PostId="8192" Score="0" Text="@jazZRo: very bad response time and bad angles." CreationDate="2018-07-08T19:44:43.343" UserId="7098" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15815" PostId="8192" Score="0" Text="@BenyaminJafari: of course I agree with you but these (for me) are just &quot;nice to have&quot; and not &quot;required&quot;." CreationDate="2018-07-08T19:45:31.217" UserId="7098" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15816" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="@nikki2  Trillion Floating-Point Operations Per Second.  High end video cards have 2000-8000 cores, so with each core operating at full throttle more than 1 trillion floating point operations per second can be done." CreationDate="2018-07-09T03:50:06.363" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15817" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="do you think 1 TFOPS is enough for deep learning and Image processing? since my budget is about 1500 USD." CreationDate="2018-07-09T06:14:21.647" UserId="9506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15819" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="Are you doing your analysis in real time, say from a webcam, or post as in processing a pre-recorded video?  Pre-recorded video the process can take as long as it wants, within your project deadline.  However, real-time, needs more because it has certain deadline it has to meet.  I don't know enough about deep learning or your project to give you a minimum requirements." CreationDate="2018-07-09T11:56:21.217" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15821" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="I'm considering -1-ing this. Alienware by no means is the only manufacturer of laptops with high-end GPUs, and blanket recommending them is ignoring a lot of other good laptops." CreationDate="2018-07-09T13:05:45.250" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15822" PostId="9433" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2018-07-09T13:05:57.673" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15823" PostId="9433" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000. It is 2000 Canadian dollars." CreationDate="2018-07-09T13:17:35.037" UserId="9506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15824" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="It would be real time." CreationDate="2018-07-09T13:20:19.237" UserId="9506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15828" PostId="9420" Score="0" Text="I use a a cheap fixable Thinkpad laptop and simply use a basic laptop.  SSD and ram can be installed and uninstalled.  Got in a wreck part it in my back up computer.  Back up and running with in 10 minutes." CreationDate="2018-07-09T16:30:38.133" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15842" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000  Sadly I don't know the other brand name that include 1080 level graphics.  Please tell all of us, and I will make a note for future reference." CreationDate="2018-07-09T21:42:22.973" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15843" PostId="9420" Score="0" Text="I'm have closed this question as off-topic because it is not asking for a recommendation of a computerized device. Accessories are off-topic." CreationDate="2018-07-09T21:42:37.020" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15846" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="There are several that do, all the gaming ones (Asus ROG, MSI, Origin PC, Razor, HP Omen, Acer Predator). But $1500 US is just too little for that anyhow. The link you put (to the NEW ALIENWARE 17) starts at 3K US! You can not even get a 1070 GPU for that price." CreationDate="2018-07-10T10:16:32.653" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15847" PostId="9433" Score="0" Text="Just wondering why the number of &quot;1 TFOPS&quot;, where did you get that number that you think that's what you need? Even lower-end graphics cards like the 1050 do 1 TFOPS." CreationDate="2018-07-10T10:49:53.493" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15849" PostId="9434" Score="0" Text="@YisroelTech is correct for $1500 a 1070 is all your going to get.  I wish the OP had put there price restriction out before I had made my suggestion." CreationDate="2018-07-10T11:49:32.763" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15851" PostId="9431" Score="0" Text="Currently there is no emulator for the Switch. Is that fine?" CreationDate="2018-07-10T13:14:49.963" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15852" PostId="9442" Score="0" Text="Perfect, thank you!" CreationDate="2018-07-10T13:15:26.363" UserId="7889" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15854" PostId="9433" Score="0" Text="Do you care much (if at all) about battery life, weight, or screen? Do you plan to do any gaming? Do you care if it looks &quot;gamer-y&quot;?" CreationDate="2018-07-10T13:59:26.360" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15855" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="Okay, back to the form factor constraint issue. How big/small do you want the computer to be? How big/small is acceptable, if not ideal? Also, would you be willing to buy used hardware?" CreationDate="2018-07-10T14:09:11.327" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15857" PostId="9440" Score="0" Text="What for? It's unusual to need two stereo cameras excluding depth perception, and most solutions tend to use some other sensors as well (see: RealSense, Kinect.) Also, is there anything problematic with just using two separate USB cameras?" CreationDate="2018-07-10T16:53:48.620" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15858" PostId="9433" Score="0" Text="@ Yisroel Tech. my professor told me that number. I do not know how can I check the TFOPS. I could not find this abbreviation in the computer. how can I check it?" CreationDate="2018-07-10T17:06:02.910" UserId="9506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15860" PostId="9431" Score="0" Text="Yes JMY of course. It'll probably exist towards the end of its lifespan" CreationDate="2018-07-10T18:39:52.667" UserId="9283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15861" PostId="9446" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer! What about an AMD processor? Would an FX 8350 be enough? Of course there would be an issue with upgradability but I think it would be cheaper for now. If not what about the Ryzen 5 1600? Can I go lower than that?" CreationDate="2018-07-10T18:45:43.910" UserId="9283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15862" PostId="9446" Score="0" Text="Loose hardware recommendation IMO, I'm going to try and nail down some more specific recommendations and a better price point. I'll have an answer hopefully soon" CreationDate="2018-07-10T19:13:59.523" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15863" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="I’m looking into mini PC’s now, like Intel NUC and Shuttle. But the ones with (mini) DisplayPort are a few years old. It still is an option and yes, that makes buying used hardware also an option." CreationDate="2018-07-10T19:18:08.010" UserId="3929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15864" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="Gotcha, that's mostly what I've been focusing on too. However, an equivalent SFF desktop or laptop will probably be much cheaper work the same specs if you can stomach the larger size." CreationDate="2018-07-10T19:19:31.360" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15865" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, the form factor is a small box (see previous comment), preferably flat as long as that doesn’t limit the options too much. No tower PC or NAS like system and not that powerful that it needs a noisy fan." CreationDate="2018-07-10T19:24:42.163" UserId="3929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15866" PostId="9440" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 whats &quot;two stereo cameras&quot; ? stereo is implicitly dual channel. And my application is depth perception. There are tons of problems in using two separate usb cameras for depth perception. where should i start?" CreationDate="2018-07-10T19:29:37.650" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15867" PostId="9436" Score="0" Text="This question is branching out into software solution management, content management and delivery, network and hardware security, and possibly custom programming, all in addition to the hardware request. It is way beyond the scope of this forum. You might want to look into hiring someone since this is a business environment use case that we're looking at. Best of luck." CreationDate="2018-07-10T19:39:49.607" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15870" PostId="9440" Score="0" Text="Sorry, should've just been &quot;two cameras in stereo.&quot; I'm not familiar with the problems with using two separate cameras. If your application is depth perception, why not use something off the shelf like RealSense?" CreationDate="2018-07-10T21:08:04.340" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15877" PostId="2267" Score="0" Text="CPUBoss and GPUBoss compare poorly, since they often have out-of-date info on  value." CreationDate="2018-07-10T23:06:30.627" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15878" PostId="9420" Score="0" Text="If accessories are off topic, how is there a &quot;case&quot; tag?  By definition, all cases are accessories and 99% of them are non-electronic." CreationDate="2018-07-11T01:57:59.473" UserId="711" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15881" PostId="9446" Score="0" Text="When I build an emulator box, i tend to keep it to the intel processor line, as I usually also emulate DOS on the same box and I've had some bad experiences with AMD in that respect." CreationDate="2018-07-11T11:18:49.580" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15886" PostId="9446" Score="0" Text="I did a little research on the 2600K. it seems it's a very powerful processor and is not very expensive. I can buy one for 144.20$ from amazon. Seems like a good deal. I'll work on a build and see how low I can go (regarding the price)" CreationDate="2018-07-12T11:12:16.083" UserId="9283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15887" PostId="9446" Score="0" Text="Compare it to the lower-end 7000 and 8000 series processors from Intel before you buy.  THere's not a *huge* difference in performance between them for this purpose, but the 2600k is an older processor.  You don't want to accidentally spend more for less if a modern i7 goes on sale for the same price or something." CreationDate="2018-07-12T12:37:37.733" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15888" PostId="9448" Score="0" Text="The XPS 15 option handedly outmatches the other laptops with a 1050Ti. All of the computer options are more than adequate for running heavy IDEs. I'm curious as to why you are aiming for such high end discrete graphics cards if you're planning on doing programming and heavy computing. Technically you'd benefit from a computer by allocating your budget away from high end dedicated graphics in exchange for better multi-threaded processors, although your processor selection is probably already overkill for your purposes. You may be overpaying for all intents and purposes." CreationDate="2018-07-12T13:07:59.383" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15889" PostId="9449" Score="0" Text="Hi welcome to Hardware Recs! It would help us more if you're able to post a desired price range as well as some ball park numbers for SMS cap and battery life (preferably mAh if you know what that means, but battery life in hours is fine as well)." CreationDate="2018-07-12T13:38:26.367" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15890" PostId="9436" Score="0" Text="You're probably going to be looking for something along the lines of an [embedded system](http://www.embedsolution.com/common/download/HowtoBuy.pdf), but my experiences with these are limited. I am quite certain that you are not going to find these types of systems on the wider consumer market because they typically tailor the system to your needs on an individual basis." CreationDate="2018-07-12T13:43:16.327" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15892" PostId="9448" Score="0" Text="do you have any option in your mind? pls recommend me" CreationDate="2018-07-12T18:24:52.217" UserId="9506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15893" PostId="9433" Score="0" Text="Here is a bit of a simple explanation of what TFlops is https://www.gamespot.com/articles/what-is-a-teraflop-and-what-does-it-mean-for-the-x/1100-6440802/. Doing a simple Google search for something like &quot;TFlops rating for Nvidia &lt;fill in the care name&gt;&quot; should give you some idea of a cards rating." CreationDate="2018-07-12T22:22:18.977" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15894" PostId="9433" Score="0" Text="guys pls look at this https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/9448/which-laptop-suites-heavy-programming   and leave your comments." CreationDate="2018-07-12T22:25:33.937" UserId="9506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15895" PostId="9385" Score="0" Text="I believe it would be usually between 50 and 200 meters, but it hardly depends of the port and where the boat is." CreationDate="2018-07-13T07:07:26.533" UserId="9463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15896" PostId="9157" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, If a desktop or laptop makes it easier and cheaper, than that is also a possibility. But I’m worried about noise and the software. I want it instant on and ready as media-player." CreationDate="2018-07-13T12:23:53.627" UserId="3929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15897" PostId="9450" Score="0" Text="Probably you are looking for some kind of USB null modem cable. I found this one [USB Null-Modem Cable](https://shop.racoindustries.com/unitech-1550-600626g-cradle-cable-pa960-962-963-usb-150cm-lo.html) but some searching might find what you are looking for." CreationDate="2018-07-14T05:48:28.943" UserId="131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15898" PostId="9444" Score="0" Text="Nice to know name of reputable manufacturer, thanks, but my has 7 ports and 4 of them are busy without HDD, so at least 5 necessary. So I would go with 7-port Anker." CreationDate="2018-07-14T15:49:37.813" UserId="1937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15899" PostId="9444" Score="0" Text="@RS Gotcha, didn't realize that 7 ports on the hub = 7 ports being used" CreationDate="2018-07-15T02:31:13.883" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15901" PostId="9444" Score="0" Text="but 4 will not make sense: I use 4 already and 5-th device is HDD :) So 5 and more gonna be fine." CreationDate="2018-07-15T23:02:29.953" UserId="1937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15904" PostId="9460" Score="0" Text="Why not just build a PC using parts from the era?" CreationDate="2018-07-16T04:46:00.587" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15905" PostId="9454" Score="1" Text="A simple Google search on the graphic card present in the laptop should give out a peak floating point performance" CreationDate="2018-07-16T05:28:48.837" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15906" PostId="9453" Score="0" Text="Do you have any idea the bands your SIM operator operates on?" CreationDate="2018-07-16T05:31:56.077" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15907" PostId="9460" Score="0" Text="Because the parts are getting harder to find, a computer is bulky and there is probably not going to be HDMI out." CreationDate="2018-07-16T06:28:44.393" UserId="9531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15909" PostId="9453" Score="0" Text="In regards to bands, 4G+ is written. If I find something else, I will update the question more." CreationDate="2018-07-16T08:04:20.743" UserId="4963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15912" PostId="7622" Score="0" Text="@silvertiger You can definitely write a C/C++ driver that will do this! But, that driver will be running on top of the OS. The middleman device you're making will have to interface with the hardware, which is controlled by the OS. The OS will pick up all input and pass it along to your driver, but it _will_ see it all.&#xA;&#xA;Perhaps a better &quot;secure&quot; mode would be to have all your input encrypted, in such a way that only your driver can decrypt it. Aside from that, Linux is open-source; you could write your own OS." CreationDate="2018-07-16T16:26:59.253" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15913" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="Have you looked at wasdkeyboards.com? They have mac compatible boards." CreationDate="2018-07-16T18:05:10.340" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15914" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths I have, but I can't tell from the site if they meet requirements 4, 6, or 7, and I think 3 fails because its keycaps descend below the board" CreationDate="2018-07-16T18:50:32.353" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15915" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure what you mean by &quot;keycaps descend below the board.&quot; But the keycaps are removable, therefore easy to clean. No different from other mech boards. Lights and USB are lower on your priority, I'd say it will be hard to find both those on anything that is Mac compatible." CreationDate="2018-07-16T20:24:29.020" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15916" PostId="9460" Score="1" Text="Perhaps you should ask this on the Retrocomputing.SE." CreationDate="2018-07-16T20:35:47.310" UserId="47" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15917" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Sorry for being ambiguous. Hopefully [this illustration will help explain what I mean](https://i.imgur.com/BYAOg19.jpg). And yes, if 1-5 are all met, 6 and 7 can fall by the wayside. But I would jump on something with all 7" CreationDate="2018-07-16T21:23:32.427" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15918" PostId="9460" Score="0" Text="How small do you need the computer to be? As for HDMI, there are plenty of cards with DVI which you can passively convert to HDMI on the cheap." CreationDate="2018-07-17T00:56:26.953" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15919" PostId="9453" Score="0" Text="Why do you want a separate piece of hardware as opposed to just using your phone?" CreationDate="2018-07-17T00:57:27.467" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15920" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="I'm confused as to what you mean by &quot;second party&quot;. I personally use a Masterkeys Pro L and just rebind keys as necessary using [Karabiner Elements](https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements). Outside of having slightly off keycaps (which is easily fixable), it acts just like a Mac keyboard. Is that an acceptable solution to you, or do you need it to have the &quot;Mac&quot; bindings at the keyboard level?" CreationDate="2018-07-17T00:59:56.793" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15923" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 1st-party would be drivers made by Apple or the keyboard manufacturer. 2nd-party would be drivers made by a person or company who's contacted or otherwise approved by Apple or the keyboard manufacturer. 3rd-party would be someone like me." CreationDate="2018-07-17T02:15:53.317" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15924" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 thanks! I'll look into it tomorrow afternoon" CreationDate="2018-07-17T02:17:50.213" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15926" PostId="9453" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 because I do! :) Haha, well, because it gets really hot, and I only love myself and my best girl to be hot :) not a stupid iPhone..... ;)" CreationDate="2018-07-17T06:55:24.720" UserId="4963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15927" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 the software you linked is a 3rd-party driver. I have no problem remapping keys. My problem with the keys is how they are physically placed on my K70: The Windows key is small and mapped to Command by default. Additionally, when I remap them, certain shortcuts like &quot;hold Command and scroll on trackpad to zoom&quot; don't work." CreationDate="2018-07-17T16:12:46.883" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15928" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="I've added a table summarizing candidates so far :)" CreationDate="2018-07-17T16:49:14.390" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15930" PostId="9469" Score="0" Text="Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort about Dual Mode" CreationDate="2018-07-17T21:36:33.613" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15931" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="I have a WASD Keyboard and I love it. I have an [answer](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/165/60) for a similar question about them. Let me know if you have any questions." CreationDate="2018-07-17T21:40:33.403" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15932" PostId="9470" Score="0" Text="How do you program the RGB backlighting without a macOS driver...?" CreationDate="2018-07-17T22:09:25.060" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15933" PostId="9470" Score="1" Text="@BenLeggiero You can configure custom RGB layout and key layout in the Windows, Android, or iOS apps. The settings are saved on board the keyboard itself, so you don't need the app running or anything. You'll juust need to have a device that can configure the board. Key layout settings are preserved even after hitting the reset button, RGB settings have to be reset manually with one of the apps as far as I can tell." CreationDate="2018-07-17T22:25:58.007" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15934" PostId="9470" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the recommendation! I added it to my list, but I don't think it'll end up being the best fit for my job. Seems like an awesome portable keyboard, though! I might get it for other uses!" CreationDate="2018-07-17T22:41:39.103" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15935" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="@BenLeggiero Correct, it's a 3rd party driver; is that a deal breaker? I've had no issues with those shortcuts working with my remapped keys." CreationDate="2018-07-18T02:19:11.000" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15936" PostId="9453" Score="0" Text="Getting hot isn't really an issue most of the time, I'd strongly recommend just using your phone." CreationDate="2018-07-18T02:19:58.497" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15937" PostId="9453" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 exactly my point! ;) AHAHA" CreationDate="2018-07-18T07:28:01.450" UserId="4963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15938" PostId="9453" Score="0" Text="It really does get hot, and I love my phone!!!! I don't want to ruin it by using it as a router!!!" CreationDate="2018-07-18T07:29:03.497" UserId="4963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15940" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 it's not a deal-breaker, but it's a deciding factor, as I've shown. I'd also be worried about it not being updated for future OSs or hardware like USB-C passthrough or the rumored ARM-based Macs. 3P driver writers never seem to prioritize edge cases, so long as it works for them" CreationDate="2018-07-18T12:52:16.187" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15943" PostId="9462" Score="1" Text="@BenLeggiero It's a pretty large and well supported project that's been going for the last 10 years or so with expanding scope and support. I wouldn't worry too much about edge cases not getting supported." CreationDate="2018-07-18T16:43:08.593" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15945" PostId="9469" Score="0" Text="Thx for the link." CreationDate="2018-07-18T16:44:41.693" UserId="9536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15948" PostId="9462" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 great point! I've updated requirements and the candidate table :)" CreationDate="2018-07-18T18:41:31.890" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15949" PostId="8256" Score="0" Text="You've contradictory requirements when you say &quot;I don't have a limited budget&quot; and &quot;quite expensive ($1,000+)&quot;. Just say your budget is $1000!" CreationDate="2018-07-18T18:54:06.353" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15950" PostId="8256" Score="0" Text="@abalze Good point, I just wanted to mean that I don't want my money to be spent on a nice looking laptop with a powerful graphic card as I know these could be quite expensive, and I simply don't care ;)" CreationDate="2018-07-18T20:20:44.897" UserId="7155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15952" PostId="9479" Score="1" Text="Just to curb questions and bad recommendations on behalf of the person asking the question: Some nations require you have a license to own and operate a television, such as Great Britain.   The United States doesn't require this, so many readers may be confused by the question.   The use-case here is for a basic computer-monitor all-in-one without a TV tuner." CreationDate="2018-07-19T12:03:09.737" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15953" PostId="9480" Score="0" Text="what is in this adaptor cable, if its just switching kinect port to usb, coz the adaptor costs 85 Euros ! So, one does not need a Xbox to get the Kinect working.. Then why is it called Kinect for X-Box ?" CreationDate="2018-07-19T13:18:39.080" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15956" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I am considering Crucial http://a.co/hFJTa4A OR 2x Corsair http://a.co/8EJohgW. Any recommendations?" CreationDate="2018-07-19T23:14:50.070" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15957" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="Personally, I would choose the Crucial 2x8 kit over the Corsair one. You can also have a look at this pair of Corsair Vengeance, higher bus rate (12800 over the crucial’s 10600), higer frequency (corsair 1600 - crucial 1333), and lower price (as per now: corsair 129 - crucial 146) ;) https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Vengeance-204-Pin-SO-DIMM-CMSX16GX3M2A1600C10/dp/B0076W9Q5A/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1532066289&amp;sr=8-9&amp;pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&amp;keywords=sodimm+ddr3+8gb&amp;dpPl=1&amp;dpID=51%2BEHiBPGzL&amp;ref=plSrch" CreationDate="2018-07-20T06:10:54.510" UserId="4039" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15958" PostId="9480" Score="0" Text="The adapter converts the X-Box connection to USB and also has a separate wall power supply, as normally the X-Box connection supplies more power than a USB connection.  The price used to be much lower, but since it's out of manufacture, rarity has increased the cost. &#xA;&#xA;Kinect is a part of the Microsoft ecosystem, and the OS used in these is basically just Windows with reskinning and DRM/playback firmware that allows the games to play.  It could have been released natively for PC as well, but Kinect was originally supposed to boost X-Box sales (and did, initially)." CreationDate="2018-07-20T11:49:24.017" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15961" PostId="9480" Score="0" Text="Will this work? I dont want the XBox. Just a connection between the PC and Kinect. Will this work, if I just want to do do some development on the PC? I dont want the Xbox...https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-AC-Adapter-Charger-Power-Supply-Cable-for-XBOX-360-XBOX360-Kinect-Sensor/153022897994?epid=1238590117&amp;hash=item23a0e01f4a:g:1aUAAOSwwAda-qbq" CreationDate="2018-07-20T14:47:27.417" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15964" PostId="9488" Score="0" Text="Have you consider using notebook with removed WiFi/Bluetooth module?" CreationDate="2018-07-20T19:22:55.370" UserId="9560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15966" PostId="9481" Score="0" Text="Thanks for this, which I've accepted. I wouldn't mind if the device had video inputs to the monitor: they might come in useful some time, and in Britain they don't require having a TV licence. But the main thing is to play video files saved on the external hard drive, using USB." CreationDate="2018-07-20T20:11:58.540" UserId="9545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15967" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="Thanks, but that one is 1,600 MHz whereas my board might need 1333 MHz, 1333 MT/s. ;-) I am going for Crucial as I have heard that Crucial produces their own chip so I am guessing they'd have better quality control. Currently for both my memories Speed is 1333 MT/s, as you can see. I am not sure if my Lenovo Emerald Lake FAB1 board allows higher frequency. Please let me know if you find any evidence that it does." CreationDate="2018-07-21T02:48:30.897" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15968" PostId="9488" Score="0" Text="@RomeoNinov yes, I've considered that. An Asus netbook has been used before. But there, as far as I know, the modules for wireless interfaces were not removed (because the requirements as I listed them above were not yet defined). Do you have experience in this? Any suggestion for a device where removing the WiFi/BT module would be easily possible?" CreationDate="2018-07-21T09:59:07.583" UserId="7197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15969" PostId="9492" Score="0" Text="So for this Laptop disassembling the WiFi/BT Module from the Mainboard is possible as it is plugged in? I do not want to solder ;)" CreationDate="2018-07-21T11:38:33.260" UserId="7197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15970" PostId="9492" Score="0" Text="@DavidArtmann, correct. It is attached on interface. See edited answer" CreationDate="2018-07-21T13:03:46.367" UserId="9560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15971" PostId="9484" Score="0" Text="Thanks, even though, the first one costs around 100 euros, right?" CreationDate="2018-07-21T22:05:49.817" UserId="4963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15972" PostId="9495" Score="1" Text="You are unlikely to find one because of the way the HID standard is made: You can't have a lot of mouse buttons, so all mice with lots of buttons use the HID keyboard standard instead. Wouldn't it be possible to use different customization software, which can deal with this?" CreationDate="2018-07-22T07:37:25.287" UserId="9544" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15973" PostId="9439" Score="1" Text="&quot;works with monitors&quot; uses something called &quot;alternate mode&quot;, which means it uses a different kind of transport, which won't work in an USB-3 hub because (unlike the computer itself) it has no way to provide the source of the transport (graphics card output) for each of the ports, and the alternate modes can't be multiplexed in the same way as USB-3. Charging capabilities are a complex subject, but in principle a hub should be able to charge in the same way as the original port, given a power supply for the hub." CreationDate="2018-07-22T07:43:49.093" UserId="9544" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15974" PostId="9484" Score="0" Text="It all depends on country and stores.. For Example: in the Italian Amazon Store, the TP-Link costs around 79,99€ - in the English site (.co.uk) it goes from 74,49£ to 79,99£ (that converted in €s it’s 89€ ~). From my experience, Huawei tents to keep the price a little bit lower than other vendors, but most of the phone carriers use the Huawei network chip for their “branded” 4G router, so even tho you’d cheap out a little, you won’t sacrifice quality. Obviously those 3 are not the only 4G routers out there, so if you find one that better fits your need, feel free to go for it :)" CreationDate="2018-07-22T09:59:41.950" UserId="4039" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15975" PostId="9503" Score="1" Text="The sound of drives isn't really noticeable unless significant disk activity is going on. Is that going to be the case with your machine while you are sleeping? Also, why is SSD compatibility an issue? I thought all SSD were pretty much the same." CreationDate="2018-07-22T15:16:21.497" UserId="1024" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15976" PostId="9503" Score="2" Text="According to what I've read, 5400 rpm 3.5&quot; HDDs should emit only a quiet murmur. 7200 rpm drives are clearly audible and I'm saying this from experience. If you're worried about performance, then look at benchmarks before buying. AFAIR 5400 rpm 3 TB drives have read/write speeds sufficient to handle saturated 1Gbit Ethernet." CreationDate="2018-07-22T15:20:42.383" UserId="9411" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15979" PostId="9488" Score="1" Text="the term is `sensitive information`, not `sensible information` .... `sensible` means thoughtful or using good judgement" CreationDate="2018-07-23T04:39:02.100" UserId="9567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15980" PostId="9479" Score="0" Text="perhaps you could purchase a commercial large screen monitor that has no tuner  .... Visio apparently makes tunerless TVs" CreationDate="2018-07-23T04:57:53.063" UserId="9567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15981" PostId="9507" Score="0" Text="The Replicant project is a nice hint. But the project seems a little bit left behind, isn't it? Of couse, I understand that building open source drivers for devices is a long term process and thus the project is publishing new releases not that often, but I desire the latest android system version installed, if I'd choose this OS." CreationDate="2018-07-23T05:54:20.113" UserId="7197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15983" PostId="9494" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately, this seems way too old and outdated." CreationDate="2018-07-23T07:38:35.963" UserId="7197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15987" PostId="9492" Score="1" Text="Imho this answer provided the most valuable content. Nevertheless, I succeeded in building a custom variant of LineageOS for my Samsung Galaxy Tabs S2 where BT &amp; WiFi are not built into the kernel and therefore can not be used. This fully satisfies my requirements." CreationDate="2018-07-23T12:49:28.527" UserId="7197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15988" PostId="9503" Score="0" Text="Thanks @gronostaj Thanks for the comment. This and the answer to me convinced." CreationDate="2018-07-23T14:04:39.057" UserId="9564" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16001" PostId="9510" Score="0" Text="Xfinity has a [tool](https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/list-of-approved-cable-modems) that you can use to see if a modem is compatible with your plan. Personally, I would find a modem that is supported at a higher speed than your current plan. You don't want to upgrade speeds in the future to only be held back by the modem." CreationDate="2018-07-25T16:50:21.013" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16002" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="Okay, @EdwardKirk, the 1600 MHz RAM you suggested, is supported by Core-i5-2410M, and even if I upgraded my processor to  Core-i7-2820QM." CreationDate="2018-07-25T19:46:16.830" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16010" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="Good to know! Just keep in mind your motherboard; if it doesn’t support 1600 MHz RAM, they would “down-work” to the highest possible Frequency your mobo supports (i.e: 1333) and at this point i don’t think it would worth to buy a better RAM and then to cut out part of their capability :)" CreationDate="2018-07-26T00:16:34.597" UserId="4039" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16011" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="You are right, I am going with Crucial [a0.co/hFJTa4A](http://a.co/hFJTa4A) just to be safe." CreationDate="2018-07-26T04:30:54.817" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16015" PostId="9480" Score="0" Text="That's the correct unit, yes." CreationDate="2018-07-27T11:46:32.790" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16016" PostId="9480" Score="0" Text="actually, the adapter mentioned in the link wont work with Kinect V2 ( for Xbox One ), because its just for Kinect V1 ( for XBox 360 ). There is no alternative as of now other than to buy the expensive USB adapter or modify the Kinect V2." CreationDate="2018-07-27T12:01:04.563" UserId="6328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16017" PostId="9480" Score="0" Text="Correct.  I'm not even sure if a generics market occurred for the XBOne version. The demand has never really been there for V2." CreationDate="2018-07-27T12:12:38.447" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16018" PostId="9517" Score="0" Text="This means, I will have to turn on the PC all the time , even if  I have to use just the PS4 Right? , I think you are saying that use the PC as a mediator." CreationDate="2018-07-27T12:50:44.477" UserId="770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16022" PostId="9518" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much. But i found G skill 3200Mhz ram at the same price as the memory you mentioned https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Nqp323/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvrb   Will it be better to get the 3200Mhz kit with msi B350 tomahawk mobo (because it's on the memory support list of that mobo and its not on the support list of gigabyte X470 ultra gaming) or any other mobo with good VRM and durability that have this ram on its memory support list and just enable XMP ? (I have never done any overclocking but maybe i will do basic overcklocking in the future)" CreationDate="2018-07-27T15:05:04.007" UserId="9583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16023" PostId="9518" Score="0" Text="I forgot to mention that i want to build a pc that handles rendering, video editing, 3D animation, gaming and streaming and that is the reason why i chose amd over intel although i think that  intel is the safest choice regarding durability and memory" CreationDate="2018-07-27T15:05:16.243" UserId="9583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16024" PostId="9519" Score="1" Text="Do you have a budget range? To me, this sounds more than just a simple NAS, which is essentially a couple hard drives and a minimalist operating system. The VM requirements are going to increase both the CPU and RAM resources you need. Are you looking for a prebuilt solution?" CreationDate="2018-07-27T18:25:26.207" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16025" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="I can build it myselfe if thats better, Budget 500 - 1500 €" CreationDate="2018-07-27T20:06:47.997" UserId="9584" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16026" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="Can you describe some of the &quot;nice gestures&quot; you are wanting in a track pad? Do you have a budget for this device?" CreationDate="2018-07-27T20:25:53.410" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16027" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="@veritaS A NAS, as Andy has said, will not be able to run virtual machines, let alone SQL Server. I personally would go with a dedicated desktop with a minimum of 16GB RAM. You will also use up most of your budget just on the hard drives (assuming you choose 20TB). If you choose to build, please break this question up to ask about one piece of hardware at a time." CreationDate="2018-07-27T21:01:05.880" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16028" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="have you used your favorite search engine to search for &quot;touchpad for windows&quot;? When I did, there were many many results, too many to list." CreationDate="2018-07-27T21:18:52.327" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16029" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I've added some example gestures. Windows (10) has those features actually built in and I know some Laptops do support gestures like that, but I don't know any external trackpads for desktop use." CreationDate="2018-07-27T23:34:45.540" UserId="9586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16030" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="@fred_dot_u I (of course) actually did that. When I did this, I found like 99% articles about how to configure your laptop trackpack properly and 1% were 2 old Logitech Trackpads, not being supported by windows later than 7 and a Lenovo Trackpad, not being supported by windows later than 7. Of course, one can buy the Magic Trackpad from Apple (which I honestly considered), but this doesn't support multi touch gestures on Windows 10, too, afaik." CreationDate="2018-07-27T23:40:51.473" UserId="9586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16031" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for one that you can configure yourself or a Windows Precision trackpad that supports [the default Microsoft gestures?](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17206/windows-10-try-touchpad-gestures) Both solutions will fulfill your requirements, but are vastly different methods of doing it." CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:07:00.070" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16032" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="Are you find with used hardware? How much (if at all) does power consumption matter? Noise? Form factor?" CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:08:38.493" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16033" PostId="9516" Score="0" Text="Why do you need memory at that speed? I'm not contesting that there are performance gains to be had with faster memory on Ryzen, but [it's often not worth the price.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Yt4vSZKVk)" CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:10:09.427" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16035" PostId="9495" Score="0" Text="Razer (and several other manufacturers) have drivers for macOS. Would this be acceptable?" CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:12:37.147" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16036" PostId="9486" Score="0" Text="Just to clarify, you are providing the location not the servers, correct?" CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:13:17.407" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16037" PostId="9490" Score="0" Text="I'm not really clear on what you're saying with this answer. First you said no, then yes (assuming bridge mode.) Shouldn't it just be the latter?" CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:14:28.760" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16038" PostId="9482" Score="0" Text="Out of curiosity, why do you need a wi-fi extender if you're going to be at a hotel anyways?" CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:14:43.973" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16040" PostId="9458" Score="0" Text="What's your budget like?" CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:29:35.110" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16041" PostId="9454" Score="0" Text="Frankly a bit of an odd benchmark. Why do you specifically need 1TFLOP? Also, as written, this isn't really a hardwarerec question so much as a technical support one." CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:30:45.893" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16042" PostId="9449" Score="0" Text="What about e-ink instead of STN? You'll get much better battery life and readability in direct sunlight, and it should be fine for SMS/calls only." CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:32:23.540" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16043" PostId="9448" Score="0" Text="What kind of programming are you doing? I know you said you'd be using CUDA, but that still leaves a lot of wiggle room." CreationDate="2018-07-28T08:33:17.223" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16044" PostId="9490" Score="1" Text="@JMY1000, I have no info about extender which can login internally. You should login via end device. This is full answer" CreationDate="2018-07-28T09:01:15.020" UserId="9560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16045" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="@Andy, some NAS units work very well and support virtual machines. Check Qnap, Synology units." CreationDate="2018-07-28T09:11:07.050" UserId="9560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16047" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I just ordered [this Touchpad from JellyComb](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XGB8MN2) (Which is available in my country). I found this during to your comment about &quot;Windows Precision Trackpads&quot;. I did not know, there was a standard like that. Thanks a lot! Even though that Touchpad looks poorly (at least on pictures), I will try, how it works. Actually seems to be the only external touchpad with officially support for precision gestures.&#xA;&#xA;I actually do not mind the way of fulfilling my requirements, so Precision Gestures might be just fine." CreationDate="2018-07-28T10:06:36.160" UserId="9586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16048" PostId="9449" Score="0" Text="I think it may work for me. Can you recommend an e-ink screen phone model?" CreationDate="2018-07-28T13:59:40.630" UserId="9519" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16049" PostId="9486" Score="0" Text="exactly @JMY1000" CreationDate="2018-07-28T15:22:35.423" UserId="9552" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16050" PostId="9448" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 . Deep learning  for detection something in the video" CreationDate="2018-07-28T21:58:14.553" UserId="9506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16051" PostId="9525" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your answer! I was talking about the 1160 (ik it isn't really clear). I read the article you linked. I'll probably wait for the new cards to be released and then decide depending on what happens to the prices of current generation cards and the prices of the new ones. I won't get a 4K monitor for at least a few years, so you covered it." CreationDate="2018-07-28T22:52:37.237" UserId="9283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16052" PostId="9524" Score="0" Text="If they are so overstocked the prices don't reflect it." CreationDate="2018-07-29T03:17:58.893" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16053" PostId="9521" Score="0" Text="Thx a lot for the product link and the clarification. The USB to VGA adapter worked OK, but the resolution was not the promised 1920 x 1080. I had given up on the second display. Will try your recommendation next." CreationDate="2018-07-29T03:55:17.193" UserId="9536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16054" PostId="9458" Score="0" Text="I don't have limit, but don't want to spend unreasonable monies. US $25-$30 seems to be the price for most enclosures I've seen so far." CreationDate="2018-07-29T12:04:10.360" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16055" PostId="9529" Score="0" Text="Hi, to help you it would be helpful to know how much you intend to spend on the new memory." CreationDate="2018-07-29T22:41:17.917" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16056" PostId="9523" Score="1" Text="If those UPS systems cost too much, could you provide a budget for the ballpark type of price that you're looking for?" CreationDate="2018-07-29T22:45:46.843" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16057" PostId="9531" Score="0" Text="In my experience most high end gaming keyboards have macro support. Also, it would help us a lot more if you could tell us your budget!" CreationDate="2018-07-30T03:49:30.380" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16058" PostId="9535" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I'm having to choose between a i5-8250U and a i5-7200U. I save  literally everything I have from photos, videos and documents on the cloud. I only use streaming services for music and TV/Movies. So space won't be a constraint at all. My current laptop has a 500GB hard risk and I only use another 100 GB of it apart from the space taken up by the OS. I use Excel macros (which could use computing power) and I'm also learning data science and machine learning. I'm only concerned about performance." CreationDate="2018-07-30T10:33:50.267" UserId="9594" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16059" PostId="9535" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your comment, I edited my answer." CreationDate="2018-07-30T11:12:41.383" UserId="9595" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16060" PostId="9531" Score="0" Text="Budget really isn't a concern.  Most top of the line keyboards don't go over $200.  So let's say $200." CreationDate="2018-07-30T13:28:40.957" UserId="5563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16062" PostId="9528" Score="1" Text="To help your search: what you are asking for is a &quot;USB Type-C hub with charging pass-through&quot;. However, they are very new and complex devices, and I doubt you will find one that looks like a &quot;cable&quot; rather than a box (though improvements in the technology in future years might change that)." CreationDate="2018-07-31T04:27:46.453" UserId="465" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16063" PostId="9539" Score="1" Text="The problem with the DPI/PPI you have chosen is that I suspect laptop screens pack pixels more densely than desktop monitors. [This monitor has a DPI of ~= 139.87](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824011158&amp;ignorebbr=1&amp;nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&amp;cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&amp;cm_sp=&amp;AID=10446076&amp;PID=3938566&amp;SID=), but unless you're willing to drop $370 on it, it's most likely an un-viable option. It appears that resolutions lower than 4k are most likely going to demand a monitor with a diagonal screen size that smaller than the market provides for it." CreationDate="2018-07-31T14:08:18.377" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16064" PostId="9539" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the link. 1920x1080 seems to be a common resolution for 15.6&quot; laptop screens, there's nothing specific to the one I chose. The 32&quot; monitor you suggest seems huge, I was hoping to find something within 22-27&quot;. It feels weird that there aren't many external screens with the same DPI as in common laptop screens." CreationDate="2018-07-31T15:03:00.257" UserId="9597" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16065" PostId="9539" Score="1" Text="Well I have a 15.6&quot; 4k laptop monitor that has a DPI/PPI of ~= 282.42. If I wanted to find a corresponding 1080p monitor with equivalent DPI, the desktop monitor would only be 7.8 inches wide, and I'd be willing to bet that there is not a single desktop monitor on the market that has as ludicrous a size as that. In fact if I set my DPI scaling to 100%, the fonts/visuals are absolutely puny. It maybe worth trying to do some research into &quot;hacking&quot; XFCE's OS to the DPI scaling you want. That would certainly be more economic." CreationDate="2018-07-31T15:13:28.103" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16067" PostId="9543" Score="0" Text="Would it be safe to assume you have no price restriction?" CreationDate="2018-07-31T17:21:45.240" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16068" PostId="9543" Score="0" Text="yes, that is right." CreationDate="2018-07-31T17:27:51.237" UserId="9600" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16069" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 power consumption and form factor does not really matter. Noise should be on the low side like a low noise high end gaming pc... don´t know db tho" CreationDate="2018-07-31T18:22:44.873" UserId="9584" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16070" PostId="9522" Score="0" Text="thanks, I will check them out!" CreationDate="2018-07-31T18:25:44.533" UserId="9584" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16071" PostId="9530" Score="0" Text="I live in germany and usually I dont buy anything used xD, but I remember my company also selling their servers a few years back which were perfectly fine cause they baught new ones. So I guess I will keep an eye out on ebay. Any particular reason you chose 3TB? To match the budged or cause they have best cost/benefit ratio or something?" CreationDate="2018-07-31T18:33:06.663" UserId="9584" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16072" PostId="9530" Score="0" Text="Cheapest per gb is why I bought them. If you want to buy used off your work that's fine too. @veritaS" CreationDate="2018-07-31T20:28:58.810" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16073" PostId="7711" Score="1" Text="@Finn I just found [this](https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/50924.html) blog post where Matthew Garrett describes how he ported coreboot to the 51NB X210 motherboard, which is a project to retrofit current hardware into old 7 row keyboard chassis. At the moment only the X210 seems to be in stock, no T61. It will be interesting to see where this is going given that supply of old parts will run out at some point and some people are looking for USB-C support." CreationDate="2018-07-31T22:18:53.570" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16074" PostId="9529" Score="0" Text="Looking for a considerably cheaper one .. however from a decent brand. Not too expensive." CreationDate="2018-08-01T03:28:53.227" UserId="9593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16075" PostId="9529" Score="0" Text="A dollars amount would be a good thing to have :)" CreationDate="2018-08-01T04:17:54.013" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16076" PostId="9529" Score="0" Text="It should be under $110" CreationDate="2018-08-01T04:22:59.783" UserId="9593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16077" PostId="9453" Score="0" Text="@VladimirDespotovic Where is the 4G+ found? On your phone's notification shade? Because some phone's OS s actually just show 4G+ for Higher frequency bands instead of carrier aggregation. Can you please tell me your operator and the city you live in?" CreationDate="2018-08-01T08:45:06.910" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16079" PostId="9517" Score="0" Text="Yes.  It's not harmful to the PC, however, and if it's just an average home PC, it won't up your power bill noticeably either." CreationDate="2018-08-01T15:24:52.357" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16080" PostId="9518" Score="0" Text="Memory support lists that are company and model specific are mostly there because the memory manufacturer donated RAM to test the equipment during QA in exchange for the recommendation appearing on the list.  As long as your RAM fits the right module, type, and pin count configuration, any should do the job. That's a good price on Ripjaws. &#xA;&#xA;As far as what you're describing, AMD usually gives you more power out of the box for those applications, while Intel provides more stability out of the box overall.  You get more for the money with AMD usually, but my i7's have outlasted my AMD stuff." CreationDate="2018-08-01T15:32:49.590" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16081" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I tested the Touchpad from JellyComb and a Logitech T650, I could borrow from a colleague for a little time. Both aren't as good as the gesture control, known from Apple. In the end, the T650 feels a lot better than the JellyComb, but unfortunately it suffers from bad software support by Logitech. In the end I decided to use the JellyComb Touchpad, because it integrates better with Win10. &#xA;I'd say, a well made Touchpad with good configurable software would be a lot better than the JellyComb, but the Precise Gestures deliver a pretty good (standardized) experience so far." CreationDate="2018-08-01T17:02:17.703" UserId="9586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16082" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I'd accept your comment as an answer, but thats unfortunately not possible. If you'd leave it as a decent answer, I'd accept it." CreationDate="2018-08-01T17:02:53.777" UserId="9586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16083" PostId="9495" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, would it work as a mouse on Linux, also?  Not a deal-breaker if it doesn't, but highly preferable." CreationDate="2018-08-02T01:05:16.623" UserId="7888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16084" PostId="9495" Score="0" Text="@Wildcard Sorry, my mind was thinking for the wrong SE site! Razer has first party drivers; Logitech and Steelseries have third party drivers. Linux tends to have better support for multiple buttons than macOS in general. Is there any number of buttons that you'd consider excessive? There are mice with 15+ buttons available, but the buttons obviously become harder to press." CreationDate="2018-08-02T01:25:59.710" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16085" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="What's your budget like for everything together?" CreationDate="2018-08-02T01:27:22.633" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16086" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="@epilepticz Quick question: are you using this trackpad with another computer, or are you using it with a Mac? If so, what Mac?" CreationDate="2018-08-02T01:30:46.660" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16087" PostId="9495" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, so long as it's easy to tell them apart by feel without extensive practice, I don't think there are excessive mouse buttons.  Seven in a circle around one center button seemed a more usable arrangement than the rectangular grids of 21 buttons I've sometimes seen." CreationDate="2018-08-02T01:38:39.950" UserId="7888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16088" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 lets say for the set up without drives" CreationDate="2018-08-02T11:48:50.897" UserId="9584" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16089" PostId="9555" Score="0" Text="I took a look at the EdgeMax routers and switches. Is there a reason you went with Ubiquiti's Edgemax line over their UniFi line?" CreationDate="2018-08-02T14:26:49.307" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16090" PostId="9550" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hardware Recs! Unfortunately, your internet speeds will not increase just because you buy a more powerful system. If your question is &quot;how to increase my internet speed&quot;, this is out of scope for the website." CreationDate="2018-08-02T15:16:24.347" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16091" PostId="9550" Score="0" Text="Your problem isn't going to be hardware, its your internet connection." CreationDate="2018-08-02T15:16:36.497" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16093" PostId="7233" Score="0" Text="(I thought I commented on this a year ago?) The lack of stereo made this a no go. Unless I was missing something, I would have needed two separate adapters, one to mix the left channels and one to mix the right ones. This would have mostly erased the price advantage, while adding a lot of complexity I wanted to avoid." CreationDate="2018-08-02T20:59:34.383" UserId="1951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16094" PostId="7641" Score="0" Text="I wish I had the skills to wire stuff like this myself. It would make a lot of tasks less pricey." CreationDate="2018-08-02T21:03:18.037" UserId="1951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16096" PostId="9559" Score="0" Text="Glad you found something!  I'm surprised that the passive version had that low of an output.  I'm sure you had the volume controls all the way up, and passive stuff does attenuate the signal, but it shouldn't be &quot;a lot&quot;." CreationDate="2018-08-02T23:45:50.677" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16097" PostId="9559" Score="0" Text="Yes, a cheap ground loop isolator can affect the quality, but you probably won't notice either.  They're basically a transformer in a pretty case with convenient connectors.  Just like a power transformer, but designed for 20Hz-20kHz instead of just 45-65Hz.  The signal gets converted from electric to magnetic and back to electric with no electrical connection from one side to the other, thus breaking the loop.  The professional stage equivalent is called a D.I. box, for Direct Injection, and is called that because it replaces a microphone for guitars, etc." CreationDate="2018-08-02T23:52:57.157" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16098" PostId="9559" Score="0" Text="The most common form of distortion is called saturation, which is basically the transformer's equivalent to clipping.  Because of the physics involved, this is the most likely for deep bass, and it basically becomes a short-circuit at that point, which is really stressful to the device that's driving it.  This is true regardless of price or quality.  (i.e. you can't break physics)  So listen carefully if you decide to turn up the phone or listen to really bassy stuff.  If it still sounds clean, you're good.  If not, back off the phone a bit and turn up the speaker instead." CreationDate="2018-08-02T23:54:46.203" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16099" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="Installation successful! No fuss. I am running Linux, so need to increase swap file size - but it is an optional step." CreationDate="2018-08-03T01:02:57.097" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16100" PostId="9550" Score="0" Text="Well my windows 7 labtop works fine with my slow internet speed and my internet speed isn't likely to increase anytime soon. As stated in my question, I could buy another windows 7 labtop if no newer operating systems can run on slow internet connections, but microsoft will eventually drop windows 7 support." CreationDate="2018-08-03T01:05:08.507" UserId="9606" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16101" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="Happy to hear that! :) Btw, with 16GB of RAM, i would suggest you to set it to the same amount of your memory (16GB), not twice. 'Cause, as per my personal thought, it would be a waste of hard drive space... Not to mention that a system that is swapping a lot, is a not-so-stable one.. Clearly you can choose the config that really fits your need, that's just a personal advice :) If i can ask, what distro are you using?" CreationDate="2018-08-03T09:14:40.700" UserId="4039" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16102" PostId="9555" Score="1" Text="I don't use the little controller you can get to manage UniFi and the APs.  Compatibility with that and UI layout are the two main differences there. That, and the EdgeMax supports a little more hands-on advanced tweaking." CreationDate="2018-08-03T11:35:18.620" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16104" PostId="9559" Score="0" Text="@AaronD Thanks. For what it's worth, if I had to put a number on it, I'd say the passive version cut the volume by about half. (Yes, with the volume all the way up on everything.)" CreationDate="2018-08-03T13:37:07.180" UserId="1951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16105" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I'm using it with my Windows 10 Computer in office only. I can try it out on my Mac on monday, too, if you want me to." CreationDate="2018-08-03T15:31:15.623" UserId="9586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16107" PostId="9559" Score="0" Text="Well, the perception of &quot;half&quot; is typically around -10dB, and without the normalling switches that I mentioned in my answer, that still seems a bit much.  It should be -6dB (electrically half) with just two inputs, one silent and one playing.  But if they put a resistor behind each jack that's strong enough to look like a short compared to the mixer itself, but weak enough to be driven easily by a phone, VCR, etc., then a 4-input mixer would give you -12dB (electrically 1/4) for each source, which lines up a little better with what you heard." CreationDate="2018-08-03T16:35:49.427" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16109" PostId="9559" Score="0" Text="If you double the number of inputs while keeping all but one actively silent (device not playing, short, etc.), you subtract another 6dB.  The dB scale was invented to make large ranges of numbers a bit more convenient to work with, even if it takes some math to convert.  (dB = 20 * log[ measured / reference ] for signals | dB = 10 * log[ measured / reference ] for power)  So because of how logs work, dB's add and subtract where physical quantities multiply and divide." CreationDate="2018-08-03T16:47:22.763" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16110" PostId="9563" Score="0" Text="None of the examples on that page shows any recursive setups though. It shows that it can act as either a DHCPv6 client or a DHCPv6 server. Would be nice if it explicitly showed an example where the router acted as both." CreationDate="2018-08-03T20:34:24.427" UserId="97" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16115" PostId="9485" Score="0" Text="I agree. When I installed Linux with 6 GB RAM, the default swap-file was just 2097148 - and I wanna stick to that, at least never exceeding to 1/4 of my new RAM size. I've upgraded to 250 GB SSD, so storage is precious until I get an [HDD caddy](http://a.co/ioKYbiC) - I don't wanna waste 16GB, I'd never use. **_RE Distro:_** I switch b/w Linux &amp; Unix (FreeBSD), for the [community](https://sites.google.com/view/fossusersgroup/home) ([fb](https://www.facebook.com/foss.ug/)), I run. Regardless, I use MATE Desktop. Currently, I'm rocking [Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS](https://ubuntu-mate.org/)." CreationDate="2018-08-04T01:20:56.043" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16117" PostId="9557" Score="0" Text="thanks @Bennett-Yeo. However, how what about: https://www.amazon.in/Kingston-Technology-HyperX-Impact-2133MHz/dp/B014R8JPYW/ref=sr_1_6?s=computers&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533353390&amp;sr=1-6&amp;keywords=ddr4+sodimm." CreationDate="2018-08-04T03:37:45.267" UserId="9593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16118" PostId="9539" Score="0" Text="I don't know how is your hypothetical tiny 1080p monitor relevant to my question about regular-sized monitors with a specific DPI. Thank you for your input." CreationDate="2018-08-04T07:42:59.673" UserId="9597" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16119" PostId="9557" Score="0" Text="@LokeshwarTailor Yes, this [RAM is compatible](https://www.kingston.com/datasheets/HX421S13IB_8.pdf) and one of the sticks that I saw in my query. I did not recommend it because it was over your stated budget. In addition, if you load this RAM in tandem with your current 4gb module, the CAS will drop to 15." CreationDate="2018-08-04T07:47:36.507" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16129" PostId="9563" Score="0" Text="@kasperd look at the parameters pool-name and pool-prefix-length." CreationDate="2018-08-04T10:38:44.060" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16135" PostId="9573" Score="0" Text="How about [one of these bad boys](https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/earphones/soundsport-in-ear-headphones-samsung-devices.html#v=soundsport_ie_headphones_ii_samsung_charcoal)? Bose is known for their superior noise cancellation and your budget leaves a pretty generous margin." CreationDate="2018-08-05T02:02:13.140" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16136" PostId="9203" Score="0" Text="Paul Sweatte: thanks for clarifying this. I am ok with the idea itself but IMHO they should warn about it every time such replacement of links happens..." CreationDate="2018-08-05T07:29:50.887" UserId="9030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16138" PostId="9573" Score="0" Text="I'm sure they're a great product but maybe not so good for noise isolation." CreationDate="2018-08-06T09:20:31.943" UserId="9624" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16139" PostId="9583" Score="0" Text="Not an actual answer since I can't point out an actual device, but have a look at MikroTik - don't know if they are available in the US though. I set up a failover on one of their lowest end devices, the Hex S. Works by pinging the Google DNS via a forced route and sets the WAN accordingly. Fully scriptable. https://mikrotik.com/product/hex_s" CreationDate="2018-08-06T18:22:24.403" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16140" PostId="9583" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak actually I had not, but I’ll check it out.  It looks like several under $100 are capable of multi-wan but they don’t advertise it as anything other than 5 port." CreationDate="2018-08-06T19:10:51.087" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16142" PostId="9583" Score="0" Text="What you need to now is that even the cheap ones work under their RouterOS which allows you to define any port as WAN. It's the same OS as in their top-tier offerings. Actually I know networking guys who prefer MikroTik over Cisco." CreationDate="2018-08-06T20:17:51.280" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16143" PostId="9583" Score="0" Text="As I wrote earlier - the Hex is perfectly capable of failover, it was even with an LTE modem plugged into USB (a Hi-Link one)." CreationDate="2018-08-06T20:20:13.800" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16144" PostId="9583" Score="0" Text="Although from the point of view of configuration that LTE modem was just another interface." CreationDate="2018-08-06T20:21:21.430" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16145" PostId="9583" Score="0" Text="Getting ready to thumb thru a pdf manual, I did like 30-seconds of research after I saw your first comment but hadn’t gotten back to it yet " CreationDate="2018-08-06T20:23:51.287" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16146" PostId="9586" Score="0" Text="This is very helpful.  Ubiquiti’s documentation seems much clearer and clean compared to mikrotik’s." CreationDate="2018-08-07T02:14:00.857" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16147" PostId="9586" Score="0" Text="And there's a bigger community as well to look in forums etc." CreationDate="2018-08-07T02:24:12.323" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16148" PostId="9586" Score="0" Text="I must admit - setting up that fallback took me around 6 hours! One question - does Ubiquiti support SSH access?" CreationDate="2018-08-07T07:49:36.317" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16149" PostId="9586" Score="0" Text="Yes, it does. I'm using SSH public-key authentication for more secure login." CreationDate="2018-08-07T09:58:24.250" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16151" PostId="9592" Score="0" Text="Why do you keep buying the same product if you have so many issues with it?" CreationDate="2018-08-07T16:39:08.410" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16152" PostId="9592" Score="0" Text="I stopped doing so right now =) I just liked the model and it worked fine until it broke, and I hoped that maybe I was just unlucky with the models, but now it's enough..." CreationDate="2018-08-07T16:44:29.950" UserId="2092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16153" PostId="9592" Score="0" Text="Fair enough. Logitech G series (G502 here) are pretty good as is the Razer Deathadder. Both have served me well." CreationDate="2018-08-07T16:53:54.913" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16154" PostId="9592" Score="0" Text="I agree with @SiXandSeven8ths here is a [link to buy a Razer Deathadder at 60% discount ($20) (MSRP: $50)](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAHB07PT6803&amp;cm_re=deathadder-_-9SIAHB07PT6803-_-Product)" CreationDate="2018-08-07T18:12:48.333" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16155" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="Here is one for USB type-C you can get a converter, or a phone with C type, then : https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-usb-type-c-to-hdmi-multiport-adapter-with-power-delivery-white/5577934.p?skuId=5577934" CreationDate="2018-08-07T18:14:57.853" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16156" PostId="9520" Score="0" Text="@epilepticz There are some third party drivers for the Magic Trackpad 2 that can be used, but given the price of the Magic Trackpad 2, I'd vote for something else. I'm going to do some more research then post an answer." CreationDate="2018-08-07T21:03:17.423" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16157" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="@veritaS Do you have a euro figure?" CreationDate="2018-08-07T21:31:33.730" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16163" PostId="9597" Score="0" Text="not really. Because. I don't want to switch back and forth from one laptop to another. I work on two laptops parallel .. without switching , only by moving the mouse ( pointing ) to the screen where i work." CreationDate="2018-08-07T21:52:49.173" UserId="962" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16164" PostId="9597" Score="1" Text="If you are wanting to, in essence, use both computers as one, you would be better off sharing information. Connect one laptop to the other through USB cable, crossover cable, or local intranet. This would treat one as a media device and the other as the computer.&#xA;&#xA;As far as I know, there is no way to make both be a computer with their own screens while sharing a mouse and keyboard that you can move between screens. A USB splitter would allow the same mouse and keyboard on both screens doing the same thing." CreationDate="2018-08-07T21:58:34.283" UserId="9636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16165" PostId="9597" Score="0" Text="okay that clarifies.. thanks" CreationDate="2018-08-08T01:27:47.627" UserId="962" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16168" PostId="8436" Score="1" Text="It's hard to find a laptop &gt; 17&quot; at a reasonable price. I'd recommend sticking to 17&quot;" CreationDate="2018-08-08T04:40:43.793" UserId="9639" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16169" PostId="9519" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I would say around 1500. But I am not conserned with it. So if you say it would be better if you spend x cause requirements, then it should be no problem to wait one or two month to double the budget. Question would be if this has to be" CreationDate="2018-08-08T08:10:14.230" UserId="9584" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16172" PostId="9568" Score="1" Text="[According to AMD's Freesync monitor search tool](https://www.amd.com/en/products/freesync-monitors) the smallest monitor that supports Radeon FreeSync is 22&quot; (rounded up) which makes your constraints impossible to meet at this time. [This is probably the closet monitor at 21.5&quot;.](https://www.amazon.it/AOC-G2260VWQ6-Monitor-1920x1080-Speaker/dp/B0158L13M4)" CreationDate="2018-08-08T13:37:36.850" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16173" PostId="9598" Score="1" Text="Hi, welcome to Hardware Recommendations, it generally helps us make better recommendations if you can give us an upper price limit/budget." CreationDate="2018-08-08T13:43:07.187" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16174" PostId="9599" Score="0" Text="Thank you !! I realized that, this can be possible only with a third party software and not just with external peripherals" CreationDate="2018-08-08T17:01:21.007" UserId="962" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16178" PostId="9603" Score="0" Text="Hi welcome to Hardware Recs! Would you happen to have an upper price limit in mind for this build? Also, I noticed you marked your location as Stockholm, Sweden in your Stack-exchange profile. Are you planning on purchasing this laptop there?" CreationDate="2018-08-09T13:17:05.320" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16179" PostId="9603" Score="0" Text="As of now, I haven't thought about the price. Would avoid buying in Sweden as it's expensive here, even the basis config.!" CreationDate="2018-08-09T13:19:04.867" UserId="9644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16180" PostId="9608" Score="0" Text="Since Apple uses a very specific set of hardware, I'm really not sure how the answer can really be anything other than &quot;buy a Mac.&quot; Buy a refurb from Apple and call it good. Don't get an Air or non-Pro model." CreationDate="2018-08-09T19:46:27.787" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16181" PostId="9607" Score="0" Text="For a small constrained device maybe [this](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AKXOVG6/ref=pd_rhf_eeolp_s_vtp_ses_clicks_0_9?ie=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=B00AKXOVG6&amp;pd_rd_r=53Q20TK5CSVYY8JZ16BF&amp;pd_rd_w=Upfzw&amp;pd_rd_wg=s8L9G&amp;pf_rd_i=desktop-rhf&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_p=05d75987-58ed-4d36-bbfa-515cd87e4ee3&amp;pf_rd_r=53Q20TK5CSVYY8JZ16BF&amp;pf_rd_s=desktop-rhf&amp;pf_rd_t=40701&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=53Q20TK5CSVYY8JZ16BF), otherwise your diagram is functionally equivalent to a [NAS server exposed over a router](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822107985R&amp;cm_re=nas_storage-_-22-107-985R-_-Product)." CreationDate="2018-08-09T20:21:35.350" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16182" PostId="9607" Score="0" Text="Some routers support NAS storage like linksys that allow for you to plug in a normal mass storage device to the router and have the router expose the drive to the network." CreationDate="2018-08-09T20:23:21.503" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16183" PostId="9246" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the info you brought to share, @Karatekid430. That brand looks promising, especially because it's rackmount!" CreationDate="2018-08-09T20:47:11.687" UserId="5988" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16184" PostId="9246" Score="0" Text="Now, In the same ‘it's not for you, it's for the majority-rest of possible readers’ spirit, I think I'll address your edits below — despite the fact I'm sure you've immediately sworn off StackExchange. That's not how we do things around here. While we try to maintain the *spirit* and *content* of both questions and answers, all content on these sites is subject to editing by other users with more experience on the site. That is regardless of whether you came here desiring your commentary be edited — again, we edit for the many, not the few." CreationDate="2018-08-09T20:48:56.010" UserId="5988" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16185" PostId="9246" Score="0" Text="(I offer the above primarily in the spirit of ‘[leave a comment](https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/vote-down) and explain *why*, if you vote something down’ — another community norm, around here!)" CreationDate="2018-08-09T20:50:23.337" UserId="5988" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16186" PostId="9586" Score="0" Text="Ordered the Ubiquiti ER-X, had it configured, up and running in under 2 hours.  (I had studied the manual ahead of time for a bit.)   I fought that friqqen tp-link for 2 weeks." CreationDate="2018-08-09T21:21:26.793" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16187" PostId="9586" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak yes it does." CreationDate="2018-08-09T21:22:02.460" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16188" PostId="9604" Score="0" Text="Any idea about the 'Precision' series? It's recommended by RHEL on their site and the provider is Dell." CreationDate="2018-08-10T06:25:07.940" UserId="9644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16189" PostId="9605" Score="0" Text="Any idea about the 'Precision' series? It's recommended by RHEL on their site and the provider is Dell." CreationDate="2018-08-10T06:25:24.260" UserId="9644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16190" PostId="9610" Score="1" Text="Apart from the price one reason I'm not upgrading from a Z3 compact to an XZ is that the magnetic charging point (that I've used in heavy rain) has been dropped.  If you've got Qi wireless charging there are IP67 Qi devices  that could be stuffed into a handlebar bracket under the phone.  Battery life with a sim but with mobile data disabled is good, but limited by needing the screen on at least some of the time" CreationDate="2018-08-10T08:59:49.323" UserId="3641" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16200" PostId="9605" Score="0" Text="Kaliyug see edit" CreationDate="2018-08-10T19:44:55.797" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16201" PostId="9615" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much for your detailed response. I've spent the day trying to figure it out, but unfortunately it draws too much power then shuts down when I attempt to update it. Luckily I didn't spend any money on it." CreationDate="2018-08-10T20:30:49.810" UserId="9658" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16202" PostId="9607" Score="0" Text="I updated the question. I think what you suggested will not work. But anyway thanks for the tip." CreationDate="2018-08-11T09:31:14.827" UserId="9649" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16203" PostId="9619" Score="0" Text="Thanks!  I thought these UPS things were only battery backups - I didn't know they protected against surges.  I never gave much thought to the cable carrying a surge either.  That explains why the cable repair guy had to replace several connector gizmos on the outside of the house. Is coax generic?  I would need to buy a piece to go from the coax out on the UPS to the coax in on the router. Then, if both the router's cable and its power went through the UPS, all the data lines out of the router would be safe.  (Right?)" CreationDate="2018-08-12T11:34:37.993" UserId="9664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16204" PostId="2726" Score="0" Text="Please remember that even if a camera _can_ move, it doesnt mean it _should_. Some cameras have an internal motor for finetuning its position but the gears inside wear out fast if it is used for continual or even occasional wide range motion." CreationDate="2018-08-12T14:43:17.527" UserId="7667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16206" PostId="9542" Score="0" Text="on the OCR side of things, which is a significant component of scanner software bundles, you can use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract_(software) quite effectively." CreationDate="2018-08-12T23:34:45.233" UserId="7701" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16207" PostId="9554" Score="0" Text="fwiw it's worth, though this is from a long time ago, I've had **extremely** poor results from a member of the Canoscan family under both Linux and macos." CreationDate="2018-08-12T23:38:44.940" UserId="7701" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16208" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="HI, I noticed your profile states that you are located in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. Does this product need to ship there. For example, [here is a PCIe Ethernet card that costs &lt; $4](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB1Z5CX2380&amp;ignorebbr=1), but I don't think it can ship to Ukraine." CreationDate="2018-08-13T04:40:14.043" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16209" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="Also you could just purchase a USB to Ethernet adapter and this would probably be an easier solution. [Here's one from a popular local purveyor in Ukraine for 413 UAH.](https://rozetka.com.ua/stlab_u_980/p11031997/) I'm not super familiar with Ukraine purveyors so this may not be the best deal possible." CreationDate="2018-08-13T04:46:03.367" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16211" PostId="9619" Score="0" Text="Do you happen to know what the equipment protection policy's price limit is for this product? Cyber-power seemed kind of squirrel-y about giving an actual dollar amount when I did a brief search." CreationDate="2018-08-13T14:08:05.547" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16212" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="@Bennett Yeo &#xA;Do you mean all Ethernet cards give the same ping? Now my ping is 81, but it used to be 31 before the card broke. I am going to invite my friend to test my ping on his laptop, to see if his card alo gives this bad ping. First, we will test ping on my machine, and then we will connect his laptop to the same cable, and compare.&#xA;But, I have invited support technicians from my provider's, and they" CreationDate="2018-08-14T05:42:04.910" UserId="9666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16213" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="said my network card was broken, so it might have caused this terrible ping.&#xA;So, if the test shows my card needs to be replaced, I'll buy a new one. &#xA;The question is - will they all give the same ping, or maybe some of them produce better ping? Those cards which you described, they are so cheap. Will they produce good ping? Is there any list of Network cards sorted by ping?&#xA;PING is the main problem!" CreationDate="2018-08-14T05:42:12.873" UserId="9666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16214" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="The cards are cheap b/c people don't typically buy Ethernet NIC's like that. Also they have bandwidth up to 1 gigabit, so I don't expect packet latency loss unless you're sending/reciving inordinate amounts of data. In all honesty a ping of less than 100 ms is pretty typical. It's also worth noting that ping is also a function of the performance of the server you are connecting to (video conferencing). In fact if I ping google right now I get a ping delay between 45-75ms." CreationDate="2018-08-14T05:48:53.737" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16215" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="@ Bennett Yeo&#xA;I cannot leave this problem unsolved, because my work and hobby depend on it. My friend is coming on Saturday with his laptop, and if his ping is better, I will change my Ethernet card. &#xA;When I ping Google, I get 46. &#xA;When I play, the ping is not lower than 81, which makes me ineffective. &#xA;My idea is to have the lowest possible ping on the Ethernet card, and get at least 60, and if possible - get back my 31 (in game)." CreationDate="2018-08-14T05:57:05.527" UserId="9666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16216" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="@Bennett Yeo Do you think there is any PING difference between the cards which:&#xA;1) connect via USB; 2) connect via PCI-PCIe?   10Ms or 5ms? P.S. I am asking because you recommended me USB cards. Maybe, you can recommend me some dummy-friendly article, please?" CreationDate="2018-08-14T06:07:19.380" UserId="9666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16217" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="The PCIe will be nominally faster, unless your USB interface is directly connected to a PCIe interface. I don't know if your ping will increase as I think the 81 ping might just be the game server. Do you have a way of testing for ping for that server?" CreationDate="2018-08-14T06:10:36.940" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16218" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="@Bennett Yeo Yeah, the game developers published some tools and guides on their site. However, they look more complicated than asking my friend to bring his laptop. https://forum.star-conflict.com/index.php?/topic/25324-info-connection-losses-high-ping-and-related-issues/" CreationDate="2018-08-14T06:18:54.300" UserId="9666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16219" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="@Bennett Yeo &#xA;Actually, I have tested my Internet, and the ping is 1 with my provider. The game gives 81, and not better." CreationDate="2018-08-14T06:33:17.620" UserId="9666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16220" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/81622/discussion-between-bennett-yeo-and-sergey-larin)." CreationDate="2018-08-14T06:34:55.930" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16222" PostId="9627" Score="0" Text="In regard to *I cannot understand, why these processes are almost equals*. It is very simple, the i7-8550U is newer and Intel decided to put 4 cores in the new consumer line instead of the dual-core that the U line used to have." CreationDate="2018-08-15T02:06:42.563" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16223" PostId="9619" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo It's kind of buried.  The newegg page has a Warranty &amp; Returns tab (immediately to the right of Specifications).  The link to the manufactuer's product page is there.  If you follow that link, click that page's specification tab, and scroll all the way to the end of the specs, you get the warranty info: 3 years on product, lifetime on connected equipment with a max of $425,000.  (You'd expect it to be at the top in blinking neon since that &quot;insurance&quot; is a compelling reason to buy the product.)" CreationDate="2018-08-15T09:38:45.200" UserId="9664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16224" PostId="9627" Score="0" Text="You did most of the heavy lifting yourself, the i7-8550 U is the better performing processor. In addition, U T S series processors are usually tuned for power savings over performance, so that means that the i7-8550 U is more power efficient." CreationDate="2018-08-15T19:24:18.233" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16225" PostId="9624" Score="0" Text="That's just the same old stuff, but a *fancier, dancier* version.  And I have some real skepticism about the validity of those free warranties: there are so many picayune rules that they could disqualify you over almost anything.  Don't miss a 10-day deadline.  Has your jurisdiction adopted 2017 NEC or (like most) still on 2014?  Do you *really hire* an electrician every 3 years to keep your house caught up?  (you're not required to by NEC; older installs are *grandfathered*.)   The eligibility rules are set up to give ways to deny you." CreationDate="2018-08-16T05:35:38.700" UserId="9683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16226" PostId="9569" Score="0" Text="Thanks for helping! Sorry about the delay. Finally, after discussing it with reseller I have purchased the `ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING`. Resseler told me that since the parts will be under constant load it is better to have &quot;overclocking&quot; ready setup for better life duration." CreationDate="2018-08-16T11:08:24.340" UserId="9613" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16227" PostId="9633" Score="1" Text="Or how about a single multi-wan router with failover?   Also, “the secondary router should get alive for my servers too” is a separate (yet related) DNS issue." CreationDate="2018-08-17T18:58:26.987" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16228" PostId="9607" Score="0" Text="There are more of these than I would have guessed actually... the search term you’re looking for is ‘wireless usb extender’" CreationDate="2018-08-17T19:48:53.123" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16229" PostId="9633" Score="0" Text="Actually rethinking, you’d want load-balanced instead of failover, and the public DNS records for your websites with multiple A records.   I added a multi-wan router with failover but my need is a bit different, and my second isp is a cellular modem." CreationDate="2018-08-17T20:00:03.963" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16230" PostId="9627" Score="0" Text="The 8th generation processors from Intel have finally been able to cram more cores into a power efficient package, though if you're looking for pure performance, you might want one of the 6 core [H series](https://www.notebookcheck.net/7700HQ-vs-8750H_8400_9576.247596.0.html) CPUs. However, it would be easier for us to provide a good recommendation if you could give us a detailed workload (what compiler? what kind of projects?) and your budget, which would allow us to find a balanced system, perhaps cheaper or faster than you expected. Since laptops usually have soldered on CPUs these days..." CreationDate="2018-08-18T13:19:52.053" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16231" PostId="9627" Score="0" Text="It's usually easier just to group everything in one recommendation request. Be sure to include everything you're likely to want to do." CreationDate="2018-08-18T13:20:45.920" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16233" PostId="9633" Score="1" Text="By the way, dual wan is easier and cheaper than you probably expect." CreationDate="2018-08-18T23:29:19.460" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16237" PostId="9542" Score="0" Text="Yes, I will use an open source OCR such as Tesseract, OCRopus, or ScanTailor." CreationDate="2018-08-20T08:06:23.067" UserId="9599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16240" PostId="9641" Score="0" Text="Hi Welcome to Hardware Recs! [According to Apple Support computers equipped with USB 3 only provide up to 900 mA and 1100 mA if a compatible device is plugged in directly](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204377). Most low end android phones can take up to 1600 mA, with fast charging taking over 2000 mA. If you really want to fast charge 4+ phones quickly is it okay if this hub plugs into the wall and the computer? Additionally I noticed you marked your location as &quot;Leipzig, Germany&quot;. Does the product need to available there without VAT and import taxes?" CreationDate="2018-08-20T19:43:16.607" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16241" PostId="9641" Score="0" Text="For example [how about this 10 port wall plugged usb hub?](https://www.newegg.com/global/de/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G36F9485&amp;cm_re=usb_hub-_-17-392-080-_-Product) It will set you back €51,99 + €15,98 shipping. It appears Germany does not have US specific VAT or import fees as far as I can tell." CreationDate="2018-08-20T19:51:25.990" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16248" PostId="7633" Score="0" Text="CODE keyboards are great (I have two), but it's worth mentioning that they are entirely identical to WASD keyboards except that the CODE keyboards have backlighting.  When that's not of interest, you can just go with WASD and customize your key colors instead.  ;)  WASD/CODE keyboards hit every single one of the &quot;must haves&quot; and all of the &quot;nice to haves&quot; except for wireless and price." CreationDate="2018-08-21T00:04:32.017" UserId="7888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16249" PostId="7040" Score="0" Text="Update - I heard quality control concerns about ubiquity, and ended up buying a 2nd hand netgear. Very comprehensive GUI/acl etc, and  far more reputation." CreationDate="2018-08-21T05:26:32.850" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16252" PostId="9647" Score="0" Text="It appears that Bluetooth track-pads are not common and [VERY expensive](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAC917908679&amp;cm_re=trackpad-_-9SIAC917908679-_-Product). It would be significantly cheaper to purchase a wireless usb track pad instead. [How about something like this?](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIAAWS6RJ6935)" CreationDate="2018-08-21T14:32:01.953" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16253" PostId="9634" Score="1" Text="Would it be acceptable if the hub plugs into the wall as well as the computer? That would be the easiest way to ensure you have enough power for the hard drives, plus you'll also be able to charge your phone(s) faster." CreationDate="2018-08-21T14:45:15.570" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16254" PostId="9647" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo I would like something smaller preferably otherwise yes.  Money is not a concern." CreationDate="2018-08-21T14:57:37.323" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16255" PostId="9647" Score="0" Text="I'm afraid that's the smallest and most reasonably priced option I can find. We're kind of delving into a niche market here. The higher end wireless/RF/Bluetooth track pads only get larger." CreationDate="2018-08-21T14:59:38.437" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16256" PostId="9634" Score="1" Text="@BennettYeo Definitely.  The two hubs I have purchased so far both plug into the wall.  Unfortunately, neither can reliably put two external bus-powered hard drives in USB 3.0 mode." CreationDate="2018-08-21T19:23:12.143" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16257" PostId="5694" Score="0" Text="Suddenly, after offering to post me a board, I get no reply to my emails, from several addresses at different domains; perhaps the project has been canelled :-(" CreationDate="2018-08-21T19:32:46.980" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16266" PostId="9643" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley My usage of the word &quot;build&quot; was a bit unfortunate, not making my intention clear. I edited the question and exchanged &quot;build&quot; with &quot;have&quot;." CreationDate="2018-08-21T22:34:07.810" UserId="9691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16268" PostId="9643" Score="0" Text="I apologize for misunderstanding your question. I have reopened it." CreationDate="2018-08-22T13:59:19.773" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16270" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the excellent answer (upvoted) and for thinking outside the box. Although I like your idea, I don't think it will work right now for me.  I already own the drives, and they are in their own factory enclosures.  I think a hub *might* still work, but I haven't found one that meets the requirements outlined above... hence this question. :)" CreationDate="2018-08-23T01:50:56.880" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16271" PostId="9641" Score="0" Text="The reviews are very very bad :D Anything more &quot;professiona&quot; ?" CreationDate="2018-08-23T13:09:23.983" UserId="9697" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16272" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="Factory enclosures :/ . Do you think it's possible to measure and tell me the max amp draw on these HDD?. The last option I can think of is to buy one wall plugged hub per HDD and then plug those into the computer and wall. Do you want me to recommend some products for that solution? Also have you tried one HDD per hub with the hub's you have already purchased?" CreationDate="2018-08-23T18:16:07.427" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16273" PostId="9641" Score="0" Text="Sure, what would your upper price limit/budget be?" CreationDate="2018-08-23T18:51:11.720" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16275" PostId="9655" Score="1" Text="Did you check adafruit?  I haven’t browsed for pi stuff in a few years (I own like 6 pi’s in different models,I just haven’t needed anything for a few years) but they used to carry interesting things like that...." CreationDate="2018-08-23T19:26:44.510" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16276" PostId="9659" Score="0" Text="I looked up the spec sheet for the SU800 and it doesn't seem that bad. Can you post the exact specs of your laptop so we can best recommend an upgrade for you? The data sheet your provided shows all possible configurations for your laptop." CreationDate="2018-08-23T19:26:44.840" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16278" PostId="9653" Score="0" Text="How much storage are you looking for? How much are you willing to spend?" CreationDate="2018-08-23T20:02:13.230" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16279" PostId="9655" Score="0" Text="YUp. That's the first place I checked. Then Pi Hut." CreationDate="2018-08-23T21:23:53.573" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16280" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure how to measure the max amp draw on the HDD's.  Can you tell me how?  I have tried one HDD per hub with the hubs I bought and sometimes they would connect in USB 2 mode, and sometimes USB 3.0 mode.  It appeared random." CreationDate="2018-08-24T08:12:33.460" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16282" PostId="9653" Score="0" Text="I'm going for 500GB - 1TB, more storage is better.&#xA;The less i spend is better." CreationDate="2018-08-24T10:38:34.673" UserId="9426" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16284" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="Alright never-mind about experimentally deriving the amp draw. Could you tell me the name model number of your HDD + enclosure system? I feel that your manufacturer should have at least anticipated your scenario and perhaps sell a product that could deal with this (that I could look at for some ideas). Are you sure you aren't able to remove your current HDD from their current enclosure and put them in the enclosure I recommended above?" CreationDate="2018-08-24T13:36:49.510" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16286" PostId="9641" Score="0" Text="Aprox. 100 Euro - but I am looking. If 200 Euros is necessary it's also possible. My current problem is that I don't know what to search for" CreationDate="2018-08-24T14:11:25.520" UserId="9697" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16288" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="The hard drives are Western Digital &quot;My Passport&quot; 1TB USB 3.0 drives, product # WDBBEP0010BBK-01 (several years old).  They don't have any screws for removing the drives from the factory enclosures... a sledgehammer would do it though. ;)" CreationDate="2018-08-25T18:57:09.907" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16289" PostId="9439" Score="0" Text="Thanks so much!" CreationDate="2018-08-25T21:00:46.410" UserId="9513" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16290" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="DJI streams video as analog signal. And it does not stream it as HD (it records it in HD). Any LRS uses analog signal. There are few systems for HD video downlink but it costs a lot. Use any 5.8 Ghz 800mW and you will get what you need. Record video onboard." CreationDate="2018-08-26T09:01:53.603" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16292" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="@MikePetrichenko Thanks for the helpful information. I have done a lot of research and discovered that in the country where I live (Austria), in 5.8GHz only up to 25mW are allowed. How far is the signal with 25mW?" CreationDate="2018-08-26T09:53:39.827" UserId="9728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16293" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="Depends on anthenas, enveronment and other things. But not too far. Take a look on 1.2 or 2.4 GHz. Any way, for long range you should stay with something 200mW and more." CreationDate="2018-08-26T10:07:38.173" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16294" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="By thew way, you can try [this one](https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/blacksheep-TBS-Unify-PRO-RACE-5G8-5-8-hv-Race-V2-5-8/32842948655.html). It has changable power from 25mW to 200mW (HV and V2 versions up to 800mW) so it feets your country limitations but you can switch it to high power when needed. If you use Spektrum TX and RX you can do it over the air on the fly." CreationDate="2018-08-26T10:11:22.010" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16295" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="Just price info (thi is not the best one): https://www.flyingtech.co.uk/fpv-camera-gimbals/r2teck-dvl1-1080p-full-hd-fpv-digital-video-downlink-system" CreationDate="2018-08-26T10:19:10.117" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16296" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="@MikePetrichenko Thanks a lot. The transmitter looks very good. For your price info: Are you sure that there is no cheap good video system?&#xA;What about [this one](https://www.amazon.com/TENINYU-Wireless-Transmitter-Receiver-Multicopter/dp/B01LZ8ZVG5/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535279499&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=fpv+video+transmission+system)?&#xA;I actually set my price limit to about 100 - 150 €. Do you think there is something good here? If necessary, only 30fps and 1km range.   :/" CreationDate="2018-08-26T10:38:50.133" UserId="9728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16297" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="No cheap solution for HD. RC832 and TS832 are very good. I use them on my hexacopter for video downlink. Its not HD but good enough (it is transmitted from GoPro, so I have HD video recorded). But for TX I do recommend to use TBS. It lighter and smaller than RC832 with the same output power. And you should not use standard anthena.something like [this](https://aliexpress.com/item/5-8-GHz-FPV-Straight-Shape-L-Type-Inner-Needle-inner-Hole-Cloverleaf-5-8Ghz-Antennas/32801585451.html)" CreationDate="2018-08-26T11:34:06.617" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16298" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="Also note that x832 requires at least 12V power supply (3S LiPo)." CreationDate="2018-08-26T11:36:54.357" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16299" PostId="9668" Score="0" Text="Thanks, But I want to have both of the options as written on the question. Cable and WIFI. Thanks" CreationDate="2018-08-26T13:41:18.633" UserId="9713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16301" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="@MikePetrichenko Thank you for your advice, I searched the internet again. I also use a GoPro [Hero3]. Can you please check if all parts fit together? My parts: [Transmitter](https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/blacksheep-TBS-Unify-PRO-RACE-5G8-5-8-hv-Race-V2-5-8/32842948655.html) [Receiver](https://www.amazon.de/Kanal-Video-Empf%C3%A4nger-RC832-RACEBAND/dp/B071XHTDH3/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535293005&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=RC832) [Camera Mount](https://www.amazon.de/video-output-power-cable-camera/dp/B07FKP7X47/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1535293902&amp;sr=8-7&amp;keywords=GoPro+Fpv)" CreationDate="2018-08-26T15:37:40.423" UserId="9728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16302" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="And how did you do that with the GoPro? Does it work automatically when you attach the GoPro, or do you need to install something else?" CreationDate="2018-08-26T15:40:48.423" UserId="9728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16303" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="Yes, good TX/RX (just try to look on aliexpress for same RX, it can be found with less price there). I use Hero 4 with identical cable. GoPro has AV output through USB so you simple connect it with that cable to you VTX and get video on the groud. I do not use power for GoPro through USB, only internall battery. You have to start recording manually on your GoPro camera. Video transmitted always when GoPro is turned ON." CreationDate="2018-08-26T16:41:52.343" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16304" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I unfortunately did not find a transmitter from the same kind. Can you please take a look? And you are sure that the receiver has to be 800mW, because that's the race version as I understood and the race version has only 200mW." CreationDate="2018-08-26T19:30:06.617" UserId="9728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16305" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="[RC832 - $13](https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/FPV-RC832-5-8G-48CH-600mw-Aerial-Photography-5-8GHz-AV-Receiver-System-With-A-V/32776272906.html). Yes, TX is 200 mW." CreationDate="2018-08-26T20:19:08.383" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16306" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="[RC8232Plus - $13](https://ru.aliexpress.com/item/Emax-MT2204-2204-2300KV-Brushless-motor-for-QAV250-robocat-270-Quadcopter-multicopter/32578444207.html)" CreationDate="2018-08-26T20:20:34.083" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16307" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="Is it also possible to switch to 25mW that is legal in Austria?" CreationDate="2018-08-26T20:32:23.740" UserId="9728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16308" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="RX doe snot have any &quot;power&quot; because it &quot;sends&quot; nothing, just receive. Only anthena is important for the receiver (RX). TX &quot;sends&quot; something so it has output power. By the link you (and I) gave you can find a table that shows that the TX (transmitter) has ajustable (switchable) output power from 25 mW to 200mW (for Race edition). One of the TX images shows the instruction that says that you can change output power by pressing button (you also can chang eit by your Radio TX if use Spektrum). So the answer is yes, you can change the TX output power to 25mW." CreationDate="2018-08-26T21:05:53.583" UserId="9729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16309" PostId="9297" Score="0" Text="I suppose you mean a router like ASUS BRT-AC828&#xA;link: https://www.asus.com/au/Business-Networking/BRT-AC828/" CreationDate="2018-08-27T02:21:26.160" UserId="2033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16310" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="Thank you. That mean, the BlackSheep TBS Unify Pro Race is compartible with the RC832?" CreationDate="2018-08-27T06:18:25.913" UserId="9728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16311" PostId="9667" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/82285/discussion-between-alwin07-and-mike-petrichenko)." CreationDate="2018-08-27T06:18:37.840" UserId="9728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16313" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="I don't think this will be possible to achieve with a hub. I found the power draw on the [WD forums](https://community.wd.com/t/my-passport-ultra-current-draw/165894) and a person using an Rapberry pi found they needed a 2 A 5 V PSU. He found: &quot;Only One Portable HDD will work at a time (but you can plug in as many externally powered as you want)&quot;." CreationDate="2018-08-27T13:47:54.390" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16314" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="Something [like this](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6PF6EM9309) might work as it can provide 2.4 amps at 5 V per port. But in it's notes, it states &quot;for a stable connection, don’t use the Hub with power-consumption devices such as external hard drives&quot;." CreationDate="2018-08-27T13:52:22.140" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16321" PostId="9676" Score="0" Text="Thank you Rob, I've been looking for these for quite a while now. I've read quite a few reviews and the Plantronics one does indeed support above/below sounds. I'm willing to sink a good many bucks into them just to try them out." CreationDate="2018-08-28T10:44:31.337" UserId="6331" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16322" PostId="9676" Score="0" Text="You are very welcome @JohnHamilton but remember the Atmos headphones require Dolby Atmos **source** to provide  surround sound. If you get 7.1 headphones you don't need Atmos source but you do need multichannel sound to get the proper effect. My cellphone has Atmos and I use it with *cellphone speakers* it sounds great but whenever something with Atmos encoding comes to the speakers it really jumps out. It's even better with the earbuds. The up/down is minimal but I can hear it on my phone speakers. If you don't have an Atmos source (like Xbox with Atmos-enabled games) you won't get anything." CreationDate="2018-08-28T14:18:00.123" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16325" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="Thanks.  That last recommendation looks promising except for the note you mention.  The specs seem good for power-consumption devices such as external hard drives, but clearly, there must be some issue.  Any idea of what the issue is?" CreationDate="2018-08-29T07:27:40.387" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16327" PostId="9651" Score="0" Text="It seems this note is copy and pasted from their [FAQ](https://www.wavlink.com/en_us/faq/details/sufficient_power_supply.html). I think that it might be a disclaimer so this hub might work for you, I just can't personally guarantee it. There is also a chance we can increase power draw using a [USB 3.0 Y Splitter](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAFY67M23590&amp;cm_re=usb_y_cable-_-9SIAFY67M23590-_-Product)." CreationDate="2018-08-29T13:37:05.773" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16329" PostId="9682" Score="1" Text="Ubiquiti  (ubnt.com) makes outdoor networking products you’ll likely find useful.  I couldn’t find the link to the external antennae products from my phone (that website is easier to use on a computer than phone).  But you’ll want long range beam antenna.  If there is cellular service in the area it maybe be most economical to get the Netgear LTE modem (LB1121) that powers a camera via POE and power that with a solar cell.  I have this setup, I pay $20/month for a laptop plan SIM card with unlimited (22gb throttle), the camera averages 12gb month." CreationDate="2018-08-29T14:18:09.733" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16330" PostId="9682" Score="0" Text="Also I’m not sure why the downvote here, it’s a valid on topic question that has answers, it’s not wish-ware." CreationDate="2018-08-29T14:51:52.330" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16331" PostId="9682" Score="0" Text="Long range WiFi and other wireless transmission requirements can vary by country.  I’m guessing you’re outside the US since you specified meters.  You should edit in your country for the best answers." CreationDate="2018-08-29T15:07:06.437" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16340" PostId="9686" Score="0" Text="It depends on what you are wanting to run on the VMs. You can have a simple static website running on Linux for around a GB or two. Or you could run an enterprise server requiring 128GB of RAM. We need to know what this will be used for so we can give you the best recommendations." CreationDate="2018-08-30T01:48:35.493" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16341" PostId="7233" Score="0" Text="Your question was updated so the stereo and mono issue no longer exists. a cheap mixer would still be a viable option. :)" CreationDate="2018-08-30T05:17:06.710" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16342" PostId="9669" Score="0" Text="You need to add some kind of budget. [The Intel ARK link](https://ark.intel.com/products/137980/Intel-Core-i5-8269U-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz) for this CPU actually states that it supports DDR4-2400 as well. So you would be much better off looking for some DDR4 as its faster, and newer, and easier to buy." CreationDate="2018-08-30T05:23:34.947" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16343" PostId="9687" Score="1" Text="You just need a dual monitor KVM switch, and then an Ethernet switch to turn one port into two.  Your laptop may also have available a docking station to make it even easier.  Google KVM switch." CreationDate="2018-08-30T16:46:40.290" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16344" PostId="9686" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I updated info regarding VM usage, please let me know if its enough information, regarding core i7 I can't be specific, but in general within budget. Thanks" CreationDate="2018-08-30T21:22:12.340" UserId="9751" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16347" PostId="9687" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I had not heard of them. I am struggling to find one which supports two non-VGA monitors plus the USB ports, would you have a particular recommendation?" CreationDate="2018-08-31T09:22:28.003" UserId="9754" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16348" PostId="9687" Score="1" Text="I just looked again first typing your monitor model number into google and seeing that it’s DVI and VGA video, so you must be using DVI (which is early HDMI). The starting a fresh google search and typing “dual monitor KVM switch” into google.  I see that most of what’s found is DVI compatible.  By the way if the letters KVM seem a bit mysterious they aren’t, they stand for Keyboard, Video, Mouse or KVM).   You can also look for HDMI KVM’s and use DVI to HDMI and HDMI to DVI cables, that can get pricey quick tho—I’d try to stick with DVI for the KVM to save dollars. I have no specific picks." CreationDate="2018-08-31T09:43:29.013" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16349" PostId="9687" Score="0" Text="Thanks, feel free to make it an answer for me to upvote it!" CreationDate="2018-08-31T09:50:18.247" UserId="9754" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16350" PostId="9687" Score="0" Text="It’s not an answer because there is no specific product recommendation. I just pointed you to a class of products (KVM switches) and figured out what you meant by “non-VGA.”   As far as specific products I’d have to go through iterations of “study it, order it, try it, return it, repeat”. I find I rarely pick the best first try. Wish our area still had brick and mortar computer stores like compUSA or Microcenter." CreationDate="2018-08-31T10:01:48.703" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16351" PostId="9682" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Tyson  -" CreationDate="2018-08-31T10:22:47.650" UserId="9746" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16353" PostId="9686" Score="0" Text="Depends on the amount of cores allocated to each VM - the general advice is to have no more then two times host cores assigned to VMs or you run into scheduling issues." CreationDate="2018-08-31T16:56:59.640" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16354" PostId="9686" Score="0" Text="I also want to learn how effective is the processor difference, like for E5 type i will have two processors (but little old models) for i7 newser but single processor, not sure which one of these is more capable, thanks" CreationDate="2018-08-31T17:13:10.030" UserId="9751" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16356" PostId="9694" Score="0" Text="@Izzy No hard feelings. I saw that one comming. HardwareRecs doesn't appear in the Technology section of SE. They sure seem the better site for this. I also think my question is reasonable in terms of their [quality guidelines](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/206). I see you are a moderator. Can you transfer my question to that site?" CreationDate="2018-09-02T11:50:29.887" UserDisplayName="user1129682" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16357" PostId="9694" Score="0" Text="@Izzy FWIW I found [this question] (https://android.stackexchange.com/q/131735/192883) so I thought maybe my question is not too far out, but yeah ... I already put my concerns in the disclaimer. There is not much more I could do :D If you could transfer my question to HardwareRecs, that would be really cool." CreationDate="2018-09-02T11:53:28.693" UserDisplayName="user1129682" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16358" PostId="9694" Score="0" Text="The linked question doesn't ask for hardware, that's the difference. And HardwareRecs is still in Beta, which is why it's not yet listed in the technology section (only &quot;mature&quot; sites are). As you have checked and verified it fits there, I'll migrate it over now. Good luck there!" CreationDate="2018-09-02T12:09:14.517" UserDisplayName="Izzy" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16360" PostId="9676" Score="1" Text="I've actually bought the RIG800 and the sound quality (with both 7.1 source or atmos source) is just superb, so even if it doesn't work on all games, I'm still pretty happy with it :)" CreationDate="2018-09-04T05:50:29.197" UserId="6331" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16361" PostId="9676" Score="0" Text="We are glad it worked out well for you. You can search YouTube for Atmos demos and trailers if you want to hear sound spinning around your head. --- Check out Dolby's Demo: [Dolby Presents: The World Of Sound | Demo | Dolby Atmos | Dolby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91BUM3WhCfo) **and** [Dolby Trailers](https://thedigitaltheater.com/index.php/dolby-trailers/) **or** [**Playlist:** Mix - All Dolby Atoms/ Cinema/ Vision Trailers and Demo Videos - (5.1 - 7.1 Surround sound Test )](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb4GolexHac&amp;list=RDobOEEYSiA_w&amp;index=2)." CreationDate="2018-09-04T06:26:07.580" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16363" PostId="9686" Score="0" Text="If we just talk about processing, can we say that E5 machine is more capable? as it has 16 cores, 64 GB ram (as compare to i7 with 16/32 gb ram), but obvoiusly it has down side, its has bit old processor, not sure how much proformance would be different. thanks" CreationDate="2018-09-04T16:59:11.900" UserId="9751" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16364" PostId="9702" Score="0" Text="Thank you. +1 for the taskmanager advice alone." CreationDate="2018-09-05T09:58:14.753" UserId="3813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16365" PostId="9702" Score="0" Text="Annnd, you've covered everything in my answer. One more factor to look at is there seem to be plans to get windows dual boot support and the extra ram might be nice for there" CreationDate="2018-09-06T02:23:42.233" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16366" PostId="9686" Score="0" Text="One of the biggest differences between Xeon series and consumer i7 series processors is going to be the RAM cap. You can obtain those by looking up the spec sheets for the individual processors as Intel is quite good with it's cpu technical specification documentation. In addition if you want to quantitatively compare CPU's head-to-head, it is generally a good idea to [compare their benchmarks. Here the i7-6700 K handed-ly defeats the E5-2660 even in multi-core scenarios](http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-E5-2660-v2-vs-Intel-Core-i7-6700K/m13068vs3502)." CreationDate="2018-09-06T14:20:40.377" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16370" PostId="9712" Score="0" Text="What is your budget looking like?" CreationDate="2018-09-07T22:52:18.903" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16371" PostId="9712" Score="0" Text="@jcam3 Let's say my budget is $200.  Really I just want to know if there are any devices out there that overcome the Bluetooth driver issue with macOS, but can still provide the convenience of being wireless." CreationDate="2018-09-08T00:22:43.067" UserId="9796" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16372" PostId="9586" Score="1" Text="Update: A month later I couldn’t be happier.  I even added a script to the router to send me a push notification when cable internet goes down " CreationDate="2018-09-08T23:03:37.860" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16373" PostId="9724" Score="0" Text="ninja'd by [fred_dot_u](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/9723/9808) by 25 seconds (and his answer is better :D)" CreationDate="2018-09-09T21:20:08.260" UserDisplayName="user9808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16374" PostId="9725" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I bout one from Laptops Direct when I was working in England some years back and liked their prices. Curry's and PC World I consider to be ridiculously overpriced and under-spec'ed. I don't mind as I will transfer my HD and SSD, but they tend to sell with 4gB RAM, with a few having 8gB. I currently have 16gB and am considering upping that to 32gB. I will check out SaveOnLaptops. I might also consider  a [small, portable, desktop](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/6523/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-schleptop-small-portable-desktop-ish)" CreationDate="2018-09-10T06:35:05.607" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16375" PostId="9725" Score="1" Text="You're welcome. I saw higher prices than those, so I left off a few places. I prefer a desktop for: upgradability, keyboard, dual screen, graphics (which is useful for programming, such as openCL, DirectCompute and CUDA), and price - portability is usually not so good but there are a few portable desktops (which are more portable is you don't have to lug the screen and keyboard too, but can use one where you are going. I'm waiting until 2019 to get bleeding edge, and hold off on upgrading a year or two. Best of luck. Don't forget to factor in a long warranty and a low priced extended warranty." CreationDate="2018-09-10T06:53:17.617" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16376" PostId="9725" Score="1" Text="Then feel free to post an answer on my &quot;shcleptop&quot; question ;-) Yup, I am thinking that core i7 laptop == core i9 desktop; hard drives are cheap and large &amp; I can have more of them; easier to add specialist cards (I sometims have to do serial port coding; I can use USB to URT on the laptop, but one project requires true 9-bit data (no bit-banging). Hmm, now you have me leaning toward a small form-factor desktop..." CreationDate="2018-09-10T07:04:01.707" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16377" PostId="9723" Score="0" Text="What an amazing answer, thank you so much for that :) I already found the manual before etc, but that was an amazing and very detailed reply, you helped me a lot, thanks! :)" CreationDate="2018-09-10T12:13:41.363" UserId="9807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16378" PostId="9724" Score="0" Text="Thank you as well for your reply, you both helped me a lot :)" CreationDate="2018-09-10T12:14:30.870" UserId="9807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16383" PostId="9730" Score="0" Text="Interesting, I found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTirU8FKCVw&#xA;However I should note that I am not a certified electrician, it's probably not legal/safe for me to do it this way." CreationDate="2018-09-10T20:54:00.840" UserId="9814" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16386" PostId="9731" Score="0" Text="Hi welcome to Hardware Recs, typically it helps us if you are able to propose some sort of budget for your applications or else someone might end up recommending you something like [this](https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/20/nvidias-rtx-2080ti/) which is probably un-nominally over-budget though I'd bet money it would get the job done." CreationDate="2018-09-11T19:01:48.103" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16389" PostId="9717" Score="0" Text="I know that the main purpose of the hardware is for you to learn about TCP packets, but are there any other details that you can give us? For example, a price that you want to stay under. You can easily spend a grand or two on a smart tv, but I would expect a much cheaper price for an internet camera." CreationDate="2018-09-12T03:48:23.197" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16393" PostId="9735" Score="0" Text="Buying a bit more RAM would probably improve performance as your computer is committing about 1.6 gb to its [swap file](https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/s1-swap-what-is.html) (which is used when your dedicated RAM is full). Typically, swap or page files are written to/from HDD which is many magnitudes of times slower than RAM, even if it is an SSD." CreationDate="2018-09-12T13:36:11.723" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16394" PostId="9735" Score="1" Text="Keep in mind, your laptop only accepts [DDR3 (up to 1886) RAM up to 16 GB](https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/e-series/e460/) despite its processor accepting [32 GB of DDR4-2133 split over two slots](https://ark.intel.com/products/88193/Intel-Core-i5-6200U-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-2_80-GHz)." CreationDate="2018-09-12T13:44:28.733" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16396" PostId="9737" Score="0" Text="thanks for this!!" CreationDate="2018-09-12T14:39:22.887" UserId="9823" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16398" PostId="9740" Score="0" Text="Heads up, your link appears to be broken." CreationDate="2018-09-12T16:11:29.507" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16400" PostId="9740" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo fixed thanks" CreationDate="2018-09-12T17:13:23.793" UserId="9824" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16402" PostId="9702" Score="0" Text="Now I am leaning towards https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C97LZ29/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ASF0S1GFIHF5V&amp;psc=1 with 8GB RAM for $140 more than the reconditioned Acer with 4GB." CreationDate="2018-09-12T18:58:19.353" UserId="3813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16403" PostId="9740" Score="0" Text="It's probably worth mentioning that your option doesn't ship to Portugal as you cannot enter a Portuguese zip code on the US Version of the site, and the item does not exist when the Newegg region is set to Portugal. Newegg's standard free shipping only applies to the US and sometimes Canada." CreationDate="2018-09-12T19:12:04.473" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16405" PostId="9702" Score="0" Text="It looks okay, but if you can afford to spend a bit more money a better processor might be worth it. I updated my answer with details." CreationDate="2018-09-12T20:25:02.517" UserId="1329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16406" PostId="9702" Score="1" Text="Like all Alaskans, I get a little bump in income next month (October 4 to be exact), so I have until then to ponder. You've given me a lot of exactly the kind of information I need. I'll happily accept this answer on the day I place the order." CreationDate="2018-09-12T20:51:22.780" UserId="3813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16407" PostId="9731" Score="0" Text="Thanks @BennettYeo, I will add more info about my budget" CreationDate="2018-09-12T21:07:09.423" UserId="9816" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16408" PostId="9731" Score="0" Text="Hmm 500 is pretty tight, this is definitely going to have to be a self-built system. I don't think pre-built's are going to cut it with that budget." CreationDate="2018-09-13T13:20:42.743" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16409" PostId="9735" Score="0" Text="Thanks for helping. I went to strip out my old laptops of their DDR3 ram to see if I can use one of the 4gb to get 12gb ram but my system doesn't recognize, not sure why https://i.imgur.com/UoUcXui.png any ideas?" CreationDate="2018-09-13T14:08:22.527" UserId="9821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16410" PostId="9735" Score="1" Text="[Could be a software imposed limit as 12 GB is not listed as an official upgrade for the laptop](http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Lenovo/thinkpad-e460). Keep in mind that Hardware Recs is more focused on recommending purchasable hardware solutions. For a more in-depth technical support question, you may get better help from our affiliate site [Super User](https://superuser.com/tour)." CreationDate="2018-09-13T14:29:29.157" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16411" PostId="9735" Score="0" Text="Ok, thanks for your help again." CreationDate="2018-09-13T14:36:19.333" UserId="9821" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16412" PostId="2590" Score="0" Text="Kailh choc red (pg1232) seems a good option: relatively slim, linear, and 45g. But currently only Havit uses it in a full-sized keyboard. I am waiting for the tenkeyless version" CreationDate="2018-09-13T15:59:53.810" UserId="9831" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16414" PostId="9731" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo open to self-built" CreationDate="2018-09-13T22:45:02.283" UserId="9816" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16416" PostId="4026" Score="0" Text="What did you choose in the end?" CreationDate="2018-09-16T10:26:18.870" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16417" PostId="9750" Score="0" Text="This can help provide you with information in order to develop a better idea of what you want: https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw Otherwise, this is pretty broad and is asking for a list which is off-topic." CreationDate="2018-09-17T03:37:51.300" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16418" PostId="9751" Score="0" Text="If a particular smartphone has an unlocked or unlockable bootloader and has a supported community of developers you can install a ROM or at the very least root the device in order to remove all Google services. Depending on location, you might be able to purchase a phone that doesn't have any pre-installed." CreationDate="2018-09-17T03:40:54.627" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16421" PostId="9750" Score="0" Text="I feel like backdoor and vulnerabilities are more of an OS level concern than a hardware concern, unless you count something like [Meltdown or Spectre](https://meltdownattack.com/) which, by the standards specified in your question, would disqualify all Intel Cpu's and products." CreationDate="2018-09-17T05:54:03.993" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16422" PostId="9750" Score="0" Text="Also your question is a bit broad in it's current, state. Could you try and focus down specific requirements so we can better recommend you a certain laptop?" CreationDate="2018-09-17T05:56:39.773" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16423" PostId="9498" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much for the answer! I have gone really far on my research and I arrived at the same conclusion, regardless your thoughts did add up to the number of things I had to know about." CreationDate="2018-09-17T06:45:41.003" UserId="9486" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16427" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="Hi, your question in its current form is more of a technical support request. If your intention is to ask for a recommendation of a compatible liquid cooling system, it would help us if you posted **specific** requirements." CreationDate="2018-09-17T16:44:40.123" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16428" PostId="9757" Score="1" Text="In general, it would not hurt to go with a liquid cooling rig, and some come in self contained units that are easy to apply. You should be able to get away with an air cooled solution, but if you've gone through the effort of buying a pricey Nvidia GTX 1070, I would go with liquid cooling (particularly if overclocking your GPU for more performance is an idea that sounds attractive to you). I wouldn't expect an SLI GPU setup to l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶e̶  hit the thermal limit and shutdown just because it was air cooled." CreationDate="2018-09-17T16:46:47.427" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16429" PostId="9757" Score="1" Text="You might, however; lose some performance to [thermal throttling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_frequency_scaling)." CreationDate="2018-09-17T16:50:35.357" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16432" PostId="9749" Score="0" Text="I'm pretty sure most laptops ship with a 2.5&quot; Hard drive (usually 1 tB) pre-installed into the system. If you're willing to remove it and replace it with your own 4tB drive, I think pretty much any system would meet your requirements." CreationDate="2018-09-17T18:24:06.673" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16433" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo: thanks a lot for your answer. I realize that my question can be categorized as &quot;opinion-based&quot;, but truthfully, I have so little idea about liquid cooling (and about the cooling needs of modern GPUs) that I wouldn't even know how to start asking specific, fact based questions. I appreciate the fact that you answered, nevertheless." CreationDate="2018-09-17T18:43:53.483" UserId="7287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16434" PostId="9757" Score="1" Text="If you are looking for a recommendation for a liquid cooler, listing your GPU and a target price range should be enough. If you want, go ahead and include your CPU model and socket and we can recommend a water cooling system for your CPU as well to have a more complete water cooled system." CreationDate="2018-09-17T18:50:29.143" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16435" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="I agree with Bennett Yeo's suggestion of [editing](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/posts/9757/edit) this question to ask about liquid cooling instead. If you add your budget for the cooler and the case you will use, you will have enough requirements for us to recommend something that will work for you." CreationDate="2018-09-18T02:52:08.590" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16436" PostId="9749" Score="0" Text="And you would be 100% wrong. The vast majority of laptops take 7.5mm, 9mm or 11mm drives.  I have been checking specs for over a week now, and cannot find one capable of taking a 15.5mm 4tB drive (e.g https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/internal-hard-drives/hdd/barracuda/#specs-2-5)." CreationDate="2018-09-18T06:18:58.007" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16437" PostId="9749" Score="0" Text="I added a bit to the question, explaining the physical difference between 4tb and normal laptop drives" CreationDate="2018-09-18T06:23:24.017" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16438" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley: thanks. I have reworked the question (a lot), and hopefully it's now specific enough for people to contribute." CreationDate="2018-09-18T09:07:45.730" UserId="7287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16439" PostId="9749" Score="1" Text="Yeah sorry, I had a brain fart there. In general you're not going to find a laptop that is going to take a hard drive that massive, or at least it would be one fat laptop. You're best bet is probably going to be to go for an [external enclosure. Here's one that supports 15 mm 2.5 hard drives](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707415)." CreationDate="2018-09-18T13:38:02.257" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16440" PostId="9749" Score="0" Text="Sorry, but I won't go external. I am thinking maybe something designated as a gaming laptop?" CreationDate="2018-09-18T13:47:08.463" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16441" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="@PaulJ Which Thread Ripper you have/plan on buying?, if the socket is AM4, I know of a full cpu/gpu water-cooling kit that supports a 1070 water-block." CreationDate="2018-09-18T13:48:33.787" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16442" PostId="9749" Score="1" Text="Seems they only go up to 9.5 mm height. I found a few laptops supporting a 4 TB hard drive, but they weren't 15 mm in stature. I'm pretty sure your hard disk was intended for server racks, etc." CreationDate="2018-09-18T14:08:12.733" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16443" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo I thought all the Threadrippers used TR4? I'm buying either the 1900 or the 1920, depending on the budget." CreationDate="2018-09-18T14:19:56.260" UserId="7287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16444" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="A custom loop system is going to cost at least $500 (Pump, Reservoir, CPU Water-block, GPU Water-block). Is this an acceptable cost to you?" CreationDate="2018-09-18T14:43:54.420" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16445" PostId="9749" Score="0" Text="I suspect that you are correct :-( I remember when 9mm was standard &amp; they squeezed in a few platters to take 1tB to 2tB. It was the same story then, when it required 11mm and almost all laptops only accepted 9mm :-(" CreationDate="2018-09-18T14:59:01.447" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16446" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Sorry, but that's a bit too much. Not so much because of the cost, but mostly because of the effort involved. If there's one thing that's clear from what I've learned so far, is that building your custom rig is a full-time hobby. I don't think I'd want to spend more than about 350$." CreationDate="2018-09-18T15:23:19.483" UserId="7287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16447" PostId="9757" Score="1" Text="@PaulJ I had a feeling you'd say that. To be honest, if you're spending 500 for a custom loop you might as well buy 2 [1070's that comes water cooled (379.42 each)](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA25V5RS5282&amp;cm_re=GTX_1070_watercooled-_-14-487-281-_-Product) and then [purchase a separate CPU water cooler (59.99)](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835288007&amp;cm_re=tr4_water_cooler-_-35-288-007-_-Product)" CreationDate="2018-09-18T15:28:37.533" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16448" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="Also one more thing, [here's  a link to one of the highest rated thermal pastes on the market $10](https://www.amazon.com/Thermal-Grizzly-Kryonaut-Grease-Paste/dp/B011F7W3LU)." CreationDate="2018-09-18T17:55:15.403" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16449" PostId="9750" Score="0" Text="So, you're looking for something without TrustZone https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/security or the equivalent for other CPU manufacturers?" CreationDate="2018-09-18T17:57:16.583" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16451" PostId="8511" Score="0" Text="Here's an Arduino based solution https://lifehacker.com/convert-any-usb-keyboard-to-bluetooth-with-a-diy-adapte-1786324129 and an off-the-shelf solution http://handheldsci.com/kb" CreationDate="2018-09-18T18:18:36.903" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16455" PostId="9761" Score="0" Text="If someone could help me figure this out with anything that would work or tell me &quot;*no this is not possible and that document is accurate and those are the only methods of connection to copper Ethernet*&quot; it would greatly appreciate it. I wouldn't mind purchasing even a 1 GbE SFP copper module if I can confirm the correct form factor or design to fit into the SFP port." CreationDate="2018-09-19T13:39:52.747" UserId="1004" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16456" PostId="9764" Score="0" Text="As more of a software end solution to your problem: Have you tried enabling USB standby power in your BIOS and/or Operating System? This *could* help keep peripherals on." CreationDate="2018-09-19T13:44:39.917" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16457" PostId="9759" Score="0" Text="Have you observed your integrated graphics (Intel HD 630) lagging out your computer when running your double 2K monitor setup? [This article](https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/intel-hd-graphics-comparison) claims you can run a dual 2K setup without any problems. Even then the discrete graphics cards you are currently considering are probably overkill particularly if you're not gaming." CreationDate="2018-09-19T13:57:42.370" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16459" PostId="9753" Score="0" Text="Regarding No. 1 you may want to familiarize yourself with the [megahertz myth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth). Here [a 2.6 Ghz 4 core processor marginally beats an 8 core clocked at 4.7](http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-6700HQ-vs-AMD-FX-9590/m34954vs1812). Regarding No. 2, 4 GB of RAM typically results in page/swap file lag on Windows. Regarding No 5. Do you have a place you specifically want to ship this laptop to? This can have a non-trivial affect on price due to VAT/Import fees." CreationDate="2018-09-19T14:08:26.013" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16460" PostId="9764" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo - Is there a way to draw enough power from the USB headers for the water cooling loop and some LEDs?" CreationDate="2018-09-19T14:34:14.430" UserId="9843" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16462" PostId="9764" Score="1" Text="I think that depends on the headers. In general for LEDs, I'd be surprised if they wouldn't run, but if we're including the water cooling loop that depends on the power draw for your pumping system(s). I don't think water coolers and fan coolers for that matter are designed to run when the computer is in standby/shutdown so you'd need some method of bypass." CreationDate="2018-09-19T16:04:13.887" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16464" PostId="9759" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo I don't have anything yet. And it's triple monitor rather than dual." CreationDate="2018-09-19T17:40:04.207" UserId="6722" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16465" PostId="9764" Score="0" Text="https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xtop-ddc-3-2-pwm-elite-plexi-incl-pump This is my pump going to install. It takes 12V from molex. Always-on USB headers will not have enough voltage." CreationDate="2018-09-19T18:05:41.417" UserId="9843" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16466" PostId="9759" Score="0" Text="Well the i7-7700K's iGPU is on the list that supports up to [3 monitors](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025672/graphics-drivers.html). Because your user case scenario is &quot;working and occasionally watching video, no gaming&quot; and you are thinking about hardware on the individual level (non-prebuilt), I think that you should hold off on buying a discrete GPU once you have the system built to try using the computer purely on the integrated GPU. From there, you can decide whether you want to spend the additional cash on a discrete card." CreationDate="2018-09-19T20:20:40.383" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16467" PostId="6925" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Pi Zero W is about 130mA. Not far off the same as the router." CreationDate="2018-09-19T21:05:14.407" UserId="9354" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16468" PostId="9751" Score="0" Text="Thanks for comment, so I would focus on bootloader then. Do you recommend any of the manufacturers (while concerning about privacy ?). I have read Xiaomi is violating privacy using backdoors. Any other brands ?" CreationDate="2018-09-20T01:01:34.113" UserId="9835" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16469" PostId="9750" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths thanks a lot, it seems this is something I was looking for" CreationDate="2018-09-20T01:32:15.903" UserId="9835" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16470" PostId="9750" Score="0" Text="@Benett Yeo that is sad but right, however I heard is same for AMD, so there is no CPU with no backdoor ? what a pitty.. - specifying my question I try to set up most privacy oriented environement as I can, I have thought about software and OS, but now looking for hardware to not lost my effort - I need laptop which I can trust there is no backdoor for 3rd parties as well as authorities and is hard to compromise by an attacker" CreationDate="2018-09-20T01:32:26.090" UserId="9835" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16471" PostId="9750" Score="0" Text="@ K7AAY without ? they call it is for security, but I guess AMD is not trustable as well ?" CreationDate="2018-09-20T01:32:28.923" UserId="9835" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16472" PostId="9759" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Edited. The problem is that I've found no small main board having three connectors." CreationDate="2018-09-20T12:43:07.217" UserId="6722" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16473" PostId="9759" Score="0" Text="Are you: 1. looking for a specific GPU recommendation (including the ones you specified) alone, or 2. looking for a self-built-computer-parts type recommendation? Could you list a budget (particularly if your intention is No. 2)?" CreationDate="2018-09-20T16:55:47.527" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16474" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="@PaulJ This still has a tech support feel to it. your first question is more opinion based (is it worth it will always be an opinion), and two and three are more tech support. However, I would add water cooling to the CPU, as the GPUs should be OK with their stock coolers as long as they are not overclocked." CreationDate="2018-09-20T17:44:54.313" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16475" PostId="9757" Score="0" Text="I have edited your question to fit within the scope of the site. I believe I have kept your concerns and your requirements, but if I missed something, please either let me know or [edit] the question." CreationDate="2018-09-20T17:57:37.233" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16476" PostId="9759" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo I'm going to buy everything new, but all parts but the graphic card are already basically fixed. The total price will be something like $1500, mostly because of the CPU, 32 GB RAM and 1TB SSD. The price for the graphic card hardly matters as it'll be something cheap, if any. In case it matters, the chosen main board is ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING - Intel Z370 (even though there'll be no gaming)." CreationDate="2018-09-20T20:35:51.943" UserId="6722" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16477" PostId="9759" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for a &quot;bill of materials&quot; type recommendation for all the other parts you are going to buy new?" CreationDate="2018-09-21T13:24:01.893" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16479" PostId="7896" Score="0" Text="I recommend planning to stop upgrading to a new OS since you'll pretty much be locked in as to how much RAM, etc. you'll be able to use." CreationDate="2018-09-21T23:47:08.533" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16480" PostId="9749" Score="1" Text="You can get 4TB in a 17&quot; laptop if you don't mind the fact that there will be more than one drive, e.g. 2 x 2 GB 7 mm 2.5 drives. I have seen even 15&quot; laptops with up to four drive bays from Dell, Lenovo, etc." CreationDate="2018-09-22T13:34:07.737" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16481" PostId="8505" Score="0" Text="Very interesting, Dale. It might interest you to know my IBM Thinkpad X40 actually has the same design of flexible ribbon cable that you're talking about. Your approach inspired me to preemptively buy screen protectors for my phone." CreationDate="2018-09-23T03:35:42.227" UserId="478" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16482" PostId="9772" Score="1" Text="I'd look for induction charging, to avoid issues with the USB socket wearing out." CreationDate="2018-09-23T10:32:55.337" UserId="1175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16483" PostId="9717" Score="0" Text="You can learn about TCP packets with any ordinary computer or phone, you don't need a special device nor will one help you." CreationDate="2018-09-23T18:08:42.783" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16486" PostId="9780" Score="0" Text="I think I'll swap out the HDD for an SSD first and if it's still an issue, I'll try Mint Mate." CreationDate="2018-09-23T19:57:45.127" UserId="9851" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16487" PostId="9772" Score="0" Text="This is just unrealistic. Consider that Android has only been around for 10 years, I don't think anyone still uses an original Android phone. As such, I wouldn't expect, say, a Pixel 3 to last half as long." CreationDate="2018-09-23T22:59:47.230" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16488" PostId="9772" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Oh definitely unrealistic ten years ago, but Android has matured." CreationDate="2018-09-23T23:09:03.870" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16489" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="no pci slots on my computer and the last one is s-video only which isn't HD." CreationDate="2018-09-23T23:33:11.120" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16490" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="Non of the linked examples are VGA/HDMI" CreationDate="2018-09-23T23:42:27.560" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16491" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="The [first one](http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_dualhd.html) works with VGA/HDMI (assuming that your computer has such ports). A standalone box with VGA/HDMI outputs that doesn't use a computer is off topic." CreationDate="2018-09-24T01:28:40.460" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16492" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="No that is coax not hdmi/vga minus 1" CreationDate="2018-09-24T01:36:47.293" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16493" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="I've added a fourth example that outputs HDMI and doesn't require a computer, is that what you wanted? --- The first one uses coax for the **input**, the **output** is whatever is supported by your computer/laptop." CreationDate="2018-09-24T02:43:05.547" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16494" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017NL8OQK/?coliid=I2H8TJTF6FSJ3A&amp;colid=XO7UDK2DFTFK&amp;psc=0&amp;ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it" CreationDate="2018-09-24T02:52:05.170" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16495" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="What I linked is what I am looking for but my question must not be  clear." CreationDate="2018-09-24T02:53:21.297" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16496" PostId="9772" Score="1" Text="To find one (sorted by popularity) with [Android, 1080P, from 2009-2016](https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2009&amp;nYearMax=2016&amp;nDisplayResMin=2073600&amp;sOSes=2) check out the GSMArena Phone Finder. My personal favorite would be the HTC One M7 but it would be used, and thus well under $200 - with a battery replacement at a Phone Repair Kiosk add another $100. --- USB socket or battery are usually the first to go, headphone jack is next if it is being used. My dozen year old Nokia N95 still works perfectly (and it's a slider), the battery is a bit weak but I bought a spare." CreationDate="2018-09-24T03:45:31.070" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16498" PostId="9772" Score="0" Text="@Michael Yes, OS is probably OK but the hardware will never hold up." CreationDate="2018-09-24T13:23:34.203" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16501" PostId="9777" Score="0" Text="It’s really difficult to find “video capture from HDMI source”, which is what you’re looking for.   I think it’s all about video copyrights and licensing. There are a few out there.  I purchased two once, it worked ok for some channels (from cable) but not for others.  It’s been awhile (years) so I don’t remember all the details that I once knew, but there are far more options for over-the-air video capture than “from HDMI” signal.  The idea is they don’t want you to setup shop re-selling premium content." CreationDate="2018-09-24T21:38:34.263" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16502" PostId="9777" Score="0" Text="@Tyson okay surely vga doesn't have these issues though.  Mind posting which one you used?  Also with torrents I find there concern slightly silly." CreationDate="2018-09-24T21:48:00.843" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16503" PostId="9777" Score="0" Text="I don’t actually know anymore, like I said it been awhile.  I took a quick look on google, and even quick look in my junk parts, to see if I knew before I wrote the above comment. At the time I was trying to build an HD Windows Media Center computer. (My first media center computer was SD and worked awesomely).  I finally gave up on the second and just leased the cable companies DVR, basically my only problem was video capture from HDMI, the test worked." CreationDate="2018-09-24T22:14:35.963" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16507" PostId="9788" Score="1" Text="Kickstand? I'm unaware of another term to describe it." CreationDate="2018-09-25T03:46:16.217" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16508" PostId="9788" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths: A good term, indeed. If the tablets would include a kickstand on their back, it would be a very nice addition." CreationDate="2018-09-25T05:32:44.963" UserId="9861" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16509" PostId="8255" Score="0" Text="Sorry for the delay :)" CreationDate="2018-09-25T07:11:28.010" UserId="7143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16510" PostId="9793" Score="0" Text="Xeon Phi has relatively low performance. Xeon Phi or any other Intel's FPGAs wouldn't suit my rather heavy workload" CreationDate="2018-09-25T13:24:50.693" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16511" PostId="9788" Score="0" Text="Do you have any other specific requirements? Screen size? Price?" CreationDate="2018-09-25T14:39:56.810" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16512" PostId="9771" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hardware Recs, your question in its form is a little broad and could technically qualify as a technical support request. Without more details on hardware resource usage it's hard to tell whether your hard drive alone is bottle necking your system. At 1 GB, it is likely your RAM is writing to swap file on the HDD which is orders of magnitude slower. A due core from the 2007 era might also be the bottleneck even if you upgrade your RAM and disk, and upgrading a processor is one of the most technically difficult upgrades you can possibly do in a laptop." CreationDate="2018-09-25T16:53:59.373" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16514" PostId="9788" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths: no, I want to know what kind of tablets with integrated kickstand exist and to chose the one with the best design - the easiest to use and to carry around." CreationDate="2018-09-25T20:01:01.427" UserId="9861" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16515" PostId="9788" Score="0" Text="Then your question is off-topic as too broad. Its your job to find out what you want and the community can help you decide. Making lists falls on you." CreationDate="2018-09-25T21:31:07.453" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16518" PostId="9788" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths: thanks for your feedback. Indeed, I have to make lists of products for me to choose from, this is not the job of the community. In this case I would say that I want a good Android tablet with the best integrated kickstand - one that doesn't incomodate or the one that incomodate less." CreationDate="2018-09-26T01:08:52.580" UserId="9861" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16520" PostId="8939" Score="0" Text="These ones have 4 RAM slots and can be expanded to 64GB, so I think I have found my answer, although the RAM will cost. Will update once I have tried out." CreationDate="2018-09-26T14:24:40.533" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16521" PostId="8939" Score="0" Text="p50 computer would work for the most part" CreationDate="2018-09-26T15:32:42.580" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16522" PostId="8939" Score="0" Text="Not bad, but I would prefer more cores/threads and better resistance to recent security issues which appears to be offered by AMD CPUs." CreationDate="2018-09-26T17:45:36.420" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16529" PostId="9777" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for a PCI card to insert into your desktop, or are you looking for a standalone device that you can hook up to your monitor? What cable provider do you have? What is the expected input? Coax?" CreationDate="2018-09-27T16:24:41.760" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16530" PostId="9777" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley USB card.  The provider is ATT.  Input as the question States is vga or hdmi." CreationDate="2018-09-27T16:26:12.397" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16533" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="@Rob In the future, can you limit your answers to include only one product please? That way the community can vote on individual pieces of hardware. Otherwise it looks like you are just throwing up products just to see what sticks." CreationDate="2018-09-27T16:29:34.933" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16534" PostId="9777" Score="0" Text="@William Are you basically looking for an HDMI/VGA input device that plugs into a USB port?" CreationDate="2018-09-27T16:31:21.357" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16535" PostId="9777" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley yes one that ideally someone has used" CreationDate="2018-09-27T16:32:00.693" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16536" PostId="9781" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley - I will do as you have asked. The reason I suggested different products with good reviews is because I didn't want to *advertise* a specific product and promote one brand over other equally good choices, initially William wasn't clear if it was Laptop or Desktop so vastly different but equally good choices were offered. Based on the votes &quot;nothing has stuck&quot; and I've moved on to more productive Q&amp;A's - I don't mind deleting my answer if deletion of the question is eminent since there's been an edit that's made it no more clear than the original, nor has a recent comment." CreationDate="2018-09-27T16:45:21.747" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16537" PostId="9777" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley please tell me what else to add.  I have linked to even an example but I would ideally like to use one somebody else has." CreationDate="2018-09-27T16:45:58.307" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16538" PostId="9801" Score="0" Text="What do you mean when you say 10XX cards are not optimized for ML? Can you add some stats to your answer? AFAIK RTX2080Ti is 1.5x powerful in general gaming benchmarks, but can't say anything about ML benchmarks" CreationDate="2018-09-27T19:36:17.003" UserId="1364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16539" PostId="9801" Score="0" Text="Note I said hardware optimizations, as far as I am aware, no 10 series card ship with tensor cores. I will link a Tom's Hardware article that discusses Nvidia's findings about performance on the V 100 die, which has tensor cores, vs the p100 die, which does not. The 2080ti's TU102 die has slightly less tensor cores than the v100(576 vs 640) so the results from a 2080ti should be comparable , though slightly less than, a gv100 based Titan card.&#xA;&#xA;Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-tensor-core-tesla-v100,34384.html" CreationDate="2018-09-27T21:11:14.917" UserId="9313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16540" PostId="9804" Score="0" Text="Do you require analog output from the stick, or will strictly digital suffice?" CreationDate="2018-09-27T21:31:26.907" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16541" PostId="9804" Score="0" Text="both ways are perfectly fine as long as I can process the output with an arduino." CreationDate="2018-09-27T21:33:39.717" UserId="9876" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16542" PostId="9806" Score="0" Text="That is an amazing joystick! &#xA;Yet this is not exactly what I am looking for." CreationDate="2018-09-27T21:48:42.163" UserId="9876" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16543" PostId="4249" Score="0" Text="Please note that Intel cards do not support being used as AP on the 5Ghz band. [This article](https://gist.github.com/CMCDragonkai/63040bc939c2749e2215d0aa47459ca3) explains it well." CreationDate="2018-09-27T22:17:46.210" UserId="9878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16544" PostId="9808" Score="0" Text="Almost any modern router, but you’ll need the hardware MAC address of the device being plugged in, do you know that?" CreationDate="2018-09-28T14:29:26.767" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16545" PostId="9714" Score="0" Text="&quot;Full stack&quot; dedicated audio Bluetooth transceivers that have all of the Bluetooth logic in the embedded device, like the Avantree Audikast, do not require OS support for FastStream. In fact I am unaware of any general purpose operating system that has a FastStream codec *at all*. The main problem is that the sound quality of FastStream on every pair of headphones I've tried with it is really poor." CreationDate="2018-09-28T18:50:02.667" UserId="586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16546" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="What is the max messages peak expected (ex. per second) and what is the expected fault tolerance?" CreationDate="2018-09-28T19:00:16.533" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16547" PostId="9761" Score="0" Text="I think this question is so specific that you might just have to ask HP directly." CreationDate="2018-09-28T20:34:51.060" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16548" PostId="9771" Score="0" Text="I am closing this question as off-topic, as it is tech support. What I would do is ask how to find your bottleneck on [Super User](https://superuser.com/) and come back and [edit] this question with your findings. It very well might be that your parents will either have to live with the lags or purchase a brand new laptop (we can help with that as well)." CreationDate="2018-09-28T20:45:09.133" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16550" PostId="9810" Score="0" Text="The OP  wants to set the IP of the devices connecting to the port.  Not the IP assigned to a given port." CreationDate="2018-09-28T21:09:18.517" UserId="1594" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16551" PostId="9808" Score="1" Text="Some switches can include an options in DHCP (opt 82).  This can be used by some DHCP servers to offer a specific IP to a host based on the specific DHCP option.  https://serverfault.com/questions/350446/how-to-bind-an-ip-to-a-specific-switch-port-with-dhcp https://serverfault.com/questions/336063/managed-switch-port-based-dhcp-allocation-general-case" CreationDate="2018-09-28T21:12:34.700" UserId="1594" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16553" PostId="9714" Score="0" Text="@allquixotic, since FastStream is just an SBC with duplex audio configuration, it could be implemented e.g. in Linux. The developer who made aptX support for Pulseaudio have working code for FastStream.&#xA;&#xA;FastStream can handle &quot;Medium Quality&quot; SBC for audio (44.1/48 kHz with 239 kbit/s bitrate) and 16 kHz voice." CreationDate="2018-09-28T21:46:19.083" UserId="9799" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16554" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="@Piotr Falkowski I only have statistics down to an hour. The peak messages received in a single hour that week was 608. Peak messages delivered in a single hour was 781. If we combine those figures, that's roughly 23 messages processed per minute during the peak hour, although it could be substantially higher depending on when during that hour those e-mails were actually sent/received (I unfortunately do not have the data for that.) Fault tolerance is pretty low as we need the system to be up and running at all times." CreationDate="2018-09-28T21:47:54.247" UserId="9877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16555" PostId="9808" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately I don't know the MAC of the hardware (hardware moves around, gets replaced etc)." CreationDate="2018-09-29T17:04:36.667" UserId="9882" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16557" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="Sorry for asking, but without this info the recomendation can't be accurate - how low? Do you plan on real time full redundancy? If yes, than how many copies? Goelocation - only one, or many? There are many flavors of 'low fault tolerance'. But from what you said it looks as usual bussiness clients, where  values at stake are under 1kk / no legal binding like for hospitals, airfields etc.?" CreationDate="2018-09-29T21:33:09.123" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16560" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="Also - what is the budget and do you already have storage matrix in place, or this question is also about this?" CreationDate="2018-09-29T21:47:04.657" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16561" PostId="9753" Score="0" Text="Apologies for the extremely late response. The laptop must be able to ship to South Africa. Regarding the Megahertz Myth, that link is a real eye opener, something to keep in mind for future recommendations." CreationDate="2018-09-30T08:14:15.463" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16562" PostId="8729" Score="0" Text="There's plenty in the $10 to $15 range on Ali Express - for Raspberry Pi &amp; Arduino.  Maybe I can adapt one of those, or have the Pi communicate with teh PC ..." CreationDate="2018-09-30T09:24:44.737" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16563" PostId="9761" Score="0" Text="What are you trying to archive? I doubt that it is just a 'I want to use this card for fun'.  And based on that desired goal (e.g. at least 2 more 1GBit network interface) an answer might even be to simply use another card which fits your goals rather than trying to shoehammer something found into a solution." CreationDate="2018-09-30T13:23:18.337" UserId="9895" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16564" PostId="9761" Score="0" Text="Having said that: potential shoehammer methods: 1) A extra switch with 10Gbit port(s) and regular copper ports. 2) An extra computer with some cheap 10Gbit ports (I got my mellanox X2 cards for EUR 35 for a pair) and a some more ether net out (using whatever form fits you other switches).  But I think neither fits your goal." CreationDate="2018-09-30T13:25:40.567" UserId="9895" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16566" PostId="9750" Score="0" Text="Most laptops vendors ship with Lojack, so if you really want to be secure that is going to be hard. (See today update on https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lojack-firmwre-enables-first-uefi-rootkit,37867.html)" CreationDate="2018-09-30T14:06:22.183" UserId="9895" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16570" PostId="9800" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the answer! I've looked through these, but it's not clear from the product pages. Are they driven by USB-C? Like, for their video? That's kinda the main draw for me: having one USB-C cable from my phone to the monitor, then plug in the mouse/keyboard to the monitor's hub" CreationDate="2018-09-30T19:40:07.293" UserId="5792" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16571" PostId="9800" Score="1" Text="I can do some more research tomorrow if needed, [I've found this so far, for the GeChic 1303i 13.3&quot; 1080p Touchscreen](https://www.amazon.com/1303i-Touchscreen-Portable-Monitor-MiniDisplay/product-reviews/B00XK5A502/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_srvw_txt?ie=UTF8&amp;reviewerType=all_reviews&amp;sortBy=recent#R11X7RLIXHYDIH): &quot;Mainly wanted as a monitor for the Samsung Galaxy Note9 w/Dex dock. The dock isn't able to supply the required power to the monitor, so an external USB power supply is used (the dock itself needs dedicated power as well). Works great, touchscreen fully functional. ...&quot;." CreationDate="2018-09-30T20:15:06.010" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16572" PostId="9820" Score="1" Text="So it's called *HDMI Audio Extractor*, that's what I needed to know. I prefer one that uses a single cable. To connect to the monitor, it should feature a HDMI plug, just like any HDMI cable  -  and then I can simply hang it by plugging it in to the monitor. I notice that such devices exist - for example [this one](http://ukhdmi.com/luxi-hdmi-audio-extractor-ahd-110_QQ103292)   -   thanx a lot!" CreationDate="2018-09-30T21:19:36.003" UserId="9861" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16573" PostId="9753" Score="0" Text="It's going to be difficult for me to ship to South Africa in general, are you comfortable being more specific with your location? In addition, $500 is an extremely tight budget, particularly if you want to be able to play CS:GO or Mine-craft. $500 may be enough for a U series intel, and 4 GB of ram, but I think a system build like that would be very lag-gy, especially for software engineering, non-academic in particular." CreationDate="2018-10-01T01:24:18.213" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16574" PostId="9823" Score="1" Text="Get Bluetooth wireless headphones." CreationDate="2018-10-01T01:43:50.953" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16579" PostId="9237" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I ended up getting a Silverstone RVZ02, slightly bigger but works. Thanks a lot :)" CreationDate="2018-10-01T10:18:52.897" UserId="9320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16584" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="@Piotr Falkowski I haven't really made any concrete plans for redundancy as of yet. At the moment, I'm just trying to determine the requirements for a single machine. I may set up redundant machines with those same requirements as needed once I know the requirements for the main machine. As far as the fault tolerance; these are SCADA devices that communicate with other machinery in factories, power plants, etc, so they need to be able to communicate reliably in a timely manner. I am not sure what you mean by storage matrix. As far as budget, I don't think the company wants to spend &gt;$200/month" CreationDate="2018-10-01T23:05:07.367" UserId="9877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16586" PostId="9808" Score="0" Text="Do the devices support llmnr or cdp protocols for automatic device identification?" CreationDate="2018-10-02T01:58:26.037" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16587" PostId="9808" Score="0" Text="Do the devices offer DHCP Options 43, 55, and 60 and Other Customized Options?  Such that some thing like this can be used: **match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier,0,36) = &quot;Cisco Systems, Inc. IP Phone CP-9971&quot;;**  You may have to use a dhcp server and wireshark to examine the packets to tell if this is a valid option.  See also: https://www.ingmarverheij.com/microsoft-vendor-specific-dhcp-options-explained-and-demystified/" CreationDate="2018-10-02T02:08:48.773" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16588" PostId="9772" Score="0" Text="Make sure to buy a couple screen protectors, and/or a good case (protect the front and back) so you don't scratch or crack the expensive bits.  Screens are particularly expensive." CreationDate="2018-10-02T02:20:25.633" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16589" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="Storage matrix - I meant: HDD's. Will the e-mails be stored at the server you are buying, or you already have a dedicated storage for it?" CreationDate="2018-10-02T13:48:11.910" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16591" PostId="9816" Score="0" Text="You can hack around it (I've done it with a 2008 or 2009 MacBook Pro), but how to do so is off-topic for this site." CreationDate="2018-10-02T15:31:43.483" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16594" PostId="9825" Score="0" Text="I didn't know they support semi-transparent artwork files - thank you, I'll try this." CreationDate="2018-10-02T15:51:28.827" UserId="9887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16595" PostId="9830" Score="0" Text="The [8550U has higher benchmarks](http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-7500U-vs-Intel-Core-i7-8550U/m171274vsm320742), also keep in mind that if you want to game I would highly advise the laptop you get is equipped with at least 8 gb of RAM, and a discrete graphics card. Many laptops shipping with the power savings series (U,T,S,etc.) Intel processors are mostly likely going to be budget laptops were corners are cut (iex. really slow hard drive). Chances are an Intel® UHD Graphics 620 isn't going to cut it for those games unless you set the settings really low." CreationDate="2018-10-02T18:37:46.507" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16596" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="How many years are you planning to use the server before obsoleting it and replacing? I am asking, because you provided bugdet monthly - yet one cant buy a server monthly, unless he lends it from hosting provider. Are you considering AWS / Heroku or other hosting? Asking about the budget I meant the upfront amount. But I will try answering assuming couple of years usage" CreationDate="2018-10-02T20:52:14.227" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16597" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="@Piotr Falkowski e-mail storage requirements are minimal as the devices only look at incoming mail once to parse it for a text-based command, and sent mail does not need to be stored on the server. An incoming e-mail shouldn't be more than a few kilobytes. An outgoing e-mail can vary in size, but shouldn't exceed a few MB. I'd give it maybe 10 MB at the most. I can look back at our statistics from the old system and give you a more concrete number if needed. For the hosting/server costs, I was thinking about getting a dedicated server at a data center, hence the monthly budget" CreationDate="2018-10-03T08:27:55.093" UserId="9877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16598" PostId="9836" Score="0" Text="If you're using an IOT device wouldn't you only need the water sensor? I have a Rasp Pi equipped IOT device at work, and it acts like its own system, so I only end up worrying about receiving values from sensors and exposing data to the internet via software libraries from an IOT app (UWP in particular)." CreationDate="2018-10-03T16:29:12.153" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16600" PostId="9836" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo I have build the backend of the project with a mobile application. I don't plan to create an IOT hub or device by myself because it's a lot of problem in production, so I'm just looking for a device that can send data to my server online (Via HTTP)" CreationDate="2018-10-03T17:18:59.320" UserId="9910" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16601" PostId="9836" Score="1" Text="My gut instincts tell me that you probably won't be able to find a device as specific as that, with pre-made HTTP exposure functionality. Since Hardware Recs is better suited for answering questions about general computer hardware, perhaps it would be worth checking our affiliated [IOT Stack Exchange](https://iot.stackexchange.com/tour) site. I'm not particularly familiar with that community so I would advise [familiarizing yourself with their rules](https://iot.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) to minimize chance of closure." CreationDate="2018-10-03T19:23:02.983" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16604" PostId="9838" Score="1" Text="Those who might be interested in actually purchasing the [MX Ergo Plus can find the best price here](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3j38TW/logitech-mx-ergo-advanced-wireless-trackball-for-windows-pc-and-mac) with Amazon currently being the cheapest purveyor at $79.77." CreationDate="2018-10-03T19:41:57.550" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16605" PostId="9830" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo thanks for this!" CreationDate="2018-10-03T20:02:46.527" UserId="9897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16606" PostId="9825" Score="0" Text="See my original post for further information." CreationDate="2018-10-04T01:53:54.823" UserId="9887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16607" PostId="9836" Score="0" Text="Check out WirelessTag.net.  They do have a moisture (leak) sensor (click the Buy Now button to find—website organization isn’t their strong point).  The only caveat is that there is dependency on wireless tags cloud server (no monthly fee tho).  Using the kumoapps feature you can push data to your own server.  I have 10 of the temp/humidity sensors." CreationDate="2018-10-04T02:38:03.187" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16608" PostId="9825" Score="0" Text="@MetaColon - Thanks for informing me that you updated your question. It's unfortunate that SE doesn't automatically inform people when the question is altered, I appreciate your effort." CreationDate="2018-10-04T02:43:04.197" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16609" PostId="9836" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo surprise, it basically exists. Not sure if it’s an exact fit for his need tho." CreationDate="2018-10-04T02:43:40.357" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16610" PostId="9839" Score="0" Text="Yes there are Bluetooth printers out there. If you would like a purchase recommendation for a Bluetooth printer it would greatly help if you listed your desired paper size (A3,A4,Legal ?), and upper price limit." CreationDate="2018-10-04T03:03:02.453" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16611" PostId="9840" Score="0" Text="Hi HardwareRecs!  I have plenty of experience on the network but this is my first question here.  Please let me know if you need more information or my question can be improved." CreationDate="2018-10-04T05:15:34.743" UserId="9913" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16615" PostId="9842" Score="1" Text="This printer should work exactly like your average wireless printer, with the exception of its method of connectivity. In the [Office Jet 100's official documentation](http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02666244) you add the printer exactly like a normal printer (Set up a Bluetooth wireless connection, Page 8)." CreationDate="2018-10-04T17:07:14.527" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16618" PostId="9842" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY I cannot find anything mentioning this limit in the [Official User Manual](http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02648771), or [the product information page](https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-officejet-100-mobile-printer-series-l411/4231339/model/4231407/product-info). Trying asking Mark specifically &quot;**How many users can add the printer in Windows and then add to its print queue?**&quot;. &quot;Handle 3 users&quot; is a bit vague. Otherwise I'll hunt for another printer and get back to you. There are some more expensive Laser based printers that are still under $1K." CreationDate="2018-10-04T17:26:25.157" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16619" PostId="9841" Score="0" Text="Do you have public web servers?  What needs public routing?  (I.e. why 5 routable static IP’s?)." CreationDate="2018-10-04T17:30:45.947" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16620" PostId="9842" Score="0" Text="Mark at HP chat support (session 4425047) says &quot;It looks like the HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer - L411a (CN551A) can handle up to 3 users only&quot; so this is not a solution.  Also skip the HP OficeJet 250 Mobile CZ992A#B1H as it uses Bluetooth LE ('BLE') to make a link for WiFi Direct. Can't use WiFi, no way, no how." CreationDate="2018-10-04T17:55:42.913" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16621" PostId="9841" Score="0" Text="It just came with the package that's been bought. We currently only need one in reality." CreationDate="2018-10-04T18:43:09.827" UserId="9916" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16622" PostId="8872" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Snow Lizard has shutdown unfortunately.  :( I love my iPhone 6 set up." CreationDate="2018-10-04T19:41:59.237" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16625" PostId="9843" Score="0" Text="This is a bit broad, we don't know your specific requirements to be able to recommend one model over another. If your only concern is price, then you can find your answer yourself. Do you want IPS or not? Side note: I've never used a 4k monitor before, I don't know what the appeal is exactly so knowing what you are trying to accomplish besides the broad &quot;reading text on a screen&quot; would help a lot." CreationDate="2018-10-05T15:00:13.933" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16627" PostId="9845" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hardware Recs! Unfortunately, your question in it's current form is a bit too broad. We can make a better personalized recommendation if you clearly outline your budget, needs and expectations for a USB 3G dongle recommendation." CreationDate="2018-10-05T22:50:12.493" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16628" PostId="9838" Score="1" Text="Thank you, although these have the same amount of buttons, the better sensor and favorable reviews is enough for me to upgrade." CreationDate="2018-10-06T20:39:36.260" UserId="61" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16631" PostId="9851" Score="0" Text="I think RAID could be [configured with a USB hub](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dougISKs2vQ) and then with [OS level software](https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-combine-multiple-hard-drives-in-raid-0-using-windows-10s-storage-spaces-feature). Would you like a recommendation for a usb hub?" CreationDate="2018-10-08T05:28:06.840" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16632" PostId="9851" Score="0" Text="This is a interesting video. Looks like RAID configuration in the drives it self. I want to try this. Not sure this will works for the hard drives in Windows or Linux. Tnx for sharing!" CreationDate="2018-10-08T05:31:27.323" UserId="9932" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16634" PostId="9851" Score="0" Text="[My second link](https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-combine-multiple-hard-drives-in-raid-0-using-windows-10s-storage-spaces-feature) seems to suggest so for windows. [This link](https://www.tecmint.com/create-raid1-in-linux/) suggests this can be done on POSIX systems." CreationDate="2018-10-08T13:17:53.157" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16636" PostId="3" Score="0" Text="Most of the answers here are pretty obsolete - smartphone tech moves so fast that any answer here will be outdated within a few months." CreationDate="2018-10-08T19:57:43.847" UserId="67" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16637" PostId="9840" Score="0" Text="Perhaps you could take a look at some cheap used/refurbished fan-less computers." CreationDate="2018-10-09T17:20:21.040" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16638" PostId="9860" Score="0" Text="I don't believe any mouse exists that has pure hardware copy and paste functionality. Most people just use macros on gaming mice for things like this. For example, a [mouse like this one](https://www.amazon.com/VicTsing-Ergonomic-Programmable-Windows-Backlit/dp/B07B7CZ9Y8) that explicity supports windows/mac/windows should get the job done. Note: Not necessarily best price or best mouse, example mouse purely for argumentative purposes." CreationDate="2018-10-09T21:20:38.567" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16639" PostId="9856" Score="0" Text="As a note of caution, the blurry text you describe does not sound like a hardware limitation. Have you tried Open System Preferences/Appearance -&gt; Deselect/Select: Use LCD font smoothing when available.?" CreationDate="2018-10-09T21:24:07.943" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16640" PostId="9855" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hardware Recs! It generally helps if you post a **price limit** so we can make better recommendations." CreationDate="2018-10-09T21:27:51.823" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16641" PostId="9860" Score="0" Text="I have messed with Linux and it's mapping software tends to be lacking in my experience for a system wide copy and paste if it isn't hard wired." CreationDate="2018-10-09T21:28:32.117" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16642" PostId="9860" Score="0" Text="The mouse I linked you would theoretically handle driver-os mapping with its own vendor based software." CreationDate="2018-10-09T21:31:12.183" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16643" PostId="9860" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo &quot; Note: the programming function and side buttons are not available for Mac OS, but the other function can be used normally.&quot;  If it doesn't support Mac OS have to also wonder about linux." CreationDate="2018-10-09T22:27:38.400" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16644" PostId="9805" Score="0" Text="@Piotr Falkowski I wasn't able to find any information on per-inbox storage use, but I think 10mb per mailbox should be plenty. Any ball park on the hardware requirements for the mail server?" CreationDate="2018-10-09T23:37:03.457" UserId="9877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16645" PostId="9860" Score="0" Text="Missed that, I also did a little more digging and it seems most programmable mice only support windows, or support windows/linux exclusively. It appears to be very hard to cull mice based on 'programmable' and triple OS support for keymapping software." CreationDate="2018-10-10T00:40:31.150" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16647" PostId="9860" Score="0" Text="I looked up a few logitech programmable mice with linux/windows keymap support, and found some forums claiming that they were able to load the macros in on windows and take it over to Linux. I just can't personally endorse a mouse with those assumptions in full confidence." CreationDate="2018-10-10T01:12:27.430" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16648" PostId="9862" Score="0" Text="Can someone with the necessary rep please create a `usb3` tag and add it to the post? Thx." CreationDate="2018-10-10T02:05:00.647" UserId="9942" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16649" PostId="9857" Score="0" Text="Its too bad you have all of those hdd as even a single sata ssd can do 550 read and 400+ write depending on the make/model." CreationDate="2018-10-10T03:00:28.530" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16650" PostId="9863" Score="1" Text="Could you define &quot;system&quot;? I guess you mean a laptop or tablet computer, right?" CreationDate="2018-10-10T05:17:26.437" UserId="131" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16653" PostId="9850" Score="0" Text="If you can't get a good answer here, it may be worth trying our [Raspberry Pi affiliate site](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/tour). I'm not familiar with their site so it may be worth checking out what [is](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) and [isn't](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask) on topic for their site to minimize chance of closure." CreationDate="2018-10-10T13:41:31.670" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16655" PostId="9869" Score="0" Text="Can you specify the screen size?" CreationDate="2018-10-10T18:21:35.893" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16656" PostId="9869" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths, ~5.5&quot;" CreationDate="2018-10-10T18:46:26.640" UserId="9948" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16658" PostId="9845" Score="0" Text="I have edited out the off-topic questions, as they are more suited for [Super User](https://superuser.com/). Can you add your target speed, as WiFi and Ethernet are way too broad. (Google Fiber has Ethernet speeds up to 1000 Mbps. 3G only goes up to about 21.6 Mbps)." CreationDate="2018-10-10T19:41:54.800" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16660" PostId="9850" Score="0" Text="Just curious - why would someone need 200 sim cards in a single, cheap, small form factor system? Also recommendation type questions are pretty unique to here and SR.SE so reasking the same question there may not be a good idea." CreationDate="2018-10-11T13:25:32.247" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16661" PostId="9855" Score="0" Text="@bennett Yeo thanks, I would prefer something under $50." CreationDate="2018-10-11T18:50:52.537" UserId="9937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16662" PostId="9856" Score="0" Text="@Bennett Yeo I haven't tried that setting but I will and get back with the result." CreationDate="2018-10-11T18:52:43.603" UserId="9937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16663" PostId="9850" Score="0" Text="We just need to receive and send many texts. So that's why." CreationDate="2018-10-11T19:06:12.363" UserDisplayName="user9930" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16664" PostId="9850" Score="0" Text="Also I have worked with VOIP GSM gateways connected to a motherboard, but they are too expensive in this case." CreationDate="2018-10-11T19:10:23.690" UserDisplayName="user9930" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16665" PostId="9857" Score="0" Text="@cybernard They are 10TB Seagate Ironwolfs. The NVMe in my notebook can do 3.5GB/s thank you very much. Please next time focus on the question. Kthx" CreationDate="2018-10-11T19:18:06.260" UserId="3630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16666" PostId="9861" Score="0" Text="The LSI controller might be worth a try, although I do not feel very confident to use a SAS controller to handle SATA HDDs.&#xA;As mentioned in my comment above, the HDDs are - relatively new - 10TB Seagate Ironwolfs. The key here is to get capacity - at their speed - not faster HDDs." CreationDate="2018-10-11T19:22:28.197" UserId="3630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16667" PostId="9861" Score="0" Text="@Perlator   &quot;I'd need at least 1.6GB/s&quot;  To me that meant you were speed focused.  I have a SAS controller right now with SFF-8087 connectors on the card and 7 SATA hard drive plugged in.  Apdatec 71685, which I believe handle 24 hdd in this fashion with out SATA expandors 256 with expandors.  Unfortunately the card is out of your budget probably by a factor of 6." CreationDate="2018-10-11T23:02:52.787" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16668" PostId="9861" Score="0" Text="@Perlator    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Adaptec-PMC-ASR-71685-24-Port-6Gbp-s-SAS-PCi-E-RAID-Controller/372460184298?hash=item56b85b62ea:g:i7AAAOSw38Vbt9Xj  This card is only $100 now on ebay and you can use it as a JBOD if you want." CreationDate="2018-10-11T23:12:03.240" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16669" PostId="9850" Score="0" Text="Would something like this suffice: https://www.amazon.com/ILS-Bluetooth-SIM800C-Computer-Control/dp/B07FCG4QZV and then you could attach multiple to one PC or use a USB Hub and get up to 127 or so connected I think which is the USB limit. Also, why would one SIM not be able to handle the multiple send and receive of SMS messages for you??" CreationDate="2018-10-12T02:38:14.040" UserId="1004" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16671" PostId="9859" Score="1" Text="My opinion would be DOCSIS 3.1 should be the spec you need, but if Spectrum won’t approve it on their system, the point is mute.  It sounds like the table is out-of-date, but that might be by design.  Since Title II no longer applies, are isp’s in fact still required to approve CPE (customer provided equipment)?" CreationDate="2018-10-12T13:45:33.073" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16672" PostId="9859" Score="0" Text="&quot;Required&quot; is a funny word, when the federal DOJ is suing my state (California) regarding related legislation, supporting the ISPs.  Oh well." CreationDate="2018-10-12T15:44:27.640" UserId="7005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16673" PostId="9859" Score="0" Text="Ever notice you can buy your own cable modem, but you can only lease your set-top-box?  The reason they had to allow CPE dealt with why you don’t have to lease your phones from the phone company anymore, it all fell under title II." CreationDate="2018-10-12T15:51:55.417" UserId="9630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16679" PostId="9717" Score="0" Text="Seconding @RubyJunk. Unless you have something specific you want to be looking at, you probably don't need specific hardware to look at networking." CreationDate="2018-10-13T00:27:04.963" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16680" PostId="9863" Score="0" Text="There are plenty of these systems. Are you looking for something that's actually hardened though, or just don't want it to have wireless?" CreationDate="2018-10-13T00:28:05.257" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16681" PostId="9851" Score="0" Text="My suggestion would also be software RAID, unless you have some specific need for hardware RAID." CreationDate="2018-10-13T00:29:27.993" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16682" PostId="9851" Score="1" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this would probably be better solved with a software recommendation." CreationDate="2018-10-13T00:29:51.997" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16683" PostId="9875" Score="1" Text="If it works like this it most likely has internal memory to remember the shortcuts so it should work on macOS too... Although the shortcuts/keycodes might be different." CreationDate="2018-10-13T08:18:45.020" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16686" PostId="9886" Score="0" Text="Can you also post a picture from above? It would allow us to read the sticker." CreationDate="2018-10-13T16:15:01.143" UserId="9962" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16687" PostId="9886" Score="0" Text="Done. Sorry, for some reason the uploading tilt the picture." CreationDate="2018-10-13T16:18:45.683" UserId="9965" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16688" PostId="9875" Score="0" Text="Yeah I'll test when I get access to our Mac.  My intuition tells me the windows key shortcut will most likely work correctly." CreationDate="2018-10-13T18:05:28.310" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16689" PostId="9887" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your reply. So basically,  I need to look for a 7+15 pin Serial ATA (there are 7 pins + 15 pins - see first picture)?" CreationDate="2018-10-13T19:39:06.917" UserId="9965" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16691" PostId="9889" Score="1" Text="Thanks for the comprehensive response. My only thought is that, even if I eventually train my model in the cloud,  having multiple GPUs locally might be useful for A/B testing ideas, in which case I'm worried about PCIe lanes once again, especially if I have 2 NVMe drives. It looks like the Xeon has a 2.3GHz base clock, is this not totally blown out of the water by a modern i7 for most typical desktop tasks?" CreationDate="2018-10-14T03:42:39.600" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16692" PostId="9889" Score="0" Text="It also seems like the benchmarks I've seen are putting the 2080ti on par with the V100, albeit with less RAM." CreationDate="2018-10-14T03:46:31.740" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16693" PostId="9889" Score="1" Text="Less RAM, and the fact that the 2080 compute level doesn't support FP64, which may make all the difference in the end. As far as the XEONs, you can't overclock them, period. My 2697 v2s are 2.8 Core and 3.5GHz in Turbo Mode. Hyper-Threaded it runs at 48 cores with the dual setup.  BUT, you have to consider that many applications will only process information on a single thread. In fact, a LOT of applications do not directly utilize multi-threading. So a 2600K I7 Processor Overclocked to 4.2GHz will be far faster at 4 core 8 HT, than my 48 Core HT Xeon when it comes to batch processing JPGs." CreationDate="2018-10-14T03:53:09.580" UserId="9967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16694" PostId="9889" Score="1" Text="That seems to be my problem, high clock speed + more than 16 PCIe lanes doesn't seem to exist from anyone right now, with very few and expensive exceptions (eg. 7980xe, but that's $2000 for the CPU alone and only boosts to 4.2GHz, which feels like a rip when the 9900k is available for a quarter of that price and boosts to 5GHz but, of course, lacks the PCIe lanes)" CreationDate="2018-10-14T03:57:15.147" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16695" PostId="9863" Score="0" Text="I’d prefer it not having any wireless capabilities. Preferably one with no antennas already soldered in which would also exclude the WiFi adapter card." CreationDate="2018-10-14T10:15:48.837" UserId="9943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16702" PostId="1724" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Jeff! This is exactly my intention, as I fear that data will get lost if stored on DVD. Price/GB used to be different. That was one of the reasons that DVD-R was a choice back then. Data replication is easier performed on HD storage, this is why I intend to move data from DVD to HD." CreationDate="2018-10-16T10:57:06.687" UserId="1420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16703" PostId="9895" Score="1" Text="Pixel. Only Google's own devices are guaranteed to receive updates for at least 2 years or (or is it 3 now?). They are fairly reliable with good battery life." CreationDate="2018-10-16T13:10:16.893" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16707" PostId="9895" Score="0" Text="one plus phones tend to be pretty good with stock updates.  Also get essential phone.  Created by Android creator, it should have decent support going forward." CreationDate="2018-10-16T20:27:07.360" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16710" PostId="9851" Score="0" Text="Software doesn't work I guess. because when I move around the portable hard drives and connected to other computers. those computers might not have the same RAID software installed." CreationDate="2018-10-17T02:40:42.267" UserId="9932" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16712" PostId="9852" Score="0" Text="Thank you so much. this is what I was looking for. I'm not able to see any casing which can support two WD my passport 4TB drives. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3178629/storage/wd-my-passport-4tb-review-a-good-budget-choice-thats-just-a-little-slow.html. Right now I don't have budget for SSDs :)" CreationDate="2018-10-17T09:45:15.037" UserId="9932" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16714" PostId="9895" Score="0" Text="@William But Essential is essentially dead. I wouldn't recommend someone buy a product from a company with such an uncertain future. And an already old phone at that." CreationDate="2018-10-17T18:57:01.387" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16715" PostId="9895" Score="1" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths its cheap and has software support.  Android phones are terrible for software support anyways.  You might if you are lucky get 2 years." CreationDate="2018-10-17T19:07:29.640" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16717" PostId="9823" Score="0" Text="@Tyson: indeed, I never had Bluetooth headphones, I tried one recently and they are really good. It goes through walls, I can move all around the house with the headphones on my ears and still get good signal." CreationDate="2018-10-18T18:42:03.557" UserId="9861" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16718" PostId="9908" Score="0" Text="Can you expand on this? As it is, not a great answer; it doesn't fully address OP's question." CreationDate="2018-10-19T18:16:47.317" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16719" PostId="9895" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths phones in Android One program (such as mentioned in my answer) also have guaranteed two years of updates." CreationDate="2018-10-20T10:48:13.387" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16720" PostId="7806" Score="0" Text="I need this. I have an Apple Bluetooth keyboard I really, really like typing on, but it's impossible to use it to navigate the bios, and syncing link keys between OS's is an absolute PITA. I always have to get my old USB keyboard out of the closet!" CreationDate="2018-10-20T20:28:05.177" UserId="1951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16721" PostId="9919" Score="0" Text="I'm concerned about the review of the stylus." CreationDate="2018-10-22T19:27:50.203" UserId="9917" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16722" PostId="9919" Score="1" Text="@rosseg You won't find many other (let alone better) options." CreationDate="2018-10-22T20:00:45.390" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16724" PostId="9919" Score="0" Text="Do you know if older surface pens are usable?" CreationDate="2018-10-23T13:36:28.427" UserId="9917" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16725" PostId="9919" Score="0" Text="I'd assume they would be but I'm unsure as to whether or not there are any software features that would not be supported. Styluses in general have pretty bad reviews but I feel that's mainly because they are widely considered as overpriced - either way this is definitely one of the best ones out there." CreationDate="2018-10-23T15:45:30.757" UserId="543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16726" PostId="9906" Score="0" Text="I suggest to buy it right now when you need it. Intel is sane enough to not cripple the performance of their high end product lines" CreationDate="2018-10-23T16:38:56.627" UserId="10020" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16727" PostId="9928" Score="0" Text="Interesting, thanks. I'll wait a bit before accepting just in case there are other answers (and to wait for verification from others users too)." CreationDate="2018-10-23T17:46:39.903" UserId="9990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16728" PostId="9906" Score="0" Text="How long does a build take for you?" CreationDate="2018-10-23T23:58:37.693" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16729" PostId="9906" Score="0" Text="Also - what technologies do you use? I ask because technologies you use impact your hardware needs." CreationDate="2018-10-24T00:02:06.397" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16730" PostId="9906" Score="0" Text="Builds aren't that bad yet.It's just that I'm a bit impatient. I've started to notice hangs when starting VS studio. I do web development and things like downloading node modules are slow. I think problems might be disk access related. I work in an enterprise setting and I think that antivirus and various malware protection software that IT installs on our computers is also taking a toll on my performance. My current setup has a SSD disk and 16GBs of ram" CreationDate="2018-10-24T06:08:46.730" UserId="9994" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16732" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="There are definitely processors that can hit around 5 GHz and have more than 16 PCI-e lanes. I'm curious why you're targeting 5 GHz specifically though. In theory, the bandwidth for the GPU shouldn't be super duper important, since you really want to be minimizing the amount of swapping between system RAM and VRAM while training." CreationDate="2018-10-24T17:41:27.667" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16733" PostId="9906" Score="0" Text="The software mitigations aren't that bad, with the potential exception of some virtualization related tasks. I'm curious though if you really need a new computer though; have you run anything to see what's actually limiting your performance?" CreationDate="2018-10-24T17:43:53.880" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16735" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="It's not 5GHz specifically, but it looks to me as though anything from Intel with &gt;= 16 PCIe lanes drops down to 4.2GHz boost clock, and even then it costs $2000. The point is I want a PC which performs as a very responsive development desktop, while also being able to prototype deep learning models. I'd be open to AMD, but I'm not sure CPUs from AMD are advisable for scientific computation, their Threadripper options seem a bit quirky." CreationDate="2018-10-24T18:22:24.753" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16736" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="4.2 isn't exactly going to be an issue for almost any development work. Not really sure what you mean by &quot;quirky.&quot;" CreationDate="2018-10-25T01:43:35.140" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16737" PostId="9934" Score="0" Text="Traditional batteries and USB charging seem mutually exclusive." CreationDate="2018-10-25T01:55:17.137" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16738" PostId="9764" Score="0" Text="Considering standby power draw requirements as outlined in EU law there might be no such devices. Even if you are in the US I'd be surprised if US PSUs were any different since modern switching supplies as used in PCs don't really care for 110V vs 230V." CreationDate="2018-10-25T02:00:11.293" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16739" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="It's hard to know without having the processor, all I know is that my current Xeon at 2.8GHz is showing its age, and I want something which is incredibly snappy. I can't foresee all the workloads I may do in the future, but there have been plenty of operations I have run currently where the CPU is pegged at 100% across all cores. As for what I mean by AMD being quirky, I mean (for example) how the 2990wx is actually worse than the 2950x for memory bandwidth sensitive workloads. I'm also wondering if getting an AMD means that I have to often compile libraries instead of using binaries, either.." CreationDate="2018-10-25T02:43:56.853" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16740" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="... out of necessity or in order to get comparable performance. I know AMD is worse at AVX2, for example." CreationDate="2018-10-25T02:45:05.457" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16741" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="Binaries are going to be compatible in almost every case; the only thing I can think of is the rare program that uses AVX-512. Ryzen 7 just seems to make so much more sense than anything else in your case. For reference, what Xeon do you have right now?" CreationDate="2018-10-25T02:45:43.133" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16742" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="I can't recall the model, but it is probably ~ 6 years old and is quad core with HT." CreationDate="2018-10-25T02:47:12.923" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16743" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="Given that AMD is coming out with Zen 2 shortly, and it looks like this is going to be a big boost especially for scientific computing, maybe it makes sense to wait then?" CreationDate="2018-10-25T02:48:14.180" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16744" PostId="9888" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/84893/discussion-between-jmy1000-and-process91)." CreationDate="2018-10-25T02:50:01.083" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16746" PostId="9920" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for something that can measure on a per-rail basis, or is measuring the consumption of the system as a whole fine?" CreationDate="2018-10-25T02:58:29.007" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16748" PostId="9924" Score="0" Text="I'm curious as to why you want to run a relatively power hungry system off a battery. Why not a NUC or something else more lightweight?" CreationDate="2018-10-25T03:03:08.143" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16749" PostId="9929" Score="0" Text="I assume we're talking managed, probably with a web interface? How many ports are we talking? Do you need PoE? 10Gb SFPs?" CreationDate="2018-10-25T03:07:10.697" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16750" PostId="9934" Score="0" Text="I agree with @JanDorniak, never seen one with both conventional batteries and a built-in charger. By &quot;analog&quot;, I'm guessing you mean real buttons, not a non-binary switch?" CreationDate="2018-10-25T03:10:09.720" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16751" PostId="9934" Score="0" Text="I think you'll find it impossible to find a wireless keyboard that meets those reqs." CreationDate="2018-10-25T03:24:38.803" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16754" PostId="9916" Score="0" Text="Do you know what RAID level you are currently using? There might be a better configuration for your set-up that would give better read performance, but I am not an expert in RAID." CreationDate="2018-10-25T05:06:57.433" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16755" PostId="9916" Score="0" Text="What is your budget for the SSD? PCI SSDs are going to be much better than the standard SATA SSD, but can be extremely expensive." CreationDate="2018-10-25T05:09:07.730" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16757" PostId="9924" Score="0" Text="Mainly, just because I want to play around with the concept for science. The other reason being the casing the computer is in would make a really cool looking set up if I mount a 7inch touchscreen display on it. I also got everything but the converter for free, so it's all in good fun, no 'real' purpose. I'm going to buy a multi-meter to test the amps on both the converter and AC Adapter which isn't working." CreationDate="2018-10-25T05:16:27.563" UserId="10013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16758" PostId="9929" Score="0" Text="Yes we are talking managed. A small number of ports is sufficient, speed does not matter, cost should be low. The only hard requirement is configurable MACSec support." CreationDate="2018-10-25T10:58:41.017" UserId="10020" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16759" PostId="9916" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I think it is RAID 0, but it might be RAID 1, I have to check. I did not build it myself.&#xA;For the SSDs, we could spend around 1000€, but it is for several computers..." CreationDate="2018-10-25T11:10:38.983" UserId="10006" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16776" PostId="8026" Score="0" Text="Also, the quality will be about the same from most adapters like this.  Since there isn't much demand, nearly all the distributors use the same OEMs." CreationDate="2018-10-26T11:10:13.053" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16777" PostId="9403" Score="0" Text="Because most orgainzations are not too happy when someone adds equipment to their network that they have 0 control over without permission and that's what you want to do." CreationDate="2018-10-26T12:29:13.493" UserId="10042" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16778" PostId="9948" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much! It will help to find processors." CreationDate="2018-10-26T13:53:38.990" UserId="10043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16779" PostId="9843" Score="0" Text="Part of it is/was wanting 4K &quot;just in case&quot; and also from a holding its value point of view.  $100 or so extra to get IPS in the end, so why not...  thanks for your comment :-)" CreationDate="2018-10-28T07:39:03.810" UserId="9912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16780" PostId="9843" Score="0" Text="On another note, at only 200 quid in the UK, the AOC Q3279VWF would also be an excellent choice for anyone visiting this thread. It runs at a resolution of 1440p@75z, useful for light gaming too. It's as good quality as it is just huge!" CreationDate="2018-10-28T15:05:36.000" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16781" PostId="2389" Score="0" Text="Most of the Zowie Gaming Mice (BenQ) range are ambidextrous as well as being very low profile with no silly design or ridiculous features. Take a look if you have the time." CreationDate="2018-10-28T15:07:41.740" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16782" PostId="9940" Score="1" Text="The 165hz in most of these cases is probably/most certainly a 144hz panel with a factory overclock. Just a bit of information for the OP and anyone else visiting." CreationDate="2018-10-28T15:13:37.973" UserId="5740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16783" PostId="9953" Score="1" Text="What sort of price range are you looking for? What phone are you buying this for?" CreationDate="2018-10-28T15:16:28.830" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16785" PostId="9953" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode how is this to broad? Any phone? I'm not having a conflict between 2 pieces of hardware. I was hoping someone could tell me if there is such hardware?" CreationDate="2018-10-28T17:23:35.877" UserId="9251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16786" PostId="9953" Score="0" Text="Minor difference between &quot;too broad&quot; (which is a system close reason) and &quot;requirements too broad&quot; (which is a HR-specific custom reason). The requirements you've specified in this question aren't detailed enough for us to be able to recommend the best hardware; that's why I asked some questions above. If you can tell us the price point and phone you're buying for, that should be enough detail to work with." CreationDate="2018-10-28T17:36:27.527" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16788" PostId="9945" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the suggestion! It really seems to check almost all the boxes. Though it is too expensive (568,33€ on amazon.it) and I can't wait until black Friday. Where did you find those prices? Also, something I forgot to mention, and I will edit the question accordingly, is that I really would prefer it if the fingerprint reader was on the back. If this phone was cheaper I would go for it!" CreationDate="2018-10-28T21:41:28.557" UserId="2222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16789" PostId="9945" Score="0" Text="@Mattia_98 alright so few proposals: [Nokia 6.1](https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_6_1-8972.php), [Nokia 8](https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_8-8522.php), [Huawai 9](https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_honor_9-8704.php) and [Samsung A8 2018](https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a8_(2018)-8886.php) though the Nokia have a locked bootloader (so no Lineage) and the A8 has 18.5:9 ratio display." CreationDate="2018-10-29T07:56:07.443" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16790" PostId="9957" Score="0" Text="Not an answer to your question, but note that you won't be able to do any upgrades on the 2017 model. Both the RAM and storage are welded onto the mainboard." CreationDate="2018-10-29T09:46:19.650" UserId="10057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16791" PostId="9957" Score="0" Text="One more factor would be to check whether the 2012 one already supports USB 3. USB 2 file transfers can get boring (but then it may not matter if you really just do dev work on it.)" CreationDate="2018-10-29T09:47:35.070" UserId="10057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16792" PostId="9963" Score="0" Text="Why not going for an Intel NUC or equivalent (GB Brix, MSI Cubi etc.) ?" CreationDate="2018-10-29T10:16:17.867" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16794" PostId="9959" Score="1" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hardware Recs! Question 1, falls under technical support requests, which our affiliate site [Super User](https://superuser.com/tour) may be better equipped to handle. I would highly advise editing out Question 1 and expanding on Question 2 to minimize chance of closure. Question 2 is on topic for our site, but in it's current form is a bit too broad to give you a solid recommendation. It would help if you listed more criteria such as price, target fps, etc." CreationDate="2018-10-29T14:11:11.673" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16796" PostId="9953" Score="1" Text="In general, there isn't really hardware that exists for this case. Also I noticed you re-edited your question, however; we need a budget limit so that we can offer you the **best** solution to your problem, particularly if we cannot find a clear touch pad. If you are still hoping to get a recommendation for a 'clear, paste-able touch pad' you'll need to at least tell us your phone model, and screen dimensions." CreationDate="2018-10-29T14:23:32.500" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16798" PostId="9947" Score="0" Text="This is off-topic for our site, as we provide recommendations based on specific requirements." CreationDate="2018-10-29T15:58:54.767" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16799" PostId="9965" Score="0" Text="This is a bit difficult to understand. Are you looking for a wireless USB connection? If yes, I would edit accordingly" CreationDate="2018-10-29T16:21:47.400" UserId="10057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16800" PostId="9963" Score="0" Text="@Jules hmm, I have a NUC (one very light on resources) and would have worried they don't quite cut it performance-wise, also apparently the cooling system can be insufficient in higher-powered devices and the processor will slow down quickly. But I'll take another look!" CreationDate="2018-10-29T16:24:11.277" UserId="10057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16801" PostId="9953" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo it doesn't have to be limited to a clear touch screen pad. Could just be a mouse or pad that allows me to navigate the screen on any model." CreationDate="2018-10-29T20:06:02.533" UserId="9251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16802" PostId="9953" Score="0" Text="If you are simply looking for a recommendation for 'Method of convenient navigation on a phone', the question can be reworded to fit our guidelines and **possibly** re-opened. What you've described in your comment is much more likely to exist. If you still need help, I can try to help edit your question, or you can delete this question and ask what you've described in your comment as a new, separate question. Please keep in mind, we still need a **budget** and **phone model/type** to give you the best recommendation possible." CreationDate="2018-10-29T20:11:54.910" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16805" PostId="9953" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo yes. What is an aftermarket devise that performs a convenient navigation of a phone?" CreationDate="2018-10-29T20:33:12.703" UserId="9251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16807" PostId="9963" Score="1" Text="The other brands may do better on this side. However there are dissiaptor on the market for NUCs, might be interesting too. I've seen one at Silverstone." CreationDate="2018-10-30T10:04:06.877" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16808" PostId="9920" Score="0" Text="The ideal would be per-rail, but even something that measures the whole system as a fine would do the job." CreationDate="2018-10-30T10:41:31.867" UserId="10011" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16810" PostId="9979" Score="0" Text="I wonder why would you want to go for 2600x instead of 1600x ?" CreationDate="2018-10-30T13:26:24.980" UserId="6209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16811" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="Technically (as I know of) the external GPU should allow you to connect as many displays as the number of connectors it has cause you just connect one thunderbolt cable to your Laptop and thats it. Mmmm But it might affect your Framerates and Resolution depending upon your Displays. Soo Yeah it completely depemds upon your monitors which GPU you wanna choose. But as you said you wanna run just text editors so Any GPU can do that  Intels integrated GPUs can do 4k at 30FPS" CreationDate="2018-10-30T13:48:19.427" UserId="6209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16812" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="So it's safe to assume that a single thunderbolt 3 cable can handle the throughput of issuing at least the desktop info (to be rendered by the GPU) of many monitors? Ok great, so it sounds like I can get away with pretty cheap! :)" CreationDate="2018-10-30T14:30:47.010" UserId="9883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16813" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="TBH as of what I know You dont even need the eGPU" CreationDate="2018-10-30T14:32:24.420" UserId="6209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16814" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="What exactly do you know then? Because I have the impression an eGPU is absolutely necessary to have more than 2 external displays when limited to two Thunderbolt 3 ports" CreationDate="2018-10-30T15:53:32.637" UserId="9883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16815" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="Well what I know is you can simply run the two monitors easily unless they are some 5k displays. And you generally use an eGPU only when your Laptops GPU is not powerful enough." CreationDate="2018-10-30T15:55:20.703" UserId="6209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16816" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="I've stated multiple times this is for more than 2 monitors, and that my current setup (without an eGPU) is using 2" CreationDate="2018-10-30T16:28:22.143" UserId="9883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16817" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="Mmm At what resolution ?" CreationDate="2018-10-30T16:29:08.133" UserId="6209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16818" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="No offense, but you seem as clueless about this as I am :) See here: https://hengedocks.com/blogs/henge-docks-blog/how-to-run-external-displays-with-your-usb-c-thunderbolt-3-macbook" CreationDate="2018-10-30T16:33:00.373" UserId="9883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16819" PostId="9968" Score="0" Text="Yup Guess so. Anyway IDRK. I am out." CreationDate="2018-10-30T16:35:01.730" UserId="6209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16821" PostId="9971" Score="1" Text="This is far too broad for us to answer. What motherboard do you have? What games and applications will you be running? Anything else we should know about your system/upgrades?" CreationDate="2018-10-30T17:15:02.687" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16823" PostId="9977" Score="0" Text="Can you explain the pros and cons of using Mouse Without Borders with respect to the original question please?" CreationDate="2018-10-30T17:30:24.170" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16824" PostId="9965" Score="0" Text="what's up with the negative feedback?! I've added a visual illustration.. hope now you'll understand..." CreationDate="2018-10-30T18:32:18.743" UserId="10063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16825" PostId="9920" Score="0" Text="How about just getting a power supply that supplies per-rail information?" CreationDate="2018-10-30T18:56:57.410" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16826" PostId="9965" Score="0" Text="I think the feedback is just because it's expressed using unusual words. The sketch makes it clear. This definitely seems to exist, try e.g. looking for `wireless USB connection` on Amazon" CreationDate="2018-10-30T19:34:05.377" UserId="10057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16827" PostId="9965" Score="0" Text="Thanks,  better results are replying to the query of `wireless usb extender`, although I couldn't fetch any product that looks modern enough to be small as I imagined such as todays wireless mouse's ultra tiny dongles." CreationDate="2018-10-30T20:26:05.940" UserId="10063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16828" PostId="9986" Score="0" Text="You won't gain much from it, amd has pushed that cpu almost as far as it can go by default. PBO or manual overclock will gain you a minuscule amount of performance at the price of voiding your warranty" CreationDate="2018-10-31T11:15:09.570" UserId="6487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16829" PostId="9987" Score="0" Text="Yes, I'm taking a look at benchmarks of a b450 board with the 2700x, such as this one here (https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/msi_b450_gaming_pro_carbon_ac_review/1). Seems to suggest that even a more or less basic setup will be fine (and get good performance). I think, to resolve this, I will add a couple of 140mm fans up front and consider swapping the cpu cooler for something a bit beefier like the noctua line. I imagine this should keep the whole setup cool enough that the cpu should be able to 'autoclock' it's way along." CreationDate="2018-10-31T16:14:27.130" UserId="10075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16833" PostId="7202" Score="0" Text="Thanks for accepting my answer :) Did you get one of the headsets I found? I'd love to hear about your experience" CreationDate="2018-11-01T13:18:11.423" UserId="7897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16836" PostId="9685" Score="0" Text="I have such a card with an uPD720202 chip and it works fine with kernel 4.18.4 (Self-compiled; maybe the driver is just not compiled with the pre-compiled distribution kernels?). My card is a 54mm, though, with optional external 5V power input socket between the two USB ports.&#xA;&#xA;The uPD720202 chips are quite acceptable; I have read somewhere that FL1100 should be a bit better and that there is another chip which should be much worse; I do not remember where I read that." CreationDate="2018-11-02T15:12:44.227" UserId="5581" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16837" PostId="9685" Score="0" Text="[Here](https://thinkpad-forum.de/threads/180070-USB-3-0-ExpressCard-34mm-oder-54mm-f%C3%BCr-Linux) is also some discussion about such cards unter Linux." CreationDate="2018-11-02T15:14:50.097" UserId="5581" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16839" PostId="9979" Score="0" Text="@SagnikPradhan Why go one generation back when OP has the budget to get the latest generation of CPUs? Not saying that the 1600X is no slouch either, even in 2018" CreationDate="2018-11-02T20:08:17.497" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16840" PostId="9959" Score="0" Text="Ok good to know. Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-11-02T22:34:56.240" UserId="10055" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16841" PostId="9998" Score="0" Text="I think the PCIE lane issue is particularly problematic, especially for users who want to have multiple video cards. Granted, typical use will not be saturating the lanes constantly, but even Intel's 9900k only has 16 PCIe lanes, so for a high-end system with 2 video cards and multiple NVMe drives (in PCIe slots) the graphics cards could be forced all the way down to 4x speeds and at that point the performance hit would be really noticeable." CreationDate="2018-11-02T22:48:16.870" UserId="9896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16843" PostId="9691" Score="0" Text="Alsomany laptops have full blow docking station - those will support better graphics maybe." CreationDate="2018-11-02T23:32:50.253" UserId="7103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16844" PostId="9979" Score="0" Text="Mmm Cause 1600x performs similar to 2600x but it is a whole lot cheaper. Plus 2600x series are APUs But he already has a Dedicated GPU So why would he need the extra vega cores ?" CreationDate="2018-11-03T01:36:09.250" UserId="6209" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16845" PostId="9979" Score="0" Text="2600X is NOT an APU. And it is newer, better, and the TS can afford it. The price difference is small compared to 1600X, so why not." CreationDate="2018-11-03T14:20:19.343" UserId="10071" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16846" PostId="10000" Score="1" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hardware Recs! In general, our affiliate site [Super User](https://superuser.com/tour) is better equipped to handle questions regarding technical support and/or compatibility. If your intention was to ask for a M.2 SSD upgrade, you should re-edit your question to minimize chance of closure." CreationDate="2018-11-04T01:49:06.607" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16847" PostId="10007" Score="1" Text="Personally, the people that I know of that engage in graphic design typically use and recommend [drawing pen tablets like these](https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Bamboo-Capture-Tablet-CTH470/dp/B005HGBEZ2) rather than consumer touchscreens, particularly due to the fact touchscreens do not have good (if at all) pressure sensitivity. These drawing pen tablets do not seem to have any lag. I am also not an artist and cannot speak to the durability or usability of these drawing pen tablets." CreationDate="2018-11-04T01:59:00.147" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16855" PostId="10010" Score="0" Text="It appears that weight is a not a very common filtering option particularly for monitors with such a demanding diagonal width as 24&quot;. I feel like this may be a bit too heavy but [what about something like this](https://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-TD2230-10-Point-Monitor-DisplayPort/dp/B01LVVNHTL/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533193865&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=viewsonic%2Btd2230&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=bestheadphonesss-20&amp;linkId=49014b5a8cfc13d4965f4f2158e76d15&amp;language=en_US&amp;th=1)?" CreationDate="2018-11-04T21:42:52.657" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16856" PostId="10010" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Thanks, I haven't found any website where weight is a filtering option :/ Your link to `ViewSonic TD2430 24 Inch 1080p 10-Point Multi Touch Screen Monitor with HDMI and DisplayPort` looked interesting but upon checking: the information on Amazon is incorrect: the actual weight is 5.5 kg, not 5.4  pounds -&gt;  https://www.viewsonic.com/us/catalog/product_datasheet/view/key/TD2430.html" CreationDate="2018-11-04T21:49:08.600" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16857" PostId="10010" Score="0" Text="Portable monitors should be your best bet, but the wide variety of them are designed with smaller vertical compactness at 15.6&quot;-17&quot;. Based on the portable monitor lists I've been looking at it seem there is a weight jump between 17-20 by a nearly a factor of 3, with 24&quot; monitors weighing at least 10 lbs. Also you are correct the Amazon spec if off, I was actually looking at the official spec sheet which says the monitor weighs 12.2 lbs (hence may be a bit too heavy). It still weighs less than a lot of the monitors with similar diagonal breath, however." CreationDate="2018-11-04T22:03:40.773" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16858" PostId="10010" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Yes I had indeed high hope for [portable monitors](https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&amp;field-keywords=Portable+LED+Monitor)  but they seem to be either too small or too heavy." CreationDate="2018-11-04T22:16:43.777" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16859" PostId="10011" Score="1" Text="If bought at Amazon the price can be [reduced to $110](https://www.amazon.com/AOC-24B1H-Class-Monitor-Panel/dp/B07F1BRN74) or [$120 at Newegg](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824160346)" CreationDate="2018-11-04T22:20:39.410" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16860" PostId="10011" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Great, thanks!" CreationDate="2018-11-04T22:21:34.023" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16862" PostId="9987" Score="0" Text="Yes definitly the mobo doesn't change anything at CPU performance" CreationDate="2018-11-05T07:49:52.103" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16864" PostId="10017" Score="0" Text="Looks like a standard figure-8 cable to me. Search for &quot;figure 8 power cable&quot;, you'll get a ton of results." CreationDate="2018-11-05T22:09:59.367" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16868" PostId="10021" Score="0" Text="Physically this is nigh impossible without specialist machinery in the tens of thousands of dollars. See my answer." CreationDate="2018-11-07T00:44:59.617" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16869" PostId="9998" Score="0" Text="@process91  I know it's apples and oranges, but 2nd-gen Threadripper has 60 PCIe lanes, while i9-7900X has 44." CreationDate="2018-11-07T01:07:20.507" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16870" PostId="9998" Score="0" Text="The B key only needs two PCIe lanes, not that it helps. And well - somehow it's possible to use one x16 or two x8 slots with GPUs... Why wouldn't this work here?" CreationDate="2018-11-07T01:10:31.743" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16871" PostId="9989" Score="1" Text="This would be a great hobby project, to make something like this... At least on the electronics/MCU side." CreationDate="2018-11-07T01:14:29.537" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16872" PostId="10020" Score="1" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hardware Recs! Here at HW we are best poised to give you purchase recommendations about electronic items. This unfortunately means we do not give technical support (as Super User is better suited for those types of question) or answer questions not directly related to electronic hardware. Refer to [this meta post](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/265/what-is-hardware) if you need more help." CreationDate="2018-11-07T06:10:17.310" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16873" PostId="10019" Score="1" Text="Hi Welcome to Hardware Recs! In general, it is not worth it to try and upgrade a laptop's CPU as it requires intensive physical breakdown. In addition, your question is more of a technical support request, HW is best suited for giving single case purchase recommendations based on specific quantitative/objective requirements." CreationDate="2018-11-07T06:15:45.853" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16874" PostId="10021" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak haven't said it was easy stuff, if it's the only reason for downvoting I'm note sure it's accurate." CreationDate="2018-11-07T07:38:45.217" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16875" PostId="10025" Score="0" Text="Also the v6 are Kaby Lake S (2017) and v2 are Ivy Bridge (2012), there might be architecture optimizations in between" CreationDate="2018-11-07T07:45:30.530" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16876" PostId="10021" Score="0" Text="you might be right.... Just remove the info about sockets as it's wrong (FCBGA is a package, soldered directly to the printed circuit board) as it's simply wrong and I'll remove my downvote." CreationDate="2018-11-07T08:57:37.617" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16877" PostId="10021" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak you're right, I've edited." CreationDate="2018-11-07T09:51:19.023" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16878" PostId="10021" Score="1" Text="our answers should be combined :P have an upvote now." CreationDate="2018-11-07T09:52:54.373" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16880" PostId="10025" Score="0" Text="@julesR there are optimizations on newer CPUs, but the. e3-1270 is MUCH faster then it's e3-1225 equivalent, which more then offsets its age. Surprisingly, despite larger litho, the e3-1270v2 has a lower tdp." CreationDate="2018-11-07T13:16:49.440" UserId="7103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16881" PostId="10023" Score="0" Text="Alcohol wipes work well and would be considered safe, in practice so are most glass cleaners - although theoretically they may interact with any special coating that may be on the screen. (I've never had an issue though)." CreationDate="2018-11-07T13:58:31.043" UserId="7103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16882" PostId="10023" Score="0" Text="Alcohol wipes are better then water because it evaporates and won't get into the screen. Arguably soapy water is more risky then glass cleaner." CreationDate="2018-11-07T14:00:30.490" UserId="7103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16883" PostId="10025" Score="0" Text="@davidgo the 1270v2 has HT, the 1225v6 does not. For the TDP, they have changed the calculation method since Ivy Bridge, that's why KBL-S have larger TDP but probably not larger consumption." CreationDate="2018-11-07T14:12:31.130" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16884" PostId="10025" Score="1" Text="@JulesR on second thought... HT might just offset the slower memory. That's it's intended use after all. A lot also depends on the scheduler - Windows tends to bunch stuff at Core 0 or move stuff between cores. I experienced this on my system - Blender's GPU rendering is, unfortunately, single core on the CPU." CreationDate="2018-11-07T15:06:40.150" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16885" PostId="9966" Score="1" Text="Hi, I noticed to listed your currency as '€'. I can possibly give you a purchase recommendation that could ship to you as fast as you can buy it if you specify your locale." CreationDate="2018-11-07T16:50:33.127" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16889" PostId="10023" Score="0" Text="glass cleaner is NOT typically vinegar (or acetic acid) - they typically contain 1 or more of Isporopyl Alccohol, Ethanol, Butyl Glycol, Monoethanolamine, Sodium Sulphate and/or citric (not ascetic) acid." CreationDate="2018-11-07T21:31:11.077" UserId="7103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16892" PostId="10028" Score="0" Text="&quot;What to upgrade&quot; questions are either tech support or asking for an opinion, both of which are off-topic for this site. You can ask [Super User](https://superuser.com/) how to find your bottleneck(s) and [edit] this question to ask about upgrading those bottlenecks." CreationDate="2018-11-07T21:45:29.957" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16893" PostId="10023" Score="0" Text="Fair point, comment deleted.  The ingredients of glass cleaner have apparently changed since I last read the label.  Whether those chemicals could harm an anti-glare coating is debatable.  It's safest to use a product specifically designed to clean screens without affecting coatings." CreationDate="2018-11-07T22:05:29.530" UserId="10095" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16894" PostId="9989" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak yes, thats probably what I'll do if it doesn't exist yet." CreationDate="2018-11-08T07:04:26.373" UserId="10078" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16895" PostId="9989" Score="1" Text="I think ST has mouse HID examples for the F0 discovery" CreationDate="2018-11-08T08:31:31.987" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16896" PostId="9989" Score="1" Text="https://community.st.com/s/question/0D50X00009XkYyRSAV/usb-device-hid-keyboard-example see first reply" CreationDate="2018-11-08T09:07:21.077" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16897" PostId="9989" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak Thanks man!" CreationDate="2018-11-08T09:08:55.663" UserId="10078" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16898" PostId="9989" Score="1" Text="https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/stmicroelectronics/NUCLEO-F722ZE/497-17093-ND/6622019" CreationDate="2018-11-08T09:14:44.337" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16899" PostId="9966" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo the currency isn't important, if u will do a recommendation you can put it in an answer. I'll ty." CreationDate="2018-11-08T15:53:20.827" UserId="10060" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16900" PostId="9966" Score="1" Text="the currency is less important that than the location where you would want this system to ship to. Price, availability, and therefore the best recommendation for you, is highly dependent on location. Where in the EU/UK would you like this laptop to ship to?" CreationDate="2018-11-08T17:49:52.310" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16903" PostId="10042" Score="0" Text="I've found that for eye candy's sake, 2K about does it for me. I happen own and code with a 4K resolution laptop and the step up between 2K (like the microsoft surfaces) and 4K is less dramatic for me than 1080p to 2K. If you'd like I can include a 2K monitor so you can compare price. Also what location would you like these monitors to be available at (US, UK, etc.)?" CreationDate="2018-11-08T18:01:29.490" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16904" PostId="10042" Score="0" Text="Thank you for responding. If you think 2K would be just as OK for a 34inch I'm willing to go with that." CreationDate="2018-11-08T19:41:11.923" UserId="10132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16905" PostId="10042" Score="0" Text="So any thoughts on value 34inch 1440 monitors?" CreationDate="2018-11-08T19:42:28.363" UserId="10132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16906" PostId="10042" Score="0" Text="Sorry I accidentally said 2K earlier when I meant 1440+ (&quot;2.5 K&quot;) monitors. At this diagonal monitor size, you might as well go for 4K monitors. I can recommend you a monitor you could purchase online today if you tell me your location (should I assume you are from the US?)." CreationDate="2018-11-08T20:42:37.313" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16909" PostId="9851" Score="0" Text="I did that for a while (it's called &quot;split-mirror RAID&quot;).  It doesn't work anywhere near as well as you'd imagine." CreationDate="2018-11-09T00:41:18.923" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16911" PostId="9998" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak only x4 offer 2000mb/s and x2 is only 1000 and m.2 offer 2000 or even 3000mb/s performance depending on the model.  The GPU are 2  x16 slots only get x8 bandwidth each, but the physical slots are x16.  There are pci express expanders, but they have an x16 or x8 interconnect so if you care about speed these expanders are completely out.  If your using M.2 ssd you definitely care about speed." CreationDate="2018-11-09T02:08:03.787" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16912" PostId="9995" Score="0" Text="To people who put this question on hold:  This question, to me, is about buying a motherboard with support for numerous M.2 ssd.  This is a hardware recommendation so I don't understand how its marked as off-topic." CreationDate="2018-11-09T02:25:55.323" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16913" PostId="9924" Score="0" Text="Whether it will work or not depends on the specific computer you're using it to power: that &quot;1A min&quot; just means that the PicoPSU will never draw less than one amp, no matter how small a computer you connect to it." CreationDate="2018-11-09T02:31:50.853" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16916" PostId="10040" Score="0" Text="It would help if you explained how this signal is propagated (e.g., WiFi, BlueTooth, etc.)  This would show you've put some effort into finding the answer before asking us about it." CreationDate="2018-11-09T04:45:24.487" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16917" PostId="203" Score="0" Text="Are you still needing this?  If you mind sharing your setup, I've solved several TX setup dilemmas before, maybe I can find a different way to solve your problem?  (e.g., I don't understand why a wireless amplifier won't work)" CreationDate="2018-11-09T05:45:13.357" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16918" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="Do you still need this answered?  I can type up an answer using the hub you posted, but if you've already figured it out, then it's not worth the time." CreationDate="2018-11-09T06:20:28.237" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16919" PostId="9998" Score="0" Text="@cybernard I meant lane reassignment at boot..." CreationDate="2018-11-09T06:57:06.983" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16920" PostId="10042" Score="0" Text="Could you add some information about the room the monitor will be standing in? Some budget monitors have low brightness or don't have antiglare which might not be suitable for bright rooms or if there are windows opposite the screen" CreationDate="2018-11-09T08:23:20.957" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16921" PostId="2671" Score="0" Text="Yes please, if you could!" CreationDate="2018-11-09T10:28:12.177" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16922" PostId="10044" Score="0" Text="Wow, awesome, thank you so much for the advice.Question, what is a good sale price for this monitor, or does it ever go on sale?" CreationDate="2018-11-09T12:19:46.197" UserId="10132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16923" PostId="10007" Score="0" Text="Hi @BennettYeo, Your comment is very useful.  Very.  I believe it would qualify as a full answer.  If you don't mind, please add this info as an answer so I can upvote it.  Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-11-09T12:26:51.067" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16924" PostId="10017" Score="0" Text="Hi @ArtOfCode.  I believe since the site is in Beta, and its number of unanswered questions is its main weakness, it would help if you could expand your comment as an answer.  Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-11-09T12:29:21.510" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16926" PostId="10017" Score="0" Text="Touché, @Alex. Feel free to take this one :)" CreationDate="2018-11-09T12:30:33.917" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16927" PostId="10017" Score="0" Text="What's ironic is, that I actually posted a link to this thread in the Meta question that I asked..." CreationDate="2018-11-09T12:59:02.030" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16932" PostId="10040" Score="0" Text="It's an infrared signal with a Bluetooth station-to-station communication. The functionality is however driven by the firmware, which is, understandably, proprietary." CreationDate="2018-11-09T17:31:35.907" UserId="10130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16933" PostId="10050" Score="0" Text="It's comforting to know that both resolutions are going to be supported. One more question, my monitor comes with DP 1.2 and mini DP, Wich should i use to connect my laptop (usb-c tb3)? Does it even matter?" CreationDate="2018-11-09T19:21:13.123" UserId="10136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16934" PostId="10050" Score="1" Text="DP 1.2 is more reliable, and allows better bandwidth for an external screen this big. While mini DP should also be fine, you might get a bit of lag when you play full-screen videos at a high refresh rate. Again, I'm not sure how noticeable the lag would be, most of the high-end screens tend to smooth it (e.g., the video you would get would run at 50Hz instead of 100Hz); however, I am not familiar with running this particular screen over mini DP, and so can't say how well it handles it. I just know that Chinese-made screens I've used in the past get very glitchy once their bandwidth is exceeded" CreationDate="2018-11-09T22:27:32.187" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16936" PostId="9998" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak  Doesn't matter if you can do lane reassignment as you need physical slots to plug the M.2 into.  pcie x1 aren't usable because there to slow.  There exists pcie cards that allow mounting of 1,2, and a rare few 4 M.2 into a single slot." CreationDate="2018-11-10T15:12:24.367" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16938" PostId="2051" Score="0" Text="I would suspect another battery chemistry.  One possibility is, 5 NiCD cells in serial, for which to give out 4.5V while undercharged is possible.  Though if they're undercharged, 3A is a bit too much for them to give out.  If you can post pictures of the top and bottom of the battery pack, I can take a look and say with a bit more certainty.  Then, recommending a charger won't be a problem." CreationDate="2018-11-11T00:07:45.483" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16939" PostId="9922" Score="0" Text="What do you mean, chainable?  Also, what is kmah?" CreationDate="2018-11-11T00:39:16.247" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16940" PostId="9922" Score="0" Text="@Alex I can hook multiple battery packs together and 1,000 mah." CreationDate="2018-11-11T00:41:37.787" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16941" PostId="9922" Score="0" Text="Which device would you need these for? I think chainable battery packs are device-specific. Also, mAh = milliAmpere hours.  So 1000 mAh = 1Ah." CreationDate="2018-11-11T00:45:09.623" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16942" PostId="9922" Score="0" Text="@Alex &quot;Is there a cell phone USB charger that is chainable?&quot;" CreationDate="2018-11-11T00:50:34.647" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16943" PostId="9922" Score="0" Text="Is there a reason the SE posts linked on your profile have been removed by you, but remain in your profile?" CreationDate="2018-11-11T02:05:45.740" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16945" PostId="9922" Score="0" Text="@Alex I guess someone deleted them.  Some were by me some by others probably.  I mean if a question gets closed there is little sense in keeping it on the site." CreationDate="2018-11-11T11:24:25.807" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16946" PostId="10060" Score="0" Text="Can I keep chaining those battery packs together with the splitters?" CreationDate="2018-11-11T11:25:27.120" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16947" PostId="10060" Score="0" Text="Theoretically, yes; in practice, though, every time you have a connection, you lose a certain amount of Voltage; and therefore, you would want to avoid having more than 2 connections before your charging device. The other problem is, that female-to-multimale connectors are quite rare; so the most you can do is 4-to-1 using this method, using three cables. Anything more, and you'd have to solder the cable yourself. Link for cheapest 3 cables: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-3-USB-Extension-Splitter-Data-Cables-2-0-Female-To-Dual-USB-Male-2-0-Y/311971115829?hash=item48a2ed7335:g:ESAAAOSwnOVamJ10" CreationDate="2018-11-11T12:55:37.737" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16950" PostId="10061" Score="0" Text="As far as the graphics go, you don't actually need to buy a dedicated card, unless you're planning to do something serious with it.  The ones provided by the MB normally work fine for everyday use -- my heuristic is, only buy a graphics card if there is something I can't do with the one provided by the MB.  As far as the power supply, ordinary power supplies fail within 12 yrs: so I would replace it one way or another-- might as well do it once you know which MB and CPU it would have to power.  eVGA power supplies have 12 yr warranty: I have been very pleased with their performance and support" CreationDate="2018-11-12T05:26:34.720" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16951" PostId="10061" Score="0" Text="Also, I'd like to point out that, the hardware you're looking for is quite high-end.  Fedora is pretty rare, but I happen to have a lot of experience with Fedora -- but, nothing near the specs you're talking about.  I've left my two pence; so if noone else answers, you'll know why.  In that case, please update us on what you've tried, so we can help future people in the same situation." CreationDate="2018-11-12T05:33:53.630" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16954" PostId="10061" Score="0" Text="@Alex Thank you. I'd go for lower end stuff, but couldn't really find something with abundance of memory. As for the builtin vs. separate GPU, I think that none of the MBs I found support dual screens." CreationDate="2018-11-12T10:56:50.853" UserId="10144" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16955" PostId="6392" Score="0" Text="I am in a similar situation, but I want only to *measure* the usage, without restricting it.  Budget is not a concern for me.  It seems that this router cannot do this; or, I can put a huge quota, to make sure that it won't limit me (say, 1TB); however, in that case, all it would show is, 0.003% of quota used, which would not be very informative as to exactly how much bandwidth was used.  If you know something, can you post another answer?" CreationDate="2018-11-12T13:41:03.710" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16959" PostId="10072" Score="0" Text="See my answer: I think your 785A and 78 np descriptions are backwards." CreationDate="2018-11-13T00:04:00.497" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16960" PostId="10073" Score="0" Text="So then when looking up reviews for overall performance as long as it says &quot;PH315-51-78&quot; I shouldn't worry?" CreationDate="2018-11-13T00:15:59.347" UserId="10156" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16961" PostId="10072" Score="0" Text="@Alex your totally right, fixed it, ty for the correction" CreationDate="2018-11-13T00:18:58.400" UserId="10156" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16962" PostId="10073" Score="0" Text="That's right.  I mean, all the other numbers also have their meanings: &quot;PH3&quot; is &quot;Predator Helios version 3&quot;, &quot;15&quot; is &quot;15-inch screen&quot;, etc. -- but, the &quot;PH315-51-78&quot; is definitely going to be the same model." CreationDate="2018-11-13T03:14:55.833" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16965" PostId="9550" Score="0" Text="Bottom line, Windows 7 laptops are very efficient at what they do." CreationDate="2018-11-13T12:53:10.233" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16966" PostId="9185" Score="0" Text="@Marathon55 My Brother portable scanner can scan up to 30&quot; without breaking; so 17&quot; is definitely too small an estimate.  It also has OCR, and can produce a single PDF with several 30&quot;-pages.  Let me know if I should post that as an answer.  Now then, I haven't tried any other scanners, this is just the one that I have." CreationDate="2018-11-13T13:16:58.053" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16967" PostId="7217" Score="0" Text="The &quot;fast enough to render complex PDF pages&quot; is definitely not a problem.  But the question is, do you prefer a large display, or a color display?  As far as I'm aware, you can't have both." CreationDate="2018-11-13T13:41:18.980" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16968" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="From experience, do NOT buy Dasung.  Their display I ordered was DoA, and they had me troubleshoot it until the PayPal appeal period passed, and then just ignored my e-mails." CreationDate="2018-11-13T13:44:28.327" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16983" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="@Alex – I personally tested one of their devices and it worked without issues but it was that first model from time of writing this answer. I have no information on their production since that time. I hope you will find some resolution for your issue." CreationDate="2018-11-13T15:31:15.523" UserId="1466" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16986" PostId="2416" Score="0" Text="Obviously, I wasn't saying *all* their devices are bad; I was just pointing out that when they fail, there's no support -- even if they fail DoA." CreationDate="2018-11-13T16:16:11.003" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16989" PostId="10079" Score="0" Text="I guess I didn't explain this well, but it's not the refresh rate that's causing my health problems (otherwise, LED lamps would cause them too, which they don't).  I'm guessing it's the frequencies involved -- *that*'s what I'm trying to measure.  The story about the refresh rate says that it would be nice if the frequencies could update at least as fast as the refresh rate, so I can analyse the frequencies in both the On and the Off states." CreationDate="2018-11-13T17:57:02.817" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16990" PostId="10079" Score="0" Text="Are you sure?   The refresh rate of an LED bulb is a very different thing.   The average LED bulb remains on constantly, as it's not refreshing an image, so it doesn't actually flicker or does so at such a rate it's not worth detecting.   Screens flicker just because they have to do so in order to project the next frame. They operate on the same wavelengths as LED bulbs." CreationDate="2018-11-13T19:42:33.987" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16991" PostId="10079" Score="0" Text="Yes: see the link https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/oscilloscope-and-probe-to-measure-led-flicker/msg1257849/?PHPSESSID=5jhv5eclgu4mnt0a6abovmkkp7#msg1257849 from my original post.  Most LEDs are always on, others flicker; but even the flickering ones don't give me problems.  But for a LED, the frequency is always the same; screens have many frequencies, including invisible ones.  I am not sure, but it might even be the invisible frequencies which are giving me health problems." CreationDate="2018-11-13T19:56:05.547" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16992" PostId="10081" Score="0" Text="Please note that a long lasting lithium chemistry battery will violate US Postal Service regulations if sent as ordinary mail." CreationDate="2018-11-13T23:25:08.853" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16993" PostId="10081" Score="0" Text="Hmm?  I read https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22336/html/updt_004.htm, and I don't see anything corroborating this... I mean, they cannot be high-capacity Lithium batteries (being high-capacity would make them more than 13 oz. anyways) -- but, long-lasting doesn't seem to be a problem.  I guess what I was looking for was, for the mA draw of the GPS to be low: hence the [energy-efficient] tag." CreationDate="2018-11-14T03:21:21.647" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16994" PostId="10074" Score="0" Text="Alright, I've checked averything, thank you ! I still think I'm gonna go for the zenbook, but I could check similar configurations and that's very cool, thanks :)" CreationDate="2018-11-14T10:07:46.047" UserId="10155" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16995" PostId="10074" Score="0" Text="No, thank *you* for coming back to let us know.  Many people post on here, get their answer, and we never hear from them again so much as to know whether they've even read our answer." CreationDate="2018-11-14T13:20:15.270" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16996" PostId="10037" Score="0" Text="Where did you find its CPU Benchmark score?" CreationDate="2018-11-14T13:27:20.280" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16997" PostId="10088" Score="0" Text="Thanks for this answer I was hoping for cheaper (since I would expect without microphones which I need it would be a quite simple device). I don't want/need the microphones (just a line in)." CreationDate="2018-11-14T14:27:16.470" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16998" PostId="10088" Score="1" Text="Sorry, when you said &quot;with a (stereo) audio input&quot;, I assumed you were looking for a microphone.  I guess you meant &quot;(stereo) line input&quot;.  The other thing I should mention is, that $99 is actually pretty cheap for a quality audio recorder: I paid that much for a mono audio recorder.  But in either case, I'll take a look." CreationDate="2018-11-14T14:29:21.347" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16999" PostId="10088" Score="0" Text="Yes, I just would think that an audio recorder would be simpler / cheaper than a voice recorder, but I guess the quality of the recorded sound/DAC is higher. Thanks for the answer!" CreationDate="2018-11-14T14:41:00.450" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17000" PostId="10089" Score="0" Text="Thanks, a stereo recording would do, also it's not cheap. Good that you found a cheap one." CreationDate="2018-11-14T15:07:20.523" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17001" PostId="10090" Score="0" Text="So, the only thing wrong with the products you listed is, that they come from a no-name manufacturer?" CreationDate="2018-11-14T16:17:57.873" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17003" PostId="10037" Score="1" Text="@alex https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-6300+Six-Core" CreationDate="2018-11-14T17:52:22.877" UserId="7103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17006" PostId="10090" Score="0" Text="Well, that's one problem, but the other, more significant one is the number of complaints about them." CreationDate="2018-11-14T19:15:25.687" UserId="10161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17007" PostId="10092" Score="0" Text="Thanks, but Lenovo isn't its manufacturer. It is made by &quot;Linxee (Beijing) Technology Co.,Ltd&quot;, only garners 3.5 stars on amazon, and frankly, is probably identical to the first three that I mention. Same price, too." CreationDate="2018-11-14T19:18:12.967" UserId="10161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17009" PostId="10082" Score="0" Text="Budget? Otherwise I'd say just pick from the current line of top end cards." CreationDate="2018-11-14T19:29:49.537" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17010" PostId="10082" Score="0" Text="Basically I've got no budget cap, as long as it's useful, and I'm not sure if for example the RTX 2080 Ti 11GB can fulfill my expectations..." CreationDate="2018-11-14T19:49:54.860" UserId="8003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17011" PostId="10094" Score="0" Text="And as always if someone is able to provide a better, more specific answer to our OP's question you are free to do so." CreationDate="2018-11-14T20:49:54.870" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17012" PostId="10049" Score="2" Text="Hi, welcome to Hardware Recommendations! In general, we recommend **purchasable electronic hardware** to solve problems. Your question is more of a technical support question, which *could* be better suited for our affiliate site [Super User](https://superuser.com/tour). If you are looking for an adapter recommendation to connect a laptop to a monitor this is within the scope of the site and we would be more than happy to help you find one. You'll need to edit your question, however." CreationDate="2018-11-14T20:58:03.600" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17013" PostId="10082" Score="0" Text="If that card can't fulfill your expectations, you might want to reevaluate those expectations. Is gaming your primary concern?" CreationDate="2018-11-14T21:22:21.467" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17014" PostId="10082" Score="0" Text="Yeah, and that's why I'm here, maybe anyone is driving also such a high res and can recommend something. The card will be maxed out at gaming, yes." CreationDate="2018-11-14T21:37:23.693" UserId="8003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17015" PostId="10092" Score="0" Text="So the one in https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYBMQKD/?tag=stackoverflow17-20 has only 5-star reviews; what's wrong with it then?" CreationDate="2018-11-14T21:40:49.573" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17016" PostId="10082" Score="0" Text="Well, you can't go any higher than a 2080 Ti right now, so I'd say go for it if you got that kind of cash to spend. I don't otherwise have the right answer regarding resolutions though." CreationDate="2018-11-14T21:46:22.167" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17017" PostId="10096" Score="0" Text="I have a UHD USB 3.0 monitor, and when I plug it into a USB 2.0 port, it still works, but the resolution choices are 800x600 and 1024x768.  I suspect that USB 2.0 monitors only support 1024x768 resolution max, due to the USB 2.0 speed limitations." CreationDate="2018-11-15T14:02:36.203" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17018" PostId="10096" Score="0" Text="@Alex  I would not be surprised if pure USB devices simply had USB hub and VGA adapter inside. If your device fits my needs, an answer with more device info would be very nice :)" CreationDate="2018-11-15T14:15:00.900" UserId="7030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17019" PostId="10097" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately it's not what I'm looking for. I don't need 3.5mm audio jack, I need two type c ports." CreationDate="2018-11-15T14:21:44.933" UserId="9591" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17021" PostId="10097" Score="0" Text="Did you even look at those products? Those are what you specified: one Type-C male to 2 **physical** Type-C female, with one used for charging and other for Type-C data connection, technically it is a **cable**, since it doesn't have any active circuitry and is made by routing VCC and data lines to two different Type-C ports. If you are looking for a small Type-C **hub** that can transmit data over both ports you should specify it in your question." CreationDate="2018-11-15T14:34:43.247" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17022" PostId="10098" Score="0" Text="This is a great answer! Can you break this up into multiple answers (one per recommendation) to allow the community to vote and comment on the laptops independently? Please include _why_ you recommend them as well." CreationDate="2018-11-15T14:58:39.890" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17023" PostId="10098" Score="0" Text="Well my recommendation is ASUS VivoBook, as I said. I put other laptops in there as an example or a suggestion to look at, since OP stated that he is not from the US, so pricing and model availability might be different for him. However feel free to make a separate answer if you are willing to write a detailed recommendation for two other models." CreationDate="2018-11-15T15:19:27.997" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17024" PostId="10103" Score="0" Text="Yup, I was looking at those, almost bought some of these, but then I have realized, that they do not have IPMI or any other remote mgmt module...&#xA;it can be new or used, but preferably new, due to power consumption and possibly new will be smaller and with passive cooling :)" CreationDate="2018-11-16T07:39:03.443" UserId="10170" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17026" PostId="10105" Score="0" Text="Ty for the long answer. I decided to go for a single RTX, and buy another one when they got a bit cheaper (Since the upgradability is limited, when i go for the dual GTX's). The RAM's are already maxed out - and i got a RAID0 running; A custom water cooling loop is installed already too. :)" CreationDate="2018-11-16T09:28:07.157" UserId="8003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17027" PostId="10105" Score="1" Text="@Essigwurst Be aware that RTX has a bad reputation for a huge number of defective chips: https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/damien-cox/nvidia-rtx-is-seeing-an-unusually-high-number-of-failure-reports/" CreationDate="2018-11-16T09:41:11.077" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17028" PostId="10105" Score="0" Text="I noticed that, so I gone for the ASUS 11GB Dual version, it seems to be &quot;clean&quot;." CreationDate="2018-11-16T09:47:20.913" UserId="8003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17029" PostId="10090" Score="0" Text="Big name doesn't necessarily mean reliable. My ASUS mini-dock that came with my laptop and costs 80$USD on official website failed after a year of use." CreationDate="2018-11-16T10:21:32.340" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17031" PostId="10112" Score="0" Text="Which &quot;BlueTooth devices&quot; were you thinking of connecting?" CreationDate="2018-11-16T14:11:06.950" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17035" PostId="10112" Score="0" Text="@Alex specifically, we're looking into connecting heart-rate monitors." CreationDate="2018-11-16T14:36:01.607" UserId="10177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17037" PostId="10109" Score="0" Text="Thanks. It doesn't have VGA, either. Since my original posting, I've found three more docks:&#xA;&#xA;1. Hyperdrive. https://www.hypershop.com/collections/usb-c-hubs/products/hyperdrive-ultimate-usb-c-hub-for-macbook-pc-usb-c-devices&#xA;2. Cable Creation. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N3335FK/&#xA;3. Tripp Lite. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9C5RP0/&#xA;&#xA;The hub from Cable Creation looks identical to a differently-shaped variation of the #3 from TrippLite (ttps://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-Charging-Thunderbolt-U442-DOCK2-S/dp/B07CH9VXZ3), but Tripp Lite assures me that they designed theirs. Possible?" CreationDate="2018-11-16T14:51:40.533" UserId="10161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17038" PostId="10092" Score="0" Text="Well, it only has 10 reviews, and what's the warranty like on the device? I couldn't find anything. What's the customer service like?" CreationDate="2018-11-16T15:23:12.480" UserId="10161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17039" PostId="10109" Score="0" Text="It is a normal practice for several chinese OEM's to have similar design and order components in bulk for several companies as it cuts costs, but then the assembly is done separately (even big OEM's like OPPO and OnePlus do that), so you will find a lot of same-looking hubs and should choose based on their reviews. The Hyperdrive https://www.amazon.com/HyperDrive-Adapter-Ultimate-Delivery-Charging/dp/B076515WSF seems more reliable. And I also found this one: https://aliexpress.com/item/Vention-USB-C-C-USB-3-0-Thunderbolt-3/32849364874.html" CreationDate="2018-11-16T15:28:23.263" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17049" PostId="9655" Score="0" Text="Not battery, but RTC, there are now a bunch of them on eBay. No point linking,as they die quickly, but seller `autoaccessori-online` has many. Again, with RTC, but not battery" CreationDate="2018-11-18T19:54:35.413" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17050" PostId="10104" Score="0" Text="Stupid question, but have you considered running the old machine headless and connecting to it from your new machine using Remote Desktop?  I run a headless Win7 box and only connect to via my MacBook Pro" CreationDate="2018-11-18T20:01:32.620" UserId="4966" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17053" PostId="10063" Score="0" Text="My gut feeling is I don't think you'll be able to find a spare part for something so small and specific as this. I think you might have better luck looking for broken HP Omen X's on ebay/amazon and trying to cannibalize parts from there." CreationDate="2018-11-19T17:16:13.790" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17054" PostId="10101" Score="0" Text="Have you considered a Raspberry PI?" CreationDate="2018-11-19T17:19:25.710" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17055" PostId="10044" Score="0" Text="@LargeMarge If you like the monitors that have been recommended, you can find the cheapest prices for them with [PC Part Picker](https://pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#xcx=0)." CreationDate="2018-11-19T17:22:56.607" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17057" PostId="9772" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths My first thought was that the hardware would hold up fine, but looking back at my previous 8 year old smart phone as a possibility to re-use I realized that it doesn't support LTE, and thus soon (as soon as Verizon retires CDMA) won't even be usable as a phone!" CreationDate="2018-11-20T05:08:11.783" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17058" PostId="9244" Score="0" Text="Ugh. I came here looking for an alternative to cell phones because of the problematic nature they pose (i.e. the software stack doing a lot of things mediocre rather than one thing really well, the difficulty determining how good GPS actually is on any given phone, and the decline of good phones with removable batteries)" CreationDate="2018-11-20T05:13:35.397" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17059" PostId="9255" Score="0" Text="Beeping can not be turned off? What beeping?" CreationDate="2018-11-20T05:16:58.723" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17061" PostId="9255" Score="0" Text="@Michael  I have no idea what beeping, I copied and pasted it from somewhere.  Back in May 22, I could have given you the source, but its been too long. I have a different logger, but my model has been discontinued so I had to recommend another." CreationDate="2018-11-20T16:03:04.250" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17062" PostId="9255" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the update! I was concerned it would be more like &quot;Beeps every time it takes a sample&quot; or such nonsense.  I once had a cordless phone that beeped every time it switched channels, which was at all hours of the night, and there was no way to turn it off either - wound up opening it up and cutting a wire." CreationDate="2018-11-20T16:16:36.150" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17064" PostId="10125" Score="0" Text="Hi! Your question contains some technical support question which could be considered off-topic for this site. I would focus down your question to your usage case, &quot;CUDA programming&quot;, then add a budget and price to minimize chance of closure." CreationDate="2018-11-20T21:14:53.630" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17065" PostId="10125" Score="0" Text="In general, most consumer grade processors contain integrated graphics. For intel suffixes take a look at the [official processor number guide](https://www.intel.in/content/www/in/en/processors/processor-numbers.html). It specifies U as &quot;Ultra-low power&quot;, HQ as &quot;High performance graphics, quad core&quot;" CreationDate="2018-11-20T21:16:44.253" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17066" PostId="10011" Score="0" Text="The best price for your lightest monitor is [129.25 at Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F6V6SSK/?tag=pcpapi-20). [Here is a link to track the cheapest price for the HP 22er 21.5-inch](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/D6DzK8/hp-22er-215-inch-led-backlit-monitor). Let me know if you would like me to find cheaper prices for the other minitors." CreationDate="2018-11-20T21:23:15.823" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17067" PostId="10074" Score="0" Text="Heads up, your Amazon link shows the item as unavailable. Also, I've found Amazon to be an adequately reliable purveyor to the likes of Newegg. They're good places to cut down on price as I'm sure you know." CreationDate="2018-11-20T21:33:28.537" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17068" PostId="10112" Score="0" Text="@NinGen ShinRa, do you have a particular brand in mind? There are multiple versions of Bluetooth and they have differing range capabilities. Please click on [edit] when you reply, instead of using Comment; Comment is for folks besides the original poster, whereas when you [edit] the original question, you add useful info everyone should see. Also, please see https://superuser.com/questions/931188/how-many-devices-can-be-hooked-up-to-one-pc-bluetooth-adapter-at-a-time" CreationDate="2018-11-21T00:11:28.423" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17069" PostId="10112" Score="0" Text="Please clarify with [edit]; do you want to have three big screen displays, each streaming one exercise video to the entire room, plus one personal display per user showing heart rate for that user OR each user has four images going on their display; three exercise videos plus their heartrate?" CreationDate="2018-11-21T00:18:23.713" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17070" PostId="3975" Score="1" Text="Good question! People, don't try to be smart. Audio mixing capabilities would be very handy for home use. Besides that it is now easy for manufacturers to implement such feature (as most of them use linux OS)." CreationDate="2018-11-21T00:24:53.183" UserId="10196" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17072" PostId="9008" Score="0" Text="@William I am adamant about never buying another phone without a removable battery after getting burned by my current POS Google phone." CreationDate="2018-11-21T02:13:16.950" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17073" PostId="9010" Score="0" Text="unihertz jelly pro link is broken" CreationDate="2018-11-21T02:15:24.547" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17074" PostId="9010" Score="0" Text="This is an intriguing phone, but sadly they claim to not support Verizon despite CDMA bands being listed..." CreationDate="2018-11-21T02:48:58.707" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17076" PostId="5888" Score="0" Text="finally got around to this, and got 2 of these (one for 2.4Ghz and one for 5Ghz) and after a little work to get the 5Ghz operating, these are working perfectly. If, like me, you will be putting these in a standard case then you will need something like this adapter: https://www.amazon.com/Sienoc-Wireless-Adapter-Antenna-linux/dp/B00GRJ5L52" CreationDate="2018-11-21T16:23:31.310" UserId="122" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17080" PostId="10122" Score="0" Text="Other option is you can stick a thermal pad and a copper sheet/heatsink on your SSD, that might improve thermals.&#xA;Aside from this you can get a cheap 12V fan with 2 wires and undervolt it to about 6-8V with a series resistor, it would be as quiet as brand fans but less efficient and you wouldn't be able to control it's speed." CreationDate="2018-11-21T20:59:08.707" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17083" PostId="10127" Score="2" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hw Recs! We usually give recommendations about electronic computing, so this may be off-topic for this site. This is probably why you couldn't find a tag to fit your question and put camera as your tag instead, which your question is definitely not about." CreationDate="2018-11-22T05:22:38.767" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17084" PostId="10101" Score="0" Text="Hi Bennet Yeo, yes. But rpi do not have mgmt board supported by ironic AND are ARM not x86 ;)" CreationDate="2018-11-22T06:12:52.943" UserId="10170" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17085" PostId="10127" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Which site would you suggest I put it on instead? I used the tag 'Camera' because I need these for a camera project, so I thought it would be adequate." CreationDate="2018-11-22T20:55:24.610" UserId="10193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17086" PostId="10127" Score="1" Text="Well the thing is, recommendation type questions are pretty specific to this site and software recs, so it may not fit anywhere else. We've defined Hardware as [any primarily electronic item that can perform more than one task, designed to interface with, connect to, or be, a primary computing platform in day-to-day operation](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/265/what-is-hardware). I haven't voted your question for closure, so if the mods don't mark the question off-topic in the next few days you should be good." CreationDate="2018-11-22T21:01:46.307" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17093" PostId="10008" Score="0" Text="have the same model, can confirm the accuracy and precision" CreationDate="2018-11-23T13:24:49.530" UserId="10211" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17100" PostId="10127" Score="1" Text="You could try electronics.stackexchange.com, not sure how friendly they are to recommendations. Unfortunately, there's not a stackexchange for every question. area51.stackexchange.com is the place for new site proposals, if you're willing to put the time and effort into that." CreationDate="2018-11-26T21:11:45.790" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17101" PostId="10127" Score="1" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not really a hardware recommendation." CreationDate="2018-11-26T21:12:07.923" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17103" PostId="9977" Score="0" Text="With a virtual KVM, you'll still have the issue of it being two different machines, which seems like it's something that the OP doesn't want." CreationDate="2018-11-26T21:20:00.190" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17105" PostId="10150" Score="0" Text="As written, this is more of a technical support request than a hardware recommendation. Could you rewrite this question to focus on your specific setup?" CreationDate="2018-11-26T21:26:54.727" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17106" PostId="10075" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it isn't within the scope of this site's recommendations." CreationDate="2018-11-26T21:29:06.883" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17109" PostId="10061" Score="0" Text="@Alex Given that the OP will probably be looking at workstation/server (or derivative) gear, a dedicated GPU will probably be required, since they don't have onboard ones. OP, would you be willing to buy used? Especially for high-memory workloads, used server gear can offer great value. Also, what are you doing with your machine? That's a lot of RAM, and I want to make sure your workload really needs it. Also, if you could take a picture/give the model of your PSU, I could more easily say if you need an upgrade or not." CreationDate="2018-11-26T21:42:54.177" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17110" PostId="10080" Score="1" Text="&quot;AMD tends to be a little cheaper on the processor for a little less performance.&quot; It's more complicated than that, by a good bit. Right now, a better summary would probably be &quot;AMD tends to be much cheaper on per-core basis at the cost of some single threaded performance.&quot; Processor frequencies are still going up, just slower. I generally agree with your summary on memory usage, but it really does depend on workload." CreationDate="2018-11-26T21:45:08.223" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17116" PostId="10074" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo It looks like `Frost` bought the only available unit at that price.  :)" CreationDate="2018-11-27T13:27:58.677" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17121" PostId="10158" Score="0" Text="&quot;and I think I'm right in saying that laser printers are not ideal for this?&quot; [Depends on your usage scenario (Photos vs Text)](https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/inkjet-vs-laser-printers-which-is-better-for-home-use-176198). Also I've never heard of ink drying up in a printer cartridge, that just sounds like a defective printer." CreationDate="2018-11-27T21:05:29.963" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17122" PostId="10061" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, it's not that much the matter of immediate _need_ as is the reluctance to by new MB+proc+... whenever I want to upgrade memory. I could easily go for 64GiB, maybe even 32GiB. I just want to go through this is rarely as possible. Like I wrote in the question, my current PC is 10ish years old. It didn't start with 16GiB, but the fact that I could upgrade saved me time, effort, and money, which is why I'm willing to go for a bit more expensive to save in the longer term. I don't have much experience with used HW. Could I expect it to live long enough?" CreationDate="2018-11-27T21:49:34.567" UserId="10144" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17123" PostId="10080" Score="0" Text="What about heating? Last time I shopped for HW, AMDs were pretty much cooking devices. :-)" CreationDate="2018-11-27T21:50:44.133" UserId="10144" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17129" PostId="10080" Score="0" Text="AMD's native heat management is pretty good, but I recommend the Noctua D-15 or D-15S to anyone.   It's under $100 and cools on air so well that I keep my i7 overclocked to 5.3Ghz on the regular.   Now it's the go-to for my air-cooled builds. It also has AMD brackets and Noctua supplies adapters to its customers if you move it to a processor that has a newer fitting than it would have been in the package." CreationDate="2018-11-28T13:03:12.153" UserId="9084" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17134" PostId="10169" Score="0" Text="It looks like you are asking two very different questions. The first one is off-topic here as it is a tech support question, but the second is suitable. What is your budget for the new laptop? Would it be acceptable if the laptop came with 32GB RAM that is soldered? How would you order your requirements (eg. What is most and least important to you)? What resolution are you looking for? Can you [edit] your question to include the answers to these questions please?" CreationDate="2018-11-28T20:22:45.710" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17135" PostId="10169" Score="0" Text="I have edited your question to remove the RAM limitation question. If you are still interested in the answer to that question, please visit [Super User](https://superuser.com/)." CreationDate="2018-11-28T20:29:49.443" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17139" PostId="10177" Score="1" Text="Why not using a phone ? Recent ones can achieve more than 512GB with onboard memory and/or micro SD card. Otherwise, I've seen the Archos 48 Internet tablet, a 4.8&quot; tablet with 500GB, but probably slow (well, archos..)" CreationDate="2018-11-29T07:54:46.253" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17141" PostId="10150" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Is this better?" CreationDate="2018-11-29T14:33:20.380" UserId="10213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17142" PostId="10177" Score="0" Text="@Jules R I asked some phone &quot;experts&quot; at the store if a phone would be able to work, but they all gave a resounding no, saying that that memory is intended for pictures and apps, not that much music." CreationDate="2018-11-29T15:56:40.027" UserId="10241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17144" PostId="10150" Score="0" Text="Yes, though it'd be good if you could add some background, like what you plan to do with the system and your budget." CreationDate="2018-11-29T16:58:33.130" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17145" PostId="10061" Score="0" Text="Plenty of systems, especially on the server side, will support what could conceivably be called a ludicrous amount of memory for most workloads. Even a &gt;10-year-old motherboard like the X7QC3 will support 192GB of memory. My big question is still: what are you planning to do with this system? In general, it doesn't make sense to buy a platform to keep it for 10 years, instead of just swapping more frequently—you'll actually spend more than you save, since ultra high end hardware now costs more on a performance/$ basis than pretty good hardware. (cont.)" CreationDate="2018-11-29T17:03:25.153" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17146" PostId="10061" Score="0" Text="If your application needs it or you have, sure, go ahead, spend the money, but I want to know what you're doing so I can make a solid recommendation." CreationDate="2018-11-29T17:03:45.447" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17149" PostId="10177" Score="2" Text="I'm inclined to not believe such &quot;experts&quot;, see [here](https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-enable-sd-card-support-for-offline-google-play-music/) among others. Since I'm guessing you have a phone anyways, that's my recommendation. If, however, you'd like a dedicated player, replacing the spinning drive in an iPod Classic with an SD card is an option–though, given how expensive iPod Classics are now, not a cheap one. What phone are you using at the moment?" CreationDate="2018-11-29T17:14:48.810" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17150" PostId="10177" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I was doubtful myself, but not willing to upgrade my phone to test it out. I have a Huawei XT2 right now, which is pretty low end, but I will ask some family members if I can test it out on their better devices." CreationDate="2018-11-29T18:46:22.223" UserId="10241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17151" PostId="10177" Score="0" Text="Okay. If you do end up looking at a new phone, we can help with that too; there are plenty of budget offerings with SD cards." CreationDate="2018-11-29T20:09:54.513" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17152" PostId="10158" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo  I had at least 5 inkjet printers(different models,brands,etc), in the past, have the ink in the nozzles dry up and prevent ink from flowing.  Then using water/alcohol to clear them was a real pain.  Since I got a color laser I have none of those issues.  I too only print once every few months." CreationDate="2018-11-29T21:05:37.840" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17154" PostId="10158" Score="0" Text="If you found a printer that works for you can post that answer as a solution, accept it to resolve the question so it can help people who might find this question in the future." CreationDate="2018-11-29T21:24:41.567" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17155" PostId="10177" Score="0" Text="Cannot compare with my 5GB, but seems like there isn't any problem. That's less than 3 times less, but still a lot, so should work https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/5ckcvo/music_app_with_smart_shuffle/" CreationDate="2018-11-30T07:41:37.630" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17158" PostId="9129" Score="0" Text="@arieljannai Have you found a device that satisfies your needs? I am looking for the same exact thing but all the mixed Amazon reviews I am seeing about different products are so disappointing." CreationDate="2018-12-01T00:19:36.983" UserId="9292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17159" PostId="9129" Score="1" Text="@IgorSoloydenko Unfortunately not yet, but I ordered the Mi band 3 in this Black Friday, and will update what it worth. It's pretty chip so I could test it even without any strong recommendation." CreationDate="2018-12-01T00:22:22.970" UserId="9185" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17160" PostId="9129" Score="0" Text="@arieljannai thanks! And please do share your experience with the device you've ordered. I'm desperate in my searches of a usable _smart_ (sleep cycle driven) and _silent_ wearable alarm." CreationDate="2018-12-01T02:03:56.343" UserId="9292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17161" PostId="9129" Score="0" Text="@IgorSoloydenko I sure will!" CreationDate="2018-12-01T08:49:37.307" UserId="9185" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17165" PostId="10083" Score="0" Text="The length could be 6-10 feet. The use is at the ambient temperature (25-100 F). The ampere (A) is what the standard American house hold would allow." CreationDate="2018-12-02T15:38:27.570" UserId="9394" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17166" PostId="10150" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Thanks!" CreationDate="2018-12-02T18:30:11.983" UserId="10213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17169" PostId="10177" Score="0" Text="@JulesR or JMY1000, I got a Moto g6 and it seems to be functioning fairly well with my music. Thank you for the recommendations. If one of you would like to post your comment as an answer, I will accept it as the correct answer." CreationDate="2018-12-03T16:52:36.780" UserId="10241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17172" PostId="10194" Score="1" Text="I'm curious if there's a cleaner solution besides just cutting the power outright. Many TVs have an IR input jack; what about leaving the Pi on, wiring up some of the GPIO to something, and controlling the TV via the Pi? There may also be other solutions I'm not aware of that are possible with smart TVs." CreationDate="2018-12-04T18:31:23.450" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17173" PostId="10142" Score="0" Text="I appreciate that you're trying to figure out what's best for yourself, but we'd actually like a little more context so we can help you! Why are you trying to find the results of a given laptop? If it's to choose a laptop for a specific purpose, give us some more background on what your use case is so we can help!" CreationDate="2018-12-04T18:40:50.600" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17174" PostId="10188" Score="0" Text="Out of curiosity, why do you prefer hardware RAID over software RAID?" CreationDate="2018-12-04T18:41:47.667" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17175" PostId="10188" Score="0" Text="Also, it may actually be cheaper to get an older RAID card and use standard SATA to M.2 adapters. Would you be okay with that?" CreationDate="2018-12-04T18:46:36.587" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17176" PostId="10188" Score="0" Text="Hardware is preferable to software. The computers I'm putting them in are old enough that they don't have M.2 support and they have pretty anemic CPUs." CreationDate="2018-12-04T18:46:58.057" UserId="6425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17178" PostId="10188" Score="0" Text="My mini-ITX builds have only one PCIe slot." CreationDate="2018-12-04T18:49:22.247" UserId="6425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17179" PostId="10188" Score="0" Text="Gotcha. Out of curiosity, why are you putting an SSD RAID0 in an old computer? Also, I meant [this sort of M.2 to SATA adapter](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/aplusautomation/vendorimages/fb602856-2955-4c3b-8bd2-3513617893dc.jpg._CB335275049_.jpg), which wouldn't take any additional PCI-e slots." CreationDate="2018-12-04T18:52:25.287" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17180" PostId="10188" Score="0" Text="Well, I prefer to have the best-performing parts with the smallest footprint. Once the old computers crap out, I can put them to use in new builds where the performance can be taken advantage of. Storage devices and peripherals along with network interface cards are a few of those things that can be harvested for new builds years down the road and not be too obsolete. I've given away RAM and CPUs to friends before and they could never use the outdated tech due to motherboard incompatibility. PCIe has been great in that area. I buy a 10 gbps NIC now and that will age pretty well. No e-waste." CreationDate="2018-12-04T19:08:38.230" UserId="6425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17182" PostId="10194" Score="1" Text="@JMY1000 Well, another solution is to power the Pi from a non-TV USB port (e.g. also coming from the smart socket; we want to avoid separate power bricks for the Pi) and then have the Pi issue [CEC commands](https://timleland.com/raspberry-pi-turn-tv-onoff-cec/) to turn the TV on or off." CreationDate="2018-12-04T20:34:06.740" UserId="10259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17184" PostId="10083" Score="0" Text="OK, I updated my answer to match your scenario." CreationDate="2018-12-07T00:32:47.293" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17185" PostId="10209" Score="1" Text="What do you mean, &quot;When the RAM is not getting refreshed it will decay&quot;?  Also, &quot;disabling is the first step&quot; doesn't make sense..." CreationDate="2018-12-07T00:36:04.460" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17186" PostId="10123" Score="0" Text="Which of the outputs does not work?" CreationDate="2018-12-07T00:38:07.077" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17190" PostId="10214" Score="0" Text="You'll have to be more specific about your Unity user case scenario as rendering intensive 3D Unity projects will likely demand better hardware than can be provided at $200. I use OpenCV at work and it is pretty performative, and is capable of doing reasonable image capture on a IOT equipped Raspberry PI." CreationDate="2018-12-07T01:30:19.043" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17195" PostId="10123" Score="0" Text="When connected to my phone, one of the speaker outputs doesn't seem to work. When connected via digital audio (to my pc or pi) only the receiver/sub has a tiny bit of sound." CreationDate="2018-12-07T11:58:53.153" UserId="7245" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17196" PostId="10214" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo - The application takes a webcam feed and overlays flat graphics or low poly models in realtime based on detected features with opencv. Are there other specifics are you looking for? The Udoo claims to be 10x faster than a raspberry pi." CreationDate="2018-12-07T16:23:01.007" UserId="10283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17197" PostId="10222" Score="1" Text="That is precisely what I was looking for." CreationDate="2018-12-08T01:13:50.533" UserId="10288" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17198" PostId="10192" Score="0" Text="Nice! True it seems a bit pricy - hope it will be good, and I'd like a feedback after trying, if you can :)" CreationDate="2018-12-08T14:47:58.350" UserId="9185" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17199" PostId="10188" Score="0" Text="SSD RAID0 is pretty excessive for most workloads. What're you planning on using that storage for?" CreationDate="2018-12-09T22:05:03.597" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17200" PostId="10194" Score="0" Text="Yeah that's basically a better version of what I was thinking." CreationDate="2018-12-09T22:05:58.477" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17201" PostId="10230" Score="0" Text="As far as I'm aware there is no such feature, but the &quot;upload&quot; time can be minimized. What is your upper budget limit?" CreationDate="2018-12-09T23:10:33.020" UserId="9782" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17202" PostId="10230" Score="0" Text="With 4x Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 all interconnected with real NVLink (not the thing they say is NVLink on consumer grade GPUs) the uploadtime can be reduced for example." CreationDate="2018-12-09T23:13:17.563" UserId="9782" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17203" PostId="415" Score="0" Text="uhhhh for front end development I buy my laptops at around $150 dollars.  Replace it with a non OEM battery and its basically works great.  Also I own both a mac and pc and I will say mac's are way overrated but unix is nice.  Just run linux if you want a real server environment." CreationDate="2018-12-10T01:42:30.563" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17204" PostId="415" Score="0" Text="Also going against the tide lol.  Have you been to a tech/hacker conference.  It tends to be mostly macs.  You are going with it." CreationDate="2018-12-10T01:57:16.490" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17205" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="I would add reflective windows screens and see if you can get the temperature down on hot days.  Probably have to add solar cells to every square inch of your car's exterior to power the system and/or charge batteries." CreationDate="2018-12-10T02:02:19.857" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17208" PostId="10219" Score="0" Text="Thanks for this, but I don't need touchscreen..." CreationDate="2018-12-10T11:54:38.103" UserId="10289" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17209" PostId="10219" Score="1" Text="So do you mean the laptop you are looking for absolutely mustn't have touchscreen (for some reason)? Because it is possible to disable it in drivers." CreationDate="2018-12-10T13:14:01.237" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17212" PostId="10218" Score="0" Text="What's your budget (and what currency)?" CreationDate="2018-12-10T23:06:35.527" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17213" PostId="10219" Score="0" Text="I figured out that I don't need the touchscreen, so why have it on board? I also don't like the glossy screens and touchable screens seems to have the most glossy ones. But you got a fair point - if there is a good laptop with touchscreen I might just not use it..." CreationDate="2018-12-11T14:54:23.657" UserId="10289" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17214" PostId="10218" Score="0" Text="I'm willing to spend ~600$ But if there will be a way better laptop for 650 I might bend my budget a bit." CreationDate="2018-12-11T14:55:15.633" UserId="10289" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17217" PostId="10241" Score="0" Text="Hi thanks. I generally agree with your assessment about CPU from what I can see - and will likely be going for an 8750H. I've added a bit to the question about GPU." CreationDate="2018-12-12T02:23:24.493" UserId="275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17218" PostId="10241" Score="0" Text="An important consideration for your suggestion - Lenovo have been caught multiple times including hardware spyware/adware on their machines - and as a rule I would never buy one of their machines." CreationDate="2018-12-12T02:24:17.090" UserId="275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17219" PostId="10241" Score="0" Text="@dwjohnston The malware has only occurred in their included utilities/drivers, if you reinstall Windows/use Linux, you won't be affected." CreationDate="2018-12-12T02:26:19.327" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17220" PostId="10241" Score="0" Text="Regarding your question about GPUs, the T480 has an optional add on for the MX150 (which is not very powerful), and the P52 has a Quadro (very powerful workstation GPU). In software development, GPUs are mostly used for Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and rendering. You can also use GPUs to play video games." CreationDate="2018-12-12T02:28:24.387" UserId="912" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17221" PostId="10242" Score="0" Text="Pricier than ***five !!!*** Pi Zero Ws - but it's just what I asked for and I know of no alternatives. Thanks you very much." CreationDate="2018-12-12T09:40:58.873" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17223" PostId="10237" Score="1" Text="They'll work fine together. [Performance deltas between ECC and non-ECC are negligible](https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/ECC-and-REG-ECC-Memory-Performance-560/), although non-ECC memory can be found with in higher performance variants partially thanks to ECC. Generally, ECC memory will not work in a system that does not support ECC." CreationDate="2018-12-12T21:59:11.763" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17227" PostId="10214" Score="0" Text="If your Udoo claim is correct, this should be adequate given your webcam feed resolution is reasonable for the hardware. You could also consider purchasing a second-hand non-micro computer which may have better hardware." CreationDate="2018-12-13T19:26:58.937" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17228" PostId="10231" Score="0" Text="I don't think you'll be able to find a case that is flush with your dimensions. I suspect most manufacturers of small profile motherboards will not design their cases as large as you have specified. 'Mini Tower' has the [closest average case dimension](http://www.xoxide.com/buy-computer-cases.html) to what you want. Perhaps you could consider buying a small profile case and building some other wood/metal spacer to make the system flush?" CreationDate="2018-12-13T19:52:43.173" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17229" PostId="10231" Score="0" Text="You don't buy a case that fits this cabinet, you buy a case and then build or buy a cabinet that can fit it. There is no case (even HTPC cases) that fulfill all of your requirements and measures 160mm tall. I mean jeez man you want 140mm intake fans? You're only leaving 20mm of total overhead in the chassis dimensions to *barely* fit in that cabinet! A 150mm cooler? You literally cannot do that, the backplate for the mobo, standoffs, and the mobo itself will easily combine for more than 10mm. What you are asking for doesn't exist because it's physically impossible." CreationDate="2018-12-14T16:44:30.677" UserId="6475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17230" PostId="10231" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your comments. It is always good to ask :) I'll build my own case for this cabinet then :)" CreationDate="2018-12-14T16:46:30.910" UserId="10229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17231" PostId="976" Score="0" Text="To meet power temperature requirements would you install a remote(actually doesn't have to be remote) starter, or similar so the system can run the air conditioning and charge the battery as needed?  Probably the only way to avoid a car full of batteries.  Don't know how much extra gas you need, but it will take a lot of gas to overcome the price of that many batteries." CreationDate="2018-12-14T18:45:49.360" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17232" PostId="10051" Score="0" Text="What if the user added a device to start the car at a set temperature, and/or a set battery level.  Thus bringing those 2 aspects under control.  A 10k battery is the equivalent of a lot of gasoline, which would no longer be needed." CreationDate="2018-12-14T18:57:53.873" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17233" PostId="10055" Score="0" Text="Have you considered an invertor, that you plug into your cigarette lighter and it gives you a regular outlet?  Yes, the number of amps is less than a regular outlet, but then almost any low powered printer works." CreationDate="2018-12-14T19:18:21.650" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17234" PostId="10187" Score="0" Text="Making better use of parental controls on a more locked-down mobile system, e.g. screen pinning on a cheap Android tablet, seems like the clearest solution to me. Finding a workaround should be quite difficult if configured properly." CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:02:41.480" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17236" PostId="10256" Score="0" Text="I've got some experience with trying to deal with coprocessors thanks to some robotics work. In general, I'd recommend avoiding doing so unless you have some specific reason for doing so (e.g. lack of computation power, simulating a production environment, education, etc.) Why in specific do you want to have these coprocessors—and, moreover, why do you want a cluster of SBCs instead of a single more powerful server? In particular, if memory is the bottleneck, server grade gear sounds like the right hardware, not multiple SBCs." CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:10:49.167" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17237" PostId="10252" Score="0" Text="Any chance IT could issue her a 2-in-1 instead of her current laptop? Seems like that'd massively simplify things." CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:11:57.383" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17238" PostId="10249" Score="0" Text="Any RAID level in particular? What are you doing with it? Are you sure hardware RAID is an absolute must?" CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:13:12.383" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17239" PostId="10231" Score="0" Text="Seconding the general consensus here. If you want a case that'll fit within the dimensions above, I'm happy to make some recommendations, but there's no way you'll get everything you're asking for. Making your own case built into the cabinet actually seems like a relatively clean solution." CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:15:17.890" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17240" PostId="10230" Score="0" Text="I'm confused as to what you mean by upload time. From what to what? What are you doing with the video stream once it's inside the computer?" CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:16:21.477" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17241" PostId="10219" Score="0" Text="Can't really agree with this recommendation. This is overkill for general browsing IMO, and that i7-8550U is going to actually need to be cooled fairly aggressively in some workloads." CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:17:58.540" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17242" PostId="10218" Score="0" Text="You stated that Chromebooks aren't an option because you want to run Ubuntu, but [you can actually install Ubuntu on most Chromebooks quite easily]—it's borderline Google sanctioned." CreationDate="2018-12-15T08:19:10.883" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17243" PostId="10253" Score="0" Text="Thanks, that is some good news" CreationDate="2018-12-15T09:23:32.077" UserId="4101" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17244" PostId="10252" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 That would be nice, but no - &quot;they&quot; are not flexible." CreationDate="2018-12-15T09:25:58.100" UserId="4101" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17245" PostId="10249" Score="0" Text="RAID 1 is what I need, i would prefer hardware RAID over software..." CreationDate="2018-12-15T12:59:19.490" UserId="10312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17246" PostId="1177" Score="0" Text="The X can perform just as well as the Lite if all packets are max size. Clearly they will not be, but depending on the environment, the performance can nearly rival the Lite. Calling it a switch means you are probably giving it more performance capability than it actually has. I agree that I personally wouldn't choose the X over the Lite, especially when the cost difference is sub $100, but for others the cost tradeoff may be worth it.." CreationDate="2018-12-15T17:45:48.110" UserId="907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17247" PostId="10051" Score="0" Text="What do you mean by, at a set temperature?" CreationDate="2018-12-15T21:49:45.533" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17248" PostId="10055" Score="0" Text="That would work, but there is no such thing as a low-power laser printer -- since it needs power to burn the toner onto the paper.  (reference: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/recommend-me-a-low-power-laser-printer.2359188/) And a low-power ink printer would still face the problem of ink drying up in the car.  Feel free to post an answer if you can find a workaround." CreationDate="2018-12-15T21:58:22.847" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17249" PostId="10249" Score="0" Text="Any particular reason you'd prefer hardware RAID? Also, would be okay with an add in card?" CreationDate="2018-12-16T05:54:59.243" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17250" PostId="10051" Score="0" Text="&quot;set temperature&quot;.  If the car reaches say 90F, the car is automatically started with the air conditioner running until it goes back to 70F.  Obviously, 90F is an arbitrary &quot;set temperature&quot;, could be anything.  Also if car battery  has %20 (or etc) start the car to charge the battery." CreationDate="2018-12-16T16:18:16.730" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17251" PostId="10104" Score="0" Text="Another option is leaving the old pc connected with its own monitor and using 'synergy by symless' to share the keyboard and mouse between systems, I use it daily between a mac mini and a raspberry pi" CreationDate="2018-12-17T00:08:04.330" UserId="10327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17253" PostId="10266" Score="0" Text="What's your budget (if you have one?) Do you play games/create videos/do anything else which can take up a lot of space (i.e. &gt;500GB or so?)" CreationDate="2018-12-17T02:46:47.763" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17254" PostId="10266" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I do play game only one though, Monster Hunter World. I don't create or edit Video, but having a descent performance to support basic Create and Edit video will be good. Stuff that take up most of my Space would be the Android Studio, when downloading the dependency, library and stuff it took up a lot. My budget is willing to pay up to RM500 which is around USD120." CreationDate="2018-12-17T03:29:31.187" UserId="10297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17257" PostId="10218" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I did some, not-really-extensive research on installing Ubuntu on Chromebook and it has some issues - mainly with drives (touchpad and other). Hardware wise it looks like the closest fit to what I need, so if you can recommend a model that works well with Ubuntu I will be more than happy to try it." CreationDate="2018-12-17T09:23:12.407" UserId="10289" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17259" PostId="1177" Score="0" Text="It can now. It couldn't on launch. My comment is more than 2 years old, dude, since then, they came to their senses and finally wrote the driver for this feature. In fact, I'm also rocking an X since then. Well it's more like around 930 Mbps, but it's good. Although IPsec offload is still broken ATM." CreationDate="2018-12-17T11:00:00.007" UserId="4586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17260" PostId="10158" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo  I would, but the HP M551dn is far beyond the 300 budget." CreationDate="2018-12-17T15:09:08.600" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17261" PostId="10158" Score="0" Text="HP Color LaserJet Enterprise M553n is currently $479 (usd) on hp.com, it is non-duplex.  The duplex version is $679" CreationDate="2018-12-17T15:24:34.160" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17262" PostId="1177" Score="0" Text="@bviktor, it could at launch. However it could only do so if the packets are all max length (as I note in my 3 year old post), which generally doesn't happen in the real world except under limited circumstances. Since then they have improved the performance, as you note in your updated comment." CreationDate="2018-12-17T16:40:43.433" UserId="907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17263" PostId="1177" Score="0" Text="No, it could not. https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX-Updates-Blog/EdgeMAX-EdgeRouter-software-release-v1-8-5/ba-p/1591710" CreationDate="2018-12-17T18:27:03.747" UserId="4586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17264" PostId="1177" Score="0" Text="@bviktor, not sure what you are referring to, possibly the addition of support for NAT in hardware? The X could pass 1Gbps of max length packets at launch. It could not do so with less than max length packets. It also could not do so with a number of features enabled as those decreased the performance (like NAT). Doesn't mean it couldn't pass traffic at that rate. And before you ask if anyone could possibly use a router without using NAT, then the answer is yes. Or maybe you were referring to the X-SFP had issues on the SFP port? That isn't the X platform as a whole. Something else?" CreationDate="2018-12-17T23:31:15.883" UserId="907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17265" PostId="1177" Score="0" Text="De facto vs de juro. Around 99.99999% of households rely on NAT for Internet. Nothing else to add." CreationDate="2018-12-17T23:53:11.717" UserId="4586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17266" PostId="1177" Score="0" Text="@bviktor, since you threw down the Latin, I will go with *argumentum ad populum*. The percentage of households that don't use max length packets is even higher; you could have stopped there and had a &quot;stronger&quot; case. Just because something is not used in a particular way the vast majority of the time, doesn't mean it isn't *capable* of it. In this particular case, using the hwnat feature also prevents the use of at least another major feature (DPI). VPN/IPSec will also decrease the performance of the X platform. How a platform is used is choice, and many features often decreases performance." CreationDate="2018-12-18T02:07:37.987" UserId="907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17286" PostId="10280" Score="0" Text="I think Nvidia card only have a limited set of encoding hardware, since they are still tuned to be used in a desktop environment where they'd be encoding one or two streams maximum. You really should look at dedicated hardware for that, maybe something like Tesla, Quadro or even FPGA.&#xA;You should search for h264 hardware encoder. Also take a look at this answer, it might be helpful: https://serverfault.com/questions/66208/hardware-h-264-video-encoders-for-production-use" CreationDate="2018-12-20T22:50:08.323" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17290" PostId="10287" Score="0" Text="I think 120 mm is the smallest fan size they make for LGA 1151 water coolers. I can recommend more than a few 120 mm LGA 1151 water coolers if you like?" CreationDate="2018-12-20T23:17:54.840" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17291" PostId="10289" Score="0" Text="You'll need to be more quantitative with &quot;reasonable price&quot;. Only you know what's most reasonable for you ;) ." CreationDate="2018-12-20T23:58:56.950" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17292" PostId="10289" Score="0" Text="I would say either as cheap as possible - so that I can reassemble it with different switches and microcontroller, as I am alright with soldering and programming. Or somewhat below 80-60$, as mechanical keyboards that I would consider &quot;ok&quot; as in usage feeling can be had for about that price. And I have also been offered to buy a 36$ mechanical keyboard for half of the price from someone who decided to get rid of it." CreationDate="2018-12-21T00:11:41.917" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17293" PostId="10289" Score="0" Text="I can only really offer consumer grade mechanical keyboard recommendations as DIY type kits are out of my knowledge area. If your friend is offering you a mechanical keyboard for half price and you're happy with it that's probably a pretty quick open and shut deal. I can double-check if the price you're getting for the keyboard is good if you tell me it's make and model,." CreationDate="2018-12-21T00:19:26.783" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17294" PostId="10289" Score="1" Text="The only issue I see is the arrow keys. Since mechanical keyboards require large switches, there's not really a good way to get those little keys the same way you can with a membrane keyboard. This is the case with 60% keyboards like the [POK3R](https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&amp;c=165). Also, any custom keyboard is going to be &gt;$80, likely well into $175+ range, even with you assembling it yourself. The $36 for the keyboard, assuming Cherry/Omeron switches, is a pretty great deal. If you can live with whatever compromises that keyboard makes, I'd recommend it." CreationDate="2018-12-21T16:18:20.087" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17295" PostId="10287" Score="0" Text="Any particular reason you need one this small?" CreationDate="2018-12-21T16:19:39.070" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17296" PostId="10280" Score="0" Text="It really depends also if they're okay with the results that hardware encoding gives. NVENC has gotten a lot better, but it's still not as configurable as a software encoder. Do you have a target bitrate/reference quality?" CreationDate="2018-12-21T16:26:44.373" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17297" PostId="10287" Score="0" Text="No. I am wondering if they exist." CreationDate="2018-12-21T20:42:59.170" UserId="10361" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17298" PostId="10280" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I will encode from 2-6Mbps to 1.2 Mbps 200 Channels. How different between NVENC and CUDA (in hardware issue)" CreationDate="2018-12-22T02:09:50.000" UserId="10353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17299" PostId="9620" Score="0" Text="I ended up installing fiber Internet with about minus 1 millisecond. 1 or 2 milliseconds." CreationDate="2018-12-23T03:25:23.500" UserId="9666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17301" PostId="10297" Score="0" Text="Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been [moved to chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/85319/discussion-on-question-by-franck-dernoncourt-what-solutions-exist-for-having-two)." CreationDate="2018-11-05T03:10:49.723" UserDisplayName="JonathanReez" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17303" PostId="10296" Score="0" Text="But why tho? Generally this would be something controlled on the device end, not the router." CreationDate="2018-12-24T10:36:01.970" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17305" PostId="10291" Score="0" Text="Normally I wouldn't push too hard on this, but because specific high-end software can perform very differently on different hardware, are you firm on After Effects and Maya, or do you also use other software?" CreationDate="2018-12-24T11:21:27.090" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17307" PostId="10296" Score="0" Text="It's for online gaming, the game I'm playing punishes good internet connection and you get a disadvantage compared to high ping players. I tested and the game performs way better on my 3G Phone Hotspot than my home internet via ethernet." CreationDate="2018-12-24T15:58:29.710" UserId="10374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17308" PostId="10291" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I do certainly use After Effects and Maya, but I may also use Cinema 4D" CreationDate="2018-12-25T05:44:09.680" UserId="10369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17309" PostId="10306" Score="3" Text="Absolute lowest price [I could bring one down for is 185.73](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIADP08GG7286&amp;Description=switch&amp;cm_re=switch-_-0XP-003P-002E7-_-Product). You'll notice that regardless of your low port requirement this switch has 24 ports. This just happened to be cheaper than switches with lower port quantities. I suspect that 10-Gigabit switches are only really used in enterprise level applications as you are unlikely to actually pass the Gigabit mark without the proper servers, cables, or otherwise environment." CreationDate="2018-12-26T01:46:25.740" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17310" PostId="10296" Score="0" Text="Sounds strange. What game is this? Also I believe a software solution will be easier to implement than a hardware level one. Try looking at this [Stack Overflow question on how to create low bandwidth, high latency environments intended for software testing](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/130354/how-do-i-simulate-a-low-bandwidth-high-latency-environment)." CreationDate="2018-12-26T01:56:12.047" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17312" PostId="10301" Score="0" Text="That MikroTik has RouterOS L5 - so it has all the routing possibilities you might need in SOHO, but the CPU might bottleneck you" CreationDate="2018-12-27T08:12:32.003" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17314" PostId="10312" Score="0" Text="Project Valerie was a demo, not an actual product." CreationDate="2018-12-28T01:07:44.780" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17315" PostId="10296" Score="0" Text="Hello, sorry for the late answer, the issue is that is a console game called Splatoon 2, since it it's p2p and has no lag compensation you will always have a disvantage over a high latency opponent (people would one-shoot you, kill behind walls, etc).&#xA;That's why I'm searching a hardware solution, if it were a PC game then the link you provided me would work." CreationDate="2018-12-28T12:42:46.560" UserId="10374" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17328" PostId="10306" Score="0" Text="10GBASE-T, or is some other physical standard okay?" CreationDate="2018-12-29T08:11:57.527" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17329" PostId="10301" Score="0" Text="Would building your own be an option you're comfortable with?" CreationDate="2018-12-29T08:12:58.223" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17330" PostId="10299" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? Do you need an integrated switch/AP?" CreationDate="2018-12-29T08:13:50.950" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17331" PostId="10301" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Yes, it would be alright, but I really don't know of any way to do so, I thought even designing a router would cost up to thousands of USD, yet alone building one. Can you explain?" CreationDate="2018-12-29T08:27:06.050" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17332" PostId="10301" Score="0" Text="I'd have to look into what hardware exactly, but there appear to be plenty of expansion cards with dual SFPs; you could use them in conjunction with a normal computer/server (if you can find one with enough expansion) and pfSense/OPNsense and create your own switch. Only issue I really have is distinguishing hardware that'll work for standard IP vs. Fibre Channel. Out of curiosity, why do you have SFPs instead of RJ45 for &quot;only&quot; gigabit? I understand the uplink ofc, but the other ones are a little confusing to me." CreationDate="2018-12-29T08:40:44.670" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17333" PostId="10299" Score="0" Text="250 €, yes, the Speedport has 4 LAN connectors." CreationDate="2018-12-29T14:24:22.463" UserId="10378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17335" PostId="9158" Score="0" Text="I got the K380 for my work laptop (Dell) and my home MBP.  It would not connect to the work laptop, even ended up contacting support but no luck.  Would not recommend" CreationDate="2018-12-30T00:42:40.143" UserId="10415" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17337" PostId="10337" Score="0" Text="And how do you imaging sending a print job to this server?" CreationDate="2019-01-02T06:53:43.003" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17338" PostId="10337" Score="0" Text="Upload a PDF..." CreationDate="2019-01-02T06:55:33.913" UserId="9539" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17339" PostId="10337" Score="0" Text="In this case, you might wanna change your title to &quot;Printer/Scanner that can work purely over the HTTP interface&quot;.  It would not be driverless, as the drivers would be managed by the HTTP interface.  I haven't heard of such a thing, but I never paid attention, so I'll be on the lookout for it." CreationDate="2019-01-02T11:33:56.987" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17341" PostId="10306" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo You can even post this as an answer, since you identify precisely *why* such switches are expensive regardless of the port quantity." CreationDate="2019-01-02T12:19:12.267" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17344" PostId="10339" Score="1" Text="These are good questions, but we specialize more at finding something that works, rather than explaining the underlying specifics.  Try asking this question on electronics.stackexchange.com, and post a comment to the URL so we can follow it." CreationDate="2019-01-02T12:44:47.280" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17346" PostId="10347" Score="0" Text="Yes, there search feature is quite feature full. But I did not find a way to additionally filter for NVMe SSDs. I hope they can add that functionality to their web site." CreationDate="2019-01-02T13:34:25.053" UserId="10366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17347" PostId="10337" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the feedback! I didn't make up the term &quot;driverless&quot;, I found that it's used to refer to exactly the thing I'm interested in (try googling &quot;driverless printer&quot;). I think it's a reasonable way to convey the fact that no drivers are needed on the main user device. I grant you that a web server is just one possible solution, I edited the question to reflect that." CreationDate="2019-01-02T16:32:42.710" UserId="9539" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17348" PostId="10331" Score="0" Text="That might be a 3 year old question, but to be fair, any phone with a removable battery is going to be at least 2-3 years old. Unless you are looking for a feature phone and not a smartphone, then I suppose some might exist. Provide more specifics on what you are looking for." CreationDate="2019-01-02T16:47:04.467" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17349" PostId="10339" Score="0" Text="I was redirected here. I think the question if actual adapters exist still fits in here. I'll post the rest elsewhere" CreationDate="2019-01-02T17:09:49.727" UserId="10438" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17351" PostId="10358" Score="0" Text="Thanks Carl, is it handsfree?" CreationDate="2019-01-03T17:17:15.093" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17355" PostId="10339" Score="0" Text="Yeah it's more complicated than you're imagining, you need a controller on the other end, along with (usually) power delivery, other I/O, etc. Some are more simplistic than others, but the suggestion of just wiring a cable to a riser won't work AFAIK. That said, if you could rewrite your question in the form of a hardware recommendation, that'd be good. Else, try superuser." CreationDate="2019-01-05T19:10:00.510" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17357" PostId="10339" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 right thanks for the recommendations. I changed my post accordingly" CreationDate="2019-01-05T21:25:47.380" UserId="10438" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17358" PostId="10369" Score="0" Text="What kind of data is on the disks?" CreationDate="2019-01-06T22:08:56.077" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17359" PostId="10372" Score="0" Text="Based on your current config, I'm guessing budget isn't an issue at all? Are you doing anything besides deep learning? Also, why two separate workstations?" CreationDate="2019-01-06T22:12:20.920" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17360" PostId="10339" Score="0" Text="What laptop do you have? Do you already have a GPU you want to use with the enclosure? If so, what? If not, what's your total budget?" CreationDate="2019-01-06T22:13:37.613" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17361" PostId="10372" Score="0" Text="Budget is relatively limited (I wish I could go for a SkylakeX or even few DGX2). It's a 1 WS and 1 server (headless). The WS will be dedicated to deep learning, computer vision and software development. The server will hold a hyperconvergent platform (many VMs) based on Windows server 2019 datacenter; and it will need to stay connected 24/7. The WS should be able to be rebooted or crashed." CreationDate="2019-01-06T22:21:48.440" UserId="10476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17362" PostId="10372" Score="0" Text="Okay. What's your budget? Also, odds are very good that Zen 2 drops during CES (this week), so I'll probably wait until after then to give you a completed answer." CreationDate="2019-01-06T22:23:30.457" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17363" PostId="10372" Score="0" Text="I updated, It's for a 9900k based WS, so no Zen2 for this guy. I'm using loads of code optimized for Skylake and the Intel compiler. Indeed, I wish I could go for a 9940x for instance." CreationDate="2019-01-06T22:26:01.173" UserId="10476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17364" PostId="10372" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Budget is fixed since the price(Formula) = price(Hero+NIC 10Gbit). In the first case I got 5Gbit and 32 lines, in the second 10Gbit and 28 lines. That sums up the situation." CreationDate="2019-01-06T23:16:10.353" UserId="10476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17365" PostId="10372" Score="0" Text="Hrm, okay, though I gotta say it seems a little unusual you optimized so heavily for Sky/Kaby/Coffee Lake + Intel compiler that Zen (or even older/newer Intel?) is a no-go. Any chance that could shift? It seems probable that you'll take a massive, massive performance hit because of the limited PCI-e and memory bandwidth on consumer Intel. Also, could you just give a dollar amount please? Prices fluctuate and it's not the easiest to calculate, and it'll make things much easier if I could just have a dollar amount." CreationDate="2019-01-06T23:22:23.410" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17366" PostId="10372" Score="0" Text="Deep learning happens almost fully inside the GPU. Computer vision is more affected by the presence of AVX512, and number of cores. Amd has bandwidth problems at the cache level, and has poor driver/library support. Anyway, here, it's only about the motherboard + NIC." CreationDate="2019-01-06T23:47:20.487" UserId="10476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17367" PostId="10372" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/87938/discussion-between-jmy1000-and-soleil)." CreationDate="2019-01-06T23:47:45.077" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17368" PostId="10331" Score="0" Text="Are you saying that modern smartphones send radio signals even when fully turned off or in airplane mode? Or is your stuff sensitive to noise from DC/DCs inside the phone?" CreationDate="2019-01-07T00:01:07.960" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17372" PostId="10369" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Anything, really. Those are backups from old PCs, programming projects, music, pictures, etc. But this should not matter really." CreationDate="2019-01-07T11:50:49.700" UserId="10475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17373" PostId="10374" Score="0" Text="Well, that's why I put my MacBook (Pro) as an example. It's extremely powerful, but also 100% quiet (unless I do some CPU intensive actions, where the fans starts to run, but still very quiet). I want something equally powerful. Do you have suggestion for particular CPUs? Water cooling was just another example, I'm not sure if this is the best solution (that's why I asked). Do you have some particular recommendations for any of the involved hardware?" CreationDate="2019-01-07T11:54:51.390" UserId="10475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17374" PostId="10377" Score="0" Text="In the meantime, someone showed me the same. Thank you! (+1)&#xA;Thanks for the important remark about the (maybe missing) Linux support for the USB Graphics Card." CreationDate="2019-01-07T15:53:55.347" UserId="10477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17381" PostId="10374" Score="0" Text="On the Intel portfolio, you can find very powerful CPUs at 35W (or even below) instead of 95W (TDP is for base clock) https://ark.intel.com/products/series/122593/8th-Generation-Intel-Core-i7-Processors. This will require less thermal dissipation, hence less noise." CreationDate="2019-01-07T22:26:10.713" UserId="10476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17382" PostId="10374" Score="0" Text="About the macbook reference, anything with same technology (generation) and bigger TDP and/or more cores will be more powerful. Just find out which processor you use and deduce all the others that are equal or better. If you're doing some programming, or very specific tasks (computer vision, cryptanalyse, proofs), or Adobe premiere, 4k-8k video editing, we can narrow down the CPU technologies. If not, just pick an i7 generation 9 or Ryzen 2 with 6-8 cores, this is much more powerful than any macbook, and they don't heat much." CreationDate="2019-01-07T22:32:43.493" UserId="10476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17384" PostId="10339" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 it's a thinkpad x1 tablet 3rd gen.&#xA;I didn't buy it FOR gaming and I know there will be serious bottlenecks compared to having a dedicated gaming machine. But since I already have the thinkpad I thought I might as well try it with an enclosure.&#xA;I do already have a gtx 1060 and a power supply this is why I thought maybe I could get away cheaper if I just bought an adaptor without all the extra stuff.&#xA;Well I don't have a set budget but 300$ or more are a lot for just the enclosure in my opinion" CreationDate="2019-01-08T06:49:34.263" UserId="10438" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17388" PostId="10395" Score="1" Text="What would your spending limit be ?" CreationDate="2019-01-09T11:46:44.903" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17389" PostId="10395" Score="1" Text="around $300 . I have selected 2 models &#xA;[Lenovo l27-q10] (https://www.lenovo.com/in/en/accessories-and-monitors/monitors/home/L27q-10A16270QX0-27-inch-QHD-Monitor/p/65CEGAC1IN)   and  [BenQ BL2420PT] (https://www.amazon.in/BenQ-BL2420PT-Resolution-Designer-Monitor/dp/B00UAMYTR8) . &#xA;But not able to decide which one should I buy ." CreationDate="2019-01-09T12:35:14.950" UserId="10499" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17390" PostId="10395" Score="0" Text="I woudl advise you to go to a showroom and see" CreationDate="2019-01-09T19:15:59.093" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17391" PostId="10397" Score="1" Text="What's your total budget? I think there are probably better options than both of these." CreationDate="2019-01-09T21:50:46.490" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17392" PostId="10397" Score="0" Text="Well, I'm from Brazil so that prices might be different from other countries. I'm trying to pay at most something around R$ 3000,00 (which today is the same as something around $ 815,00 in US currency). Interestingly I've found a third option: one Acer A515-51g-c1cw Intel Core I7-8550 with 12GB RAM and GeForce MX130 2GB DDR5. This one has a discount and is being sold by R$ 3450,00 ($ 937,00). Do you think there would be some better option available?" CreationDate="2019-01-09T22:35:02.187" UserId="5221" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17393" PostId="10370" Score="0" Text="Looks great, but how do you deal with the noise coming from the treadmill. If you could walk on the ground with something strapped onto your body and a mounted television monitor on the wall then it wouldn't make any noise. Is this possible? Has anyone thought of making this commercially available?" CreationDate="2019-01-09T22:43:46.357" UserId="10420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17397" PostId="10397" Score="0" Text="The Acer is definitly a better solution, especially since you're willing to make calculations. MX130 is quite poor for gaming, but it's always a matter of compromise." CreationDate="2019-01-10T08:00:23.143" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17398" PostId="10370" Score="0" Text="If you are concerned of the noise only for yourself, maybe a noise canceling headphone would solve this." CreationDate="2019-01-10T09:00:01.760" UserId="10475" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17399" PostId="10397" Score="0" Text="@JulesR, well, all of the three are Acer. Do you mean the last one I've mentioned in comment? By the way, for gaming is MX130 better or 940MX?" CreationDate="2019-01-10T11:15:19.867" UserId="5221" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17400" PostId="10397" Score="0" Text="Yes I meant the third one. The MX 130 seem to be slightly better than the 940MX" CreationDate="2019-01-10T11:43:50.050" UserId="9993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17406" PostId="10401" Score="0" Text="Hi! Thanks for getting back to this ancient post. Yeah, last year, I bought Latitude 7480 :) ... By that time, I also saw Lenovo X# (not sure whether 2017 or 2018) and it was really poor looking thing. I'm happy with Dell!" CreationDate="2019-01-10T20:53:52.607" UserId="2243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17408" PostId="10370" Score="0" Text="Yes, Bose has some nice ones. They do affect the ear in the long run though I believe. However, my neighbors below would hear the noise from the treadmill and so I don't think it's doable in my apartment." CreationDate="2019-01-11T03:24:22.530" UserId="10420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17414" PostId="10412" Score="0" Text="At that price you won't find much that makes it worth it or even meets the capacity requirements you want. I'd recommend spending a bit more and getting some kind of insurance or protection plan for accidents." CreationDate="2019-01-11T17:36:31.147" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17416" PostId="10412" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Okay so what would you recommend if the price range was raised." CreationDate="2019-01-12T13:45:39.753" UserId="10518" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17417" PostId="10412" Score="0" Text="Don't ask your question again simply because you didn't get any answers the first time. I've merged your duplicate question into this one." CreationDate="2019-01-13T17:23:49.913" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17418" PostId="10051" Score="0" Text="Then yes, this would work.  Albeit be very expensive.  The most expensive expected component is, programming the synchronization on the Raspberry Pi (&quot;no signal sent&quot; means network has to be disabled; therefore, to synchronize, you'd have to turn on network, detect the right WiFi signal, set up FTP connection, and only then synchronize), and the cost of rechargeable car batteries (they'd be getting a lot of cycles, quick).  Cost of gasoline would be the next cost factor." CreationDate="2019-01-13T22:30:10.513" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17419" PostId="10312" Score="0" Text="Thanks, one issue with all the multi-monitor laptops I have seen so far are that the monitors are 17.3 inch or smaller. I'd prefer at least 23 inches." CreationDate="2019-01-14T02:39:48.057" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17425" PostId="10433" Score="0" Text="There's an adapter for machines like this? Hmm. Go figure. There's adapters for everything nowadays" CreationDate="2019-01-14T16:04:51.820" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17427" PostId="10433" Score="1" Text="Yeah, most proprietary motherboard connections can be solved nowadays with adapters. They all end up still using the save 12V/5V so it should be simple to make adapters." CreationDate="2019-01-14T16:06:48.457" UserId="6476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17429" PostId="10433" Score="0" Text="I cannot thank you enough. I thought I had to find another OEM PSU with the same connector as the board, but with a higher rated output. Thanks for the tip again. I really do appreciate it" CreationDate="2019-01-14T16:12:10.527" UserId="4786" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17439" PostId="10436" Score="0" Text="What's your target price range? Also does this need to be available outside the United States?" CreationDate="2019-01-15T04:59:37.883" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17440" PostId="10436" Score="0" Text="A brief search had me also come to pretty much the same monitor: [Dell U2412M for $187.69](https://www.outletpc.com/og4718-dell-u2412m-24--34--1920x1080-60hz-ips-monitor.html?utm_source=og4718-dell-u2412m-24--34--1920x1080-60hz-ips-monitor&amp;utm_medium=shopping%2Bengine&amp;utm_campaign=pcpartpicker&amp;utm_content=Dell%2B-%2BMonitors&amp;sscid=11k3_do5b8)" CreationDate="2019-01-15T05:07:05.930" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17443" PostId="10436" Score="0" Text="Thank you Bennett. Yes, forgot to say I'm in the UK. Checked out your suggestion: latest reviews excellent -- except recessed stand attachment means I (probably) won't be able to use the Wearson, but I'll cross that bridge... Many thanks, just ordered on Amazon UK for £190." CreationDate="2019-01-15T14:37:23.597" UserId="10532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17444" PostId="10439" Score="0" Text="An HDMI cable. Your laptop has an hdmi port and the monitor has an hdmi port." CreationDate="2019-01-15T15:53:05.613" UserId="6476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17445" PostId="10441" Score="0" Text="To my knowledge I only know the surface book 2 has a 15&quot; detachable screen." CreationDate="2019-01-15T15:53:54.067" UserId="6476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17447" PostId="10442" Score="0" Text="How does a HDMI port look like in a laptop ? Similar to a USB port ?" CreationDate="2019-01-15T17:47:34.570" UserId="10548" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17448" PostId="10443" Score="0" Text="What are your specific requirements for the lab? Is it primarily speed and more ports? Its a bit unclear what you are looking for. If you are just looking for an explanation, this isn't the right place for that kind of question." CreationDate="2019-01-15T17:48:53.933" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17449" PostId="10442" Score="0" Text="@anjanesh https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/macro-hdmi-port-260nw-52460485.jpg" CreationDate="2019-01-15T18:12:51.660" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17450" PostId="10439" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not asking for a computer hardware recommendation. Cable identification is outside the scope of this site." CreationDate="2019-01-15T22:50:48.427" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17455" PostId="10443" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths I updated the body of my post to try and clarify ambiguous points in response to your comment." CreationDate="2019-01-16T16:11:16.040" UserId="10552" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17456" PostId="10449" Score="0" Text="I have more than a few recommendations that come to mind. What VESA dimensions would you like (75 x 75, 100 x 100)? Also what would your upper price limit be, or would you prefer I just default to maximum price reduction?" CreationDate="2019-01-17T04:48:33.203" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17457" PostId="10436" Score="0" Text="If you found a product that answers your question you can post this as an answer to help people in the future." CreationDate="2019-01-17T04:52:08.437" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17458" PostId="10441" Score="0" Text="What exactly do you mean by detachable? Would a 2 in 1 work for your user case scenario? Otherwise your search comes down to the largest possible tablet." CreationDate="2019-01-17T04:54:14.227" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17459" PostId="10450" Score="0" Text="As a sidenote if not for your width/height parameter [the laptop I would have gone for is this](https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834316593) as it has 1 TB more storage and a better CPU." CreationDate="2019-01-17T04:58:36.267" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17461" PostId="10450" Score="0" Text="Not sure if it matters but I've already got a 1 tb nvme m.2 ssd and 16 gb ddr4 ram chip. Would that change your suggestion in any way?" CreationDate="2019-01-17T14:22:43.383" UserId="10156" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17462" PostId="10449" Score="0" Text="I don't have a strong opinion on the VESA dimensions, as long as it has a mount; 100x00 and 75x75 both seem suitable. I am keen to not spend more than AU$700." CreationDate="2019-01-17T22:21:57.950" UserId="10496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17463" PostId="10450" Score="0" Text="@MageintheBarrel If you're looking to save even more money you could buy an purposely under-powered laptop then swap in the higher end parts. This however, would require quite a bit of technical research to maximize the interfaces, controller, etc.." CreationDate="2019-01-17T22:24:53.047" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17464" PostId="10449" Score="0" Text="I'm not familiar with the Australian markets, do you guys typically list prices as USD or in AU? The cheapest monitor I could bring down for your locale is $558.00, but I'm not sure whether it's in USD or AU. E.g. [a site like this](https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/)" CreationDate="2019-01-17T22:39:47.663" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17465" PostId="10454" Score="0" Text="It may help to specify an upper price limit if possible." CreationDate="2019-01-17T23:19:33.963" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17466" PostId="10449" Score="0" Text="We exclusively list prices in AUD." CreationDate="2019-01-18T01:01:18.287" UserId="10496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17467" PostId="10454" Score="0" Text="I don't have a hard budget defined yet. I'm mostly just exploring options." CreationDate="2019-01-18T02:55:25.500" UserId="10562" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17468" PostId="10051" Score="1" Text="Most hybrids have a tiny engine solely for producing electricity, maybe if you add one of those, even if you have to put it in the trunk, it would help reduce fuel costs.  Instead of running the whole engine to just charge the battery or batteries." CreationDate="2019-01-18T04:37:28.790" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17471" PostId="10460" Score="0" Text="Have you tried just putting your desk on blocks so it raises it high enough for your case to slide underneath.  Does that work?  Maybe add a couple screws to secure the blocks to the desk." CreationDate="2019-01-19T03:46:51.957" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17472" PostId="10460" Score="0" Text="Additionally, define build, are you suggesting you have woodwork or metal working skills and can actually build something?" CreationDate="2019-01-19T03:59:36.310" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17475" PostId="10460" Score="1" Text="I think that this question may technically be out of scope for our site via our definition of [hardware](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/265/what-is-hardware)." CreationDate="2019-01-19T09:04:13.790" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17476" PostId="10465" Score="0" Text="I had bought the Eluktronics MECH-15 three days ago and unfortunately didn't like the keyboard (chose the quiet keyboard option). Also few reasons: the sharp edges, battery life, typing experience (since I come from 14 inch laptop that while typing my wrist won't touch the touchpad like I does with this machine now). The battery life is the worst drawback" CreationDate="2019-01-19T13:02:27.530" UserId="10570" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17477" PostId="10436" Score="0" Text="I shall, Bennett, when I'm successful :) The Dell U2412M that I ordered had a colour cast -- pink/yellow on the left ranging to green/blue on the right. Sent it back and ordered another from a different seller..." CreationDate="2019-01-19T15:41:36.013" UserId="10532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17478" PostId="10465" Score="0" Text="Well that's unfortunate the Eluktronics is the laptop in your price range that has a mechanical keyboard. MSI also has some mechanical keyboard laptops but they're only in their highest-end products. Is the the MSI option I suggested in the answer not good enough for your needs?" CreationDate="2019-01-19T20:19:34.700" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17484" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="Be warned - the specs provided are not worth the paper they are written on. And there isn't that much of a difference in airflow between fans (assuming equal speed &amp; size), though there can be significant differences in noise. Most likely you need to improve the smooth flow of air over the hotter components, rather than simply trying to push more air in/out." CreationDate="2019-01-21T13:24:37.727" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17485" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="Your Superuser question is the one you want to pursue - you problem will not be fixed by more fans but by better management of air flow." CreationDate="2019-01-21T13:28:01.273" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17486" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="For anyone else looking for a recommendation for a quiet, effective fan, the Noctua P12/P14's are excellent." CreationDate="2019-01-21T13:29:15.463" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17487" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="@CJM well there's nothing much i can do with my current case to fix the airflow. Wire management is done and the HW is new, which is why i'm looking to improve my case fans. Anyway, so you're saying the P14's should be better than the Arctic Bionix F140 ?" CreationDate="2019-01-21T14:01:17.863" UserId="10576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17489" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="No, I'm saying the Noctua's are great. I know nothing about the F40. However, I'd be surprised if you cannot improve the cooling without fans. Does the GFX exhaust have a way to get out without passing over the CPU? If so, try blocking off the two using a piece of card, redirecting the GPU exhaust out of the case but bypassing the CPU HSF." CreationDate="2019-01-21T15:08:33.030" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17490" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="Also, when your CPU is registering 55C (warm but not excessively hot), does the heatsink feel warm to the touch? it could be that the heat is not being transferred through the HSF properly; if so check you the mounting and thermal paste." CreationDate="2019-01-21T15:10:23.143" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17491" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="@CJM unfortunately i dont think i can block it, here's a pic (the sagging has been fixed ) https://i.stack.imgur.com/0XJNJ.jpg . I haven';t checked the heatsink, but the case (the glass) itself feels rather warm. My cpu doesnt overheat from this issue, but the RPM on the cooler does go high because of it." CreationDate="2019-01-21T15:12:00.047" UserId="10576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17492" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="I can see you have a sideways facing CPU HSF which is poor - rather than push hot air towards the upper/rear exhaust fans, it is pushing it back into the case. Combined with your GFX generating case heat, you are going to have a problem. The upper fans will really have to fight to get hold of the hot air from below, and you will probably find that there will be a nice cool airflow around the top of the case without passing over the hot components." CreationDate="2019-01-21T15:29:00.483" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17493" PostId="10467" Score="0" Text="De-pimp your HSF and get one pushing backwards or upwards and you will see a big difference." CreationDate="2019-01-21T15:29:59.790" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17503" PostId="2101" Score="0" Text="For a power cable splitter, how about the [MagiDeal 2 in 1 Type C to Dual USB Adapter Power Charger OTG Cable Splitter Adapter](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DPV5YQD)" CreationDate="2019-01-23T10:27:32.597" UserId="10598" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17510" PostId="8502" Score="0" Text="I ended up finding an off brand Arduino Mega that did the trick for $15." CreationDate="2019-01-21T21:46:01.490" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17512" PostId="10463" Score="0" Text="Can you explain what decent battery life means to you? Are you looking for 10-12 hours per charge, or would 4 hours be enough? How big of an SSD are you looking for? What about the screen size?" CreationDate="2019-01-25T22:07:15.623" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17514" PostId="10435" Score="0" Text="That's a _beast_ of a machine, even for a desktop. Any reason you're looking for laptops rather than a desktop?" CreationDate="2019-01-26T00:29:22.190" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17515" PostId="10500" Score="0" Text="Fundamentally, no keyboard is built to withstand heavy abuse. Some are better than others, obviously, but be prepared to have to replace it sooner rather than later. Maybe investigate finding/creating a &quot;home&quot; for it that it always goes back to when you're not using it? That might help reduce the abuse it sees from being sat/stepped on. You may also end up spending more than $50 if you're aiming for robustness - the really robust keyboards have a steel backplane, which ain't cheap." CreationDate="2019-01-26T00:36:11.840" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17516" PostId="10435" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode I'd like it to be portable, which is a big deal for me. Currently I'm considering the MSI GE75 Raider with RTX2080 (it's 17&quot; screen in 15&quot; form factor), but sadly it is still unclear when it is going to actually come out..." CreationDate="2019-01-26T00:36:22.130" UserId="10545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17520" PostId="10500" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Sure, and like I said I'd be willing to spend more if I had high confidence that it would last. I was hoping that somewhere out there was somebody in a similar situation who could say what worked for them." CreationDate="2019-01-26T17:54:35.273" UserDisplayName="user10608" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17521" PostId="2593" Score="1" Text="I have owned a Corsair K70 rapidfire RGB for multiple years. I play a rhythm game where you need to click very rapidly depending on the difficulty, called osu. I was able to fit 3-4 rings under the relevant keys. That decreased the maximum travel distance to roughly half the original value, at least, that's what I would guess based on the feeling and visuals." CreationDate="2019-01-26T18:44:39.107" UserId="10624" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17522" PostId="2593" Score="0" Text="@Dico thanks for the feedback, same here, in purchased a Corsair K70 rapidfire shortly after I got released, and stuffed as many o-rings as I could for each key. I think reducing the travel distance by half is a good estimate indeed. I've been using this keyboard all the time since then." CreationDate="2019-01-26T18:51:06.890" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17524" PostId="10463" Score="0" Text="Updated my post, hey thanks for asking." CreationDate="2019-01-27T03:55:25.797" UserId="10570" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17525" PostId="10513" Score="0" Text="cool. Will this CPU be overheat?" CreationDate="2019-01-27T06:25:33.313" UserId="10628" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17526" PostId="10513" Score="0" Text="@LiMing So far it works fine for me. Averaged 80C when under really heavy load." CreationDate="2019-01-27T06:26:20.013" UserDisplayName="user10629" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17527" PostId="10515" Score="0" Text="My apologies, my question wasn't specific enough. Servers usually don't have CPU fans; instead, they only have a heat sink, and are cooled through an array of fans which push the air from the front to the back of the machine (and not from the CPU towards the top/side depending on how you position the machine). 1U servers require 40mm fans. Mine is 2U, which requires 80mm fans." CreationDate="2019-01-27T08:57:36.233" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17530" PostId="10435" Score="0" Text="Why avoid Optimus..?" CreationDate="2019-01-27T20:42:42.540" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17531" PostId="10515" Score="0" Text="I don't think a downvote is deserved, because (1) the author could have been unaware of the specificity of rack servers (for a desktop PC of a size similar to 2U, his answer makes perfect sense), and because (2) many people on the blogs and forums do exactly that: put a low profile heat sink with a fan which blows the air to an immediately adjacent server cover plate, even if it means taking a risk of burning the CPU." CreationDate="2019-01-27T21:29:45.050" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17532" PostId="10435" Score="0" Text="@RubyJunk It may be a bit weird, but some time down the road I may consider running linux on that laptop, and optimus is notoriously badly supported on linux, which is some hassle I'd like to avoid if possible." CreationDate="2019-01-27T22:19:12.363" UserId="10545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17533" PostId="10525" Score="0" Text="Thank you! Looking for a _balanced_ performance gap percentage was key to my decision! Thanks." CreationDate="2019-01-28T19:06:38.900" UserId="10637" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17536" PostId="10524" Score="0" Text="Depends on the [benchmarks](https://www.userbenchmark.com/). In the specific example above, the 1080 equipped computer will outperform the other computer in most 3D scenarios. If you were to tell us the exact computers you are comparing, or better yet, **specify your needs and budget** (e.g. 16 Gb RAM, Preferably RTX 1080, under $1.5K ) we can find the best computer for your user case." CreationDate="2019-01-28T23:03:08.977" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17539" PostId="10511" Score="0" Text="I noticed you mentioned on Li Ming's post that your computer is fanless (at least in terms of the cpu). What about water cooling the CPU and ditching the case fans? The CPU is probably the biggest producer of heat in your computer, and I wouldn't expect HDD's to achieve unacceptable temperatures?" CreationDate="2019-01-28T23:15:26.470" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17541" PostId="10511" Score="0" Text="Water cooling is indeed an interesting option, but for rack servers, it usually requires chassis which were made specifically for that, which is not my case. Unfortunately, I don't know a lot about water cooling, and paying a few hundred dollars to play with it and possibly discover that it won't work is not a solution for now. It could be a solution in the future, however." CreationDate="2019-01-29T18:45:45.087" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17543" PostId="10529" Score="1" Text="I'm not asking for technical support. I am asking for &quot;pre-purchase hardware recommendations and to recommend hardware for a specific task&quot;, because I need to buy a new computer to do this. I was just saying what my current computer cpu does to give people more information" CreationDate="2019-01-30T12:29:37.897" UserId="10344" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17544" PostId="10537" Score="0" Text="This seems more hypothetical than anything else. Aside from that, what research have you done and what have you found?" CreationDate="2019-01-30T19:52:18.113" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17545" PostId="10521" Score="1" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hw Recs! It would help us recommend the best GPU if you were to be as **specific as possible** (e.g. Price, etc.). You've also asked for RAM, CPU recommendations. It would be best to ask all 3 as a single recommendation, or each on an individual basis." CreationDate="2019-01-31T22:10:40.437" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17546" PostId="10540" Score="0" Text="Is it safe for posters to assume you have no price limit?" CreationDate="2019-01-31T22:14:33.833" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17553" PostId="10521" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo not worried about the price at the moment just curious about which GPU would be recommended." CreationDate="2019-02-01T23:02:51.813" UserId="4719" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17557" PostId="10550" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode excuse me but where in my question do you see the techincal support / troubleshooting request? I'm not asking for that! I'm literally asking to &quot;to provide pre-purchase hardware recommendation&quot;" CreationDate="2019-02-02T08:24:32.640" UserId="10664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17558" PostId="10550" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode removed all mentions of dead GPU from my question. Probably it was what caused the misunderstanding." CreationDate="2019-02-02T08:29:18.580" UserId="10664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17560" PostId="10431" Score="0" Text="good to know! My search eventually has ended up with luck - see my answer. The keyboard looks like Japanese but it has even more in it!" CreationDate="2019-02-02T21:31:02.493" UserId="6936" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17561" PostId="10128" Score="0" Text="This is only a guide to get the open source software [shairport-sync](https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync) running on a linux single-board-computer. However, shairport-sync currently does not support airplay 2. (And there's no sign it'll be supported in the near future)" CreationDate="2019-02-03T12:28:53.650" UserId="10688" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17563" PostId="10550" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to HW Recs! In general we don't answer viability questions or &quot;does-this-work?&quot; type questions. Our site is best suited for direct purchase recommendations (e.g. GPU upgrade recommendation or CPU upgrade recommendation, preferably as seperate questions if possible)." CreationDate="2019-02-04T01:42:49.250" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17564" PostId="10564" Score="0" Text="I think it would be helpful if you post your price limit. Given your constraints and general annoyances of University network systems, you may require something more than a simple AP point or otherwise. Have you tried contacting your University IT services for advice?" CreationDate="2019-02-04T01:49:09.217" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17565" PostId="10574" Score="0" Text="Also if you're wondering why the laptop has a Nvidia 1050 TI, this wasn't intentional this just happened to be inside the cheapest laptop that matched your specs closest." CreationDate="2019-02-04T02:39:02.033" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17566" PostId="10550" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo thank you, now it makes sense to me" CreationDate="2019-02-04T11:26:54.057" UserId="10664" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17570" PostId="10563" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hw Recs! It would be helpful if you specified your upper price limit, otherwise only you will know what quantifier &quot;inexpensive&quot; is. Also if you could separate your desired specs into bullet points, that would make it easier to refer to your specs while searching for products." CreationDate="2019-02-04T21:36:14.453" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17573" PostId="10563" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Okay, I've reworded it considerably, including diagrams and information I've learned more recently." CreationDate="2019-02-05T06:02:17.370" UserId="10620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17575" PostId="10564" Score="0" Text="I'm annoyed at all of this so I don't really have a price limit, ill save for it. And yes, and obviously they don't have anything to say because they don't recommend it." CreationDate="2019-02-05T09:50:45.683" UserId="10679" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17576" PostId="10564" Score="0" Text="Perhaps, you might be interested in buying a cheap dedicated computer with a decent (preferably ac network adapter) and using this [software](https://www.connectify.me/) or the hotspot software you already have. I have used this to turn my laptop into a router by plugging into an Ethernet at schools that didn't give us the wifi password during competitions to share with my classmates (this was back in high school)." CreationDate="2019-02-05T19:29:47.540" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17586" PostId="10587" Score="0" Text="Red and Brown switches are the most common non-clicky. As an example: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&amp;c=27" CreationDate="2019-02-05T21:38:23.197" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17588" PostId="10540" Score="0" Text="Preferably below $5000." CreationDate="2019-02-07T13:37:20.497" UserId="10660" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17593" PostId="10601" Score="0" Text="There is not enough detail here. What is &quot;on-budget&quot;? Conceivably you could do your research on something as cheap as [Google Cardboard](https://vr.google.com/cardboard/), but you didn't provide any information so we don't know for sure. What headsets have you looked at? Why would (or wouldn't) they work?" CreationDate="2019-02-08T16:31:06.760" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17594" PostId="10601" Score="0" Text="I've placed this on hold until you can provide more details." CreationDate="2019-02-08T16:31:25.150" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17596" PostId="10601" Score="0" Text="@Andy, i have edited my question above and added some more clarifications." CreationDate="2019-02-09T10:25:14.823" UserId="10730" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17598" PostId="10601" Score="0" Text="How much is &quot;on-budget enough&quot; to support X? Without clear technical specs of your desired headset, there is still too much room for interpretation. It's best if you can provide a quantitative amount (e.g. under $500)." CreationDate="2019-02-09T19:12:37.753" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17600" PostId="8858" Score="0" Text="Actually the Asus laptop he gave as example has 1080 Max-Q, which has 10280 result, so 3 times performance difference. But one thing you haven't thought of is the fact that Quadro cards have certified drivers tested specifically for CAD and similar programs. I have a friend who is an architect and he got a laptop with GTX 980. He had problems with 2 of the programs he uses - one was crashing on certain tasks, the other one would not run at all. He bought a laptop with quadro and never had a problem since. So compatibility especially when using older version of programs is something to consider" CreationDate="2019-02-10T17:44:54.367" UserId="10749" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17602" PostId="10601" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo, headsets under 300$" CreationDate="2019-02-11T15:01:06.937" UserId="10730" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17604" PostId="10609" Score="0" Text="Is it safe for posters to assume you have no upper price limit?" CreationDate="2019-02-11T20:42:03.423" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17605" PostId="10563" Score="0" Text="Any thoughts on this?" CreationDate="2019-02-12T07:38:15.210" UserId="10620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17606" PostId="10563" Score="0" Text="I feel like you could achieve what you want with a general security camera and a live feed." CreationDate="2019-02-12T07:40:35.223" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17607" PostId="10563" Score="0" Text="That was my first idea, and I bought a network camera with high hopes. But it's dependent on WiFi, which had trouble keeping up - the video would be very jerky and not synced with the audio. Also, there was no way to get it on the TV except connecting a Windows PC with a wire - its &quot;browser&quot; capability relied on ActiveX (so it would only work in IE, not the browsers of smart TVs), and casting its mobile app to ChromeCast wouldn't include audio. Other brands in the same price range were similarly limited. BabyCam apps had the same problems." CreationDate="2019-02-12T08:12:58.890" UserId="10620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17608" PostId="1862" Score="0" Text="Exactly my question, I was trying to find a side-monitor for the 27&quot; iMac where 24&quot; is too big, likely 21-22 should be the sweet spot for using it in portrait mode and BORDERLESS (no bezel)" CreationDate="2019-02-12T09:16:27.503" UserId="5995" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17613" PostId="10521" Score="0" Text="@JosephBourne You mentioned gaming, just not on the 4K. What games would you like play and at what settings? What about other graphic intensive programs? The more you tell us about your graphics card and what you plan on doing with it, the better our recommendations are going to be." CreationDate="2019-02-12T15:40:58.057" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17619" PostId="10620" Score="0" Text="I'll comment here regarding putting the topic in hold-off : &#xA;&#xA;&quot;Posts should detail why a simple product search did not work for you.&quot;&#xA;&#xA;The requirements are unusual, because heart monitoring in majority of products are mobile oriented, not static - PC connectivity. Manufacturers don't even bother to say their product works with a PC or to supply required software.&#xA;&#xA;@ArtOfCode - please do your research before closing or holding off topics. It's because people like you that Stack Exchange is an unfriendly place for beginners" CreationDate="2019-02-13T12:07:24.353" UserId="10644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17622" PostId="10634" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hw Recs! It would be more helpful to us if you posted a target price and/or a price limit." CreationDate="2019-02-15T19:06:35.123" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17624" PostId="10563" Score="0" Text="It looks like the standby timeout is not an issue - reading PDF manuals, it seems that most either don't time out when on AC power or the setting is configurable. But HDMI output in recording mode is a problem - either most cameras don't do it, or they do but don't mention it in their manuals. And it's hard to test in the store, because one would need a device with HDMI input, and those are normally not very portable (e.g. TVs). Still hoping for thoughts here." CreationDate="2019-02-16T04:54:13.860" UserId="10620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17625" PostId="10640" Score="1" Text="$150 is a pretty tight budget for what you're looking for. If you're able to stretch it, you might give yourself a better chance of a result." CreationDate="2019-02-16T19:33:41.893" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17627" PostId="10634" Score="0" Text="That makes sense, but I don't exactly know, because I've based decisions like this on price in the past, and found that my target was too low." CreationDate="2019-02-17T13:53:09.977" UserId="10778" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17628" PostId="10643" Score="1" Text="Dear @ArtOfCode, I clearly explained my problem with &quot;initially it works fine but it continuously trying to buffer, like you are on a slow internet watching YouTube&quot;. That is the problem I am facing with the beaglebone black." CreationDate="2019-02-17T20:45:25.370" UserId="10788" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17633" PostId="10647" Score="0" Text="Note: Enterprise kit would not necessarily always last longer, and rack-based systems differ from traditional server chassis and finally they usually do not consider noise a factor. So apart from wanting a long lasting fan, what other factors/criteria do we need to consider?" CreationDate="2019-02-18T18:36:34.860" UserId="4896" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17637" PostId="10634" Score="0" Text="Post your target anyway. If it's too low we'll let you know and try to find the best middle ground for your needs!" CreationDate="2019-02-18T23:42:20.777" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17641" PostId="10647" Score="0" Text="As written, this question is outside the scope of this site. Instead of asking what bearing type is the most reliable, ask for the most reliable fan instead. Please [edit] your question to include the size and any other requirements/wants that you may have." CreationDate="2019-02-19T14:48:21.643" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17645" PostId="10647" Score="0" Text="Thank you both for your comments/feedback, I appreciate it." CreationDate="2019-02-20T14:08:02.970" UserId="10793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17646" PostId="10660" Score="0" Text="Do you need a router or a wireless access point (WAP)?   They are very different and distinct things and what you described is a WAP." CreationDate="2019-02-20T19:13:39.793" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17647" PostId="10660" Score="0" Text="@Digital I'm fuzzy on the nomenclature. If it doesn't include WAN access, it's a WAP?" CreationDate="2019-02-20T20:43:59.333" UserId="10807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17648" PostId="10660" Score="0" Text="A consumer “router” is a misnomer. This [answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/245469/119271), though unrelated to this topic, goes into detail.   What you need to do is architect your network with the right switch and WAP which will probably make this question off topic.  If you want, ping me on chat later and I’ll be happy to assist" CreationDate="2019-02-20T20:50:11.343" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17650" PostId="10657" Score="0" Text="I have never seen a consumer laptop with soldered RAM. Most laptops are built for RAM and SSD upgrades and whose laptop or part manufacturers often offer (albeit overpriced) upgrades on their sites for specific models." CreationDate="2019-02-20T22:09:02.377" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17653" PostId="10660" Score="0" Text="@DigitalBoffin Why would the question be off topic? Replace 'router' with 'WAP' and the question still stands, doesn't it?" CreationDate="2019-02-21T09:24:21.323" UserId="10807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17654" PostId="10574" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your effort! Unfortunately, the weight of 2.18kg is a no-go. I'll have a look at variants, maybe they are lighter ones." CreationDate="2019-02-21T14:34:00.970" UserId="38" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17655" PostId="10660" Score="0" Text="I as referring to *architechting your whole network*.  For example, do you have a DHCP server?" CreationDate="2019-02-21T14:49:13.207" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17656" PostId="10660" Score="0" Text="@DigitalBoffin Currently our consumer grade &quot;router&quot; acts as a DHCP server. But we could live without one by using preassigned static IPs. It emerges that what I really need is a recommendation for a WAP that meets the requirements." CreationDate="2019-02-21T14:55:19.550" UserId="10807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17657" PostId="10660" Score="0" Text="If you have one...all the better!  I'll write up an answer in a little bit" CreationDate="2019-02-21T15:42:01.160" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17658" PostId="10660" Score="0" Text="@DigitalBoffin Thank you, much appreciated." CreationDate="2019-02-21T15:46:05.890" UserId="10807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17660" PostId="10647" Score="0" Text="**Don't** just re-ask your question because it was closed. You've already been given advice here on how to get this one reopened. I've merged your re-asked duplicate into this one." CreationDate="2019-02-21T23:43:16.603" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17662" PostId="9286" Score="0" Text="Personally, I find the Code Keyboard's media controls to be easy to use one handed.  I think it's odd to get dedicated media keys on a mechanical keyboard and have the media keys of inferior quality (i.e. not rated for millions of key presses) to the usual keys." CreationDate="2019-02-22T03:33:53.633" UserId="7888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17663" PostId="10670" Score="0" Text="*PC which will run Libraries and platforms like tensorflow, Keras etc*  Is there a PC that *won't* run these things?" CreationDate="2019-02-22T05:15:01.697" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17665" PostId="10665" Score="0" Text="If we use multiple APs, can they share an SSID such that devices can transparently move from one AP to the other as the device moves in the space and remain on the same subnet?" CreationDate="2019-02-22T05:59:50.837" UserId="10807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17666" PostId="10665" Score="1" Text="Yes.  I typically use more APs at lower power.  Once you reach a certain dB threshold, the computer will automatically connect to next strongest AP" CreationDate="2019-02-22T06:02:34.173" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17670" PostId="10670" Score="0" Text="@Digital I mean effectively." CreationDate="2019-02-22T09:02:57.577" UserId="10441" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17671" PostId="10605" Score="0" Text="+1 Spec-wise this looks like a really good fit! Unfortunately, the LG gram is apparently not available in Europe apart from Spain ([German source](https://www.notebookcheck.com/Erfahrungsbericht-Warum-ich-das-15-Zoll-Leichtgewicht-LG-Gram-2018-aus-Spanien-importiert-habe.318736.0.html)). But that's more of a personal problem due to my location." CreationDate="2019-02-22T10:39:50.437" UserId="38" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17672" PostId="420" Score="0" Text="Many Intel adapters support both AP and AC, but most of them don't support both. That is, they only support G in AP mode. According to Emmanuel Grumbach at Intel, it's because of &quot;This is because of regulatory matters that can't be worked around.&quot;" CreationDate="2019-02-22T12:06:40.883" UserId="6079" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17675" PostId="7984" Score="0" Text="Consider cloud computing! Google Colab is free, AWS/Azure is paid" CreationDate="2019-02-22T18:15:27.407" UserId="10818" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17676" PostId="10495" Score="1" Text="I would go a step farther and say that 3 is the only applicable option. For any hefty computation using a 1050 will be painfully slow." CreationDate="2019-02-22T18:17:22.257" UserId="10818" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17678" PostId="10670" Score="0" Text="**Don't** just re-ask your question because it was closed. You were receiving help to edit your question to an acceptable point in the comments there." CreationDate="2019-02-22T20:18:01.823" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17679" PostId="10657" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Unfortunately all models that I've mentioned are with soldered RAM. The most lightweight ultrabook with non-soldered RAM I've ever seen is HP ProBook 430 G5, but its weight is about 1.5 kg." CreationDate="2019-02-23T13:57:47.583" UserId="10803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17680" PostId="10368" Score="1" Text="See this company:  https://litumiot.com/employee-people-tracking/" CreationDate="2019-02-23T20:35:41.033" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17682" PostId="10368" Score="0" Text="Looks great, and is pretty much what I was planing to develop. It uses RFID, though, not BT. I could live with that, although it obviously has to be active RFID, not passive, which dries up the price of the readers.  Hmm, I just read further and their readers will also detect BT-LE. I will contact them, as their underlying infrastructure interests me, but I really want to develop the software which acts upon employee location myself (plus maybe also transmit to BT). A great comment - feel free to post it as an answer  - but I am still looking for the wearable :-(" CreationDate="2019-02-24T08:05:29.250" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17684" PostId="10070" Score="0" Text="So, I can't just get larger picture by moving the projector backward.... Because then the lense don't focus. I will ask the seller directly" CreationDate="2019-02-24T20:47:14.093" UserId="2086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17685" PostId="10680" Score="1" Text="One thing to consider.  Buying a laptop with a screen &gt;19 inches is expensive, I would consider buying a separate monitor and connecting it to the laptop if you truly want a large screen experience." CreationDate="2019-02-25T19:33:08.360" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17690" PostId="10684" Score="0" Text="I will accept this as an answer because my other tech buddy said the same thing.  It would be nice to hear about the enterprise side things." CreationDate="2019-02-26T16:04:52.140" UserId="10793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17696" PostId="10690" Score="0" Text="Not what you are asking but in case you don't find anything better: BeagleBone Black is a Linux board which has gadgetfs, although with quite slow ARM processor." CreationDate="2019-03-02T19:13:03.020" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17697" PostId="10690" Score="0" Text="yes, I have used this and the Raspberry pi zero (w) however I have had a few problems with some of the software I am playing with running on these platforms." CreationDate="2019-03-04T13:39:07.017" UserId="6310" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17698" PostId="10702" Score="1" Text="Are they all SATA drives? What's you budget?" CreationDate="2019-03-04T17:22:42.200" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17699" PostId="10702" Score="0" Text="Just doing a quick search on the Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, it's available as both IDE/PATA and SATA.  Please edit your post to indicate which interfaces each one has." CreationDate="2019-03-04T17:51:23.047" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17700" PostId="10702" Score="0" Text="Thank you for coming back to me. The plus 9 is Sata" CreationDate="2019-03-04T18:15:58.143" UserId="10856" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17701" PostId="10702" Score="0" Text="No, some are IDE and others are SATA. My budget is the lowest I can get away with" CreationDate="2019-03-04T18:16:51.733" UserId="10856" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17702" PostId="10703" Score="0" Text="Just found something similar in the UK UGREEN SATA IDE to USB 3.0 Adapter External Hard Drive Docking Station Enclosure Caddy Reader for 2.5/3.5” HDD SSD CD/DVD ROM CD-RW COMBO DVD-RW DVD-RAM with 12V2A Power Supply for Windows,MacOS,Linux https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B019MF0UC6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_a3xFCbHNR9382" CreationDate="2019-03-04T19:39:37.203" UserId="10856" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17703" PostId="10703" Score="0" Text="Awesome! The USB 3.0 (IMO) is the most important part.  I had a 2.0 version and it was slow, slow slow!" CreationDate="2019-03-04T19:41:37.470" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17706" PostId="10695" Score="0" Text="I'm curious as to why this answer was down-voted. It seems like a perfectly valid stab at the question." CreationDate="2019-03-05T05:53:47.983" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17709" PostId="10702" Score="0" Text="Lowest you can get away with?  Take the cover off the side of your computer and run power and data cables out." CreationDate="2019-03-05T21:38:15.713" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17710" PostId="10707" Score="1" Text="As @Mark stated in his answer, you need an IDE or PATA drive which are now only available in the used market.  You might have a better question asking for a recommendation on a used PCI to SATA adapter so you can use the newer drives." CreationDate="2019-03-05T22:02:06.127" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17712" PostId="10070" Score="0" Text="Yes, the lens is the reason it cannot focus.  If you get a better lens, then it can focus; but, not all projectors support better lenses." CreationDate="2019-03-06T03:10:18.427" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17714" PostId="10702" Score="0" Text="Good suggestion and I would if I had a computer, but I'm only left with a laptop nowadays" CreationDate="2019-03-06T07:15:57.220" UserId="10856" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17716" PostId="10707" Score="0" Text="[Cross-site dupe](https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/9311/hard-disk-help-required)" CreationDate="2019-03-06T11:06:40.560" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17721" PostId="10680" Score="0" Text="17 inches. Also why large screen is expensive on laptop? Monitors are not expensive." CreationDate="2019-03-07T18:13:13.050" UserId="10829" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17722" PostId="10680" Score="0" Text="One reason is they have to be super durable so they don't break easily.  Monitors have a much thicker frame, and heavy duty.  Plus monitors are stationary are not subjected to abuse.  I have heard many stories of people sitting on their laptop screen, but none on a monitor." CreationDate="2019-03-07T18:53:36.597" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17723" PostId="10725" Score="0" Text="Lenovo IdeaPad 330-15 Notebook, 15.6&quot; HD Display, Intel Quad-Core Pentium N5000 Upto 2.7GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, DVD-RW, HDMI, Card Reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows 10 Home is $369 and Acer Aspire E 15 Laptop, 15.6&quot; Full HD, 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U, GeForce MX150, 8GB RAM Memory, 256GB SSD, E5-576G-5762 is $599... best deals I have seen online searching Amazon, new egg, ebay and walmart, etc." CreationDate="2019-03-08T13:12:58.653" UserId="10873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17724" PostId="10725" Score="0" Text="I will mostly be surfing, facebook, docs, school grades, occasional netflix, uploading pictures and videos to shutterfly, etc.  fear is that if I buy the  quad ....will there be things released for the faster processors in the near future that make the quad obsolete...and if I buy the i5  wasting $200 for a speed difference I will never really use.  I really need a card reader and I sometimes use my laptop at church to plug into screens for song words.  I want a couple of usb ports and optical drive would be nice on vacation." CreationDate="2019-03-08T13:14:42.027" UserId="10873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17726" PostId="10726" Score="0" Text="But is there a disadvantage if I place documents, photos, videos, computer programs, etc., on an SSD, besides the storage capacity? Can't I have a 1TB SSD? What sizes do they come in and are they that expensive?" CreationDate="2019-03-08T13:30:22.160" UserId="10420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17727" PostId="10725" Score="0" Text="I have updated my answer looking at your suggested laptops. Have a look." CreationDate="2019-03-08T14:23:25.677" UserId="10889" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17728" PostId="10731" Score="1" Text="That's an.... Interesting approach. And might allow adding on 10gbe" CreationDate="2019-03-08T20:33:26.953" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17729" PostId="10731" Score="0" Text="Size of the box will be a limitation if you want to keep it clean. Not sure if there are any 10gbe cards that are less than 4&quot;x4&quot; in size" CreationDate="2019-03-08T20:39:11.413" UserId="10892" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17731" PostId="10714" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to HW Recs! Our site is best designed to give you purchase recommendations for hardware rather than technical details. If you would like a laptop/PC or CPU recommendation this is considered on topic for the site." CreationDate="2019-03-08T22:04:12.637" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17735" PostId="10727" Score="0" Text="I suspect that you won't find such a device as wireless latency tends to degrade greatly in these types of scenarios being unable to yield the bandwidth and response time needed to take advantage of hw acceleration/etc. . &quot;I imagine a small (&amp; cheap) usb device, whose other end is the HDMI port of my video card, and provides this little cheat&quot; &lt;- this is basically the idea for a [chromecast](https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast?hl=en-US), have you found this to be inadequate for your needs?" CreationDate="2019-03-08T22:19:02.023" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17737" PostId="10727" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Thanks, but I have a well-going gigabit LAN to this machine, this is why I don't need to really worry about the bandwidth. However, what I really want, is a hardware solution. I think, I can handle the software part. I only need something which provides a fake video identification over the HDMI. This question asks only for the hardware part. I've thought on already that I somehow buy a broken monitor with the same resolution and sub-pixel configuration." CreationDate="2019-03-08T22:38:43.897" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17738" PostId="10727" Score="0" Text="I think at this point if you went the custom software route you would need to design your own module to receive data over Ethernet and output as HDMI and additionally, a computer side software/driver to to your custom Ethernet module. I don't know of any devices that would do this for you at the moment." CreationDate="2019-03-08T22:43:34.643" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17740" PostId="10727" Score="0" Text="&quot;Custom Software&quot; -- You'd have to write code for it yourself from scratch. I don't know of any industrial standard that would do what you need." CreationDate="2019-03-08T22:49:45.420" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17741" PostId="10726" Score="1" Text="@JoselinJocklingson general they come in doubling sizes.  256gb,512gb,1tb,2tb($327 samsung860 ),4tb.  4tb is expensive, and enything above that you probably need a car loan to afford.  Though some drives are slightly rounded down like 250 and 500 vs 256 and 512.  The only disadvantage to putting docs and etc on an SSD is your using extremely fast storage for things that don't require it.  Most videos are less than 10mb/s  so placing it on a SSD won't make it play any faster." CreationDate="2019-03-10T16:32:09.313" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17743" PostId="8603" Score="0" Text="I suggest reviewing https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-3550-vs-Group-/m846vs10    Then you can compare the CPU your thinking of buying with the one you have to see how much better/worse it is.  The 3550 is currently 164th so you have 163 better choices." CreationDate="2019-03-11T02:17:59.130" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17747" PostId="10739" Score="2" Text="Fast charging isn't limited to USB-C." CreationDate="2019-03-11T13:12:07.853" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17748" PostId="10726" Score="1" Text="If your laptop only has space for one drive then you have to choose; this is the determining factor. I would go with the SSD because it will make your computer quicker overall. Just get the largest size you can afford from a reputable manufacturer: Samsung, Crucial, SanDisk etc." CreationDate="2019-03-11T15:02:42.940" UserId="10890" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17750" PostId="10741" Score="0" Text="It's ***extremely unlike*** you're going to find a laptop with TB2.  At the time of it's release, [Apple was pretty much the only company putting it into laptops](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/267009/119271) and the time span between TB1 and TB3 was around 4 years - not enough time to gain widespread adoption.  You're probably stuck getting an adapter/dongle to go from TB3 to TB 1/2" CreationDate="2019-03-11T16:24:08.353" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17751" PostId="10739" Score="0" Text="Also, the device supports fast charging:  https://www.gsmarena.com/honor_8x_max-9306.php" CreationDate="2019-03-11T16:26:29.673" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17755" PostId="10739" Score="0" Text="What does this mean?" CreationDate="2019-03-11T19:40:49.510" UserId="9333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17758" PostId="10745" Score="0" Text="I suspect it will be extremely difficult or expensive to find a product that fits your specifications because of the additional cost it incurs to implement features of this nature, likely not being economical to most consumers and therefore, not in widespread circulation." CreationDate="2019-03-13T18:17:03.730" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17759" PostId="10744" Score="0" Text="It would help us narrow down options if you specified an upper price limit, or specify that you have no price limit." CreationDate="2019-03-13T18:19:29.507" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17760" PostId="10744" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Price limit added." CreationDate="2019-03-13T18:53:08.563" UserId="10920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17761" PostId="10744" Score="0" Text="With that price limit you can get a nice mechanical keyboard, but I'd not entirely sure about Norwegian keys." CreationDate="2019-03-13T23:20:20.520" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17764" PostId="10756" Score="0" Text="You can define your budget and then the question is less subjective. So, you could change your title to add under $X.Dollars and define your specs in the body." CreationDate="2019-03-15T18:49:54.640" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17765" PostId="10756" Score="0" Text="The vast majority of consumer routers transmit 5 Ghz and 2.4 Ghz simultaneously. Would purchasing one of these *dual-band routers* work for you? In addition have you checked that your current router isn't a dual band router and you can just turn off your 5 Ghz band in favor of your 2.4?" CreationDate="2019-03-15T20:17:37.173" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17766" PostId="10756" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Okay I added under $50 and some other details." CreationDate="2019-03-15T21:40:48.850" UserId="10939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17767" PostId="10756" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo The wifi setup is provided by the venue I'll be at, and they don't have the 2.4 at all for us to use. I'm mostly worried that the router won't be able to connect to another access point. So I was looking for something to be compatible with that." CreationDate="2019-03-15T21:42:38.060" UserId="10939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17768" PostId="10756" Score="0" Text="&quot;I'm mostly worried that the router won't be able to connect to another access point. So I was looking for something to be compatible with that&quot;. If it's connecting to the LAN via ethernet, the band shouldn't matter. If you need to be able to transmit in 2.4, you can buy a dual band (set to 2.4) to use as a AP and then connect it to the LAN via Ethernet as normal." CreationDate="2019-03-15T21:47:07.933" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17769" PostId="10756" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Ah okay I see, I'll look for a dual band router then. Thanks!" CreationDate="2019-03-15T22:40:58.947" UserId="10939" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17771" PostId="6623" Score="5" Text="Thing is, when I search for USB-C hubs, all I get are USB-A hubs with a USB-C connection to a host. I only get USB-C hubs if I search “USB-C Splitter”. What do I have to search to find a USB-C hub that has no USB-A jacks?" CreationDate="2019-03-16T20:09:38.670" UserId="10941" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17772" PostId="10761" Score="1" Text="&quot;no extra GPU... is needed&quot; Are you sure about that? Driving two large 4K monitors _is_ a decent graphics load - you may not need a top-end card, but I'm not sure you'll get away with just the integrated stuff." CreationDate="2019-03-19T13:27:23.310" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17773" PostId="10761" Score="0" Text="I've two 4K monitors @ 60 Hz and I use an Intel HD 630 without any lags at all." CreationDate="2019-03-19T14:53:18.897" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17774" PostId="10763" Score="0" Text="Are you just showing regular programs on it, or do you need 3D like video games,autocad, or etc?  Anything with significant amounts of 3d is going to require a full size graphics card." CreationDate="2019-03-19T20:26:09.073" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17775" PostId="10762" Score="0" Text="What kind of load? If the load is that much, you're gonna need something with more active cooling and its not gonna be an ultrabook." CreationDate="2019-03-19T21:13:05.817" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17776" PostId="10763" Score="0" Text="Just for text editors and IDEs, no 3d or game support required." CreationDate="2019-03-19T21:29:40.407" UserId="10954" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17777" PostId="10762" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Various loads related to computer science. It requires 100% of CPU for short amounts of time like 10-30 min. The CPU is capable of delivering what I require, so if it was cooled enough I know that it would be sufficient. I do not want thermal throttling as it makes my calculations inaccurate (temperature affects the results - I do not want that)" CreationDate="2019-03-20T20:13:12.187" UserId="10923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17778" PostId="10762" Score="0" Text="Well, they are kinda designed that way....Gonna have to go bigger than an ultrabook so you get active cooling (and no throttling)." CreationDate="2019-03-20T21:13:18.577" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17785" PostId="10800" Score="0" Text="300 dpi (objective measure of printing quality) is about the standard for printers. And just to be sure, could you specify what [ISO A Size 22&quot; is?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#/media/File:A_size_illustration2_with_letter_and_legal.svg) (e.g. A4, A5, etc.) ?" CreationDate="2019-03-25T19:13:32.013" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17786" PostId="10761" Score="0" Text="@MikaelDúiBolinder &quot;without any lags at all&quot; &lt;- depends on the additional load from other applications (e.g. games). Try watching a [4K HFR video on each monitor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb3EKWsInQ) and things might not be so smooth. I would **highly** recommend ArtOfCode's recommendation for an additional graphics card if you can afford it." CreationDate="2019-03-25T19:19:43.100" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17789" PostId="10800" Score="0" Text="I believe the closest match is A2." CreationDate="2019-03-25T19:58:52.550" UserId="10987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17790" PostId="10761" Score="0" Text="The question is *not* about a graphics card. It's about a motherboard with dual DisplayPort. There will never be games played on it and YouTube will never ever be accessed on it." CreationDate="2019-03-26T09:43:57.813" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17791" PostId="10761" Score="0" Text="Watching that 4K video works fine on my dual 4K setup with Intel HD 630." CreationDate="2019-03-26T09:45:20.107" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17797" PostId="10774" Score="1" Text="I can close this as &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot; instead, if you like. You're looking for... what, exactly? A hub that you can plug into a PC? With a USB-C charge lead for an S8, a USB-A mouse, and... what video outputs? USB-C HDMI isn't a thing - do you mean a USB-C port _and_ an HDMI port? If you can clarify what kind of device you're looking for and specify what outputs it needs to have, we may be able to reopen this question." CreationDate="2019-03-27T14:53:48.030" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17798" PostId="10811" Score="0" Text="https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;IsNodeId=1&amp;N=100007627%20600567584%20600009028%20600136887" CreationDate="2019-03-27T21:22:13.667" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17800" PostId="10811" Score="0" Text="Only one of those has HDMI 2.0 and it's way too expensive for an HTPC. A couple times the cost of the CPU." CreationDate="2019-03-28T08:44:26.277" UserId="2222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17801" PostId="6199" Score="0" Text="SATAIII Can handle 550MB/s - which is what you see in the question above mentioned for the Samsung 850 Pro. That is actually the upper limit for SATA. No way it could handle 750MB/s." CreationDate="2019-03-28T11:56:35.537" UserId="3630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17802" PostId="10774" Score="0" Text="I am asking what *kind of device* do I need, because I don't know how to google exactly what my options are. Is that off-topic for this site?" CreationDate="2019-03-28T13:40:41.650" UserId="10960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17803" PostId="10774" Score="2" Text="I want to turn a mobile phone into a full android desktop computer with mouse and keyboard. I already did this with a regular USB-C hub, except it doesn't charge my phone battery so eventually it gets empty, and I want it 24x7 turned on and connected. So, I need a &quot;regular USB-C hub&quot; that also charges the phone at the same time, all via the same and only phone usb-c port. There is no PC involved." CreationDate="2019-03-28T13:40:51.223" UserId="10960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17805" PostId="10818" Score="0" Text="So from those advantages, it's still a good config to have SSD as a storage?" CreationDate="2019-03-28T13:43:14.253" UserId="11005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17806" PostId="10818" Score="0" Text="The only drawback is that you have to spend more money than on a HDD of same size, or in your case, having to spend money at all. If I would not have a HDD yet, I would go for the SSD straight away." CreationDate="2019-03-28T13:52:54.850" UserId="9423" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17807" PostId="10818" Score="0" Text="I actually already had a 1TB HDD as a storage. Cause I store lots of data (but this can be transferred to other disks). Right now, I'm thinking of swapping the 1Tb HDD to 1Tb or less of SSD." CreationDate="2019-03-28T13:57:46.033" UserId="11005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17808" PostId="10818" Score="1" Text="That's what I am saying, if you had no other use for the HDD, more money would be wasted on the SSD. Crucial MX500 SSDs are in general a good deal, you can look them up in 1 TB, 512 GB sizes. SanDisk SSD Plus is also reliable and should be yet a bit cheaper." CreationDate="2019-03-28T14:02:18.900" UserId="9423" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17809" PostId="10811" Score="0" Text="That's the point, there isn't going to be anything that meets your requirement then." CreationDate="2019-03-28T15:12:12.563" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17813" PostId="10818" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the recommendation." CreationDate="2019-03-28T18:24:15.437" UserId="11005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17815" PostId="10800" Score="0" Text="Would you be comfortable settling for A3? Most &quot;Large Format Printers&quot; support up to this paper size, and the jump in cost to accommodate for an A2 paper size will make it very difficult to keep under your budget. People selling A2 printers are pretty much only accommodating for &quot;museum quality&quot; prints." CreationDate="2019-03-29T21:44:16.703" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17818" PostId="10818" Score="0" Text="what if, I'm replacing the wifi card port with the m.2 ? Assuming I'm either use wired internet or external wifi card." CreationDate="2019-03-30T14:54:35.043" UserId="11005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17821" PostId="10774" Score="0" Text="[Meta discussion](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/649/364) about this question." CreationDate="2019-03-30T21:29:54.843" UserId="364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17822" PostId="10800" Score="0" Text="Thinking about it, A3 should be OK - I could use an online service to print the few larger photos." CreationDate="2019-03-30T22:28:23.613" UserId="10987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17823" PostId="5833" Score="0" Text="Of course your flash drive will work at the lower USB 3.0 speed (5 Gbit/s), and not at the USB 3.1/C one (10 Gbit/s)." CreationDate="2019-03-30T23:41:38.920" UserId="1776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17824" PostId="10838" Score="0" Text="How long would you need to store your data? If it's just short term, you could create a [RAM disk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAM_drive_software) which irreplaceable looses any data present if power is lost to the device (volatile)." CreationDate="2019-04-01T03:20:07.923" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17825" PostId="10818" Score="0" Text="Theoretically you can use that port. However you would need to check your laptop manual to see (a) which form factors fit there, (b) how the port is wired -- which devices are recognized at that port?). I would expect an NVME device to work there, but not a SATA device. It could also be both, or none." CreationDate="2019-04-01T09:56:45.363" UserId="9423" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17826" PostId="10836" Score="0" Text="This is too broad for both here and [Ask Different](https://apple.stackexchange.com/).  Web Dev is a very diverse field ranging from simple HTML/CSS coding to in depth PHP and database development.  For me, I do everything on a MBA/Surface Pro laptop and connect to VMs (both on prem and in the cloud via Azure).  My MBA is light and capable and I don't need a ton of &quot;horsepower&quot; because all the heavy lifting is done on a dedicated machine.  So, for us to better help, you need to *define* what it is you're doing with it and evaluate your workflow." CreationDate="2019-04-01T14:46:06.967" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17827" PostId="10836" Score="0" Text="writing react apps, running a websocket server from time to time on my local machine." CreationDate="2019-04-01T15:49:42.883" UserId="11034" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17833" PostId="10849" Score="0" Text="Another potential down side to a hard drive could be magnetic echos.  Meaning yes you overwrote the data, but maybe a laser or other exotic equipment running across the surface might be able to pick up and decode faint traces of previous data.  If something like this wasn't happening a single pass would effectively erase a drive, but since DOD and etc does 7+ passes something like this must be possible.  Capacitors found in SSD to my knowledge don't have these types of echos." CreationDate="2019-04-02T19:21:43.237" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17834" PostId="2546" Score="0" Text="I was interested by buying this smartcard to be used on Linux and Windows. But I was told the Gemalto SafeNet license is required to get the driver on Linux. The Gemalto reseller I contacted told me I needed to buy at least 25 licenses. I created a thread here to confirm or not what the reseller told me: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/206573/does-opensc-required-proprietary-gemalto-safenet-middleware-to-support-gemalto-i&#xA;So this card does not seem to be a good fit for home use if it get confirmed." CreationDate="2019-04-03T14:42:36.793" UserId="11056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17835" PostId="10855" Score="0" Text="It generally adds value to posts if you specify an upper price limit, or alternatively specify that you don't have one." CreationDate="2019-04-03T18:16:31.377" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17845" PostId="10838" Score="0" Text="Does this have to be a drive which you can connect to a PC? And what amounts of data?" CreationDate="2019-04-06T22:45:39.677" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17855" PostId="10774" Score="0" Text="@AndrewT. still not good enough for reopen?" CreationDate="2019-04-10T14:13:28.100" UserId="10960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17860" PostId="10909" Score="0" Text="FYI...TRIM support is not dependent on the controller - it's dependent on the drive as it's a subset of the ATA command set.  Meaning your OS and your drive need to support it." CreationDate="2019-04-12T12:32:13.633" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17861" PostId="4186" Score="0" Text="I ended up going with the Adaptec 81605ZQ. Meets all my needs. Been using it for several years. I've completely ditched HDDs, too; now I just have SSDs in hardware RAID. It's really fast and high capacity, but it was very expensive to put together. :)" CreationDate="2019-04-12T13:38:08.820" UserId="586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17862" PostId="10909" Score="0" Text="@DigitalBoffin That's what I'd thought, but I've run into enough USB &lt;=&gt; UASP &lt;=&gt; SATA controllers, many of which do not support TRIM, that I felt the need to be explicit. Also, IIRC there are some RAID controllers that don't support TRIM (though maybe they do in JBOD mode)." CreationDate="2019-04-12T13:43:29.883" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17863" PostId="10909" Score="0" Text="That’s the *USB* controller only supporting a subset of the ATA commands." CreationDate="2019-04-12T13:47:00.163" UserId="2081" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17865" PostId="10923" Score="0" Text="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spill_(audio) - this is the term you're missing" CreationDate="2019-04-15T12:45:30.843" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17873" PostId="10943" Score="0" Text="That's a good thought! I was able to (mostly) solve it in a similar vein by adding a pass-through display like https://amazon.com/dp/B011NDPJ0I and it keeps the device playing. There are some slight flickers/artifacts during the switch but it's fast and mostly unnoticeable." CreationDate="2019-04-17T21:07:47.870" UserId="147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17875" PostId="10947" Score="0" Text="Your question title is a little misleading. As its worded, its a bit off-topic (asking how to...) since the body of your question is asking for a recommendation for hardware (on-topic). Could you provide more information on what exactly you are looking for?" CreationDate="2019-04-18T13:18:17.653" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17876" PostId="10947" Score="0" Text="I'm looking for a method to supply the jetson tx2 using the drone m100 battery. I suppose that i need a dc/dc converter, but i don't know which one because i need to be careful regarding ampere, volt and watt." CreationDate="2019-04-18T16:25:47.490" UserId="11103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17877" PostId="10951" Score="1" Text="My personal pick was a M1215 (SAS3008) flashed to LSI IT-mode firmware. It works well for my purposes. At time of writing, the card was about 100 AUD (second-hand) and the cables cost 10 AUD each (4 SATA connectors/drives per cable)." CreationDate="2019-04-18T17:18:21.607" UserId="540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17883" PostId="10952" Score="0" Text="I've found this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=remote.hid.keyboard.client which requires a rooted Android phone" CreationDate="2019-04-18T21:51:27.967" UserId="1171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17887" PostId="10944" Score="0" Text="Thanks. BTW, are Heads much larger than the 4TB limit you mention? Thanks." CreationDate="2019-04-20T13:33:17.557" UserId="10420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17888" PostId="10944" Score="1" Text="Do you mean HDDs? You can get 14 TB HDDs for around $400. However, your laptop probably does not have a 3.5&quot; bay for a hard drive. Most laptops only have 2.5 inch bays. A quick search on Newegg showed that the max size for a 2.5&quot; drive was 5 TB, which cost $170." CreationDate="2019-04-21T16:17:09.023" UserId="9688" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17889" PostId="10944" Score="1" Text="Also note that this 5TB HDD is 15 millimeters thick, while the standard for laptop hard drives is 7 millimeters. If you want the 5TB HDD, you are going to need to check to see if it fits." CreationDate="2019-04-21T16:27:09.593" UserId="9688" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17890" PostId="10966" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the recommendation. You don't find the size too small, or the lack of easy navigation keys and number pad to be problematic?" CreationDate="2019-04-21T20:34:51.577" UserDisplayName="user10608" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17891" PostId="10966" Score="0" Text="I never use numpad except for special ASCII codes and I am not sure if most people know how to. Don't need navigation keys but there should be some with Fn key + function key. Keys are big enough for most people unless you are grizzly size." CreationDate="2019-04-22T16:53:26.570" UserId="11045" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17892" PostId="10966" Score="0" Text="If this is any help many modern laptops have similar size keyboard, like HP envy for example. Function keys have also similar extra navigation thingys with extra Fn key at bottom." CreationDate="2019-04-22T16:59:45.217" UserId="11045" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17898" PostId="10952" Score="0" Text="I'm also looking into using a Raspberry Pi Zero to emulate a HID keyboard." CreationDate="2019-04-24T13:13:26.320" UserId="1171" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17899" PostId="10992" Score="0" Text="I'm not certain it's clear. Why not having devices A and B connected and you talk to each whenever you need ?" CreationDate="2019-04-25T08:14:12.243" UserId="10476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17901" PostId="10992" Score="0" Text="Possibly connected: https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/507997/192882 - what you need then is a Linux device with two device porta" CreationDate="2019-04-26T08:45:44.187" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17906" PostId="10992" Score="0" Text="You might also look into KVM switches - most feature some USB ports to accommodate USB mouse and keyboard." CreationDate="2019-04-27T00:52:33.530" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17907" PostId="10959" Score="0" Text="I don't think it's possible... Can you attach a NAS to the DVR?" CreationDate="2019-04-27T08:46:14.107" UserId="10960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17908" PostId="10959" Score="0" Text="@GerardoGrignoli The DVR uses SATA to connect hard drive. Are there NASes that allow SATA and network access at the same time?" CreationDate="2019-04-27T08:55:18.600" UserId="11206" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17913" PostId="11016" Score="0" Text="If you include a stylus, the only thing you are going to find is the Note product line. But they are all curved glass now. You'll have to do some more research to decide what you want." CreationDate="2019-04-29T13:11:08.330" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17914" PostId="11012" Score="0" Text="As a person who makes their own wine, usually a Hydrometer is used to estimate alcohol content. If you know the amount of sugar (brix, Specific Gravity) that is in the  wine before fermentation, the yeast will ferment the drink 'dry' in which the specific gravity is about 1. This means it will have fermented out all the sugar by then. I would not expect the alcohol content to change significantly during aging. Do you still want an electronic sensor?" CreationDate="2019-04-29T18:43:15.163" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17916" PostId="10997" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to HW Recs! In general, our site is designed to provide purchase recommendations for primary computing platforms. You may get a better answer on one of our [circuitry design sites](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/), but please make sure to familiarize yourself with their rules before posting as I am not completely familiar with their scope of limitations." CreationDate="2019-04-29T18:59:36.723" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17917" PostId="11023" Score="0" Text="I was under the impression that most projectors use some raster type graphics scheme. Out of curiosity have you found evidence to the contrary and why is this important to you?" CreationDate="2019-04-29T19:04:16.130" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17918" PostId="7381" Score="0" Text="imho this has nothing to do with power banks. maybe remove the power-bank tag?" CreationDate="2019-04-29T23:00:31.303" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17919" PostId="11023" Score="0" Text="I have a DLP lightcrafter module. I reached out to their support and they told me that the update doesn't happen in a raster fashion.  Apparently the update scheme in the lightcrafters are simultaneous(https://e2e.ti.com/support/dlp/f/94/t/791905). &#xA;I assumed that all DLP based projectors in the market work in a similar fashion. I am confused if LCD projectors update the display in a raster fashion or not. I want a projector which updates in a raster fashion for an experiment." CreationDate="2019-04-30T05:11:40.683" UserId="12280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17921" PostId="11026" Score="0" Text="Hi Дмитрий Воронецкий, welcome to [hardwarerecs.se]! This question does not appear to be about hardware recommendations, within [the scope defined on meta](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/scope) and in the [help center](/help/on-topic)." CreationDate="2019-04-30T07:13:36.263" UserId="4495" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17923" PostId="11024" Score="0" Text="I'm not a Deep learning specialist, I don't know what you are looking for in a processor in your case, but here is a side by side comparison: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-9600K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-2600X/4031vs3956" CreationDate="2019-04-30T10:32:29.753" UserId="11144" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17925" PostId="4149" Score="0" Text="Thank you I got the R7 250 passive. It does the dual 4K with some X display server tweaks on ubuntu 18.04LTS to convince HDMI port to run 4K too." CreationDate="2019-04-30T13:36:25.167" UserId="2472" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17926" PostId="4160" Score="0" Text="Thank you, that's the one I got!" CreationDate="2019-04-30T13:37:07.477" UserId="2472" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17928" PostId="11016" Score="0" Text="Well, that's just great.  This should be an answer though @SiXandSeven8ths" CreationDate="2019-04-30T21:29:03.340" UserId="12272" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17929" PostId="11016" Score="0" Text="I don't think that really qualifies as much of an answer. However, I will say this, the Note 9 is a pretty solid device (my wife has one). The curved glass isn't really my thing either, but its not awful by any means. With a decent case, you're still able to grip the phone without touching the curved part of the screen." CreationDate="2019-05-01T13:13:23.150" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17930" PostId="11016" Score="0" Text="why anyone ever thought a 3D curved screen was a good idea is beyond me.  :/" CreationDate="2019-05-01T16:32:21.427" UserId="12272" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17931" PostId="11016" Score="0" Text="It looks amazing though. I almost went for it too, but opted for a different device. It'd be my first choice if my first choice weren't available." CreationDate="2019-05-01T18:23:08.343" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17937" PostId="11035" Score="0" Text="Depends on the specs of the drives. Lower speeds on the SSD might make the larger HDDs seem like a better choice." CreationDate="2019-05-02T16:12:53.890" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17940" PostId="11035" Score="0" Text="I would suggest going rather with the SSD+8GB-RAM. 8 GB RAM is very decent, and an SSD is a very basic noticeable upgrade." CreationDate="2019-05-03T02:15:22.657" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17952" PostId="11016" Score="0" Text="Have you considered a 3rd party stylus? Capacitive touch screens are not exactly demanding and there are even videos how to make a DIY stylus, so it does not have to come with the phone." CreationDate="2019-05-05T11:10:08.177" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17960" PostId="11055" Score="0" Text="With your budget, I'd try to upgrade the CPU to something the motherboard can use. Maybe try used if you can and then get an SSD for main drive and use your HDD for storage. Otherwise, just upgrade the CPU, something like a 3570k or along those lines." CreationDate="2019-05-06T16:38:24.060" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17961" PostId="11052" Score="0" Text="Does the headphone base have any other connectors? What about a 3.5mm (or whatever the size of the jack) to RCA adapter?" CreationDate="2019-05-06T16:46:11.407" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17962" PostId="11056" Score="0" Text="Wall of text. Can you format this a little better so it is more readable?" CreationDate="2019-05-06T16:47:11.770" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17963" PostId="11056" Score="1" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths hopefully it’s better" CreationDate="2019-05-06T16:49:37.127" UserId="12330" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17964" PostId="11060" Score="0" Text="Well, part of the problem is putting things that get hot in your bed. You wouldn't put a burning log in bed would you? So don't charge laptops next your pillow either." CreationDate="2019-05-06T16:50:16.550" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17965" PostId="11060" Score="0" Text="Definitely not going to do that. I'm just worried it'll burst in flames even on a table lol. The replacement battery is hard to find these days, i'm wondering where to purchase legitimate ones" CreationDate="2019-05-06T17:09:23.927" UserId="10878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17966" PostId="11060" Score="0" Text="Fair enough. I'll admit, it is hard to find reliable batteries and reputable dealers." CreationDate="2019-05-06T18:30:26.383" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17967" PostId="11055" Score="0" Text="Thanks for answering @SiXandSeven8ths. I was actually looking forward to swap almost every part for better ones. I saw some current sales for a newer gen i5, ram and such but I am unsure about compatibility and what's really enough since I dont care about overclocking and buying new hardware frequently." CreationDate="2019-05-07T00:31:58.950" UserId="12329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17968" PostId="11055" Score="0" Text="So, its possible that with those points about, some hardware could be filtered out, for having too many features that would not be used (like virtualization, overclock, etc), just full compatibility and security features would be enough." CreationDate="2019-05-07T00:40:23.063" UserId="12329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17969" PostId="11052" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Thanks, I was not aware of such adapters. I will look into it. In any case, a permanent setup (without pluggin in and plugging out cables) would be ideal." CreationDate="2019-05-07T10:13:32.217" UserId="12322" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17971" PostId="11056" Score="0" Text="Hi, I think you can structure your question / write it a bit more clearly. Maybe split it into sections: **(a)** what's your current system, what do you do with it?  **(b)** what are the limits of your current system? want do you want to do with the new system? what do you expect of the new system? (*e.g. be more portable*) **(c)** what are you currently considering? **(d)** your actual question (*1TB+32GB vs. 500GB+16GB vs. other ideas*) — additional notes like in the last paragraph are often not necessary for answering the question — also, try to make the question's title more descriptive" CreationDate="2019-05-07T10:31:47.127" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17973" PostId="11055" Score="0" Text="I'm not familiar enough with Intel enough, but generally speaking, you have to make sure the CPU you buy is the right socket for the MB you own, otherwise you have to buy a new MB. For example, you aren't going to be able to put an 8th gen CPU into that MB. You could look at a Ryzen CPU and MB combo and your budget would be enough but, $300 just isn't going to buy a lot." CreationDate="2019-05-07T13:16:46.863" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17974" PostId="10542" Score="0" Text="Hard to estimate the neccessary CPU/GPU performance without knowing the actual algorithm load. Do you know whether the OpenCV libraries you use have CUDA oder OpenCL implementations? RK3288-based systems like the https://wiki.radxa.com/Rock2 should meet your requirements, for example." CreationDate="2019-05-07T13:43:37.880" UserId="12343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17975" PostId="11055" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Gotcha. I was indeed wanting to change my current mobo too because from what I've searched, this model can run only dd3 ram. Someone else sugested me to go for a Ryzen cpu, care to elaborate why would it be better than keeping with Intel? I've read that they gets hotter easier and not everything runs well." CreationDate="2019-05-07T22:42:50.197" UserId="12329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17978" PostId="11072" Score="0" Text="Hi @Olabisi. Thanks for the response but the question was more around will the older i7 2700K processor bottleneck the GTX 1660Ti. From what I can see the GPU is compatible with the motherboard but not sure if it's worth the upgrade." CreationDate="2019-05-08T12:36:22.473" UserId="12338" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17984" PostId="11040" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to HW Recs! In general, we don't answer technical support questions as that is under the scope of Super User. I believe that your processor is 6th generation (though I am not familiar with Xeon series) as the first digit usually denotes the generation. See official [Intel Letter Codes guide](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html)." CreationDate="2019-05-09T04:05:17.653" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17986" PostId="11081" Score="0" Text="Thank you. If I understand the &quot;standardized pixel&quot; concept correctly than any app should be able to run on any display resolution (with the right API version and other requirements fulfilled) with only downside being more blocky appearance on the lower resolution devices. This means that a modern Android app would be able to run on a device with for example only 640x360 resolution display?" CreationDate="2019-05-09T09:53:21.067" UserId="12346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17987" PostId="11081" Score="0" Text="As for the web development, from my own experiences I'm not so sure that webs are always developed using &quot;standardized pixels&quot;. I have a Lumia 820 smartphone which has resolution of 800x480 pixels and many web pages are starting to be unusable for me because many UI elements are rendered outside of the screen area and the webs aren't scrollable." CreationDate="2019-05-09T09:53:35.310" UserId="12346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17988" PostId="11081" Score="0" Text="This problem is most commont with ads that are rendered with exact resolution which is much higher than my screen's resolution. These ads then cover whole screen with an &quot;X&quot;-close button being rendered outside of phone's screen. The second most common problematic element is web menu, which is sometimes rendered outside of a screen. Or elements of web pages are overlapping each other and so on. I'm afraid that these problems can happen in near future on a 1280x720 screens too." CreationDate="2019-05-09T09:53:40.507" UserId="12346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17989" PostId="11081" Score="0" Text="@jano152 I'm not sure if this is supported by Windows devices. Those &quot;standardized pixels&quot; are handled by OS and possibly browser and Windows has been a dead-end mobile platform for a long time. If this was a newer model I'd say to go to a retail store to play around with it. Read that review on gsmarena and see if they noticed any issues." CreationDate="2019-05-09T10:14:52.957" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17990" PostId="11081" Score="0" Text="I understand, thank you for your help." CreationDate="2019-05-09T12:52:28.523" UserId="12346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17991" PostId="11079" Score="0" Text="Real world answer. Thanks for the response." CreationDate="2019-05-09T12:55:16.860" UserId="12338" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17992" PostId="11072" Score="0" Text="I apology, I was so broad with my answer." CreationDate="2019-05-09T14:27:54.227" UserId="12353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17993" PostId="11079" Score="0" Text="@PhilMurray you're welcome. Do note that Vulkan and DX12 make CPU performance less relevant as they support multithreading, unlike earlier DirectX and OpenGL" CreationDate="2019-05-09T14:38:31.817" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17994" PostId="11081" Score="0" Text="@jano152 if you can - order the phone from a shop which allows returns and play around with it. I'm fortunate that Polish internet shops are required by law to accept returns." CreationDate="2019-05-09T14:41:10.530" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17995" PostId="11083" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo He's asking about drive bays, and asking about optical drives in particular, not hard drives." CreationDate="2019-05-09T15:39:31.630" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17996" PostId="11092" Score="0" Text="No iGPU -&gt; Ryzen or HEDT? Also 3rd gen Ryzens will be launched in a month or two and promise a massive boost in performance for non-HEDT systems according to rumors" CreationDate="2019-05-09T23:43:08.843" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17997" PostId="11090" Score="1" Text="Hi, Welcome to HW Recs! In general, we can give you a better answer if you **specify an upper price limit**, and **desired specs** if you have the capability to do so. Otherwise listing a few more examples of your intended use scenario can help us narrow down the specs you might need." CreationDate="2019-05-10T03:37:58.253" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17999" PostId="11097" Score="0" Text="The easiest is probably to give each participant their own microphone ..." CreationDate="2019-05-11T06:11:59.973" UserId="4495" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18000" PostId="11012" Score="0" Text="Yes i do want to know if there are an electronic sensor for measuring its alcohol content. Thank you sir for your kindness." CreationDate="2019-05-11T10:44:28.720" UserId="12266" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18001" PostId="11012" Score="0" Text="You could try a refractometer, but it's not digital in the sense you get a screen with X% abv. I think this question would be a better fit for our [Home brewing](https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/) stack-exchange. Honestly going with a good 'ole hydrometer should be good enough. It's used in chemistry labs after all." CreationDate="2019-05-11T18:19:32.437" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18005" PostId="11108" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your explanation.&#xA;Yes, I am new to controllers.&#xA;I Did step 2 and 3. the only problem is with part 1, I searched for I2C connection and I did but there was a problem I do not know why. &#xA;I did the setup like in this page https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/jeffpar0721/add-wifi-to-arduino-uno-663b9e?fbclid=IwAR0zr5xDVk2KzP3n3VmlaQPSZf4Lg1UDq2q7bGmWEgUafedlxachJ5wZsHw&#xA;instead of ESP8266 I just used my ESP32." CreationDate="2019-05-12T12:26:14.887" UserId="12365" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18008" PostId="11086" Score="0" Text="This should be asked on SE.Arduino, not here. I have flagged it for migration. Do not cross-post. If it doesn't end up being migrated, then delete this post and ask on SE.Arduino - although if you do that, then the answer provided below will be lost." CreationDate="2019-05-12T13:14:11.613" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18009" PostId="11086" Score="0" Text="sorry I am new to this website.&#xA;what is SE.Arduino?" CreationDate="2019-05-12T13:22:01.200" UserId="12365" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18010" PostId="11086" Score="0" Text="https://arduino.stackexchange.com" CreationDate="2019-05-12T13:23:17.270" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18012" PostId="11108" Score="0" Text="In the link you provided, I don't see anything about I2C connection. Please see this link: (https://howtomechatronics.com/tutorials/arduino/how-i2c-communication-works-and-how-to-use-it-with-arduino/) and this link: (https://robot-electronics.co.uk/i2c-tutorial). Note that it may look complicated but it is rather simple." CreationDate="2019-05-13T07:18:22.960" UserId="12396" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18013" PostId="11108" Score="0" Text="What you need to make I2C connection setup is: Two I2C devices(You have them already), two Jumper cables for Connection and maybe two pullup Resistors. (See if I2C pins on Arduino and/or ESp controller are internally puled up. If yes, you don't need pullup resistors). Rest is just a sequence of commands that you can easily write for both controllers." CreationDate="2019-05-13T07:18:26.217" UserId="12396" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18018" PostId="11081" Score="0" Text="@jano152 I'm just reading up on some news and reportedly the upcoming Galaxy Note 10 Pro reports 412x869 pixels to the browser. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Browser-benchmark-reveals-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-10-Pro-5G-model-s-aspect-ratio.420527.0.html" CreationDate="2019-05-13T23:10:19.430" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18020" PostId="11119" Score="0" Text="Just to confirm: you are not confusing data rate with clock frequency, are you? Since the **double** in DDR means that data rate is double clock frequency. Can you give an example of such datasheet?" CreationDate="2019-05-14T16:40:47.097" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18021" PostId="11119" Score="0" Text="Ok, turned out I'm uniformed. Will have to read JEDEC docs once I'm able to do so." CreationDate="2019-05-14T16:42:35.560" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18022" PostId="11119" Score="0" Text="@Jan Dorniak: Both this: https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/HX430C15PB3K4_64.pdf and this: https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/Categories/Products/Memory/dominator-rgb-config/p/CMT64GX4M4C3000C15#tab-tech-specs are advertised as DDR4-3000, but according to the specs the SPD speed is lower." CreationDate="2019-05-14T17:15:26.443" UserId="12417" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18023" PostId="11081" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the info, but I think that 412x869 surely won't be the real resolution. Edit: Oh, now I understand what you meant by that. Its browser reports those standardized pixels based on its screen size and ppi. That's interesting, thanks." CreationDate="2019-05-14T21:08:43.507" UserId="12346" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18024" PostId="11119" Score="0" Text="I was under the impression the only way you get those higher clocks means you have to overclock it. This question seems a bit off-topic though." CreationDate="2019-05-14T21:40:09.040" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18027" PostId="11090" Score="0" Text="I rewrote the question - does the person who downvoted it still think it's bad?" CreationDate="2019-05-15T19:06:28.057" UserId="12370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18029" PostId="1121" Score="0" Text="-1 for a bad title. https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10647/how-do-i-write-a-good-title" CreationDate="2019-05-16T05:49:39.647" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18030" PostId="4347" Score="0" Text="please make the title more descriptive, see https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10647/how-do-i-write-a-good-title. IMHO you could mention that you're looking for a complete solution—as opposed to considering self-built setups as well." CreationDate="2019-05-16T05:54:07.587" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18035" PostId="11120" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for something powered by 802.3something-standard PoE? Does the switch need to power other PoE devices? Do you already have a PoE switch that you are connecting this to, or you expecting it to include some sort of injector? Do you have a budget in mind? Are you preferring Cisco brand specifically due to it being what other hardware you use, or is it just a name of a networking hardware manufacturer you've heard of? Just about any networking manufacturer has something along these lines, but it may be helpful for you to [edit] with more details on your needs." CreationDate="2019-05-16T19:13:42.617" UserDisplayName="user10608" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18036" PostId="11127" Score="0" Text="Running x86 on ARM won't work with just Wine, you might have better luck with QEMU." CreationDate="2019-05-16T20:23:07.133" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18037" PostId="11135" Score="0" Text="Wow, that's exactly what I was looking for. I can see that they are out of stock for now so I'm going to have to wait for the restocking. And I don't need the processing of windows (so windows 7 will be enough for that) I just need a way to launch x86 apps. And Wine didn't work well with Touhou games (framerate lag, controls delays...). But I'll try to get more documentation on that to see if it fit my project. Thank again for the help" CreationDate="2019-05-16T21:42:42.290" UserId="12431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18038" PostId="11135" Score="0" Text="@Enzof2003 if I answered your answer please accept it." CreationDate="2019-05-16T22:01:55.990" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18039" PostId="11138" Score="1" Text="I'd go with the Pavillion in this case. It has more RAM and an SSD. If I'd need more than 500GB of HD space I'd just plug in an external portable drive." CreationDate="2019-05-17T13:26:22.193" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18040" PostId="11138" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths and what about the class of the laptops ? business class probook vs low-cost pavilion?" CreationDate="2019-05-17T19:58:04.383" UserId="12447" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18050" PostId="8658" Score="0" Text="What solution/setup did you go with in the end? Can you share the setup experience as an answer to your question?" CreationDate="2019-05-22T08:24:23.783" UserId="12487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18051" PostId="11162" Score="0" Text="I will leave this open for a day or tow, but am confident that we already have a winner. That Atomic Pi looks ***excellent*** !! Probably too much for me, to be honest :-)  A killer will be if there is any way to use Pi/Arduino hats/shields; even if not, this is great. Thanx a 1,000,000" CreationDate="2019-05-22T15:31:08.203" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18052" PostId="11168" Score="1" Text="Have you looked at Adafruit's ESP32 based offerings?" CreationDate="2019-05-23T21:10:56.867" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18053" PostId="11168" Score="0" Text="Yes, and SparkFun.There.' goo info [here](https://makeradvisor.com/esp32-development-boards-review-comparison/), but I was hoping for something more covfefe" CreationDate="2019-05-24T06:50:50.633" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18058" PostId="11174" Score="0" Text="Make sure you get a M.2 SSD instead of a SATA one.  They are 4 to 7 times faster depending on the model." CreationDate="2019-05-24T18:22:47.683" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18059" PostId="11062" Score="0" Text="Here's a comparison   https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-580-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1660-Ti/3150vs4037 Clearly the 1660 ti is way faster." CreationDate="2019-05-24T18:30:19.977" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18063" PostId="11195" Score="0" Text="If you could edit your question to be a bit more on-topic this would be a good question. Its a little broad and asking more tech support related questions." CreationDate="2019-05-28T13:37:04.033" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18064" PostId="11195" Score="0" Text="When choosing a PC to run 1 or more OS on a virtual machine, what is more important, RAM, Hard drive speed, or processor speed/capacity?" CreationDate="2019-05-28T14:06:29.227" UserId="10691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18067" PostId="11215" Score="0" Text="Probably need a new motherboard if you want M.2. Your best bet if you are buying new is to grab the latest generation. If going for slightly used, at least Intel gen 6 or higher if you want newer features like M.2. Xeon is good and all, but most people don't go for it because of cost. For your programs that you use, it might be worth looking into over a consumer grade single processor. You might be venturing a little off-topic with the way you have things worded. What is your budget?" CreationDate="2019-05-30T13:17:16.797" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18072" PostId="11215" Score="0" Text="no ddr3 can put into a ddr4 mainboard." CreationDate="2019-05-30T18:49:50.867" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18078" PostId="11215" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Thank you for your comment! I added budget to my post. Can/Should I do something about my wording to increase being on topic? any suggestions?" CreationDate="2019-06-01T14:05:13.970" UserId="12333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18080" PostId="11194" Score="0" Text="Sorry, I think I made a mistake, it's not about resolution, it's about size in terms of height. I'm going to edit the question" CreationDate="2019-06-03T02:47:19.283" UserId="3800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18083" PostId="11203" Score="0" Text="@M.ahmed It looks like you have two accounts now. If you'd like to merge them, please use the [contact link](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/contact) and use the &quot;merge&quot; option." CreationDate="2019-06-03T16:25:38.420" UserId="9526" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18084" PostId="11247" Score="0" Text="Anything ATmega328 based, i.e. Arduino Nano/Micro/Mini without the motor control - or an Arduino Uno with Motor driver shield. Seeing as you specific motor control as a requirement, then the Uno and an appropriate shield is the best bet." CreationDate="2019-06-03T18:51:25.290" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18088" PostId="11247" Score="0" Text="For the motor I have a module a4988 polulu where you just put the pin in low and high. I was thinking more efficient microcontrollers than arduino but for sure I will give it a try" CreationDate="2019-06-03T19:50:48.127" UserId="12613" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18089" PostId="11247" Score="0" Text="When you say module, do you mean like [this](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/mmcAAOSwVblcg7c6/s-l640.jpg)?" CreationDate="2019-06-03T19:53:55.740" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18091" PostId="11250" Score="0" Text="Out of curiosity: what's the sleep current for the ATmega?" CreationDate="2019-06-04T06:00:34.283" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18092" PostId="11254" Score="0" Text="Good tool, but just show size for mobile phone and tablet" CreationDate="2019-06-04T13:35:07.887" UserId="3800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18093" PostId="11254" Score="0" Text="You can add any dimension you want yourself :)" CreationDate="2019-06-04T13:40:09.157" UserId="6175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18094" PostId="11254" Score="0" Text="Some examples you hace?? Some screen capture?" CreationDate="2019-06-04T13:41:10.030" UserId="3800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18095" PostId="11254" Score="0" Text="@PedroMiguelPimientaMorales done :)" CreationDate="2019-06-04T13:46:28.663" UserId="6175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18096" PostId="11254" Score="0" Text="Thanks, really good, just nerd prove and save money for the black friday :)" CreationDate="2019-06-04T13:48:28.860" UserId="3800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18102" PostId="11237" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because questions asking if hardware is compatible are off topic. See [help/on-topic] for more info." CreationDate="2019-06-05T05:07:16.273" UserId="9526" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18105" PostId="11269" Score="0" Text="Considering that it is a hard drive, it is probably user replaceable. With 2.5” SSDs being so cheap these days, buying the cheaper laptop and then upgrading the hard drive to an SSD would be a pretty good option." CreationDate="2019-06-05T14:24:58.057" UserId="153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18106" PostId="11269" Score="0" Text="Yes. Customer reviews on second model do say that its booting time is around 40 s. I wanted to ask another question regarding what you mentioned about performance differences between SSD and HDD. Given that I want to use the laptop specifically for academic purposes and not for gaming or coding, what difference would the two models make for me?" CreationDate="2019-06-05T18:00:26.837" UserId="12630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18108" PostId="11256" Score="0" Text="This specific cable will not work for a USB 3.0 monitor." CreationDate="2019-06-05T21:01:44.473" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18109" PostId="10579" Score="0" Text="The USB 3.0 standard only guarantees 900mA of current on a single port, so a portable display is only going to use a maximum of 4.5W if it is USB 3.0 compliant. Depending on your laptop (battery, CPU, and storage specs) it may not be a significant cost to your battery life." CreationDate="2019-06-05T21:08:42.737" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18111" PostId="11256" Score="0" Text="I added a USB 3.0 variant :)" CreationDate="2019-06-05T21:55:24.943" UserId="6175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18116" PostId="11260" Score="0" Text="Can you tell us _where_ you are experiencing the bottlenecks? What games do you play? About how many browser tabs do you have open at any one time? What is your budget for upgrades? What does the performance tab of Task Manager look like? What OS are you running? The more information about your system, how you use it, and what the problem areas you have, the better our answers will be." CreationDate="2019-06-05T22:20:33.777" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18117" PostId="11268" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is asking for a comparison between two laptops." CreationDate="2019-06-05T22:22:58.423" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18119" PostId="11268" Score="0" Text="Instead of asking what the difference between two laptops are, list out your requirements and describe how you will use the system and we will find the perfect laptop that fits your budget and requirements." CreationDate="2019-06-05T22:24:31.800" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18121" PostId="11260" Score="0" Text="With that budget, I would look into getting 16GB of RAM and an SSD. The SSD will speed up loading times and the RAM will allow you to have more applications and browser tabs open." CreationDate="2019-06-05T22:34:58.763" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18123" PostId="11260" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley do you have any suggestions of which type of RAM i should get or any particular brands or models for both items?" CreationDate="2019-06-05T22:37:27.713" UserId="12625" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18124" PostId="11260" Score="0" Text="You need DDR3 and I would look at 4X4GB and 2X8GB sets to compare the prices. I personally like G-Skill, but I need to make sure what is compatible with your motherboard before I recommend anything." CreationDate="2019-06-05T22:40:08.457" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18125" PostId="11260" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley its a stock dell motherboard from about 7+ years ago" CreationDate="2019-06-05T22:45:22.437" UserId="12625" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18127" PostId="11256" Score="1" Text="Even that one is possibly no good, it's designed to receive power from both USB ports (which are female for some reason) and this would mean the laptop battery is still giving power to the portable display. Maybe there's a way to limit or disable the laptop's power output though..." CreationDate="2019-06-06T14:56:20.297" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18128" PostId="11277" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much for your valuable response.. Now I have idea to take decision.. Thanks.." CreationDate="2019-06-07T03:45:26.387" UserId="12641" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18129" PostId="11276" Score="0" Text="I7 2700k is nearly 8 years old, have you thought of getting a new motherboard?" CreationDate="2019-06-07T08:49:33.467" UserId="77" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18130" PostId="11276" Score="0" Text="@SeanJ It still holds its own pretty good if you don't need newer features like M.2, the latest graphics card, or do really high end stuff.It would be a decent upgrade on a small budget." CreationDate="2019-06-07T13:32:07.153" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18135" PostId="11291" Score="0" Text="See https://superuser.com/a/366797/317198 for a quick and easy breakdown of the most common MX Cherry switches. Personally, I use blues at home (clicky) and clears at work (firm, quiet with tactile feedback). I would also recommend getting O-rings to put on the bottom of the keys, as they help with the &quot;clack&quot;." CreationDate="2019-06-07T21:49:01.357" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18137" PostId="11275" Score="0" Text="I have closed this question as it is asking for a hardware recommendation, but rather a list of differences between two things. You would receive better answers if you listed out your requirements and budget, and let us help you pick the best item for you." CreationDate="2019-06-07T21:58:48.670" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18138" PostId="11271" Score="0" Text="Is it worth it questions are asking for an opinion, which don't really work with our QA format. Compatibility and Stability questions are also outside the scope of the site. Instead, please list out your requirements, budget, and use case(s) of the laptop, and we will find one that works for you." CreationDate="2019-06-07T22:01:59.807" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18139" PostId="11289" Score="0" Text="An external battery might be able to help you. How much are you willing to spend on a solution? Exactly how long do you need your laptop to last?" CreationDate="2019-06-07T22:06:47.017" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18141" PostId="11295" Score="0" Text="Just to clarify, you are looking for smart light switches/dimmers that you can control with C#, correct? What have you looked at and why don't they fit your needs?" CreationDate="2019-06-07T22:20:55.397" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18143" PostId="11289" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley as I said, at least 4 hours but the more, the better (5h will be totally fine). But to have external battery I should have this still connected to laptop. I was thinking about big power bank which will be located in my backpack but I am not sure about that solution. I am able to spend something about 80$ on this solution" CreationDate="2019-06-08T07:46:27.747" UserId="12656" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18144" PostId="11248" Score="0" Text="thanks for the response!" CreationDate="2019-06-08T17:53:08.123" UserId="12604" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18145" PostId="11248" Score="0" Text="Don't forget to upvote and/or mark the question as accepted using the tick icon next to the question. Thanks" CreationDate="2019-06-08T17:54:31.440" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18146" PostId="11295" Score="0" Text="My question is vague because I don't know enough to be more specific. Yes, that's what I'm looking for. I spent yesterday afternoon googling around and I was honestly overwhelmed. I think I know less now than I did when I started. I think Zigbee might be the way to go but I'm not sure." CreationDate="2019-06-08T18:25:44.933" UserId="12659" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18156" PostId="11222" Score="0" Text="RX 460. It's got open source drivers" CreationDate="2019-06-10T09:05:22.947" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18158" PostId="11304" Score="1" Text="Why do you think a higher quality PS would destroy your components but are willing to accept using a 10 year old generic?" CreationDate="2019-06-10T15:22:46.697" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18159" PostId="11256" Score="0" Text="shorter URLs: [`https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NIGO4NM`](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NIGO4NM), [`https://www.newegg.com/p/181-002E-00083`](https://www.newegg.com/p/181-002E-00083)" CreationDate="2019-06-10T15:56:38.353" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18160" PostId="11256" Score="1" Text="I highly suggest **not** to use such Y cables with two different sources, only with one source, e.g. a PC. Otherwise you'd be connecting two +5V power sources with the cable. Even both item descriptions say: ”*link 1 USB device into **2 USB Ports on your PC** for more power*“" CreationDate="2019-06-10T20:15:26.700" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18163" PostId="11310" Score="0" Text="I may be wrong, but I don't think you're going to find a smart 3 port switch at a reasonable price. Does it really need to be only 3 ports? What is your budget for such a switch." CreationDate="2019-06-11T13:27:30.883" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18164" PostId="11310" Score="0" Text="The budget for the switch part is about 5-7UDS like:https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/microchip-technology/LAN9303-ABZJ/638-1082-ND/2166034" CreationDate="2019-06-11T13:49:19.427" UserId="12678" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18166" PostId="11311" Score="0" Text="30˚C is generally a cause for celebration here, and I have a sheltered location. Good point though." CreationDate="2019-06-11T14:18:14.843" UserId="12674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18167" PostId="11162" Score="0" Text="I bought an Atomic PI !  Yay!!   ***BUT***, and a rally big but(t) - [this Reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Atomic_Pi/comments/bnvtq8/atomic_pi_leftover_from_mayfield_robotics/) says that the only reason that the Atomci Pi is so cheap is that they bought the boards job-lot from a failed Bosch project, so when they are old sold either there will be no more or they will be much more expensive. I still don't regret buying it, though -only $33 !!" CreationDate="2019-06-11T14:46:25.883" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18168" PostId="11310" Score="0" Text="@Andy it's a surprisingly common use case - a rack mounted device which needs an Ethernet port on both the front a back panel." CreationDate="2019-06-11T17:57:16.153" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18176" PostId="11321" Score="0" Text="May I ask: What is the reason behind the tag holding all the data?" CreationDate="2019-06-12T17:53:17.900" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18177" PostId="11302" Score="0" Text="I might have an idea or two, but need a little more info. What type of business use cases would you have? Would you need a GPU? Is there any Windows programs you need? If so, would you mind dual booting or would you rather run them in VMs? What's your time frame for a new laptop?" CreationDate="2019-06-12T22:57:19.777" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18180" PostId="11314" Score="0" Text="ok, thanks for the advice, I will go for that :- ) maybe I should find an experienced freelancer to implement the driver.." CreationDate="2019-06-13T14:12:16.020" UserId="12678" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18181" PostId="11314" Score="0" Text="@SørenPanduro lwIP is the Ethernet library in CubeMX..." CreationDate="2019-06-13T14:13:07.893" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18182" PostId="11314" Score="0" Text="Or at least it was last time I checked" CreationDate="2019-06-13T14:13:49.093" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18183" PostId="11314" Score="0" Text="Yes, we use it : -)  it was more regarding the Ethernet part." CreationDate="2019-06-13T14:14:12.273" UserId="12678" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18184" PostId="11314" Score="0" Text="@SørenPanduro I think lwIP has the driver for this switch already" CreationDate="2019-06-13T14:20:02.143" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18185" PostId="11321" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths this is a project that I have been assigned in order to learn lightweight cryptography. Currently the task is just to run simple encryption algorithms in the RFID tag. I'm not much aware of where this data is going to be used later on." CreationDate="2019-06-13T18:30:13.850" UserId="12690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18188" PostId="11314" Score="0" Text="super, thanks.." CreationDate="2019-06-14T08:00:55.467" UserId="12678" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18189" PostId="11302" Score="0" Text="The new business laptop is mainly used for programming web pages in sector real estate market. So i don't need a very good gpu for rendering complex graphics. &#xA;On the new laptop there is ONLY Ubuntu 18.04 installed and i don't need any window programs. And i want to buy the new laptop within the next 2 to 4 weeks." CreationDate="2019-06-14T08:12:24.153" UserId="12666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18190" PostId="11327" Score="0" Text="Um using PHP 7 &amp; MySQL database. Currently running on Windows Server 2016." CreationDate="2019-06-14T18:18:00.057" UserId="12682" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18193" PostId="11339" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the response! I just checked that my laptop does not have an Ethernet port. Would it be possible to create a network connection using a USB cable instead? My WiFi connection is not the best, so I am leaving that option as a last choice. Thank you also for including information about the third device, as I do plan to get another PC in the near future!" CreationDate="2019-06-14T23:49:16.230" UserId="12713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18194" PostId="11339" Score="0" Text="You can buy a USB network card. It's a small device which connects to USB port of your computer, and has an Ethernet port on the other side." CreationDate="2019-06-15T07:24:34.200" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18195" PostId="11339" Score="0" Text="Awesome! I will definitely be getting that. Thank you very much!" CreationDate="2019-06-15T07:52:57.733" UserId="12713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18196" PostId="11245" Score="0" Text="Any idea what wattage (:-)) you're pulling under any load? Any access to a Kill A Watt (:-)) P4460? Or at least what is the output wattage on your original charger? I don't know what GPU you have, but I'd easily guess your machine needs over 100W at load" CreationDate="2019-06-15T21:09:59.260" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18197" PostId="11245" Score="0" Text="Hmm, I don't know how much power I'm using, and not sure if I have or know of software to measure this. Might need to borrow a measuring _device_ to check this. I know my current 130 watt &quot;travel&quot; adapter is overkill for mentioned CPU loads. GPU doesn't need to do too much except power extra monitors, I typically have only developer tools running." CreationDate="2019-06-15T23:35:33.570" UserId="4350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18198" PostId="11349" Score="3" Text="When you write questions, don't hesitate to add paragraphs. Huge walls of text are difficult to read, and some may prefer skipping your question, lowering your chances to receive an answer." CreationDate="2019-06-16T08:42:12.130" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18199" PostId="11344" Score="0" Text="Thanks (!) for your long answer and the detail information. Very good explanation. Have a nice day. And you've right. I'm a European from Germany." CreationDate="2019-06-16T10:45:46.640" UserId="12666" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18200" PostId="11353" Score="0" Text="It would be helpful if you could tell us how long is your current mouse." CreationDate="2019-06-16T11:20:55.347" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18201" PostId="11353" Score="0" Text="The distance from the most protruding rear point to the most protruding front point is 11.5 cm (4.5 in)" CreationDate="2019-06-17T06:18:49.647" UserId="12724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18202" PostId="11359" Score="0" Text="I've tried some of these in various computer shops. (I actually have the Anker waiting in my Amazon basket.) It seems to me that they are all intended to be pressed with the tip of a curved finger. [BTW: both of your links point to the Anker mouse. If I hover over the link and look at lower left, the targets are not https targets, but they are different. I can find the page with the link text, of course, but I'll preserver my current page in case some interested techie wants me to investigate further.]" CreationDate="2019-06-17T06:48:51.277" UserId="12724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18203" PostId="11359" Score="1" Text="This is the picture Anker shows of the usage https://i.imgur.com/M4Abtus.jpg doesn't look curved to me" CreationDate="2019-06-17T07:05:01.340" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18204" PostId="11359" Score="0" Text="With this latest page (which has both of my answers), the Logitech link now loads the Logitech page. My older page is still preserved, and still loads the Anker page." CreationDate="2019-06-17T07:07:33.493" UserId="12724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18205" PostId="11359" Score="0" Text="that looks good to me. The important feature is that the mouse is in continuous contact with the underside of the user's finger - rather than at a much smaller area of the fingertip. Less area means greater pressure. Greater pressure means greater stress on any of the knuckle joints, and greater pain." CreationDate="2019-06-17T07:18:22.563" UserId="12724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18206" PostId="9791" Score="0" Text="The Habana chip is a [lot faster](https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333719) than Nvidia's V100, what is your budget?" CreationDate="2019-06-17T09:41:42.607" UserId="9731" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18208" PostId="11352" Score="0" Text="I need an x86 computer with at least three SATA ports, not an ARM computer with zero SATA ports.  [DFI](https://www.dfi.com/) has some Mini-ITX motherboards with four SATA ports using normal connectors and some other small x86 computers with at least three SATA ports using normal connectors but does not have pricing on their Web site and I do not know if all of these small x86 computers that meet my SATA requirements may be used without a fan because at least some of these motherboards do not include a CPU." CreationDate="2019-06-17T10:53:56.527" UserId="12723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18210" PostId="11245" Score="0" Text="It's impossible to fully answer without knowing the power draw for the settings that allow you to work comfortably. Also most likely what you're looking for (as per must haves #1-3 and should have #1) doesn't and won't exist. The best I could do is give a few minimalistish charger + battery bank ideas that could work? I'd need a better idea of your display requirements to proceed" CreationDate="2019-06-17T12:51:01.593" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18212" PostId="11353" Score="1" Text="It sounds like you need a mouse designed for a palm grip, rather than a claw grip. Are your hands so big that a palm grip style is also unsuitable?" CreationDate="2019-06-17T14:36:57.403" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18213" PostId="11350" Score="0" Text="If you can buy the 8GB version, buy that one." CreationDate="2019-06-17T14:37:45.637" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18214" PostId="11364" Score="0" Text="Thanks for this. I agree with you. Best for me to got the best SSD money can buy for now. I can always make it a secondary storage drive in my new build. On a side-note, it turns out that it was my brand new WD passport external drive that was making the clicking. So I need to buy myself a new external drive, the health of the internal drive mentioned in the question was actually fine. Really appreciate knowing the answer though." CreationDate="2019-06-17T15:13:04.577" UserId="12733" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18217" PostId="11350" Score="0" Text="Will it perform better than asus rog 4gb i mean that line up is so powerful" CreationDate="2019-06-17T15:58:45.600" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18224" PostId="11363" Score="0" Text="What type of display do you need? Monochromatic, gray-scale, full-color... resolution, dimension?" CreationDate="2019-06-18T10:03:19.520" UserId="9528" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18225" PostId="11361" Score="0" Text="Why do you think you need a more powerful hardware? I mean, you are aware why your firmware &quot;crashes&quot;?" CreationDate="2019-06-18T10:05:16.070" UserId="9528" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18226" PostId="11363" Score="0" Text="@Mark i need do display a QR code on it" CreationDate="2019-06-18T10:08:04.033" UserId="12686" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18227" PostId="11353" Score="0" Text="I hadn't heard of any of these terms, so I looked here: https://candid.technology/mouse-grips-compared-palm-vs-claw-vs-tip-grip/   Claw: &quot;...only the tip of the fingers ... is used to make contact with the mouse.&quot; Fingertip:  &quot;...only the tips of the fingers are used ...&quot; So, the only remaining type is Palm Grip, which sounds to me like the traditional grey MS mouse of 50 years ago. My current mice are based on MS. AFAIK, my hands are average size. If I hold the mouse with my fingers arched and not protruding over the end, I can push a pencil through the arch." CreationDate="2019-06-18T12:19:55.530" UserId="12724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18228" PostId="11353" Score="0" Text="....I don't want ANY gap between the underside of my fingers and the mouse. I've ordered the Anker, so I'll give that a try." CreationDate="2019-06-18T12:20:19.117" UserId="12724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18231" PostId="11370" Score="0" Text="what if i go for rx580 4gb over rx570 8gb will be worth it or it's waste for me, i have budget of 270$ which is 16000 rs here because in future I'm going for 3rd generation ryzen processors so if you have any better suggestion would be great to me and as your answer will ryzen 3 2200g will bottleneck at 1080p gaming i just need 60fps for gaming since i have tight budget." CreationDate="2019-06-18T13:59:34.687" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18232" PostId="11370" Score="0" Text="Honestly, I'd take the 8gb of VRAM over the 4gb Rx 580. But, I am more into running simulations that requires vram. If you are asking game to game opinion, take the RX 580." CreationDate="2019-06-18T14:53:10.300" UserId="12517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18234" PostId="11370" Score="0" Text="Thanks for helping I'm going for msi rx 570 armor 8g since its 8gb vram plus overclockable at 270$ so didn't have to upgrade it for few years since 8gb vram is really a investment over 4gb at same price." CreationDate="2019-06-18T15:53:58.733" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18241" PostId="11349" Score="0" Text="Unreadable, sorry. Please break the text up.  It is good that you are provided a lot of details, but they are not well presented. The more presentable the question to better the response." CreationDate="2019-06-19T08:03:50.917" UserId="48" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18242" PostId="11245" Score="0" Text="I've measured usage and updated the question accordingly." CreationDate="2019-06-19T15:05:55.493" UserId="4350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18245" PostId="11381" Score="0" Text="As you live in the US, I can't really suggest one, but I'd say to look at a power supply with at least 1800W for safety purposes. Each 1080ti will pull about 250w from the PSU, so that leaves 300w to play with. And this is bottom of the chain, meaning there will be little headroom available." CreationDate="2019-06-20T06:36:32.360" UserId="12517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18247" PostId="11381" Score="1" Text="Sites like [PC Part Picker](https://pcpartpicker.com/) are able to directly estimate system wattage from parts (including other parts besides the GPUs). This can help inform you of a good PSU to use." CreationDate="2019-06-21T03:48:53.553" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18249" PostId="11386" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your suggestions. Based on your questions, I did find [this dell.com forum post](https://www.dell.com/support/article/nl/nl/nlbsdt1/sln304627/dell-dock-wd15-usb-type-c-information-compatibility-and-specifications?lang=en) suggesting my device supports USB-C charging, _only_ if it's &quot;PD and at least 60W&quot;. It seems all your suggestions support that " CreationDate="2019-06-21T07:06:13.470" UserId="4350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18254" PostId="11414" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the plethora of info Romen. I did consider some lag but I did not know it would be so much. Now that you mention this Anroid box, I think it is actually also possible to get the RDC app on those as well, so I could use the computer for other things as well which works great for me personally. I do wish I had a full version of Chrome that could run extensions like adblock, but for 60$ that seems a reasonable solution." CreationDate="2019-06-23T20:02:02.210" UserId="12790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18258" PostId="11416" Score="0" Text="Please don't answer questions that are off-topic here." CreationDate="2019-06-24T15:34:46.867" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18259" PostId="11416" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths I will remember not to. I believe I was also the first person to flag this post as off-topic though." CreationDate="2019-06-24T16:18:30.813" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18264" PostId="11323" Score="0" Text="Hi Kishore! I'm glad you found a solution; could you accept your own answer, so the question can be marked as closed? If possible, could you also provide some additional information regarding why it worked so well for you?" CreationDate="2019-06-25T03:45:46.607" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18265" PostId="11402" Score="0" Text="For future reference, this question is probably better suited for another SE network, maybe serverfault.com, since it's closer to a tech support request than a hardware rec. That said, you should be able to use SSDs with either the onboard controller or the H200; the only problem I see is that the H200 doesn't support TRIM, which *could* ([keyword](https://serverfault.com/questions/776564/what-is-the-current-state-2016-of-ssds-in-raid)) decrease SSD life and write performance.  I really wouldn't worry about it though." CreationDate="2019-06-25T06:41:48.847" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18266" PostId="11384" Score="0" Text="Not that this question is necessarily off topic, but I would strongly recommend raspberrypi.stackexchange.com or electronics.stackexchange.com instead. I agree that running it off the GPIO probably isn't a great idea, but is there anything wrong with splicing the 5V DC input that's going into the Pi? Depending on how much power you're drawing on the Pi (read: how much compute you need to do/is it okay to throttle), the 2.5A limit of the hat might be an issue, but you could always ditch the hat for a more powerful power supply." CreationDate="2019-06-25T06:54:33.487" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18267" PostId="11424" Score="0" Text="&quot;multiple chrome web browsers&quot; is kind of a wide performance target. How many instances? Doing what? Does each instance need to be in it's own container? It's own VM?" CreationDate="2019-06-25T06:57:54.673" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18268" PostId="11418" Score="0" Text="I'm rather confused as to what you're asking. Are you trying to prevent a specific pen drive from being written to on all systems but one?" CreationDate="2019-06-25T06:59:22.103" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18270" PostId="11430" Score="0" Text="From what distance? What field of view? How many samples per second? In how many dimensions? How small? What's your budget? What transparent objects, besides glass?" CreationDate="2019-06-25T07:02:21.590" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18272" PostId="11407" Score="0" Text="That's a lot of VRAM; why do you need so much?" CreationDate="2019-06-25T07:07:37.947" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18277" PostId="11337" Score="0" Text="The 940M is so weak it's really not worth it, especially given the lack of VRAM and the overhead associated with sharing information between the two computers. Moving between system RAM and VRAM is often a bottleneck already; [while you can do distributed compute with Tensorflow](https://github.com/tensorflow/examples/blob/master/community/en/docs/deploy/distributed.md), I would seriously not recommend it." CreationDate="2019-06-25T07:20:39.077" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18279" PostId="11414" Score="0" Text="Strong, strong recommendation for Steam In-Home streaming. It's a breeze to set up, works on dirt cheap hardware (any random computer pretty much, Steam Link [no longer in production but regularly went on sale under $10, [roughly $25 on eBay ATM](https://us.bidvoy.net/steam_link/117042)], [Raspberry Pi](https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6153-IFGH-6589)), and performs excellently." CreationDate="2019-06-25T07:25:37.687" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18280" PostId="11399" Score="0" Text="Chances that an eGPU works on a machine that can barely run CK2 is almost zero. System requirements are a Pentium IV, 4GB RAM, and a GeForce 8800 or Radeon X1900. These are really potato-level specs; I literally don't think it's possible to find a new laptop which doesn't meet these specifications. Even a decade-old MacBook, which isn't even certified to run the latest version of macOS, crushes these specs. So does a [$70 X220](https://ebay.us/BF6TOd). [And this literal potato PC](https://www.pcgamesn.com/power-gaming-did-you-know-you-can-run-your-pc-on-potatoes)." CreationDate="2019-06-25T07:35:41.390" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18281" PostId="11399" Score="0" Text="Please, upgrade your laptop. We're happy to help; if you can give a budget, we'll find you something cheap (is a few hundred okay?), hopefully thin and light, and ideally with good battery life, a nice screen, and a nice keyboard." CreationDate="2019-06-25T07:37:44.433" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18282" PostId="11430" Score="1" Text="Distance: 1 mm&#xA;Field Of View: I'm not sure what you mean but the object width is about 3 cm and the sensor will be placed at the center of the object.&#xA;Samples: 1 per Second&#xA;Dimensions: two dimensions&#xA;Size: 5mm diameter&#xA;Budget: USD 50-100$&#xA;Objects: Plastic + Glass + Black painted surface" CreationDate="2019-06-25T07:44:12.770" UserId="12806" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18283" PostId="11424" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 As many as the RAM/CPU allow. Each chrome profile will just load gmail. It's not a VM. Runs directly on the OS" CreationDate="2019-06-25T07:51:28.953" UserId="12797" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18285" PostId="11424" Score="0" Text="What is it doing in Gmail? Why does it need to be a separate instance? Does it have to be Chrome, or would another browser work?" CreationDate="2019-06-25T08:23:13.733" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18286" PostId="11352" Score="1" Text="With OP on this one. Even ignoring the explicit requirement for x86, as much as I love the Pi, it probably doesn't make sense here; perhaps the Pi 4 thanks to the full Gigabit ethernet and USB 3, but still, probably not the best." CreationDate="2019-06-25T08:26:58.133" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18287" PostId="11349" Score="0" Text="What are you using this computer for? If applicable, what should the maximum total dimensions, case included, be? What's your budget? Would you be willing to buy used?" CreationDate="2019-06-25T08:32:55.983" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18294" PostId="11433" Score="0" Text="#JMY1000 Thank you for elaborating the topic." CreationDate="2019-06-25T16:50:58.877" UserId="12747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18296" PostId="11352" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000: why not? The problem is that the OP said absolutely nothing about the reason he wants x86 or SATA ports on motherboard (and there is nothing which would indicate there *is* a reason in the first place). And I won't ask him for the details either, since when I recommended him to add paragraphs, he answered that I have attention-deficit disorder (comment removed later), so I'm not willing to help the OP any longer." CreationDate="2019-06-25T17:18:26.903" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18298" PostId="11433" Score="0" Text="@user249711 I'm glad I could help! If you'd like, feel free to vote up the answer or accept it, if it answers your question." CreationDate="2019-06-25T21:13:13.720" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18299" PostId="11352" Score="0" Text="Fair points; we are lacking a lot of info, thus my comment asking for more. However, x86 is a common requirement for many programs, and SATA provides significant benefits over USB; given there are other, likely nearly-as-cheap alternatives to a Pi that don't compromise here, at the cost of power consumption and size, it seems unlikely the Pi is the best answer. I'm still waiting on more info from the OP so I can write my answer. Sidenote: those comments were flagged, which is why I presume they were removed." CreationDate="2019-06-25T21:17:21.657" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18301" PostId="11432" Score="0" Text="I will try it soon. Thank you.." CreationDate="2019-06-25T23:30:21.757" UserId="12807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18302" PostId="11384" Score="0" Text="That was my initial plan, but the problem came later not when at low volume with the amplifier but at the levels that I needed it at, would pull almost 3A and that alone would slaughter the RPi so I needed another method. And we are trying to use PoE in the system to avoid having to bring in electricians to install additional outlets. (my apologies for having it in the wrong location, will go to one of the suggested spots for the next RPi question thank you)" CreationDate="2019-06-26T01:04:45.357" UserId="12758" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18303" PostId="11384" Score="0" Text="Oh I just meant using another PoE based 5V PSU. Seems you've got it working though." CreationDate="2019-06-26T05:18:10.333" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18309" PostId="11440" Score="1" Text="It's hard to say exactly without knowing what kind and size of apps you're building. My initial temptation is to say it'll probably work for learning, but isn't ideal; however, without more info it's really hard to say." CreationDate="2019-06-26T05:28:29.040" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18310" PostId="11442" Score="0" Text="What sort of networks are you running? Do you know how large the datasets are? Are you willing to buy used?" CreationDate="2019-06-26T05:29:57.683" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18311" PostId="11413" Score="0" Text="Not going to vote to close, but this might be a bit big of a project for this site. I'll see if I can help out." CreationDate="2019-06-26T05:31:34.057" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18312" PostId="11411" Score="0" Text="[AFAIK there's only one 8K headset](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne0cmvl8GqM) and it's... okay. In addition, most ultra SFF PCs max out at 32GB; are you sure you need 64GB?" CreationDate="2019-06-26T05:46:07.760" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18313" PostId="11442" Score="0" Text="I'm sorry to understand &quot;sort of networks&quot; you are asking for. The datasets may contain numeric values with 100,000 rows with about 100 features as well as text data with 10,000 files each containing a document of 100 words in average. 3D Tensors and above will also be there. I want a new machine." CreationDate="2019-06-26T05:52:10.913" UserId="12824" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18314" PostId="11440" Score="0" Text="im still a beginner" CreationDate="2019-06-26T08:51:47.737" UserId="12822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18315" PostId="11359" Score="0" Text="The Anker mouse recommended by @Yisroel Tech is great. I no longer have pains in my right forefinger or middle finger. I'm now looking for a left-handed similar mouse. Anker don't sell these. I think it's vital to keep switching hands at regular intervals BEFORE any pain starts - rather than AFTER the pains start." CreationDate="2019-06-26T09:17:55.270" UserId="12724" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18316" PostId="11402" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the suggestion. I'm tempted to give it a try as there seems to be more evidence that it will work than not. Cheers." CreationDate="2019-06-26T09:36:11.217" UserId="12774" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18317" PostId="11403" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the link. I had seen a few of those available in the UK as well so I think I will give it a try. Cheers." CreationDate="2019-06-26T09:37:16.183" UserId="12774" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18320" PostId="11359" Score="1" Text="Left-hended mice are not that common altogether so there are not a lot of options. You might take a look at https://www.amazon.com/Evoluent-VM4L-VerticalMouse-Ergonomic-Connection/dp/B0046ZN8P4/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_147_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=5GQMDFAP1G33P7JTNND4 which is also &quot;Ergonomic&quot; with a similar layout." CreationDate="2019-06-26T12:40:03.563" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18321" PostId="11431" Score="0" Text="Laptop, or desktop? Laptop PCs have BGA Pentiums which are machine soldered in place and cannot be removed. Only desktop motherboards are practical to change the CPU on. Open a command Prompt and run _wmic computersystem get model,name,manufacturer,systemtype_ then post the result by clicking on [edit] and adding it to your question." CreationDate="2019-06-26T20:30:30.297" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18322" PostId="11358" Score="0" Text="Lenovo offers service contracts served by IBM, and in my experience, they've provided great support." CreationDate="2019-06-26T20:55:28.863" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18323" PostId="11454" Score="0" Text="I see what you mean, the spec. sheet couldn't be clearer. Thanks. I added the result of WMIC to my original question as you suggested." CreationDate="2019-06-26T23:09:49.917" UserId="12774" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18324" PostId="11358" Score="0" Text="Does Lenovo have a good 2-in-1 with dual drives?" CreationDate="2019-06-27T00:45:43.177" UserId="1687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18325" PostId="11352" Score="0" Text="I have not removed any comment;  someone else did.  I appreciate you trying to help me and did not intend to offend you but I seriously do not think my original post is very long.  Anyway, as I said, I want to continue using the same OS installations on the same physical drives as I am currently using, which is why I need an x86 computer with SATA Host ports.  Even if I wanted to switch to an ARM computer, why not choose one with SATA connectivity?  I gather that the Raspberry Pi version 4 is out now but I have not yet researched it but I am assuming that it still lacks SATA connectivity?" CreationDate="2019-06-27T06:35:16.163" UserId="12723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18326" PostId="11418" Score="0" Text="I want to make my pendrive detectable on basis of MAC address or IP address of host system. Suppose my host has a mac address of 00-01-0a. I will bind that Mac address with flash drive. When i will insert that flash drive onto host system. First, flash drive will verify the host MAC address. If its matched it will mounted on system and reveal its file system to the host. All i'm asking that is it feasible. Like making a flash drive detectable on a particular system with the help of software or hardware.." CreationDate="2019-06-27T07:05:31.687" UserId="12794" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18327" PostId="11457" Score="0" Text="Question. In what country do you live?" CreationDate="2019-06-27T07:05:56.620" UserId="12517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18333" PostId="11449" Score="0" Text="Are you just looking for a way to connect them for data extraction? https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Drive-Enclosures-IDE-SATA-Accessories/s?rh=n%3A160354011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin%3A5871549011" CreationDate="2019-06-27T15:23:53.207" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18334" PostId="11413" Score="0" Text="Sure thing, I get that... I can figure out the coding and assembly.  It's the component selection that I'd be interested in.  Does that reduce the scope sufficiently to keep the topic open?" CreationDate="2019-06-28T01:22:26.063" UserId="12791" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18338" PostId="11460" Score="0" Text="You didn't state what your current system was, is it a server class laptop with a Intel Xeon (server class) CPU?" CreationDate="2019-06-28T14:50:22.507" UserId="12861" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18341" PostId="11450" Score="0" Text="How cheap is cheap? What is the maximum you are willing to spend?" CreationDate="2019-06-28T18:22:31.807" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18344" PostId="11349" Score="0" Text="It is multiple computers, not only one.  Among other uses, the computers automatically back up the file system of other computers over the network.  One of the computers uses custom software I developed for the backup system, which is part of the reason I do not want to upgrade the OS." CreationDate="2019-06-29T03:51:34.990" UserId="12723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18345" PostId="11413" Score="0" Text="That was clear in your original post, just wanted to let you know that there's not many with the requisite expertise in all those areas to provide quality recommendations on the component selection. I can try and help out, but unfortunately, I'm not sure I know enough of what I'm doing to give solid recs." CreationDate="2019-06-29T03:54:56.577" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18346" PostId="11418" Score="0" Text="I guess that's probably possible, but I don't think the standard USB mass storage protocol allows for it; you're going to need something more complicated. Verification based on MAC addresses or IP addresses is also probably a bad way of doing things. As for existing products, I don't think there are any; most probably just use hardware encryption + password or biometric authentication, which if your situation allows for it, is probably what I'd recommend." CreationDate="2019-06-29T03:57:14.410" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18349" PostId="11460" Score="0" Text="Can you tell us what sort of things you're running? How fast they're running right now/how fast you'd like them to run? What your budget would be? Any size/power/noise requirements? If you're willing to buy used?" CreationDate="2019-06-29T04:03:40.533" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18351" PostId="11349" Score="0" Text="Maximum dimensions: approximately 30 cm high × 30 cm deep × 18 cm wide or smaller would be nice but I do not really have a hard requirement as long as it fits in the space I currently have.&#xA;&#xA;As the second sentence of my post says, used or refurbished is OK as long as it is still reliable.&#xA;&#xA;Budget: I do not have a hard limit except I do not want to spend a lot of money on it because the decade+ old computers I currently use still work but produce waste heat and fan noise.  I do not want to spend lots of money on hardware much more powerful than I need nor that requires upgrading the OS." CreationDate="2019-06-29T04:07:38.357" UserId="12723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18352" PostId="11349" Score="0" Text="Correction: at least three of the computers use custom software I developed for the backup system." CreationDate="2019-06-29T05:11:38.123" UserId="12723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18353" PostId="11352" Score="0" Text="I redd about the newly-released Raspberry Pi 4 Model B;  apparently I was correct that it still lacks ATA (Parallel or Serial) connectivity." CreationDate="2019-06-29T05:57:58.397" UserId="12723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18354" PostId="11373" Score="0" Text="I have the same question except I don't need PD (power delivery). Just split a USB-C into USB-C video and another output for usb data (type-a or type-c)!" CreationDate="2019-06-29T08:48:07.410" UserId="12868" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18355" PostId="10277" Score="0" Text="It's not amazing. Only splits one usb-c into two usb-c out but it's at least something!" CreationDate="2019-06-29T08:59:33.847" UserId="12868" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18358" PostId="11474" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure I understand the JavaScript limitation. You do a web service which communicates with the printer using whatever technology is the more appropriate, and then you call the web service from the browser. So what's the real problem here?" CreationDate="2019-06-29T11:19:15.580" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18360" PostId="11460" Score="0" Text="I updated my question to reflect a bit better my ideas. Thanks for your feedback!" CreationDate="2019-06-29T18:45:37.290" UserId="12844" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18361" PostId="11474" Score="0" Text="Well the problem I am running into is that I need javascript to invoke the printer through a SDK. So its not necessarily a limitation on the java script rather I am trying to find a thermal printer that **A: supports ios connection, and B: includes a javascript SDK. **" CreationDate="2019-06-29T23:17:52.303" UserId="12867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18362" PostId="11474" Score="0" Text="I'm hoping maybe someone else has had an experience in setting this up and would have some recommendations on a printer type to go with that would work for the given scenario. I haven't seen much. I think Zebra seems to be the best from my own research, but they require their specific browser in order to invoke the code. Which at this time does not support IOS." CreationDate="2019-06-29T23:20:45.210" UserId="12867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18363" PostId="11474" Score="0" Text="I still don't understand. You can use the thermal printer as any other printer with virtually any language, including JavaScript (with Node.js extensions such as [node-printer](https://github.com/tojocky/node-printer)). So what *exactly* are you trying to achieve? Do it from the browser? Why would you do it, instead of having a web service, which seems to be a more straightforward and easy approach?" CreationDate="2019-06-30T00:08:18.330" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18365" PostId="11460" Score="0" Text="What do you think of Microsoft Azure? Is it suitable? I would be eligible for a 100$ trial as academia member. Can I install on azure vm all the applications I want or am I bound to their 'app store'?" CreationDate="2019-07-01T07:03:51.890" UserId="12844" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18370" PostId="11460" Score="0" Text="I have closed this question as primarily opinion-based as only you can answer the question if you should build/buy a server or if you should use a cloud solution." CreationDate="2019-07-01T18:58:46.977" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18371" PostId="11460" Score="0" Text="I am asking for directions for further research not an answer to the question: Should I buy it or not? Sorry that is not opinion based for me that is a discussion about trading off different dimensions of possible solutions." CreationDate="2019-07-01T20:48:22.157" UserId="12844" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18372" PostId="11361" Score="0" Text="I figured it out. It happened due to heap overflow. I bought an esp32, and it is working well." CreationDate="2019-07-02T08:09:17.460" UserId="12732" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18373" PostId="11460" Score="0" Text="The kind of solution you are asking for seems to be possible by using remote desktop combined with a high-end PC or VM accessible over the internet or on your LAN. Maybe you could update your question to ask for the pros/cons of using a cloud VM vs your own server PC for this type of workload." CreationDate="2019-07-02T15:29:57.397" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18374" PostId="11467" Score="0" Text="Have you considered using a raspberry pi with its GPIO hooked up to the power/reset pins?" CreationDate="2019-07-02T15:34:37.580" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18377" PostId="11344" Score="0" Text="Gern geschehen " CreationDate="2019-07-02T17:51:01.753" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18378" PostId="11386" Score="0" Text="Ah yeah that's why I was concerned about the wattage, you've a HQ processor not a U or other low voltage processor that can take advantage of ~&lt;45W USB-C chargers. PD over USB-C/TB3 theoretically maxes at 100W but it's pretty hard to find chargers capable of over 60W " CreationDate="2019-07-02T18:08:07.950" UserId="1369" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18379" PostId="11502" Score="1" Text="It would be helpful, I think, that you explain *why* you need such camera (especially in relation to 50 g, which is an... *unusual* requirement), and what do you qualify as “industrial,” as well as what are your expectations in terms of the image (which includes the choice of the optics)." CreationDate="2019-07-02T19:00:16.410" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18380" PostId="11500" Score="0" Text="(1) Why don't you run it within a VM (or container) on an existent server? (2) What about a cloud managed service? Some are free: in terms of cost, you can't possibly do better." CreationDate="2019-07-02T19:46:45.500" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18382" PostId="11489" Score="0" Text="I checked the hdd is mainly free with 432gb of free space. But the ram is using 3gb out of 4gb available. I need to use android studio daily for 12 to 16 hours. which takes 2gb of memory plus chorme is mainly open all the time." CreationDate="2019-07-03T05:11:21.187" UserId="12873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18384" PostId="11500" Score="0" Text="Hi, thank you for answer, cloud is a good idea, but I need it to run in my local network. And about the VM...I actually don't have any server yet." CreationDate="2019-07-03T10:34:19.607" UserId="12899" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18386" PostId="11508" Score="0" Text="In terms of price, you may consider buying second-hand. Two benefits: (1) you get a better model for the same money, and (2) you can know how reliable it is based on the actual experience of all the persons who have used it for several years. Personally, I did exactly that four years ago (an HTC from 2013), and it's still working pretty well after being dropped multiple times, and the battery lasts long enough (although this exact model is not an option for you, because of the mismatch with several of your requirements, especially the screen size and the lack of bloatware)." CreationDate="2019-07-03T19:56:45.700" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18387" PostId="11502" Score="0" Text="I see. Thank you. I'm wondering if you should look at vandal-proof outdoor security cameras. The problem is that all the security cameras I know are much, much larger than your 10 cm requirement. Sport cameras are not an option, since they won't have an Ethernet port. And any webcams won't last long on a crane." CreationDate="2019-07-03T20:06:18.423" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18390" PostId="11449" Score="0" Text="Apologies for the late comeback. I actually have Linux OS running off those hard drives. They aren't that high capacity (40GB and 80GB) to use for data storage." CreationDate="2019-07-04T09:46:31.187" UserId="12833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18391" PostId="11508" Score="0" Text="With a used model you never know how well the battery still is. To be honest, not really an option for me." CreationDate="2019-07-04T11:20:06.333" UserId="2092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18396" PostId="11523" Score="0" Text="Thank You Brhaka , It's very helpful content I got it. I would like to have One more query that In getting confused to one problem which is as here :- If I have 60Hz monitor then how much fps Video Capture card needed so that I don't want to loose any frame while capturing through video having Maximum FPS as 60 fps." CreationDate="2019-07-05T05:57:04.727" UserId="12920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18397" PostId="11523" Score="0" Text="I would Like to sum up my query as :- How is the frame capture rate and Refresh rate depends upon each other? Is there any way like any mathematical proof that Make us understand much more clear way. Kindly help me by the helpful suggestion. Once again thank you for the suggestion." CreationDate="2019-07-05T06:00:28.787" UserId="12920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18401" PostId="11263" Score="0" Text="… and then (maybe) look for a HDD which doesn't get too hot." CreationDate="2019-07-05T14:43:33.363" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18402" PostId="10936" Score="0" Text="IMHO you could improve your question a little, at least write ”USB disk“ rather than just ”USB“ in the title. The term ”USB“ itself refers to protocols and specifications, not to a device. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB" CreationDate="2019-07-05T14:46:28.563" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18404" PostId="11506" Score="0" Text="If the core issue is that the wire gets ruined often, have you considered headsets with replaceable wires? Even some gaming headsets with a mic have a replaceable cable. The headset end is usually a standard 2.5mm or 3.5mm jack." CreationDate="2019-07-05T18:56:02.287" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18405" PostId="11506" Score="0" Text="Also a couple tips to point you in the right direction: 1. A 'plug &amp; play' USB Audio headset should be supported by every platform without needing any drivers. 2. Anything with surround sound must either use a special driver (not plug &amp; play) or have a built-in processor to upmix stereo into surround. Avoid this feature if you want hassle-free cross-platform support. 3. You can get 3.5mm -&gt; Bluetooth transmitters that would pair with any bluetooth headset. Although these usually don't support a mic, your headphones would still work with any 3.5mm output." CreationDate="2019-07-05T19:02:36.643" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18412" PostId="11502" Score="0" Text="I strongly suspect you got a budget issue, otherwise getting such camera's isn't hard at all. Are you part of a company? Getting industrial-grade items as a private person is much harder than getting them as an employee (might be worth it to start a one-man company)." CreationDate="2019-07-06T15:14:44.673" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18413" PostId="11502" Score="0" Text="@Mast, did you consider the constraits I mentioned? If it's not hard, can you show examples perhaps? Thanks" CreationDate="2019-07-06T15:29:51.693" UserId="12900" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18414" PostId="11502" Score="0" Text="[Imperx](https://www.imperx.com/camera-selector/) probably has what you want. They have cameras that get shot into space. But again, I strongly suspect you got budget constraints you didn't mention in your question. Otherwise not even the sky is the limit." CreationDate="2019-07-06T15:37:19.577" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18415" PostId="11502" Score="0" Text="We already browsed their site. They refer to other suppliers as well. Many of their cameras do not fit, but we did find one though that does. Only thing is it costs about €3000, and as you can imagine, is not worth it for us to make a sellable product with it. We are considering some streaming cameras now that are 10 times cheaper, but storing images will require some alternative interface." CreationDate="2019-07-06T15:41:13.067" UserId="12900" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18416" PostId="11502" Score="1" Text="You don't tell us what kind of product you're selling, so I have no idea whether 3k is much or not. I mean, I've designer products where one motor would cost half of that already, not counting the rest of the equipment required to make that motor doing something useful. In the industrial world, equipment is expensive. That's not a problem, as long as you sell your product for more than it cost." CreationDate="2019-07-06T15:47:22.337" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18421" PostId="11475" Score="1" Text="Why do you need USB-C display-out instead of DisplayPort?" CreationDate="2019-07-06T18:11:21.347" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18423" PostId="11500" Score="0" Text="Need more information about this database app." CreationDate="2019-07-06T18:16:19.003" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18425" PostId="11492" Score="0" Text="I unfortunately have no idea if Hello is supported by IoT Core. Information seems to be somewhat lacking on it." CreationDate="2019-07-06T18:22:56.217" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18427" PostId="11480" Score="0" Text="Which year iMac is this?" CreationDate="2019-07-06T19:18:36.800" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18428" PostId="11535" Score="0" Text="related questions: [waterproof activity watch to wear 24/7 with pedometer, heart rate monitor, auto sync data and with GPS to track running parkour](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/9072/waterproof-activity-watch-to-wear-24-7-with-pedometer-heart-rate-monitor-auto): no need for a podometer, and not enough power; [https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/31/passive-gps-tracker-logger](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/31/passive-gps-tracker-logger) - too bulky." CreationDate="2019-07-06T21:17:56.837" UserId="7291" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18429" PostId="11500" Score="0" Text="No, the database app isn't the point. I am just asking if there are some cheaper devices than raspberry pi, able to run docker, thats all. The app is the reason why I need it, but I want device not only for specific purpose, but generally for docker containers." CreationDate="2019-07-07T00:01:05.760" UserId="12899" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18430" PostId="11480" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Retina 5k, 27-inch, Mid 2015" CreationDate="2019-07-07T01:21:48.953" UserId="12874" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18435" PostId="11480" Score="0" Text="Would you be interested in retaining the HDD and installing an SSD in the existing slot? You'll also be able to get better performance, since it's an NVM-e drive." CreationDate="2019-07-08T04:49:14.460" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18436" PostId="11536" Score="0" Text="Most noise-cancelling headphones have individual mics for each ear, but most also don't expose each mic individually to software. You could do something like place two Modmics on an existing set of headphones, but I'm with Arseni though that this isn't the best way to do things usually. What's your intent here? What are you trying to record? What for?" CreationDate="2019-07-08T04:54:29.790" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18437" PostId="11480" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I'm interested, but is that even possible? For one I thought Apple used a proprietary form factor for their PCIe blade, and for another I'm not aware of any NVM-e drives greater than 3TB." CreationDate="2019-07-08T06:42:19.927" UserId="12874" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18438" PostId="11480" Score="0" Text="If you can live with 2TB, there are options, and I'd be happy to write up an answer. What's your use case? In general my recommendation would be to use a &quot;more&quot; moderate SSD, get a large HDD for mass storage, and cache as necessary on the SSD." CreationDate="2019-07-08T06:55:07.897" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18439" PostId="11534" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? By &quot;quiet&quot;, how loud are we talking (preferably in dB if you can)? Would you have any interest in overclocking down the line? How tall of a CPU cooler can you fit? What RAM do you have?" CreationDate="2019-07-08T07:22:52.030" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18440" PostId="11506" Score="0" Text="Seconding the &quot;headsets usually require surround sound drivers.&quot; Besides that though, you've got a massive, massive range of headphones; AFAIK most Bluetooth headphones/headsets will be perfectly happy cross-platform. I'm assuming you'd prefer close-backed, over-ear? Any interest in noise-cancelling?" CreationDate="2019-07-08T07:29:32.563" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18442" PostId="11475" Score="1" Text="@JMY1000 because my display only has USB type C connector and no physical DisplayPort connector: Asus ZenScreen MB16AC" CreationDate="2019-07-08T07:53:26.423" UserId="12868" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18443" PostId="11449" Score="0" Text="I think it may be time to replace those drives, at least as boot volumes..." CreationDate="2019-07-08T08:27:59.860" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18445" PostId="11291" Score="0" Text="I personally have a ducky one with red switches. I first wanted to bring my cherry mx  blues to work, but after 10 minutes of typing on it collegues came to ask why I was making so much noise typing. I think it is best to avoid clicky switches, to preserve the peace at work :)" CreationDate="2019-07-08T10:57:38.417" UserId="6175" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18447" PostId="11506" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 don’t most Bluetooth headsets have extremely high latency? Also to answer your question closed back over ear noise canceling. I cap at 200ms total." CreationDate="2019-07-08T12:38:43.373" UserId="10156" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18448" PostId="11502" Score="0" Text="@Mast Edited the question to address some of your latest queries about the use-case." CreationDate="2019-07-08T13:13:07.203" UserId="12900" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18452" PostId="11549" Score="0" Text="Thank you, your answer is helpful." CreationDate="2019-07-08T18:20:00.290" UserId="12949" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18453" PostId="11552" Score="0" Text="Looks like I need a Home tv channel broadcaster with a range which don’t exceed 20 meters. Seems that solution need to be created." CreationDate="2019-07-08T20:13:17.347" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18456" PostId="11541" Score="0" Text="thx! so recording in stereo can be from a single spot/origin place, could so be the actual one (in the headset near the stop/cont and volume controls). Yes, I need to record each channel individually to further equalize each based on each ear's necessity, and noise filtering could be thru software also." CreationDate="2019-07-08T23:03:47.537" UserId="7618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18457" PostId="11552" Score="0" Text="@cybernard no ethernet is availaible. Also it s not possible to use cpl because the electric smart counter use an incompatible technology. Why using ethernet when regular Wi Fi is in therory fast enough? In fact the tv works already very fine with DLNA, if I could install a virtual screen which would send the video s signal using that protocol (the problem here is what I want to send isn t a static video so I can t just convert to a file)." CreationDate="2019-07-09T03:22:51.610" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18458" PostId="11506" Score="0" Text="@MageintheBarrel It depends on several factors, including hardware (both of the headphones and the device), codec, OS, and drivers. However, I really don't see what your other options are given the wide range of OSs you want. Sure, you could get something with a proprietary low-latency dongle and carry around whatever adapters you need to use it with a phone, but do you *really* want to go through all the pain and hassle of that, especially on a locked-down platform like iOS? (cont.)" CreationDate="2019-07-09T04:16:48.693" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18459" PostId="11506" Score="0" Text="If you're really that concerned about latency, get a wired headset with a detachable cable. Or, if you want flexibility, get a wireless headset with an optional detachable cable. Frankly though, in my experience (even with non-gaming-oriented headphones), latency just hasn't been a big issue." CreationDate="2019-07-09T04:19:15.730" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18464" PostId="11555" Score="0" Text="From what I can tell, you should be fine to purchase any enclosure that is SATA compatible.That connection you refer to, I'm unsure of, but shouldn't be a factor at all." CreationDate="2019-07-09T16:14:46.013" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18466" PostId="11559" Score="0" Text="Thanks for sparing your time to answer the question and explain the details. I think I can understand your explanation. Again, thank you and have a good day." CreationDate="2019-07-09T17:59:02.100" UserId="12955" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18467" PostId="11555" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths I see I see. Thanks for the reply!" CreationDate="2019-07-09T18:01:40.840" UserId="12955" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18469" PostId="11552" Score="0" Text="@cybernard that’swhat I said : Ethernet. I’m not find leaving any cable running in the stairs. Everything is connected through radio here." CreationDate="2019-07-10T08:36:45.170" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18471" PostId="11562" Score="0" Text="How big is the data in MB or GB?  Will it ever grow beyond 20 million?" CreationDate="2019-07-10T12:36:00.930" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18472" PostId="11565" Score="0" Text="Have you made sure the laptop set to output to external speakers?" CreationDate="2019-07-10T19:32:08.177" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18479" PostId="11304" Score="0" Text="If money is an issue for you, rather buy a reliable 450w psu" CreationDate="2019-07-11T09:17:13.757" UserId="12517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18482" PostId="4317" Score="0" Text="FTR, the link on Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20160618162840/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RB3E95983" CreationDate="2019-07-11T15:44:18.563" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18483" PostId="11574" Score="0" Text="Ah I see, so my boards sata ports can be used as standalone sata ports or as part of a sata express connection. Thank you very much for clarifying" CreationDate="2019-07-11T20:13:10.700" UserId="12982" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18486" PostId="11548" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to HW Recs! In general, our site is designed to give purchase recommendations for hardware rather than technical support. If you need a purchase recommendation for a long range outdoor router this is considered on-topic but you will need to specify your **desired range**, **target price**, **etc**. so we can find a setup that best suits your needs." CreationDate="2019-07-12T02:54:53.750" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18487" PostId="11554" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to HW Recs! In general, our site is designed to provide purchase recommendations for hardware rather than **technical details** or implementation details. If you want a recommendation for &quot;small embedded system for speedometer development under X$&quot; this is considered on-topic for the site, but you will need to provide more details (price, constraints, desired operating system and language, etc.)" CreationDate="2019-07-12T03:01:10.343" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18488" PostId="11562" Score="0" Text="Thanks, it is 10 to 20 gigas, and yes maybe beyond 20 millions, just in case" CreationDate="2019-07-12T04:30:19.807" UserId="12965" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18489" PostId="11432" Score="0" Text="Cool. Lemme know how it goes if you don't mind? Will help until the problem is solved" CreationDate="2019-07-12T08:06:03.967" UserId="12517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18491" PostId="11562" Score="0" Text="So what do you have/budget?" CreationDate="2019-07-12T12:43:03.167" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18493" PostId="11578" Score="0" Text="thank you very much, I'm going to check prices" CreationDate="2019-07-13T02:46:33.853" UserId="12965" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18502" PostId="8498" Score="0" Text="what speeds did you get using the x1 slot vs x4?" CreationDate="2019-07-15T13:29:41.863" UserId="13021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18503" PostId="11598" Score="0" Text="I can't really suggest a router, but I would like to warn you that a smart user can get around DNS filtering. Make sure that you follow all of SafeDNS's [recommendations](https://www.safedns.com/en/guides/bypass-prevention/) since a DNS filter just stops you from finding the IP for a website. Many games and gaming applications like Steam, Origin, Xbox, etc can have hard-coded IP addresses and entirely bypass your DNS filter." CreationDate="2019-07-15T17:50:12.723" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18505" PostId="11597" Score="2" Text="Cheap HDMI TVs and Raspberry Pis." CreationDate="2019-07-15T18:42:09.693" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18506" PostId="11598" Score="0" Text="OK thanks for the heads up" CreationDate="2019-07-15T19:35:27.567" UserId="13022" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18508" PostId="11599" Score="0" Text="Not sure what you mean by &quot;without dependency of installing drivers or laptop&quot;. Are you asking for self-contained hardware dedicated to sniffing and relaying  the captured data via TCP/IP?" CreationDate="2019-07-15T20:26:12.650" UserId="12644" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18509" PostId="11604" Score="0" Text="While you might be right that those specs match the minimum specs for AutoCAD, they are far from the recommended ones: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD-2019-including-Specialized-Toolsets.html. Another thing - which most of the small ones you meeantioned do not have is a dedicated GPU" CreationDate="2019-07-16T02:47:17.413" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18514" PostId="11597" Score="0" Text="Yes someone suggested Cheap HDMI TVs and Raspberry Pis but I wanted to double check. Will Raspberry PIs be good option to have for such displays?" CreationDate="2019-07-16T15:26:25.357" UserId="13016" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18515" PostId="8498" Score="0" Text="It varies with the motherboard type, as there are different PCI Express versions. 1.0 1x is 250 MB/s, 2.0 1x is 500 MB/s, 3.0 1x is 985 MB/s, 4.0 1x is 1.969 GB/s, etc. This is faster than the SATA interface for old motherboards. SATA-I is 150 MB/s, SATA-II is 300 MB/s, SATA-III is 600 MB/s." CreationDate="2019-07-16T16:18:20.390" UserId="7044" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18516" PostId="8498" Score="1" Text="I'm aware of the 3.0 1x effective lane speed of 985MB/s I was wondering what you actually got." CreationDate="2019-07-16T20:26:47.883" UserId="13021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18518" PostId="11604" Score="0" Text="How much do you care about a nice screen? Do you have a specific weight limit? Purely AutoCAD, or other CAD programs as well? My instinct given your preference for a thinner design and [AutoCAD's general indifference to professional GPUs](https://youtu.be/CAVqIOITdmM?t=8m55s) is probably a light gaming notebook, but that could depend." CreationDate="2019-07-16T21:04:22.217" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18528" PostId="11552" Score="0" Text="Could you tell us what you are trying to stream from the PC to the TV? There may be a solution specific to your use-case other than trying to stream the HDMI signal. Are you willing to consider additional hardware like an Android HTPC?" CreationDate="2019-07-18T20:47:28.480" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18529" PostId="11552" Score="0" Text="@Romen gaming… but Bluetooth control isn’t a problem. The game is fully compatible with android and supports the same control (through again bluetooth) but there’s just one catch : the graphic hardware which would be powerful enough to play at the planned antialiasing and resolution and framerate is likely to require mobile hardware of the end of the next decade (as no x86 laptop can be made fast enough for the current scenario so ᴀʀᴍ is far worst). Otherwise, the framerate is measurable in minutes instead of seconds." CreationDate="2019-07-18T21:48:35.463" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18530" PostId="11552" Score="0" Text="@Romen however ᴄᴘᴜ isn’t a problem and it should be possible to emulate it on android from ᴘᴄ. This wouldn’t be the first time I use game designed to playable at full quality with hardware not existing yet. In therms of size, the ᴛᴠ and the ᴘᴄ can’t lie in the same room." CreationDate="2019-07-18T21:50:51.120" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18532" PostId="10783" Score="0" Text="Honor Pad 5 is best in 15k 8 inch screen 4gb ram and kirin 710 processor." CreationDate="2019-07-19T09:25:27.893" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18533" PostId="11552" Score="0" Text="I brought up Android because you can use software on your desktop PC specifically meant for streaming games (Steam Remote Play, Nvidia Gametream) and receive the stream on an Android device plugged in to the TV. It forwards any bluetooth or USB controller too. The quality of the video compression is good compared to what you might get from an HDMI transmitter." CreationDate="2019-07-19T14:00:20.343" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18534" PostId="11632" Score="0" Text="Does the PC have a PCIe slot? The 6600 GT is old enough to possibly be an AGP slot so your motherboard might only have PCI and AGP." CreationDate="2019-07-19T16:14:19.797" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18535" PostId="11630" Score="0" Text="Not confident enough to post this as an answer but 802.3 doesn't exclude the use of the unused twisted pairs for another purpose. There are definitely splitters available to run two ethernet links over a single cable but they must be used on both ends of the cable. I am almost certain that you have to use two physical interfaces behind your custom connector since a normal ethernet interface would not be required to do anything with the unused wires when in 100BASE-T mode. Maybe a custom driver with the right hardware could get it done." CreationDate="2019-07-19T16:36:55.210" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18537" PostId="11622" Score="0" Text="Did you upgrade to a motherboard with native Thunderbolt 3 support? The addin cards require a header on the motherboard since Thunderbolt cannot be sent through the PCIe slot." CreationDate="2019-07-19T17:02:45.663" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18538" PostId="11627" Score="0" Text="Thank you so much. The answer really helped me." CreationDate="2019-07-19T19:01:34.477" UserId="13048" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18539" PostId="11635" Score="0" Text="If you don't have experience to determine the technical feasibility of the project, you should tell so to the person who asked you to determine it. The fact that someone on this site would tell you that it's possible/impossible won't magically increase your experience." CreationDate="2019-07-19T19:04:08.430" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18540" PostId="11635" Score="0" Text="Yeah, you're gonna have to pay someone that specializes in this kind of stuff. Nobody on here is going to do that kind of work for you for free." CreationDate="2019-07-19T19:26:14.520" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18541" PostId="11627" Score="0" Text="Glad I could help" CreationDate="2019-07-19T19:29:50.840" UserId="13011" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18542" PostId="11636" Score="0" Text="With dvb-t you have 1080p25Hz with very high quality compression for 2mb/s raw stream or 30Mb/s of real bandwith. Something which should definitely possible over 5Gb/s Wi-fi. The problem is the YTv doesn t runs Android but WebOs which severaly limits compatibility." CreationDate="2019-07-20T11:02:27.927" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18545" PostId="11635" Score="0" Text="Hi, you should go this site since most experience GIS people  can help you on that ...  https://gis.stackexchange.com/" CreationDate="2019-07-21T16:51:29.627" UserId="10028" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18546" PostId="11635" Score="0" Text="Do you have a software in mind ?  There are variety software that require at least 8 GB RAM." CreationDate="2019-07-21T16:52:09.933" UserId="10028" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18549" PostId="2101" Score="0" Text="Juiced VertexHUB USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 data and charging hub&#xA;[review](https://techfruit.com/2019/06/27/review-juiced-vertexhub-usb-3-1-data-and-charging-hub/) and [on Amazon](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B07M68BNQQ)" CreationDate="2019-07-21T22:27:02.373" UserId="13096" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18552" PostId="11622" Score="0" Text="Thanks - yeah as I've been researching since I posted I found out there were a small handful of motherboards with Thunderbolt 3 built into the board itself. Right now I'm looking at the Z390 DESIGNARE and going the Intel i9 9900K route. I would like to look at going with the new 3rd gen AMD Ryzen 7 or 9 but there doesn't appear to be an x570 board that fits my needs and has Thunderbolt 3. (the ASRock x570 creator was announced already and was supposed to be released on July 7 but it wasn't and IDK when it will be)." CreationDate="2019-07-22T15:25:25.950" UserId="13047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18554" PostId="11625" Score="0" Text="In general, we tend to offer per part recommendations based on your **price limit** and **intended usage** (e.g. I want to do image processing, or I want to game). Your question in it's current form is too broad. Only you know what is best value to you. With your current setup it looks like you have a lot of cash to spend and are going high spec. How about a RTX 2080 TI?" CreationDate="2019-07-23T04:31:14.760" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18557" PostId="11623" Score="0" Text="Hi Welcome to HW Recs! Your question in it's current form is too broad. Please try to **narrow down the nature of image processing** (e.g. 4K facial recognition = higher spec board vs. 720p simple homographic detection = less specs) that you plan on doing and the **maximum price** you are willing to pay for such a Pi board." CreationDate="2019-07-23T04:44:41.043" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18563" PostId="11630" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to HW Recs! In general, our site is designed to provide **purchase recommendations** for hardware rather than **technical details or support**." CreationDate="2019-07-23T05:04:47.533" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18574" PostId="11617" Score="0" Text="Macs are not the only portable PC, there are plenty of small windows PCs with fantastic battery life, see: Spectre X360, XPS 13, Thinkpad T480." CreationDate="2019-07-23T22:50:48.527" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18578" PostId="11625" Score="0" Text="I am currently unable to spend more than $350 right now." CreationDate="2019-07-24T05:36:16.587" UserId="13053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18579" PostId="11625" Score="0" Text="Unless RubyJunk's assumptions about your criteria for best value are sufficient, what are you planning to use this setup for? Do you want to maximize performance @ $350 or minimize price?" CreationDate="2019-07-24T05:39:28.260" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18580" PostId="11625" Score="0" Text="I want maximum performance @ $350. Your suggestion will be appreciated. :)" CreationDate="2019-07-24T05:49:43.743" UserId="13053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18582" PostId="11218" Score="0" Text="Please elaborate this question. You want to connect USB(Pendrives) to Vm Machines which works like physical. is that so?" CreationDate="2019-06-24T09:17:50.397" UserId="12794" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18583" PostId="11218" Score="0" Text="I have to connect a physical smartcard reader to a VM. But I cannot use directly its host. Then I'm looking for something like a general USB sharing device over network." CreationDate="2019-06-24T09:30:54.653" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18584" PostId="11604" Score="0" Text="OK, GiB is not often used for RAM, but it remains stupid that the 8 GB of RAM doesn't fit into the 256 GB of SSD 32 times." CreationDate="2019-07-25T15:50:17.260" UserId="5472" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18591" PostId="11660" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Arseni for the answer. We have some stereo cameras with bigger baseline also under consideration. Any other reconstruction methods other than stereo, (like SFM, TOF) as suggestions? Or LIDAR ? Should be ideal for outdoor (high illumination) and long range applications." CreationDate="2019-07-28T14:12:58.407" UserId="13113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18594" PostId="11662" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your suggestion. I am planning to buy RTX 2060 Super." CreationDate="2019-07-30T04:33:44.367" UserId="13053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18595" PostId="11688" Score="0" Text="What's your issue with the color range of the BenQ? Seems to have better Color coverage than the Dell. (And comparing to the added LG would rather be this BenQ https://amzn.to/2SQfnMu)" CreationDate="2019-07-30T11:28:48.083" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18596" PostId="11699" Score="0" Text="I'm fairly sure that the X570 boards do not need a BIOS update. They were released specifically for the Ryzen 2 generation and may only need a BIOS update for specific CPU models that released later. Hopefully somebody that has actually used one of these boards can confirm that in an answer." CreationDate="2019-07-30T20:54:17.390" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18597" PostId="11686" Score="0" Text="I can confirm that there is a [standard slot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_PCI_Express_Module) for laptop graphics cards, but I have no clue whether a $1500 USD laptop still uses it these days. I have seen them inside Alienware and other build-to-order gaming notebooks in the past. When the GPU is not integrated in the motherboard it will make the laptop &amp; cooling system significantly thicker though, so a thin model almost never uses this slot." CreationDate="2019-07-30T20:58:00.507" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18599" PostId="10695" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Asking for a EU device and recommending a site titled Detroid-electronics might be it. No clue otherwise." CreationDate="2019-07-31T11:25:54.003" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18600" PostId="11699" Score="0" Text="@Romen I'm not sure if you get me. I want to use a Gen 3 Ryzen, not a Gen 2. I also can't update the BIOS to support a new CPU if that CPU doesn't work with the motherboard in the first place. Also, pairing an X570 board with a Ryzen 5 3600 would just be a waste of money but thanks for the help anyway." CreationDate="2019-07-31T12:31:57.673" UserId="13161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18602" PostId="11699" Score="0" Text="I do get you. Currently the X570 is the only chipset that supports a Ryzen 3X00 CPU out of the box (which *is* a &quot;Ryzen 2&quot; CPU). After some time you may find older X470 or B450 boards with the latest BIOS on store shelves, but for now that will be hard to find. You could also wait for the B550 chipset, which will be used on lower cost boards and probably still suppot PCIe 4.0 when it is released." CreationDate="2019-07-31T13:16:29.627" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18603" PostId="11699" Score="0" Text="Sorry, I did make a mistake in my previous comments: &quot;Ryzen 2&quot; should be &quot;Zen 2&quot;. A Ryzen 2X00 CPU is still &quot;Zen 1&quot; while 3X00 is &quot;Zen 2&quot;. It's easy to confuse their model numbers and generation numbers because they don't match, and also because &quot;Ryzen&quot; and &quot;Zen&quot; refer to different things (CPU model vs architecure)." CreationDate="2019-07-31T13:24:19.573" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18604" PostId="11686" Score="0" Text="So what's needed is enough money, time to do research and then some luck, and you end up with an exchangeable GPU. Thank you, and thanks for the link." CreationDate="2019-07-31T14:15:59.700" UserId="13142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18605" PostId="11686" Score="0" Text="With an emphasis on luck! There is the possibility that the laptop you get now may not support newer MXM graphics cards due to changes in the standard or dimensions of the cards available when you decide to upgrade. (I used to work in PC building/repair and...) The only time I've seen somebody successfully change their MXM card was only a side-grade to another GPU in the same generation." CreationDate="2019-07-31T14:40:34.133" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18606" PostId="11699" Score="0" Text="Thanks, @Romen. I think I'll wait for the B550 chipset." CreationDate="2019-07-31T14:50:42.743" UserId="13161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18607" PostId="11686" Score="0" Text="Wow. Okay, I think I'll stay away from such experiments for now." CreationDate="2019-07-31T15:25:47.387" UserId="13142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18609" PostId="11686" Score="0" Text="You might be interested in eGPUs, otherwise, this is mostly an infeasible task." CreationDate="2019-07-31T18:43:36.787" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18611" PostId="11681" Score="0" Text="Hi, Welcome to Hw Recs! In general, our site is designed to provide pre-purchase recommendations for hardware rather than technical details or support. (iex. X for $Y vs. Will X work/is good?)" CreationDate="2019-07-31T19:24:10.483" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18613" PostId="11639" Score="0" Text="It would be helpful to specify a budget limit or state that you have none if price is not relevant to you." CreationDate="2019-07-31T19:29:30.373" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18615" PostId="11686" Score="0" Text="Good hint, @Rubyjunk, thank you. This could actually work: There are some links on the eGPU Wiki entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit#External_GPU_(eGPU)) to vendor pages, and e.g. HP here lists their compatible devices and GPUs: https://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/omenaccelerator/overview.html." CreationDate="2019-08-01T10:11:38.523" UserId="13142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18616" PostId="11686" Score="0" Text="(I got something else by now, sadly not eGPU compatible. But if you want to make this an answer @Rubyjunk, I'd accept this as a solution )" CreationDate="2019-08-01T10:17:40.777" UserId="13142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18617" PostId="11710" Score="1" Text="Thanks, but my problem is specifically about adding another GPU *later*, but buying a cheap-ish computer now." CreationDate="2019-08-01T10:19:40.757" UserId="13142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18622" PostId="11716" Score="0" Text="Accepted, because eGPU's are something that one can find vendor information about and where you can avoid uncertainty whether it will work or not. Still, swapping GPU's 'might be possible', with luck involved, as @Romen said.  -    Thank you!" CreationDate="2019-08-02T07:15:43.700" UserId="13142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18623" PostId="11717" Score="0" Text="This isn't strictly a hardware request. Are you looking for a barcode scanner, biometric scanner, combination, etc? &quot;Something could go wrong&quot; - Yeah. You could have an insecure server on your network on then all the biometric data will be vulnerable. Policy-wise, I'd go with the barcode reader (not an RFID reader). Build a policy around forgotten ID cards. Make it painful for the students so they don't forget again. Have *them* fill out the attendance paperwork, make them go to the office to get a temporary ID, etc. Something that costs them time and effort. It's inconvenient for the day." CreationDate="2019-08-02T12:58:10.870" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18624" PostId="11717" Score="0" Text="My personal suggestion was for the barcode reader. Also like the idea to task the student so that he doesn't forget. I'll present this." CreationDate="2019-08-02T15:34:31.897" UserId="13179" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18625" PostId="11625" Score="0" Text="I think it would make far more sense if we give you a complete build rather than specific graphic card recommendations. Can you give us an overall budget, intended use case (and, if gaming, what games), and if you're willing to buy used?" CreationDate="2019-08-03T00:56:17.820" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18627" PostId="11702" Score="0" Text="Why are you choosing between these two specifically? Would you be interested in another laptop?" CreationDate="2019-08-03T01:06:12.523" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18628" PostId="11702" Score="0" Text="Yes, as long as it is under ~$700" CreationDate="2019-08-03T04:58:45.587" UserId="13165" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18630" PostId="11625" Score="0" Text="Brother, I have already built that PC with the mentioned configuration. That's why I was asking about only GPU." CreationDate="2019-08-03T08:57:09.867" UserId="13053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18631" PostId="11678" Score="0" Text="Thank you. Do you have any suggestion about reliability of those brands?" CreationDate="2019-08-03T13:09:37.473" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18633" PostId="11702" Score="0" Text="What CAD software are you using?" CreationDate="2019-08-03T15:49:53.803" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18634" PostId="11678" Score="0" Text="I'm afraid, no. But in any case I'd advice you to analyse and compare by yourself. For example, read the specs, check out the user guides, discover the other products of the company/brand, etc. pp. I guess you'll find guides on the internet on how to assess the reliability of hardware." CreationDate="2019-08-03T20:16:38.993" UserId="12285" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18635" PostId="11702" Score="0" Text="I actually may or may not use CAD, but if I do it will be freeCAD" CreationDate="2019-08-04T16:42:09.680" UserId="13165" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18639" PostId="11744" Score="0" Text="But in the specs it says: Maximum Digital Resolution2 &gt; 7680x4320@60Hz&#xA;https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080-ti/" CreationDate="2019-08-05T14:09:40.407" UserId="13203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18640" PostId="11744" Score="1" Text="This card can run 7680x4320 at 60Hz, but 144Hz at lower resolutions." CreationDate="2019-08-05T14:15:59.307" UserId="12923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18643" PostId="11733" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure what you mean by “embed [...] into [...] physical goods” in a context where the example you give is an USB flash drive. Are you looking for a flash drive, or rather an integrated circuit? If the former, what about the chips used to store BIOS in motherboards or other hardware, especially server grade hardware with life expectancy bigger than ten years? Also, you should be more precise about “low speeds” and “small capacity.” For some people, small capacity is anything less than 1 GB. For others, it's 4 KB." CreationDate="2019-08-05T17:35:24.603" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18645" PostId="11733" Score="0" Text="You are right, I wasn't sufficiently clear. I *am* after a &quot;flash drive&quot;, rather than a circuit, though a very barebones one. I want to *encase* it, rather than &quot;embed&quot;. It does need to be USB (or something similar) to be easily pluggable and readable with a conventional computer." CreationDate="2019-08-06T09:01:14.253" UserId="13194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18648" PostId="11752" Score="0" Text="Sorry, I don't think i quite understand what you mean when talking about WS2811/12/13. Are you saying they are different than other types of led strips because they work when one led breaks?" CreationDate="2019-08-07T02:45:39.420" UserId="13208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18649" PostId="11752" Score="0" Text="Additionally, what is the difference between a WS2811 light strip and a WS2812 or WS2813 strip? What do the numbers mean?" CreationDate="2019-08-07T02:46:59.763" UserId="13208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18650" PostId="11752" Score="0" Text="@jflinux I searched a bit on google and added the differences" CreationDate="2019-08-07T08:57:23.930" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18652" PostId="11744" Score="0" Text="How about a GTX 1660 Ti?" CreationDate="2019-08-07T17:47:12.280" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18653" PostId="11744" Score="0" Text="GTX 1660 Ti is such a good card, but I didn't found any post / docs about 2K at 144Hz." CreationDate="2019-08-07T17:54:07.967" UserId="12923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18655" PostId="11752" Score="0" Text="I think that in its current form, the answer is incomplete and could be misleading for persons who never used LED strips and expect that they would buy one and simply plug it into their Raspberry Pi. It could be useful to explain that, at a minimum, you also need an external power source (and a one which is powerful enough) and a resistor, and some wiring (and, in some cases, a capacitor)." CreationDate="2019-08-07T21:25:14.630" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18656" PostId="11752" Score="0" Text="Yes that is kind of my situation right now. I read though that those LEDs (WS2812b) can't be controlled by the pi with it simultaneously playing music. Any clue if that is true? Source: https://tutorials-raspberrypi.com/connect-control-raspberry-pi-ws2812-rgb-led-strips/ under section &quot;NeoPixel WS2812B / WS2811 vs. WS2801 on a Raspberry Pi&quot;" CreationDate="2019-08-08T03:50:26.727" UserId="13208" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18659" PostId="11752" Score="0" Text="I don't know if that is true, high likely it is, because the RaspBerry is not a realtime system like an Arduino." CreationDate="2019-08-08T08:54:01.247" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18664" PostId="11761" Score="0" Text="Why do you want a RAM Drive? It really isn't worth the trouble. Besides, I don't think this kind of hardware is available (anymore) because there are way better methods of storing data (SSDs for one)." CreationDate="2019-08-08T13:24:57.410" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18666" PostId="11761" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths Windows would automatically use it for swap file, reducing SSD wear. I have lots of uses for temporary files." CreationDate="2019-08-08T18:43:40.077" UserId="13230" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18668" PostId="11775" Score="0" Text="An SDK? What for? I mean, text/graphics can be sent to virtually *every* printer using the default functionality provided by the operating system, isn't it?" CreationDate="2019-08-08T21:27:41.403" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18669" PostId="11775" Score="0" Text="I am assuming I need an SDK so that we can develop webhooks on our platform to automatically print the order details at each store." CreationDate="2019-08-09T17:03:31.397" UserId="13240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18670" PostId="11775" Score="0" Text="Oh, I think I see what you're talking about. So you want a printer which will register for Webhooks notifications and print something whenever it receives an event. Makes sense, so +1. Not sure if such thing exists, however. And, moreover, wouldn't it be just so easier (and flexible) to have on your LAN a machine running a script which would listen to Webhooks and dispatch orders to the printer? It seems like a few hours job, and would make it possible to use *any* printer." CreationDate="2019-08-09T19:26:14.797" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18676" PostId="11809" Score="0" Text="check out what hardware Sailfish OS/ Jolla runs on.  Some Sony phones can be adjusted to run Jolla, not sure about tablets.  https://jolla.com" CreationDate="2019-08-14T04:50:29.727" UserId="5370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18679" PostId="11815" Score="0" Text="Have you tried using apps that keep your Android screen alive? Such as: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.synetics.stay.alive One thing to be careful of however is damaging your screen/device as most devices (if not all) are not designed to stay on for extended period of times." CreationDate="2019-08-14T09:14:36.767" UserId="1686" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18680" PostId="11815" Score="3" Text="there are many ways to keep android's screen awake. But I'd like to find a device that doesn't have a battery, so I don't have to think when to charge it and so on. I'm ok with a stationary device that is always plugged in." CreationDate="2019-08-14T09:49:16.147" UserId="13286" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18685" PostId="11816" Score="0" Text="Good question, but you haven't specified an important point: is noise an issue? If yes, you'll have to think additionally about the way you'll cool the two GPUs. Luckily, 18 cm factor means 4U, so you can use large fans, but the front panel should let the air in as freely as possible." CreationDate="2019-08-14T19:10:21.140" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18687" PostId="11816" Score="0" Text="@arseni mourzenko no noise isn't an issue. It will be in a sound proof comm's cabinet." CreationDate="2019-08-15T05:06:45.283" UserId="1686" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18688" PostId="11823" Score="1" Text="Thanks, but I've tried this type of reasoning with my boss, but it doesn't bite. What surprises is that my salary is quite high, but when it comes to hardware, they're trying to keep down costs. It's surprising since the hardware cost is just a couple of thousandths of the salary cost.&#xA;However, my boss likes stats, maybe because that's what we work with. So that's why I'm asking for hardcore data." CreationDate="2019-08-15T14:14:26.590" UserId="13292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18689" PostId="11823" Score="0" Text="I had the same problem with my company too long time ago (but I could give them some good reasons we need better monitors for example). Try to write down as much as 'hard'  data as you can (performance gain, minimum RAM memory needed, minimum SSD or harddisk space needed etc)." CreationDate="2019-08-15T14:16:23.740" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18690" PostId="11823" Score="0" Text="I think asking for hardcore data wouldn't even help much; it depends on what needs the developer have... if you are making an application that can build in 3 seconds, a 3000 dollar computer wouldn't gain much." CreationDate="2019-08-15T14:17:43.123" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18691" PostId="11823" Score="1" Text="Thanks, I will do that. And at the end of that list I will put down how much time I spent doing it :)" CreationDate="2019-08-15T14:18:40.477" UserId="13292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18692" PostId="11823" Score="1" Text="Yes also a good point ... sorry for not having a more positive answer." CreationDate="2019-08-15T14:26:50.217" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18693" PostId="11821" Score="0" Text="This question is too broad, too opinion based, and really not about a hardware recommendation." CreationDate="2019-08-15T18:03:33.837" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18694" PostId="11782" Score="0" Text="Warranty is not the only problem. Using a battery which communicates differently than the laptop will mean they won't communicate at all. Modern Li-ion batteries and their charging systems are quite complicated nowadays, it's not as easy as with old-fashioned lead-acid ones." CreationDate="2019-08-16T07:53:33.267" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18695" PostId="11781" Score="0" Text="&quot;If I bought that battery, would I have a problem?&quot; Yes. It won't work and may even go boom." CreationDate="2019-08-16T07:59:40.180" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18700" PostId="11837" Score="0" Text="I just found [this](https://www.amazon.fr/Lemorele-Soutien-Thunderbolt-Nintendo-ChromeBook/dp/B07RQQDT8R/ref=asc_df_B07RQQDT8R/?tag=googshopfr-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=356485628603&amp;hvpos=1o6&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=13677188825149780415&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9055547&amp;hvtargid=pla-781055759680&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=&amp;ref=&amp;adgrpid=71692063909&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvadid=356485628603&amp;hvpos=1o6&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=13677188825149780415&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9055547&amp;hvtargid=pla-781055759680). but it’s not enough long for going from the ᴘᴄ to the desk." CreationDate="2019-08-19T11:56:21.217" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18701" PostId="11824" Score="0" Text="Does it need to be analog? Are you thinking of NTSC or one of the other analog standards out there? Does it need to be on a frequency received by a regular off-the-shelf TV tuner? Do you have any licenses needed by your jurisdiction for TV transmission on those frequencies?" CreationDate="2019-08-19T15:01:51.227" UserDisplayName="user10608" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18703" PostId="11824" Score="0" Text="Of the shelf TV tuner required. PAL or NTSC. No license required if using cables." CreationDate="2019-08-20T06:23:03.647" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18704" PostId="10774" Score="0" Text="Looks perfectly clear to me.  Maybe if you list out the specs of the hub you have (what it does that you need), and then *add* to that list, &quot;charges the phone/device it is plugged into.&quot;  In other words, list out all the specs you need, and just note that you have a device (model such-and-so) that fulfills all of the specs except for the last one." CreationDate="2019-08-20T07:38:43.700" UserId="7888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18705" PostId="11823" Score="1" Text="I did what you suggested. I benchmarked my home computer running a 8700K cpu and my computer with a 6700 cpu at work. I calculated all compilations I did every day, took the time difference and multiplied by my hourly cost. For 3 years, which is the time that we have each computer, the cost was almost $4000 USD for the extra time needed by the slower cpu. &#xA;I presented this to my boss, but he still refused to acknowledge the benefits of upgrading. So I left the office and said that this was unacceptable. Later that day he got back to me with an email saying that I would get my desired upgrade." CreationDate="2019-08-20T11:13:34.387" UserId="13292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18706" PostId="11823" Score="0" Text="Great to hear my answer helped you in solving the problem. And even better, I'm glad the relation with you rmanager is still ok, because that might cause much more time (and money) than a faster computer. Please consider upvoting and accepting my answer if your problem is solved." CreationDate="2019-08-20T11:17:23.313" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18707" PostId="11824" Score="0" Text="Ah, when you said &quot;transmit&quot; I thought you meant wirelessly. So you're just looking for something like an RF modulator like old VCRs and 1980's computers used to have, but that you could hook up to a modern computer (perhaps via VGA or DisplayPort or the like)." CreationDate="2019-08-20T13:29:30.523" UserDisplayName="user10608" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18709" PostId="11854" Score="0" Text="Compressing the whole drive, especially a 2 TB one, is indeed unusual, and you may want to check if you are really benefiting from enabling compression. If the disk is filled with photos or videos, enabling compression provides no benefits, since those are already compressed (but does create a drawback of slower read-writes). If your disk is filled with terabytes of text-based data (such as the logs), you may check for a more optimal way to store the data." CreationDate="2019-08-21T19:20:07.043" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18710" PostId="11854" Score="0" Text="@ArseniMourzenko so you're saying that there is no need to compress hdd of 2tb and above? Or just 2tb? Yes my disks are usually filled with medias. I compressed the disk cause i can see that the size on disk and actually size are indeed differs." CreationDate="2019-08-21T19:57:32.247" UserId="11005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18713" PostId="11841" Score="0" Text="Excellent answer. Yes, DVB might be a better option if the receivers support it." CreationDate="2019-08-21T20:49:09.957" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18714" PostId="11854" Score="0" Text="If by media, you mean photos and videos, then, as I stated, those files cannot be compressed. An .mpg video or a JPEG image are already compressed themselves. When I mentioned 2TB, is simply in relation with the contents. It was not unusual fifteen years before to see people enabling compression on a PC which has a 20 GB drive: saving even 500 MB would be a win (2.5% of the total space). Now, on a disk or several terabytes filed mostly with photos/videos, compression would be more a burden than anything else." CreationDate="2019-08-21T22:34:32.513" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18715" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="Yes, I was considering the RaspberryPI approach. But was not sure if configuring it to work with an LCD screen would be easy enough. Also I asked in the Logitech Squeezebox forum, what other Logitech media server users use for this purpose, and came to a conclusion, that buying a used O2 Joggler (basically a tablet without a battery, which was released in 2009), would be the simplest way. So I have already bought one on ebay, and am waiting for it to arrive. It also has a 7&quot; screen and came up cheaper than RaspberryPi with ~4&quot; screen. So I'm looking forward to it." CreationDate="2019-08-22T05:15:57.367" UserId="13286" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18716" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="Here are the links to the forum topic, I mentioned, and the Joggler wikipedia page, if anyone's interested: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98387-Dedicated-controller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_Joggler" CreationDate="2019-08-22T05:16:30.960" UserId="13286" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18717" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="And about the tablets, which work without a battery - do you have any examples? I was considering using an old android phone and searched a bit if it's possible, but got the impression, that most android phones do not work without a battery, or some additional circuitry is needed to make the device think, that the battery is still there." CreationDate="2019-08-22T05:21:58.480" UserId="13286" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18718" PostId="11854" Score="0" Text="@ArseniMourzenko yes i know about image and video compression. Such JPEG format also means the image already compressed. The thing is about, compressing the whole big files. Ad I mentioned, it never happened on 2 of my WD drives before. One of them already being used for 4 years and still 100% in Health." CreationDate="2019-08-22T06:25:17.943" UserId="11005" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18719" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="You won’t guess here. Different models work differently. It depends on which battery (2x, 3x or 4-wire), how the charge controller is arranged. In English - quite a few links (example - https://www.instructables.com/id/Power-an-Android-Phone-Without-Battery). You can find them yourself. In Russian - there is a big topic on 4pda - https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=653649. It will be possible to deal with the google translate, if it is not clear - I will help." CreationDate="2019-08-22T17:34:53.813" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18720" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="Honestly, I think you hurried to buy a specific model. At first, I would try to comprehensively study all aspects of this task. Honestly, I think you hurried to buy a specific model. At first, I would try to comprehensively study all aspects of this task. Yes, and also, it is advisable to buy a tablet with a battery, even if it is completely dead." CreationDate="2019-08-22T18:02:35.790" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18721" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="Ah yes, I believe there are a lot of information about this kind of DIY stuff in russian language. Too bad I don't understand russian. As for the instructables.com example, I have seen it, but this requires soldering and a part of a battery, and for the spare old android phone that I have, I already threw away the battery." CreationDate="2019-08-23T06:32:29.153" UserId="13286" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18722" PostId="11864" Score="0" Text="I have a couple questions. You didn't mention using virtual machines but you say the CPU needs to support virtualization? (The &quot;Java Virtual Machine&quot; does not require CPU virtualization features.) What IDE/Compilers are going to be used? As a programmer myself, an SSD is definitely necessary! It saves me a lot of time with installing software, rebooting the workstation, and compiling large projects." CreationDate="2019-08-23T15:25:05.520" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18723" PostId="11864" Score="0" Text="They're using IntelliJ, thinking about migrating to Eclipse. Yes, I understand what you said about JVM, however I'm thinking about testing, which may need virtual environments in some cases." CreationDate="2019-08-23T15:26:43.250" UserId="7612" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18724" PostId="11864" Score="0" Text="If they are running VMs *and* that 7 GB development environment I would suggest 16GB of RAM. (5 for headroom &amp; host OS, 4 for guest OS, 7 for dev env). Also, the number of cores in the CPU unfortunately does not scale up Java compilation very well, but multiple independent projects can be compiled in parallel. Your performance gain for compiling on 12 cores vs 8 cores will depend on how your code is organized." CreationDate="2019-08-23T15:50:52.767" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18725" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="If you want to do it, sort it out. Walk and ye shall reach. I also don’t know French at all, and English is not my native language. And Chinese, in general, is a nightmare. So what?&#xA;&#xA;1. To translate Russian and other languages, there is Google-translate (which is completely incomprehensible - you can ask).&#xA;&#xA;2. Found another topic, different devices successfully modify. https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=4998" CreationDate="2019-08-23T15:51:44.210" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18726" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="3. Specifically for devices:&#xA;- Telcast&#xA;https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=653649&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=79547807&#xA;- PIPO M9Pro&#xA;https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=653649&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=79805876&#xA;- Samsung i9300 (Galaxy S3)&#xA;https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=653649&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=86013850&#xA;diode on battery controller&#xA;https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=499874&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=81734766&#xA;- Cube U55GT&#xA;https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=499874&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=68177418&#xA;https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=499874&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=68237824" CreationDate="2019-08-23T15:51:58.707" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18727" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="These devices have earned" CreationDate="2019-08-23T15:58:23.263" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18728" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="&quot;Need soldering.&quot; What do you want? To click your fingers and it all worked? This does not happen. If you have a non-standard problem, and you have to solve it non-standard. Also inside the android, you may have to climb." CreationDate="2019-08-23T16:03:05.220" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18729" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=499874" CreationDate="2019-08-24T03:44:58.350" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18730" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="cool, thank you for all the links. I will keep them for future reference, you could also edit your answer to include some of the examples, if you want - for other people who see this question to find the solutions quicker." CreationDate="2019-08-26T06:15:36.613" UserId="13286" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18733" PostId="11867" Score="0" Text="Do you have a picture of what you have now? What does it need at the other end, USB C, Lightning, etc?" CreationDate="2019-08-26T18:45:14.500" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18735" PostId="9204" Score="0" Text="The Monoprice link is dead." CreationDate="2019-08-26T21:43:09.563" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18736" PostId="11851" Score="0" Text="you are welcome. If something is not clear in Russian - I will try to explain" CreationDate="2019-08-27T06:53:19.423" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18737" PostId="11867" Score="0" Text="I will try to make a photos. I want another (female) cigarette lighter socket at the other end; basically, just an extension cord, which does not protrude" CreationDate="2019-08-27T07:11:38.903" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18743" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your response! I thought it was also compatible with HDMI since visa versa exists. Also my monitor has the extra power ;), but I am totally familiar with that issue lol. so 2 display port adapters it is!" CreationDate="2019-08-29T08:16:24.013" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18746" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="Wait your telling me there's no DP to TB3 adapter cause Displayport mode is not backwards compatible with displayports? that's lame. which year is it? I'm actually LMAO-ing right now hah. Like u can only connect a new TB3 device to TB2 displays, we don't wanna sell new ones." CreationDate="2019-08-29T08:51:42.693" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18752" PostId="11904" Score="0" Text="Thank you, you are right it is in the Intel's Automated Relational Knowledge Base:&#xA;http://ark.intel.com -&gt; Processors -&gt; Intel® Core™ Processors -&gt; 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors -&gt; Intel® Core™ i5-4300U Processor" CreationDate="2019-08-30T13:51:48.413" UserId="13399" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18754" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="Thank you so much for the update, I'm happy to here that. now I have to search 1 cable less." CreationDate="2019-08-30T14:22:25.020" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18755" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="@KevinCrans, I'm reading elsewhere that a passive HDMI &lt;--&gt; USB-C cable did not work with an HP portable monitor, it will depend on the portable monitor you're using whether the passive cable *could* work, since some USB-C inputs don't accept HDMI. (I presume the ones that call themselves thunderbolt displays?)" CreationDate="2019-08-30T14:46:09.503" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18756" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much, I'll be careful. Fortunately USB 3.1 wouldn't be a problem for me. I would earlier suspect the cable though. Any known source of this cable?" CreationDate="2019-08-30T14:56:19.303" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18757" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="@KevinCrans, No info sorry. Here's the [question on SuperUser](https://superuser.com/questions/1437748/hdmi-to-usb-c-monitor) that could actually be considered a duplicate of this. I suspect that HP screen just doesn't support HDMI over USB-C, but it might be hard to find since Thunderbolt and USB-C defined the DisplayPort mode first. Monitor manufacturers will probably opt for that as the &quot;default&quot; mode assuming the output is a USB-C port on the PC too." CreationDate="2019-08-30T15:07:44.823" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18759" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="I respect that it is more of a Displayport job, or that Thunderbolt 3 displays need additional power (even though I have a separate cable), but I laugh at that Displayport mode is not compatible with actual Displayports, which never required additional power in the first place." CreationDate="2019-08-30T15:50:30.910" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18760" PostId="11918" Score="0" Text="You should check too if the processor architecture is supported in the distribution you intend to use, v.gr.: not all distros come compiled for the arm architecture, If you want to use a mainstream linux flavor perhaps the laptop you posted its ok, if not check your documentation to verify the support for arm. Good luck." CreationDate="2019-09-01T04:31:20.490" UserId="7593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18761" PostId="11922" Score="0" Text="I got you beat... https://the-gadgeteer.com/2016/03/17/turn-10-micro-sd-cards-into-a-sata-ssd-drive/    or https://www.amazon.com/1Pack-Micro-Memory-Adapter-Converter/dp/B01MU59ACL/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1509538124&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=10+x+micro+SD+to+SATA+SSD+Adapter+&amp;+RAID+Quad+2.5%22+SATA+Converter&amp;dpID=51aZ7RZ500L&amp;preST=_SY300_QL70_&amp;dpSrc=srch&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=thegadg0e-20&amp;linkId=a96d41c20aa1a8d9e7687458bb289e38   It can hold 10 micro SD cards at once." CreationDate="2019-09-02T02:40:14.713" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18762" PostId="11915" Score="0" Text="https://www.amazon.com/Baoblaze-Converter-Module-Micro-Adapter/dp/B07BJZBQWL/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=10+x+micro+SD+to+SATA+SSD+Adapter&amp;qid=1567392123&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-4" CreationDate="2019-09-02T02:42:31.943" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18763" PostId="11935" Score="0" Text="What is the difference between &quot;radio-frequency&quot; and Bluetooth? Do you think Bluetooth uses some other means of communication than RF? In any case, the current draw for communications across the meter or so betwixt PC and mouse is negligible compared to CPU, backlight and other drains. WiFi over a *long* distance does matter a bit, since power on transmit must be increased. Consider that the mouse battery lasts for months!" CreationDate="2019-09-02T22:01:00.187" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18767" PostId="11932" Score="0" Text="Going to be very difficult to find something @ $500 with a GTX 10 series....Do you need that kind of graphics power for Kali Linux?" CreationDate="2019-09-03T14:41:53.340" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18774" PostId="11935" Score="0" Text="Discussion of your bullet points is off-topic. And your request for product recommendation is a bit broad." CreationDate="2019-09-03T21:14:27.190" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18775" PostId="11942" Score="0" Text="That seems overly complicated compared to just using a wireless USB keyboard." CreationDate="2019-09-03T21:19:34.863" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18776" PostId="11922" Score="0" Text="@cybernard Unavailable though." CreationDate="2019-09-03T21:43:21.317" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18777" PostId="11922" Score="0" Text="@SiXandSeven8ths https://www.amazon.com/FidgetFidget-Micro-Memory-Adapter-Converter/dp/B07MGBHBJN/ref=sr_1_26?keywords=10+sd+card+sata&amp;qid=1567555580&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-26" CreationDate="2019-09-04T00:07:14.363" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18778" PostId="11932" Score="0" Text="I did some more research and raised my budget. Also, a GTX 10 isn't a must but I'm learning CUDA which seems to work best with an NVIDIA GTX." CreationDate="2019-09-04T03:03:54.957" UserId="11232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18779" PostId="11948" Score="0" Text="As far as I know those are standard Bluetooth dongles but they have to be installed on device – when you connect it to KVM it is not visible and you don’t have an option to pair. I need some device that will handle Bluetooth inside and will be visible as HID device. I found this but it is little expensive:&#xA;&#xA;https://shop.intelletto.com/products/bk100" CreationDate="2019-09-04T08:38:46.417" UserId="13452" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18780" PostId="11948" Score="0" Text="May be. I do not argue. In any case, you just have to try." CreationDate="2019-09-05T04:55:00.600" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18781" PostId="11948" Score="0" Text="Found https://allinthehead.com/retro/170/bluetooth-kvm  &quot;I just set up a Logitech MX 5000 Wireless Bluetooth keyboard with a Belkin F1DS102U KVM switch. It works great. I just plugged the bluetooth usb interface that comes with the keyboard into one of the usb device ports on the KVM switch. Works like a charm except this switch cannot use the hot-keys to switch between ports, so i have to get up and walk over to the switch every time I want to change ports.&quot;" CreationDate="2019-09-05T05:03:27.177" UserId="13259" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18782" PostId="11948" Score="0" Text="Than you for your time but you are missing a point here. You have used usb dongle that comes with keyboard and it is already paired (I don’t event know if it is using Bluetooth). I also have mouse with dongle that is working with KVM but the problem is with devices that use Bluetooth. To connect that king of device your host should have Bluetooth receiver, if not you can use usb dongle that provides bluetooth but those devices are directed from host so driver is needed and most important you are initiating pairing from host." CreationDate="2019-09-05T06:37:37.453" UserId="13452" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18784" PostId="11962" Score="0" Text="That's clear :) Thank you" CreationDate="2019-09-05T19:53:45.990" UserId="13479" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18786" PostId="11086" Score="0" Text="Or, https://iot.stackexchange.com/" CreationDate="2019-09-07T14:51:03.747" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18787" PostId="11968" Score="0" Text="Is your goal to have a small device which records sound? If yes, why not using an actual recorder (which would be smaller compared to a custom-made Raspberry Pi based one, and of a much higher quality)?" CreationDate="2019-09-07T18:42:12.683" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18788" PostId="11968" Score="0" Text="Not really. we are trying to start a web stream with RPI. Therefore we need an audio grabber or something similar." CreationDate="2019-09-08T17:36:03.500" UserId="13492" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18789" PostId="11968" Score="0" Text="By web stream, you mean like a live podcast?" CreationDate="2019-09-08T20:09:59.430" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18790" PostId="11968" Score="0" Text="Yes. We want to use it for a translation Service and live broadcast to other rooms" CreationDate="2019-09-08T21:05:56.087" UserId="13492" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18791" PostId="11968" Score="0" Text="Why not buy a small mixing board? A decent desk will have XLR, phantom, gain, etc etc, and output to XLR or a 6.35 jack - which you can convert to a 3.5 and stick that into a line in" CreationDate="2019-09-08T22:46:19.400" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18792" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="Actually the power can go both ways... There are enterprise-class displays which also work as USB hubs all the while charging your notebook. All over a single USB-C cable." CreationDate="2019-09-09T01:52:23.577" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18793" PostId="11968" Score="0" Text="We want to install the device into an 19&quot; Housing. A mixing board would be to big and to complicated for the translator" CreationDate="2019-09-09T09:47:22.533" UserId="13492" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18796" PostId="11968" Score="0" Text="OK. Still not sure why something such as Zoom H6 wouldn't be a solution for you (or a similar lower grade model, possibly second hand, to bring the price below $60)." CreationDate="2019-09-09T22:07:55.620" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18797" PostId="11964" Score="1" Text="You added the Raspberry Pi tag but don't mention it in the question - is it a necessity to use it with the Pi?" CreationDate="2019-09-09T23:17:52.173" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18799" PostId="11979" Score="0" Text="That is not worth the money in any way....Its overpriced because of the RGB (which i'm not interested in). Also as i've answered my post below i have fixed the issue long ago." CreationDate="2019-09-10T13:58:15.843" UserId="10576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18800" PostId="11988" Score="0" Text="Ah great thanks!. Would this one work then? [Sabrent](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07LGF54XR/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3OPWMF9XBYSSI&amp;psc=1) I also wonder what the difference in NVME and NAND is and whether that should be a deciding factor for my motherboard?" CreationDate="2019-09-10T16:02:01.597" UserId="13514" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18801" PostId="11988" Score="0" Text="As long as your motherboard doesn't give you any unexpected headaches that SSD will be compatible. I'm not sure how frequent those 'headaches' actually happen with newer boards, when M.2 was new it was a possibility that specific SSD and motherboard/BIOS combinations had issues." CreationDate="2019-09-10T16:23:17.500" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18806" PostId="11964" Score="1" Text="Yes, either an arduino or a raspberry pi is ok." CreationDate="2019-09-11T00:24:35.097" UserId="13483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18807" PostId="11964" Score="1" Text="do you accept other forms as well? Stand-alone? Smartphone/tablet attachment? Others?" CreationDate="2019-09-11T00:26:36.610" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19811" PostId="11993" Score="1" Text="Do you mean one that you can disable the 2.4GHz radio? Or do you need one for whatever reason that doesn't include a 2.4GHz radio at all?" CreationDate="2019-09-11T19:49:15.843" UserDisplayName="user10608" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19812" PostId="11993" Score="0" Text="@PeterCooperJr. I mean one's that only have a 5GHz radio and lack a 2.4GHz radio." CreationDate="2019-09-11T19:54:57.103" UserId="13522" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19813" PostId="11995" Score="0" Text="Get the company to buy iPads. Scaling issues? Use Bootstrap or something. Shouldn't need multiple different screen sizes to test a web page then." CreationDate="2019-09-11T20:05:18.430" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19814" PostId="11992" Score="0" Text="One has the nVidia graphics and the other doesn't? Maybe that's the appeal?" CreationDate="2019-09-11T20:11:05.547" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19815" PostId="11993" Score="2" Text="@Geremia, Having no 2.4Ghz radio would break backwards compatibility with b/g/n WiFi. Any router that has only a 5Ghz radio in it cannot receive a [WiFi Certification](https://www.wi-fi.org/certification)! (Then it's not a &quot;WiFi&quot; device at all!) That's basically shooting yourself in the foot for compatibility with most WiFi devices. Of course you can usually disable the 2.4 Ghz radio in a router that *has* one..." CreationDate="2019-09-11T20:57:37.030" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19816" PostId="11993" Score="0" Text="@Romen That's what I thought; it's for backwards compatibility. Perhaps you can turn your comment into an answer. I didn't know about WiFi Certification." CreationDate="2019-09-11T21:02:06.800" UserId="13522" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19817" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="Is there an estimate of how many devices use still use 802.11 b, g, or n or simply don't support ac?" CreationDate="2019-09-11T21:14:13.970" UserId="13522" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19818" PostId="11997" Score="1" Text="I can't say for b or g, but n is *definitely* supported by every device made today. With 5 Ghz you get high bandwidth but trade off range and penetration. 2.4 Ghz cannot be completely replaced by 5 Ghz for all use-cases so 802.11n and 2.4 Ghz will be sticking around for now." CreationDate="2019-09-11T21:19:38.797" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19819" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="Oh, yes, higher frequency can't penetrate barriers as well." CreationDate="2019-09-11T21:46:21.557" UserId="13522" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19820" PostId="11995" Score="0" Text="Already responsive (Angular Material with flex layout). End users are very particular about maximizing the use of their display." CreationDate="2019-09-12T00:06:57.290" UserId="13526" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19821" PostId="11968" Score="0" Text="Because we want to convert the audio to a HTML Stream.  And we Cant do this with a simple recording device..." CreationDate="2019-09-12T05:08:06.807" UserId="13492" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19826" PostId="11992" Score="0" Text="Does not explain the total lack of interest  in the 2014 model by the general population." CreationDate="2019-09-12T16:58:39.737" UserId="13521" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19827" PostId="12005" Score="0" Text="Are you certain that it's over Ethernet? I only ask because I know some signs use RJ45 but are using RS-485 or something other than Ethernet. You may also need to explain more details of why you can't just connect it using a typical Wi-fi bridge in order for somebody to give you a good recommendation." CreationDate="2019-09-12T18:05:47.140" UserDisplayName="user10608" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19829" PostId="12005" Score="0" Text="When I walk a cable out there myself, it's a network patch cable. My understanding is that there isn't a real distinction. It also works as an ethernet cable connecting devices to our network.&#xA;&#xA;I know little about Wi-Fi bridges. Would they function the way that I'm looking for?" CreationDate="2019-09-12T18:31:11.133" UserId="13536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19831" PostId="12005" Score="0" Text="@Peter Cooper Jr.: I pondered your question as well, but re-read the question and see that there's a NIC in the computer that is connected to the sign. If it is a genuine NIC and not simply a proprietary device using RJ-45, PC4PB may be in luck." CreationDate="2019-09-12T21:34:04.210" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19832" PostId="12005" Score="0" Text="Can you confim that the card in the computer is indeed a NIC? Are you able to read an IP assignment for the device?" CreationDate="2019-09-12T21:35:04.397" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19834" PostId="12005" Score="0" Text="And, is there some reason you can't just use that 50 ft. cable that you know works? Burying it or the like may be a cheap option, at least if you're willing to put in the labor yourself." CreationDate="2019-09-13T22:27:04.173" UserDisplayName="user10608" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19835" PostId="12005" Score="0" Text="@fred_dot_u It's an IP that's assigned to it. If there's something proprietary about the port, I haven't seen anything indicating it so far. This is something where I lack the expertise to make the distinction.&#xA;&#xA;It works entirely like a device with an ethernet port. There's no difference in behavior." CreationDate="2019-09-13T22:48:07.827" UserId="13536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19836" PostId="12005" Score="0" Text="@Peter Cooper Jr.&#xA;&#xA;It's a parking lot. I'd love to just bury a wire and bypass this." CreationDate="2019-09-13T22:48:39.763" UserId="13536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19838" PostId="12009" Score="0" Text="This looks really promising.This might be exactly what I need. Maybe. This still involves connecting the device to a wifi network.&#xA;&#xA;The support technician said that the device would switch over to DHCP if it connects to our router, and that would prevent it from communicating correctly. I think we'd be looking at the same issue.&#xA;&#xA;Is there a way to disable that on the Sign itself? It's running a Windows XP system" CreationDate="2019-09-13T22:57:06.973" UserId="13536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19839" PostId="12009" Score="0" Text="You wouldn't necessarily have to connect to your main network router. Even a twenty dollar yard sale router can be configured for no DHCP and provide an independent faux-wired connection as needed. If some of this is getting over your head, find a shoestring computer guy that doesn't have corporate pressure to sell and understands simple networking. It can be challenging to find someone who is capable of independent thought, but an open minded tech could be a lower cost, one-off answer along with the adapter." CreationDate="2019-09-13T23:21:26.697" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19840" PostId="12009" Score="0" Text="I've got a good half dozen routers of decent quality around. I'll do some reading and toy around. That feels like a promising route." CreationDate="2019-09-13T23:59:32.660" UserId="13536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19841" PostId="10698" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Journeyman Geek. Sorry it took so long to loop back and accept." CreationDate="2019-09-14T01:33:45.663" UserId="10936" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19842" PostId="10698" Score="0" Text="Not a problem. That was a fun hunt " CreationDate="2019-09-14T01:48:11.160" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19845" PostId="12013" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the reply. I've been using a 4th generation i3 so I can probably get the 9600 to go a little longer. I've also taken a look at the 3700X which has 16 threads and eight cores compared the 9600Ks 6 and 6. However, it has a significantly lower clock speed of something like 0.6Ghz. The £100 saved on the 9600 would also pay mostly for a compatible motherboard. Would the 9600K still be the better option?" CreationDate="2019-09-14T11:40:22.487" UserId="13539" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19846" PostId="12013" Score="0" Text="I don't really agree with your point that multiple threads will not be used in rendering graphics. For one loops can be synchronized. And one of the big selling points when Vulkan was introduced was it's support for issuing rendering commands from multiple threads. DX12 supports this too as far as I know. Still at some point we reach the point of diminishing returns and game devs won't bother splitting off more threads. So in that sense 8 cores should be more then enough." CreationDate="2019-09-15T11:39:45.207" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19847" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="WiFi is one thing, IEEE 802.11 is something different. If the device works up to the 802.11 it does not need to have the branding." CreationDate="2019-09-15T11:46:50.710" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19849" PostId="12016" Score="0" Text="I'm surprised you don't mention the middle ground - semi- and professional router hardware. In my experience they are easier to set up and use less power than a dedicated PC. Although the point about upgradeability is valid." CreationDate="2019-09-15T13:28:21.300" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19851" PostId="12024" Score="0" Text="appreciate the info. So you're basically saying that there's no point in using an ISP provided equipment vs anything else in terms of any kind of added benefits?" CreationDate="2019-09-15T19:08:37.970" UserId="13542" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19852" PostId="12024" Score="0" Text="@mph85 no, you misunderstand me. What I mean is to use ISP equipment and your own after that. So you have: cable - ISP modem - your router. And your whole network connected to your own router." CreationDate="2019-09-15T19:12:44.493" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19853" PostId="12024" Score="0" Text="It's easier and cheaper to add your own router after ISP router then to replace ISP equipment entirely." CreationDate="2019-09-15T19:13:33.807" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19854" PostId="12024" Score="0" Text="i've never heard of using 2 routers, so using ISP provided router and then add my own router on top of that? how do you do that?" CreationDate="2019-09-15T20:10:37.257" UserId="13542" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19855" PostId="12024" Score="0" Text="@mph85 connect them with an Ethernet cable. I assume the ISP router will have at least one Ethernet port. You take a cable, plug it into the ISP router and then into your own router into the port which is labelled _WAN_ or _Internet_. And I don't want to be rude but if you need to ask such basic questions you definitely want the ISP equipment. And buy Ubiquiti. And disable Wi-Fi on your ISP router. Or treat it as the guest network." CreationDate="2019-09-15T20:33:11.673" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19856" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak, I made sure that my answer doesn't conflate those two things. My answer carefully points out that the &quot;WiFi&quot; certification is required for assurance of compatibility because IEEE doesn't do anything to guarantee compatibility for end-users. To me, a &quot;WiFi&quot; device is specifically a device that is certified by the WiFi Alliance. You absolutely can make a 802.11 compliant device that only has a 5 Ghz radio, it just wouldn't be a &quot;WiFi&quot; device." CreationDate="2019-09-15T21:02:12.150" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19857" PostId="12013" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak, I am aware of Vulkan and DX12 allowing you to issue commands from multiple threads, but there is still the limitation that the next game state depends on completely determining the current game state. Physics, rendering, AI, and all sorts of logic are bound to that master loop. Even if the loop can be parallelized, you may still be waiting for the longest-running thread to finish before you can begin the next game state iteration. It gets really tricky to decouple all of these things." CreationDate="2019-09-15T21:06:48.480" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19858" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="@Romen that's true. Although I personally would use equipment where a trusted vendor states it supports 802.11, they cannot use Wi-Fi branding. And 802.11n works on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Where did you get the info that a device without 2.4 GHz would fail the certification?" CreationDate="2019-09-15T21:09:59.483" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19859" PostId="12013" Score="0" Text="@Romen I agree with that. Might have not read the answer carefully enough." CreationDate="2019-09-15T21:15:32.097" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19860" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak, 7 years of working in computer retail and I have never seen a product with the &quot;WiFi&quot; badge not have 2.4Ghz b g or n support. I will edit the answer if that statement was not true, but I cannot find anything that contradicts it." CreationDate="2019-09-15T21:17:17.660" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19861" PostId="12021" Score="0" Text="Have you tried QNAP? They are in the business of RAID NAS and DAS devices so presumably have decent software support." CreationDate="2019-09-15T21:19:21.527" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19862" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="@Romen well, that they are not made does not mean they are not allowed by standards and the alliance. They don't make sense commercially, as consumers products - I'll give you that. But stating it as a fact just because you never saw them working in retail which usually doesn't have the more &quot;unusual&quot; devices is kind of overreaching. And standards usually allow far more things that what's sold to consumers." CreationDate="2019-09-15T21:45:59.370" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19863" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak, Updated the answer with less matter-of-fact phrasing." CreationDate="2019-09-15T22:18:32.877" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19864" PostId="11997" Score="0" Text="@Romen upvoted. And while I don't believe 2.4 will deprecated in the coming decades, it remains to be seen. My reason is that a lot of IoT and other devices are price sensitive and 2.4 hardware is less expensive. Just look at mobile data: 2G outlived 3G." CreationDate="2019-09-15T22:36:26.680" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19865" PostId="12020" Score="0" Text="If you have encryption on your router, you *don't* need encryption on the extender." CreationDate="2019-09-15T22:46:58.370" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19866" PostId="12024" Score="0" Text="word got it. nah you aren't being rude, but i am newer to this stuff and am down to learn about it. Gotta start somewhere right?" CreationDate="2019-09-16T02:57:34.430" UserId="13542" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19867" PostId="12024" Score="0" Text="@mph85 yup, but do you want days of frustration, hooking your mobile with your laptop desperately trying to get the network up?" CreationDate="2019-09-16T07:47:08.677" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19868" PostId="12024" Score="0" Text="hm, we'll have to see, not sure about frustration plus i've got some smart people around that know about this stuff, so not worried about it, just appreciate any suggestions/options to do some due diligence on" CreationDate="2019-09-16T08:44:05.740" UserId="13542" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19869" PostId="12016" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak Good point. I actually use a PC Engines device for my router, so I suppose it can be thought of as semi-professional router hardware. Obviously not as upgradeable as a full blown desktop computer, but it's still running a standard x86 Linux operating system. It would be nice to find something with lower power usage though, I think it uses about 6 watts under load." CreationDate="2019-09-16T12:26:14.987" UserId="13544" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19870" PostId="12016" Score="0" Text="I think it will be hard to lower that unfortunately. Personally my colleague recommend MikroTik devices to me and I quite like them: cheap and full featured. A 5-port router with an SFP cage and one PoE port with MSRP of 40 or 50 USD?" CreationDate="2019-09-16T14:22:05.970" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19871" PostId="12021" Score="0" Text="Thanks Jan. Yes, I checked that out actually, but they don't offer 2.5&quot; DAS systems. Good idea though :)" CreationDate="2019-09-16T19:57:09.917" UserId="13549" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19872" PostId="12021" Score="0" Text="A quick Google has thrown a new product at me https://www.qnap.com/en/product/qda-a2ar introduced in May this year." CreationDate="2019-09-16T20:02:43.493" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19873" PostId="12021" Score="0" Text="And your info might be outdated: the TR-002 supports 2.5&quot; drives: https://www.qnap.com/en/product/tr-002/specs/hardware" CreationDate="2019-09-16T20:07:13.203" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19875" PostId="12020" Score="0" Text="All WiFi devices support encryption. It is enabled by putting a password on your WiFi network. The extender will connect to your WiFi using WPS and extend your WiFi with encryption exactly as it is configured on the router." CreationDate="2019-09-17T17:03:30.217" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19877" PostId="12039" Score="0" Text="Doesn't that mean the display cannot be advertised as supporting HDR10? It's even hdr 1000 certified when the standard requires 10bit depth." CreationDate="2019-09-17T20:23:00.420" UserId="13574" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19878" PostId="12039" Score="0" Text="@krojew, If I understand the `HDR10` spec correctly, it is only a standard for the transport of HDR content to a display. The display itself can support the signal, but then show it on a panel that has lower dynamic range than the signal. In this case an 8-bit panel + FRC is sufficient to present the HDR10 content with a dynamic range that is close enough to a true 10-bit panel." CreationDate="2019-09-17T20:25:22.347" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19879" PostId="12039" Score="0" Text="You might be right. If I understand https://displayhdr.org/performance-criteria-cts1-1/ correctly, frc is permitted." CreationDate="2019-09-17T20:33:46.997" UserId="13574" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19882" PostId="12039" Score="0" Text="@krojew, It is good that this display goes as far as getting the DisplayHDR 1000 certification. *That* is the label you need to look for to ensure it actually has a decent color space and dynamic range. A display that just says &quot;HDR10&quot; could get away with anything as long as it supports the input signal." CreationDate="2019-09-17T20:43:18.710" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19885" PostId="12045" Score="0" Text="No that is not what I am looking for. I need an industry-grade camera system, as described." CreationDate="2019-09-18T13:50:55.350" UserId="7885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19886" PostId="12045" Score="0" Text="That really depends on your understanding of &quot;industry-grade&quot;" CreationDate="2019-09-18T14:01:05.750" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19887" PostId="12045" Score="0" Text="@towe Well, as said I don't know what I am looking for in particular, that's why I am asking here. Industry-grade = something not for your average desktop PC, but for installation into a factory or so." CreationDate="2019-09-18T14:04:40.113" UserId="7885" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19890" PostId="4052" Score="0" Text="Links broken, try https://www.gl-inet.com/" CreationDate="2019-09-18T14:41:56.877" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19892" PostId="12009" Score="0" Text="Can you confirm that it will reach the required range? 50 ft is quite a lot for Wi-Fi without a directional antenna." CreationDate="2019-09-18T15:38:18.290" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19893" PostId="12043" Score="1" Text="Would something like [digiCamControl](http://digicamcontrol.com/) with a USB connected DSLR camera work? If you need something that is durable for factory/industrial environments then you have to give us more information about the durability requirements." CreationDate="2019-09-18T21:15:25.897" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19900" PostId="10193" Score="0" Text="Did you find anything compatible?" CreationDate="2019-09-19T12:04:19.017" UserId="7953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19903" PostId="10942" Score="0" Text="It may be hard to even find a new LGA1151 motherboard these days. The 4th gen Intel CPUs have been discontinued for a couple years by now, and only specific models of motherboards will continue to be stocked. When upgrading RAM, if you are worried about performance it is good to ensure that all of the RAM is the same model/size/speed. Mismatching RAM will disable dual-channel and use settings from the slower of the two sticks." CreationDate="2019-09-19T15:57:04.757" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19904" PostId="12052" Score="0" Text="Would a Raspberry Pi with a touch-screen be acceptable instead of an Android tablet? You may have better luck connecting an interface like MDB to a device like that because there is a larger availability of interfaces and third-party hardware around the Raspberry Pi. Such as [this module](https://www.abrantix.com/MDBConverter_en.html)." CreationDate="2019-09-19T16:03:11.017" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19908" PostId="12049" Score="0" Text="Can it be wired?" CreationDate="2019-09-19T22:36:37.160" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19914" PostId="12049" Score="0" Text="Usually I would prefer wireless but in this case it would be ok to be wired too, it would be permanently connected to the Imac." CreationDate="2019-09-21T06:53:29.363" UserId="5995" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19915" PostId="12052" Score="0" Text="Do you already have the tabled you want to use? Because it seems that there are specialised devices like [this one](https://www.inhandnetworks.com/products/inpad-7-touchscreen-all-in-one.html) (and of course, the raspberry pi, as mentioned)" CreationDate="2019-09-21T08:19:46.087" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19917" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="The [**New XPS 15 7590**](https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/new-xps-15-7590/spd/xps-15-7590-laptop) notebook from Dell has an OLED display, but it does not have an HDMI input connection. There aren't many tablets or notebooks with an HDMI input and combined with the OLED requirement, you're gonna end up with a very short list of options." CreationDate="2019-09-22T13:02:48.890" UserId="487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19918" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="If you need the contrast for reading documents, an eInk monitor could also be an option, for example the [Onyx Boox MAX 2](https://onyxboox.com/boox_max2) ebook reader which can also function as an [HDMI monitor](https://youtu.be/SSv0g-pYMAk?t=601)." CreationDate="2019-09-22T13:05:02.590" UserId="487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19919" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="@CristianCiupitu is onyx fast, like in I could use it for games too? Doesnt need to be perfect, just as fast as a common monitor." CreationDate="2019-09-22T17:51:57.547" UserId="13599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19920" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="@CristianCiupitu you just gave me an idea, may be that dell notebook could accept a plunplay card that works as a HDMI-IN?" CreationDate="2019-09-22T17:53:36.113" UserId="13599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19921" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="As you can see from the linked video Onyx is quite slow. eInk is slow." CreationDate="2019-09-22T18:39:59.217" UserId="487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19922" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="You could run a VNC server on the main computer and connect to it with a VNC client from the notebook to see the same image on both computers. Team Viewer might also work. If you are running Windows, Remote Desktop could also be an option. If you have Linux, X works over the network although not very good with modern applications (read OpenGL, 3D acceleration etc); Wayland is work in progress. Search for a screen mirroing/casting application, something like Miracast, Chrome Cast, https://superuser.com/q/668292/2357 etc." CreationDate="2019-09-22T18:43:55.373" UserId="487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19923" PostId="12057" Score="0" Text="Any particular motherboard you had in mind for 50$ + ? I'm asking bcasue I thought the MSI is an overkill already for my needs" CreationDate="2019-09-22T19:11:47.003" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19924" PostId="12057" Score="0" Text="Yes, both assumptions are correct." CreationDate="2019-09-22T19:12:08.067" UserId="951" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19925" PostId="12057" Score="0" Text="@PiotrFalkowski it's the cheapest X570 board in Poland right now. I would have to look up some reviews. Also: are there any single-core bottlenecks in your framework? Particularly in communicating with the GPU." CreationDate="2019-09-22T20:48:59.640" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19927" PostId="10978" Score="0" Text="Wouldn't the Pi 4 do it? It has 2x USB 3.0 and more..." CreationDate="2019-09-23T02:53:23.063" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19928" PostId="12070" Score="0" Text="I have a similar device, it goes from USB to Ethernet. I have a machine where the onboard Ethernet died. I was wondering whether there was the &quot;opposite&quot;, where I have a connection to the Ethernet which gives me USB ports" CreationDate="2019-09-23T05:30:18.823" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19929" PostId="12075" Score="0" Text="I actually happen to have a Raspberry 3 B. 4 ports will be enough since it won't use one of my 4 ports on my server and USB 2 for those extra port is enough. Otherwise, I don't have a notebook, I have a _Supermicro X11DPH-T_. It offers 7 USB ports, but one is inside the box and two have a head which my case doesn't support... (I hope to resolve that one at some point...)" CreationDate="2019-09-23T22:48:18.673" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19931" PostId="12043" Score="0" Text="I feel like a DSLR is probably overkill. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there are really a ton of options outside of DIY; my recommendation would be to snag something like a Pi, stick an LED ring or standard hot-shoe flash on with a camera, and then send it over the network to the main computer." CreationDate="2019-09-23T23:32:27.387" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19932" PostId="12045" Score="0" Text="I agree that &quot;industrial grade&quot; is somewhat unclear. My concern would more just be that the light on the Kiyo is more supposed to be a fill light than a flash and won't be bright enough, but besides that, this seems to be a decent solution." CreationDate="2019-09-23T23:33:57.510" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19933" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="@CristianCiupitu Ive tried nomachine, the problem is the slow usb connection (compared to hdmi i guess). Often it lags and drops visual quality to big squares, using it with a oled smartphone" CreationDate="2019-09-23T23:34:14.893" UserId="13599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19934" PostId="12072" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? How low noise is low noise? Does it need to be a managed switch, or is unmanaged fine? My first thought is to get a Nortel 5520 or something of the like and switch the fans out for Noctua ones, but that may be massively overkill for your needs." CreationDate="2019-09-23T23:37:22.263" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19935" PostId="12071" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure I understand what you mean by &quot;I have a machine that is mounting a product that has 3 serial that is automatic pulling the product to the other machine.&quot; Do you mean there are three barcodes on each product, and you want to scan all of them simultaneously? What kind of products are these?" CreationDate="2019-09-23T23:38:52.837" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19936" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="Does it absolutely need to be an OLED? My immediate thought is an iPad with Sidecar or Duet Display, but unfortunately they're not OLED. You could also do one of the various OLED equipped Galaxy Tabs with AirDisplay or iDisplay. While you could get a laptop, anything with an OLED panel is going to be super duper expensive. Also, can you elaborate on what software you need to run on the tablet/laptop? The use cases aren't usually the same. (cont.)" CreationDate="2019-09-23T23:50:30.287" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19937" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="I'd also take a look at the [Asus ProArt PQ22UC](https://www.asus.com/Monitors/ProArt-PQ22UC/), a portable OLED monitor. It's got  Type-C and HDMI inputs." CreationDate="2019-09-23T23:50:57.840" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19938" PostId="12069" Score="0" Text="There are, but what are you using it for? There may be a better way." CreationDate="2019-09-23T23:51:41.423" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19939" PostId="12069" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000, I added some details about my specific situation." CreationDate="2019-09-24T00:00:59.337" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19940" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 sounds good, will take a look, thx!" CreationDate="2019-09-24T00:40:58.653" UserId="13599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19941" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 that would be the answer if not for the $4000 price. Im ok with 1080p smaller (tablet size) screen, even refurbished could work. I need to update/improve my question, thx!" CreationDate="2019-09-24T00:45:12.647" UserId="13599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19942" PostId="12078" Score="1" Text="What would the 2 to 4 Gb be used for? Video in/out buffers?" CreationDate="2019-09-24T03:35:09.180" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19943" PostId="12075" Score="0" Text="@AlexisWilke just FYI: the Pi uses a USB hub with Ethernet, so they all share a single USB high speed link. If that's not good I believe they changed it on the Pi 4 or use another SBC" CreationDate="2019-09-24T06:21:29.093" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19944" PostId="12075" Score="1" Text="As for the notebook part, I just wanted to cover all bases since many people come here with XY problems." CreationDate="2019-09-24T06:31:57.487" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19945" PostId="12075" Score="1" Text="And out of sheer curiosity I looked through the manual for the supermicro. USB 4/5 looks like bog standard ATX internal USB 3.0 so you can get something meant for desktops, like a cable or something for the 5.25&quot; bay, like this: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16812423205" CreationDate="2019-09-24T06:38:09.783" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19946" PostId="12075" Score="0" Text="Oh that Coboc device is interesting. Not quite what I'd like because outside of my memory stick I would prefer to connect things on the back. But that would be a good solution to have front USB connectors." CreationDate="2019-09-24T06:57:35.463" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19947" PostId="12075" Score="1" Text="@AlexisWilke for back panel there similar headers which mount in the case's PCI slots, without using PCIe on the motherboard, but I couldn't find a decent link, here's one to a Polish shop so you know what you're looking for: https://www.ceneo.pl/28812940" CreationDate="2019-09-24T07:01:21.200" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19948" PostId="12075" Score="1" Text="A link to vendor's website: http://gembird.com/item.aspx?id=8075" CreationDate="2019-09-24T07:03:08.830" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19949" PostId="12075" Score="0" Text="But check the connector carefully, what little I know about server hardware says that it might look standard but be different and I didn't check in details" CreationDate="2019-09-24T07:06:01.720" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19950" PostId="12075" Score="0" Text="Yes, that USB 20 pin connector is exactly what I'd need to use those two ports! I had one of those on an old computer. I don't think I kept that cable, though." CreationDate="2019-09-24T07:58:44.113" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19951" PostId="12075" Score="1" Text="@AlexisWilke the old one might have been a 2.0 port, with a different connector. And I heard somewhere that these connectors are hard to take out so be careful with that." CreationDate="2019-09-24T08:00:51.140" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19953" PostId="12071" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 its a PCB board it has 3 barcodes. and yes it needed to scan simultaneously automatically." CreationDate="2019-09-24T09:41:00.510" UserId="13609" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19959" PostId="12080" Score="1" Text="Do they have source for their software and/or device firmware? All I saw on the github page was for creating plugins for their application, but not for the application itself." CreationDate="2019-09-24T17:21:27.307" UserId="13607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19960" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="That seems helpful. Does sigrok provide a UI for using the tools, though, or is it an interface library where I'd need another program? Their docs page doesn't have a section for using a 'scope (or say whether it contains the interface), and googling it didn't seem to recognize the name." CreationDate="2019-09-24T17:24:18.440" UserId="13607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19961" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="@RDragonrydr https://sigrok.org/wiki/PulseView" CreationDate="2019-09-24T17:27:36.073" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19962" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="Although from my experience most of their GUIs are not that good. Their wiki lists some more, try googling for _&quot;sigrok oscilloscope GUI&quot;_" CreationDate="2019-09-24T17:29:13.570" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19964" PostId="12078" Score="1" Text="@AlexisWilke either store/run some video or some application." CreationDate="2019-09-24T21:58:03.060" UserId="13613" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19965" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="I still don't understand: when this tablet/laptop isn't connected to your desktop, what software are you trying to run on it?" CreationDate="2019-09-25T03:07:59.157" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19968" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 nothing special, just enough to let HDMI-IN work. Thats the point. I want it to be a xtreme contrast (OLED) cheap and fast (HDMI-IN) monitor. Nowadays we only have such with absurd prices (a single smart tv or 4k monitor costs more than my whole desktop, and that is absurd). So I only need 1080p, cheap alternative and why there is none? Why??? :(" CreationDate="2019-09-25T03:17:10.440" UserId="13599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19971" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/99074/discussion-between-jmy1000-and-veganeye)." CreationDate="2019-09-25T03:20:49.187" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19972" PostId="12064" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Cool thx, but right now I need to sleep, :(" CreationDate="2019-09-25T03:25:18.633" UserId="13599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19973" PostId="12089" Score="0" Text="I'm intrigued, but frankly, I seriously doubt there's anything that exists like this; you seem to be fairly experienced in EE, so if you really, truly, want this, you'll probably have to build it yourself. I think the Pi StackExchange people have a point though: at some point, you're going to have to have a software solution dealing with sticking the data in the appropriate place. Sure, if you want to have this being done in some external box which appears as a microSD card, you probably can do it, but is it *really* worth the effort? (cont.)" CreationDate="2019-09-25T03:39:52.147" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19974" PostId="12089" Score="1" Text="There's a reason this is (usually) solved by booting from a network drive rather than a box attached to the actual physical port of a device. I very much understand the appeal of having such a device, but it's an immense amount of complexity for something that very well may be better dealt with another way." CreationDate="2019-09-25T03:43:30.513" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19975" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="Ah, I see what you mean. That might work, but I have to admit that I'd probably prefer something with a more polished-looking UI if I purchase something. I'll admit this might be hypocritical if it works well despite its appearance, but that is still something that matters when using a program." CreationDate="2019-09-25T04:10:33.543" UserId="13607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19979" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="@RDragonrydr there are very few OpenSource programs with a polished, modern GUI in general. My knee-jerk reaction is to tell you to buy commercial or improve it yourself. Why do you need it to be OSS anyways?" CreationDate="2019-09-25T05:37:35.410" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19980" PostId="12072" Score="0" Text="Yes, managed is a must, budget is 300-400 USD. Low noise for me is like a very silent refrigerator from 1 meter distance, hard to explain of course." CreationDate="2019-09-25T06:54:16.797" UserId="13610" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19981" PostId="10193" Score="0" Text="i gave up on this. sorry." CreationDate="2019-09-25T12:22:50.380" UserId="10249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19984" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="Partially personal preference, partially long-term maintainability, and partially because a lot of non-OSS software tends to include call-home functionality or requires connecting to a server hosted by its designer. That's bad for it if you want it to keep working after the manufacturer releases version 2.0. Or, and OSS is not immune to this, there's no offline (or sign-in free) installer, meaning that putting it on a new PC requires manufacturer support too." CreationDate="2019-09-25T19:52:43.780" UserId="13607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19985" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="@RDragonrydr I've used PicoScopes on both Linux and Windows for the past five years (using their GUI) for the past five years without any issues, including those you mentioned. My daily driver is Manjaro Linux (based on Arch) - it's a cutting edge rolling release distribution so if it works here it will work on other new releases as well." CreationDate="2019-09-25T20:14:07.190" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19989" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="Those sound fairly reasonable. I think there's the same issue there -- no source code for the actual application -- but if I have no other options they seem quite nice and affordable." CreationDate="2019-09-26T03:52:19.340" UserId="13607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19990" PostId="11306" Score="0" Text="Hi @Mawg - were you able to get one of these products to work for employee location tracking purposes?" CreationDate="2019-09-26T05:26:02.293" UserId="13636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19991" PostId="12076" Score="0" Text="I don't deny that. Good luck looking and do tell if you find something OSS with a nice GUI." CreationDate="2019-09-26T07:51:56.590" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19992" PostId="12102" Score="1" Text="Could you please post more specific requirements? And the best solution is to rent a VPS in a general use case. It's more expensive but saves **a lot** of trouble." CreationDate="2019-09-26T08:12:18.973" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19993" PostId="12102" Score="0" Text="Well it has to be a physical server due to the College policies, its going to be used for file storage and transfer mostly it wont be used to host games just store them as of right now but my question is what type of server as in CPU speed and ram would be the best to use" CreationDate="2019-09-26T08:18:08.943" UserId="13638" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19994" PostId="12102" Score="1" Text="Any old machine which can run your OS of choice will do. But it's better to get dedicated hardware." CreationDate="2019-09-26T08:22:04.190" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20000" PostId="11306" Score="0" Text="Yes, as prototype, but I am somewhat concerned about battery life. See last line of this answer, where I added an update, also my new answer which looks to be ***extremely*** interesting" CreationDate="2019-09-26T14:08:24.830" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20005" PostId="7516" Score="0" Text="Hello, i know it's an old post but i'm currently looking for a Weather station with an API access... Do you found more? I think more people could be helped by this thread :)" CreationDate="2019-09-26T15:55:44.713" UserId="13645" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20009" PostId="12107" Score="0" Text="Thanks for posting. We usually don' recommend several different products in one answer, because it makes voting hard (e.g. what if I want to upvote 1 time and downvote 4 times?). Also, we usually don't include the product already mentioned by OP (Vantage Pro 2 in this case)." CreationDate="2019-09-26T21:06:13.847" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20010" PostId="12104" Score="0" Text="225 mAh give or take... lasting 6 years give you roughly a 2 microamp average current consumption. That's low, very low, and require great attention to how you write your software, often getting into the nitty-gritty stuff." CreationDate="2019-09-26T21:33:52.803" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20011" PostId="12104" Score="0" Text="And that device does not have a screen." CreationDate="2019-09-26T21:34:21.073" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20012" PostId="11306" Score="0" Text="I wouldn't trust anything you can only buy on AliExpress in any kind of professional environment. No guarantees, often no datasheet." CreationDate="2019-09-26T21:35:42.363" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20013" PostId="12104" Score="0" Text="Sorry for the spam: treat the stuff in the datasheet as the perfect scenario. Anyone working in electrical engineering will tell you that getting the numbers from the datasheet in your device is a achievement." CreationDate="2019-09-26T21:36:58.230" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20014" PostId="11352" Score="0" Text="I replaced the Socket A tower computer in my bedroom with an Asus UL30VT model of Core 2 ULV notebook computer that still has a fan but I do not know if the fan is running because even if it is I cannot hear it over the fan noise from the Core 2 tower computer (desktop Core 2, LGA775/Socket T motherboard) beside the UL30VT.  I know I said I wanted a fanless computer but I was given the UL30VT, which works well even still with the Ubuntu 10.04.x LTS OS from 2011.  I already had lots of old notebook computers but I could not use them because they use a 2.5-inch PATA HDD instead of 2.5-inch SATA." CreationDate="2019-09-27T04:52:41.760" UserId="12723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20015" PostId="12107" Score="0" Text="@ThomasWeller Sorry i'm from StackOverflow community, it's my first post here. I wanted to make a list of all product and characteristics as i expected to found it here... (also looking for Weather Station with an API) This list has to be improved. So do you suggest that i post a new question (more broad) and put this answer there?" CreationDate="2019-09-27T07:50:56.517" UserId="13645" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20016" PostId="12107" Score="1" Text="It's the first thread about my needs that i found on google but with no answer... I totally think that list can help future people to find their need. And lot of people don't read question so i included the two products the OP mentionned... I will try to add more informations on this list soon as I have not finished my searches yet" CreationDate="2019-09-27T07:52:57.697" UserId="13645" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20017" PostId="12107" Score="0" Text="You can create multiple answers below this existing question. People will then up/downvote based on the individual items. This a) might give you more Internet points and b) gives you feedback on which products are perceived well and which fail." CreationDate="2019-09-27T08:17:38.147" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20018" PostId="12108" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I had previously looked at Hexiwear. I thought it a little expensive, even though I now say sub $50 ;-)  I suppose that the screen is a bonus. Otoh, take a look at the RSL10-COIN-GEVB in my answer above. Do you know which languages I can code the Hexiwear in? Ada would be great (it's ARM, so that should be possible). Failing that C. Failing that, Python.  A major bonus is that I [can debug it properly](https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/boards/freescalekinetis/hexiwear.html?highlight=hexiwear#debugging), so I think that I will buy one and experiment. Thanks for reminding me of this." CreationDate="2019-09-27T08:59:55.373" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20019" PostId="12108" Score="1" Text="@Mawg definitely C, Rust likely as well, Ada should be possible but there would be no libraries. And it has vibrations (forgot to mention in the answer)." CreationDate="2019-09-27T09:01:53.113" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20023" PostId="12121" Score="0" Text="Found a list of working devices that other users reported. https://cloudreadykb.neverware.com/s/article/Unofficial-unsupported-but-WORKING-USB-wifi-dongle" CreationDate="2019-09-30T14:35:53.920" UserId="13665" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20030" PostId="7641" Score="1" Text="@Wowfunhappy what's stopping you from acquiring them? I just learned how to weld (I'm a programmer)." CreationDate="2019-10-02T18:38:39.747" UserId="13674" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20036" PostId="12121" Score="0" Text="hit another roadblock. Although Plugable USB-WIFINT was one of the compatible adapters, it wasn't detected after boot. I even tried disabling in-built Wifi adapters in BIOS." CreationDate="2019-10-03T18:02:54.633" UserId="13665" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20052" PostId="12153" Score="0" Text="Considering the server loads and stuff I would be surprised if you could find it free, without paying for those cloud options." CreationDate="2019-10-05T09:48:37.923" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20062" PostId="12156" Score="1" Text="At the expensive end of things, a hardware USB analyzer will do most of what you want for hundreds to thousands of dollars.  No idea if there's anything cheaper." CreationDate="2019-10-07T21:04:27.823" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20063" PostId="12153" Score="0" Text="@jan I am ok to pay. I was wondering if anyone came across such vendors." CreationDate="2019-10-07T21:07:26.600" UserId="10174" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20064" PostId="12164" Score="1" Text="Probably not, due to safety considerations. Transport by air would be problematical. That said, there are power banks with AC outlets that could supplement the battery, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Omars-40200mAh-Portable-Universal-Compatible/dp/B07D9KZ4W3 ." CreationDate="2019-10-07T23:41:28.737" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20070" PostId="12171" Score="0" Text="It works. Thanks!!!" CreationDate="2019-10-09T13:05:37.967" UserId="13715" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20076" PostId="12168" Score="1" Text="What's wrong with a powered hub?" CreationDate="2019-10-09T18:13:08.573" UserDisplayName="user1691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20079" PostId="12156" Score="0" Text="That's quite a lot -- too much for a hobby, IMHO. https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/283147/177226 suggests a BeagleBone Black for instance coming with a OTG USB port using USB gadget software to emulate the mass-storage or use the pre-configured (seems like when you connect it to PC it identifies as both mass storage and networking device) -- and then I would need to find some analyser software for Linux." CreationDate="2019-10-09T21:18:08.310" UserId="13703" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20082" PostId="12180" Score="0" Text="Is that a one time thing or you want to produce those in some _large_ numbers?! Have you tried to make it work with a Pi already?" CreationDate="2019-10-10T07:39:16.880" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20083" PostId="12180" Score="0" Text="This is mostly a one time project but I'd like to be able to make more of them with some ease later one. I also plan to make this an open-source project. Also, I haven't tried with it a Pi since the Pi is rather expensive with a lot of redundancy, as explained in the post. Additionally, It doesn't seem available in my area," CreationDate="2019-10-10T07:42:45.617" UserId="11232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20085" PostId="12161" Score="1" Text="I'm using a 144 Hz 1080p 27&quot; monitor - while the resolution isn't amazing (say, compared to 2k or 4k displays), it's more than fine for gaming.&#xA;2k at 32&quot; still has higher DPI than my setup, so you should be fine.&#xA;&#xA;As for the Switch, you'll always have some pixelation issues there - regardless of which size screen you use. The Switch's video output just doesn't have enough resolution for contemporary monitors." CreationDate="2019-10-10T09:29:04.263" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20086" PostId="12161" Score="0" Text="@towe so Monitor is not recommended for play Switch Game? if I buy a 2K TV, will Switch output better image quality than Monitor?" CreationDate="2019-10-10T09:32:51.040" UserId="10297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20087" PostId="12161" Score="1" Text="No, the potential image quality will be held back in the same way as on your monitor. It won't be horrible, but you're obviously not fully using the 2k resolution. The screen size makes no difference in this, at least when you also adjust your distance from the screen." CreationDate="2019-10-10T09:40:35.063" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20094" PostId="12161" Score="1" Text="To display 1080p sharply, you will need 4K (a multiple of 1080p), and to display 900p sharply you will need 1800p (a multiple of 900p). Obviously you cannot have both without having a ridiculous monitor resolution, and also 900p is not very common. So I would say 2K is fine.&#xA;&#xA;In regards to pixelation issues, a 27 inch 1440p monitor has the same pixel density as a 21 inch 1080p monitor, if that's any use for you." CreationDate="2019-10-14T15:53:30.077" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20095" PostId="12133" Score="0" Text="The T440 isn't around $100 though" CreationDate="2019-10-14T15:54:41.997" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20096" PostId="12134" Score="0" Text="I've looked and you're right, it's really bizarre. The only converters I can find have a mic built in which is obviously not what you want." CreationDate="2019-10-14T16:17:33.473" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20097" PostId="12134" Score="0" Text="I’m just at a loss to why I can’t find any there must be one out there. I mean it would just make sense" CreationDate="2019-10-14T16:55:22.677" UserId="13676" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20098" PostId="12161" Score="0" Text="@rubyjunk is 32inch 1440p will have better pixel density than 27inch 1440p?" CreationDate="2019-10-15T01:37:17.783" UserId="10297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20099" PostId="12161" Score="1" Text="@IamaStudent Since the 32 inch has the same amount of pixels, but a larger screen, it will have a WORSE pixel density and therefore will appear more pixelated than a 27 inch screen at the same distance." CreationDate="2019-10-15T01:40:48.193" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20100" PostId="12161" Score="0" Text="@rubyjunk if in a right view distance, pixelated issue wouldn't be notice in 32inch 1440p? as i not going to have this screen as desktop table setup, i would put on a floor, view from my bed instead." CreationDate="2019-10-15T05:38:31.913" UserId="10297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20101" PostId="12161" Score="1" Text="@IamaStudent thats correct, at sufficient distance you probably won't be able to tell." CreationDate="2019-10-15T06:11:44.130" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20117" PostId="3942" Score="0" Text="Did you every find something? ESP32 would probably do it, except for the GPS. You can buy a wrist mounted M5stack ESp32 with display for under $115" CreationDate="2019-10-19T12:06:10.183" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20118" PostId="12241" Score="0" Text="Are there any disco kits for the WB?" CreationDate="2019-10-20T16:49:58.737" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20119" PostId="12252" Score="0" Text="I am aware of that one, but I don't see a display. Did I miss something? I'm not much good with hardware - soldering and such - but would be happy to accept a display which I can just snap on to the GPIO pins" CreationDate="2019-10-20T19:32:38.507" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20120" PostId="12252" Score="1" Text="Yeah, I saw your other question, I just failed to notice the word &quot;display&quot;. Still - all ST's Nucleo boards have Arduino-compatible headers." CreationDate="2019-10-20T19:37:02.620" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20121" PostId="12241" Score="2" Text="@JanDorniak It seems not, see https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/stm32-discovery-kits.html#products, there you can search for discovery kits, and with properties (including TFT)." CreationDate="2019-10-20T19:42:34.910" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20122" PostId="12241" Score="1" Text="Yeah, just saw that parametric search myself." CreationDate="2019-10-20T19:44:17.007" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20123" PostId="12241" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak too bad (thanks for the notification/question, I updated my answer to add this note)." CreationDate="2019-10-20T19:45:00.657" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20124" PostId="12241" Score="1" Text="Although the OP posted a very similar question and there is an F413 disco, with WiFi but no BT" CreationDate="2019-10-20T19:46:48.687" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20125" PostId="12252" Score="1" Text="Indeed, I upvoted it, seems very similar and your answer probably answers it well." CreationDate="2019-10-20T19:48:01.487" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20127" PostId="12252" Score="0" Text="STM32WB are great boards, and I will probably get one - without display - and keep my eye open for a display. I am looking for something with the functionality of an ESP3 (BLE &amp; WiFi), which I can code in Ada and debug. I really would like a display,t hough; and the ability to use [Grove sensors](https://www.seeedstudio.com/category/Sensor-for-Grove-c-24.html) and controllers." CreationDate="2019-10-21T06:01:15.197" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20128" PostId="12254" Score="0" Text="Barcode editing is done in software, not hardware. The printer will do whatever the software tells it to do. I don't have direct links because it's been a few years, but using Dymo's SDK you can generate a barcode at will. Designing the software to make it unique is something you/your team has to do though." CreationDate="2019-10-21T12:28:08.073" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20132" PostId="12168" Score="0" Text="The whole device is mobile." CreationDate="2019-10-21T20:46:45.253" UserId="13714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20136" PostId="12258" Score="1" Text="Certification for WiFi 6 just became available on Sept 16, 2019. Give OEMs a few more months and you will find many more WiFi 6 devices. Also USB-A is still in demand; Most people still need to use USB-A peripherals like mice, USB drives, and printers. Even though a C to A adapter would work for those people, it's annoying to need one for *every* device you want to plug in." CreationDate="2019-10-22T15:07:51.070" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20137" PostId="12258" Score="0" Text="@Romen I have a USB-C hub on my desk " CreationDate="2019-10-22T17:15:13.367" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20138" PostId="12258" Score="0" Text="So is that the reason you *do not* want USB-A ports? What is the downside you see in having a USB-A port?" CreationDate="2019-10-22T17:23:19.377" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20139" PostId="12258" Score="0" Text="@Romen the thickness of the laptop, they take too much space. I want to get rid of all my USB-A and B cables." CreationDate="2019-10-22T17:47:41.710" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20140" PostId="12258" Score="0" Text="That's a fair reason to forgo USB-A, have you considered Windows tablet PCs? You want something too thin for USB-A, but if it was that thin it would be also too thin to fit a keyboard &amp; the guts for a laptop. There are some laptops that push the limits on reducing thickness, but they often use the same components as tablet PCs." CreationDate="2019-10-22T17:50:55.220" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20141" PostId="12262" Score="0" Text="Read a few reviews, sounds quite good, and found them for 278€ on Amazon. Will report back after I used them for a while." CreationDate="2019-10-22T19:52:43.593" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20144" PostId="12258" Score="0" Text="This seems like a bit of an [X Y question](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem) - instead of saying _no USB A_ state your maximum desired thickness" CreationDate="2019-10-23T03:47:03.387" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20145" PostId="12254" Score="0" Text="@Andy Many label printers, especially industrial, have such functions incorporated into their firmware. So it is reasonable for the OP to request it. But the model I worked with has a price 10x OPs budget." CreationDate="2019-10-23T03:50:47.217" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20146" PostId="12254" Score="0" Text="Hm. Good point. I didn't think about industrial ones due to the budget. I was thinking small label printers. I stand corrected though. Thanks Jan." CreationDate="2019-10-23T04:17:25.040" UserId="57" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20155" PostId="12271" Score="0" Text="Would using some kind of software to darken the screen work?" CreationDate="2019-10-25T15:03:55.203" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20156" PostId="12271" Score="0" Text="@CaldeiraG I already use redshift to reduce the amount of blue light during the night. It has an option to reduce overall screen brightness, but that reduces contrast too much." CreationDate="2019-10-25T15:14:33.630" UserId="9691" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20157" PostId="12271" Score="1" Text="I am using the LG 27MU67-B which has all of the features you're looking for, but the lowest brightness setting is *still* too bright for me. Not sure what the actual cd/m^2 value is. Even though software like redshift helps, the actual brightness of the screen does not noticeably dim. (Just easier to look at)" CreationDate="2019-10-25T18:43:43.710" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20158" PostId="12271" Score="1" Text="I think a display technology with emissive pixels like OLED, microLED, QD-LED, etc. may go to a low enough brightness for you." CreationDate="2019-10-25T18:56:42.267" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20161" PostId="12300" Score="0" Text="You should change your motherboard to one intended for a server. Enterprise boards with [Intel vPro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro) or [IPMI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface) provide remote management. AFAIK, IPMI *includes* KVM over IP built right into the board, which is why the card you are looking for is obsolete." CreationDate="2019-10-28T15:48:34.090" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20164" PostId="12300" Score="0" Text="I did suspect this, it would quite a pain to switch the motherboard out as have just put the server together (fairly new to this) so was hoping for some alternative solution - I will go for swapping out the motherboard though if I can't find anything" CreationDate="2019-10-28T20:42:31.060" UserId="13855" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20166" PostId="12303" Score="0" Text="Do you have requirements for a chipset that is capable of *processing* an HD video input? Or is it just meant to be a pass-through?" CreationDate="2019-10-29T15:54:44.217" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20167" PostId="12307" Score="0" Text="What is *&quot;Acceptable battery life&quot;* for you? Are you willing to void your warranty in order to remove unwanted components (mic, webcam, bluetooth card) ? What screen size do you want? (A 17.3&quot; screen is *almost always* 1080p, 15.6&quot; is also often 1080p..., how dense is *too* dense?)" CreationDate="2019-10-29T20:18:23.150" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20168" PostId="12307" Score="0" Text="Hi Romen! Battery life? 6 hours? I'd rather these components were not included in the first place. I thought there would be a laptop brand offering laptops like these but there are none. However there is a market for refurbished old laptops like the one I require. I'd like a 14' screen if possible. A desktop resolution of 1920x is good enough, I don't require more. And 72pix/inch is good too." CreationDate="2019-10-29T22:40:40.127" UserId="13864" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20169" PostId="12307" Score="0" Text="Hi flaab! *&quot;I'd like a 14' screen if possible. A desktop resolution of 1920x is good enough, I don't require more. And 72pix/inch is good too. &quot;* -- screen resolution, size, and PPI are all related. a 14&quot; 1920x1080 screen will be ~157 PPI. A 14&quot; screen at ~72 PPI would have a resolution of 880x495. I'm not sure that combination even exists... What is the max PPI that you find acceptable?" CreationDate="2019-10-30T13:12:50.043" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20170" PostId="12307" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I just don't want a retina display or a huge pixel density. Any regular screen will do." CreationDate="2019-10-30T18:35:16.470" UserId="13864" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20177" PostId="12320" Score="0" Text="Yes, but the weight is 5.8 pounds. I require no more weight than 4 pounds" CreationDate="2019-11-01T06:06:14.733" UserId="13847" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20196" PostId="12344" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for a printer that supports [Internet Printing Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol) or something that has a custom website/GUI running from the device directly?" CreationDate="2019-11-06T15:59:35.973" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20202" PostId="12344" Score="0" Text="I would like to print some custom raw printer commands (for example ZPL code) from a website page." CreationDate="2019-11-07T11:15:23.903" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20203" PostId="11305" Score="1" Text="*&quot;Basically the different ratings show different levels of reliability towards being able to constantly supply 500w for instance.&quot;* The [80 Plus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80_Plus) rating is just about efficiency. A 500W PSU that is 100% efficient uses 500W from the wall. 500W at 80% would mean 625W pulled from the wall. Obviously the higher rated PSUs have higher quality components, but even a low efficiency PSU should be able to supply the advertised wattage *constantly*." CreationDate="2019-11-07T18:46:53.477" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20204" PostId="11304" Score="0" Text="@user1691, *&quot; I do not want  [A] any super high quality power supply that is expensive **or** [B] anything that will end up destroying my components.&quot;*  -- I read that sentence as specifying two *separate* requirements." CreationDate="2019-11-07T18:50:46.007" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20205" PostId="11304" Score="1" Text="The Bronze/Silver/Gold rating doesn't directly imply anything about reliability of a PSU. It does imply that some more thought went into the design and that higher efficiency components are being used, but those components could still fail just as soon as the less efficient versions. If you really want to get a guarantee of reliability, there are all sorts of reviews out there where experts have opened up PSUs to critique a specific model's workmanship and choice of components." CreationDate="2019-11-07T18:59:30.210" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20209" PostId="12355" Score="0" Text="I can't find any specs or webpage for that model number. Does this laptop use a 2.5&quot; SATA drive or an M.2 drive? If M.2, do you know which types of drives are supported? (M.2 SATA or M.2 NVMe?)" CreationDate="2019-11-08T17:51:27.250" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20210" PostId="12344" Score="0" Text="The printer itself doesn't need to have this feature. Have you considered using an ethernet print server? Or a standalone PC (or Raspberry Pi) running a web printing server?" CreationDate="2019-11-08T18:22:36.283" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20211" PostId="12344" Score="0" Text="I need to handle native commands, I think a &quot;standard&quot; print server would be suitable for PCL/PS drivers and not for native commands. For example I need to manage the status request command to get the printer status, this is possible only using native commands and bidirectional connection like tcp, serial, or virtualcom over USB." CreationDate="2019-11-08T22:05:51.113" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20212" PostId="12344" Score="0" Text="Does [this driver](https://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/knowledge-articles/mac-linux-or-unix-driver-suggestions-for-zebra-printers.html) expose the functionality you need? [CUPS](https://www.cups.org/) is a unix print server that provides an HTTP GUI. At the very least this should work on a Raspberry Pi, although I wouldn't be surprised if there are &quot;standard&quot; print servers running CUPS with this driver included. I'm not sure if the CUPS gui allows you to send ZPL to the printer directly though." CreationDate="2019-11-08T22:27:23.953" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20213" PostId="12344" Score="0" Text="If CUPS can also ready printer status it can fit my requirements, but usually all print drivers works only one way. I'll try to get some info about cups and reading from printer. Thanks" CreationDate="2019-11-08T23:03:39.913" UserId="1977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20214" PostId="12355" Score="0" Text="it uses 2.5 SATA drive https://www.sony.es/electronics/support/laptop-pc-vpc-series/vpccb3s8e/specifications" CreationDate="2019-11-09T16:32:37.267" UserId="13922" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20215" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="Why doesn't both ways go to an HDMI/DP connector than? Is the one who disliked responsible for that? Else, where to find it than? I think what you are saying is about usb to usb, so I flag your comment for topic relevance. Laptops with only HDMI and mini DP do not work with that if your have a display with USB C 3.1 or with Thunderbolt 3." CreationDate="2019-11-09T18:02:44.643" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20218" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="HDMI does not output power. So something like a laptop or TV box would not send power over an HDMI --&gt; USB-C adapter. As mentioned earlier, this means the USB-C display would need its own power cable. Since this is a very unusual use-case for HDMI and USB-C, there just isn't any demand or reason to make an adapter that goes HDMI to USB-C for only video. People who buy that adapter might try to use it backwards and return the product in frustration because their USB-C or TB3 port wouldn't output HDMI video without a proper USB-C device on the other end." CreationDate="2019-11-10T13:29:10.793" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20219" PostId="12262" Score="1" Text="Well, the noise-cancelling seems to be a little bit better than what I experienced with Bose. Not perfect, but I guess this is about as good as it gets with current technology. A minor annoyance are the included cables: both are awfully short. And in terms of comfort, I preferred the QC35." CreationDate="2019-11-10T19:05:37.013" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20226" PostId="12376" Score="0" Text="Here are the [guidelines](https://hardwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/206/10648) for asking questions on Hardware Recommendations. The downvote button says: *&quot;This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful&quot;* -- Your question does not show any research effort; Googling &quot;IEC 61508 CPU&quot; returns all sorts of viable products, why did these search results not satisfy your requirements? What **are** your requirements? You are also asking more than one question which could lead to downvotes for being too broad." CreationDate="2019-11-11T22:01:44.633" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20227" PostId="12376" Score="0" Text="Thank you sir for clarifying and also thank you for your response. The point here is not only the processor has IEC 61508 compliance it also has SIL4 certification for it. i mean." CreationDate="2019-11-12T05:39:16.193" UserId="13947" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20228" PostId="12370" Score="0" Text="That's a PCIe 2.0x16 slot - a very important distinction before you end up buying a *PCI* graphics card." CreationDate="2019-11-12T07:36:07.803" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20229" PostId="12386" Score="3" Text="A TV would do this just fine (images/videos). Anything more complicated like a PDF/Powerpoint/Web will require a computer. You could use a Raspberry Pi which is a computer with the size of your hand so you're not limited with TV functionalities." CreationDate="2019-11-12T11:44:25.950" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20230" PostId="12388" Score="3" Text="Totally agree. What you said reassured / reinforced my presupposition over the 2 machines. i5 5300u has the upper hand + T450 being a newer machine has newer i/o ports &amp; wifi stndrd." CreationDate="2019-11-12T16:19:39.407" UserId="13957" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20232" PostId="12341" Score="0" Text="I'm pretty sure that there is too little demand for a PC-sized reflective LCD screen for companies to make them. They're normally found on small things like clocks and calculators. You might be able to order an LCD panel without a backlight though! Or maybe you could disconnect the power for the backlight on an LCD panel and see if the ambient light is enough to still use it." CreationDate="2019-11-12T16:26:43.687" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20233" PostId="12378" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the tip on OBS Studio. I'm using it already and it works great!" CreationDate="2019-11-12T21:37:16.027" UserId="13941" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20234" PostId="12388" Score="0" Text="The HD5500 seems to be *significantly* better, not just 5-10%:&#xA;https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-5500-Mobile-095-GHz-vs-Intel-HD-4000-Mobile-125-GHz/m16570vsm7653" CreationDate="2019-11-13T08:03:09.973" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20235" PostId="12388" Score="0" Text="@towe, Looking at the benchmarks I found again I agree that 5-10% is too low. Maybe in the ballpark of 40% faster according to [these](https://www.notebookcheck.net/HD-Graphics-5500-vs-HD-Graphics-4000_5941_2822.247598.0.html)?" CreationDate="2019-11-13T14:07:45.353" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20236" PostId="12394" Score="0" Text="You are going to have to dig deep for details on OEM PC motherboards. OEMs build custom cases all the time, so their motherboards are usually an irregular size that falls under Micro-ATX even if they're just barely larger than Mini-ITX board. If a board has more than one PCIe slot it is definitely not Mini-ITX." CreationDate="2019-11-13T14:14:48.270" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20237" PostId="12394" Score="0" Text="@Romen When I tried to look at Dell Optiplex motherboard specs, indeed, I didn't found anything that confirms it was a mini-ITX, and I suspects it is not and thus does not suit my needs. That's why at the end of the post, I've asked if some peoples knows about &quot;old&quot; prebuild models using mini-ITX that I could find on ebay. As I doubt this is an easy task, I also asked for a proposed cheap build (230€ to 280€) that I could use, i.e. which relatively old but common components could I found and would suit my needs." CreationDate="2019-11-13T14:39:00.647" UserId="13963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20238" PostId="12394" Score="0" Text="&quot;Old but common components&quot; probably won't have an M.2 slot, if you wanted to build the PC from separate parts. Also, I can't recommend an OEM/prebuilt PC that has Mini ITX but I can help you quickly identify whether a board *is* Mini-ITX. Mini-ITX can only fit *one* PCIe slot, which makes it very quick and easy to know if a board is *not* Mini-ITX. After that, there must be four standoff/mounting locations in the exact same place as an ATX or Micro-ATX board. Some OEM motherboards aren't even ATX at all and only fit in the case they came in. Lastly, the size can't be larger than 170mm x 170mm" CreationDate="2019-11-13T14:48:14.710" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20239" PostId="12388" Score="1" Text="@Romen I believe the figures for the HD4000 in that link of yours apply to the desktop version, which usually performs better than their mobile counterpart.&#xA;I'd definitely take the i5 5300 in this case, though both will be sluggish without an SSD." CreationDate="2019-11-13T14:55:48.070" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20241" PostId="12388" Score="0" Text="@towe, That website focuses on notebook benchmarks, so I am inclined to believe that they are for the mobile variants of the graphics. In either case, desktop and mobile use the same graphics implementation, so comparing old apples to  new apples (mobile) or old oranges to new oranges (desktop) we still get ~40% faster." CreationDate="2019-11-13T15:07:43.013" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20242" PostId="12394" Score="0" Text="@Romen That's a lot of very valuable information. So if I want to use a cheap motherboard, and thus old, I will not have enough sata port on the board to plug both the storage drives and the boot drive.. Thus I will need to add the cost of a RAID card. Thanks for all the explanation on how to figure out if it's mini-ITX or not, now it's very clear :)" CreationDate="2019-11-13T15:22:36.557" UserId="13963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20252" PostId="11690" Score="0" Text="Except for #2 a standard ATX power supply for a PC.  If you can find a small PCB with screw adapters, you can cut off the molex/sata end solder them to the PCB.  Short the 2 pins together on the ATX 20/24 pin plug and you have power." CreationDate="2019-11-13T18:09:26.777" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20253" PostId="11690" Score="0" Text="@cybernard: you may consider posting that as an answer, since it is one." CreationDate="2019-11-13T18:11:41.283" UserId="10626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20260" PostId="11632" Score="0" Text="Between the AGP and windows 10 requirement couldn't find any results.  Also 250w is very low.  Some AGP cards found on newegg had Windows 8 x64 support, you might get lucky, and force the windows 8 drivers in windows 10.  However, I wouldn't count on it." CreationDate="2019-11-14T15:54:21.430" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20261" PostId="12402" Score="2" Text="Maybe? Old 5.25&quot; CD drives had a [connector](https://superuser.com/questions/566611/sound-output-connector-on-cd-rom-drive) for analog output. That will probably be very hard to find now, and it still needs to be used with a PC (so it's sort of pointless if you can just play the CD with software). -- You might want to solve this problem by connecting your stereo receiver to your computer so that you can just use the computer's optical drive." CreationDate="2019-11-14T19:47:17.647" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20268" PostId="12355" Score="0" Text="Do you want to use this as a caching drive (what SLC is ideal for) or because you expect SLC memory to have higher performance and lifespan? Cheaper SSDs that use SLC memory just provide a small portion of the capacity as SLC (like a built-in cache). A 500GB SSD made of only SLC memory certainly costs more than 50 Euros." CreationDate="2019-11-15T13:39:52.473" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20272" PostId="12355" Score="0" Text="@Romen I am  looking for both, using it as a caching drive and therefore I expect it to have an overall faster computing performance,but also having a decent lifespan." CreationDate="2019-11-16T16:26:18.313" UserId="13922" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20274" PostId="12397" Score="0" Text="Sounds like the manufacturer of the RS232 to USB adapters you bought used fake prolific chips, a pretty common issue it seems - There is a tool to check to see if you have fakes - https://www.trishtech.com/2018/02/how-to-check-if-prolific-usb-to-uart-adapter-is-fake/" CreationDate="2019-11-18T02:48:06.980" UserId="13986" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20275" PostId="12164" Score="0" Text="Or depending on the laptop, if they have USB-C charging, you could get something slightly smaller but use USB-C to charge the laptop - something like this https://www.anker.com/store/powercore-speed-20000-pd/B1275011" CreationDate="2019-11-18T02:52:28.790" UserId="13986" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20276" PostId="12378" Score="0" Text="VLC can also do screen recording if you don't want to run OBS" CreationDate="2019-11-18T02:53:19.933" UserId="13986" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20277" PostId="12341" Score="0" Text="A lot of devices are now coming with a &quot;night mode&quot; which reduces the blue light so that it doesn't disrupt your sleep cycle as much. Have you tried that?" CreationDate="2019-11-18T03:29:14.460" UserId="13986" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20279" PostId="12411" Score="1" Text="You should post this question on [Software Recommendations](https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/) or [Super User](https://superuser.com/), unless you are looking specifically for a &quot;smart speaker&quot; *device* that has a self-hosted assistant. This question seems off-topic for this stack exchange site." CreationDate="2019-11-18T16:21:25.250" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20284" PostId="12411" Score="0" Text="@Romen A self-hosted all-in-one device would be the easiest solution to the issue." CreationDate="2019-11-19T11:09:04.713" UserId="13703" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20286" PostId="12411" Score="1" Text="Since I last saw [Mycroft](https://mycroft.ai/), they have begun developing some [hardware](https://mycroft.ai/product/reserve-your-mark-ii-with-a-small-deposit/), although that device isn't available yet. You can run Mycroft on your own PC and use a regular speaker/microphone setup though." CreationDate="2019-11-19T15:47:42.033" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20287" PostId="12355" Score="0" Text="OK, I should have asked more directly: Do you require an SSD that is 100% SLC memory or just *has some* SLC memory? My first question was to bring attention to the fact that a 500GB 100% SLC SSD would not be in the 20 - 50 euro price range." CreationDate="2019-11-19T18:26:07.133" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20288" PostId="12413" Score="0" Text="Any reason why it has to be LTE-only?" CreationDate="2019-11-20T03:20:51.360" UserId="13986" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20290" PostId="12413" Score="0" Text="@Lawrence ok, i removed that rejuirement." CreationDate="2019-11-20T14:19:22.393" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20291" PostId="12421" Score="0" Text="I adjusted my question a bit to include ethernet but I still consider this an answer as there are wireless bridges." CreationDate="2019-11-20T14:21:40.210" UserId="10315" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20302" PostId="12397" Score="1" Text="@Lawrence I do have a genuine chip." CreationDate="2019-11-20T20:58:16.747" UserId="13965" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20308" PostId="12432" Score="0" Text="What about adjusting the monitors on each side with that bracket?" CreationDate="2019-11-21T15:20:55.763" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20310" PostId="12341" Score="1" Text="@Lawrence, For some people, or on some monitors, even that software is not effective. The characteristics of the monitor itself (backlight bleed, minimum brightness, color temperature, etc.) are not something that software can change." CreationDate="2019-11-21T18:49:16.620" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20314" PostId="12442" Score="0" Text="My laptop is new, but apparently doesn't contain a M.2 slot.." CreationDate="2019-11-22T18:37:39.273" UserId="14012" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20315" PostId="12442" Score="0" Text="@SirMuffington, Still take notice of the WiFi card's slot. It could either be mini PCIe or M.2 these days." CreationDate="2019-11-22T18:38:25.500" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20321" PostId="12444" Score="1" Text="Many A/B boxes work in reverse, does that not work for you? Also, if you wanted both instruments to come through at the same time that would be called a mixer." CreationDate="2019-11-22T21:41:37.223" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20322" PostId="12440" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY I looked up the hardware manual of my laptop and found out that my WiFi card uses a M.2 slot. There's no extra information I can gain from publishing my model number." CreationDate="2019-11-22T21:49:24.847" UserId="14012" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20323" PostId="12374" Score="0" Text="What devices would you be using them with? If it is mobile or a computer, you can probably use either earbud on its own by adjusting the &quot;Balance&quot; in your sound settings. That would simplify your search to just finding a set with the right the physical shape." CreationDate="2019-11-22T21:54:32.550" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20324" PostId="12444" Score="0" Text="I don't have an A/B box so I wouldn't know." CreationDate="2019-11-22T22:03:13.027" UserId="13812" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20325" PostId="12444" Score="0" Text="Well an A/B box is just a switch between two circuits, so it works in either direction. (2 IN / 1 OUT or 1 IN / 2 OUT)" CreationDate="2019-11-22T22:03:46.473" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20326" PostId="12444" Score="0" Text="That's awesome! Should I delete the post? Or maybe you can post that comment as an answer." CreationDate="2019-11-22T22:04:26.187" UserId="13812" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20327" PostId="12452" Score="0" Text="Is it just the length of the chip in mm? And no difference in the performance?" CreationDate="2019-11-25T01:34:02.070" UserId="14021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20328" PostId="11836" Score="0" Text="Spend what? You probably will have a better experience using something like a RPi but it's not out-of-the-box solution, it requires some time." CreationDate="2019-11-25T10:19:16.097" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20329" PostId="12453" Score="1" Text="What you already do it's pretty much all you can do. [Related comment](https://superuser.com/questions/1504288/key-travel-on-thinkpad-x201#comment2272666_1504288). I don't choose laptops by keyboards and if you don't like the keyboard just bring another on the backpack. It's not such a big deal." CreationDate="2019-11-25T10:25:11.900" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20330" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="For me, it is a very big deal.  I often don't have surface space." CreationDate="2019-11-25T12:02:11.583" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20331" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="If you have a look at the related comment, that's mostly true so without ordering or going to the shop and check it out it will be hard." CreationDate="2019-11-25T12:06:57.227" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20332" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="Understood.  That's what I'm trying to contend with.  I just wanted to clarify that you initial comment is highly dependent on the individual.  If it wasn't a big deal, one wouldn't go to extreme lengths to find a solution." CreationDate="2019-11-25T12:09:28.557" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20333" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="I agree, you didn't mention you don't want an external keyboard either. You can ask around on forums so if someone has the same laptop could measure it somehow (btw, this isn't the place for that nor we allow discussions here) and look for reviews. I'm afraid I can't help you more than this." CreationDate="2019-11-25T12:14:57.427" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20334" PostId="12452" Score="1" Text="All the &quot;facts&quot; of the latter one also apply to the other one. The only distinction would be TLC, which results in 3 bits being stored per cell, and usually results in slightly lower speed and durability compared to SLC SSDs - which only store one bit per physical cell.&#xA;Chances are the other one is TLC too though, especially since it's the same price." CreationDate="2019-11-25T12:47:45.660" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20335" PostId="12422" Score="0" Text="Have you considered something like a used Oneplus 5 / 5T / 6?&#xA;Huge community and the hardware is still miles better than on the Fairphone." CreationDate="2019-11-25T12:49:56.820" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20337" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="Pretty well, you answered the question with your first comment.  There is no solution.  Or perhaps the solution is your last comment, to ask on forums.  Unfortunately, I've tried this with other specific models at the outset of my search weeks ago.  No response.  Possibly because there are so many variations on a model (some being sold by specific vendors) that the chances of someone seeing my post are slim.  Actually, even if they respond, it's not the same as me trialling the laptop.  So no solution.  Hoping that's not the case..." CreationDate="2019-11-25T13:23:07.817" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20342" PostId="12452" Score="1" Text="It seems like both 256GB and both 512GB SSDs could be duplicate options in their system because they are the same price, but they *could* be different models/brands! You should ask this retailer/company what the difference is because the first option could also be a 2280 (22mm x 80mm) SSD with TLC memory. No way to know without the exact model number." CreationDate="2019-11-25T18:55:13.383" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20344" PostId="12455" Score="0" Text="You haven't mentioned RAM. Does that also need to be included in your $300 budget? Also, are you going to be hosting servers, LAN or internet, and which edition of Minecraft? (Java or Bedrock?)" CreationDate="2019-11-25T20:23:07.870" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20345" PostId="12455" Score="1" Text="I don't have RAM, but it's included separately from this budget. And I'm only going to be playing Minecraft, sometimes with a few friends and on servers. Also, I'll be using Java Edition." CreationDate="2019-11-25T20:50:57.043" UserId="13590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20346" PostId="12455" Score="0" Text="I will do a little more research to write a full answer later, but I am going to suggest the [Ryzen 5 2600](https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-5-2600#product-specs) (~ $200 USD) and a B450 motherboard. That will definitely land around $300 or less and it would be fast enough to handle many other games, only your GPU would be holding you back then. Also, this is in USD right?" CreationDate="2019-11-25T21:29:04.483" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20347" PostId="12455" Score="0" Text="Yes, it is in USD." CreationDate="2019-11-25T22:07:53.387" UserId="13590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20348" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="Please add a country tag as this depends on local laws. In Poland for example you can return any online order in two weeks without giving any reason. AFAIK many EU countries have similar regulations (or was it an EU law?)" CreationDate="2019-11-25T23:55:14.500" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20349" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="@user2153235 more often than not all models in series will have the same build, so you don't need to search by a part number. If you want to buy, say, a Latitude e7490 you don't need to hit that specific model as they will all likely have the same keyboard." CreationDate="2019-11-26T00:01:43.057" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20350" PostId="12419" Score="0" Text="I know next to nothing about NAS, but one brand which always had a good reputation is QNAP." CreationDate="2019-11-26T00:17:54.143" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20351" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="I added the country, but my concern is that it isn't a practical way to try laptops even if the option to return it is required by law. About different models in a series having the same build, sometimes the names get very weird, such as in the list that I link to in the question. I'm never sure when I can assume that models with similar names have the same build. In my web search over the past few weeks, I've seen models with similar names, and I thought I could assume a similar build, but they differed in display size. It's important enough that I want to be sure." CreationDate="2019-11-26T03:22:15.323" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20356" PostId="12452" Score="0" Text="Thanks guys. Yes, I'll check with Lenovo. :)" CreationDate="2019-11-26T21:19:54.753" UserId="14021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20357" PostId="12458" Score="0" Text="Thanks for kind reply and comments @Jan. Well, I can't buy separately as trying to buy a Lenovo machine here in New Zealand and these are the options in the customization that I can chose/change. Will ask for more details though. Appreciated :)" CreationDate="2019-11-26T21:22:24.803" UserId="14021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20358" PostId="12462" Score="1" Text="This would be called a [USB-C KVM Switch](https://www.iogear.com/product/GUD3C04/). The A/B switch and docking station would be all-in-one. (I realized that the linked product doesn't support dual monitors, but it should set you on the right path.)" CreationDate="2019-11-26T21:47:50.377" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20359" PostId="12341" Score="0" Text="@Romen fair enough" CreationDate="2019-11-27T02:04:57.940" UserId="13986" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20360" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="The problem is that, in a real store, it can be hard to find *the* laptop that you converged upon online. I've been wandering stores for a few weekends (when I have time) and none of them meet the physical interface needs. The few options with touchpads+buttons don't meet the other form factor requirements..  As for a product lasting a decade, I do admit, it's bucking the trend. But my last 2 laptops have fared well in this way. It's in hibernation most times. Also, my performance needs are modest, which makes future-proofing automatic." CreationDate="2019-11-27T02:47:38.377" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20361" PostId="12464" Score="1" Text="The *sudden* performance loss is probably OS related.&#xA;Consider reinstalling Windows and stress testing the CPU to see if you can achieve the performance you expect." CreationDate="2019-11-27T13:12:17.910" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20362" PostId="12455" Score="0" Text="What graphics card are you using?&#xA;A Ryzen 5 2600 or 3600 might well be overkill.&#xA;&#xA;Also, if you're looking for performance, the Java edition is definitely not optimal." CreationDate="2019-11-27T13:14:21.457" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20363" PostId="12464" Score="0" Text="towe will it handle windows10?" CreationDate="2019-11-27T13:33:05.230" UserId="14037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20365" PostId="12464" Score="1" Text="If a reinstall doesn't recover any performance then you can also clean the laptop, replace the CPU fan, and reapply thermal compound. Many older laptops get slower because of CPU throttling, they aren't able to cool themselves like they used to." CreationDate="2019-11-27T14:46:25.137" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20366" PostId="12455" Score="0" Text="I have a GTX 1050 Ti. I don't like Bedrock Edition very much, which is why I use Java Edition. Most of the people I play with use Java Edition too." CreationDate="2019-11-27T14:50:49.330" UserId="13590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20367" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="@user2153235, *&quot; it can be hard to find the laptop that you converged upon online&quot;* -- You're setting yourself up to be disappointed by searching for models online and then trying to find them in stores. A walk-in laptop retailer can only stock a fraction of the models you can find online, and the models you see online tend to be exclusive to online orders! You have to use only the website for the store you plan to go to, and check their stock ahead of going if you have to browse online." CreationDate="2019-11-27T14:51:46.947" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20368" PostId="12458" Score="1" Text="@ViKiNG I just looked at a quick conversion which says 150 NZD is 100 USD - that disk is still overpriced unless it's a high-end TLC." CreationDate="2019-11-27T15:59:38.633" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20369" PostId="12458" Score="0" Text="Thanks Jan. Much appreciated :). I'll make sure if it's worth buying :)" CreationDate="2019-11-27T20:35:34.827" UserId="14021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20370" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="I fully agree. I started with the strategy that you described. I forgot what all the challenges were -- perhaps the search facilities -- the fields didn't allow me to specify what I wanted, or the disparities in the data returned, or just lack of the relevant details. It may also have been that they can only stock a fraction of what they show online as well. In the end, I gave up and visited real stores. My criteria are so confining that the chances of finding a display model is low.  Touchpad+buttons, synaptics, 14&quot;, not Lenovo, etc." CreationDate="2019-11-28T01:32:50.220" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20371" PostId="12458" Score="1" Text="@ViKiNG if you want to play games you don't have much choice - unless there are other drives available - since 256 GB is too little for modern games." CreationDate="2019-11-28T10:09:01.530" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20378" PostId="2564" Score="0" Text="Found solution ?" CreationDate="2019-11-28T20:06:54.417" UserId="14046" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20380" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="Maybe you should post a question here directly asking for actual laptop recommendations. Make sure to tag `Canada` and express all of the hardware specs you are looking for. Looking back at the original question, I didn't see you explain *what* you're looking for, so this question might not be on-topic for this site anyways." CreationDate="2019-11-28T20:27:34.277" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20384" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="Just so that I'm clear on this suggestion, are you saying that respondents would know what's on display in bricks-and-mortar stores in my town?  My big challenge now is to physically try out the laptop before deciding." CreationDate="2019-11-29T06:12:35.047" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20389" PostId="12474" Score="0" Text="The whole point of doing the contrary of overclocking is to change the Time Stamp counter increase speed." CreationDate="2019-11-29T15:41:47.670" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20391" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="To be fair, it's not *just* about how to do X.  X is how to confirm that identified laptop options are acceptable.  Either someone has a method to share or they don't.  That's not opinion." CreationDate="2019-11-29T16:08:35.030" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20393" PostId="12474" Score="0" Text="Don’t know if [that one](https://www.notebookcheck.net/Eurocom-Sky-X4C-Core-i9-9900KS-Laptop-Review-Unlocked-Desktop-Processor-in-a-Mobile-Form-Factor.444756.0.html) has a ʙɪᴏꜱ allowing to tune the settings." CreationDate="2019-11-29T16:24:39.197" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20397" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="@Romen: Any laptop hardware suggestion might not lead to a concrete decision and will go out of date quickly." CreationDate="2019-11-29T16:51:33.850" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20399" PostId="12453" Score="0" Text="@user2153235, That is still considered [on-topic](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic). Where this question is asking for general advice, not for specific laptop recommendations. Please consider re-framing your problem as a question asking for laptop recommendations. That would absolutely be on topic, and you can add *&quot;I must be able to try a suggested laptop before I buy it&quot;* as one of your requirements." CreationDate="2019-11-29T17:00:42.603" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20400" PostId="12477" Score="0" Text="I like the Swift 5 series aside from not being able to upgrade RAM. I’ll have to check out the Samsung Evo’s. Any thoughts on the LG Gram?" CreationDate="2019-11-30T10:53:07.583" UserId="14047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20401" PostId="2101" Score="0" Text="Nov 2019 there is already a very good device (and expensive also) that has all you've asked for and much more&#xA;https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HMX12ZM/A/caldigit-ts3-plus-dock?afid=p238%7CstMmQi5RQ-dm_mtid_1870765e38482_pcrid_246386975451_pgrid_46609753141_&amp;cid=aos-us-kwgo-pla-btb-catchall--slid---product-HMX12ZM/A" CreationDate="2019-12-01T00:11:20.853" UserId="14052" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20402" PostId="12477" Score="0" Text="No experience with the LG Gram. I do always like to look for YouTube videos on upgrading a particular PC. I get a good sense of what is inside and how hard it is to to repair, build quality and value. I wouldn't buy a MS Surface laptop, even though they are good quality they cannot be home repaired or upgraded because they are glued shut. MS wouldn't want to cut into their bottom line with products that can last years longer with DIY upgradability." CreationDate="2019-12-01T16:48:22.163" UserId="14050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20404" PostId="12455" Score="0" Text="@towe, Why would it be *overkill*? Why would you not suggest the fastest CPU possible for the given budget? (Maybe even faster than the 2600 if a good deal can be found.) If they ever intend to upgrade their GPU the CPU would eventually be put to good use." CreationDate="2019-12-02T16:29:54.620" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20405" PostId="12484" Score="0" Text="The ranking of those GPUs fastest to slowest is: GTX 1050, MX 150, MX 130, Radeon 530. The GPU chipset is usually much more important than the amount of VRAM for performance. I will have to research those CPUs before posting a full answer though." CreationDate="2019-12-02T17:50:18.283" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20409" PostId="10531" Score="0" Text="So basically an intel i9 processor would suffice for encoding and decoding the 4k video?" CreationDate="2019-12-02T18:18:28.503" UserId="4719" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20410" PostId="10531" Score="0" Text="@JosephBourne, Even an i5 should handle CPU-based 4K playback if that's all you're doing; The edit was more about bringing attention to the fact that some video players or web browsers will make your CPU do the work instead of the GPU when playing 4K video. If the CPU is busy doing *other* things too, then you would want a faster CPU to handle all of that at the same time." CreationDate="2019-12-02T19:05:25.790" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20412" PostId="12484" Score="0" Text="So you are saying that, it is better to go with MX150/MX130 2GB instead of Radeon 530 4GB ? Also, what are your findings regarding the CPUs? Thanks for replying." CreationDate="2019-12-03T07:22:24.167" UserId="14056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20413" PostId="12484" Score="0" Text="The Ryzen 5 2400U seems to be marginally weaker than the Intel i5's. However, the GTX1050 is *significanty* better than the 530 and MX150 graphics cards - it's not even close.&#xA;I never understood the point of those incredibly low-performance graphics cards to begin with - even modern Ryzen iGPUs are far more powerful than them." CreationDate="2019-12-03T08:49:06.150" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20414" PostId="12487" Score="0" Text="Wow...I should consider Azure again. I tried Azure web app, but it was so difficult." CreationDate="2019-12-03T12:04:30.870" UserId="14057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20415" PostId="12482" Score="1" Text="I think this question about troubleshooting the wifi should be moved to another community like Super User or similar." CreationDate="2019-12-03T12:44:34.677" UserId="10739" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20416" PostId="12484" Score="0" Text="Agreed, the GTX 1050 is the only one that is worth your money as a standalone GPU. The MX150 isn't even fast enough to reach 60fps at 1366x768 (a typical low-end laptop resolution) for many games, which makes it sit an an awkward spot in laptop GPU performance. It's too slow for gaming (except for older games) and overkill for HD video &amp; multimedia." CreationDate="2019-12-03T14:25:29.693" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20417" PostId="12488" Score="0" Text="It seems like this question is mostly asking for general advice? Questions like this are considered off-topic because they go out-of-date quickly. You could improve this question by asking for a comparison between specific parts, like a CPU and GPU you're interested in from this generation versus the leaked/rumoured CPUs and GPUs to be released next year. Then we can provide fact-based answer and it can remain relevant for others who find this question in search results." CreationDate="2019-12-03T14:33:26.220" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20418" PostId="12489" Score="0" Text="*&quot;Zen 3 is supposed to come out Q2/Q3&quot;* -- I've seen [recent news](https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-4000-zen-3-cpus-and-x670-platform-q4-2020-launch-rumor/) that they won't be coming until late 2020 (maybe Q4). But even if you wait for Zen 3, you might only see a marginal performance improvement over current Zen 2 CPUs. Same goes for Intel CPUs. It takes a few generations to see large improvements within the same price bracket." CreationDate="2019-12-03T14:43:27.153" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20419" PostId="12476" Score="1" Text="I don't think it's possible to *do* what you're asking for. HDMI is uncompressed video, 4K@60FPS is about 11.9 Gb/s. The fastest SD card you can get right now writes at about 2.4 Gb/s. Also, a 512 GB SD card would hold about 5 minutes of uncompressed 4K video... You have to reconsider your  *&quot;I want the exact 4K 60fps quality while viewing what I've recorded&quot;* requirement because that is not possible with an SD card. Compression is *necessary*." CreationDate="2019-12-03T14:53:06.987" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20420" PostId="12488" Score="0" Text="The longer you wait, the better the performance will become for your money. Though that means you'll never have a PC at all.&#xA;&#xA;As for processors, the current Zen 2 CPUs are very potent for their price.&#xA;GPUs are a different issue; the RTX cards are still fairly expensive for their performance, while AMDs RX5700xx still have horrible drivers and don't support raytracing.&#xA;The other parts pretty much don't matter; X570 motherboard, 16 GB of reasonable RAM and a fast NVMe SSD. The rest is optional." CreationDate="2019-12-03T15:10:01.780" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20421" PostId="12487" Score="0" Text="Might as well get the Pi 4 and spend an extra $20 on the 4gb ram version." CreationDate="2019-12-03T16:21:32.937" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20422" PostId="12476" Score="0" Text="@Romen I guess nothing can do lossless compression on the fly to address the SD capacity  issue?" CreationDate="2019-12-03T18:17:53.587" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20423" PostId="12476" Score="1" Text="Lossless compression is very sensitive to content. With HEVC lossless compression your *best possible compression* is aroound 5:1 ratio. That puts your expected bitrate at a *minimum* of 2.38 Gb/s. That's basically at the cutting edge of SD card performance and you can expect a *maximum* of 30 minutes of video on a 512 GB SD card. Since real life performance is not always at the optimal end of things, you will have to deal with frame drops or dynamic framerate to limit the bitrate to what the SD card could handle." CreationDate="2019-12-03T18:25:20.657" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20425" PostId="12476" Score="1" Text="I suppose you could go another way and look for something that records to a SATA SSD instead of an SD card. Many professional 4K cameras work this way because they *have* to use something faster than SD. There are standalone capture devices (Elgato, Avermedia, etc.) that can connect to a USB 3.0 storage device. A good SSD writing at 5 Gb/s over USB 3.0 may be fast enough for recording 4K with lossless compression, but be careful because many of those capture devices only use lossy compression." CreationDate="2019-12-03T18:35:34.977" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20426" PostId="12463" Score="0" Text="Why does remote desktop or VNC not work for you in this situation? WiFi can't be repurposed in the way you asked for, anything transmitted over a &quot;WiFi&quot; connection would have to work within the rules of WiFi &amp; networks. So a means of transmiting video and user input over &quot;WiFi&quot; is essentially what remote desktop is. Other wireless video solutions may exist that can go 300ft, but I have never heard of a device that can support 2-way USB connections over a 300ft distance wirelessly. You have more options if you would consider using cat5/6 cables since both HDMI &amp; USB can be passed through them." CreationDate="2019-12-03T19:04:26.313" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20427" PostId="12463" Score="0" Text="The issue is the type of machine. This is a kiosk type system with a generic login and that login is extremely restricted on the network. As far as RDC solutions, company policy prevents it. Corporate rules. We don't have to like em, just obey them." CreationDate="2019-12-03T19:11:08.890" UserId="14033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20428" PostId="12463" Score="0" Text="Then that means your options are either a *very* specialized device or using cat 5/6 cables to go *most* of the distance. I only know how to help with finding products for the latter." CreationDate="2019-12-03T20:31:33.257" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20429" PostId="11373" Score="0" Text="There are lots of USB-C displays coming out with PD built in, if you haven't already purchased the USB-C display then you should look for this feature so that you won't even need a hub like this." CreationDate="2019-12-03T20:56:23.630" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20430" PostId="12487" Score="0" Text="@cybernard I mention the Pi 3 on purpose to underline the low specs required." CreationDate="2019-12-03T21:26:32.693" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20431" PostId="12489" Score="0" Text="@Romen thanks for that, I usually use notebookcheck.net as my leak aggregate and they do have a delay ;)" CreationDate="2019-12-03T21:31:47.113" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20432" PostId="12458" Score="0" Text="Strongly Agreed." CreationDate="2019-12-03T22:56:16.500" UserId="14021" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20433" PostId="12487" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer. I'm seriously thinking about various options because MariaDB keep going off related to 'buffer size' problem so I'm using MySQL x64. I also considered RPi 4 4GB RAM version but some people said RPi(They didn't talk about which version of RPi) only can hold 5 simultaneous connections. I'm testing Azure web app on F1 grade infra, but it's slow. It's really difficult to choose." CreationDate="2019-12-04T02:54:30.587" UserId="14057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20434" PostId="12476" Score="0" Text="@Romen It sounds like you really know what your talking about. Thanks for your advice. I'd sacrifice portability and money for the quality I desire. I guess I'm looking for something on par with what the 4K professional cameras are capable of, minus the lens. I'll check out Elgato and Avermedia." CreationDate="2019-12-04T07:58:17.960" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20435" PostId="12487" Score="0" Text="@Sweetbarrow I keep forgetting it's Windows, it might have something to do with this. I once had a GitLab instance on a single vCPU host with 4 GB for a 10-people dev team. It perhaps depends too much on your application and I should've been more careful with my answer instead of assuming it's something like a website." CreationDate="2019-12-04T08:13:22.753" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20436" PostId="155" Score="0" Text="Can we reopen this now that being close to 2020, we have Higher Res VR gear?" CreationDate="2019-12-04T09:43:04.713" UserId="2180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20437" PostId="160" Score="0" Text="Can we reopen this now that being close to 2020, we have Higher Res VR gear?" CreationDate="2019-12-04T09:43:19.553" UserId="2180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20438" PostId="12494" Score="0" Text="Try looking at benchmarks over at Puget Systems - they do a lot of those for graphics and related stuff, both rendering engines and apps like Adobe Premiere or AE" CreationDate="2019-12-04T09:54:12.230" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20450" PostId="12487" Score="0" Text="Your answer was very helpful anyway. After I read your answer, I tried Azure Web App B1 tier. But I'm still running my old laptop server because of speed. I'm still considering a server with cheap price, easy to set, and enough performace." CreationDate="2019-12-05T02:31:45.217" UserId="14057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20453" PostId="12504" Score="0" Text="I can't recommend a specific router, but anything on [this list](https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices) or [this list](https://openwrt.org/supported_devices) is probably going to provide everything you're asking for.  Flashing one of those custom firmwares may be necessary to unlock SSH or modify the UI on most routers though." CreationDate="2019-12-05T14:29:13.620" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20456" PostId="12509" Score="0" Text="Good information and link. The other concern is CPU grunt of the router. Apparently it has a 500 MHz dual-core, which seems on the weedy side to me. I'll do some speed tests with an ordinary USB HDD I have lying around. It would be a shame to throttle network performance with a CPU bottleneck. It looks like the price jump from RAID DAS to RAID NAS is not so enormous, and I guess the power consumption could be fairly similar too." CreationDate="2019-12-05T22:02:41.977" UserId="14073" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20457" PostId="12510" Score="0" Text="the 9750H is a CPU only found on laptops, that's why it's meant as &quot;mobile&quot;, go with the 9700k" CreationDate="2019-12-06T08:40:55.163" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20459" PostId="12504" Score="0" Text="I'm afraid @Romen is right - aside from running WRT on a customer device, your only other choice is a PC (a NUC maybe?). Typically devices with that level of software are used in situations when you _want_ the router separated from the WiFi AP or the modem. Assuming they run GNU/Linux not something like RouterOS (which is a custom Linux OS, in a similar sense to Android)." CreationDate="2019-12-06T19:21:47.387" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20461" PostId="12510" Score="0" Text="Why build an Intel system nowadays? Was the price lowered significantly?" CreationDate="2019-12-06T23:39:59.263" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20463" PostId="12500" Score="1" Text="I decided to go with this approach because of the limited budget. In Greece where I live both CPUs are still very price. The ryzen 7 2700X costs 221$ and the ryzen 5 3600X costs 290$. Although the later is a clear choice the extra 70$ is a restrictive factor." CreationDate="2019-12-08T10:30:27.713" UserId="323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20467" PostId="12518" Score="0" Text="Personally, I had bad experiences with Fusion 360 on iGPU in i5-4460. The new mobile Radeons (RX 5300M and 5500M) were just announced and notebooks with them should be available for Christmas or early next year. And for this kind of workload I wouldn't even consider a notebook, unless it was one of those mobile workstation series (which cost 5 times your budget). Sustained, high-intensity workloads are a notebooks worst case." CreationDate="2019-12-08T14:35:49.077" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20469" PostId="12524" Score="0" Text="So, Can i know till how much of RAM is it compatible?@Md.Rejaul Karim" CreationDate="2019-12-09T10:12:14.203" UserDisplayName="user14086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20472" PostId="12519" Score="0" Text="Have you *tried* using some headphones with that laptop and an android phone? The laptop has a standard 3.5mm audio jack, that connection has been used for *almost* every pair of headphones, laptop, or phone. Some phones no longer have a 3.5mm audio jack but there would be an adapter for the *phone*, not the laptop, to add a 3.5mm jack. Some headphones have a larger audio jack that would need an adapter to make it smaller. We need more information about the phone and the headphones you are trying to use in order to answer your question." CreationDate="2019-12-09T18:39:06.657" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20473" PostId="12530" Score="0" Text="look at FreeNAS" CreationDate="2019-12-09T22:20:06.443" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20475" PostId="12537" Score="0" Text="You can use something like [this](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33012540443.html), which is normally included with those USB -&gt; SATA/IDE  adapters to power a drive externally. I wouldn't recommend it as an answer though because 4 of these bricks is almost the same physical size as an ATX PSU, would use 4 AC plugs, and they will probably be less efficient than using a single PSU for 4 drives." CreationDate="2019-12-10T15:39:56.767" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20476" PostId="12537" Score="0" Text="While the HDDs use only low voltage, they might require quite a huge power, particularly on start. It is because not spinning the drive requires power, accelerating its spin requires a lot. I've seen machines which were unable to boot with &gt;4 HDDs. But, if the HDDs were powered on consecutively, and not coincidentally, it worked. The typical power consumption of a hard drive is some tens of W. Anyways I would suggest to use an external sata house with its own power. Beware, don't plug the power of the external sata to a possibly different phased high-power voltage (for example, after the UPS," CreationDate="2019-12-10T15:43:50.887" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20477" PostId="12537" Score="0" Text="while your main PC is before it). Although it should work, it is likely not that you would want n*220V sinus voltage on your low-voltage cables and house. Best if it is from the same power cord, as your PC is plugged into." CreationDate="2019-12-10T15:45:22.707" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20479" PostId="12530" Score="0" Text="The FreeNAS hardware would be sufficient, but overkill; I particularly don't need actual disk slots on the central node. In terms of software, I'd rather run Linux than a BSD derivative; it seems Linux has better AoE support." CreationDate="2019-12-10T17:45:09.503" UserId="1448" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20480" PostId="12536" Score="0" Text="A 5th computer receiving streams, VNC, or HDMI inputs from the other 4 could be used to do this. Or even one of the 4 computers could take the streams/inputs of the other 3 plus its own primary display then display a 4-screen composition on a secondary display. This can all be accomplished with livestreaming software like [OBS](https://obsproject.com/)." CreationDate="2019-12-10T18:36:03.167" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20482" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="It sounds like you're looking for an [L3 Switch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilayer_switch#Layer_3_switching), which is really just a router with the ports/bandwidth of a large switch. Most &quot;Managed Switches&quot; provide the features you're looking for, except that a firewall is often its own device or implemented in the router. (Do you need to put a firewall between devices on your private network?)" CreationDate="2019-12-10T19:00:52.817" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20483" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="Sorry for the late response, but again my display is powered by another cable. And there is demand, if you have an old device and want to upgrade your display. Why would you use anything besides C5, C7 or C13/C14 to charge your display (Usb charge is for phones). Than the situation that I have is even more realistic. You can't always upgrade your device, but you can always upgrade the peripherals attached to it, sadly this isn't true, so either the protocol has a bug, or the manufacturers are very disappointing in at least their own Thunderbolt 2 connectivity." CreationDate="2019-12-10T20:36:07.537" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20487" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="@KevinCrans, USB-C displays are almost exclusively intended to be used with laptops that have USB-C. Connecting them to other devices is not an expected use-case, and if too few people want to use the product that way, manufacturers won't consider it profitable to support those users by implementing non-standard functionality. (*Like passive HDMI over USB-C*) Also, USB-C can output 100W of power so it is often used for charging laptops and portable displays with batteries." CreationDate="2019-12-10T21:02:15.780" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20488" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="Lastly, if you choose to upgrade your peripherals, you have the power to choose something that is *compatible* with your device. USB-C is not a replacement for HDMI, it is an upgrade for USB-A. Video output over USB-C is *backwards compatible* with other displays, but you are asking for a way to make a TV box or HDMI device to be *forwards compatible* with a newer display connector. I'm fairly certain that USB-C displays require a **USB-C Host** as a video source since the HDMI or DP video mode needs to be negotiated over the USB-C protocol." CreationDate="2019-12-10T21:04:22.567" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20490" PostId="12521" Score="1" Text="`brushless` and `continuous duty`" CreationDate="2019-12-10T21:55:12.860" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20491" PostId="12521" Score="0" Text="It would help to know what sort of fan you *are* asking about. The terminology may be different across different domains where fans may be used. (HVAC, in computers, a household fan, etc.)" CreationDate="2019-12-10T21:56:32.293" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20492" PostId="12536" Score="0" Text="Hi @Romen! Thanks for your suggestion. How can a mother computer capture video streams from other computers?&#xA;If you are referring to the desktop remote method, this method is very slow. In addition, this method consumes a great deal of system resources." CreationDate="2019-12-11T08:52:40.933" UserId="14093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20493" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="@Romen I would like the ability to use the firewall for requests to some IPs or servers, and not others. If I could get the switch to do that, I would avoid a second physical device, wasting precious rack space :) Can you suggest a brand / model (if you know any) that checks all the points?" CreationDate="2019-12-11T09:21:45.460" UserId="14092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20494" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="I was wrong about the charging, but I didn't call HDMI once in my latest comment. Thunderbolt 3 displays not supporting Thunderbolt 2 is just amateurism, think logical. What's a DP mode without supporting a DP source? sounds like a joke to me. Backwards compatibility to an unique device sounds more important than backwards compatibility for another the same display, just older (for a cable at least)." CreationDate="2019-12-11T09:23:46.223" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20495" PostId="12521" Score="0" Text="Thank you for brushless and continuous duty. @Romen: any fan for moving air from one room to another, installed inside of a wall (probably in a tube) on a set-it-and-clean-it-once-a-year basis." CreationDate="2019-12-11T10:28:01.667" UserId="14075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20496" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="@KevinCrans, I don't really understand what you're trying to say, or why you have changed the conversation to talking about Thunderbolt 2, that is not in the scope of your question. Your question was about HDMI or DP into a USB-C display, and if you have any new questions about Thunderbolt 2 you should ask a new question on the appropriate stack exchange site." CreationDate="2019-12-11T14:13:51.640" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20498" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="Can you be more specific about the topology, do you want to use the firewall in the usual way where it blocks *incoming* requests (from the WAN) to devices on your LAN? Or something else like blocking *outgoing* requests from your LAN or requests between devices on the same LAN? If you want a typical firewall that handles port forwarding and blocks other incoming requests from WAN, a switch wouldn't be used for that. Like I mentioned already, an &quot;L3 switch&quot; is actually a router with a bunch of ports, but they're often called switches because they look like a regular L2 switch." CreationDate="2019-12-11T14:28:51.157" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20499" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="@Romen I am more worried about incoming than outgoing traffic. Nonetheless, both would be better for future proofing things. Do you mean that a L2 switch would porbably have that builtin, while L3 wouldn't? In that case, I would rather get myself an L2 one. Or did I understand you incorrectly?" CreationDate="2019-12-11T14:32:03.273" UserId="14092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20501" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="@Romen thank you very much about that link, it was an interesting read. I am not a network expert, and I was not aware of the Layer differences. From your last response, I understand that I should probably aim for a router instead of a switch, if I need load balancing and firewall features. Once again, and I know this is not made for suggestions, but can you point me to something that would fir these requirements?" CreationDate="2019-12-11T15:23:48.643" UserId="14092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20502" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="Sorry for deleting that comment just now. ([OSI model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model) link for posterity.) I was about to rewrite my comment saying exactly that: Switches do not normally provide fully featured firewalls or load balancing because that is the job of a router. The switch's primary purpose is to be a high bandwidth intersection for your LAN. An L3 switch takes that device a step further by providing software features like you're asking for, but a router is more suited to load balancing and firewall functions specifically." CreationDate="2019-12-11T15:27:00.877" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20503" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="I'm not really knowledgeable in the higher end switch/router options out there. I do know that load balancing (i.e. routing HTTP requests to a specific server) requires a switch/router that can access L4 (Transport Layer) in order to determine which TCP session the packets belong to. I am only familiar with some L2 and L3 devices with *most* of the requirements you stated. Maybe you should consider setting up a server running a router OS? At a certain tier like L3 or Managed, these networking products basically are servers in custom &quot;switch&quot; housing." CreationDate="2019-12-11T15:44:52.047" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20504" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="@Romen I know I can use pfSense or something similar for routing and firewall purposes. I am still trying to get around my head how I would manage that in a datacenter environment. Physically, how would I connect that to all the servers below? Or are you referring to having a physical switch and installing pfsense or another into that? Is this even feasible?" CreationDate="2019-12-11T15:52:09.823" UserId="14092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20505" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="The pfSense device really only needs a pair of network interfaces, for WAN and LAN, any extras would either be for additional throughput, a 2nd ISP, or redundancy of some kind. You would still need a switch plugged into the LAN port on the pfSense router, unless the server hardware has that built in (which you *can* buy). Remote management would be possible from either LAN or WAN, depending on how you set it up." CreationDate="2019-12-11T15:58:58.137" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20506" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="@Romen that was exactly what I had in mind. My main concern was trying to squeeze all of that into 1U, without having 1U with a pfSense server and another 1U for a switch underneath it, but I get your point. I was hoping for a 2 in 1 solution, buying a router / switch equipment with something similar to pfsense inside or the ability to install that into the equipment." CreationDate="2019-12-11T16:12:32.167" UserId="14092" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20508" PostId="12534" Score="0" Text="Well the big networking brands should have some 1U &quot;switches&quot; (that are really servers/routers) that do what you need. You can also buy [official pfSense hardware](https://www.pfsense.org/products/), they look like they only come with 4 ports though. Lastly, you may be able to find a 1U server with an ethernet switch built into the chassis. Although, most people would settle for 2U to fit a switch &amp; router because it's easier to replace just the switch, or just the router, with that kind of setup." CreationDate="2019-12-11T16:32:36.297" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20509" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="@KevinCrans, Thunderbolt 3, and like basically any other computer I/O connection, is backwards compatible on the *host* side because that is where it make sense to put the more complex and expensive chipsets that support backwards compatibility. You can use a Thunderbolt 2 display on a Thunderbolt 3 computer because Thunderbolt 3 *host controllers* can output older Thunderbolt 2 signals. You cannot convert Thunderbolt 2 signals into Thunderbolt 3 signals. Therefore Thunderbolt 3 displays require.... Thunderbolt 3." CreationDate="2019-12-11T17:07:47.920" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20510" PostId="10066" Score="1" Text="60 Ghz radio waves [require line-of-sight and are significantly attenuated by oxygen in the air](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_high_frequency#Propagation). The IEEE 802.11ad bands are not going to be useful for *most* consumer WiFi applications, definitely not suitable for a household WiFi network. I think it will be unlikely that you will even be exposed to *any* radiation from WiFi AD unless you're concerned about a device you're using for yourself or in the workplace." CreationDate="2019-12-11T20:30:05.787" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20511" PostId="12540" Score="0" Text="There *are* HDMI capture cards that connect to USB, but you said something about *&quot;internal&quot;*. What do you mean by *&quot;internal&quot;* if PCIe is not what you want? Also, *&quot;Is there a PCIe to USB converter?&quot;* -- That does not exist." CreationDate="2019-12-11T22:15:19.467" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20512" PostId="12543" Score="0" Text="It all comes down to using the right search terms. Never thought of &quot;industrial&quot;. Thanks!!!" CreationDate="2019-12-12T01:57:18.447" UserId="14097" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20513" PostId="12540" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your reply. By &quot;internal&quot;, I meant as system on chips (SoC) or ICs. Is there such chips ?                                                                   Thanks for clarifying that PCIe to USB converter does not exist." CreationDate="2019-12-12T05:52:17.183" UserId="14099" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20514" PostId="12546" Score="0" Text="For modern, quality, commonly used 18650 cells, you can expect up to around 3.5 Ah.&#xA;At a nominal voltage of 3.7 V, that translates to just shy of 13 Wh per cell." CreationDate="2019-12-12T14:20:43.967" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20515" PostId="12546" Score="0" Text="Thanks for comment, I probably need about 9 Ah. But I found maximum available only 7.8. Now I think, maybe better for me would be powerbank" CreationDate="2019-12-12T15:30:36.783" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20516" PostId="12540" Score="0" Text="I'm not familiar with the way you're using &quot;internal&quot;, but *every* capture card, whether it connects to USB or PCIe has its own SoC to do the capturing/encoding, that's just how they work. So to clarify things further, do you actually need the SoC itself for making custom hardware, or do you need a product that *uses* that kind of SoC and connects to USB? (Like [this one](https://www.amazon.com/Capture-Broadcast-Streaming-Grabber-Converter/dp/B0779ZJZX3)?)" CreationDate="2019-12-12T15:31:05.653" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20517" PostId="12546" Score="2" Text="I'd probably agree. Most manufacturers don't offer batteries over 100 Wh, since that's usually the limit you're allowed to take on planes as a single unit.&#xA;If you can afford to momentarily shut down the PC, you could just buy a bunch of batteries and keep swapping them. Some laptops even allow a very short time of operation without a battery for this, but I don't think that applies to yours." CreationDate="2019-12-12T15:37:16.713" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20519" PostId="12546" Score="0" Text="[Here](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32465588297.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.4b6f54f2sG12s7&amp;algo_pvid=94cd49dd-6f65-4011-b79a-40836f8e3ddf&amp;algo_expid=94cd49dd-6f65-4011-b79a-40836f8e3ddf-8&amp;btsid=870da000-86c8-4d63-b010-b413d4cb1b2d&amp;ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3,searchweb201603_55) I found this battery for my laptop and it shows real capacity to be 6Ah and 9 cells. So, does it mean that this battery has 6x9 (54Ah)? Because, [this](https://superuser.com/questions/834679/can-a-power-bank-work-as-a-laptop-battery-alternative) says that" CreationDate="2019-12-12T16:13:44.167" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20520" PostId="12546" Score="1" Text="&quot;Laptop batteries normally tell the capacity of an individual cell and how many cells they have&quot;, right?" CreationDate="2019-12-12T16:13:47.203" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20521" PostId="12543" Score="0" Text="@JohnAnderson, Beware that tugging the cable might break the computer's ethernet jack (or the computer!). These durable connectors are usually paired with an equally durable RJ-45 jack on industrial equipment. The plastic clips on RJ-45 plugs may be weak *by design* to prevent a worse sort of failure when the cable is pulled too hard." CreationDate="2019-12-12T18:32:09.657" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20522" PostId="12536" Score="0" Text="By using [a PCIe capture card like this one](https://www.avermedia.com/professional/product/ce314_hn/overview), you can compose a &quot;scene&quot; with the 4 HDMI inputs in a streaming program like [OBS](https://obsproject.com/). Then that &quot;scene&quot; can be displayed on a monitor plugged into that computer. Like I mentioned before, if one of the 4 PCs is fast enough, you could use a 2nd monitor and not need a 5th PC for this. Yes, using remote desktop or &quot;streaming&quot; would use more resources on all 4 computers, but that is another solution that only requires software." CreationDate="2019-12-12T18:43:28.203" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20525" PostId="11895" Score="0" Text="Alt DP's backwards incompatibility damages it's own display's sales, as licenses for an unpopular display standard on a device's next model may be more expensive than releasing it with new HDMI/DP2, being backwards compatible and more popular. There's no HDMI/DP adapter for Alt DP display, leaves charging it's only use, making C7 maybe cheaper on displays and making HDMI or DP2 maybe cheaper on devices(no adapter). The benefit would of course be providing the functionality trough a single port, for more beautiful phone design, even though the ROG Phone 2 with 3 of them looks just as beautiful." CreationDate="2019-12-12T20:49:41.563" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20526" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="@KevinCrans, I believe your replies on this answer have diverged from the topic of the question and are not relevant to my answer either. If you have more questions about DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, USB-C, etc. I would be glad to attempt to answer them on the relevant stack exchange site. I will finish by saying that USB-C monitors exist to serve a very specific purpose. They are not going to *replace* devices that come with DP or HDMI, so your comments about being bad for sales are irrelevant; These displays are *only meant for* USB-C devices, there is no expectation of backwards compatibility." CreationDate="2019-12-12T20:57:42.927" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20527" PostId="11895" Score="1" Text="I agree, the point is, it's made for embedded devices like phones and macs, not necessary for PC's, GPU's and Game Consoles and useless on displays. My fault for being mistaken asking this question." CreationDate="2019-12-12T21:10:07.293" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20529" PostId="12546" Score="0" Text="The other important aspect is the voltage. The battery claims to have 6000 - 6600 mAh at 11.1V, that translates to around 66,6 Wh of energy.&#xA;What does it say on the original battery? I seem to find both 50 Wh and 99 Wh claims for the original power of a 7745G battery." CreationDate="2019-12-13T07:20:22.760" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20530" PostId="12545" Score="0" Text="Interesting question, do you know of any such tablets?&#xA;I'd think the tablet form factor infers wide, long but thin batteries, which wouldn't lend themselves well to being easily replacable." CreationDate="2019-12-13T08:57:15.810" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20531" PostId="12545" Score="0" Text="I saw, I think, max 8 inch tablet with removable battery somewhere. I just hope if there are any 10 or above. I have Lenovo Tab 10 I bought it from man who got it with television service and sold it for me for 85€ new with warranty. In my country (Lithuania) I didn't find who can replace it. On the internet I found replacement kit which costs 60€! Do you think I want to replace battery for 60€ if I bought it for 85€? :D" CreationDate="2019-12-13T11:32:56.257" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20536" PostId="10066" Score="0" Text="+1 for pointing out that 60GHz is attenuated by oxygen.  I know that ADT, which runs at 95GHz, is not, and I did not realize that 60GHz is fundamentally different.  So then it's a matter of making sure that there is some obstacle between me and the radio source in the workplace." CreationDate="2019-12-16T12:17:58.537" UserId="10135" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20539" PostId="12558" Score="0" Text="So would it be better to use a normal 2.5&quot; SSD, e.g. https://www.kingston.com/en/ssd/a400-solid-state-drive, since as a gaming computer graphics speed is probably more important than disk throughput? Or should we replace the current 240GB M.2 with a 1TB and reinstall the machine?" CreationDate="2019-12-16T16:18:59.517" UserId="14120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20540" PostId="12556" Score="0" Text="It would be nice to see the prices or price difference for these two SSDs. The ADATA XPG m.2. is faster on paper, but not necessarily better *value* than the Kingston SSD, possibly not even providing more speed *per dollar*. I wouldn't be concerned with the read/write speeds as much as the brand, warranty, and life expectancy of the drive." CreationDate="2019-12-16T16:23:36.717" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20541" PostId="12552" Score="0" Text="Just so you know, the capacity printed on a battery is only *nominal*, you should always expect *measured* values to have some error from the nominal value when it comes to measuring anything. In your first example, I would explain that as a typo or failure to accurately describe the product being sold on the website. And on your second example, *how* did you measure the &quot;real&quot; capacity?" CreationDate="2019-12-16T16:29:31.170" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20542" PostId="11127" Score="0" Text="DirectX and DirectSound are Windows features. If you don't end up running Windows on the SBC you decide on, you will *have* to settle for Wine since that is the only other way to &quot;emulate&quot; (WINE is not an emulator) DirectX and DirectSound." CreationDate="2019-12-16T19:25:49.483" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20544" PostId="12555" Score="0" Text="There is a [Photography](https://photo.stackexchange.com/?tags=equipment-recommendation) stack exchange site where you may find a quicker answer this kind of question. Asking for equipment recommendations appears to be on-topic there as well." CreationDate="2019-12-16T21:54:48.070" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20545" PostId="12555" Score="0" Text="@Romen Thanks! I did just that." CreationDate="2019-12-16T23:51:15.350" UserId="14118" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20546" PostId="12562" Score="0" Text="Okay .. Thanks :)" CreationDate="2019-12-17T04:15:23.750" UserId="3804" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20547" PostId="12540" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your reply. I need the SoC itself for making custom hardware." CreationDate="2019-12-17T05:17:35.150" UserId="14099" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20548" PostId="12558" Score="1" Text="I don't think it'll be much of a disadvantage for the video card - at least for current games and &quot;normal&quot; GPUs:&#xA;https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2488-pci-e-3-x8-vs-x16-performance-impact-on-gpus&#xA;&#xA;SSD performance wise, I found good SATA drives to be sufficient for loading games from. Only the OS and smaller programs seem to really benefits from being put on an NVMe drive. (Source: 500 GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe, 1 TB SATA SSD, 4 TB SATA HDD on a B350 AM4 mainboard)" CreationDate="2019-12-17T07:21:17.870" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20550" PostId="12552" Score="0" Text="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32910549169.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.c358720cRyP7YH&amp;algo_pvid=815e0c29-d404-4b9e-8d4c-e16f20c3e467&amp;algo_expid=815e0c29-d404-4b9e-8d4c-e16f20c3e467-9&amp;btsid=bffb0570-f688-464b-b0fb-f94889feff7c&amp;ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3,searchweb201603_55 It is written in specs as &quot;Full capacity&quot; but you answered to my question. Thanks" CreationDate="2019-12-17T11:59:42.537" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20551" PostId="12552" Score="0" Text="To be honest, I don't have much confidence in websites like aliexpress to get the specs written accurately for *all* of the massive variety of products they carry. For both of the links you have shared, I'm not 100% sure I can trust that the photos *are* the products being sold since they don't exactly match the specs in the pages. At that point you don't know whether to trust the photo or the spec table... I'd only trust whatever I can see in the photo if it *is* the product being sold." CreationDate="2019-12-17T15:17:46.153" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20555" PostId="12567" Score="1" Text="They're usually called &quot;Active Dual-SIM&quot; phones. I will try to find a few models and write an answer but is there any other specific features you need? (Size, storage, camera, Android version, etc.)" CreationDate="2019-12-17T15:54:05.553" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20558" PostId="12566" Score="0" Text="If a monitor has any hope of reporting that kind of data, it would probably be exposed over [DDC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel). There are utilities on Linux that can get or set values on a monitor using this protocol." CreationDate="2019-12-17T16:02:26.320" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20560" PostId="12567" Score="0" Text="You literally said everything except the price range. And that's a lot of requirements." CreationDate="2019-12-17T16:36:54.470" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20561" PostId="12567" Score="0" Text="I don't expect you to find a phone with all these features, but you can take a look to &quot;Most important features&quot; (edited)." CreationDate="2019-12-17T16:44:44.027" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20563" PostId="12567" Score="0" Text="I can't even find a phone which has removable battery and active dual sim lol." CreationDate="2019-12-17T17:04:44.817" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20566" PostId="9928" Score="1" Text="If the app developers for those payment devices can achieve I/O through the headphone jack for their proprietary tech then it seems it would be *possible* to support some other devices that way too. I still don't think it exists *yet* for general-use NFC though, probably due to bandwidth limitations." CreationDate="2019-12-17T20:20:30.847" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20567" PostId="12567" Score="0" Text="I'm having a hard time finding a phone that meets all of your requirements, maybe you should just use two phones? The technical reason for not being able to use both SIM cards at the same time is because there is only one modem in the phone. If you are on a call, the data can only come in on the SIM being used for that call because that one takes priority over the modem. If you find it acceptable to use data on the other SIM *only during calls*, you may be able to use a normal dual SIM phone with a software fix/change that automatically switches data to the calling SIM." CreationDate="2019-12-17T21:57:06.093" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20568" PostId="12567" Score="0" Text="Thank you for explanation and suggestions!" CreationDate="2019-12-17T22:48:07.917" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20569" PostId="12567" Score="0" Text="Do you know any good lists of these phones? It's hard to find for me." CreationDate="2019-12-17T22:54:58.793" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20570" PostId="10306" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo If you put that as an answer I'll accept it." CreationDate="2019-12-17T23:57:39.600" UserId="7203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20571" PostId="12574" Score="1" Text="note: link broken but kept for archival purposes, probably broken due to being significantly out of date." CreationDate="2019-12-18T07:40:53.437" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20572" PostId="12558" Score="0" Text="Thanks a lot. I went with the Samsung EVO 860 1TB" CreationDate="2019-12-18T07:51:17.010" UserId="14120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20573" PostId="12575" Score="0" Text="I think you should provide some additional information: What kind of AI? Will you be using something like [Tensorflow](https://www.tensorflow.org/) which actually *uses* a GPU for learning? (Some AI frameworks do not use a GPU! But that CPU would be great with those frameworks anyways...) Also, you should be telling *us* you how much space you will need, that depends on your AI training data and other programs you want to use." CreationDate="2019-12-18T16:55:08.467" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20574" PostId="12575" Score="0" Text="And the budget or max price! Otherwise we'll be recommending [4 of these](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/deep-learning-ai/products/titan-rtx/)..." CreationDate="2019-12-18T17:01:19.597" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20577" PostId="12570" Score="0" Text="*&quot;Many modern games come with Denuovo DRM&quot;* -- Give us some examples, and please provide evidence that it *&quot;kills your HDD if the game is on it&quot;*. I am wondering why mentioning Denuvo DRM is even relevant to answering this question, even if your claim is true." CreationDate="2019-12-18T22:26:22.070" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20578" PostId="11055" Score="0" Text="Take a look at the i3-8300, it is a decent step up from your i5 since it is so much newer, and it goes for under $200. A compatible motherboard and RAM is *possible* to purchase for the remaining $100. Also, your 1050Ti is still quite modern and worth keeping in the new system with that low of a budget." CreationDate="2019-12-18T22:34:56.490" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20579" PostId="12577" Score="1" Text="An LCD panel that has LVDS (like a laptop replacement screen) and a separate driver board might be faster than an off-the-shelf consumer monitor. It seems like laptop screens are much faster than desktop monitors, probably because the video input is always active and there is no need for a handshake to start the video stream every time the laptop lid is opened. You will also need some kind of adapter to convert the CCTV video signal to whatever the input on LCD driver board is, unfortunately that adapter may introduce a delay..." CreationDate="2019-12-19T19:18:56.323" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20580" PostId="10774" Score="0" Text="@GerardoGrignoli, This question was very close to being acceptable on this site. The thing you didn't do that would have made it on-topic was **explicitly asking for a recommendation** for a product that had the feature you were asking for. Your question fell short of a &quot;recommendation&quot; type question because you just wanted the name of a feature, which is a question that is on-topic for *other* stack exchange sites. I'm glad that you eventually found the answer though." CreationDate="2019-12-19T21:55:56.060" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20581" PostId="12422" Score="0" Text="I was going to write an answer about one of the [supported ASUS devices](https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#asus) but it seems that all of those models are either too expensive or just completely unavailable to order. If you *can* find one in your region, they're very good value phones." CreationDate="2019-12-19T22:02:56.180" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20585" PostId="10774" Score="0" Text="You said it @Romen. Hardware Recs only allows to list specs and ask for users to answer which specific brand/models. My question was legitimate. Was about asking for a spec that lead to a purchase decision. Even though, it is off-topic because the scope defined for this site is ridiculously narrow." CreationDate="2019-12-20T04:02:01.967" UserId="10960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20586" PostId="12575" Score="0" Text="hello @romen, thanks for the graphic card recommendation. it should a good a.i. computer on average. there is no limit for price." CreationDate="2019-12-20T15:34:52.487" UserId="14107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20587" PostId="12485" Score="0" Text="That is not a bad idea... not sure if would work in my case since my objective is to have all my displays available for the connected laptop." CreationDate="2019-12-20T23:02:26.607" UserId="14032" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20590" PostId="12485" Score="0" Text="Think of your network and the remote display capability as the software equivalent to your AB switch. Even better since it becomes &quot;A and/or B&quot; on your displays. That is, leave your primary machine connected and export the second laptop to it and you're all done. That is, unless you want to turn off the first laptop when using the second one." CreationDate="2019-12-22T18:23:33.133" UserId="13953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20591" PostId="12524" Score="0" Text="You can add 16GB of RAM using single RAM Stick" CreationDate="2019-12-24T05:56:30.590" UserId="13053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20592" PostId="12524" Score="0" Text="Thank you! Can you please which type of company RAM does it support for the motherboard in the ideapad?" CreationDate="2019-12-24T06:26:41.493" UserDisplayName="user14086" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20593" PostId="11352" Score="0" Text="Long story short, I got two HP Small Form Factor (SFF) Core 2 Duo desktop computers free of charge from my local hackspace and I wanted to use the UL30VT as a portable computer with another drive I had so I moved the SSD from the UL30VT that was originally in my Socket A tower computer to one of the Core 2 SFF desktop computers, which seem quite quiet even though they have at least two fans.  I also still do not have to upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04.x LTS from 2011 so I am happy for now but I do not have a spare power supply that will fit in this SFF computer so I hope I can still buy one." CreationDate="2019-12-24T09:55:39.803" UserId="12723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20594" PostId="12595" Score="0" Text="Do you hope too that Dell G5 will dual,triple,quad boot without any issues? I like the finish of the Dell laptops and the possibilities to get new battery in the future." CreationDate="2019-12-24T14:55:18.177" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20596" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="What research have you done?  Have you checked sites such as [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#t=10000,10025,10500,10520,15000) which let you filter?  I see they have a Seagate 2.4TB 10k (ST2400MM0129)" CreationDate="2019-12-25T18:59:56.930" UserId="2268" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20597" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="@AC this seems to be about used/refurbished hard drives. And according to seagate your model is a 7200rpm one." CreationDate="2019-12-25T21:39:34.213" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20598" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="If the &quot;this&quot; you refer to is PcPartPicker.com, then no, they're not about used items (though they might have listings for refurbs if the sites they scrape are listing those).  I _don't_, however, see very many options larger than 2TB.  I'm kinda surprised, actually, so +1 for the question as I'm interested in _why_ that's the case.  (And FWIW, according to this [datasheet](https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/enterprise-performance-10k-hddDS1929-1C-1704US-en_US.pdf), that ST2400MM0129 is a 10k drive - I don't know, there may be a 7200 version as well)" CreationDate="2019-12-26T02:16:02.540" UserId="2268" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20599" PostId="12585" Score="1" Text="Hi welcome to HW Recs! In general, we offer purchase recommendations for hardware rather than technical support or details which our sister site [Super User](https://superuser.com/tour) is usually better equipped for. If you are looking for purchasing RAM upgrades for Ryzen... this is considered on topic. Finally, you can purchase higher/lower rated frequency RAM for your system, but it will be negotiated to the default or lower speed unless you overclock the RAM up from the default negotiated speed." CreationDate="2019-12-26T04:00:16.877" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20600" PostId="12570" Score="0" Text="https://denuvo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Denuvo_games" CreationDate="2019-12-26T04:07:23.093" UserId="14128" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20603" PostId="12584" Score="1" Text="[Pretty much any consumer grade computer system](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSVV_EoApdo) is capable of multi-boot given you have space to partition sections of your hard drive for it. Usually what is more of a concern is Linux driver support, but even then that usually isn't much of an issue with common consumer grade parts. If you give a target price limit, desired hard drive space, and location (for availability, country should do) I can try and maximize specs at the price point for you." CreationDate="2019-12-26T04:28:13.977" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20607" PostId="12597" Score="0" Text="I would recommend posting a target price to receive more relevant recommendations." CreationDate="2019-12-26T04:51:45.940" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20608" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="Yes, the [WD VelociRaptor 1TB](http://products.wdc.com/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701284.pdf), which is **currently rank 1 HDD** at the 1TB range according to https://hdd.userbenchmark.com/." CreationDate="2019-12-26T04:56:50.330" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20609" PostId="12589" Score="0" Text="If you post a **target price** and **whether your motherboard has UEFI bios support** I can try and maximize your budget or inform you if we need to push higher for a GPU that will be good enough for the next couple of years. Also I don't believe CPU has much of an impact on GPU compatibility, as there is usually more of a motherboard compatibility issue (like certain newer AMD GPUs no longer working for Legacy BIOS)." CreationDate="2019-12-26T05:03:10.987" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20611" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="@AC yes. Espescially since higher data density allows higher throughoutput, which means a 20Tb hdd will always works faster than a 4Tb at 15000rpm." CreationDate="2019-12-26T10:01:44.413" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20612" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Velociraptor seems to no longer being sold by Western Digital." CreationDate="2019-12-26T10:05:25.347" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20613" PostId="12597" Score="0" Text="@Bennett Yeo I kind of did, now." CreationDate="2019-12-26T18:56:13.703" UserId="1937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20614" PostId="12584" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Just updated my question! Thanks for your tips." CreationDate="2019-12-27T01:59:30.157" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20615" PostId="12584" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Samsung Odyssey 2 might brick if you set multi-boot. Windows and BIOS are closest in this laptop than the majority. Caution! After Windows updates this laptop have a high risk to be bricked. So,for me this laptop is one of the not capables to multi-boot. The manual's page 6 warns the consumer about it: http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=US&amp;CttFileID=7161023&amp;CDCttType=UM&amp;ModelType=C&amp;ModelName=NP800G5M-X02US&amp;VPath=UM/201811/20181105091028017/Win10_Manual_ENG.pdf" CreationDate="2019-12-27T02:29:30.540" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20616" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="@user2284570 It is sold at [Newegg](https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16822236245) and [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007VPGJIY?tag=pcpapi-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1) assuming you can purchase from a US purveyor." CreationDate="2019-12-27T02:30:24.570" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20617" PostId="12584" Score="0" Text="All the major brands you mentioned above are capable of multi-booting. In fact the Samsung laptop you mentioned is the only time I've ever heard of a laptop bricking from having multi boot installed." CreationDate="2019-12-27T03:05:45.447" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20620" PostId="12584" Score="1" Text="@J-Mello: You misunderstood the manual. In the Samsung Odyssey, Windows is _not_ especially close to the BIOS. If you know what you're doing, it's fine to install Linux, even though it may void your warranty. Please see the answers to: [&quot;Installing a second OS carries a risk of data loss; even your PC's user manual says so. If you have backups, is it now okay to install a second OS?&quot;](https://superuser.com/questions/1512837/installing-a-second-os-carries-a-risk-of-data-loss-even-your-pcs-user-manual-s)" CreationDate="2019-12-27T12:28:29.780" UserId="2040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20621" PostId="12584" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo: The Samsung laptop will _not_ be bricked if you install Linux. J-Mello merely misunderstood the manual. Please see my previous comment." CreationDate="2019-12-27T12:28:50.777" UserId="2040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20622" PostId="12606" Score="0" Text="If you know what you're doing, installing Linux is generally problem-free. ❧ If you're a non-native English speaker installing Linux for the first time based on some outdated YouTube tutorials, and if you're not careful: You won't brick the machine. But there _is_ a risk that you'll accidentally wipe out your Windows partition and will need professional help to get Windows working again. ❧ Therefore, it's wise to advise at least a bit of caution. :) ❧ Please see [this post](https://superuser.com/questions/1512837/#1512850), which discusses the risks in more detail." CreationDate="2019-12-27T12:41:39.703" UserId="2040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20623" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo I am not interested in a used model thanks." CreationDate="2019-12-27T12:43:02.380" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20624" PostId="12595" Score="0" Text="@J-Mello: All laptops can do multi-boot; you need not worry about that. One valid question is whether or not Linux has good driver support for the machine's hardware. Bennett [writes](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/12584/which-laptops-are-appropriate-to-set-a-dual-boot-systemwindows-and-linux#comment20603_12584) that this is usually not much of a problem with modern consumer-grade PCs. I'm not up to date on these things; hopefully Bennett is not mistaken." CreationDate="2019-12-27T12:47:17.180" UserId="2040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20625" PostId="12584" Score="0" Text="@unforgettableidSupportsMonica I talked with a Samsung's employee,and he said that this process can damage the laptop. I read a lot about second boot in any laptop with Windows,and the main reason that the laptop can't boot (in Windows)is the changes that the user may do in a Windows' boot partition. Indeed, I don't got it at all but the employee used exactly these terms(damage the computer) to describe what might happens with the laptop." CreationDate="2019-12-27T14:59:39.070" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20626" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="I was not aware of that preference. Would this [New WD Velociraptor](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007W715AI?tag=pcpapi-20&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1) from Amazon work for you?" CreationDate="2019-12-28T03:32:09.020" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20628" PostId="12588" Score="0" Text="HW Recs is focused on giving pre-purchase recommendations for primary computing hardware rather than technical support or **details**. As you are not directly seeking an item to interface with a primary computing platform I am flagging to close this question. You may find your question is a better fit for one of our sister sites like [Super User](https://superuser.com/questions/ask)." CreationDate="2019-12-28T03:48:04.223" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20629" PostId="12588" Score="0" Text="Ok. But if I delete my question, what happens to my reputation?" CreationDate="2019-12-28T04:08:26.483" UserId="13407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20630" PostId="12588" Score="0" Text="[&quot;Questions with a bounty cannot be closed, or deleted&quot;](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115281/what-happens-if-i-delete-a-question-with-a-bounty). I believe that if the moderator deems my flag valid, [they have the option to refund the reputation](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14591/how-can-we-close-questions-with-bounties/27103#27103)." CreationDate="2019-12-28T04:11:07.633" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20631" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo seriously, there s no longer a page on the official Western digital website detailing Velociraptor models outside datacheets which means the manufacturer is no longer producing them." CreationDate="2019-12-28T09:49:09.963" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20632" PostId="12610" Score="0" Text="And I would also like to know the best specs to handle those games I don't want a gaming desktop but just a desktop that doesn't look gaming but can handle games" CreationDate="2019-12-29T06:14:16.857" UserId="13591" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20633" PostId="12589" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo The motherboard I have is a Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, but I can't tell if it's [Rev.1](https://www.gigabyte.com/il/Motherboard/GA-990XA-UD3-rev-1x#ov) or [Rev.3](https://www.gigabyte.com/il/Motherboard/GA-990XA-UD3-rev-30#ov) (only the latter seems to support UEFI). Target price is probably between 500$-800$" CreationDate="2019-12-29T20:22:40.383" UserId="14140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20634" PostId="12589" Score="0" Text="You can buy a top of the line GPU with that budget. Since we're unsure about UEFI I will stay away from AMD as some of the newer GPUs have the potential to only boot on UEFI. In addition your CPU and motherboard should not stop your GPU from functioning. Some of the newer AMD's will not let you boot if you don't have an integrated graphics card. Could you tell me **what you plan to use the system for**, so we can find a GPU whose costs reflects your planned usage?" CreationDate="2019-12-30T03:02:35.840" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20635" PostId="12610" Score="0" Text="&quot;Cheapest that can handle&quot; has a *lot* of meanings here. I'm guessing 10-15 fps wouldn't be acceptable. **What settings would you like to play on**? In addition, could you **post a price limit** so we can figure out if you have the budget for what you are seeking?" CreationDate="2019-12-30T03:06:41.943" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20637" PostId="12610" Score="0" Text="I don't know maybe to 150$ and i don't want this to be a gaming desktop I want it to look like a normal computer" CreationDate="2019-12-30T04:47:21.240" UserId="13591" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20638" PostId="12610" Score="0" Text="Maybe low graphics but smooth and not slow" CreationDate="2019-12-30T04:48:14.113" UserId="13591" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20639" PostId="12610" Score="0" Text="Does your PC CPU have an integrated graphics card (e.g. can you boot to windows on your monitor screen without a (discrete) GPU plugged into via PCI-e)? Technically this would be the cheapest option at $0 and can probably run some old games on low settings at about 30 fps. Otherwise I can recommend some GPUs for exactly $150 that can run some triple A fps games at 60 fps." CreationDate="2019-12-30T04:58:13.247" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20640" PostId="12589" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Gaming mostly, some video editing (but that's more of a CPU thing. Even my current GPU is good enough for the playback and whatnot)" CreationDate="2019-12-30T13:03:33.143" UserId="14140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20641" PostId="12588" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it isn't asking for a computer hardware recommendation." CreationDate="2019-12-30T15:59:48.217" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20642" PostId="12588" Score="1" Text="@Newbie I was also able to refund your rep that you spent on the bounty, so no worries there." CreationDate="2019-12-30T16:00:36.687" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20643" PostId="12606" Score="0" Text="Buying laptops from others countries is really annoying for brazilians. Unfortunately we need to pay high tax to get products that costs at least $1000 (+60% including postage).The best alternative that I can get high quality products like MSI GF75 is buying as a second hand, paying much better values which are the same as they are in USA by Mercado Libre. For $1200 I can buy this laptop NOW! I would like to know how you reach the conclusion( where you have seen people installing Linux on MSI laptops,for example) to recommend me this laptop. Unlike the expensive Dell XPS,I can't found any Linu" CreationDate="2019-12-30T16:25:57.803" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20644" PostId="12606" Score="0" Text="...I can't found any Linux drivers for GF75 model in MSI's site. Thank you!" CreationDate="2019-12-30T16:28:13.990" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20646" PostId="12606" Score="0" Text="Linux support for drivers is usually pretty good for **common consumer** internal parts (like the [Killer Ethernet/Wifi](https://support.killernetworking.com/knowledge-base/linux-support/) found in most MSI, [Nvidia GPUs](https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/146629/en-us), CPU ([here is another laptop running Linux with same CPU](https://system76.com/laptops/oryx))). Sometimes small things like backlight or special key functions need a bit more tinkering in the operating system for it to work. Usually Linux should install all the drivers on it's own during the initial install." CreationDate="2019-12-30T18:39:16.347" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20647" PostId="12584" Score="0" Text="Important: I recorded my conversation with the employee and,after read again,I missed he emphasized that the errors comes while the user do the installation. About Windows updates,I commented it here because I asked him about damages after Windows updates.However,as he asked me too,the update errors after the installation may happens indeed." CreationDate="2019-12-30T23:58:37.273" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20648" PostId="12606" Score="0" Text="@Bennett Yeo In fact! I had some experience using Ubuntu Linux on my old PC(dual boot with Windows 7). Then I bought a new USB keyboard (Cougar 700K) ,so when I pressed specific keys to change the mode,the system freezes. Using Windows in the same PC, suddenly the system restarts. Conclusion: the old PC doesn't supports USB keyboards(advanced firmwares) with dual boot system. It drives me crazy!" CreationDate="2019-12-31T00:21:25.797" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20649" PostId="12606" Score="0" Text="This isn't the normal behavior of something not supported by a system, that sounds more like a driver bug. Having two partitions of different data should not cause problems like this. Usually when a device isn't supported, the system will not recognize the device or respond to it beyond knowing some unknown device was plugged in." CreationDate="2019-12-31T00:30:16.003" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20650" PostId="12606" Score="0" Text="Wow! 3 fans! System76 and Purism Librem are amazing laptops. It's extremely difficult to me buying these laptops. I can't even find any information about them in Brazil. I think these laptops are the best to run Linux distros. Thank you again for the suggestion! This specific model I've never read about before." CreationDate="2019-12-31T00:47:24.700" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20651" PostId="12606" Score="0" Text="I'll try the same keyboard in my new laptop. If it happens again I'll report it to you. Perhaps the driver doesn't recognize the system in some functions I don't know..." CreationDate="2019-12-31T00:57:49.783" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20652" PostId="12618" Score="2" Text="This is a forum for *hardware* questions.  Try https://superuser.com/" CreationDate="2019-12-31T04:14:55.810" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20653" PostId="12616" Score="0" Text="You say the CPU will not bottleneck but every google search for the combination of the new card and the CPU results in people arguing it *does* bottleneck (even a video showing the combination says that it does). I dunno, I'll probably buy it anyway and eventaully upgrade the whole system, I'm just wondering." CreationDate="2019-12-31T15:52:11.093" UserId="14140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20654" PostId="12616" Score="0" Text="Also, searching Amazon I find this product appearing with some other superlatives like &quot;Armor&quot; or &quot;Nvlink&quot; &quot;Ventus&quot; &quot;Twin-Frozr&quot; - what the hell does any of it mean? Is any of it relevant for me? I'm so confused" CreationDate="2019-12-31T15:57:29.607" UserId="14140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20655" PostId="12616" Score="0" Text="I didn't assert that it wouldn't be a bottle neck, I mentioned it shouldn't be too bad. The extent that cpu bottle necking has on your in-game performance depends on how much the game relies on GPU optimized code and hardware acceleration. Your budget is quite friendly to the top ranked 20 GPUs so I decided to maximize it since these GPUs are a great fit for future CPU upgrades and will perform well despite your CPU setup. Those product superlatives are essentially meaningless beyond identifying specific originating purveyors, you need not worry about this." CreationDate="2019-12-31T21:20:08.117" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20659" PostId="12601" Score="2" Text="A 6+2 pin PCIe power connector *is* an 8-pin connector. Almost every power supply has these connectors with the 2 extra pins on a separate piece to allow compatibility with both 6-pin and 8-pin sockets on graphics cards. If your PSU has 2x6+2 connectors, then it supports *any* RTX 2060 with 2 or less PCIe power sockets." CreationDate="2020-01-02T16:10:54.787" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20661" PostId="12629" Score="0" Text="Here's a tutorial about using [magnetic field sensors with an Arduino](https://www.element14.com/community/community/arduino/blog/2015/04/24/using-magnetic-sensors-to-make-kinematics-experiments), you could tape or glue a magnet to the phone and put a sensor in the cradle. You could also replace the Arduino with a Raspberry Pi for remote access. I'm on the fence whether this question is on-topic though. If you go with a DIY approach, it would be on-topic to ask for a shopping list to build your design. Another stack exchange site may be more suited to asking for help with designing it though." CreationDate="2020-01-02T19:08:18.337" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20662" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="I assume that meter goes up to 99999 before it overflows to 00000, so a single 32-bit unsigned int would be more than enough to store the count while the device is offline... what do you need 50 KB for?" CreationDate="2020-01-02T19:23:32.233" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20663" PostId="12628" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure about the exact power draw for your system right now so I can't post this as an answer; Depending on whether 550W is enough, either power supply will be OK." CreationDate="2020-01-02T19:31:29.647" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20665" PostId="12623" Score="0" Text="In regards to 4) OEMs do not often sell an upgraded install, it's normally a full install from scratch. Keep in mind that refurbished or recertified PCs are not always from the OEM, and may not have the official factory image pre-installed (it could be an upgraded or modified install). Also, many Windows 7 laptops will upgrade to Windows 10 with no problems at all since Windows 10 includes &quot;Plug &amp; Play&quot; generic drivers for all sorts of components like WiFi, USB controllers, trackpads, etc." CreationDate="2020-01-02T19:42:00.563" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20666" PostId="12623" Score="0" Text="Also, I regret to inform you that Canada Computers will most likely not be able to fulfill an order your Option #2. It is marked as clearance, sold out at all stores, and the last two &quot;Open Box&quot; inventory in the company are likely demo models that will not be shipped to another store without a deposit. They may not be in saleable condition either... Hopefully that model is available at another retailer." CreationDate="2020-01-02T19:49:14.723" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20669" PostId="12616" Score="0" Text="@BennetYeo Last question - I've gotten another recommendation for the GTX 1660TI which is newer, way cheaper and like a bit worse graphics than the 2070 (but it's still super good). As I've said, that budget is for the possible entire upgrade, I do have to consider budget even though I'm willing to invest in a good card" CreationDate="2020-01-02T20:50:37.603" UserId="14140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20670" PostId="12629" Score="0" Text="Thanks, the DIY approach is a last resort for me, I doubt I will have the free time and patience for that in the near future. For now I am really hoping for a piece of hardware that could do this on its own. I apologize if this is off topic, I admit I am a little uncertain on what sort of hardware may be recommended *here*, or rather on another stackexchange site." CreationDate="2020-01-02T20:57:46.517" UserId="98" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20671" PostId="12629" Score="0" Text="If however the question is acceptable here, but the answer is simply *&quot;no such device exists, noone is producing it&quot;*, then that would be a perfectly acceptable answer. At least then I could stop searching and wondering if I tried the right keywords, and perhaps the next person searching for it will find this post and save some time as well. (really, this seems like such a common problem, I cannot imagine I am the only one searching for such a device)" CreationDate="2020-01-02T20:57:59.047" UserId="98" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20672" PostId="12616" Score="1" Text="The 1660 Ti is [significantly worse](https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2070-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1660-Ti/4029vs4037) than the non Super 2070 so a *bit worse* is incorrect. The 1660 Ti are intended to be budget friendly GPUs and are something I might have recommended if your budget range was lower and I was trying to get the most mileage out of your budget. The GPUs I recommended above are better if you intend to self-build a new computer in the coming years and want a longer lifespan (performance wise)." CreationDate="2020-01-02T21:00:22.090" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20673" PostId="12616" Score="1" Text="If you would like a recommendation for a good price for the 1660Ti I can update the question. Also it's worth mentioning the sales I have linked above are limited and I will have to re-find them if the prices goes stale so you will want to make your decision soon." CreationDate="2020-01-02T21:02:02.157" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20674" PostId="12629" Score="0" Text="I'm fairly certain a consumer device like you're imagining doesn't exist, but I don't have enough confidence to post that as an answer. This kind of feature is probably built right in to some models of phones because it seems like it would be a common problem. Maybe you should search for a phone that has this feature? At the very least, many phones can be set to beep when the battery is going low as a reminder to put it back in the charger cradle." CreationDate="2020-01-02T21:37:59.033" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20675" PostId="12616" Score="0" Text="That's ok just wanted to see what you think. Thanks for the recommendations, I'll make a decision soon" CreationDate="2020-01-02T21:42:46.770" UserId="14140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20677" PostId="12623" Score="0" Text="Thanks, Romen.  You may have just simplified the entire situation1" CreationDate="2020-01-02T22:26:26.427" UserId="13945" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20678" PostId="12631" Score="0" Text="Thank you, do you have any ideas how should I search for adapter which is able to connect mouse/keyboard? How they are called? I want USB 5.0." CreationDate="2020-01-02T23:57:49.760" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20679" PostId="12628" Score="1" Text="If you want to find a good power supply for purchase you can enter all your cpu specs and [PC Part Picker](https://pcpartpicker.com/) is capable of calculating the Wattage requirements for you. I rarely end up doing the calculations manually as a result." CreationDate="2020-01-03T00:49:45.653" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20680" PostId="12631" Score="0" Text="Yes, I thought the same." CreationDate="2020-01-03T02:12:41.390" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20681" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Romen Yeah you are right. I was just thinking of a worst-case scenario but leave it. Just out of curiosity will the ATMEGA328P will be sufficient?&#xA;&#xA;And can you suggest some micro-controller with 32bit unsigned int that can be programmed with Arduino IDE?" CreationDate="2020-01-03T06:01:13.953" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20682" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="What are your power constraints? Will your reader be powered from AC or a battery? Hint: battery-powered GPRS is hard due to current peaks." CreationDate="2020-01-03T12:58:54.183" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20683" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Lucifer, The ATMEGA329P has 1KB of integrated EEPROM, and if a CPU doesn't natively support 32-bit arithmetic it can still be implemented with multiple smaller integers. That is something the programming language &amp; compiler that comes with the Arduino IDE will handle automatically for various Arduino-compatible devices." CreationDate="2020-01-03T15:25:37.877" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20686" PostId="12637" Score="0" Text="About ssd I was talking in terms of prices. And 7200rpm 20tb hdd are typically faster than those drives." CreationDate="2020-01-03T18:23:49.767" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20687" PostId="12634" Score="0" Text="The same I m unable to find a 4Tb M.2 drive." CreationDate="2020-01-03T18:25:59.210" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20688" PostId="12637" Score="0" Text="@user2284570, The only requirement that you specified in your question is that you're looking for hard drives with &quot;10000rpm or higher&quot;, so maybe you should update your question if other things like price or actual performance matter to you." CreationDate="2020-01-03T18:54:34.603" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20690" PostId="12602" Score="1" Text="@user2284570, As the question is written right now, it's barely on topic since it's not explicitly asking for hardware recommendations, just whether the drives are still in production or not. We can infer that you are looking to buy one of these drives and want us to suggest models that are high RPM. Tell us your *other* requirements for the drive up front and you will get answers that are actually useful to you." CreationDate="2020-01-03T19:05:35.537" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20691" PostId="12634" Score="0" Text="If you're looking for a 4TB M.2 drive, you've got one option: the [Sabrent Rocket](https://www.sabrent.com/product/SB-ROCKET-4TB/4tb-rocket-nvme-pcie-m-2-2280-internal-ssd-high-performance-solid-state-drive/#description), MSRP of $900.  It's about 12x faster than a hard drive for sequential reads, and 6000x faster for random reads.  If you're willing to relax your capacity requirements to 2 TB, you've got dozens of options; if you're willing to use a SATA interface, you've got about a dozen." CreationDate="2020-01-03T21:53:49.970" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20692" PostId="12627" Score="0" Text="There is not enough information to compare these laptops and make a recommendation. What software or programming languages will your school require you to run? How much RAM does the first laptop have? Which operating systems do these laptops come with? What kind of battery life do you need (and what batteries do these laptops have anyways?) What are the brands and model numbers for these laptops?" CreationDate="2020-01-03T22:19:49.930" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20693" PostId="12634" Score="0" Text="Is there an even larger M.2 drive?" CreationDate="2020-01-04T00:09:58.483" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20694" PostId="12634" Score="1" Text="Not right now.  As a general rule, if you want capacity, you buy a hard drive, if you want speed, you buy an SSD, and if you want both, you spend extra for a hybrid system that uses an SSD to cache the most-used parts of the hard drive." CreationDate="2020-01-04T00:24:24.793" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20695" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="@Romen then it would be a duplicate of https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/12603" CreationDate="2020-01-04T12:50:41.377" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20696" PostId="12640" Score="0" Text="Thanks for answer but my fault is that I didn't explain what adapter I'm talking about. If I buy Type-C HUB, I also want to buy adapter like [this](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-3-1-Type-C-Female-to-Micro-USB-Male-Data-Adapter-Connector-Converter-USB-C-/371979929960) but I read somewhere that Type-C cable always has OTG implemented. On micro Type-B, 1 additional pin determines if it's OTG or not. So, if I want to use Type-C HUB for micro-USB compatible device, I'd use that adapter, but my doubt is that OTG may not work through it." CreationDate="2020-01-04T13:03:05.457" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20697" PostId="12641" Score="0" Text="thanks, I'll get some more memory, and I will look at what I can get GPU-wise." CreationDate="2020-01-04T15:57:43.543" UserId="835" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20698" PostId="12641" Score="0" Text="All the current leaks point out to the 5600 XT being a better card for around 50$ more. I'd wait a week or two and read the benchmarks since it should be released during CES which is next week." CreationDate="2020-01-04T17:20:31.437" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20699" PostId="12640" Score="0" Text="Not in the scope of an answer but if it were me, I would buy the adapter you show in the above comment and try it. If it doesn't work, you just connect that unused OTG pin to the ground pin with some solder. [Diagram](https://images.app.goo.gl/gvKtY3r5gY9ihBuq9)" CreationDate="2020-01-04T18:34:28.197" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20700" PostId="12647" Score="0" Text="So, witchever I buy it will operate properly in my laptop, because i  will buy it to replace and not to prepare the old one" CreationDate="2020-01-04T19:44:50.383" UserId="14185" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20701" PostId="12647" Score="0" Text="Yes, either of these three options should work as a replacement motherboard in your laptop. Assuming it arrives in working order, and the transplant is successful. I don't understand what you mean by &quot;and not to prepare the old one&quot;." CreationDate="2020-01-04T19:55:50.480" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20702" PostId="12641" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak, the OP is power-limited, and Nvidia has historically been superior to ATI in performance per watt.  The numbers on Wikipedia's list of 5000-series GPUs suggest that the 5600 XT is going to draw around 150-180 watts, to the 1660's (and 960's) 120." CreationDate="2020-01-04T20:49:50.953" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20703" PostId="12641" Score="0" Text="Fair enough. Though waiting a week won't hurt. Though personally my PC is not that much better then OP's (i5-4460 and 6 GB 1060) and I'm holding out for 2020 Christmas releases." CreationDate="2020-01-04T20:53:10.733" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20704" PostId="12646" Score="0" Text="Thank you but where did you find the price reference? I don t even find a place where the price is quoted." CreationDate="2020-01-05T00:00:01.700" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20705" PostId="12646" Score="0" Text="Only one shop I could find that has it currently listed: https://geizhals.eu/samsung-ssd-pm983-15-3tb-mz1lb15thmla-00007-a2175202.html?hloc=at&amp;hloc=de&amp;hloc=eu&amp;hloc=pl&amp;hloc=uk" CreationDate="2020-01-05T00:17:53.157" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20706" PostId="12651" Score="0" Text="First, thank you for your answer! I was aware of AMD making a serious push at the CPU market, but I haven't realized it forced Intel to such large price-cuts. Also, I considered buying one of the i9-10XXX but the ones I liked are simply not available in Germany. I checked with 4 online distributors and no one had the i9-10980XE available." CreationDate="2020-01-05T14:49:25.747" UserId="784" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20707" PostId="12651" Score="1" Text="Some sites in Germany (e.g. Cyberport) state that the 10980XE will be available on the January 12th. Caseking claims it will be available within a few business days, but they charge a pretty hefty price of 1249€. So the waiting game might be over soon, albeit at prices higher than Intels MSRP." CreationDate="2020-01-05T15:11:33.997" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20709" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Romen thank you. I will be searching for more. What do you think about this: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tms470r1b1m.pdf. Also, can I program this with Arduino IDE?" CreationDate="2020-01-06T05:46:18.317" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20710" PostId="7085" Score="0" Text="Did you inform the supplier?" CreationDate="2020-01-06T11:01:35.633" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20711" PostId="11969" Score="0" Text="@arsenio  can you help at [thsi question](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/12657/thermal-imaging-camera) ? Thanks a 1,000,000" CreationDate="2020-01-06T11:31:27.063" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20712" PostId="12654" Score="0" Text="I think it's a router you're looking for, a powerline has the purpose of not running cables around the house and since you have one already, a router will be cheaper than a good powerline setup and with better speeds overall." CreationDate="2020-01-06T12:23:52.033" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20713" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak it will be powered from a battery. But I am thinking of using ESP 32 GSM module." CreationDate="2020-01-06T12:41:47.877" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20714" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Romen As you said 32-bit unsigned int Microcontroller would be enough. I was reading this post: https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=562057.0/. I got to know that for two-digit int you need 4-byte storage in EEPROM so for 99999 I will need 10 bytes of storage.  Sorry If I am not understanding correctly. &#xA;As per my application the counter will be storing it in EEPROM like 100 then 101 then 102. It will update it continuously till the network isn't online." CreationDate="2020-01-06T12:52:33.220" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20715" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="Will 1kb be enough and can handle this thing." CreationDate="2020-01-06T12:52:57.210" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20716" PostId="12647" Score="0" Text="Please, these cards are  they New? Because in the site  they have writen ( item condition: used)" CreationDate="2020-01-06T13:06:18.863" UserId="14185" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20717" PostId="12647" Score="0" Text="These are most likely used parts. Salvaged from laptops that had other defects, like broken screens etc" CreationDate="2020-01-06T13:12:06.527" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20718" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Lucifer, 4 bytes is 32 bits. An unsigned int means those bytes only stores positive integers. With 32-bits you can store `2^32` different numbers, so a maximum of `2,147,483,647`. Pretty much *any* microcontroller with EEPROM will be capable of counting with a 32-bit number, you should be more concerned with power consumption as Jan Dorniak pointed out." CreationDate="2020-01-06T14:49:54.390" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20719" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Lucifer, I'm also not sure where you found that &quot;for two-digit int you need 4-byte storage&quot;. That isn't correct: 1 byte can store `0 to 255` or `-128 to 127`. Any 2 digit integer, positive or negative, could be stored in just 1 byte. With 2 bytes you can store a range of `65536` different numbers, which is still a bit short for storing `99999`. That means the next integer size at 4-bytes is the smallest size of integer you can use to store `99999`. 4 bytes is tiny compared to 1KB (1000 bytes). 1KB is more than enough." CreationDate="2020-01-06T14:54:46.130" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20722" PostId="12652" Score="0" Text="*Supporting* 144Hz displays and *running* programs at 144 FPS are two separate things. Both of the GPUs are capable of outputting 144 FPS to a 144Hz display, but whether the system achieves that performance without stuttering depends on the games/programs too. We can only generally tell you that the 1660 Ti is faster, and therefore &quot;would give better user experience in general&quot;. What games or programs do you expect to run at 144 FPS?" CreationDate="2020-01-06T15:31:14.337" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20723" PostId="12641" Score="0" Text="I've update my question with the PSU, it's a 1000w Antec; so ample power (I think)" CreationDate="2020-01-06T15:36:21.127" UserId="835" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20726" PostId="12652" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Romen for your reply, I don't have a specific application that is 144Hz dependent, I'm more concerned with how well these parts would play together. Will the power hungry 1660 Ti be satisfied with a small battery increase? Will it have a noticable perfromance difference in light games/GPU computing, everyday use, web browsing (smooth scrolls), watching videos? Is this 20% price increase justified? I watched reviews claiming 48% game performance increase (1660 Ti vs. 1650), but what about outside of games?" CreationDate="2020-01-06T18:06:02.510" UserId="14190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20727" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="Can you clarify about graphic design? Because for some thing you don't need 10bit colour." CreationDate="2020-01-06T18:12:20.820" UserId="9560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20728" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="It is more like drawing digital art stuff, will I be able to distinguish the difference between 8-bit and 10-bit ?" CreationDate="2020-01-06T18:24:52.227" UserId="14192" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20729" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="I can't say, but IMO you do not need 10bits monitor. Of course if you create 16bits (per colour) images will be good to have." CreationDate="2020-01-06T18:34:07.870" UserId="9560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20731" PostId="12652" Score="0" Text="&quot;Will the power hungry 1660 Ti be satisfied with a small battery increase?&quot; -- The card doesn't draw more power unless you ask it to, tasks like web browsing and video playback would draw about the same power from both the 1650 and 1660 Ti (they are the same generation). While gaming, *every* laptop should be running from main A/C power because the high CPU &amp; GPU usage would drain any battery very quickly. &quot;Will it have a noticeable performance difference in ... everyday use, web browsing, watching videos?&quot;  -- No, *most* GPUs can handle that, even integrated ones." CreationDate="2020-01-06T18:44:35.817" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20732" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="Ok and what about HDR ? Is HDR-10 will be ok for me or do I need HDR-600 from LG ?" CreationDate="2020-01-06T18:46:38.010" UserId="14192" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20733" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="HDR-10 is established standard. But AFAIK it's mostly for movies, not sure if games will support it." CreationDate="2020-01-06T19:00:44.777" UserId="9560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20734" PostId="12661" Score="0" Text="Should we know the meaning of RS? Maybe USD or EURO will be more understandable." CreationDate="2020-01-06T19:08:47.540" UserId="9560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20736" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="@RomeoNinov, Many games released in the last few years support HDR. But beware that a monitor *supporting* HDR does not mean you will see a noticeable difference. The monitor has to be capable of truly representing the 10-bit brightness levels with a strong backlight and accurate colour reproduction. Many &quot;HDR&quot; monitors just accept the signal and have underwhelming performance. This also applies to working with 10-bit images in photoshop. A low-end 10-bit monitor may not accurately represent the image and be no better than a high quality 8-bit monitor." CreationDate="2020-01-06T20:01:02.523" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20737" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="@Romen So what monitor would you recommend?" CreationDate="2020-01-06T20:02:53.523" UserId="14192" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20738" PostId="12649" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your response." CreationDate="2020-01-06T20:08:46.013" UserId="14188" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20739" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="It appears that the LG monitor from your list has the highest colour gamut, which means the most capable of accurately representing high bit-depth colour. The BenQ actualy comes in at a close 2nd but it is not as bright, so HDR video/games will not be as impressive. All three of the monitors you've listed wouldn't be considered a &quot;low-end 10-bit monitor&quot;, more on the mid to high end." CreationDate="2020-01-06T20:09:14.387" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20740" PostId="12656" Score="0" Text="@Madi7, Also keep in mind that graphics you create on a high-end monitor don't look the same on cheaper 6-bit+FRC or 8-bit monitors that aim for sRGB colour. If you are printing your work, then you should absolutely go for the most colour accurate monitor possible. If you are creating work for digital/web use, then you should focus on making your graphics look best on 8-bit sRGB displays until HDR displays become ubiquitous. That means a 10-bit HDR display is overkill for web/computer graphics unless you are specifically making HDR content." CreationDate="2020-01-06T20:14:25.013" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20741" PostId="12649" Score="0" Text="That hub you described would be more convenient than carrying around some obscure coax power supply.  But ideally, I'd be able to get the necessary power from the computer's PD chipset!&#xA;&#xA;I'm already manually controlling my fan speed, but your suggestion is a good one.  Maybe I'll do a little more research about how hot the system can safely get and then tweak the fan response a little bit.&#xA;&#xA;That said, I really don't want to risk damage!  I do wish I could just not charge when I want the system to be quiet." CreationDate="2020-01-06T20:16:13.227" UserId="14188" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20742" PostId="12655" Score="0" Text="I wouldn't consider the tray versions of CPUs to be an &quot;end-user&quot; product because the original sale of full trays are sold to OEMs in bulk orders. Also, the tray CPUs might come with a different warranty than the boxed CPUs, depending on the reseller. But that's just semantics, you can still buy a single CPU taken from a tray, but through distributors and online sellers rather than retailers (which only get consumer boxed CPUs)." CreationDate="2020-01-06T20:58:10.580" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20743" PostId="12621" Score="1" Text="I haven't used either of these laptops but I expect that they both work the same way for dual booting. You should look up the user manual for each and ensure that there is a BIOS setting for turning off secure boot in case you need to. Everything else going smoothly depends on the Linux Distro &amp; Boot Manager you choose to install and *how* you install them. Pretty much every laptop with an Intel CPU has the same EFI-based boot capabilities, so the BIOS features &amp; the layout of preinstalled partitions are the only things the brand will affect." CreationDate="2020-01-06T21:10:07.883" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20744" PostId="12621" Score="1" Text="Of course, you are also responsible for any issues that the Linux install has, since most laptops do not officially support Linux and drivers for their components may be missing features or just not exist. On the Windows side, nothing will be different if you set up your boot manager to correctly boot with EFI. Once again, dual-boot problems you will encounter are significantly dependent on the specific changes you make to the laptop and its partitions, booting problems are not really dependent on the laptop itself." CreationDate="2020-01-06T21:15:40.317" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20745" PostId="12663" Score="3" Text="It has gotten a lot better in some cases, but generally microphone inputs on integrated sound have remained at the &quot;good enough&quot; quality point to be used with equally cheap microphones. Some motherboards have integrated sound cards that have been designed explicitly for high-quality analog circuitry &amp; DAC, but only on motherboards that are sold separately for custom PCs (not prebuilt PCs). What is your reason for not wanting a USB audio interface though? There are a variety of high-end USB audio interfaces that are *far* superior to integrated sound cards. M-Audio even makes some!" CreationDate="2020-01-06T21:24:06.120" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20748" PostId="12641" Score="0" Text="@Max, in that case, you might consider whichever RTX 2xxx Super fits your budget (your PSU can handle any of them), though there's a distinct case of diminishing returns here: the RTX 2080 Super costs three times what the GTX 1660 Super does, but typically benchmarks only 50% faster at your desired screen resolution." CreationDate="2020-01-06T22:47:27.363" UserId="241" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20749" PostId="12621" Score="0" Text="@Romen a few days ago I've talked with a Samsung's employee and he said me that the BIOS may damage if I install Linux with Windows so that the laptop can't boot. It seems I can brick this specific laptop and their manual(https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/odyssey#manualsDownloads), page 6, recommend the user to use only Windows. So, I discarded the possibilities to getting the Odyssey 2." CreationDate="2020-01-06T22:58:58.230" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20750" PostId="12621" Score="0" Text="In other hand, Dell and Acer do not &quot;lock&quot; the user to just use Windows OS in their products. I want a laptop which is more complete and free. @oldfred gave me relevant informations about brands support comparison: https://fwupd.org/lvfs/vendors/" CreationDate="2020-01-06T22:59:44.070" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20752" PostId="12655" Score="0" Text="That was exactly the point I was trying to make in the second paragraph" CreationDate="2020-01-07T04:13:38.360" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20754" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Romen Thanks you. Now I understand it. This bytes thing was from the Arduino forum which I read. I have mentioned in the above comments. There was also something about I can only write in EEPROM about 100k times, I don't know whether it is for the overall life of EEPROM or any. Because I am going to use this project for a very long time. As Jan Dorniak said, I am also working on the power supply." CreationDate="2020-01-07T05:40:16.983" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20755" PostId="12638" Score="0" Text="This Lenovo has a special section of it's own at Lenovo Forums &quot;IDEAPAD&quot; https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/tag/ideapad/tg-p/category-id/Community-EN you may have better luck there." CreationDate="2020-01-07T05:49:44.370" UserId="14197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20756" PostId="12638" Score="0" Text="Levono Parts Lookup, https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/partslookup  Make sure you have the right screen type (see this page) https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-U-and-S-Series-Notebooks/Lenovo-ideapad-S540-find-out-display-type-before-purchase/m-p/4537583" CreationDate="2020-01-07T05:56:57.527" UserId="14197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20757" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Romen I think EEPROM will be a problem as my project will be used continuously for a long time. Due its limit of 100k erase/write. I have also read that I can read up to 4 digits of data from the analog(pulse read) pin. I don't know how much of this is correct. Also, what do you guys recommend as backup storage in case of GPRS failure EEPROM, SD Card or any other?" CreationDate="2020-01-07T07:49:24.327" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20759" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Lucifer, A microcontroller *also* has RAM to store that counter, so the counter doesn't have to &quot;live&quot; in the EEPROM by writing to it excessively. It's up to you to determine how often the device actually *backs up* the counter to EEPROM to balance the accuracy of your count over power failures vs EEPROM wearing out. If the meter outputs an absolute value (via analog pulses) then you might not even need to back up the counter value at all!" CreationDate="2020-01-07T15:47:01.270" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20765" PostId="12661" Score="0" Text="In India money is ref in rupee" CreationDate="2020-01-07T17:05:26.190" UserId="14194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20768" PostId="12660" Score="0" Text="The recommendation of using a Switch between the main router and the AP is nice. It solves most of my problems. Thanks." CreationDate="2020-01-07T17:44:06.183" UserId="14191" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20769" PostId="12402" Score="0" Text="Back in the days, Plextor made CD drives which had a play/skip button, as well as an analog output (as well as a headphone jack). Presumably you could hook them up to just a power supply, plug in your headphones (connect the line output to an amplifier), drop in a CD and play it. The drive itself is still kinda bulky (standard 5.25&quot; form factor), though, and you’d need to power it somehow." CreationDate="2020-01-07T17:50:35.030" UserId="3788" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20770" PostId="10769" Score="0" Text="i specifically mentioned &quot;(built-in)&quot;, so that devices without a Cellular modem could still be mentioned in an answer, if all other conditions are fulfilled. Thanks for taking the time to answer with the interesting link, +1" CreationDate="2020-01-07T17:53:48.860" UserId="3699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20774" PostId="12664" Score="1" Text="That laptop supports M.2 2280 and 2230 form factors and has support for NVMe. I can not determine whether the M.2 port supports SATA mode but it probably does. You should add this information to your question instead of posting a screenshot. Screenshots are not search engine friendly!" CreationDate="2020-01-07T22:17:44.593" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20776" PostId="12664" Score="2" Text="&quot;the best&quot; is a rather arbitrary term to search for SSDs. Highest sequential throughput? Highest random throughput? Highest write endurance? Lowest latency? Better explain what types of applications you need it for, and if there is a budget constraint." CreationDate="2020-01-08T04:21:09.660" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20777" PostId="12674" Score="0" Text="This needs more information: which motherboard are you using, and which CPU." CreationDate="2020-01-08T04:22:51.150" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20780" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="@Romen The meter just sents the pulse it doesn't give the absolute values. That's a bummer. I also thought of storing the values in a variable in case of GPRS failure but if by any chance device resets the values will be lost. I think if I neglect the time and date stamp (Because when sent to the cloud it will store there with timestamp) then just have to store values." CreationDate="2020-01-08T05:38:32.457" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20781" PostId="12626" Score="0" Text="I am gonna try by creating a dummy counter in the Arduino and print those values every 2 min to the console and when I hit a button or write stop on the console the counter data starts to store on the EEPROM. I will then again write Start to start printing on the console." CreationDate="2020-01-08T05:38:37.010" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20783" PostId="12674" Score="0" Text="@MechEng - I added the processor. Is it possible to find out which motherboard I have without opening the case?" CreationDate="2020-01-08T15:12:57.640" UserId="1776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20784" PostId="12674" Score="0" Text="I got it: &quot;System Information&quot;" CreationDate="2020-01-08T15:17:28.487" UserId="1776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20785" PostId="12655" Score="0" Text="@MechEng Thanks for your input. Where can I learn about underclocking/undervolting and what is Intel position on those practices?" CreationDate="2020-01-08T16:06:58.110" UserId="6073" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20786" PostId="12660" Score="0" Text="I'm glad I could help. I have a pretty similar setup at home. Would you mind accepting my answer on the site?" CreationDate="2020-01-08T16:35:38.420" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20787" PostId="12649" Score="0" Text="Your laptop is charged through USB-C and there are several that pass that through the dongle. I would definitely go with that instead of one with its own power supply. Problem is that most only have 2 or 3 USB-A ports." CreationDate="2020-01-08T16:48:06.340" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20790" PostId="12684" Score="1" Text="You absolutely *can* see a benefit from a second or multiple GPUs when rendering video, depending on the software (I believe Adobe CC *does* use multiple GPUs). Thunderbolt 3 is also a PCIe 4x (32Gbps) connection, which is plenty of bandwidth for video rendering and may have no impact at all vs a card installed in a 16x slot. Again, the performance impact depends on the specific content being rendered &amp; software." CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:19:40.043" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20791" PostId="12677" Score="0" Text="I have not seen a multi-GPU enclosure for Thunderbolt before, most people using an eGPU just need one GPU. You *can* use multiple separate eGPUs on one system though. Another solution that may work for you: Rather than carrying around external GPUs, you could build a rendering server with those GPUs and render on it over the network. (Which is supported by Adobe CC)" CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:26:56.840" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20792" PostId="12684" Score="0" Text="This would drop you down to PCIe 2x for each card assuming that the software supports it and the cards support it. I cannot recommend the extra expense of a 2 slot enclosure and a second GPU for the tiny benefit that you might receive in a very limited situation." CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:28:15.460" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20793" PostId="12685" Score="0" Text="That last one has an LCD display for every key. That's some overkill! But the mini keyboard looks nice, thanks! :) Still would be nice if there was something even more compact. :)" CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:29:42.087" UserId="14199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20794" PostId="12684" Score="0" Text="Do two slot enclosures even exist? You could just use two separate enclosures on two separate thunderbolt ports. PCIe 1x may even be enough performance, as the relevance of the bandwidth between CPU &amp; GPU depends on *what* is being rendered and *how*. It is more likely to have an impact of high bandwidth jobs like re-encoding 4K video, as opposed to GPU-processing jobs like rendering 3D scenes or effects where the high bandwidth task would be loading the scene data to the card at the start." CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:31:00.243" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20795" PostId="12684" Score="0" Text="Two slot enclosures do exits but I must admit that I had not considered using two separate enclosures. I suspect there would be a lot of bugs with such a configuration, but it may be a good idea for rendering. However, multiple Thunderbolt ports on one computer are somewhat rare." CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:34:23.760" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20796" PostId="12685" Score="1" Text="Cool, I found a bunch of similar ones even cheaper in my local stores by searching for &quot;mini keyboard&quot;. I didn't even know these existed! I'll definitely keep this in mind. If I end up buying one, I'll accept your answer." CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:35:37.200" UserId="14199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20797" PostId="12684" Score="0" Text="Two separate enclosures vs one two-slot enclosure would expose the PCIe devices to the OS in the same way. Separate enclosures may even be ideal as you can hot-plug them separately and if one fails it doesn't affect the other." CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:36:06.677" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20798" PostId="12684" Score="0" Text="This is a good idea, as the OP was talking about multiple users. The two enclosures could be used separately or together. I still have reservations about trying to use one Thunderbolt port for two GPUs." CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:42:11.140" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20799" PostId="12684" Score="0" Text="I think you should update your answer to propose multiple single-GPU enclosures as a better alternative to a multi-GPU enclosure on one TB port. Desktop PCs &amp; high end Macs can already have multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports. USB 4.0 is coming soon and will fully adopt the TB3 standard with support for eGPUs, so buying multiple TB3 enclosures will not be a wasted investment. Based on the question, OP *needs* multiple GPUs, so cautioning them away from using multiple GPUs at all isn't answering their question." CreationDate="2020-01-08T20:57:08.847" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20802" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="So you are trying to pick up one wireless network and re-broadcast it under a different name?" CreationDate="2020-01-08T23:58:06.217" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20803" PostId="193" Score="0" Text="@Alphy13 in the years since making this post I figured out that I was essentially looking for an access point." CreationDate="2020-01-09T12:44:00.570" UserId="273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20804" PostId="12661" Score="0" Text="Near to 500 euro" CreationDate="2020-01-09T13:47:14.213" UserId="14194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20805" PostId="12683" Score="0" Text="Have you tried to contact Epson about this? It seems like a question that only a trained Epson support/sales employee could answer for your specific model. Ordering replacement panes of glass for that scanner is probably only possible through them anyways. Generally speaking, there is a variety of scratch-resistant glasses that *could* be used, but I don't expect there to be much of a third-party market for glass replacement on scanners." CreationDate="2020-01-09T16:55:01.453" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20806" PostId="12693" Score="0" Text="I was thinking about that too, but a quick browse through a local electronics webshop didn't yield any interesting keyboards. But it's still an open idea." CreationDate="2020-01-09T19:39:05.420" UserId="14199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20807" PostId="12649" Score="0" Text="The hub I have does PD passthrough in the downstream -&gt; upstream direction... I'm looking for a hub that powers itself via upstream PD, so in the other direction" CreationDate="2020-01-09T20:14:58.423" UserId="14188" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20808" PostId="12649" Score="0" Text="The hub I linked should do that. It just also has a passthrough if you want to charge on the same port. The power available to your devices without external power will be limited by the laptop, not by the hub. If you plug in 4 power hungry devices you may have issues. I suggested the above hub because, unlike your other one, this one will not act as a 5th device and use up some of that power." CreationDate="2020-01-09T20:39:34.203" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20809" PostId="12681" Score="0" Text="Thanks a lot for your response." CreationDate="2020-01-10T07:30:05.090" UserId="14204" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20810" PostId="12692" Score="1" Text="Thanks a lot sir" CreationDate="2020-01-10T15:04:42.247" UserId="14194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20811" PostId="12701" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much! I will check if the hub supports it and then try it out. Would be really great if I could use the monitor finally in 4k resolution." CreationDate="2020-01-10T16:15:50.323" UserId="14213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20815" PostId="12703" Score="0" Text="While high refresh rate monitors still have some benefit even if the FPS can't keep up, I think you would be better off with a 1080p monitor. The RX 570 is not nearly powerful enough for 1440p at high FPS, and the 200$ budget seems better suited for a 1080p monitor. Especially if you want 144Hz and IPS." CreationDate="2020-01-11T20:11:10.257" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20816" PostId="12703" Score="0" Text="@MechEng I suppose 1080p is the way to go. Do you have suggestions on any reliable brands/models that have a 27&quot; 1080p with 144 Hz and and IPS panel?" CreationDate="2020-01-11T20:18:45.393" UserId="10878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20817" PostId="12655" Score="0" Text="The procedures are basically the same as with overclocking, a topic which will show up many more guides when you enter it into the search engine of your choice. Only instead of aiming for the highest clock speed, you optimize towards lowest possible voltage at a lower clock speed. Not sure if Intel has a public position on that, but it's not like they would monitor what you do with your CPU ;)" CreationDate="2020-01-11T22:52:16.373" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20818" PostId="12703" Score="0" Text="Sorry, I am not in the loop as far as gaming monitors are concerned. But If you edit your question to reflect the new goal, then maybe someone else has a good recommendation." CreationDate="2020-01-11T22:58:34.017" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20821" PostId="12419" Score="0" Text="Thank you Jan, just a confirmation such as this is more helpful than one might think." CreationDate="2020-01-13T11:35:21.813" UserId="13994" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20822" PostId="12419" Score="0" Text="It ended up with us getting a QNAP TS-877XU-RP with 5x6TB HDD disks 7200 RPM. It is working very well and lives up to everything i was hoping for and more. The GUI is incredibly easy to work with and while i wish there was a bit more &quot;advanced option&quot; for building more custom viewing for syslog as an example, i am constantly discovering new functions for which i have put to good use." CreationDate="2020-01-13T11:38:36.287" UserId="13994" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20825" PostId="12661" Score="0" Text="Can you tell us what kinds of online courses you'll be taking? Why do you specifically need an 8th gen i5? Do you have a screen size preference? Prefer thin/light/portable or larger/more performance?" CreationDate="2020-01-13T18:27:43.663" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20829" PostId="12702" Score="0" Text="What counts as a &quot;bedside computer&quot;? Would an Alexa/Google Home/HomeKit enabled device be acceptable?" CreationDate="2020-01-13T18:38:36.813" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20831" PostId="12677" Score="0" Text="What **specific** laptop[s] are you plugging it into? Do you have a budget? Size requirements? Any interest in additional I/O, such as ethernet or SATA? Do you need a graphics card as well, or just the eGPU enclosure? Are you willing to buy used?" CreationDate="2020-01-13T19:08:05.507" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20832" PostId="12670" Score="1" Text="Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with dual-mode; I've used Adafruit's LE UART Friend in the past which has great documentation and support, but obviously it doesn't really meet your requirements. If you haven't already seen it, you could try taking a look at [this selection](https://www.mouser.com/Embedded-Solutions/Wireless-RF-Modules/Bluetooth-Modules-802151/_/N-6l7pg?P=1z0y3upZ1yvspn3Z1yvrdq3Z1y9fncxZ1ywteprZ1yxgjx0) and set the filters; the only two modules I see that fit your requirements are the Panasonic ENW-89823A2JF and ENW-89823C2JF. My guess is there's probably more out there tho." CreationDate="2020-01-13T19:21:06.697" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20833" PostId="12664" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? How much storage do you want/need?" CreationDate="2020-01-13T19:22:51.897" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20834" PostId="12710" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I had seen the apple adaptor but my concern was that I'd need another cable TB2 Male to TB2 Male to connect my laptop to the adapter linked. Am I correct on this?" CreationDate="2020-01-13T21:20:17.263" UserId="14221" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20835" PostId="12680" Score="0" Text="This answer has some good info, but the statement that the memory is not compatible may not be correct. This motherboard was released in 2016, and the first 32GB DDR4 modules became available in 2018. The reason the specs say that 32GB is the maximum is due to the fact that ASUS couldn't qualify any 32 GB modules when they released this board; It is *very* likely that they will work anyways because it is the CPU itself that would determine any hard capacity limit. Consider that the linked memory is probably *compatible*, but is not *qualified*." CreationDate="2020-01-13T22:37:59.413" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20836" PostId="12710" Score="0" Text="Yes, you will need a male-male cable to go between the adapter and Mac." CreationDate="2020-01-14T00:04:27.993" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20837" PostId="12664" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 my budget is unlimited for this case. 1TB for M.2 and,if possible, at least 1TB for SATA. I'll need to add some information about the relationship between speed and storage in SATA slots for SSDs. For a while I don't get it yet." CreationDate="2020-01-14T00:06:34.753" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20838" PostId="12710" Score="0" Text="Okay cool. Thank you. So the chain would look like this:&#xA;Macbook -&gt; MiniDisplayport cable -&gt; Thunderbolt 2 Adapter -&gt; Hub" CreationDate="2020-01-14T02:00:19.820" UserId="14221" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20839" PostId="12664" Score="0" Text="@J-Mello Unlimited, as in you want the best you can get (within reason), or as in you don't have a specific cap but want to optimize for value?" CreationDate="2020-01-14T03:15:46.913" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20840" PostId="12664" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 So, I don't have a specific cap but I want to optimize for value. For the specs (1TB for M.2 class 4 and at least 1TB for SATA) I think the maximum price is $350 for each SSD type.I've talked with Dell's employee and he said me that SATA slot supports up to 512GB for SSDs but I don't believe him cause I guess he gave me a wrong information about M.2 slot. Of course,cost benefit buying such hardwares is good." CreationDate="2020-01-14T05:15:22.283" UserId="14137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20841" PostId="12680" Score="0" Text="That's a good point, but still, you would need to try this at your own risk. For example, I still haven't seen anyone use 32GB UDIMMs successfully on X99 platforms." CreationDate="2020-01-14T06:40:13.593" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20842" PostId="12712" Score="0" Text="Ok, I just had a look at the Pocketethernet device and I see TDR and BER measurement. From what I've seen in my measurements is that TDR (At least the inbuild TDR of D-Link DGS1510 switches) is not enough to see the error if, for example a cable is not fully connected in the RJ45 connector. Have you made any experience with this device? &#xA;Currently I see the Fluke DSX devices for 7000 and more.&#xA;Any experience with the IDEAL LanTek III?" CreationDate="2020-01-14T07:20:45.463" UserId="4299" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20843" PostId="12712" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately not, this is based of the advice of my friends and the networking community." CreationDate="2020-01-14T07:41:35.290" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20844" PostId="12664" Score="0" Text="@J-Mello No idea where he's getting those numbers. I'm going to assume no such limitations." CreationDate="2020-01-14T07:42:24.513" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20845" PostId="12717" Score="0" Text="Personally I've used the software &quot;Audacity&quot; in the past to record sound from a microphone. I assume that should also work with wireless headphones, though the ones I used were wired.&#xA;&#xA;Wireless bluetooth headsets should be compatible with all operating system. My wireless headset and headphones work perfectly with both Windows and Android. I don't have an iOS device to test with." CreationDate="2020-01-14T10:35:49.513" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20846" PostId="12715" Score="0" Text="I was hoping to avoid that and just have one switch with 4pole in/out." CreationDate="2020-01-14T12:35:12.583" UserId="14227" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20847" PostId="12715" Score="0" Text="Track down some decent audio relays and it suddenly turns into a nice DIY projects. Though it would probably end up costing 50$+ if you get it right on the first try." CreationDate="2020-01-14T12:46:01.280" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20848" PostId="12680" Score="0" Text="[i7-6950X](https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/94456/intel-core-i7-6950x-processor-extreme-edition-25m-cache-up-to-3-50-ghz.html), [i5-6600](https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/88188/intel-core-i5-6600-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-90-ghz.html) -- It looks like both of these CPUs specify a max memory capacity that is exactly 16GB x the number of slots their boards can have. So maybe you're right that these 32GB modules won't work with the i5-6600..." CreationDate="2020-01-14T13:35:46.090" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20849" PostId="12713" Score="0" Text="Thank you, but I thought Micro B is like [this](https://www.avitela.lt/media/catalog/product/cache/207e23213cf636ccdef205098cf3c8a3/4/7/47917_1.jpg), not like [this](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi04u7ZnYPnAhW9zcQBHQGPBrgQjRx6BAgBEAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.topocentras.lt%2Fkabelis-deltaco-usb-3-0-a-micro-b-0-5m-melynas-usb3-005-k.html&amp;psig=AOvVaw05voi9KTthHfn7ZU0yxXeq&amp;ust=1579096127795842)" CreationDate="2020-01-14T13:49:52.127" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20850" PostId="12702" Score="0" Text="Definitely, is it is simple and looks like a clock with dimmable light." CreationDate="2020-01-14T15:33:20.163" UserId="14218" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20851" PostId="12722" Score="0" Text="You couldn't find useful tags as you asked this on our Meta. I have migrated this to our main site and added relevant tags. Please review and [edit] your question if I have missed anything." CreationDate="2020-01-14T18:05:52.943" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20852" PostId="12722" Score="1" Text="Have you thought about using a Raspberry Pi with a touch screen monitor rather than a tablet? This would give you the benefit of running whatever OS and software needed, and would be cheaper and easier to replace than a tablet." CreationDate="2020-01-14T18:08:34.617" UserId="60" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20854" PostId="12717" Score="0" Text="Do you already have a headset you're trying to do this with? This seems like a technical support/info question, unless you are asking for a specific headset recommendation. (Make that clearer in your question if you are.) [Super User](https://superuser.com/) would be more appropriate for asking this question. Before you ask there, be sure to state which Bluetooth adapter you want to use a headset with; This *can* be done, but the adapter &amp; drivers must support the bluetooth headset." CreationDate="2020-01-14T22:47:10.683" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20855" PostId="12713" Score="0" Text="@vasik988 Then you have conflicting requirements. The smaller Micro B connector is USB 2.0 only; the extension-y bit on the larger connector has the extra data pins needed for USB 3.0." CreationDate="2020-01-15T03:26:58.410" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20856" PostId="12722" Score="0" Text="@Cfinley I'm actually going to strongly disagree with using a Pi here. Most exiting POS software, e.g. Square, Revel, or Toast (which is what I assume is what will be used here) is designed to run on iOS or Android. On that note, have you chosen a POS software, or are you still open to suggestions?" CreationDate="2020-01-15T04:51:14.003" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20858" PostId="12720" Score="0" Text="Thats what I am looking for. Might go for the MC2014 as that seems to use 4 pole connectors." CreationDate="2020-01-15T06:38:44.563" UserId="14227" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20859" PostId="12725" Score="0" Text="Thank you. My devices usually use TTL connector, is there any splitter for it?" CreationDate="2020-01-15T07:59:17.317" UserId="14232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20860" PostId="12727" Score="0" Text="according to the manual you shared, on page 10 it mentions that it supports up to 16GB in a dual channel...mine is core i7 seventh gen" CreationDate="2020-01-15T10:12:42.317" UserId="14234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20861" PostId="12727" Score="0" Text="is NVMe a relatively newer tech and could it be possible that this is an old manual and thats why they have not mentioned about NVMe ??" CreationDate="2020-01-15T10:15:46.227" UserId="14234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20862" PostId="12727" Score="0" Text="@DavidKent Right, those are also visible on page 31. I updated the answer.&#xA;NVMe uses PCIe lanes for the SSD instead of SATA - it's a definitive hardware (in-)capability. Sadly the manual doesn't mention it, and the pictures M.2 SSD also has the &quot;key&quot; for SATA SSDs." CreationDate="2020-01-15T10:40:20.827" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20863" PostId="12720" Score="0" Text="@Mats, MC2014? Can you put a link?" CreationDate="2020-01-15T13:21:43.800" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20864" PostId="12728" Score="0" Text="You'd start by checking whether your exact model / frame of laptop was offered with a screen you're interested in.&#xA;It's likely not worth the effort for a 8 year old machine - it'd be cheaper to sell it, and buy a comparable laptop with a screen you like." CreationDate="2020-01-15T13:26:49.137" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20865" PostId="12720" Score="0" Text="From the same company [MC2014](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KS2KDWW/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_rsXhEb181Y4YE). Looks like same product, just with 4pole in-/output" CreationDate="2020-01-15T13:36:02.510" UserId="14227" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20866" PostId="12720" Score="0" Text="Oh (was just not finding the model...), it's actually **MC1024**" CreationDate="2020-01-15T17:13:51.077" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20867" PostId="12725" Score="0" Text="Not that I'm aware of, but I'm not super familiar with the platform, so there may be ones that I just don't know." CreationDate="2020-01-15T17:29:51.320" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20868" PostId="12726" Score="0" Text="It seems like you've got a few different questions going on here, some of which are appropriate for this site, some of which are not. This site doesn't deal with the first question, since it's a tech-support type question (in the future, superuser.com is a better place to go.) The second would be acceptable, but you've kinda phased it more like a support request than a hardware recommendation request. The third question is simply unrelated. While I could simple answer each part of your question, the spirit of your question doesn't really align too well with the site." CreationDate="2020-01-15T18:34:06.193" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20869" PostId="12726" Score="0" Text="Right now, your question is sort of an [XY problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem). I'm going to suggest you rewrite your question as a general upgrade question. Explain what trouble you're having (what's running slow, what you want more of, why) and we'll pick out the best things to help you for your use case. This can include what SSD and RAM, if necessary." CreationDate="2020-01-15T18:35:40.120" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20870" PostId="12726" Score="0" Text="That said, I don't want to just close this and leave you hanging. So, regarding your questions: 1. Yes, but there's multiple kinds (can go over this in more detail in a later answer.) 2. In general, drives should only be RAID'd if they're the exact same type of drive. However, there's no really no harm in having two drives installed if you want the extra storage; however, it won't really help performance, unless you cache things from a slower drive on a faster one. 3. I believe 16 GB, but possibly 32 GB." CreationDate="2020-01-15T18:38:54.423" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20871" PostId="12584" Score="0" Text="@J-Mello: If you make mistakes while trying to install Linux, you can indeed accidentally wipe the pre-installed Windows partition; but it's possible to deal with this mistake by reinstalling Windows. The harm is software-only harm. Linux installation mistakes will _not_ damage the hardware. Please see the answers to [the aforementioned question](https://superuser.com/questions/1512837/installing-a-second-os-carries-a-risk-of-data-loss-even-your-pcs-user-manual-s)." CreationDate="2020-01-15T19:25:00.183" UserId="2040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20872" PostId="12732" Score="1" Text="Wow, thank you very much for your detailed answer! I will ponder a bit about your suggestions and then I will let you know here in the comments." CreationDate="2020-01-15T19:39:46.260" UserId="14235" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20873" PostId="12722" Score="0" Text="I have under two weeks to deliver a working proof of concept, so weant for Pi and a 10&quot; touchscreen, but the future product is still open to suggestions.  I like the idea of using Android but failed to find anyting suitable." CreationDate="2020-01-15T20:00:28.327" UserId="14228" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20874" PostId="12713" Score="0" Text="Thank you!!!!!!" CreationDate="2020-01-15T22:04:50.250" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20875" PostId="12726" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 This was my first question on this site. I posed the three questions for help with upgrade. If it even is a XY question ..how would I even ask about m2 SSD if I wouldn't  first know if it supports m2, and what is my third question unrelated to ??" CreationDate="2020-01-16T05:03:03.377" UserId="14234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20876" PostId="12726" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 anyways I tried to edit the question a bit, Hope it is acceptable now." CreationDate="2020-01-16T05:04:41.897" UserId="14234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20877" PostId="12728" Score="0" Text="@towe no it was not offered with a Full HD screen but the graphics is capable of running a full HD resolution screen. How would it be cheaper to sell this i7 laptop and get a new one ?" CreationDate="2020-01-16T05:06:30.853" UserId="14234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20881" PostId="12733" Score="0" Text="What size specifically do you mean by &quot;large format&quot; ? 13&quot;x19&quot;?" CreationDate="2020-01-16T16:47:10.510" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20882" PostId="12733" Score="0" Text="Between 36” and 48”" CreationDate="2020-01-16T17:49:42.667" UserId="7673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20883" PostId="12733" Score="1" Text="Many printers of that size are built for commercial use, they often have refillable ink tanks and are very low cost compared to consumer inkjet cartridges. Nothing will help ink be as cheap as toner though, so expect to pay *a lot* more per page for any inkjet." CreationDate="2020-01-16T17:51:21.233" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20884" PostId="12726" Score="0" Text="Yeah, sorry for the rough welcome, SE's rules can be pretty confusing. It's closer, but I'm still left wondering **why** you want/need to upgrade your laptop. Again, can you explain what problem is motivating you to upgrade? Is something running slow? Is there a particular program that isn't performing as well as you want? Are you just out of storage space? Go ahead and add that info to your question and I'll be happy to re-open it." CreationDate="2020-01-16T21:38:23.137" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20887" PostId="12734" Score="0" Text="Are USB -&gt; serial adapters and using the GPIO header absolutely out of the question?" CreationDate="2020-01-17T07:35:37.400" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20888" PostId="12736" Score="0" Text="What are you using this player for exactly? I understand you want to play a song, but where/why is it being installed?" CreationDate="2020-01-17T07:36:47.617" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20889" PostId="12734" Score="0" Text="USB is ok as long it is INSIDE the case." CreationDate="2020-01-17T07:54:00.277" UserId="11113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20890" PostId="12734" Score="0" Text="Would you be comfortable fabricating your own case? Between the header and USB ports, should be able to get plenty of serial connections. Unfortunately most SBCs don't come with cases, so we'd probably be back to looking at embedded PCs. Unfortunately since you're in a difficult environment, finding a case that's available with the specs you need that's durable enough to withstand years of beating probably won't happen. From personal experience, making one really isn't too bad though." CreationDate="2020-01-17T08:21:22.990" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20891" PostId="12734" Score="0" Text="[Also did find this nice serial HAT.](https://www.pishop.us/product/serial-hat-rs232/)" CreationDate="2020-01-17T08:22:01.920" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20892" PostId="12736" Score="1" Text="Arduino Uno / ATMEGA328P with an MP3 player module perhaps" CreationDate="2020-01-17T10:34:18.833" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20893" PostId="12736" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 We have a device that streams audio to a hearing aid. This device shutsdown in 5 minutes if there is no audio i.e muted. But we have a specific case where we need it to be on forever, so we thought of a mp3 player that loops an audio file of 4m30s with a little beep at the end just to stimulate the streamer to stay on." CreationDate="2020-01-17T11:22:55.150" UserId="14237" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20894" PostId="12736" Score="0" Text="@towe Good idea! I loop the audio through code, it starts playing as soon as it is plugged in and the MP3 player module goes to a 3.5mm output module. Anything I'm missing?" CreationDate="2020-01-17T11:41:12.613" UserId="14237" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20895" PostId="12736" Score="0" Text="Don't think so. The normal breadboards would probably be too wonky for audio, so you'd have to use a strip board and solder it, but it should work fine." CreationDate="2020-01-17T11:55:43.000" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20896" PostId="12736" Score="0" Text="If you’re comfortable with the SBC route, there are other boards with audio onboard like the Pi." CreationDate="2020-01-17T17:02:52.597" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20898" PostId="12740" Score="0" Text="Your answer doesn't actually state the name of this type of device: A &quot;WiFi Bridge&quot;. The one you linked should be fine but there are hundreds of alternative options that use proper A/C power adapters, support newer WiFi standards, use better antennas, and can have multiple ethernet ports (to avoid needing a switch or more than one of these). Many routers can be set up to act as a WiFi bridge too." CreationDate="2020-01-17T20:50:31.760" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20899" PostId="12739" Score="0" Text="Have you ruled out printer sharing? All you need to do is plug the USB port into a computer that is already on that network. Sharing a printer through windows is effectively the same as using the ethernet for most printers. Just make sure the hosting PC is not turned off." CreationDate="2020-01-17T20:56:32.870" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20900" PostId="12725" Score="0" Text="Note that the StarTech &quot;splitter&quot; you linked would enumerate as 4 separate USB-to-Serial devices behind a USB hub. That means the software would probably have to be rewritten to talk to 4 different COM ports as those individual devices probably can't all be bound to the same COM port." CreationDate="2020-01-17T21:10:12.693" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20901" PostId="12725" Score="0" Text="@Romen Thanks for the clarification. I’ll keep it linked since it’s still a nice form factor." CreationDate="2020-01-17T23:09:25.547" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20903" PostId="12743" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your point of view :) I clearly understood it now. I want to work in different places not at only my home. I am going to buy laptop $130 ~ 800 Turkish Liras." CreationDate="2020-01-18T09:58:30.420" UserId="14242" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20905" PostId="12743" Score="0" Text="That's a pretty solid deal, I'd take that if it works for you." CreationDate="2020-01-18T17:34:44.593" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20907" PostId="12738" Score="1" Text="Just answered an effectively identical question. If that doesn't cover what you need, explain why and @ me and I'll go ahead and re-open this question." CreationDate="2020-01-18T17:48:16.143" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20908" PostId="12738" Score="1" Text="As for why daisy-chaining doesn't work, it just not really how the interface works. You can't just pass the laptop's connection through the desktop, just doesn't work that way. A KVM is the right way to go." CreationDate="2020-01-18T17:50:08.050" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20909" PostId="219" Score="0" Text="What about hosting your own server at a colloc?" CreationDate="2020-01-18T18:00:35.520" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20910" PostId="1258" Score="0" Text="What about just a flash drive with two interfaces, one for your PC and one for your tablet (i.e, USB-C and USB-A?)" CreationDate="2020-01-18T18:04:58.500" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20911" PostId="1849" Score="0" Text="Same question as @BryanBoettcher. Seems like the correct solution." CreationDate="2020-01-18T18:37:16.010" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20912" PostId="1730" Score="0" Text="Does it really need to &quot;seem&quot; like a DAS device, or does it just need to be fast? Given you've already got a kitted-out DL320 G6, I think it makes far more sense to create a NAS and enable Direct Attach than to just pass the disks through to the DL580 G5." CreationDate="2020-01-18T18:50:42.910" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20913" PostId="1709" Score="0" Text="I'm going to strongly recommend against not using any form of RAID. While I understand your intended solution, you're introducing a lot of complexity for not a lot of savings. Having a single redundant drive will give you a lot of protection and allow you to use your entire drive pool easily without having to manually deal with data management." CreationDate="2020-01-18T18:54:16.333" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20914" PostId="1709" Score="0" Text="Regarding the NAS hardware, what's your budget like (drives included?) It's almost certainly cheapest to roll your own NAS using something like FreeNAS, unless you're willing to deal with the performance penalty of just plugging USB drives into a Pi or something." CreationDate="2020-01-18T18:55:22.810" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20915" PostId="12726" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I edited the question again" CreationDate="2020-01-19T05:14:39.743" UserId="14234" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20917" PostId="12745" Score="1" Text="I believe that Windows (and some Linux DEs should too) has a keystroke sequence for entering an arbitrary Unicode character. Wouldn't a macro suffice then?" CreationDate="2020-01-19T11:29:52.963" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20918" PostId="12739" Score="0" Text="@Romen IFF there are open source drivers even a Pi would do." CreationDate="2020-01-19T11:32:40.887" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20919" PostId="12704" Score="0" Text="This is a technical support request, and is probably better suited for superuser.com." CreationDate="2020-01-19T12:41:59.980" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20920" PostId="12726" Score="0" Text="The maximum amount of memory that HP specifies for this laptop is 2x8GB. But I see no reason why 2x16GB should not work, the CPU can definitely handle it. Note that if you add a 16GB stick to your existing 8GB one, you will end up with asymmetric dual-channel. This can have a negative impact on performance, compared to symmetric dual-channel with 2 identical DIMMs. The extent of the performance impact -as always- depends on your workload." CreationDate="2020-01-19T15:01:30.133" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20921" PostId="12738" Score="0" Text="Thanks for answering! I looked at your answer, but couldnt comment as my reputation was too low. So Philips 346B1C would not support daisychaining? It would be great if I could hook up a new monitor to the setup in the future. @JMY1000" CreationDate="2020-01-19T16:55:20.477" UserId="14239" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20922" PostId="12738" Score="1" Text="Individual monitors can support daisy-chaining; however, what exactly this behavior constitutes depends on the implementation of the monitor. Sometimes this will simply mean the ability to clone to another output, however if you want the ability to display properly on another monitor in full, you'll need a monitor that supports DisplayPort MST." CreationDate="2020-01-19T19:44:23.390" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20923" PostId="12745" Score="0" Text="Agree with @JanDorniak here. Depending on the OS you're using, it may be easier to do your macros at the OS level than at the keyboard level. That said, the choice is ultimately up to you, and there are keyboards that support large numbers of macros and full reprogrammability—usually for a price though." CreationDate="2020-01-19T20:32:12.620" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20924" PostId="12745" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 don't gaming keyboards/mice sometimes have a decent number of fully programmable macro keys? I remember mice for WoW which had so many macro keys they looked like a hand grenade." CreationDate="2020-01-19T21:17:46.420" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20925" PostId="12738" Score="0" Text="Ok, do you happen to have any suggestions? They four you linked in the previous post only had one DP, so if I understand correctly that would not work.&#xA;Or perhaps do you know where a good site to search for this? Googling for this has been quite a hassle. Something like a updated list with monitors that has built in KVM would be fantastic.@JMY1000" CreationDate="2020-01-19T21:21:23.937" UserId="14239" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20926" PostId="12745" Score="0" Text="At least for Word, enabling &quot;Use Math AutoCorrect rules outside of math regions&quot; is a very efficient way of getting the most common symbols - you just have to type e.g. &quot;\alpha&quot;, much like in LaTeX." CreationDate="2020-01-20T09:06:54.270" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20927" PostId="12612" Score="0" Text="Are you alright with Huawei options?" CreationDate="2020-01-20T11:28:56.073" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20928" PostId="12612" Score="0" Text="**Galaxy Tab S5e** would've been an option anyhow? It is way bigger in size." CreationDate="2020-01-20T14:49:53.660" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20929" PostId="12745" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak Yes, but they typically lack full reprogrammability. If custom macros and a few layers is all they need/want, that should be fine though." CreationDate="2020-01-20T17:28:37.417" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20930" PostId="12612" Score="0" Text="@YisroelTech I was considering, but after you pointed benefits of Galaxy Tab A 8.0, I am not sure anymore. In comparison to S5e it is much more affordable. Are there any noticeable benefits besides size? Difference is almost 300€. It should be worth it." CreationDate="2020-01-20T17:49:51.770" UserId="14106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20931" PostId="12612" Score="0" Text="@CaldeiraG are we talking regarding Huawei in general or some specific model? I had only one tablet Nexus 7 during my entire life, so I have no opinion regarding other companies and tablets that they produce." CreationDate="2020-01-20T17:52:02.370" UserId="14106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20932" PostId="12745" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 not to mention that most vendor software only works under Windows. Imagine rebooting the PC to change mouse sensitivity..." CreationDate="2020-01-20T18:16:25.180" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20933" PostId="12612" Score="1" Text="@Eugene, the Galaxy Tab S5e is a flagship device and is WAY WAY more powerful, but indeed it is probably unnecessary for a workload that's coming for the very old Nexus 7" CreationDate="2020-01-20T19:12:05.163" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20934" PostId="12747" Score="0" Text="Thank you. I will check it out." CreationDate="2020-01-20T22:33:31.167" UserId="14249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20935" PostId="12747" Score="0" Text="@Farsh I forgot to mention: the Hex doesn't have WiFi." CreationDate="2020-01-20T22:39:32.617" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20936" PostId="12619" Score="1" Text="Try using a better router. The TD-W8968 is only B/G/N. (Wifi 3) You are likely to see an improvement from a $60 router that is AC (Wifi 5) or AX (Wifi 6). Both of these use the 5GHz band and **have better standards for handling multiple devices at the same time**. Sorry you already bought the other, but I think you will find it worth it to get a newer router. Just dont go overkill and spend $200, its not worth it." CreationDate="2020-01-21T00:35:11.270" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20937" PostId="12612" Score="0" Text="@YisroelTech assuming, that in following years technology will probably continue to evolve and change and I am not planning to change tablet in next 3-4 years at least, would Galaxy Tab A 8.0&quot; still be enough or in that case it makes more sense consider Galaxy Tab S5e?" CreationDate="2020-01-21T09:22:18.433" UserId="14106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20938" PostId="12612" Score="1" Text="@Eugwne, it's hard to predict the future... but I'd say that the Tab A should still suffice. BTW, just pointing out that there are several generations of Tab A tablets, make sure to look for the **2019** one and not an older one." CreationDate="2020-01-21T10:31:51.897" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20939" PostId="12750" Score="0" Text="I'm finding lots of stuff to go the other way, to use an eDP panel with a regular DP input. I can't find any ready-to-use product that does the other direction. I *am* finding several DIY discussions about wiring an eDP output into a DP input; It is possible and only a specific subset of pins need to be connected for the video signal. eDP has a lot of other functionality that DP does not." CreationDate="2020-01-21T15:25:38.527" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20940" PostId="12751" Score="2" Text="I'd look through the ROMs on XDA developers and buy an appropriate used phone. You may also check out LineageOS. In general you are unlikely to find such a smartphone on the market simply because you're in a minority." CreationDate="2020-01-21T16:59:16.497" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20941" PostId="12753" Score="0" Text="The answer depends entirely on the components you want to fit into that case. Especially the form factor/size and the heat output. Or if you want a fancy water cooling loop. Or in case of air cooling, on the height of the cooler. A lot of factors, none of which are mentioned in the question." CreationDate="2020-01-21T19:43:46.903" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20942" PostId="12612" Score="0" Text="@YisroelTech I understand. I guess last sub question would be. A noticed, that Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 2019 is just a bit more expensive, but still in an available price range. Is there any reason why you didn't suggest it? Maybe some pros/cons in comparison to Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0” (2019)?" CreationDate="2020-01-21T21:02:20.307" UserId="14106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20943" PostId="12612" Score="0" Text="@Eugene, you wrote **Similar form factor (size)**, which would mean you don't want something much bigger than the Nexus 7, so I thought 10&quot; would be too big." CreationDate="2020-01-21T21:08:47.437" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20944" PostId="12612" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/103545/discussion-between-eugene-and-yisroel-tech)." CreationDate="2020-01-21T21:10:34.667" UserId="14106" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20948" PostId="12750" Score="0" Text="@Romen Thanks for your reply. &#xA;&#xA;I have found an eDP to DP cable pinout (Edited the question to add the image). Is just mapping the pins enough ? Are there any other variables to consider, like power supply ? Will there be a loss in quality depending on the length of cable ? &#xA;&#xA;Also, can you provide the link to the DIY discussions you found ?" CreationDate="2020-01-22T08:42:10.150" UserId="14099" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20949" PostId="12747" Score="0" Text="Thank you @Jan-Dorniak" CreationDate="2020-01-22T19:27:55.170" UserId="14249" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20952" PostId="12753" Score="0" Text="It also depends on the fans you have in the case, what the fan speed / control settings are, where the case is located in the room (*in an enclosed space or a vent is against a wall*), how dirty the case is... This question is too broad or maybe even opinion-based, as almost any PC case can be made to provide good cooling under the right conditions." CreationDate="2020-01-22T22:29:55.713" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20954" PostId="12738" Score="1" Text="As far as I can tell, no. If this is a critical feature I can reopen this question, but otherwise, the answer is just that you'll have to give up some feature or use a series of hubs." CreationDate="2020-01-23T03:32:22.513" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20957" PostId="12750" Score="0" Text="What board are you using that has eDP out? Most boards I know have DPI or DSI." CreationDate="2020-01-23T04:03:21.800" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20959" PostId="12759" Score="0" Text="What QR scanner are we talking about? Besides having Wi-Fi and the ability to interface with the scanner, I'm not seeing too many requirements; robustness is effectively just a function of the case at this level." CreationDate="2020-01-23T06:33:40.717" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20960" PostId="12759" Score="0" Text="Any USB QR scanner which must be powered by the SBC should do. I mainly need it to be robust enough to for outdoor use 24/7." CreationDate="2020-01-23T08:40:44.837" UserId="14266" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20961" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="V100 - P100 - K80" CreationDate="2020-01-23T20:54:51.047" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20963" PostId="12766" Score="0" Text="There are a few false claims in this answer. 1) [Dual Data Rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_data_rate) (aka DDR) **is not** the same thing as [Dual Channel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-channel_memory_architecture). 2) The performance difference between dual-channel and single-channel RAM configurations is [negligible for most users](https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1349-ram-how-dual-channel-works-vs-single-channel?showall=1). 3) Almost every motherboard will work with just one DIMM installed. Problems only arise when the single DIMM is installed in the wrong socket." CreationDate="2020-01-23T21:11:14.197" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20964" PostId="12764" Score="1" Text="A WiFi router does not serve the same function as a [Wireless Bridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_distribution_system#Technical). Some people refer to WiFi bridges as &quot;adapters&quot; because they adapt between a wireless and wired connection. A printer will not be usable by computers on the existing network if you connect it the ethernet port on a router that creates its own network. However, some routers can be configured to run in &quot;Bridge Mode&quot;, which is a feature that you would have to specifically look for before buying just any router to solve this problem." CreationDate="2020-01-23T21:22:17.030" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20965" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="Perfect , thank you so much ! Any reason why those GPU in particular would be best suited for the task ?" CreationDate="2020-01-23T21:23:38.920" UserId="14270" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20966" PostId="12599" Score="0" Text="You may accept your own answer if you'd like. It prevents this question from being revived months later by the [Community User](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/-1/community)." CreationDate="2020-01-23T21:29:36.063" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20968" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="Do you mean **bits** or **bytes**? That's a huge difference for determining which hardware to recommend... Also, what do those percentages represent? What kind of operations are being done on those variables?" CreationDate="2020-01-23T21:38:56.890" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20970" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="...dumb mistake, sorry about that. I mean bit. I modified the original question to give more info about the kind of work begin done. Thank you for your input !" CreationDate="2020-01-23T21:47:08.920" UserId="14270" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20971" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="I still have to track down some benchmarks to come up with a recommendation, but the [AIDA64](https://www.aida64.co.uk/user-manual/gpgpu-benchmark) software will benchmark similar operations and at least tell us where GPUs stand relative to each other for FP32 and int64 performance. I can tentatively say now that NVIDIA GPUs are faster than AMD for 64-bit integer ops. Most GPUs do not have a 64-bit ALU at all, so they emulate 64-bit operations in 32-bit." CreationDate="2020-01-23T22:02:22.277" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20975" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="Do you have any more details about your workload you can provide? It might help us get some reference numbers, even if it's not exactly the same. Also, you specify a lot of CPU -&gt; GPU memory transfers; is this because they're tightly coupled, or just because there's a lot of data that needs to be loaded onto the GPU? This last point is particularly important, as this can be a huge bottleneck (at least in my experience with NN training), but cards with large amounts of VRAM also cost significantly more than their consumer-grade coutnerparts. Finally, along these lines, **what's your budget**?" CreationDate="2020-01-24T05:38:23.013" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20976" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="Depending, it might also be worth investing in a platform that can better support your workload. Do you already a machine you're planning on installing these GPUs into? If so, what is it? If not, what would be your budget for such a machine, and would you be willing to build it yourself/buy used?" CreationDate="2020-01-24T05:41:03.403" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20977" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="Thank you guys so much for your answers ! It helped me quite a bit. I'm gonna check out the AIDA64 scores of various GPUs, but from what I can see, the best [Memory IO + RAM + Computing Power + Price] ratio for this workload would be 2x (two) RTX 2080Ti GPUs. (Perhaps thinking of throwing a Threadripper 3970X in there).  Let me know if you see anything that's wrong with this setup. Thanks again guys !" CreationDate="2020-01-24T15:13:59.687" UserId="14270" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20978" PostId="12771" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the links ! Helped me quite a bit" CreationDate="2020-01-24T15:14:39.067" UserId="14270" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20979" PostId="12772" Score="1" Text="I think they simply want it to be able to connect to different platforms (Android, PC, etc.) even if it has to be paired each time. And Single Master isn't true for all devices. Bluetooth speakers/headphones for example can work with multiple devices without need for new pairing." CreationDate="2020-01-24T18:13:30.833" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20980" PostId="12770" Score="1" Text="Do you have a specific need for this, such as gaming? If it is for day to day work this might be similar to what you are looking for: https://www.amazon.com/Coastacloud-Wireless-Bluetooth-Universal-Rechargeable/dp/B07PLQ4QFL/ref=sr_1_1?creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0148XXR22&amp;keywords=Backlit+Bluetooth+Keyboard%2C+TeckNet+Universal+Ultra-Slim+Portable+Illuminated+7-Colors+Adjustable+Bluetooth+Wireless+Keyboard&amp;linkCode=gs3&amp;linkId=d1f79fa0137a957add41fb7d0adfbf11&amp;qid=1579889761&amp;sr=8-1" CreationDate="2020-01-24T18:17:26.523" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20981" PostId="12773" Score="0" Text="Hi, thank you for answer. But it's still not answered. I have LG V20 with 10.5 Ah battery." CreationDate="2020-01-24T18:32:35.713" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20982" PostId="12773" Score="0" Text="The Moto E6 Plus does have 5Ah extended battery cases. But... I highly doubt your case has a true capacity of 10500mAH. It would have to be huge?" CreationDate="2020-01-24T18:38:06.600" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20983" PostId="12773" Score="0" Text="22mm thickness but it's very comfortable to hold in hand because of bowl for cameras. The only thing I don't like, PUBG is lagging. It's label capacity, not true." CreationDate="2020-01-24T18:46:29.697" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20984" PostId="12773" Score="0" Text="The E6 plus is supposed to run PUBG correctly, albeit at lower graphics settings. But it is still a mid-range phone so don't expect all games to run well." CreationDate="2020-01-24T19:12:32.290" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20985" PostId="12769" Score="0" Text="Hello there. Afaik there isn't a compact board with an HDMI Input integrated. You will need to use a PCI-E slot for a video capture card or an external USB 3.0 capture card.   Why is it that you need a single board? You will always have USB or PCIe slots available even in a very compact PC." CreationDate="2020-01-24T19:20:13.253" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20986" PostId="12773" Score="0" Text="I see. Sad that there are no better phones than LG V20 or this with removable battery." CreationDate="2020-01-24T19:20:39.657" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20987" PostId="12756" Score="0" Text="Hello. Is it simply humidity/water you are looking to detect or specifically rainfall?  Will the sensor be submerged in water for example?" CreationDate="2020-01-24T19:31:27.940" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20989" PostId="12769" Score="0" Text="No SBC x86 CPU is powerful enough to encode a 9 Gbps video stream (8-bit, 4K, 60hz, YUV 4:2:0 over HDMI) in real time. You're going to need a dedicated hardware encoder chipset. That's the sort of tech you get on those USB 3.0 or PCIe capture devices, but even those record 4K at just 30 fps or down-scale the video to 1080p to keep up with 60 fps. Any SBC that has an encoding chip is not likely to outperform those dedicated encoding devices." CreationDate="2020-01-24T21:19:42.840" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20990" PostId="12765" Score="0" Text="Feel free to post your own answer and accept it. Others who find this question in search results may not read your comment before looking elsewhere for a good GPU that has good 64-bit IOPS with OpenCL." CreationDate="2020-01-24T21:23:17.017" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20993" PostId="12762" Score="0" Text="Is your iPhone rooted? It is not possible for an iOS app to programmatically lock or unlock the phone. That would be a major security hole." CreationDate="2020-01-24T21:41:41.003" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20994" PostId="12769" Score="0" Text="Agree with what's been said so far. I will ask though, why do you need Windows? There are Jetson-based SBCs that can keep up with a 4K@60 encode and can accept HDMI input with a little finagling. Is it just because that's what you happen to know? If so, I would be happy to recommend alternative software." CreationDate="2020-01-25T03:50:46.697" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20995" PostId="12776" Score="0" Text="Hello there. Most Thinkpads don't have discrete graphics. I'd check out for an X1 Extreme? Another choice would be the Dell XPS 15 line. I suggest checking used around your area and reviews on their Linux compatibility." CreationDate="2020-01-25T06:24:10.643" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20996" PostId="12769" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 I have used direct show in my Software and few other windows API's so I have this as a requirement. I have tried connecting Jetson Nano with an External adapter and attached a Capture card for HDMI Input. But, Jetson Nano doesn't seem to detect the PCIe x4 device." CreationDate="2020-01-25T09:43:04.173" UserId="14273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20997" PostId="12769" Score="0" Text="@NatsuKage I would need an SBC as I would like to integrate it to my other products and the size of the SBC is very important for my product." CreationDate="2020-01-25T09:49:17.590" UserId="14273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20998" PostId="12769" Score="0" Text="@Romen I agree with you as I have tested 3 SBC's which doesn't meet the specifications that they ought to." CreationDate="2020-01-25T09:50:50.983" UserId="14273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20999" PostId="12776" Score="0" Text="If you've buying anything new with an nVidia GPU closed sourced drivers are a must - does it matter for you?" CreationDate="2020-01-25T11:20:12.677" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21001" PostId="12762" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Romen - its not rooted, but if I root it, is there a software which could help with this situation?" CreationDate="2020-01-26T06:59:41.603" UserId="13636" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21004" PostId="12785" Score="0" Text="What about OpenEmbedded/Yocto Project? If you have device trees then you can whip up a custom OS for almost anything ARM in a matter of days. With upstream package support. There's even a (commercial) CVE scanner which can be tied into it." CreationDate="2020-01-26T16:03:11.080" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21005" PostId="12785" Score="0" Text="Also, what do you mean by your last point &quot;mPCIe with mSATA&quot; do you mean two interfaces? Or did you mean m.2? Also, mPCIe is a thing of the past mostly." CreationDate="2020-01-26T16:09:36.570" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21006" PostId="12785" Score="0" Text="Not an answer since it does not fulfill all requirements, but have a look at https://www.nxp.com/design/qoriq-developer-resources/ls1046a-freeway-board:FRWY-LS1046A - I'm almost sure it has full Yocto support." CreationDate="2020-01-26T16:11:43.327" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21007" PostId="12783" Score="0" Text="PVC contains compounds which release chlorine gas when cut with a laser. I've seen a photo of a laser cutter which was used for cutting pvc foam board and it was destroyed. The operator replaces the machine on a scheduled basis, but the gas is also dangerous/fatal to humans. For your other requirements, consider visiting one of the many laser forums if an answer does not appear here." CreationDate="2020-01-26T17:04:26.467" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21008" PostId="12783" Score="0" Text="Thanks very much for the information about the gases!" CreationDate="2020-01-26T17:21:27.257" UserId="14278" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21009" PostId="12780" Score="0" Text="What laptop is it, and where were you looking for shipping to?" CreationDate="2020-01-26T19:11:29.100" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21014" PostId="12785" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak I mSATA and mPCIe are different things, not any mPCIe slot will work with mSATA although the form factor (m.2) usually matches. So just that: a slot that will work for an mPCIe card _or_ an mSATA disk. Yeah, Yocto/Poky is nice, it's also way higher maintenance to roll your own (even _with_ the ability to use packaging) than use an upstream distro. Thanks for your input. That NXP board is somewhat similar to another NXP hardware we use at work (with Yocto, btw)." CreationDate="2020-01-26T19:47:04.047" UserId="10307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21015" PostId="12785" Score="0" Text="m.2 has different keys. Although the specs are usually violated in PC motherboards (no standard survives the commercial market) but the keys **should** tell you what you can and cannot connect. In theory it only fits if it will work. In the price ranges we are looking at you might as well build a PC." CreationDate="2020-01-26T20:00:09.757" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21016" PostId="12780" Score="0" Text="It's a Dell Inspiron, I need the part shipped to Brazil." CreationDate="2020-01-26T22:39:29.117" UserId="10183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21017" PostId="12781" Score="0" Text="The link you provided is nice, thanks. &quot;Driver board&quot; was the key word I was missing =) Would be nice if there were something with better packaging. Looking at [this link](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33012324329.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.574562eebaWlW1&amp;algo_pvid=d89a5203-36d2-4ce5-ac49-517c882fa285&amp;algo_expid=d89a5203-36d2-4ce5-ac49-517c882fa285-0&amp;btsid=b60d760d-2bc4-42db-a2c8-f12a79d003fa&amp;ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_6,searchweb201603_53) the seller also provides [plastic cases](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000010610937.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000023.3.74a0fa205cUgqi)" CreationDate="2020-01-26T22:47:28.083" UserId="10183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21018" PostId="12756" Score="0" Text="@NatsuKage I am looking for detecting water specifically. It should generate a signal on even a single drop of water like a raindrop sensor. For example, Sensor used in a bedwetting alarm. It should not be costly and should be small in size." CreationDate="2020-01-27T05:46:38.403" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21019" PostId="12770" Score="0" Text="Great suggestion. Thanks. No gaming, just work!" CreationDate="2020-01-27T07:12:44.750" UserId="14274" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21020" PostId="12786" Score="1" Text="Thank you for the detailed and very useful explanation. I will check with other boards and make changes to my application for running under Linux Environment. I have tried using a Capture card with RockChip and Jetson Board. Unluckily, Capture card drivers are not compatible with RK3399 as it overwrites the internal drivers and blanks the display. But, the capture card is detected. NVIDIA PCIe Key E doesn't seem to support PCIe x4 card. I tried changing the PCIe E key to M key adapters but still didnot detect the capture card." CreationDate="2020-01-27T10:15:45.723" UserId="14273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21021" PostId="12788" Score="0" Text="Because I can use extended battery on removable battery device. Actually some phones support case-powerbanks but I can't save battery of powerbank by charging up to 80 percent as I can on rooted device. No power bank percentage, just 4 or 6 partitions. And I lose 25% energy by charging phone via USB from power bank. Unless you can suggest me device with 8Ah or more with non-removable battery." CreationDate="2020-01-27T10:47:33.993" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21022" PostId="12768" Score="0" Text="Have you looked into the ASUS ROG Phone 2?&#xA;&quot;Only&quot; 6000 mAh, but since it's a modern CPU it should perform relatively well.&#xA;Removable batteries are pretty much only found on budget / low-range phones these days in my experience." CreationDate="2020-01-27T11:01:03.250" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21023" PostId="12768" Score="0" Text="Thanks, this is really good phone, but I don't really like phones with OLED screens because of permanent retention (burn-in)" CreationDate="2020-01-27T12:23:26.553" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21024" PostId="12762" Score="0" Text="I'm not an expert on iOS, but it seems that there is no documented API for locking or unlocking the phone, so you would have to discover how to invoke that sort of OS functionality. Maybe someone else has already done this for your specific version of iOS. I strongly advise against setting your phone up to work this way; It can entirely defeat the point of having a lock screen if you are going to implement a way for you to circumvent it at the push of a button." CreationDate="2020-01-27T13:32:55.203" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21027" PostId="12788" Score="0" Text="@vasik988 So is that 8Ah with the phones integrated battery AND a battery case, or just the phone battery inside? I mean, the iPhone 11 Pro Max with the battery case gets to about 5-6Ah, but I think what you're describing with different partitions, rooting and an available bootloader." CreationDate="2020-01-27T14:07:09.763" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21028" PostId="12733" Score="0" Text="Also, be aware that some printers have contracts *forcing* the purchaser to also purchase the OEM ink on a regular basis. Failure to buy that company's ink will cause the printer to shut down." CreationDate="2020-01-27T18:43:06.720" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21029" PostId="12791" Score="0" Text="How will this work? How will this detect? and are you saying to wind the wire around the diaper? because I want to make a portable one so I can't wind it around every Diaper. Also, will this generate a signal so I can pass it from a transistor(as a switch) and start buzzer?  Can you please elaborate on your answer?" CreationDate="2020-01-28T06:29:59.007" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21031" PostId="12791" Score="0" Text="@Lucifer, your sensor would just be a swatch of nylon, perhaps a few cm square, placed outside the diaper in a spot likely to become damp." CreationDate="2020-01-28T17:15:38.710" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21032" PostId="12800" Score="0" Text="I agree with @Evan. If this is a gaming PC, I would substitute the RAM speed to 2800MHz or up, but keep the storage size. (Am I wrong for saying storage size on a memory stick?)" CreationDate="2020-01-28T17:16:08.900" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21033" PostId="12803" Score="0" Text="Doesn't the Tiles use both GPS and Bluetooth? I'm not fully sure how those work, and that's what I thought they did. I could be wrong tho." CreationDate="2020-01-28T17:18:48.710" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21035" PostId="12803" Score="0" Text="The Tiles use Bluetooth to pair to your phone. They do have GPS, but it's just a backup for devices that are actually lost versus hiding somewhere in your house. So when I cannot find my TV remote, my Tile Sticker uses bluetooth to establish a connection to my phone and begins chirping. If I cannot find my phone in my house, I can press the button on the tile, which establishes the bluetooth connection, and then my phone rings. But if I leave my wallet at the grocery, the Tile app lets me use GPS to narrow my Tile Slim's last known location." CreationDate="2020-01-28T18:41:37.873" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21036" PostId="12800" Score="0" Text="@TrevorHummer The H110m board supports a max speed of 2400mhz for RAM. Gustavo could purchase faster RAM, but it would just clock down to 2400mhz, or in some cases, just not work. And I would just say size when referring to how many GB or MBs a RAM stick contains. You could say capacity too, but I just stick with size." CreationDate="2020-01-28T18:47:40.027" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21037" PostId="12804" Score="0" Text="Yeah, because of the mechanical keys and the RGB backlights. Seriously, I don't need that. But then I guess it's such a niche product that they probably can't afford to make it cheaply. :P" CreationDate="2020-01-28T19:27:41.977" UserId="14199" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21038" PostId="12804" Score="0" Text="You would be correct, it is a very niche product so you won't find many options, if any, price lower than that. Funny enough, the mainstream version of these is the Elgato Stream Deck which is exponentially more." CreationDate="2020-01-28T19:32:47.920" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21042" PostId="12794" Score="0" Text="I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's probably better suited for electronics.stackexchange.com" CreationDate="2020-01-28T20:32:01.863" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21045" PostId="12785" Score="0" Text="Do you have power draw concerns? If not, would you be opposed to building your own box?" CreationDate="2020-01-28T20:39:29.903" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21046" PostId="12776" Score="0" Text="There's a lot of range here, plenty of laptops support discreet GPUs. **What are you using this laptop for?** Are you looking for more thin and light or pure power? What's your budget? Do you specifically need AMD or Nvidia, OpenCL or CUDA? Do you plan you use your laptop at a desk as well? How much storage do you need? Do you want to dual boot?" CreationDate="2020-01-28T20:42:59.877" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21048" PostId="12760" Score="0" Text="Thanks a lot, I think my issue with robustness is more clear. I could probably prototype on the Raspberry Pi and move on to an SBC you suggested." CreationDate="2020-01-29T03:15:31.670" UserId="14266" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21049" PostId="12791" Score="0" Text="Okay. I understood. Two copper wire connected to the transistor (which will work as a switch).Like this circuit:http://iamtechnical.com/sites/default/files/npn-transistor-as-a-switch_0.gif. Just instead of LEDs, there will a buzzer and one copper wire will be from Base and one from collector with little space between them or between the area which will get wet. As soon as the water starts it will be a conducting material between these two copper wire and will ring Buzzer, right?" CreationDate="2020-01-29T05:47:38.253" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21050" PostId="12794" Score="0" Text="I tried a similar question in electronics exchange and it was closed for the same reason" CreationDate="2020-01-29T06:18:59.677" UserId="14287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21051" PostId="12796" Score="0" Text="Thank you. Without the right keywords it was hard to find the parts" CreationDate="2020-01-29T06:20:06.020" UserId="14287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21052" PostId="12794" Score="0" Text="Hm, interesting, not sure why they wouldn't have taken it. I still think it's off topic for this Stack Exchange though. I am glad you got an answer though." CreationDate="2020-01-29T07:05:50.760" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21054" PostId="12760" Score="0" Text="@GautamRamakrishnan a lot also depends on performance - I have a 500-MHz i.MX 6 at work and node.js startup times are atrocious." CreationDate="2020-01-29T09:27:09.653" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21055" PostId="10942" Score="0" Text="@Romen LGA1151 is the most common Intel socket nowadays. The socket has been used across multiple generations, starting with Skylake (6th gen) and continuing through the current 9th gen Coffee Lake Refresh. Gustavo's H110m is not a 4th gen motherboard, but instead a 6th/7th gen motherboard. It is still possible to find these used locally or online, albeit not the easiest. Everything you wrote about RAM is correct though." CreationDate="2020-01-29T14:13:53.057" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21056" PostId="10942" Score="0" Text="@Evan, I mistook 1151 as the Haswell/Broadwell socket. (1150). It's too late to make a correction to that comment, but that's where it was coming from." CreationDate="2020-01-29T14:52:42.330" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21057" PostId="12814" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for PC, standalone, or mobile VR HMDs?" CreationDate="2020-01-29T16:49:30.663" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21058" PostId="12814" Score="1" Text="@Evan, Based on the quote *&quot;boot directly into the slave app&quot;* they are looking for a standalone VR headset with an OS/firmware that allows a custom app to run on boot. Something like that would get in front of the UX provided on some big-name headsets, so the dev-kit or specially licensed versions of the hardware may be necessary." CreationDate="2020-01-29T17:13:09.743" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21061" PostId="11865" Score="0" Text="Both of the earbuds depicted are made by Apple. Why not just purchase another pair of Apple earbuds?" CreationDate="2020-01-29T18:18:01.347" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21062" PostId="12791" Score="0" Text="@Lucifer, It might work... depending on &quot;buzzer&quot; current requirement, spacing of wires and conductivity of &quot;water&quot; (urine is a better conductor than rain water, so it's more likely to work for a diaper alarm. *Be careful not to leave anything where an infant could get tangled in the cord or swallow parts!!!*" CreationDate="2020-01-29T19:06:57.850" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21064" PostId="12816" Score="0" Text="NASs are one of those things where features and compute power really can matter. As cool as this is—and useful as it can be—you are going to be severely compute and RAM limited compared to a more powerful computer running something like FreeNAS. While this isn't an outright bad solution, it is a limited one. It's easy and cheap, but probably not the most performant. As with many hardware-recommendation related requests, choose two of three: simplicity, value, performance." CreationDate="2020-01-29T19:26:18.317" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21065" PostId="12816" Score="0" Text="Based on the fact that you already have a desktop that you're currently using, it seems to me that your main concern is power draw and space usage, but it's hard to tell exactly what you want with this question is written. So, I think this ends up being a bit of an [XY problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem)." CreationDate="2020-01-29T19:26:24.077" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21066" PostId="12816" Score="0" Text="I would recommend editing this question so we can give you better directed solutions to your needs. What exactly are you using this NAS for? How fast (specifically) does it need to be? How is it connected to its clients? What's your budget? Power limits? Space concerns? Noise concerns? Do you need more disks, or are you willing to use what hardware you've got? What hardware do you have? Would you be okay reusing components from your existing desktop? Would you be willing to buy used?" CreationDate="2020-01-29T19:26:27.783" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21067" PostId="12800" Score="0" Text="okay, I new storage size wasn't right. I thought the H110m went up higher, but I am probably wrong, as I'm looking to buy a Z390 chipset board." CreationDate="2020-01-29T20:04:51.283" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21068" PostId="11906" Score="0" Text="Here's a GTX 970 card for $100. I'm not sure what is better for GPU-accelerated apps, either the GTX 970 or the GTX 960. https://www.pcswaps.com/product/5e090c01e7b1fd21cf7943a2" CreationDate="2020-01-29T20:08:43.443" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21069" PostId="12800" Score="0" Text="Forgot to respond, but I did what you said Evan, I bought 2x8GB and sold my 2x4GB, thanks anyway :)" CreationDate="2020-01-29T21:40:15.030" UserId="11186" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21070" PostId="12803" Score="0" Text="As I understand,  I buy a Bluetooth sticky gadget to be paired with my phone (much like a Bluetooth speaker).  When my phone is too far and loses the connection with the paired gadget, it beeps (much like when the far speaker stops playing). Why do I need to have and pay a distinct subscription service to have my phone beeping on lost connections?" CreationDate="2020-01-29T22:48:37.957" UserId="6395" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21071" PostId="12791" Score="0" Text="Yeah, I will try it and create it. And also take care not to leave any open-wire or power issue to hurt the baby." CreationDate="2020-01-30T07:47:42.813" UserId="14134" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21072" PostId="12800" Score="0" Text="Glad it all worked out! Enjoy my friend :)" CreationDate="2020-01-30T14:16:22.933" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21073" PostId="12803" Score="0" Text="@antonio I agree, it is a bit ridiculous that Tile charges for their Smart Alerts. Luckily Trackr's version called Separation Alerts are free. So if you decide to go with that manufacturer, your only expense will be the purchase of the bluetooth tracker. I personally use my Tile just to find my devices in my house, so not having access to Smart Alerts is not a big deal for me. But if I needed that feature, paying the subscription would be a non-option, I would just switch to Trackr. If you decide to give the Trackr a try, let me know your thoughts on it :)" CreationDate="2020-01-30T14:22:44.183" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21074" PostId="12791" Score="0" Text="That 10 kohm resistor in series with the sensor makes the current safe." CreationDate="2020-01-30T22:09:18.203" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21077" PostId="12741" Score="0" Text="You can objectively compare average expected performance with [benchmarks](https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-4460-vs-Intel-Core-i5-6200U/2310vsm36796)." CreationDate="2020-01-31T03:59:46.533" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21078" PostId="12820" Score="0" Text="It was my mistake: with `framebuffer` I meant without X server." CreationDate="2020-01-31T06:22:43.167" UserId="9528" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21079" PostId="12814" Score="0" Text="Updated the comment. @Romen got it exactly right. I feared something like that would be required. If you come across any devices that happen to allow that easily/cheaply please let me know." CreationDate="2020-01-31T06:45:19.117" UserId="14294" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21080" PostId="12820" Score="0" Text="@Mark i.MX has long positioned itself as **the** HMI SoC. I've read once (lost link) about a harvester HMI updating live from CAN using Qt with QML." CreationDate="2020-01-31T09:07:30.933" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21083" PostId="12820" Score="0" Text="thanks, I'll evaluate also the costs... i.MX6 boards are not obsolete? Now there is i.MX8..." CreationDate="2020-01-31T13:49:15.933" UserId="9528" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21084" PostId="12820" Score="0" Text="@Mark It doesn't work that way on this side of the business. New processors are fasters but that doesn't make old ones obsolete, industrial applications are often more about cost then fast SoCs" CreationDate="2020-01-31T13:52:52.087" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21086" PostId="12820" Score="0" Text="I was afraid about availability on the next years, not about performances of course!" CreationDate="2020-01-31T14:03:53.797" UserId="9528" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21087" PostId="12820" Score="1" Text="@Mark that's how I understood you. A quick look at NXP's website shows those SoCs should be available until 2026, but search for &quot;longevity commitment' yourself. Typically it's 10 or 15 years since launch date." CreationDate="2020-01-31T14:07:54.553" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21089" PostId="10370" Score="0" Text="@JoselinJocklingson, to my knowledge Bose over-ear headphones don't damage/hurt the ear, but I could see how the in-ear earbuds could damage your ear somehow (as an AirPod user, I do get to a point where my ears become sore from having a hard piece of plastic in your ear for hours on end when my older Beats X didn't have as a big of an issue)." CreationDate="2020-01-31T17:36:59.483" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21092" PostId="11729" Score="1" Text="Samsung's &quot;The Frame&quot; is a TV, not a digital picture frame. If you are ok with a TV, why not just purchase a 4K TV or Monitor that is 20&quot;-32&quot;?" CreationDate="2020-01-31T21:51:12.823" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21094" PostId="12825" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the excellent answer!" CreationDate="2020-02-01T08:33:56.137" UserId="14233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21095" PostId="12826" Score="0" Text="Brightness isn't the correct setting...You should usually be able to control the backlight. Did you try the Eco mode on your monitor? Menu -&gt; Picture Advanced -&gt; Picture Mode -&gt; Eco" CreationDate="2020-02-01T21:38:37.243" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21099" PostId="12826" Score="0" Text="@NatsuKage Usually brightness corresponds to the monitor backlight (assuming you're using the native brightness control on the monitor.)" CreationDate="2020-02-02T00:17:29.380" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21100" PostId="12826" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 Yes...depends on the monitor. Some have Brightness and Backlight like a TV, so brightness controls the black level. The Benq EW2430 just says brightness, so it's it's probably the backlight. Eco mode might have a lower setting available...or not." CreationDate="2020-02-02T00:26:35.307" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21102" PostId="12826" Score="0" Text="on &quot;Eco&quot; brightness is on 35 and I can't control it, anyway, my question is how to pick a new monitor that would be able to provide a lower brightness" CreationDate="2020-02-02T07:23:13.327" UserId="14311" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21104" PostId="11729" Score="0" Text="Because of the nice framing of &quot;The Frame&quot;. It's wooden. And also it turns automatically on if somebody is in the room. It's just a working solution. Perfect besides the size." CreationDate="2020-02-02T17:03:31.710" UserId="7325" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21105" PostId="12646" Score="0" Text="What about U.2 drives since they are comparible with sata? I saw Intel has a 15.36tb ssd but It the largest thing I found." CreationDate="2020-02-02T18:31:28.167" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21106" PostId="12830" Score="0" Text="There are currently no laptop CPUs that support such kind of memory" CreationDate="2020-02-02T20:13:45.773" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21107" PostId="12831" Score="1" Text="What kind of precision are you aiming to achieve? You could probably achieve a decent precision using GPS PPS and regular NTP on any SBC with UART, GPIO and an internet connection (preferably wired, not mobile)" CreationDate="2020-02-02T21:35:52.603" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21109" PostId="12825" Score="0" Text="Is it correct to say that haze reduces the colors but increases the contrast? (I am looking at the difference LP173WF1-TLB5 vs B3, panelook.com...)&#xA;Also, matte surface = -100 value in contrast?" CreationDate="2020-02-02T22:12:02.690" UserId="14233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21110" PostId="12831" Score="0" Text="15 what? For 15 milliseconds a good internet is probably enough. 15 microseconds is unrealistic in your budget. For PPS you get any GPS receiver which outputs it on a GPIO and configure it via the device tree." CreationDate="2020-02-02T22:19:40.927" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21112" PostId="12831" Score="0" Text="honestly, I doubt you could get 30 microseconds with USB, not to mention UART. I once read up on cable providers and they typically they have around 50 us in their server rooms, for combined cable+DOCSIS" CreationDate="2020-02-02T22:51:02.450" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21114" PostId="12831" Score="0" Text="you get your clock working with microsecond precision once set properly. But that initial setting of time will not be more precise than a couple milliseconds in your budget. For a system to reach a given precision each part needs to be at least that precise. If all you need is a clock that ticks precisely even if the actual time is a few milliseconds off than save yourself the trouble and get a good RTC and connect it using I2C or SPI." CreationDate="2020-02-02T23:32:36.557" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21115" PostId="12831" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak my half of discussion, and motivation, incorporated into the question" CreationDate="2020-02-02T23:58:32.663" UserId="14318" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21117" PostId="12830" Score="0" Text="@MechEng but there are laptops like Eurocomm which do support plain desktop and severs cpu. So this not relevant." CreationDate="2020-02-03T17:12:24.760" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21119" PostId="12829" Score="0" Text="You should provide us with as many requirements as you can think of, otherwise your question may be hard to answer because it may be too broad. So far you have just told us a price and OS." CreationDate="2020-02-03T17:25:01.360" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21120" PostId="12830" Score="0" Text="Ok, let me rephrase that: there are no CPUs in laptops which could support NVDIMM. Eurocom is no exception here, they stopped using these larger server CPUs before NVDIMM became a thing." CreationDate="2020-02-03T18:28:09.707" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21121" PostId="11052" Score="0" Text="Any Bluetooth transmitter with optical or RCA input should do the trick. @ToniCorinne 's answer is a good example." CreationDate="2020-02-03T19:55:06.227" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21122" PostId="12834" Score="0" Text="What kind of sensor are we talking here? What software is running to pull data from these sensors?" CreationDate="2020-02-03T20:27:39.653" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21125" PostId="12718" Score="0" Text="hardware wise no, but does this help (Windows cmd) **for %L in (1,2,20) do program -p COM%i;done**  It runs the same program over again with different COM port numbers from 1 to 20 increments of 1." CreationDate="2020-02-03T21:05:41.073" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21126" PostId="12683" Score="0" Text="Would putting a clear plastic transparency over the glass help?  For example:  https://www.amazon.com/KOALA-Film-Laser-Printer-Sheets/dp/B07KP1G6DV/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=transparency+overhead+projector+scratch+resistant&amp;qid=1580764334&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr1  I am not recommending this specific product, just a clear sheet of plastic on top of  the glass." CreationDate="2020-02-03T21:14:34.090" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21127" PostId="12732" Score="1" Text="I still owe you a comment. :) I ended up using a KVM switch for desktop and laptop. The few times I use a USB-C capable laptop here I just plug the peripheries in the monitor's hubs. It's not as &quot;clean&quot; as I planned it, but it was a simple cost-benefit question in the end. Thank you again!" CreationDate="2020-02-03T21:35:35.730" UserId="14235" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21128" PostId="12732" Score="0" Text="Glad to hear you found a solution!" CreationDate="2020-02-03T21:41:21.683" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21129" PostId="12834" Score="0" Text="Sensors are connected via LAN (SNMP) or USB (radio) . Software is just script in python to read usb and send snmp commands." CreationDate="2020-02-03T22:18:15.783" UserId="14322" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21130" PostId="12829" Score="0" Text="@Romen well these are main requirements the phone should just be comfortable to use, i don't really care bout perfomace" CreationDate="2020-02-03T23:02:35.447" UserId="14317" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21131" PostId="12834" Score="0" Text="What are your requirements? Industrial might mean a lot of things. Extreme temperatures, vibrations, other things." CreationDate="2020-02-04T08:34:15.553" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21132" PostId="12834" Score="0" Text="@webbee you'd be surprised how common RS485 is. Or even RS232. Or there are current loops too." CreationDate="2020-02-04T08:34:58.543" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21133" PostId="12718" Score="0" Text="@cybernard this is a very cool solution - I don't think the program is capable of such thing but perhaps I could make a tiny AHK script. Getting a large USB splitter wouldn't be an issue." CreationDate="2020-02-04T08:41:02.540" UserId="14232" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21134" PostId="12799" Score="1" Text="Great recommendation! I ended up buying the K380 keyboard and Logitech Marathon mouse. I love it!" CreationDate="2020-02-04T09:21:27.430" UserId="14274" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21135" PostId="12835" Score="0" Text="I know these boards, but i need tested and ready to go solution - in box from supplier with warranty and good support." CreationDate="2020-02-04T09:36:27.207" UserId="14322" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21136" PostId="12834" Score="0" Text="industrial.. i mean not for home use, tested for 24h/day running, maybe ip68. Many minipc products are for desktop, i am looking for small server with described interfaces. Better keyword is &quot;iot gateway&quot; .. finally i found one https://www.axotec.de/en/products/4g-lte-iot-gateway/industrial-computer-rgx-840-flex.html" CreationDate="2020-02-04T09:44:02.287" UserId="14322" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21137" PostId="12829" Score="0" Text="Please edit the question to add information, some people will miss it in the comments." CreationDate="2020-02-04T13:43:45.543" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21138" PostId="12799" Score="1" Text="Glad you found something nice that works out for you! Enjoy!&#xA;P.S. If you found my answer useful, feel free to accept it as an answer." CreationDate="2020-02-04T14:15:09.913" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21149" PostId="12830" Score="0" Text="@Romen except it s not with Intel optane you can remove the power cord and get the computer restarting as if nothing happend. This is an unrelated technology." CreationDate="2020-02-04T17:40:41.733" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21151" PostId="12840" Score="0" Text="Yep. no running cable for me. And please, I have no idea about feet size in my region." CreationDate="2020-02-04T17:48:24.783" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21155" PostId="12830" Score="0" Text="@MechEng disagree. In fact the question is because I m buying such laptop with such cpu. You should update your references." CreationDate="2020-02-04T19:13:25.963" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21157" PostId="12829" Score="0" Text="Define comfortable to use, please because this could include the size of the phone for some users." CreationDate="2020-02-04T22:09:14.883" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21158" PostId="12833" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your help!" CreationDate="2020-02-05T04:19:05.850" UserId="14319" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21159" PostId="12846" Score="0" Text="Hello there. You technically have dozens of choices. What is your budget? Where do you intend to buy the SSD from?" CreationDate="2020-02-05T08:42:13.797" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21162" PostId="12848" Score="0" Text="Can you give a range in USDs? And what quantities are you looking at? Also, keep in mind that designing such a device takes a lot of money and time." CreationDate="2020-02-05T16:50:36.697" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21163" PostId="12848" Score="0" Text="Designing a PCB for a SoM is way easier - the hardest parts are already taken care of." CreationDate="2020-02-05T16:51:56.397" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21164" PostId="12848" Score="0" Text="I'm looking to make an optimized system, considering all factors, including durability and inter-connectivity overhead and replacement cost. I'm assuming it won't cost much more than $100, but it really depends." CreationDate="2020-02-05T17:02:05.300" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21165" PostId="12848" Score="0" Text="Do multiple SoM's stack well?" CreationDate="2020-02-05T17:02:49.963" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21166" PostId="12845" Score="0" Text="It's the main reason why I use an external microphone (Blue Snowball)....almost no wireless PC headset I've tested has acceptable levels of white noise. Most are made for gaming and don't care about absolute audio quality." CreationDate="2020-02-05T17:09:34.470" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21168" PostId="12848" Score="0" Text="SoMs don't stack much better than SoCs, but you don't have to worry about connecting RAM. And working in embedded Linux I can assure you that 100$ is very hard to achieve, especially if you go for better SoCs and consider the R&amp;D costs." CreationDate="2020-02-05T17:25:31.817" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21169" PostId="12852" Score="0" Text="Technically...the Chromecast itself is a SBC. The real problem lies more with the software that the chromecast uses. Pretty sure its proprietary." CreationDate="2020-02-05T18:23:20.217" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21170" PostId="12852" Score="1" Text="@NatsuKage if Netflix doesn't even release ARM binaries, you can imagine the state of SBCs as HTPCs... And x86 SBCs are few and far between. Though I'm pretty sure you would be able to cast with an Android-capable SBC. Definitely not to it." CreationDate="2020-02-05T18:51:02.127" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21171" PostId="12852" Score="0" Text="@NatsuKage Yes I can figure that that Chromecast is an SBC itself and it has to be. My point is can I get close to it with a different SBC (as in general) in terms of the functionalities, I have asked this question guessing the possibilities, to have a better idea in this regard." CreationDate="2020-02-05T19:14:59.617" UserId="7816" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21174" PostId="12848" Score="0" Text="Update: Allwinner's R-Series seems to be a good option for CPU-CoProcessing." CreationDate="2020-02-05T21:49:07.310" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21175" PostId="12851" Score="0" Text="Thanks, but I'm not sure if my goal should be to reinvent the switch. I have discovered a valid CPU-Coprocessor: Allwinner's R-Series." CreationDate="2020-02-05T21:52:12.403" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21176" PostId="12851" Score="0" Text="I'm open to GPU coprocessor's though. Possibly from Nvidia, Intel, AMD, ARM, RISCV, or someone else, who has something in my power envelope." CreationDate="2020-02-05T21:53:34.513" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21177" PostId="12851" Score="0" Text="https://www.amd.com/en/products/embedded" CreationDate="2020-02-05T21:55:44.430" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21178" PostId="12851" Score="0" Text="https://alibaba.com/showroom/gpu-chip.html" CreationDate="2020-02-05T22:03:49.107" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21179" PostId="12646" Score="0" Text="Well, maybe...but probably no. You would have to double-check that the connector of the SSD physically fits to the connector in your laptop. And more importantly, that the drive is not too high for the hard drive bay in your laptop. Most laptops have room for 2.5&quot; drives with 7mm height, all U.2 drives I found above 8TB are much thicker." CreationDate="2020-02-06T08:52:04.973" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21180" PostId="12855" Score="0" Text="If it's too good to be true, it's fake. And it looks fake, just the RTX would cost +$1000" CreationDate="2020-02-06T11:15:55.873" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21181" PostId="12855" Score="0" Text="So fake, lol...." CreationDate="2020-02-06T11:41:29.237" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21183" PostId="12855" Score="0" Text="It's like Wish, never believe in the specs they give if the price is too far off. Knowing Alibaba, if they ever send you one it'll either be older tech, or even worse: just the box." CreationDate="2020-02-06T14:02:02.143" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21184" PostId="12854" Score="0" Text="Honestly, USB connected Ethernet is pretty rare. I would probably answer but I have no idea what you mean by HW time-stamping in the context of NTP." CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:00:13.030" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21185" PostId="12854" Score="0" Text="@jan-dorniak&#xA;`Honestly, USB connected Ethernet is pretty rare.` The older Raspberry Pi's AFAIK all had ethernet connected to the USB bus?" CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:01:46.517" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21186" PostId="12854" Score="0" Text="`but I have no idea what you mean by HW time-stamping in the context of NTP.` Software such as `chrony` can utilize that feature for more accurate time synchronization, but I want it primarily for PTP." CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:02:19.503" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21187" PostId="12854" Score="0" Text="And they are the exception. That they are popular doesn't really matter. That SoC was designed for settops... The SoC in Pi 4 still doesn't have an on-chip MAC, it uses a PCIe connected one." CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:03:23.503" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21188" PostId="12854" Score="1" Text="do you mean something like a hardware RTC? In that case I could probably recommend something but it might end up in a 200 Euro range." CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:04:25.423" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21189" PostId="12854" Score="0" Text="Well, if it can run Linux and has the hardware features I'm wishing for then sure, you can suggest something." CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:08:07.197" UserId="1734" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21190" PostId="12854" Score="0" Text="I will look for it in a few hours (still at work), but for now you can go through my profile to the Qt SBC answer, it would be likely similar hardware." CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:29:56.117" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21193" PostId="12861" Score="0" Text="Yes, it looks incompatible. I will need the 04X5359. I am talking about the lid cover on an X250." CreationDate="2020-02-07T06:09:41.343" UserId="6213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21194" PostId="12862" Score="0" Text="**where** do you live? Give us a country, it will be easier to search." CreationDate="2020-02-07T08:17:47.880" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21195" PostId="12862" Score="0" Text="I live in India @JanDorniak But I can buy items from US if having international warranty" CreationDate="2020-02-07T08:21:15.210" UserId="14257" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21196" PostId="12857" Score="0" Text="What sort of 5V power source? That means I need two devices at all times, the tester and the power source? Ideally I wanted something pocket sized and portable." CreationDate="2020-02-07T08:46:18.770" UserId="14334" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21197" PostId="12857" Score="0" Text="Juste stick it to a 5V battery back for cell phones?  Tge kind you get at tge dollar store. https://images.app.goo.gl/ehpfZEJ4wjYkYFnN7" CreationDate="2020-02-07T11:12:10.877" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21198" PostId="12857" Score="0" Text="That's a very good idea - i'll give it a god thanks!" CreationDate="2020-02-07T12:49:07.737" UserId="14334" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21199" PostId="12857" Score="0" Text="@TheOrdinaryGeek  You're welcome! I have to say I can't guarantee it will work because it depends on if the USB adapter powers on completely with just 5V instead of a USB connection. Don't see why it wouldn't though. It's a 10$ bet I would be willing to take rather than buying them complicated testers though." CreationDate="2020-02-07T12:55:09.487" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21200" PostId="12857" Score="0" Text="Yea I agree it's worth a go, i'll let you know if it works!" CreationDate="2020-02-07T13:01:39.703" UserId="14334" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21201" PostId="12862" Score="0" Text="If *I* were buying a new laptop, I'd be holding out for an IceLake CPU; big increase in IPC, and AVX512 is really cool (at least for me; I do low-level performance tuning / assembly / microbenchmarks, and also some video encoding where AVX512 has real-world use).  Also Ice Lake graphics performance apparently improved a lot.  Zen2 is interesting, though, and isn't vulnerable to most of the Meltdown / MDS style vulnerabilities that Intel CPUs are, only Spectre." CreationDate="2020-02-07T13:11:56.460" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21202" PostId="12851" Score="0" Text="Hey bro, I'll accept you're answer if you can provide more sources like the one's I'm linking too." CreationDate="2020-02-07T14:47:24.627" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21203" PostId="12851" Score="0" Text="https://wccftech.com/nvidia-hopper-gpu-mcm-leaked/" CreationDate="2020-02-07T14:47:47.120" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21204" PostId="12851" Score="0" Text="https://shakti.org.in" CreationDate="2020-02-07T14:47:53.537" UserId="3815" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21205" PostId="12846" Score="0" Text="@NatsuKage Hi, I understand there are a lot of them to choose from, and I'll buy it wherever. Max 100$. Thank you." CreationDate="2020-02-07T15:11:37.977" UserId="14329" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21206" PostId="12846" Score="0" Text="I meant to ask for your location? Shipping cost can be quite prohibitive nowadays. As Evan said, Samsung and Crucial are quite good, but their price is sometimes higher for nothing at some locations." CreationDate="2020-02-07T15:13:52.620" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21207" PostId="12863" Score="0" Text="&quot;Are there some libraries/software that would favor Intel over AMD?&quot; -- The main reason that one CPU may be favoured over the other is if a library uses an extension that one CPU has and the other doesn't. [AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Extensions](https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/ryzen_7/3700x#Features), [Intel i7-9700K Extensions](https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/core_i7/i7-9700k#Features)." CreationDate="2020-02-07T16:17:49.993" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21208" PostId="12863" Score="0" Text="Without checking any benchmarks, I can see that the AMD Ryzen 7 supports more threads and has a bigger cache, so it will probably outperform the i7-9700K in most multi-threaded workloads." CreationDate="2020-02-07T16:19:43.660" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21212" PostId="12865" Score="0" Text="Hello there. What exactly is your PC? Desktop, laptop? You've given no info besides the motherboard. Its quite impossible your socket is BGA1023 for this motherboard. The Q6600 isn't manufactured with that socket." CreationDate="2020-02-08T15:29:56.823" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21213" PostId="12865" Score="0" Text="It is à hp pavillons élite. It's a desktop.  I'm on my Phone, I'll add others specifications once i-my back home. What other specifications is needed? Bios versions?" CreationDate="2020-02-08T19:25:04.477" UserId="7606" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21214" PostId="12865" Score="0" Text="I can already tell you: the Q9650 is compatible with your computer for sure. I'll create an answer." CreationDate="2020-02-08T19:29:07.150" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21215" PostId="12868" Score="1" Text="Great!, Yes, I'll get a new pc eventually, but for now the timing is wrong. &#xA;Also, thumb up for the warning between QX and Q." CreationDate="2020-02-08T20:59:33.673" UserId="7606" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21216" PostId="12869" Score="0" Text="Did you check this: https://www.amazon.com/BrosTrend-1200Mbps-Wireless-Raspbian-Raspberry/dp/B07FCNP2VL/ref=pd_cp_147_3/137-9137512-9609455?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=B07FCNP2VL&amp;pd_rd_r=8976068b-6762-4ca1-884b-8c5761745cc0&amp;pd_rd_w=EbNF5&amp;pd_rd_wg=ri4yr&amp;pf_rd_p=592dc715-8438-4207-b7fa-4c7afdeb6112&amp;pf_rd_r=SA2D3Q2HXK0N4YVBBFV5&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=SA2D3Q2HXK0N4YVBBFV5   It's said to support Linux out of the box. People have successfully used it with Fedora too. Also, maxing out AC1200 on USB2 is impossible. The limit is 480Mb/s. So around 40MB/s." CreationDate="2020-02-08T21:09:56.330" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21217" PostId="12868" Score="1" Text="I've got room on the power supply. Some seller on ebay have some Xeon X5470 modified to be compatible with 775 socket. [This model would give 71% improvement best the Q9650.](https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Xeon-X5470-vs-Intel-Core2-Quad-Q6600/m14102vs1980) Vendor offer to verify compatibility, I'll check with them." CreationDate="2020-02-09T05:41:07.940" UserId="7606" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21218" PostId="12868" Score="1" Text="@AXMIM That's the kind of processor that probably will not work. Don't buy modified CPU. You'll have other problems with them most often." CreationDate="2020-02-09T14:50:10.650" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21219" PostId="12870" Score="0" Text="Have you checked the local prices for the Samsung Xcover 4 / 4s? https://www.notebookcheck.net/Rugged-Smartphone-Samsung-Galaxy-XCover-4s-in-Review-A-Rarity-for-Outdoor-Smartphone-Fans.428745.0.html  They both accept Android 9 Pie and are well documented." CreationDate="2020-02-09T16:24:28.417" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21220" PostId="12871" Score="0" Text="Graphics card requirements depend more on the games you want to run, and the settings you use. The display you need to drive is of secondary concern. Also, knowing more about the rest of the system would be helpful, in order to ensure compatibility and avoid bottlenecks elsewhere." CreationDate="2020-02-09T17:52:44.500" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21221" PostId="12869" Score="0" Text="That (https://www.trendtechcn.com/Product.aspx?ProductId=328&amp;TypeId=2) requires a driver (https://www.trendtechcn.com/userfiles/BrosTrend%20USB%20WiFi%20Adapter%20User%20Manual_V1.3.pdf), which sounds like I'd have to recompile often, and even so it won't work at all with some Linux distros (see Amazon Q&amp;A) including Fedora 29 (I sometimes need old distros). The driver is available only through Internet (needing another connection) and when purchase verified (see Amazon Q&amp;A &amp; reviews), so maybe later recompiling for future Linux kernels is unsupported." CreationDate="2020-02-09T22:55:28.817" UserId="14347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21222" PostId="12869" Score="1" Text="Problem is: every single adapter you will find that works with USB will need a driver. Especially so in an **extremely** complicated device such as PCIe to USB conversion. They are completely different methods of communication and drivers are needed for translation. It'll be even worse with a PCIe adapter, guaranteed.  At least BrosTrend offer active support for installation on most distros." CreationDate="2020-02-09T22:59:52.150" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21223" PostId="12872" Score="1" Text="The cheapest projector is less than 50$ USD ... https://www.amazon.com/UC18-Portable-Projector-Theater-language/dp/B01N2KISKG/ref=sr_1_19?keywords=projector&amp;qid=1581292925&amp;refinements=p_85%3A2470955011%2Cp_n_feature_eleven_browse-bin%3A2057590011&amp;rnid=2057588011&amp;rps=1&amp;s=electronics&amp;sr=1-19   Sure, they look quite bad (320*180), but even the best diy project can't beat them cheap LCD projectors." CreationDate="2020-02-10T00:03:23.740" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21224" PostId="12872" Score="0" Text="Laser pointer, two small stepper motors + Arduino?" CreationDate="2020-02-10T09:36:38.637" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21225" PostId="12661" Score="0" Text="Sry for later update, 1)some of the programming languages  (2)spe i 5 ,8th gen for best performance (3)screen size I do prefer bcoz as i use it for learning" CreationDate="2020-02-10T13:48:43.563" UserId="14194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21229" PostId="12871" Score="0" Text="The &quot;recommended system requirements&quot; will tell you all you need to know if you have a game in mind already." CreationDate="2020-02-10T15:52:13.840" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21240" PostId="12872" Score="0" Text="A bright LCD display in a dim room using a Fresnel lens to project the image. See https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-LED-Projector/" CreationDate="2020-02-10T22:48:29.753" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21243" PostId="12873" Score="0" Text="Where do I look for a part like this?" CreationDate="2020-02-11T03:15:50.773" UserId="14350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21244" PostId="12881" Score="0" Text="I agree all the way that ECC and 8 cores might be better. But IPC and RAM bandwidth might help more on the long run. Anyways, both are pretty much low power for a server." CreationDate="2020-02-11T13:36:40.853" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21245" PostId="12886" Score="0" Text="Hello there. I don't believe there's foot switches that work with bluetooth and control the shutter. You'll have to make one yourself. You can use a hand switch like this and modify it: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Bluetooth-Selfie-Shutter-Remote-Camera-Control-Button-for-iPhone-6-7-8-Samsung/143425887540?hash=item2164d95d34:g:qSQAAOSwy21dt-8z  Any remote shutter like that one should start and stop the video. No need for any software." CreationDate="2020-02-11T16:50:52.067" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21247" PostId="12885" Score="1" Text="Not really. Realistically, you won't get much more than 200W of sustained power consumption for daily use. This is still not enough to overwhelm a 240mm radiator. Generally speaking, CPU power consumption is rather low during gaming sessions. In a GPU-limited scenario, the CPU is not fully utilized. And most CPU-heavy titles still don't make use of this many threads, leading to lower CPU power consumption." CreationDate="2020-02-11T17:05:35.090" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21248" PostId="12885" Score="0" Text="Would there be a noticeable difference if I overclock my CPU? i'm coming from using a gaming laptop that would run 70c on CPU at 95% utilization and 65c on GPU at 90% utilization (i5-730HQ and GTX 1050) so I'd like to get those numbers as low as possible. I'm not *super* worried about price as it is a high end PC." CreationDate="2020-02-11T17:06:25.547" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21249" PostId="12885" Score="0" Text="Okay! thanks. That solves that answer." CreationDate="2020-02-11T17:06:52.187" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21250" PostId="12881" Score="0" Text="Speaking of power: an old dual-socket LGA 771 platform is not exactly energy efficient, regardless of idle or full load. Personally, I would not go with anything older than Ivy bridge (Xeon E5-2xxxv2) these days. But then again, electricity is rather expensive where I live." CreationDate="2020-02-11T17:32:32.380" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21253" PostId="12876" Score="0" Text="As written, it's really hard to recommend the correct setup for you. Can you clarify what you're using this database for? I assume you're okay with buying used; what's your budget?" CreationDate="2020-02-11T21:33:57.323" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21254" PostId="12869" Score="1" Text="OK, for now. I have a USB device for the low-frequency band, and it must use a driver already in the kernel. Maybe someday someone will make a model for the high-frequency band with USB and that's compatible with the software already in the kernel. I doubt the kernel is band-specific, since internal Wi-Fi works on my other Linux laptop. By the way, 480Mb/s should be 60MB/s except for some unusual computers that use, say, 9 bits/byte." CreationDate="2020-02-11T23:24:05.600" UserId="14347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21255" PostId="12869" Score="1" Text="I was accounting for real life. USB 2.0 rarely goes over 40MB/s. Too much overhead. And yep, even windows has that issue with 5ghz wifi: not always ok with internal drivers." CreationDate="2020-02-11T23:27:19.353" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21256" PostId="12881" Score="0" Text="@Natsu and MechEng - You both make great points!&#xA;&#xA;Natsu, regarding compute power, I assumed Diego (OP) either judges it to be enough, or is constrained by budget. If it's budgetary, my experiences in the refurb market are a comparison point (but only one point).&#xA;&#xA;MechEng, :D I often forget about power consumption and cooling in informal discussions, I think because my company's office is &quot;all bills paid,&quot; and our clients place servers in &quot;retail&quot; locations that foot the bill for power and cooling.  I forget sometimes how lucky I am that when I calculate that cost, it's purely theoretical!" CreationDate="2020-02-12T01:10:00.113" UserId="14361" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21257" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="Maybe this can fit the bill. It says it's supported by Alsa at least: https://www.minidsp.com/products/plate-amplifiers/il-dsp-headphone-amp  Has a parametric EQ that can be easily disabled." CreationDate="2020-02-12T04:43:15.847" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21258" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="@NatsuKage It also says that the control app only works on Mac and Windows.  Not Linux.  Otherwise, it looks nice.  (I guess I could jerry-rig a Windows box to it and set it that way, then plug it back into the Pi, but that's kinda clunky.)" CreationDate="2020-02-12T05:43:03.680" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21259" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="You could also just make a quick VM of windows on Linux and control the app from there. I agree its not ideal... Fits the bill I think though once programmed. Not exactly cheap, though its fine for the price range." CreationDate="2020-02-12T09:02:40.467" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21260" PostId="12888" Score="1" Text="The 7T (non-pro) definitely fails in the screen department - mine had some horribly uneven gray levels at lower brightness. The XR is *really* weak in comparison to the other two.&#xA;Perhaps the &quot;Nubia Red Magic 3S&quot; might be an option too? I have no idea how much it costs in your market though." CreationDate="2020-02-12T14:44:34.240" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21261" PostId="12881" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the detailed explanation :)" CreationDate="2020-02-12T14:47:33.787" UserId="14355" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21262" PostId="12889" Score="0" Text="I tried an 8 pin mini din and it did not work." CreationDate="2020-02-12T15:08:34.600" UserId="14366" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21263" PostId="12889" Score="0" Text="Looks like a mini-Din 8 but you said it won't work so I'm not sure why. You may seek for help on [su] though." CreationDate="2020-02-12T16:00:50.223" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21268" PostId="12893" Score="0" Text="I was also thinking about iPhone XR, but one thing is keeping me away from buying iPhone is it doesn't have a headphone jack. What do you say?" CreationDate="2020-02-13T04:35:03.687" UserId="14365" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21269" PostId="12888" Score="0" Text="Good suggestion though!! It would cost around 43k INR for me." CreationDate="2020-02-13T04:39:42.763" UserId="14365" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21270" PostId="12893" Score="0" Text="I’d say to do one of these things. Buy the Lightning jack to 3.5 adapter for 10$ in the USA since one doesn’t come with it (ever wonder how  Apple is worth 1 Trillion dollars), use the lightning cable earpods that come with the phone, or buy some wireless earbuds or headphones" CreationDate="2020-02-13T04:41:34.220" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21272" PostId="12694" Score="0" Text="I have a GTX 1050 Mobile and I can play new gamesat Medium to High at 1080p FHD at 60fps" CreationDate="2020-02-13T04:59:54.817" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21273" PostId="12893" Score="0" Text="If that helps and is what you’ve gone through with remember to accept my answer. It would be greatly appreciated." CreationDate="2020-02-13T05:09:00.367" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21274" PostId="12893" Score="0" Text="you are right, 10$ in USA won't be a big deal, but in my country India it is kinda a big deal to spend extra 1k INR for me. Anyway thanks for your help, (Accepted)" CreationDate="2020-02-13T05:34:02.660" UserId="14365" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21275" PostId="12897" Score="0" Text="I think the Red Magic 3 is the only choice with all those specs up to now. It beats the S10 performance wise by a lot too." CreationDate="2020-02-13T12:38:15.220" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21280" PostId="325" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure if Netflix currently works on Raspberry Pi (their DRM may not work with the Pi's ARM OS), but they're cheap, fully functional Linux computers with 1080p HDMI. Hopefully someone can confirm that Netflix works on them right now?" CreationDate="2020-02-13T16:31:08.110" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21285" PostId="12902" Score="0" Text="I agree those would fit requirements, but IF you’re open to switching to an Apple iPhone, I would get an iPhone Xr or iPhone Xs (non-max) or iPhone 11 (Non-max or pro)" CreationDate="2020-02-14T02:47:11.610" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21287" PostId="12902" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your effort and this very comprehensive list!&#xA;I was not aware of the Realme X2 Pro, and it's much easier to source here - though rooting seems to void their warranty. Guess it's a compromise either way." CreationDate="2020-02-14T07:35:42.770" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21288" PostId="2561" Score="0" Text="It's 2020, any updates?" CreationDate="2020-02-14T08:16:14.913" UserId="14379" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21289" PostId="12907" Score="0" Text="Here, on the hardwarerecs, your task is to make your question looking for very clearly a hardware recommendation. I suggest to re-edit it looking to &quot;with what could I connect X to Y&quot;." CreationDate="2020-02-14T13:41:11.250" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21290" PostId="12907" Score="0" Text="@peterh-ReinstateMonica So it might be off-topic here because it's not clearly a hardware recommendation?  LOL" CreationDate="2020-02-14T13:43:18.160" UserId="14380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21291" PostId="12907" Score="0" Text="No-no! Here it is ontopic, but it is practical to make it more on-topic looking. It has no close votes (yet)." CreationDate="2020-02-14T13:54:56.770" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21296" PostId="12908" Score="0" Text="I was afraid of this.  I was hoping that some cards may exist that don't require the THB_C port.  Is there a technical reason why this is not possible the same way that FireWire expansion cards exist without needing a specific connector on the MB?" CreationDate="2020-02-14T14:50:34.173" UserId="14380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21297" PostId="8812" Score="0" Text="**gold 6254**; 18-core @ 3.1ghz base frequency" CreationDate="2020-02-14T16:54:20.857" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21298" PostId="12902" Score="0" Text="So I've just bought a Redmi X2 Pro locally - same horrible screen quality at low brightness as on the OnePlus 7T." CreationDate="2020-02-14T18:17:12.383" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21299" PostId="12902" Score="0" Text="Actually redme x2 pro is known for fast Charging and budget performance compared to one plus maybe screen brightness solved in next update if its software issue else have to use in same way." CreationDate="2020-02-15T04:24:58.117" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21300" PostId="12870" Score="0" Text="Checkout Honor 9X and Asus 6Z both are Robust Phone but asus have higher specs in this budget ." CreationDate="2020-02-15T04:29:09.807" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21304" PostId="12913" Score="0" Text="Hello there. The issue lies with the fact that most USB3 adapters are for recent 2.5 drives. USB can only give 5V, so the 12V needs an external supply. You could simply buy one with its own power supply? You aren't going to save any costs and time by buying one without a supply.  If you really want your own supply, these are the only ones available afaik: https://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Drive-Adapter-Converter-External/dp/B00BIE996S/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=usb2+sata&amp;qid=1581797487&amp;sr=8-3" CreationDate="2020-02-15T20:11:16.863" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21305" PostId="12914" Score="0" Text="Thanks for finding these. They have the correct layout but are, however, too high for me." CreationDate="2020-02-15T20:50:30.767" UserId="14120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21306" PostId="12914" Score="1" Text="I kind of understand your pain. I like my lower profiled membrane keyboard compared to the mechanical ones. But it seems like no one wants to make a low-profiled 87key/TKL keyboard. Just checked through hundreds of different keyboards with that layout: all mechanical. Even the chinese ones." CreationDate="2020-02-15T21:12:27.033" UserId="14275" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21315" PostId="12908" Score="0" Text="@herman Don't quote me on this, but I would imagine it would be due to the bandwidth of PCI-express lanes. PCI-Express 3.0's 8 GT/s bit rate is lower than the 40 GT/s bit rate of Thunderbolt 3, as is the 16 GT/s bit rate of the newer PCI-Express 4.0 on AMD's X570 boards (made for Zen 2)." CreationDate="2020-02-17T16:42:30.627" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21329" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="Why not go for an analog solution? I used a 40-years old EQ on the line between my PC and the amp (no eq loop unfortunately :/) and it worked decently." CreationDate="2020-02-19T09:11:34.843" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21330" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak Yes, I could do that, and I haven't completely discounted the idea.  It would need to be a custom design because of the physical space, but I can do that.  But then there's the cost of making a custom one-off device, compared to an off-the-shelf thing that does far more." CreationDate="2020-02-19T15:30:41.087" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21331" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="And from a technical standpoint, DSP is lightyears better quality than analog.  Yes, analog can have a &quot;character&quot; that people like, but that's technically distortion, which I'm not interested in for this application.  Quantized time in digital is a misconception, and quantized amplitude is far lower than an analog noise floor.  (https://www.xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml)" CreationDate="2020-02-19T15:31:02.807" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21332" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="@AaronD if you're up for it, Audio Weaver, a DSP code generator, has a free version for STM32 devices. People have used STM32F4 Discovery as a DAC successfully. All you need is to create your effect from blocks in Audio Weaver. Requires a Windows PC" CreationDate="2020-02-19T15:38:16.743" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21333" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak Hmm...seemingly equivalent functionality in a slightly larger size than the MiniDSP but not obtrusively large, for 1/4 the cost.  ($25 compared to $100)  That could be attractive.  Windows only is still a bummer, but if it remembers the settings and the audio *stream* works on a Pi, then it's no worse than the MiniDSP." CreationDate="2020-02-19T16:15:46.310" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21334" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="@AaronD basically, you build your effect/EQ/whatever out of blocks and it's programmed into the board. You can even test it almost live while working. I believe it's on one of the standard USB audio classes so it should work." CreationDate="2020-02-19T16:18:56.757" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21335" PostId="12887" Score="0" Text="Or, the F746 Discovery has way more RAM (8 megs)" CreationDate="2020-02-19T16:25:33.107" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21337" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="One more question...I think.  From what I've seen so far, it looks like I would buy the board and only the board, install a free IDE on a Windows box, use the IDE to put an existing demo program on the board, and then use a different function of the same IDE to tweak some predetermined settings.  If I wanted to, I could then change the demo program to do whatever I want, and the only cost in total is the board itself.  Right?" CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:01:37.190" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21338" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="@AaronD I edited my answer to answer you" CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:11:49.663" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21339" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="It's not what I had in mind, but better!  Thanks a lot for the video!  I really like the LabVIEW/signal-flow feel for signal processing instead of the direct procedural math in C that I would have done it in.  I might just have to go for that!  I'll let it sit a bit to see if someone else can beat it, but it's going to be pretty hard without an equivalent of AudioWeaver on a Pi." CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:26:59.693" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21340" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="Actually, the paid version of AudioWeaver supports the Pi itself from what I saw." CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:27:54.037" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21341" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="Where did you find that?  I'm coming up empty.  I found the paid version just fine, but I don't see the Pi mentioned." CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:30:34.180" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21342" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="https://dspconcepts.com/forums/audio-weaver-general/89-faq-which-development-boards-are-supported-audio-weaver" CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:35:59.583" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21344" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="Ah!  Okay, I did see that, but I interpreted it as using the Pi as the dedicated DSP, while AW still runs on Windows to configure it." CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:41:04.890" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21345" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="@AaronD Yeah, that's what I meant :P you might be glad to know that programming and audio use separate USB connectors." CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:42:24.840" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21346" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="That the Pi is the DSP. Although I don't know about dedicated" CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:44:35.970" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21348" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="My original problem is using the Pi as the DSP, and suspecting not enough spare cycles or buffers or whatever to keep up, and so I'm looking to offload that.  Ideally, the solution would be an external DSP with all the configuration tools running on the Pi, and only when needed to change something.  I guess the next best thing would be to separate the audio and control connections like you say the ST board does, so that a Windows laptop can be added temporarily to tweak it, but it would be better if it was all on the Pi except for the DSP itself." CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:51:05.150" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21349" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="@AaronD the Pi is very powerful. And I remember playing Warcraft 3 while listening to music on a 300 MHz Pentium 2. One issue I had with software EQs is that they allowed you to set steep curves while not being able to handle them and introducing artifacts." CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:54:14.750" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21350" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="That might be what I'm hearing.  Do you have a known example that I could listen to and compare?  I had to be pretty aggressive on the 10-band graphic to make my speakers sound even close to &quot;right&quot;.  Looking at the shape though, I think a single biquad should be able to do that by itself." CreationDate="2020-02-19T21:59:23.507" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21351" PostId="12930" Score="0" Text="@AaronD not really, it was back when WinAmp was my player of choice" CreationDate="2020-02-19T22:00:25.037" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21352" PostId="12934" Score="0" Text="Your link sends me to a login page." CreationDate="2020-02-20T22:16:06.887" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21353" PostId="12934" Score="0" Text="Apparently, in order to commit a search, one must sign in. You can go to www.instructables.com and search for binary watch to get the results from the link. I'll change the link appropriately." CreationDate="2020-02-20T22:41:56.757" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21354" PostId="12931" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I know modern servers have options. Yet, I have some legacy hardware and replacing the motherboard/computer to get built-in functionality is not an option." CreationDate="2020-02-21T01:02:47.030" UserId="1594" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21355" PostId="12934" Score="0" Text="This is exactly what I wanted. From the expression &quot;Binary digital watch&quot; I happened to find [a video with that title](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMf2MduzDk) that explained the operation of the binary digital watch, then found several similar products with that name at online retailers. I like this one the best because it's geeky and stylish." CreationDate="2020-02-21T08:58:41.420" UserId="9599" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21356" PostId="12935" Score="0" Text="I can only guess that you are comparing base clock frequencies here. These are not enough to make any assumptions about battery life. The exact CPU models would be a step up in the quality of information presented. Better yet, add in the model names of the laptops you are interested in. Without this information, nobody can judge battery life of two laptops you want to compare." CreationDate="2020-02-21T15:00:23.157" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21358" PostId="12935" Score="0" Text="If we assume both CPUs are the same brand and generation, then typically the CPU with the higher clock speed also has a higher TDP. That means it *can* drain the battery quicker, but that depends on your power &amp; performance settings. Modern CPUs can scale their *actual* clock speed to a more efficient level for a given workload. So both CPUs may drain the battery similarly since the &quot;faster&quot; one could downclock for a light workload. However, the battery drain is majorly affected by *other* components in a laptop, so two different laptops with similar CPUs will have different battery life." CreationDate="2020-02-21T15:15:31.283" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21359" PostId="12935" Score="0" Text="the #1 is the base 13' mac: 1.4GHz quad-core 8th-generation Intel Core i5 processor&#xA;And the second one is also 13' mac: Intel® Core™ i5-8269U Prozessor (6 MB Cache, bis zu 4.20 GHz)" CreationDate="2020-02-21T15:31:12.020" UserId="14411" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21360" PostId="12936" Score="0" Text="Not trying to nitpick, but CPU throttling is a different story entirely: dropping below base clock during load, due to thermal or power constraints." CreationDate="2020-02-21T17:35:53.480" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21361" PostId="12936" Score="0" Text="I think it depends on the context refering to &quot;throttling&quot;.  There's throttling based on TDP and the cpu overheating, and there's intel speedstep which *throttles* the cpu dynamically based on cpu core voltage and operating frequency.  different story yes, but kind of in the same book." CreationDate="2020-02-21T17:45:41.807" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21362" PostId="12935" Score="0" Text="Not to go from low level to high level, but most laptops will have an estimated battery life (in hours) listed in their spec sheets. This estimation is typically the longest possible time they were able to achieve on a full battery charge. This test can differ manufacturer to manufacturer, but it is typically done with minimal services running, idle on the desktop, in order to achieve the highest possible time for them to advertise. Adding additional load will always reduce that number." CreationDate="2020-02-21T19:22:31.773" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21373" PostId="12914" Score="0" Text="Keep in mind that all Cherry MX switches, and most other mechanical switches, have removable keycaps with a standard peg/socket. You could search for a low profile keycap set and replace the keys on almost any TKL board." CreationDate="2020-02-21T22:17:32.387" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21383" PostId="12936" Score="0" Text="This answer doesn't point out something that can be *much* more important for determining &quot;battery draining time&quot;: The *other* components in the computer (GPU, HDD vs SSD, fan vs fanless, screen, speakers, WiFi) may draw more power on one model vs the other. Even if both CPUs are the same gen and scale to the same clock speed, the total power draw of the laptop can still be very different. I'm not familiar with the Mac models they mentioned, but the components I listed above are worth noting for their impact on battery life." CreationDate="2020-02-23T05:07:59.143" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21384" PostId="12945" Score="0" Text="Hi, I have the following screens: &#xA;&#xA;- Samsung S22B300&#xA;- Philips PHL 223v5&#xA;- Dell E2218HN&#xA;&#xA;I think none of these have a Vesa Mount, but I am not sure. I have found some monitor stands online, but I am unsure about if they will be compatible with my monitors. Is there any way I can find out before buying them?&#xA;&#xA;Regarding the free rotation of the screen - in any case I would like one of the three screens to be permanently vertical, so it's not an issue if the orientation is not easily changed" CreationDate="2020-02-23T16:16:35.247" UserId="14417" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21385" PostId="12945" Score="1" Text="Please add those screens to your question." CreationDate="2020-02-23T16:31:11.020" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21386" PostId="12946" Score="0" Text="Which hand are you using your mouse with?" CreationDate="2020-02-24T08:10:36.377" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21387" PostId="12946" Score="0" Text="Also, do you allow for software setup? E.g. you would be required to program which button is which in mouse vendor software before using it for the first time?" CreationDate="2020-02-24T16:10:52.090" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21388" PostId="12946" Score="0" Text="If you're OK with software programmable buttons, which OS does the mouse need to be compatible with?" CreationDate="2020-02-24T21:58:53.957" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21389" PostId="12952" Score="0" Text="or you can outsource to the cloud, which may be the least expensive way to do what you ask these days" CreationDate="2020-02-25T18:58:14.143" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21390" PostId="12952" Score="0" Text="https://www.insightsforprofessionals.com/it/leadership/data-compliance-standards" CreationDate="2020-02-25T19:07:00.320" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21392" PostId="12943" Score="1" Text="You only need to worry about IOMMU support if you want to run games with good graphics performance in the Windows 10 VM. IOMMU is a feature that allows a VM to &quot;see&quot; hardware in the host system, and therefore use it as if it were physically installed in the *virtual* system. However, booting the Windows 10 OS inside a VM from its own NVMe drive may require IOMMU, it depends on a lot of specific configuration details." CreationDate="2020-02-25T22:55:59.787" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21395" PostId="12946" Score="0" Text="@Romen usually those soft programmable mice have settings saved in the mouse itself. At least for the DPI, haven't tested it with buttons." CreationDate="2020-02-26T07:54:00.600" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21396" PostId="12960" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for open source or just Linux support? Most older Qualcomm and Broadcom devices have decent support but require binary blobs. Also what's your kernel version and distro?" CreationDate="2020-02-26T09:15:48.070" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21397" PostId="12960" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak, later than 4.19. I use several distro, Debian, Fedora, Arch Linux etc." CreationDate="2020-02-26T10:06:37.880" UserId="14431" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21399" PostId="12946" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak, We still need to know which OS they will need, what good is the on-board memory if the software for programming it doesn't work for you?" CreationDate="2020-02-26T13:13:15.490" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21400" PostId="12946" Score="0" Text="@Romen I did stuff like programming the on-board memory on a friend's Windows machine when I had only Linux. Worked like a charm. My point is that one-off programming is way less of a hurdle." CreationDate="2020-02-26T13:15:30.553" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21402" PostId="12961" Score="1" Text="Do I even want to know why you want this?" CreationDate="2020-02-26T18:00:23.457" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21403" PostId="12963" Score="2" Text="Unfortunately, I struggled to find any USB-C Wi-Fi adapters currently on the market, and if any do exist, I imagine they won't be the form factor that you are looking for." CreationDate="2020-02-26T22:00:00.223" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21405" PostId="12965" Score="1" Text="Would a touchscreen be acceptable instead of a physical pin pad?" CreationDate="2020-02-27T02:21:20.667" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21406" PostId="12965" Score="1" Text="Yes, I think a touchscreen would be a potential solution. Maybe a small touchscreen that the Pi would mount behind of, and run a web page in kiosk mode to gather the member numbers." CreationDate="2020-02-27T04:19:06.597" UserId="14436" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21407" PostId="12252" Score="0" Text="There are some STM Nucleo boards with on-board display [available](https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/stm32-nucleo-boards.html#products). Thanx a 1,000,000 for your help. I will buy a few of these while waiting for my ultimate goal : [BLE5.1 with on-board eInk (or other display)](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/12435/ble5-1-with-on-board-eink-or-other-display)" CreationDate="2020-02-27T08:06:19.057" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21408" PostId="12435" Score="0" Text="STM Nucleo is Arduino compatible, so display should be no problem. But, alas, no 5.1 as yet - only Nordic have that" CreationDate="2020-02-27T08:07:24.400" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21409" PostId="12435" Score="1" Text="regarding ST, they have their own debuggers using SWD which can go as low as 10$: : https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stlink-v3mini.html and in general for Cortex-M it's usually SWD due to the lower pin count." CreationDate="2020-02-27T08:10:26.093" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21410" PostId="12435" Score="1" Text="There is also the FOSS [Black Magic Probe](https://github.com/blacksphere/blackmagic/wiki) but I had issues configuring my IDE to use a gdb server over VCOM." CreationDate="2020-02-27T08:19:41.250" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21414" PostId="12893" Score="0" Text="just came to know that iPhone XR doesn't even have an FHD screen. A big no" CreationDate="2020-02-27T09:40:39.100" UserId="14365" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21415" PostId="12961" Score="1" Text="I certainly do :-) This is giving me ideas. I want a radio where I can add apps that I code myself. Mwuuuuuuuuhahahhahaha!!!" CreationDate="2020-02-27T11:08:56.660" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21417" PostId="6930" Score="0" Text="BLE 5.1 is looking good, with AoD &amp; AoA giving direction and distance to within one metre" CreationDate="2020-02-27T11:29:24.797" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21418" PostId="3861" Score="1" Text="Feel free to accept your own answer, in order to help others who read this in future" CreationDate="2020-02-27T12:39:45.940" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21419" PostId="5800" Score="0" Text="Bad enough to make you want to delete your answer? Or could one live with it, given no alternatives?" CreationDate="2020-02-27T12:41:05.497" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21420" PostId="172" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Five years later, would this still be your answer?" CreationDate="2020-02-27T12:42:21.100" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21421" PostId="6930" Score="0" Text="your AliExpress link says &quot;Sorry, the page you requested can not be found:(&quot;  Can you give a product name?" CreationDate="2020-02-27T12:48:09.240" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21422" PostId="12961" Score="1" Text="@MawgsaysreinstateMonica that's exactly what I want! :)" CreationDate="2020-02-27T12:53:46.173" UserId="14432" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21423" PostId="12968" Score="0" Text="It's a bit unclear what you're looking for, but I doubt you'll find a 12 VDC bulb for E27. I believe those triacs are voltage controlled though so maybe something along those lines?" CreationDate="2020-02-27T12:53:55.257" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21424" PostId="12968" Score="0" Text="And forget Zigbee or Z-Wave. Their barier of entry is too high for a hobbyist." CreationDate="2020-02-27T12:54:53.750" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21425" PostId="12968" Score="0" Text="i) This is probably the right way. LED-Driver for the spots, 'classic' TRIAC dimmer using dimmable 220V/50Hz LED bulbs. I was hoping I can use one driver with two separate channels so I have only one device in the ceiling.&#xA;ii) I do not want to use wireless protocols. I have a controller based on the SAM51J uC which communicates with all external devices (via cables)" CreationDate="2020-02-27T13:05:38.443" UserId="14287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21426" PostId="12965" Score="0" Text="In that case, a resistive touch screen may be a good choice. If food is going to be handled near the screen it will still register touches for people wearing gloves or if some kind of substance is on people's hands or the screen. Capacitive screens are nicer to use for gestures and dragging, but don't work with some kinds of gloves or can get confused if there is water on the screen." CreationDate="2020-02-27T13:31:40.310" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21428" PostId="12972" Score="0" Text="It sounds like you really need a *server*; A consumer or SOHO &quot;NAS&quot; product is normally an all-in-one solution with a preinstalled proprietary OS and HDD docks in a warranty-sealed enclosure. Those rarely have user-accessible PCIe ports for expansion cards, and you may not be able to install just any software on them (Although Plex Media Sever is a common feature provided by most NAS brands out there). A &quot;NAS&quot; is just a server built for mass storage and sharing those drives over the network which you could do with almost any PC/Server." CreationDate="2020-02-27T19:32:11.680" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21430" PostId="12952" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your reply. We do have a NAS but it's old and was poorly configured by my predecessor. We've purchased a new Synology DiskStation DS1019+ which will be more than sufficient for years to come.The processing we would do is minimal (some file conversions and such) which is why I wanted to reuse an old computer." CreationDate="2020-02-28T07:37:07.783" UserId="14204" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21431" PostId="12974" Score="0" Text="May I ask you your budget?" CreationDate="2020-02-28T08:38:30.720" UserId="14365" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21435" PostId="12936" Score="0" Text="I think it's also important to note that a large frequency difference might mean a ULV binned part. At same load and frequency, a U series Intel CPU may well draw less power than an M or H series, and a Y series even less than that. A higher boost frequency might also be more important than base frequency depending on workload and whether boost actually happens often enough (which would depend on cTDP)." CreationDate="2020-02-28T14:20:29.760" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21436" PostId="12974" Score="0" Text="Price doesn't matter, I don't like iPhones. Actually only RAZER PHONE 2 fits all requirements I mentioned in my question." CreationDate="2020-02-28T16:10:21.280" UserId="14109" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21438" PostId="12865" Score="0" Text="I ended up not buying anything and overclocked with TAPE BSEL MOD.&#xA;The cores now run at 3 Ghz." CreationDate="2020-02-28T18:39:34.953" UserId="7606" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21439" PostId="12975" Score="0" Text="I don't think it exists other than with a dock. Power delivery over TB3/USB-C is managed *using* the USB-C data link. If you had a Y cable it would mean the display gets the data link while the power supply gets the power pins; But that wouldn't allow for the USB-C power delivery to work correctly when the display announces that it needs to push or pull power. The display and the power supply would have to coordinate, therefore they must be the same device. Maybe there is such thing as a TB3 box that can intercept the power delivery signals and supply power from its own source to either end." CreationDate="2020-02-28T19:16:54.410" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21441" PostId="12975" Score="0" Text="@Romen Could you put this in an answer, and possibly comment on why it is possible for display signals used in HDMIs or VGAs but not for Thunderbolt?" CreationDate="2020-02-28T19:36:09.483" UserId="14441" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21443" PostId="12975" Score="0" Text="HDMI and VGA devices &quot;dumb&quot; in comparison to Thunderbolt devices. So those adapters are essentially reporting themselves as the end of the line (the display) on the USB-C side and reporting themselves as video source on the video port's side. Like a man-in-the-middle on the video connection. A device like that could interfere with a Thunderbolt 3 connection though, and certainly would be against the TB3 spec if it hijacked the power delivery." CreationDate="2020-02-28T19:45:17.853" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21445" PostId="12977" Score="1" Text="Why do you think that USB is better than Bluetooth for microphone quality? USB and Bluetooth are both digital connections and they both support enough bandwidth/codecs for voice to be encoded nearly losslessly. It's more likely that the actual microphone is at fault for poor voice quality, and that there may be many bluetooth headsets with excellent microphones that would work for you." CreationDate="2020-02-28T22:01:36.340" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21447" PostId="12977" Score="0" Text="&quot;Why do you think that USB is better than Bluetooth for microphone quality?&quot;, because it is a fact, I've done research and everyone would agree that 3.5mm or usb is better than bluetooth for calling. USB is better than the analog 3.5mm though" CreationDate="2020-02-29T09:19:27.753" UserId="14446" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21448" PostId="12982" Score="0" Text="Thanks muchly! &quot;`This would require a lot more information about the kind of workload you have`&quot; - I have 6 harddrives, which I use for continuous backup from 2 laptops. &quot;`From the last image you posted, it does not look like memory capacity is a problem, only 5.5GB of 8GB are used`&quot; - so, new CPU and/or motherboard?  I am looking for a cheapish solution and would hate to throw away  working motherboard &amp; CPU &amp; RAM. 2@ used 4gB RAM are cheap enough, so I will probably try that first" CreationDate="2020-02-29T11:13:16.453" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21449" PostId="12982" Score="1" Text="You can try more RAM if you consider it a cheap experiment. It might help if that screenshot was not taken at an instant when performance was low. Unfortunately, CPUs for the FM2+ all fall in the same ballpark for single-threaded performance. If single-threaded performance is not the issue with your workload, then using a CPU with 4 cores might help. But overall, I think a little more diagnosing of what is actually the bottleneck would go a long way. It might even be something other than RAM or CPU. Hardware recommendations is just not the place for it, the mods here run a tight ship ;)" CreationDate="2020-02-29T12:06:13.823" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21450" PostId="12982" Score="0" Text="Thanks very, very much for your help!  I imagine that SuperUser might help with further diagnosis. But, as RAM is so cheap, I will try that first." CreationDate="2020-02-29T13:20:27.137" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21451" PostId="12918" Score="0" Text="I am searching for even more low cost, I think I have to take the pain of led matrix if I want it to be cheap. Thanks anyway!" CreationDate="2020-02-29T15:53:13.333" UserId="14390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21452" PostId="12982" Score="0" Text="while RAM is cheap I don't think it is likely to not solve your *slowness*.  Spending a little extra on a good NAS with all the features they provide I think would be the best solution especially if you value performance and reliability.  I would not waste the money on DDR3 RAM on an old socket FM2 mobo." CreationDate="2020-03-01T01:20:56.410" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21454" PostId="12977" Score="1" Text="Once again, the microphone is the ultimate determining factor of voice quality. Bluetooth and USB are both digital connections that provide excessive amounts of bandwidth for high quality audio streams. The reason many bluetooth headsets sound worse is that they have worse *microphones*. That does not mean bluetooth itself is the problem. Bluetooth headsets with *good* microphones do exist." CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:40:28.063" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21455" PostId="12977" Score="0" Text="Strange, I got a much better call quality with 3.5mm jack than a call via bluetooth. HFP or HSP or whatsoever make it shit for this" CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:42:01.613" UserId="14446" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21456" PostId="12977" Score="1" Text="The bandwidth of the celluar phone call's codec (max 32 kbps) is lower than HFP and HSP codecs (max 64 kbps). The audio quality is *entirely* based on the attributes of the microphone and analog-&gt;digital conversion if you consider that your phone will downsample even a really good USB headset. Bluetooth is likely to use cheaper microphones, because they use less power. That doesn't mean *all* bluetooth headsets sound bad." CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:46:23.420" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21457" PostId="12977" Score="0" Text="It is a skype call" CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:47:35.017" UserId="14446" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21458" PostId="12977" Score="0" Text="[SILK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SILK) goes to a max of 40kbps. Still less than the maximum potential of a HSP headset. If bluetooth *needed* to be higher bitrate they could have and would have implemented it that way." CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:48:32.863" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21459" PostId="12977" Score="0" Text="Well you got theory, I got practice and the practice shows that a 3.5mm jack from same headset delivers better quality from same headset via bluetooth - TaoTronics for 50 Euros" CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:50:03.857" UserId="14446" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21460" PostId="12977" Score="0" Text="For that headset, I would expect your phone to have a better ADC than the bluetooth IC in the headset. Once again, you **can** get better quality with bluetooth. I only brought this up to keep all possible suggestion options open for you. It doesn't seem *necessary* to give up on bluetooth for this reason alone." CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:51:49.637" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21461" PostId="12977" Score="1" Text="Both headset and phone have BT 5.0" CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:53:19.727" UserId="14446" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21462" PostId="12977" Score="1" Text="https://superuser.com/q/1101560/390174" CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:54:16.947" UserId="14446" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21463" PostId="12977" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/105053/discussion-between-romen-and--)." CreationDate="2020-03-01T17:58:18.360" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21466" PostId="12986" Score="0" Text="Thanks :-) Note, there is also a https://ai.stackexchange.com ." CreationDate="2020-03-01T20:24:05.770" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21470" PostId="12989" Score="0" Text="As hardware firewall setups tend to be targeted towards enterprise environments, most tend to be pricier than ordinary consumer hardware. If you (or your company) has a budget in place, it may be useful to list it." CreationDate="2020-03-02T04:34:10.763" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21471" PostId="12987" Score="0" Text="Listing a budget will likely help you get more relevant results." CreationDate="2020-03-02T04:35:29.280" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21472" PostId="12989" Score="0" Text="I added budget to my question." CreationDate="2020-03-02T08:52:32.533" UserId="5979" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21474" PostId="12996" Score="1" Text="For any flatbed scanner, if the lid doesn't close completely and leaves gaps for light to come in, you need to control the ambient light coming in through those gaps to ensure consistency between scans. Cover the scanner with an opaque material, but take note not to cover any fan exhausts or airflow holes for cooling the scanner/printer/device. The light inside the scanner is always the same, and the scanner is calibrated to white balance images according to its own light. Additional ambient light of another hue/temperature is one of the few ways a scanner *could* be inconsistent." CreationDate="2020-03-02T17:53:43.333" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21479" PostId="12983" Score="0" Text="Do you have any other requirements? You just described about 90% of gaming keyboards. Do you want mech or membrane? Wired or wireless? Do you want macro keys? What's your budget in USD?" CreationDate="2020-03-03T15:14:36.567" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21480" PostId="12995" Score="1" Text="This may work for many USB-C displays, but anyone looking at this recommendation should know that the cable does not support DisplayPort to Thunderbolt 3. DisplayPort via Thunderbolt-3 (on a USB-C connector) and DisplayPort Alternate Mode via USB-C are different video signals!" CreationDate="2020-03-03T18:04:44.100" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21481" PostId="12999" Score="0" Text="B2 or A4? A4 is standard, B2 is huge (50x70 cm) and probably wouldn't make it in your budget with all those features, if they even make them." CreationDate="2020-03-04T09:05:49.513" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21482" PostId="12999" Score="0" Text="Also, are you ok with WiFi being available but disabled if there is Ethernet or USB too? Or do you want it explicitly not present?" CreationDate="2020-03-04T09:08:10.847" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21483" PostId="12995" Score="0" Text="Thank you for sharing your intel with us, TB3 is backwards compatible with USB-C Alt mode right? What you're saying is funny, because of how Virtuallink is different." CreationDate="2020-03-04T14:49:45.077" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21484" PostId="12995" Score="1" Text="Thunderbolt 3 *hosts* are backwards compatible with USB-C, that is correct. But Thunderbolt 3 *displays* may be expecting a thunderbolt-format DisplayPort signal. It is possible that some &quot;Thunderbolt 3&quot; displays do not support USB-C Alt-Mode at all, because Thunderbolt 3 itself provides an alternative DisplayPort implementation." CreationDate="2020-03-04T14:59:03.633" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21485" PostId="12995" Score="1" Text="And [VirtualLink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualLink) is a USB-C alt mode. Not related to TB3 at all. Right now mostly video cards and specific ports on gaming laptops have support for VirtualLink, not all USB-C outputs!" CreationDate="2020-03-04T15:01:45.737" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21486" PostId="12995" Score="0" Text="Good thinking! And thanks for sharing that last one as well, didn't got a clue." CreationDate="2020-03-04T15:04:20.897" UserId="13368" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21487" PostId="7480" Score="1" Text="I am also looking for a personal daily use Bluetooth 5 USB 3.0 adapter.&#xA;It's 2020 and still not many are out there" CreationDate="2020-03-04T16:09:38.773" UserId="253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21488" PostId="12989" Score="0" Text="I would recommend trying the Network Stack Exchange.&#xA;https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/" CreationDate="2020-03-04T20:12:54.343" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21489" PostId="12999" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak Sorry, I meant US Letter. I guess there isn't a simple letter/number for that one." CreationDate="2020-03-04T21:48:21.357" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21490" PostId="12999" Score="0" Text="no, I don't think so. I actually wanted to check what printer we have in office for you but forgot." CreationDate="2020-03-04T21:57:12.507" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21491" PostId="12999" Score="0" Text="Note that HP printers stop working if automatic ink purchase is stopped: https://www.howtogeek.com/403346/hps-ink-subscription-has-drm-that-disables-your-printer-cartridges/ . That might explain your issue." CreationDate="2020-03-05T01:46:59.173" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21492" PostId="12999" Score="0" Text="@DrMoishePippik Interesting (and really bad). I never subscribed and the printer worked for more than 10 years..." CreationDate="2020-03-05T03:17:30.010" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21493" PostId="12965" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much! I will research those types of screens for the kitchen area!" CreationDate="2020-03-05T04:03:35.123" UserId="14436" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21494" PostId="13005" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the ideas! Might be able to combine a keypad of those with some small display!" CreationDate="2020-03-05T04:04:20.993" UserId="14436" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21497" PostId="12977" Score="1" Text="Does this answer your question? [Bluetooth headset with USB/3.5mm connection](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/596/bluetooth-headset-with-usb-3-5mm-connection)" CreationDate="2020-03-05T16:58:55.250" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21498" PostId="12977" Score="0" Text="I found beoplay h9 to be suitable" CreationDate="2020-03-05T17:02:01.077" UserId="14446" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21499" PostId="12976" Score="0" Text="Look into using a tablet with front facing camera. This will offer you a lot more options. I have seen places with this type of sign in system." CreationDate="2020-03-05T18:36:07.103" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21500" PostId="13008" Score="0" Text="Does mic work over usb?" CreationDate="2020-03-05T19:11:28.380" UserId="14446" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21502" PostId="13011" Score="0" Text="As since my current laptop lags on android emulator, i asked for that will this laptop run the emulator smoothly without the lag." CreationDate="2020-03-06T04:47:07.480" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21503" PostId="13011" Score="0" Text="You didn't even cover the main topic of the graphics, i didn't saw any graphic recommendation in the official site, thats why i asked the question here." CreationDate="2020-03-06T04:48:42.177" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21504" PostId="13016" Score="1" Text="What is the USB dongle you have? Would [something like this](https://www.startech.com/Networking-IO/usb-network-adapters/USB-3-to-Gigabit-Ethernet-NIC-Network-Adapter~USB31000S) be what you need? It would *replace* whatever dongle you're using." CreationDate="2020-03-06T15:44:30.080" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21505" PostId="13000" Score="0" Text="It seems like Samsung just listed some powerbank with 2 type c ports and 10000mAh - https://www.samsung.com/in/smartphones/galaxy-s20/accessories/ . Don't know exact morel name and can't find in shops yet." CreationDate="2020-03-06T15:55:19.840" UserId="14465" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21506" PostId="12983" Score="0" Text="The keyboards I saw only had customizable keys only in the sense of 3 or 4 presets which you could make. I dont have any other requirements. I dont want to break the bank with this. I like decent build quality." CreationDate="2020-03-06T22:59:56.103" UserId="14451" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21507" PostId="13018" Score="0" Text="It seems to me that this question is still quite broad. You could improve it by giving us specific requirements for the alarm system you're looking for. What do you need different modules for? How many of them should it support? What should the alarm *do* when triggered, if not connected to the internet? Is using a 2nd WiFi network with no internet connection acceptable if it's just used as the wireless connection between the security devices?" CreationDate="2020-03-07T19:13:27.540" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21508" PostId="13014" Score="1" Text="Do you have a specific reason for requiring a laser projector? Any requirements for resolution? If laser, you could either use a projector that displays pixels or traces the paths of characters; Any preference there?" CreationDate="2020-03-07T19:19:31.730" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21509" PostId="13009" Score="1" Text="Many of the professional cameras have a USB, WiFi, or Bluetooth connection that allows for the camera to be controlled by that brand's specific software. You would use that in conjunction with the HDMI capture; But that software may also support capture over the same connection (but lower bandwidth than HDMI). What brand of camera are you interesting in using?" CreationDate="2020-03-07T19:24:32.580" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21511" PostId="13007" Score="0" Text="@Md. Rejaul Karim I didn't buyed it yet, question is in the last paragraph, if it will support android emulating system without the lag" CreationDate="2020-03-08T15:12:24.167" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21512" PostId="13007" Score="0" Text="Just taking suggestion that if it work for this case or need to find some other laptop with a dedicated graphic card." CreationDate="2020-03-08T15:13:29.180" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21513" PostId="13007" Score="0" Text="Because i heard of that android and neural networks require GPUs." CreationDate="2020-03-08T15:14:07.313" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21514" PostId="13007" Score="0" Text="Please read the question completly before downvoting!" CreationDate="2020-03-08T15:14:50.913" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21515" PostId="13021" Score="1" Text="I've spent a lot of time googling and haven't seen those. Thats strange. Thank you" CreationDate="2020-03-08T20:42:09.227" UserId="14465" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21516" PostId="13018" Score="0" Text="@Romen clearer requirements added" CreationDate="2020-03-09T03:26:01.267" UserId="1162" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21517" PostId="13014" Score="0" Text="@Romen No preference, but a laser that traces the path is better suited for the task." CreationDate="2020-03-09T06:25:09.807" UserId="14477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21518" PostId="13024" Score="0" Text="And can you program the backlit keys in a way that they are automatically changing when tabbing into an other app?" CreationDate="2020-03-09T13:59:38.580" UserId="14451" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21519" PostId="13024" Score="0" Text="@Arjihad Yes, using the profiles feature of the Razer Synapse 3 software, you can assign your various lighting profiles so that the keyboard automatically switches to them when tabbing into other applications." CreationDate="2020-03-09T14:07:59.580" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21520" PostId="13024" Score="0" Text="Well thank you. Im going to try that out!" CreationDate="2020-03-09T14:08:42.467" UserId="14451" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21521" PostId="13024" Score="0" Text="No problem, I hope it fits all of your needs and that you enjoy!" CreationDate="2020-03-09T14:09:56.897" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21522" PostId="13016" Score="1" Text="Although you didn't describe the dongle, it sounds like maybe you're using a USB Wi-Fi adapter? The dongle linked by @Romen would allow you to connect to the same router that is currently providing the wireless internet to your existing dongle, but via a wired ethernet (RJ45) connection." CreationDate="2020-03-09T14:13:50.970" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21523" PostId="13011" Score="1" Text="@AnimeshSahu I would say it depends on what apps you plan on designing. If you plan on building something else but high-intensity games (like Asphalt 9 or Fortnite style games) and are going to make a simple break-the-lock style game or a social media style app, I would say you would be fine with the Intel Iris GPU. What is your budget so I can look around for laptops with dedicated GPU? If you go for a laptop with a dedicated GPU, you're going to suffer on battery life unless you tell the laptop to run the Intel/AMD integrated 24/7 except for when using the Android dev studio." CreationDate="2020-03-09T15:57:15.007" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21524" PostId="13032" Score="2" Text="There are floor mats that can detect when somebody stands on them. These mats use [velostat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velostat) which changes resistance under pressure." CreationDate="2020-03-10T21:37:54.160" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21527" PostId="13032" Score="2" Text="You might also try passive infrared sensors (PIR), which are less reliable than a mat, but require no contact and are not raised above floor level, e.g., https://www.amazon.com/Onyehn-Pyroelectric-Infrared-Detector-Modules/dp/B07GJDJV63/ref=sr_1_8" CreationDate="2020-03-11T02:54:40.317" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21528" PostId="13032" Score="1" Text="How accurate can it be? Do you allow false positives?  What's your budget?" CreationDate="2020-03-11T06:53:58.877" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21530" PostId="12637" Score="0" Text="Though I didn t see a 2TB ssd with a nand technology supportting more than 500 writes which is less than a DVD RW. Not even talking about nor based ssd." CreationDate="2020-03-11T09:48:29.467" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21531" PostId="725" Score="0" Text="I'm confused as to why you need the key labels to change? What does it matter what is says on the keys? Many keyboards allow you to change the functionality (aka re-map) of the keys. Once you change the functions, just use the keyboard; it should not matter what it says on the keys." CreationDate="2020-03-11T13:19:18.450" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21532" PostId="12637" Score="0" Text="@user2284570, I have commented twice now that your original question is lacking these requirements you have mentioned in comments. Please update it and I will revise my answer to address the changes to your question. I would like to remind you that **you have only asked one question**: *&quot;Is there still a manufacturer building 10000rpm hard drives or higher?&quot;*, and this answer addresses that specific question (**yes**). If you have more questions or requirements you *must* share them to get helpful answers. Or open a new question, since this one is *still* off-topic." CreationDate="2020-03-11T13:40:16.450" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21533" PostId="12637" Score="0" Text="@user2284570, Where are you getting 500 from? The **warranty** on many 2TB SSDs may be void around `capacity * 500 TBW`, but that doesn't mean the endurance of the technology is limited to 500 program/erase cycles. I can find several TLC NAND chips that can theoretically handle 3000 to 10000 program/erase cycles. Making a 2TB drive in 2.5&quot; form factor doesn't really imply that there are smaller, more delicate NAND chips either. There's a lot of room in a 2.5&quot; drive for using the larger, more durable MLC or SLC NAND. You'll just have to pay more for it." CreationDate="2020-03-11T13:56:04.503" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21541" PostId="11225" Score="1" Text="There is a list of AIS data sources [here](https://mods.marin.nl/display/MIOD/AIS+Data+Sources)" CreationDate="2020-03-12T07:30:28.590" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21542" PostId="13032" Score="2" Text="false positives are allowed but should not have alot of it. Budget is under discussion" CreationDate="2020-03-12T10:23:07.060" UserId="14493" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21543" PostId="12637" Score="0" Text="Simple my own experience with TLC contradicting manufacturer data. Also, there s no ssd with good quality mlc nand at that size. The largest slc drive is an Intel drive which is only 1.5Tb and worth more than $8000 supportting 116,000 4K write cycles (that price can be compared with the price of a 1Tb Velociraptor rated for 600,000 read and write cycles compatible with the same port)." CreationDate="2020-03-12T14:08:25.883" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21544" PostId="12637" Score="0" Text="If your real-world experience is that you kill most of your SSDs before they reach TBW, you are probably doing something wrong. What exactly would be a good question on Superuser." CreationDate="2020-03-12T16:50:15.183" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21545" PostId="12602" Score="0" Text="@user2284570, You've edited this question today but it's still **low quality** and arguably **off-topic** for this site because it is a simple **yes or no** format question. This question has already been raised by the community bot once before and I would like to either close this question or ask you to select an answer. The answers that have been provided are well beyond *complete* to answer the only question you have asked. The answer is **Yes**." CreationDate="2020-03-12T17:21:31.660" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21546" PostId="13036" Score="1" Text="You should consider buying a separate ADSL modem and router. The models provided by your ISP are probably cutting corners on performance to save a buck and give you a simple all-in-one product. A standalone modem will have its own resources (CPU &amp; RAM) that will likely be under-utilized by a residential ADSL connection. Meanwhile, the router is doing most of the &quot;heavy lifting&quot; and there is a much larger selection of standalone routers to pick from." CreationDate="2020-03-12T17:32:00.273" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21547" PostId="13037" Score="0" Text="Have you looked at anything that is RPi4 based?  Just add a small HDMI LCD screen, and keyboard with mouse pointer https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15447  Maybe more here? https://www.linuxlinks.com/raspberry-pi-4-chronicling-desktop-experience-emulate-home-computers/" CreationDate="2020-03-12T18:19:48.063" UserId="9959" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21548" PostId="13037" Score="2" Text="GPD P2 max https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-p2-max-the-world-s-smallest-ultrabook#/" CreationDate="2020-03-12T19:34:31.377" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21549" PostId="13036" Score="1" Text="I would advise looking for a router with good QoS setting to use or perhaps looking in your current router for some QoS settings." CreationDate="2020-03-12T22:44:35.160" UserId="5440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21550" PostId="13007" Score="1" Text="If you want recommendations more specific to you, it may help to list a budget, and your general location (which appears to be india). As far as the current laptop you're considering, it will probably run fine as virtual machines are typically cpu/mem and disk bound. You can probably get away without having a dedicated GPU if you aren't doing graphics intensive android development." CreationDate="2020-03-13T03:58:49.703" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21551" PostId="13038" Score="1" Text="I really like the look of the GPD Pocket 2, but a Celeron or m3 processor just wont make the cut. I wish they could put at least an i3 in there. I would not mind a loud fan... ;n;" CreationDate="2020-03-13T16:28:57.093" UserId="14501" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21552" PostId="13038" Score="2" Text="Have you looked at the actual specs of these CPUs, or just judging them by name? A core m3-8100Y matches the requirements you had initially. 2 Cores, 4 Threads, single-core turbo 3.4GHz. I3 of the same gen are not much better, especially when crammed into the low TDP envelope of such a small device. Cooling 15W without thermal throttling is not going to happen in this form factor." CreationDate="2020-03-13T17:09:43.910" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21553" PostId="11225" Score="0" Text="I found some much cheaper AIS receviers [here](https://www.quark-elec.com/product-category/marine/ais-receivers/)" CreationDate="2020-03-16T13:17:59.897" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21555" PostId="13042" Score="0" Text="It seems that those boards you're looking for are from a past era of HPC. Single systems with dozens of CPUs are no longer *necessary* for HPC as multiple independent (*and even virtualized*) systems have become a viable and cost effective solution for lots of applications. GPU Compute has also taken the multiple CPU concept further with thousands of cores per PCIe slot if your software can make use of them. Could you explain your use case for having so many CPUs in a single system? Is it a legacy application you need to support?" CreationDate="2020-03-16T14:31:53.897" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21556" PostId="13042" Score="0" Text="This isn't for any particular reason beyond the computer equivalent of hot rodding and &quot;bench racing&quot;. Back when the Thunder line was available, I had a dream computer build with that as the foundation. The idea being building the most insane, over the top personal workstation possible." CreationDate="2020-03-16T21:48:43.380" UserId="14512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21557" PostId="12955" Score="0" Text="Thank you for that observation. However, I've learned more, and need to rephrase the question to avoid problems I now know I want to avoid." CreationDate="2020-03-17T06:02:38.830" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21559" PostId="12943" Score="1" Text="There are quite a few AM4 boards that have Intel NICs, but AFAIK, all of them have Realtek audio. You could always use a PCIe sound card. Probably easier than searching for that unicorn motherboard." CreationDate="2020-03-17T06:48:40.543" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21562" PostId="13045" Score="0" Text="Unless you purchase a 4K docking station, 1920 is the expected max resolution. You must also pair it with a 4K monitor and a GPU capable of pushing 4K. Which dock did you end up purchasing?" CreationDate="2020-03-17T12:51:40.867" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21563" PostId="13042" Score="0" Text="Well these days you could go a lot further with virtualization or cloud computing technology, and probably for cheaper. You could build a a super computer from many simple servers and run a virtualized PC that can access the cores of all of them!" CreationDate="2020-03-17T13:05:16.870" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21564" PostId="13047" Score="0" Text="Are the Brother's drivers as good as the HP drivers? I've read that HP was better in that area, but maybe the other manufacturers have caught up by now?" CreationDate="2020-03-17T15:22:36.243" UserId="10459" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21566" PostId="12943" Score="0" Text="@MechEng, point well taken, so adjusting my sails for a slightly different tack. Thank you!" CreationDate="2020-03-17T15:48:21.060" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21567" PostId="12943" Score="1" Text="If you use a USB DAC or soundcard you can rely on good support for linux because all USB soundcards use [USB Audio Device Class](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Audio_streaming). I believe the linux kernel itself comes with drivers for USB soundcards and audio frameworks like Pulseaudio, ALSA, Jack, etc. are all compatible with that driver. A standalone USB soundcard can easily be better quality than the built-in audio anyways!" CreationDate="2020-03-17T15:48:32.410" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21568" PostId="13051" Score="0" Text="do you use virtualization on that upgraded PC, and run Win10 from within Linux? Do you use IOMMU?" CreationDate="2020-03-17T15:50:31.407" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21569" PostId="12943" Score="0" Text="Likewise for PCIe ethernet devices, Windows has a term called &quot;Plug and Play&quot; which refers to basic built-in drivers for the most essential devices like soundcards, ethernet, wifi, etc. Linux would have this same sort of baseline support for various devices included in the kernel but hardware-specific features and settings are only controlled by the OEM's driver." CreationDate="2020-03-17T15:56:03.163" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21570" PostId="13045" Score="0" Text="Dell D3100 - in spec I saw it is capable of handling 3 display including one 4k. Unfortunately in my configuration it does not work in 4k - all in 2k. That is why I end up with connecting 29&quot; 4k display directly to laptop hdmi slot" CreationDate="2020-03-17T16:42:57.447" UserId="14359" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21571" PostId="13047" Score="1" Text="I am happy with my B&amp;W Brother, but do not have a color Brother." CreationDate="2020-03-17T17:55:20.910" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21572" PostId="13036" Score="0" Text="Just for giggles, try using a torrent-friendly VPN which changing the torrent app to use a non-default port. Perhaps I am paranoid, but if your ISP is underfond of torrents, they could be choking on purpose." CreationDate="2020-03-17T18:04:15.630" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21573" PostId="13018" Score="0" Text="0) Needs a third component; the siren.  1) What's the distance between door/window and siren, and 2) from motion sensor to siren? 3) Masonry, plaster-and-lathe, or drywall interior walls? A non-WiFi solution, AFAIK, will be less spendy, and guarantees it never gets on the web. 4) Would that be acceptable?" CreationDate="2020-03-17T18:42:05.197" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21574" PostId="13014" Score="0" Text="1) What's the measured ambient lighting where you wish to use the device? There's an app for that: https://www.google.com/search?q=android+app+measure+light+level 2) Do you have full spectrum colour vision (not everyone does, ya know)?" CreationDate="2020-03-17T18:44:53.647" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21576" PostId="13042" Score="0" Text="Is this a real project you intend to finish, or just an idea you had? How overkill exactly do you want it to be? Regular boards with 2-4 sockets allow for pretty impressive stats these days. 128 cores, 4TB of memory and more, tons of PCIe lanes... Boards with support for up to 8 CPUs (and more memory) exist, but you would have a hard time sourcing it without buying a whole server. And converting that into anything that could be called &quot;workstation&quot; would be challenging. Also: most of the software used for &quot;bench racing&quot; does not run particularly well on these types of machines..." CreationDate="2020-03-17T19:28:11.170" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21577" PostId="13042" Score="0" Text="Top of the line in terms of CPU count, core count, memory capacity: https://www.deltacomputer.com/d80x-m8-ps.html good luck!" CreationDate="2020-03-17T19:31:56.927" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21578" PostId="13053" Score="0" Text="Could you please mention the vendor? The link returns “error 403”, Amazon CloudFront not accessible from my country. I’m aware of monitor arms, but I need a VESA-case for the iPad or it won’t attach to the arm." CreationDate="2020-03-17T19:34:48.987" UserId="7260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21580" PostId="13053" Score="0" Text="I mean something that would hold the iPad and then allow it to be attached to a vesa-mount." CreationDate="2020-03-17T21:44:09.437" UserId="7260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21581" PostId="13053" Score="0" Text="Dubious that CloudFront does not work in Italy after reading this: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/cloudfront-rome/  Perhaps your 403 error is in your ISP or DNS server, if Ctrl-Shift-Del does not clear it?" CreationDate="2020-03-17T21:46:10.757" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21582" PostId="13053" Score="0" Text="I’ve no idea... zoro.com or any of your links gives a 403 error. I’m now browsing the ctadigital.com website. Thanks" CreationDate="2020-03-17T21:50:42.193" UserId="7260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21584" PostId="13033" Score="0" Text="Your manual https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/16K4+16K3_v3.0_English.zip specifies you must have a 19.5V  9.23A power supply with coaxial power plug. If you substitute a lesser power supply, there's an excellent change you will overheat the electronics. substituting a lesser power supply is extremely not recommended." CreationDate="2020-03-17T23:40:28.970" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21589" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="Thanks for the info. 17 squids is a fair price, even if it is almost as much as that cheap receiver; but I can reuse the antenna if I move to a more expense receiver. Do I need a license if I am only receiving, not transmitting?" CreationDate="2020-03-18T06:32:55.363" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21590" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="Oh, that is a legal question, and I'm a Septic, not a Subject of Her Majesty, God Bless the Queen. On this side of the Big Pond, it's absolutely legal.  Finding an 'Elmer', an licensed amateur radio operator willing to serve as a mentor, and asking them could resolve that; also, amateur radio stores might also help answer that,. I can say that https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/radiocommunication-licences/aeronautical-licensing/licence-products does not say a receiver must be licensed, but other receivers (TV) I know must be licensed where you are." CreationDate="2020-03-18T06:52:50.267" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21591" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="Lolx! A &quot;septic&quot; who knows what a &quot;septic&quot; is :-)  It was you mentioning quid that threw me off. If it makes you fell better, round our manor we refer to &quot;Shermans&quot;, rather than &quot;septics&quot; ;-)" CreationDate="2020-03-18T06:55:31.803" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21592" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="Being Southron, I find I am uneasy at calling myself a Yankee, so I borrowed the Australian lingo 'Septic'." CreationDate="2020-03-18T06:57:28.733" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21593" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="I can follow your logic there,  unfortunately, to most of the world, you are all Yanks. Sad, but true :-(  When I run into one of our antipodean cousins, I can't avoid greeting him with a cheery &quot;G'day, cobbler&quot;" CreationDate="2020-03-18T07:01:33.847" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21594" PostId="12982" Score="0" Text="***A  little extra*** ?? A cheap NAS costs hundreds - unless you can recommend something truly cheap, this is 500% or more of the cost of the RAM (I suppose that I can make one with a Raspberry Pi, but they don't have many USB ports (perhaps a shield?))" CreationDate="2020-03-18T13:00:09.630" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21595" PostId="13051" Score="0" Text="No, that specific build did not require any virtualization." CreationDate="2020-03-18T13:07:50.487" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21597" PostId="13045" Score="0" Text="Not sure why you couldn't get it to push 4K on one of the monitors, but I'm glad your workaround solved the issue!" CreationDate="2020-03-18T13:16:26.497" UserId="14282" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21604" PostId="13042" Score="0" Text="Well, in terms of virtualization, I have considered the possibility of a Beowulf cluster, which would certainly give me plenty of cores and memory capacity. I only lean to a mobo with mezzanine for simplicity of wiring. I have no *immediate* plans to build, but have hopes of getting started in the fall.  And for what it's worth, I have seen the problem with high socket count boards only being sold as server systems, usually for crazy money by hobbyist standards." CreationDate="2020-03-18T16:29:18.453" UserId="14512" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21608" PostId="13063" Score="0" Text="I've seen this type of controller with manual rheostat adjustment. Will look for one which interfaces to a motherboard. Which make and model of motherboard? Please click [edit] and put that in your question." CreationDate="2020-03-18T16:45:58.660" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21609" PostId="13062" Score="1" Text="Hi K7AAY, yes I can. I'm just fed up of physically swapping both cables depending upon what I'm doing." CreationDate="2020-03-18T17:44:32.493" UserId="14519" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21614" PostId="13071" Score="1" Text="This [Super User question](https://superuser.com/q/1381139/899186) is relevant. I don't think any hubs exist yet that provide multiple USB-C ports. The first thing that comes to mind is that USB-C has features that assume it is a 1:1 connection: i.e. Power delivery, video signals, PCIe (TB3). USB Type-C is not a replacement for Type-A, USB devices that don't need things like video or 100W of power delivery will still use USB A connectors, which is why you can find so many C -&gt; A hubs." CreationDate="2020-03-18T17:56:14.820" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21616" PostId="13071" Score="0" Text="I can find few hubs that *do* split USB-C ports, but they don't support the alternate modes, power delivery, etc. So they're functionally identical to USB A 3.1 ports." CreationDate="2020-03-18T18:04:15.637" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21617" PostId="13072" Score="0" Text="OP specified &quot;I'm just looking for hardware recommendation and will discuss legal issues later on another SE site. maybe Bolivia is a good choice, just maybe&quot; so the citation of FCC regs is not relevant." CreationDate="2020-03-18T18:54:02.460" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21618" PostId="13062" Score="1" Text="Hi, thanks for taking in interest in finding a solution. Both machines are 2018 MacBooks dual-booted to run macOS and Windows. The monitors are Dell 27&quot; QHD resolution. Both machines are capable of running 2 QHD monitors. The main thing is I just don't want to keep unplugging 2x USB cables between machines when I switch from work code to personal code." CreationDate="2020-03-18T19:00:19.710" UserId="14519" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21619" PostId="13062" Score="1" Text="Latest versions of macOS and Windows BTW (on both laptops). The monitors are Dell S2719DC." CreationDate="2020-03-18T19:29:00.720" UserId="14519" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21620" PostId="13063" Score="0" Text="Unless you are using server-grade fans that draw a lot of power, or really a lot of fans, you could just as easily connect several fans to a single connector on the board with a splitter cable. Not many motherboard vendors specify it exactly, but fan headers on motherboards can usually handle 1A and more. With most desktop-grade fans drawing less than a quarter of that." CreationDate="2020-03-18T20:03:58.563" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21623" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY It does not depend on the distro, specifying the distro would be an uneeded (misleading) part of the question. But I use Debian (Buster now and probably Stretch at the time). It depends on the kernel. I use recent stable kernels. My current experience is that the station mode works pretty well, but the AP mode still don't. Meanwhile I used other solutions for the problem, however I am still quite interested, what is going on the AP front in the Linux kernel. In my opinion, an AP should be able to do everything what we can do on an ethernet cable." CreationDate="2020-03-18T20:59:46.857" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21625" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="https://vitux.com/make-debian-a-wireless-access-point/ is excessively cheery to a skeptic, but have you tried it? And, when you refer to PCI, are you aiming at a mini-PCIe card to mount in a laptop, or a PCI bus card for a desktop? What WiFI HW do you have at present, BTW?" CreationDate="2020-03-18T21:14:27.553" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21628" PostId="13071" Score="0" Text="@Romen - this might be the answer - as of right now, they just don't exist. Depressingly, but looks like that's reality. Not entirely convinced on the &quot;if not video / high power&quot; use USB-A though. Plenty of small things like USB keys, charger cables, already exist as USB-C. What I want is a single plug - USB-C, to work with multiple connections USB 3.1, or Thunderbolt, etc, all using the same plug, so I can just have a single hub and set of cables. Nirvana is both very close, and a long way away, it seems." CreationDate="2020-03-18T21:27:19.067" UserId="1243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21630" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY At the moment I use an old belkin usb (050d:845a). Earlier I tried numerous devices and the results were... well... not very good. I had luck if station mode worked. Many devices did not even have a working driver. Now the case is much better (nearly all the devices can work in station mode). The old belkin usb uses the staging driver r8712u, I have the most hope in it, although the driver does not yet follow the 80211 api in the kernel (it was developed by the manufacturer before that api appeared and nobody ported it to that)." CreationDate="2020-03-18T22:37:23.100" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21631" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY Now I tried to set up the gnome network manager gui app. It says, &quot;Connection myAp is not available because profile is not compatible with the device (the device does not support Access Point mode)&quot;. I tried also an unofficial driver at the time, which supported but was very weak signal and unstable. I've also tried windows from an virtual machine with direct path, so it worked, but it had many problems." CreationDate="2020-03-18T22:50:29.073" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21632" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY I've just checked the rtl8712 driver source in a current kernel. It seems supporting AP mode! But, if I try to set it, I simply does not happen. Somehow it should be sniffed, what a windows driver communicates with the usb port, doing the same with linux (in qemu, with usb directpath), and then comparing them, and fixing the driver. I would be soooo happy if I would have the time for that :-(" CreationDate="2020-03-18T23:28:12.453" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21633" PostId="13071" Score="0" Text="Well Type-C exists in lots of places, so there *will* be accessories made to work with it. But the primary use-case for Type-C accessories is on mobile phones. Laptops and desktops are still being made with type A ports so it's a situation where usually both ports are available, and you'd only buy a Type-C usb key or accessory if you needed it." CreationDate="2020-03-19T00:10:14.710" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21634" PostId="13018" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY question updated" CreationDate="2020-03-19T04:45:31.780" UserId="1162" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21635" PostId="13062" Score="1" Text="Hi, yep, the displays are side-by-side. The refresh rate is 59Hz. That switch looks like it may do the job, but wow, it's expensive!" CreationDate="2020-03-19T12:44:35.560" UserId="14519" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21639" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic _explicitly states in its next to last full graf_: Questions asking about troubleshooting hardware or technical support for hardware may be on topic on (for Windows) Super User (_and_  http://unix.stackexchange.com _is the place to ask about this RTL8712 driver problem with Debian_). I'd suggest incorporating the substance of the discussion into the question with [edit] then ask you to click [flag] and suggest to be moved there. Dang it, but since this has become a Debian-centric issue, I am over my head here." CreationDate="2020-03-19T16:39:40.837" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21641" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY Well, maybe the rtl8712 problems were offtopic here, but you asked it. My problem was at the time that I bought about 3 different usb wifi dongles and none of them worked. I also bought a pci atheros card, it worked but the signal strength was very low. Here the goal is only to find a pci or usb wifi device having a good-working linux driver. The actually used distro is particularly a non-issue in the question, because - as I've already explained - the problem roots in the drivers at the time. Now the chances seem better, but I would be still happy to make an AP from my home server." CreationDate="2020-03-19T16:46:49.777" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21642" PostId="307" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY Debian only integrates linux-compatible opensource softwares, including the linux kernel. Talking about a distro, instead of talking about a device with a good driver, is highly misleading (we are not talking about the important things)." CreationDate="2020-03-19T16:49:49.477" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21650" PostId="13083" Score="1" Text="_is there any way to crank the setup up, perhaps with a higher frame rate camera, and faster processing hardware?_ Yes.  -  Wish I could dig into this for you. EG&amp;G https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapatronic_camera used optoelectronic shutters for this purpose. Knowing your budget would be _very_ helpful, otherwise this turns into a 'how high is up?' question." CreationDate="2020-03-19T21:02:27.027" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21654" PostId="13082" Score="0" Text="MechEng is right on. The CPU T-Junction is rated at 100 degrees C per https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/149091/intel-core-i7-8565u-processor-8m-cache-up-to-4-60-ghz.html .  NVIDIA does not provide a ceiling temp for the MX130 in its published specs https://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook-gpus/nvidia-geforce-mx130/specifications but I doubt 39 Centigrade would be a problem for it, either. Don't overdo the thermal paste if you decide to change it; see https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3346-thermal-paste-application-benchmark-too-much-thermal-paste" CreationDate="2020-03-19T21:42:36.757" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21656" PostId="13088" Score="0" Text="Great answer, thanks. D'oh! I had forgotten that I bought a Gemini when they were cheap during the funding campaign. I will dig it out &amp; check out the battery life" CreationDate="2020-03-20T06:49:34.750" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21657" PostId="13083" Score="1" Text="I know high speed cameras are extremely expensive, but seeing this guy's setup, can I say couple hundred bucks for 1000fps at some ok-ish quality? can't really think of any high-end cameras with CSI port.. or maybe there are other possible ways to connect it?" CreationDate="2020-03-20T08:30:19.960" UserId="14528" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21658" PostId="13078" Score="0" Text="Changing CPU in a laptop, even one so well documented as an x230, is highly not  recommended. In general, a motherboard has a specific socket. That and its BIOS dictate what CPUs will work. Do you have a desktop PC available? What motherboard does it have?" CreationDate="2020-03-20T08:31:33.180" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21660" PostId="13083" Score="1" Text="well let's say 480p, in general I'm just looking for some research advices on what kind of hardware works for it" CreationDate="2020-03-20T09:03:11.687" UserId="14528" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21661" PostId="13076" Score="0" Text="Good finds. Thanks." CreationDate="2020-03-20T09:51:04.047" UserId="14521" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21662" PostId="13076" Score="1" Text="Caution to buyers- not clear if these are FDA approved. 1 of them claims to be. Others aren't clear, for example it says the Fingertip Pulse Monitor is, but its ambiguous about the whole device. Do your own research." CreationDate="2020-03-20T10:01:08.773" UserId="14521" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21663" PostId="13078" Score="1" Text="In a Thinkpad X230, the CPU is soldered to the motherboard anyway. Swapping in a different CPU either requires changing the board, or it involves rather expensive equipment to de- and re-solder. The question reads like there might be some confusion about what a CPU actually is. I have seen people refer to a desktop PC tower as &quot;the CPU&quot;..." CreationDate="2020-03-20T10:27:10.977" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21664" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="-1 for not mentioning matching wavelengths - SMA antennas are available for all kind of equipment, including WiFi and GSM - those won't work here." CreationDate="2020-03-20T10:52:06.413" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21665" PostId="13042" Score="0" Text="I read recently that Marvell just announced ARM servers with 96 cores and 384 threads (SMT4). Also look into Xeon Phi - that's the modern processor add-in card, more flexible than GPU computing." CreationDate="2020-03-20T10:59:20.873" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21666" PostId="13041" Score="1" Text="Wacom is anything but cheap, but that's THE brand for drawing AFAIK." CreationDate="2020-03-20T11:01:21.487" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21667" PostId="13063" Score="0" Text="Thanks for replying. The motherboard is an ASRock X570 PRO4." CreationDate="2020-03-20T11:54:21.157" UserId="14520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21668" PostId="13084" Score="1" Text="They are MacBook Pros. I've edited the question to reflect this." CreationDate="2020-03-20T14:29:50.973" UserId="14519" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21669" PostId="13091" Score="0" Text="That's the same link @Romen found, but appears to be still correct. Annoying given it's a year old link at this point, and I was hoping something had changed." CreationDate="2020-03-20T16:24:44.140" UserId="1243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21672" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY meanwhile the question does not mention aircraft VHF and the product linked there receives at 1 GHz. And wavelength matching is still an issue which should be mentioned IMO." CreationDate="2020-03-20T16:39:43.130" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21673" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="I didn't check it precisely earlier, but you write about completely different stuff than the question." CreationDate="2020-03-20T16:43:53.047" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21674" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="So while I might've missed that part of your answer the -1 stays. It would be a very good answer IFF the question was about aircraft VHF AM. ADS-B is something different, at 1090 MHz." CreationDate="2020-03-20T16:45:48.723" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21675" PostId="13052" Score="1" Text="@Jan Morniak Point well taken and answer rewritten. TY for catching my error." CreationDate="2020-03-20T16:49:51.620" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21676" PostId="13093" Score="1" Text="Ability to add an M.2 drive will push up the price. 1) Can you live with a SATA-III 2.5&quot; SSD, which would be equivalent in speed to to an M.2 SATA-III drive? 2) M.2 drives can also be PCIe NVMe, significantly faster but also spendier. Is that your objective? 3) What screen dimensions do you want for that laptop? Please click [edit] and update your specifications accordingly. The Question is your channel to us; please put everything in the Question. Add Comment is our channel to you; please don't use it." CreationDate="2020-03-20T16:56:33.220" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21677" PostId="13087" Score="0" Text="I'd not drive for bad sound quality, as you do want to communicate effectively. Sound is typically 1/3 of bandwidth at decent quality, so it's not as important as video." CreationDate="2020-03-20T17:04:26.970" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21678" PostId="13093" Score="1" Text="http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/344/AMD_A9-Series_for_Notebooks_A9-9410_vs_Intel_Core_i5_Mobile_i5-6200U.html has a comparison of the aforementioned A9-9410 to an Intel i5-6200U you may find useful." CreationDate="2020-03-20T17:05:54.440" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21679" PostId="12893" Score="0" Text="Yes, the iPhone XR doesn't have an FHD screen, but the screen quality is awesome compared to some similar phones in the market. I would personally still buy the iPhone XR" CreationDate="2020-03-20T17:22:45.747" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21680" PostId="13043" Score="0" Text="your suggestions are very small size?! My goal is to use that pad as an educational/teaching tool to be able to write my lecture with pen on it." CreationDate="2020-03-20T18:37:11.513" UserId="14509" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21681" PostId="13098" Score="1" Text="The remaining issues you asked about should be removed from the question my your clicking [edit], removing their text from the original question, and creating a new question with their text. As per https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic, the site's _Quality Guidelines:_ Your question on Hardware Recommendations should:: &#xA;Show previous research - Tell us what products you are aware of that do not meet your needs. and Have a narrow scope - Only ask for one piece of hardware at a time and focus on what you need from that item. If you need multiple items, ask more than one question." CreationDate="2020-03-20T22:46:22.787" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21683" PostId="13084" Score="1" Text="Thank you for your assistance with this!" CreationDate="2020-03-21T11:05:28.980" UserId="14519" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21684" PostId="13083" Score="1" Text="let the &quot;couple hundred&quot; be $200" CreationDate="2020-03-21T12:20:44.870" UserId="14528" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21686" PostId="13095" Score="0" Text="Thank you, I will take it into consideration!" CreationDate="2020-03-22T02:04:20.750" UserId="14436" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21689" PostId="13065" Score="0" Text="Quick update- I got the ear endoscope here: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07H3RQR3M/ and it was very good. I could use it for my ear, inspect skin, and probably much more." CreationDate="2020-03-23T06:33:11.127" UserId="14521" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21690" PostId="11450" Score="0" Text="After you choose your MCU, join us on the [Intenet of Things](https://iot.stackexchange.com/) site" CreationDate="2020-03-23T15:03:42.513" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21692" PostId="13108" Score="0" Text="Any such device would need to be installed between the audio source input device and the amplifier. Do you have a separate amplifier, or does your existing sound system permit installing such a device?" CreationDate="2020-03-23T17:40:55.377" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21693" PostId="13114" Score="1" Text="Any specific requirements apart from the price? I'd probably go with a Crucial MX500. It does not have any major flaws, and at least in my region, it is one of the cheapest options." CreationDate="2020-03-23T19:58:29.003" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21694" PostId="13093" Score="1" Text="Here are articles which discuss metal body laptops: https://www.howtogeek.com/307165/next-gen-laptop-materials-aluminum-alloy-vs-magnesium-alloy-vs-carbon-fiber/ https://www.reinisfischer.com/top-20-aluminium-chassis-notebook-laptop-computers https://bestlaptopsworld.com/best-aluminum-laptops/  https://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/metal-case-laptops https://valuenomad.com/best-metal-laptops/" CreationDate="2020-03-23T20:48:32.560" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21695" PostId="13114" Score="0" Text="@MechEng I want 1TB space.  M.2 Sata" CreationDate="2020-03-23T20:52:34.667" UserId="14548" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21697" PostId="13114" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY I am sorry. I do not know what is MMC/eMMC. However I know people who have installed SSD SATA on this same model." CreationDate="2020-03-23T21:01:42.237" UserId="14548" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21700" PostId="13113" Score="0" Text="I wonder if it'd doable with a DSP" CreationDate="2020-03-23T22:34:01.617" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21701" PostId="13113" Score="0" Text="This kind of DSP? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signal_processing  That may be another question to pose at the software Q&amp;A site http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com" CreationDate="2020-03-23T22:37:53.843" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21702" PostId="13113" Score="0" Text="I have specific software and hardware in mind, might add another answer later. Problem is it replaces the sound card with a DAC which is not really too quality" CreationDate="2020-03-23T22:39:42.920" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21703" PostId="13117" Score="0" Text="Qi is a standard for wireless loading of phones. But what is a &quot;Qi tag charger&quot;? Google does not know the terminology." CreationDate="2020-03-24T08:21:24.540" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21706" PostId="13117" Score="1" Text="Just a splitter won't do what you want. You need a USB-C hub designed for this. Please click [edit] and provide more information on this 'tag charger'." CreationDate="2020-03-24T16:28:14.020" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21707" PostId="13114" Score="0" Text="I have two laptops with eMMC sockets which won't accept an M.2 SSD, so I'm suggesting you double-check. Are you able to find by reviewing http://samsung.com/br/support/model/NP500R5H-XD3BR if that M.2 slot is for a SATA SSD or for eMMC? Big difference, would hate for you to buy and get disappointed. Explained in http://windowscentral.com/emmc-vs-ssd and http://partitionwizard.com/clone-disk/emmc-vs-ssd-005.html" CreationDate="2020-03-24T16:48:46.830" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21708" PostId="13104" Score="1" Text="Can you explain your use case in brief that how are you going to use it?" CreationDate="2020-03-24T20:45:31.000" UserId="1126" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21709" PostId="13121" Score="1" Text="I'm assuming that this is an external drive that you are looking for and not replacing the internal drive?" CreationDate="2020-03-25T02:54:31.913" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21711" PostId="13121" Score="1" Text="@TrevorHummer oops, yes to replace internal drive. Updated OP" CreationDate="2020-03-25T02:59:04.247" UserId="14557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21712" PostId="13118" Score="1" Text="The only thing I can think of (assuming your office is no larger than a decent-sized US home) is the download/upload speed that would hinder usage. This wouldn't cap the number of devices on the network, but limit the speed of those devices." CreationDate="2020-03-25T03:01:43.820" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21714" PostId="13121" Score="0" Text="Yes USB 2.0 ports" CreationDate="2020-03-25T03:07:25.880" UserId="14557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21716" PostId="13118" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY The topology is a single floor office, about 90 square metres (~960 square feet?), furthest point to be is about 15 metres, internally, at most will cross one dry wall in any directions." CreationDate="2020-03-25T04:07:16.110" UserId="14553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21717" PostId="13118" Score="1" Text="@TrevorHummer, I apologize in advance if I am mistaken. Do you mean, simplistically speaking, something like an AC1300 device for 10 devices would be around 100Mbps per device due to simple division?" CreationDate="2020-03-25T04:10:44.873" UserId="14553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21719" PostId="13118" Score="1" Text="This is slightly complicated in my opinion. The device pulls as much data as the network allows (how much is allowed is very complicated, due to the data traveling through many servers and networks before it reaches your device). If everyone is downloading a large file from a server or a website, I think that 100Mbps number is correct on paper. In reality, each device takes as much data as it needs. Someone, PLEASE correct me if I am wrong." CreationDate="2020-03-25T04:27:50.333" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21721" PostId="13122" Score="0" Text="Trevor, I apologize. When you said you were assuming external I soon updated my OP. Would it be worth it to replace my internal hard drive with an SSD?" CreationDate="2020-03-25T13:07:19.183" UserId="14557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21722" PostId="13122" Score="0" Text="With your laptop being an Apple, no because Apple notoriously makes their computers hard to service. If you want the laptop to be quicker, you’re out of luck on the hardware side. Plus, somehow you would have to move the data over to the nee hard drive if you replaced the internal. You can add more storage though, but that wouldn’t make it quicker." CreationDate="2020-03-25T15:02:02.610" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21724" PostId="13124" Score="0" Text="I'd agree with what you're suggesting" CreationDate="2020-03-25T16:05:01.183" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21725" PostId="13124" Score="1" Text="In some cases it makes sense to consider multiple access points and a separate router too. The WiFi radio and the router are entirely separate systems that are usually built together in home-use products, but in larger enterprise networks it makes more sense to have a high end wired router connected to several WiFi access points." CreationDate="2020-03-25T17:19:34.997" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21726" PostId="13108" Score="0" Text="This seems like a very trivial thing for a computer to handle with software by modifying the audio stream from its mic port and playing back to its speaker port. There are lots of options for software if you choose to use a computer instead of a dedicated device. (Even better if you play the audio from a computer in the first place)" CreationDate="2020-03-25T17:25:13.550" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21727" PostId="13129" Score="1" Text="VA is the whole sinewave that has to be generated. Watts is the part of the sinewave that your equipment actually uses.  Say you have a power supply that scalps the top of the sinewave *when positive*, for only 10% of the total cycle.  it draws 5 amps at that time, but only 0.5A on average, so 115W.  However the spinning mechanical generator must make 230Vx5A=1150 VA.  With inverters, though, the inverter may not need to make all that, since it can track the load instantaneously." CreationDate="2020-03-13T07:55:19.060" UserId="9683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21728" PostId="13129" Score="1" Text="*It is powered by a 1kW-rated Corsair RM1000X power unit.*  It's unlikely that your system draws that much power during normal operation, even with heavy CPU load.  If you can detect power fail and limit max turbo CPU frequency with a script, that could extend run time a lot at a moderate cost in performance.  Looking at the max-TDP numbers for the CPU(s) will give you a worst-case ballpark estimate, plus power for RAM, general motherboard stuff, and any HDD / SDD." CreationDate="2020-03-14T00:47:49.977" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21729" PostId="13129" Score="3" Text="@Alexander because computer UPSs have always had but one purpose: to give you enough time to do an orderly shutdown.  They're *just not for* extended off-grid operations.  There's a whole 'nother world for that, matured for 30 years, fueled by the off-grid solar/Van Life/narrowboat-living people.  No reason for UPS makers to reinvent that wheel." CreationDate="2020-03-13T21:54:42.177" UserId="9683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21730" PostId="13129" Score="1" Text="@RichardtheSpacecat I always found this very strange. In my experience, the capacity is the only thing worth caring about for the vast majoirty of consumers, who have some middle-of-the-road 150-600w setup. Why UPS' advertise their 1500 VA capability but not their capacity is beyond me." CreationDate="2020-03-13T21:01:38.957" UserDisplayName="Alexander - Reinstate Monica" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21731" PostId="13129" Score="1" Text="@niran90 It's getting to be a popular thread ... can I suggest you fold your comment (&quot;mostly used for test suiting ...&quot;) into the question?" CreationDate="2020-03-13T15:33:32.280" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21732" PostId="13129" Score="6" Text="Also consider moving your test server to a cloud provider. This might turn out to be a *LOT* cheaper than implementing a UPS based solution." CreationDate="2020-03-13T13:47:57.477" UserDisplayName="Tejas Kale" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21733" PostId="13129" Score="1" Text="Yeah - before you figure out the sizing for your system, you should figure out how much _actual_ peak power your test suite consumes; Kill-A-Watt meters aren't too expensive (less than 30 USD on Amazon), and will provide crucial information for sizing constraints.  Even my local library will lend me one for a week at a time (though that's the US).  Before I consider sizing options, I'd run my simulator at &quot;full tilt&quot; while being measured for power consumption." CreationDate="2020-03-14T18:22:17.923" UserDisplayName="Jon V" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21734" PostId="13129" Score="4" Text="@niran90 yes a UPS needs maintenance, and batteries are consumable items good for 3-5 years.  They should be replaced AT MOST every 5 years, else they have no carry and make a power flick into a full outage by not covering.   I've got 6 years out of one set, but your usage might see them dead in 3." CreationDate="2020-03-13T02:55:21.350" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21735" PostId="13129" Score="2" Text="@Milwrdfan So although it's mostly used for test suiting, the purposes that we use it for (that requires a UPS) is to run medium-sized simulations (we're a computational fluid dynamics research group) that are too small to warrant being run on a cluster. When such simulations are being run, no interaction with any other devices is required, and the mahine is stand-alone." CreationDate="2020-03-13T01:23:35.867" UserDisplayName="niran90" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21736" PostId="13129" Score="3" Text="Do you have a budget?  Is it a one-off capital expenditure only or is there an ongoing operational expense budget?" CreationDate="2020-03-13T00:10:17.097" UserId="822" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21737" PostId="13129" Score="9" Text="Making this as a comment - before you invest in a long-duration UPS, be fully sure that your test-suite machine can run completely independently from anything outside itself.  No internet access, no shared servers, no license server for test tools, no network storage, no other test aggregation tools.  With no power to those other devices if you need them, you'll be dead in the water anyway." CreationDate="2020-03-12T23:29:28.443" UserId="9991" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21738" PostId="13129" Score="12" Text="Definitely generator plus short lived UPS. Cheaper to buy, cheaper to run." CreationDate="2020-03-12T11:21:47.797" UserDisplayName="tomnexus" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21739" PostId="13129" Score="17" Text="Be sure to measure how much the system actually consumes under max load (with a kill-a-watt or similar device) to get a better estimate of what your actual required UPS capacity would be. This could mean that the machine would only consume, say, 300W, which would lower the required UPS capacity to ~1.2 kWh and then some for a good measure, making it possibly way cheaper to buy." CreationDate="2020-03-12T09:27:49.787" UserDisplayName="Richard the Spacecat" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21740" PostId="13129" Score="16" Text="Also, one sad fact of life is that some (many, most?) UPS manufacturers don't actually specify the kWh rating of their devices; instead, they usually rate them at minutes at maximum and half load. However, this &quot;up to 4 kWh&quot; requirement is rather high; getting a UPS like this would likely be very costly, as many hardly touch a 1 kWh capacity. Do consider an option of even a small a backup generator alongside a cheaper UPS. Be sure to connect the machine up to the UPS, so it can gracefully shut down once the UPS runs out of juice if there's nobody around to run the generator." CreationDate="2020-03-12T09:27:42.570" UserDisplayName="Richard the Spacecat" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21741" PostId="13129" Score="1" Text="@Criggie We have not finalised the budget yet - I'm currently doing a preliminary search to get a feel for the cost. But from what I'm seeing, it seems that in addition to the initial investment being very large for the required specifications (&gt;$1800), we would need to replace batteries every 2-3 years, which would be an additional cost." CreationDate="2020-03-13T01:26:37.360" UserDisplayName="niran90" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21742" PostId="13129" Score="1" Text="Does the computer need to be running for the duration of the mains power loss, or would it be sufficient for it to shut down cleanly? The difference is thousands of ZAR." CreationDate="2020-03-15T17:55:35.317" UserId="6210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21743" PostId="13133" Score="2" Text="$7500 for a UPS that doesn't even have the runtime!?  Why not just install a subpanel with a Tesla PowerWall then?  It's cheaper, and *is actually made for long-term running*, also the battery will last a LOOOT longer.  Not like a &quot;10kw&quot; UPS with 1h10 at 1000W, obviously the battery is sized for 5 minutes to drop connections, settle databases, flush cashes and shutdown." CreationDate="2020-03-13T02:56:09.687" UserId="9683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21744" PostId="13132" Score="5" Text="@JoL lead-acid batteries don't mind being floated, it's no worse than letting them sit full and occasionally topping off, as a standby UPS does." CreationDate="2020-03-12T23:50:02.543" UserDisplayName="hobbs" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21745" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="I don't have any experience of the Tesla products, but they're certainly interesting.  I note from wikipedia &quot;As of October 2019, the Tesla Powerwall 2 costs $14,600 for the recommended two units (plus $2,500 to $4,500 for installation) in the US; this price does not include the cost of solar panels&quot;" CreationDate="2020-03-13T04:35:36.240" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21746" PostId="13133" Score="1" Text="Modern server power supplies have near-unity power factor (otherwise correction would be expensive for large data centres). HP quote 0.99 https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04346217.pdf" CreationDate="2020-03-13T19:15:51.987" UserDisplayName="grahamj42" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21747" PostId="13133" Score="1" Text="Many UPSes can report to the computer over USB (or serial for even older UPSes).  You don't need a fancy ethernet-accessible UPS if you have one supported by `apcupsd` on one computer that other computers can talk to to find out when to shut down.  Although for the UPS capacity the OP is looking at, ethernet is probably a minor factor." CreationDate="2020-03-14T00:52:15.107" UserId="1727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21748" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@grahamj42 thanks, added your info to answer." CreationDate="2020-03-15T17:05:46.473" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21749" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@PeterCordes thanks, added your info to answer.  I certainly agree that USB etc is much better (fewer things to fail) for a single server if wiring is convenient." CreationDate="2020-03-15T17:06:51.033" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21750" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@DavidSchwartz thanks, added your comment to answer" CreationDate="2020-03-15T17:07:12.353" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21751" PostId="13132" Score="2" Text="This may be a dumb comment as I have little to no experience with UPSes, but wouldn't the online model reduce the lifetime of the battery significantly? One might not have to worry about replacing the switch every year, but then one might have to replace the more expensive battery a few years sooner than they otherwise would have. I'm just wondering here; it may even be that battery technology is such a battery that is continuously used lasts longer than one that isn't. I really don't know." CreationDate="2020-03-12T23:31:02.337" UserDisplayName="JoL" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21752" PostId="13132" Score="0" Text="Yes, the batteries need to be replaced every year or two anyhow (manufacturer will recommend a schedule, or the UPS unit's self-test will determine it). When the switch fails, firstly, you only find out about it when your system goes offline at a power transfer event. Secondly, the switch doesn't get replaced; the whole UPS does. So it's really not a good strategy." CreationDate="2020-03-14T03:35:18.597" UserDisplayName="CCTO" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21753" PostId="13131" Score="0" Text="@Harper-ReinstateMonica I know what you mean about generators, it's a lot of stuff and routine and things to go wrong.  And usually diesel.  New battery things and maybe solar (South Africa = 3,200 hours/year sunshine) much better!  Thanks too for &quot;proposed&gt;discussed&quot; edit." CreationDate="2020-03-18T01:51:13.640" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21754" PostId="13131" Score="0" Text="What does the phrase &quot;not even stupid&quot; mean?  Perhaps it's a typo?" CreationDate="2020-03-13T13:21:22.530" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21755" PostId="13131" Score="1" Text="@jonathanjo I read it as meaning &quot;[such a bad idea that it's] worse than stupid&quot;" CreationDate="2020-03-13T15:26:04.740" UserDisplayName="hopper" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21756" PostId="13131" Score="1" Text="@jonathanjo Yeah, I'm sorry, I did make it sound like you were *recommending* that one, didn't I?  That was my bad, I knew you weren't.  But as far as generators, I've *had it* with them. They'll always have their applications, but I think the only reason they're still gold-standard is the PowerWall type products are too new to be widely accepted. But I see them as inevitable now." CreationDate="2020-03-13T21:11:39.500" UserId="9683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21757" PostId="13131" Score="0" Text="Yeah, I'm sure about the future of Powerwall-ish things. I foresaw plug-in hybrids 30 years ago, and they turned out exactly as I expected." CreationDate="2020-03-13T21:57:17.470" UserId="9683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21758" PostId="13131" Score="2" Text="Hey! My industry! 100% agree, a storage inverter with grid forming capabilites is really what you want here. Points to note: lithium battery lifetimes are ~10 years, and you've probably lost 20% capacity by that point. You'll also *probably* still need a UPS sadly, though a small one, because regulations essentially require a 5s downtime before they can kick back on (you may be able to find one that doesn't do this, if the person that explained that to me was wrong...)" CreationDate="2020-03-14T07:21:28.517" UserDisplayName="mbrig" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21759" PostId="13131" Score="0" Text="@mbrig yeah, I'm sure that 5 seconds is for the power contactors/ interlocks to throw and settle.  I really really wish someone would make a double-ended PowerWall with two sets of lugs that didn't require all that external interlocking." CreationDate="2020-03-19T02:31:31.513" UserId="9683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21760" PostId="13131" Score="1" Text="@Harper-ReinstateMonica they actually do, but there's still the 5 seconds... something about islanding detection or ride through requirements. It didn't really make sense to me, but I wasn't going to tell the head of their R&amp;D how to do his job. Layout looks something like this: https://i.imgur.com/VEzUFnJ.png" CreationDate="2020-03-19T05:09:59.487" UserDisplayName="mbrig" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21761" PostId="13131" Score="1" Text="I suspect the actual problem is the transition from grid following (current control) to grid forming (voltage control), probably a tough problem for the control system to do that smoothly." CreationDate="2020-03-19T05:11:39.650" UserDisplayName="mbrig" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21762" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@niran90 I hope it's been helpful for you" CreationDate="2020-03-13T02:23:00.747" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21763" PostId="13131" Score="3" Text="These are excellent suggestions. I'd comment I wasn't proposing a US$ 7k UPS, I was saying it was available. If it was my money there's no way I'd regard it as sensible; but I was trying to keep my tone neutral in my answer. If you are stuck with infrastructure designed for reliable mains electricity supply but lack the reliability, generators and all the complexity are a good fit. But it might be better to design the whole thing away, exactly as you say.  I've added some commentary along these lines to my answer." CreationDate="2020-03-13T13:17:55.427" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21764" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@jonathanjo Thanks. I see that only the top suppliers like APC and Eaton provide the runtime graphs, which give a clear picture of 1) how many backup battery packs we will need to ramp up to &gt;4hrs and 2) how hideously costly the combination of the UPS and batteries is actually going to be. It's quite clear that I need to investigate alternate solutions." CreationDate="2020-03-13T01:32:59.463" UserDisplayName="niran90" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21765" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@alex.forencich You're correct of course, thanks.  fixed in answer." CreationDate="2020-03-13T00:29:32.063" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21766" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@user20637 thank you for finding my second silly arithmetic error, fixed now." CreationDate="2020-03-13T00:29:03.507" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21767" PostId="13134" Score="2" Text="@niran90 yes. Over-sizing a UPS system by a bit will be good for the longevity of the components and your batteries." CreationDate="2020-03-13T02:34:16.873" UserDisplayName="hobbs" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21768" PostId="13134" Score="0" Text="@hobbs Thanks for this information. I have seen many comments that suggest that I should add 50-60% to the peak load for &quot;good measure&quot;. So I have been looking at UPSs with a 1500VA spec (1.2kW). Do you agree with this?" CreationDate="2020-03-13T01:37:30.130" UserDisplayName="niran90" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21769" PostId="13134" Score="1" Text="@niran90 you need the apparent power rating of the UPS to be more than the peak apparent power of the load — which you probably aren't told! In the case of the RM1000x, I can guesstimate it from the spec sheet to be 1260VA (1100W peak load, 88% efficiency at 100% load, 99% power factor because it has PFC). But the best way is to measure." CreationDate="2020-03-12T23:47:25.670" UserDisplayName="hobbs" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21770" PostId="13134" Score="1" Text="Thanks for your response! Could you perhaps tell me which rating I should be paying attention to while I keep searching? Do I need to match the 1kW-rating of the machine's power unit with the &quot;real&quot; or &quot;apparent&quot; power?" CreationDate="2020-03-12T09:36:20.597" UserDisplayName="niran90" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21771" PostId="13133" Score="1" Text="Oh wow! Thanks for your detailed response. It's a lot to take in, and I hadn't anticipated that looking for a UPS would be such a tedious task, haha. But I will re-read your post a few times to absorb the pertinent information that will inform my decision :)" CreationDate="2020-03-12T11:56:16.570" UserDisplayName="niran90" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21772" PostId="13134" Score="1" Text="Thanks for your remark to my question, I'm intending to remove my answer (since it would be mostly a copy to yours)." CreationDate="2020-03-12T09:21:44.643" UserId="7222" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21773" PostId="13133" Score="1" Text="@Justin ... I'm sorry, it was a stupid error, and should have been 4,000 Wh.  P watts for T hours = P * T watt hours.  I have fixed the answer text." CreationDate="2020-03-12T17:58:58.827" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21774" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@jonathanjo - No worries, I'll delete my comments now." CreationDate="2020-03-12T17:59:33.183" UserDisplayName="Justin" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21775" PostId="13133" Score="3" Text="@niran90 They don't normally quote watt-hours because of the non-linearities.  The best way to estimate time is to look up your load (in watts) against the curve of a particular UPS.  The graph in my answer is very typical of the shape of the curve, though of course the power and time vary according to the given UPS." CreationDate="2020-03-12T18:02:11.350" UserDisplayName="jonathanjo" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21776" PostId="13133" Score="2" Text="&quot;you need 4,000 Wh. A typical car battery is approx 500 Wh (Wikipedia), so your basic needs are at least two car batteries worth of storage&quot;  Huh? Is that arithmetic correct?" CreationDate="2020-03-12T20:00:09.787" UserDisplayName="user20637" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21777" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@user20637 looks like the Wh figure was wrong earlier, and that error was propagated but not fixed when the first error was discovered.  So yes, should be 8 car batteries worth of storage, not 2." CreationDate="2020-03-12T21:51:53.433" UserDisplayName="alex.forencich" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21778" PostId="13133" Score="0" Text="@Justin That's right, I need a UPS with a 4kWh battery, but no specification I have seen so far has the kWh rating mentioned. The most that is mentioned is the &quot;autonomous time&quot; in mins under max. load. And typically I have seen 5min - 15min. The UPSs that I have looked at require additional battery packs in order to scale up to ~4hrs." CreationDate="2020-03-12T15:16:57.327" UserDisplayName="niran90" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21780" PostId="13052" Score="0" Text="@Jan Dorniak Point well taken and answer rewritten. TY for catching my error." CreationDate="2020-03-25T21:27:13.567" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21781" PostId="13039" Score="0" Text="1) What screen resolution and refresh frequency  is your MacBook running at? 2) What's the model of the Some old Samsung display?  Please click [edit] and enlighten me. .................. Also: &quot;Magic Software&quot;, you say? https://symless.com/synergy may become part of the solution, as may https://www.dameware.com/dameware-remote-everywhere but I'm getting ahead of myself. Have to verify a few things first...." CreationDate="2020-03-25T21:35:37.883" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21782" PostId="13108" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY, I'm just speaking of a computer with a mic and speaker jack, without assuming what those jacks are connected to. The line in or mic ports produce a digital stream *inside* the computer." CreationDate="2020-03-25T23:47:19.507" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21784" PostId="13108" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY, You'd use the one that is more appropriate. Many soundcards can repurpose mic jacks as line-in jacks with a setting so it doesn't often matter. The frequency modification would be happening digitally, in the computer, before coming out the speaker jack." CreationDate="2020-03-25T23:51:36.960" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21785" PostId="13043" Score="0" Text="There's cheap, and then there's large. Large digitizer devices are spendy." CreationDate="2020-03-25T23:56:55.597" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21786" PostId="13108" Score="0" Text="@Romen _I want to do that with some device connected to TV, speakers, etc.._ is what the OP asked for." CreationDate="2020-03-25T23:58:49.947" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21787" PostId="13108" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY, You can still use a computer for that too, I'm trying to say *it doesn't matter what they're using*. But I also pointed out that playing the audio from the computer in the first place would be the easiest way to accomplish this frequency shift without any special hardware." CreationDate="2020-03-26T00:24:24.230" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21788" PostId="13126" Score="0" Text="thanks, i found similar one [here](https://www.amazon.in/Netgear-Nighthawk-AC2300-MU-MIMO-Dual-Band/dp/B075JMF84S?th=1)" CreationDate="2020-03-26T02:49:27.503" UserId="14541" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21789" PostId="13039" Score="0" Text="Added the resolution for the Mac. I'm not sure about the refresh rate though. I'm assuming it's 60hz based on what little information I could find online." CreationDate="2020-03-26T03:15:57.587" UserId="14506" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21790" PostId="13128" Score="0" Text="I could not find one available for delivery" CreationDate="2020-03-26T10:19:27.727" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21791" PostId="13039" Score="0" Text="Please see https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/328326/how-to-view-monitor-refresh-rate-in-macos" CreationDate="2020-03-26T15:12:33.383" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21792" PostId="13128" Score="1" Text="Sympathies. The Google Shopping link I provided has a list of vendors further down the left pane. You may find one of those UK vendors has it even if they didn't tell Google." CreationDate="2020-03-26T17:32:27.873" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21793" PostId="13138" Score="0" Text="I have, it worked." CreationDate="2020-03-26T17:48:11.110" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21811" PostId="13124" Score="1" Text="I'd add that in WiFi 6 the access point can impose time slots on clients, significantly reducing collisions in congested environments (such as the office in question). AFAIK part of design goals for WiFi 6 was to improve this exact scenario." CreationDate="2020-03-28T16:54:43.043" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21812" PostId="13152" Score="0" Text="Did you mean althouth product page says 4DIMM require reduced frequency, the real product can run 4 DIMM at 3200 - will this work by luck? 32GB is the choice since even the MB have 4 slot, with 32GB you can extend to 128GB in the future. What about the intel-only recommendation? And are you sure AMD 3xxx CPU will support 2*32GB DIMM at 3200 speed?" CreationDate="2020-03-29T01:59:50.917" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21813" PostId="10159" Score="1" Text="dont know why people gave negative points. +1 from me. Valid question. I will go for 12.7 one" CreationDate="2020-03-29T06:12:01.447" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21814" PostId="13152" Score="0" Text="Those are a lot of questions. Probably enough for a new question entirely... As always with memory compatibility, there are no 100% answers. There is always a slim chance that something won't work, no matter how much research effort you put in. Chances of getting 2x32GB UDIMM to work at DDR4-3200 on Zen2-based Ryzen 3000 CPUs are pretty high. Please keep in mind that the Ryzen 3000 APUs are still basically Zen1, with all the memory compatibility issues that come with it." CreationDate="2020-03-29T13:01:33.450" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21819" PostId="13158" Score="1" Text="Edited the question. Best means highest FPS in Minecraft." CreationDate="2020-03-31T15:54:32.840" UserId="13590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21820" PostId="13158" Score="0" Text="Are you planning to play Minecraft or some newer games too? Also, are you willing to wait a few weeks? Some Ryzen 4000 were already released but it's just the first days." CreationDate="2020-03-31T16:19:07.857" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21821" PostId="13158" Score="0" Text="I'll just be playing Minecraft. No newer games. I've got to get it in the next week or so." CreationDate="2020-03-31T16:27:26.167" UserId="13590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21822" PostId="13158" Score="0" Text="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic also explicitly states _questions asking for general advice about buying hardware are out of scope because they don't necessarily lead to a concrete decision, and go out of date quickly._" CreationDate="2020-03-31T17:16:07.673" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21823" PostId="13167" Score="0" Text="Please replace the cable, which is the most likely point of failure." CreationDate="2020-03-31T20:59:21.787" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21832" PostId="13164" Score="0" Text="Will this router connect only as a WiFi Access Point, and/or should it have one or more Ethernet ports?" CreationDate="2020-03-31T23:38:07.463" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21838" PostId="13176" Score="0" Text="Maybe reconsider maximum settings. Many newer games won't run at your desired resolution and Hz (I assume you mean FPS instead of Hz), even with an RTX 2080TI. Lowering a few settings here and there is often a barely noticeable dent in image quality, but can have huge impact on FPS. Hz is usually used to classify the refresh rate of a monitor. You can run with 30FPS on a 240Hz monitor..." CreationDate="2020-04-01T07:33:44.310" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21841" PostId="13180" Score="0" Text="400$ for a GTX 1060 6GB seems excessive, even with the recent price increases. With the better alternatives that exist these days -you listed some of them- I would not recommend paying more than 200$ for one of these." CreationDate="2020-04-01T08:05:19.977" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21842" PostId="13164" Score="0" Text="It should ideally be a WiFi access point, and Ethernet ports would be ideal although not vital." CreationDate="2020-04-01T08:28:50.003" UserId="227" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21844" PostId="13184" Score="0" Text="I've ordered https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XFFL36S for now, hopefully it'll be what I want. I'll post an answer if it is." CreationDate="2020-04-01T14:42:52.603" UserId="15587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21848" PostId="13182" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY Router is a non-issue. The APs are only bridges to the ethernet network. A possible source of the problem is that wonderful Fritz-es want to create a mesh only by a purely 802.11, there is no way to create mesh by forwarding traffic to the ethernet cables. I want to avoid this, and many similar nastynesses of wonderful Big Companies." CreationDate="2020-04-01T15:36:22.970" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21851" PostId="13182" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY No, that is a no-issue, they don't bind these together. Btw, there are two routers and two uplinks and... well... I would gladly have a &quot;nice talk&quot; to their product managers, how the ******** do they think this all. And they would explain, that nearly all of their users are stupid, so they won't care on &quot;my problems&quot;. But this talk won't ever happen, so I blacklisted both companies and I am looking for an own-solution." CreationDate="2020-04-01T15:56:49.607" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21853" PostId="13182" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY No fritz and no cisco can be rooted without major hardware hack. They are unacceptable because neither of them has a rootable firmware, they are actively avoiding rooting. This made them to my blacklist. But the cause of their unacceptability is the lack of rootable firmware. Look for the positive requirement, i.e. it needs to have a rootable firmware; if it has not, consider it blacklisted. (P.s. also the German manufacturer named &quot;bintec elmeg&quot; is on the blacklist on the same reason.)" CreationDate="2020-04-01T16:01:41.333" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21855" PostId="13188" Score="0" Text="I have not delved into the devices themselves, as that's beyond scope, but I have a bias towards Asus." CreationDate="2020-04-01T16:32:25.860" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21856" PostId="13176" Score="0" Text="What I meant by maximum settings is High/Very High w/o Ray Tracing. Let me update that in my op. Yes, I menant FPS, not Hz" CreationDate="2020-04-01T16:45:50.313" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21857" PostId="13187" Score="0" Text="If I turned off Ray Tracing (I see it on in the benchmarks) do you know what I would get on Very High w/o RT?" CreationDate="2020-04-01T16:59:06.790" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21858" PostId="13180" Score="0" Text="@MechEng, I completely agree. I was looking at NEW cards, but if you didn't care about it being new or used, you could probably find them for $100-$150 on the used market. I'm going to add that I strongly recommend the GTX 1660TI (Side note, congrats on top 2% this quarter on this forum)" CreationDate="2020-04-01T17:03:21.923" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21860" PostId="13184" Score="0" Text="Would you be open to mechanical key switches or just rubber domes?" CreationDate="2020-04-01T17:32:12.113" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21864" PostId="13190" Score="0" Text="I would accept a 27&quot; or 28&quot;, just no bigger because the monitors would stick off of the desk at that point" CreationDate="2020-04-01T18:14:23.643" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21865" PostId="13180" Score="0" Text="I didn't necessarily mean purchasing a used one instead. I rather meant that if a GTX 1060 6GB costs 400$, then skip that and buy almost any other graphics card, new or used. I picked up a new 1070 for around 300€ a few months ago." CreationDate="2020-04-01T18:20:48.093" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21866" PostId="13180" Score="0" Text="That’s why I added the list of GPU’s that work and I’d recommend so if he doesn’t want to buy a GTX 1060 for $400, he could buy a something higher for cheaper" CreationDate="2020-04-01T18:22:45.897" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21870" PostId="13194" Score="0" Text="I am shopping https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/12943/wanted-linux-friendly-am4-motherboard-multiple-m-2-slots-without-realtek myself, and X570 motherboards start at $200 and get much more expensive quickly; hardly 'budget' territory. Spend the difference on NVMe/PCIe SSDs instead of SATA-III." CreationDate="2020-04-01T21:57:10.080" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21872" PostId="13194" Score="0" Text="Why are you repeating what I just wrote? X570 being too expensive for a budget build was exactly the point I made in my answer. In addition to explaining that excess budget should be spent on other things. I explicitly named SSD storage as an example." CreationDate="2020-04-01T22:08:31.180" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21875" PostId="13180" Score="0" Text="You may also consider Gigabyte's Thunderbolt-attached external GPU boxen, such as the https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Graphics-Card/GV-N1070IXEB-8GD#kf" CreationDate="2020-04-01T22:37:10.107" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21876" PostId="13188" Score="0" Text="My experience with such &quot;supported by openwrt&quot; firmwares is mainly bad, most of them is &quot;supported&quot; by a vague doc of a hardware hack what I can't do with a new company device. I do not want to fight with hardware, a JTAG-ged wifi AP is absolutely not what I could sell inside. I check the ASUS, it is a good name." CreationDate="2020-04-02T01:24:06.907" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21877" PostId="13188" Score="0" Text="I checked the 10 cheapest asus wireless routers on the Amazon. I found a clear, positive feedback that they would work with openwrt, in zero cases. It is quite unfortunate, I will check it further." CreationDate="2020-04-02T01:44:43.307" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21880" PostId="13186" Score="0" Text="_will there be some note worthy products in the market in the next let's say 6 months?_ Sadly, given the present circumstances, accurately predicting new noteworthy products within the next six months is unlikely." CreationDate="2020-04-02T15:48:49.363" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21883" PostId="13159" Score="0" Text="Does the 3.5mm connector have to be [TRRS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#TRRS_standards) to allow both mic and audio through? Does your iPhone charging splitter provide the TRRS pins too?" CreationDate="2020-04-02T16:21:11.697" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21884" PostId="13159" Score="0" Text="@Romen Yes, TRRS is required and I made sure to verify that the splitter supported TRRS prior to purchasing." CreationDate="2020-04-02T16:24:37.107" UserId="7696" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21885" PostId="13159" Score="0" Text="It seems that the Jabra amplifier is purpose built to replace telephone handsets, which have bad line quality in the first place and varying microphone impedances. Your iPhone may already provide many of the capabilities that this &quot;amplifier&quot; provides, especially when it comes to the software enhancements." CreationDate="2020-04-02T16:25:29.527" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21886" PostId="13159" Score="0" Text="@Romen that may be the case, but this amplifier has a switch for handset and PC comms. So normal calls will be switched to the handset (iphone) and when that’s not in use it will be switched over to PC audio - for video conferences my company holds daily for example. It’s also nice to have a dedicated mute button instead having to wake my screen if mute is required." CreationDate="2020-04-02T16:29:38.187" UserId="7696" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21887" PostId="13159" Score="0" Text="If you really need to do it with all 3.5mm and can't find the converter you want, consider that a 3-way switch for 3.5mm TRRS would allow you to switch between the Phone, PC, and &quot;off&quot; (not connected third jack)." CreationDate="2020-04-02T16:30:49.100" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21888" PostId="13193" Score="1" Text="The PCIe bandwidth is a very different bandwidth than your uplink/wifi bandwidth. The PCIe is far bigger, and being one of them larger or smaller practically does not affect the other." CreationDate="2020-04-02T19:42:48.510" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21890" PostId="13198" Score="0" Text="Is msi gt 710 2gb enough to boot up and able to use adobe premiere pro ? Then the next thing is r5 1600 zen 1 has 6 cores and 12 threads where r5 3500 zen 3 has 6 cores and 6 threads which of them seems perform better in editing and emulator stuff" CreationDate="2020-04-03T01:47:26.810" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21891" PostId="13198" Score="0" Text="@KirandeepMaan: a GT 710 would be good enough. However, I really want to emphasize how overpriced this graphics card is. So by all means, don't buy it new. The second question about which CPU to buy might be better suited for a new question entirely. It's a tough call, and depends on which software exactly you use, and how you use it." CreationDate="2020-04-03T07:29:04.883" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21892" PostId="13198" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY: I don't think that I left much ambiguity between my usage of these terms. The first 2 sentences clearly distinguish Ryzen APUs from Ryzen CPUs by their defining feature: integrated graphics. Or do you prefer a term like non-APU? A pedant might argue that this stands for anything that's not an APU. Like boats, refrigerators and whatnot ;)" CreationDate="2020-04-03T07:42:09.650" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21894" PostId="13198" Score="0" Text="I'm going to use Android Studio, Adobe Photoshop And Adobe Premiere Pro actually i don't know that more single performance matters in them or more multi threads helps and I'm getting used gt 710 at 18$ which isn't much till i get new gpu then shift this to old PC and now question is between r5 1600 or r5 3500 is it worth paying extra bucks for r5 3500 over r3 1600 or there was any other option available under 10000 Rs Indian." CreationDate="2020-04-03T09:08:04.103" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21895" PostId="13198" Score="0" Text="18$ is a fair price for that GPU. I'm not familiar with the hardware market in India. But from a pure performance standpoint at regular prices, you might want to consider the Ryzen 1600 AF. It's a Ryzen 5 1600, manufactured in a smaller process. In terms of performance, it is very similar to a Ryzen 5 2600, and it should be cheaper. This would be my recommendation over the Ryzen 5 3500." CreationDate="2020-04-03T09:21:29.267" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21897" PostId="13198" Score="0" Text="Yes this also come into my mind and have offer to buy Af variant just at just 8.2k but i would like to know if it was AF model Its model code is YD1600BBAFBOX Is it stock or af model" CreationDate="2020-04-03T10:36:19.883" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21898" PostId="13198" Score="0" Text="The old Ryzen 5 1600 (boxed version) has the model number YD1600BBAEBOX. The newer 12nm Ryzen 5 1600 &quot;AF&quot; (boxed version) has the model number YD1600BBAFBOX. So you should be good." CreationDate="2020-04-03T11:50:07.607" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21899" PostId="13198" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your help much appreciated stay safe man ; )" CreationDate="2020-04-03T11:52:37.787" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21900" PostId="13203" Score="3" Text="Not an answer, because I just read from other people who had success with this: Wacom Link Plus (ACK42819). The guy in question claims that he successfully connected a Thinkvision M14 to a DisplayPort using this device. Source, last post in this thread: https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/usb-c-monitor-eingang-zu-displayport-kabel.1839101/" CreationDate="2020-04-03T12:02:36.710" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21901" PostId="13203" Score="0" Text="Go to https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/thinkvisionM14, click on the chat pop-up at lower right, and ask Lenovo if they have an adapter device or know of one which would work. Since both the laptop and the display are Lenovo, their answer would be trustworthy." CreationDate="2020-04-03T15:52:25.797" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21902" PostId="13192" Score="0" Text="Is there any other monitors that you'd recommend by Dell/Alienware, Samsung or LG?" CreationDate="2020-04-04T02:54:37.447" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21905" PostId="13208" Score="0" Text="What brand is your laptop or desktop? This matters on how you get the boost frequency" CreationDate="2020-04-04T17:07:42.857" UserId="14280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21910" PostId="13213" Score="0" Text="Or remove/hide the dot patterns: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/app-masks-hidden-printer-tracking-dots-to-keep-whistleblowers-safe/" CreationDate="2020-04-05T23:12:11.653" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21913" PostId="13214" Score="0" Text="&quot;Hub&quot; might be the wrong word to use, since that is the name for a box that is connecting *multiple* USB devices to a host. It seems like you just need a USB-C &quot;Y Power Splitter&quot; cable/adapter. There are lots of those, but they may only supply power to one USB-C end. For example, to charge a phone while connecting a USB-C flash drive." CreationDate="2020-04-06T16:20:08.603" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21915" PostId="13203" Score="0" Text="*&quot;Is there any cable...&quot;* -- This definitely won't be a cable because DisplayPort and USB-C aren't wire-to-wire compatible with each other. You'll be looking for a box-like adapter, and something like that Wacom Link Plus looks promising. Generally the USB-C displays require USB-C computers, so look for a monitor that has a separate HDMI or DisplayPort input." CreationDate="2020-04-06T16:48:09.157" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21918" PostId="13213" Score="0" Text="I don't think I have any White-Out(TM) to remove them from the printed page." CreationDate="2020-04-06T17:38:07.240" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21919" PostId="13203" Score="0" Text="Thank you all for the comments. I've ordered the one suggested by @MechEng. If it works I'm going to ask that he puts it as an answer so that I may accept." CreationDate="2020-04-06T19:06:21.950" UserId="15601" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21920" PostId="13213" Score="0" Text="At this point, I am no longer sure if you are joking, or intentionally misunderstanding my messages." CreationDate="2020-04-06T19:56:48.193" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21921" PostId="13213" Score="0" Text="My original question referred to the output of a printer." CreationDate="2020-04-06T20:09:59.603" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21924" PostId="13221" Score="0" Text="Thanks. However, these hub connect to one USB C device and the other UCB C connection is for power input and does not allow communication between the USB C device and another USB C device." CreationDate="2020-04-07T15:29:56.957" UserId="15617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21925" PostId="13214" Score="0" Text="@Romen Thanks. The ones I found only have audio, USB 3.1 or USB C audio out, but do not allow communication between the devices." CreationDate="2020-04-07T15:39:37.547" UserId="15617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21926" PostId="13221" Score="1" Text="That is incorrect. The second link I sent you has three USB-C connections. I worded my answer carefully so you can see that this is the one you want. The male connector goes to the master, one female port is for data and one female port is for power." CreationDate="2020-04-07T15:44:12.380" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21931" PostId="13221" Score="1" Text="Answer edited to clarify further. Built in PD and OTG are some of the best features of USB-C and I hope devices like this become more common. Let me know if this answered your question." CreationDate="2020-04-07T20:15:37.940" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21932" PostId="13220" Score="1" Text="Make it a condition of sale that it does. If the sales rep quails at putting that on record, it doesn't." CreationDate="2020-04-07T20:37:00.860" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21936" PostId="13204" Score="0" Text="Shall these attach to the output device by a 3.5mm four-pole RTTS plug, a four-pole 2.5mm plug, Bluetooth 5.0, or Bluetooth 4.0?" CreationDate="2020-04-07T22:49:23.217" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21937" PostId="13192" Score="0" Text="None others were found in the search I did on your specifications and they didn't come in under $400." CreationDate="2020-04-07T23:06:12.453" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21941" PostId="13225" Score="1" Text="Just one doubt, assuming your specifications(19'' display with 16:9 aspect ratio), if an image of dimensions half that of monitor's say (960x640) is displayed, then how do all the pixels in the monitor fill up, since image only takes half space? Is the image enlarged automatically, if so do they use some kind of Nearest neighbours to do interpolation?" CreationDate="2020-04-08T03:35:26.457" UserId="15623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21942" PostId="13225" Score="0" Text="The method of scaling to fit a 960x640 image onto a 1920x1280 screen differs according to the app used.  That's a separate issue, and one which belongs elsewhere, such as https://SuperUser.com . The owners of this site segregate questions and their answers in order to create knowledgebases in different fields, and since they pay the bills here, their wishes are followed. See https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic for what belongs here." CreationDate="2020-04-08T04:09:27.173" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21943" PostId="13225" Score="1" Text="Okay thank you so much for clarifying that!" CreationDate="2020-04-08T04:19:11.400" UserId="15623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21944" PostId="568" Score="0" Text="Highly directional antennas may require reducing the transmission power of a WiFi device in order to comply with US federal law 47 CFR 15 (regulated as Part 15 by the Federal Communication Commission following guidelines explained at https://afar.net/tutorials/fcc-rules/ ), Canadian national law (Industry Canada's RSS-210), and the national law of other countries." CreationDate="2020-04-08T04:43:34.773" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21947" PostId="13224" Score="0" Text="How does this question ask for a hardware recommendation? IMHO, it is off-topic, at least not on-topic: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic" CreationDate="2020-04-08T08:45:35.163" UserId="1190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21951" PostId="13221" Score="0" Text="Awesome! This should work! I didn't think of it this way! Thank you!" CreationDate="2020-04-08T16:58:47.813" UserId="15617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21953" PostId="10967" Score="0" Text="What kind of laptop are you using? There might be a solution provided by the manufacturer." CreationDate="2020-04-08T20:57:34.377" UserId="10662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21955" PostId="13182" Score="0" Text="Your requirements are not entirely clear to me, but check out MikroTik - you can play around with their OS in a VM." CreationDate="2020-04-08T21:28:14.573" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21956" PostId="13182" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak That is funny. There are various plans that we might need mesh (or not), we might need radius/ldap auth (or not), we might need &quot;corporate network&quot;, ie login with username/password and not by a single password. Or anything what you can imagine, like integration with the alarm/monitoring system. Mikrotik is closed source, what if we buy the things and then the boss says he wants X, what this firmware does not support? I could easily solve that by a Linux, but if I can not have a root shell on it, *after we bought them*, no I don't give such a chance to any manufacturers any more." CreationDate="2020-04-08T21:40:52.110" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21957" PostId="13182" Score="0" Text="oh, okay, I understand you now. Why not just set up your own box on an HTPC or something with am external antenna? It's expensive, but that's about it." CreationDate="2020-04-08T21:43:44.057" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21958" PostId="13182" Score="0" Text="@JanDorniak It is a company, and we buy APs in the office. It must be an AP." CreationDate="2020-04-08T21:57:55.543" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21959" PostId="13229" Score="1" Text="Thank you very much!! God I wish that cable wasn't SO EXPENSIVE, but I guess it would be a lot worse to go with cheap cable and wind up having to replace it." CreationDate="2020-04-09T00:11:36.080" UserId="15626" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21968" PostId="13237" Score="1" Text="Thank you, that's really helpful! All the repair shops are closed at the moment, so I'll look through those links and see how I get on." CreationDate="2020-04-09T18:13:49.240" UserId="15628" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21969" PostId="13230" Score="0" Text="The side with the copper protruding from the aluminium fins goes on the CPU, otherwise it could not make contact. Normally, these heatsinks come with a mounting mechanism. This -missing- part determines which socket it can fit. One could certainly cobble together a solution to make this work on Socket 1151. It is still missing a fan though, which would normally be attached to / a part of the plastic mounting mechanism. Overall, not worth the effort compared to working solutions starting at 5$ plus shipping." CreationDate="2020-04-09T21:55:51.617" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21970" PostId="13220" Score="0" Text="Looks like sata backplanes are just straight pass-through, so it appears that standard sata connectors are used: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPERMICRO-SAS846TQ-SAS-SATA-4U-BACKPLANE-BOARD-24x-3-5/173749311620" CreationDate="2020-04-10T02:10:22.247" UserId="15621" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21971" PostId="13231" Score="1" Text="Thanks for the clear answer, I asked on Facebook groups, and just got a whole bunch of snotty millenial kids giving me different opinions on this! Great to get an answer from a guy who knows what he's talking about, cheers!" CreationDate="2020-04-10T02:12:44.560" UserId="6923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21972" PostId="13230" Score="0" Text="Thanks for answering what side it fits ;)" CreationDate="2020-04-10T02:14:08.843" UserId="6923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21977" PostId="13238" Score="0" Text="Make it a 'condition of sale' that it _must_ fit. If the sales rep quibbles, that's a red flag. Also, see https://www.batteriesplus.com/battery/laptop/toshiba/satellite-l655-series" CreationDate="2020-04-10T05:33:29.927" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21996" PostId="13246" Score="0" Text="It may or may not work &amp; you might not find sound quality acceptable if it did. Amp ratings should specify A) RMS power out, B) THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) at that power level, and C) output impedance over 20Hz-20,000Hz. Your speakers have 4-8 Ohms impedance w/ a max of 50-100W per channel . A search at Amazon for what you showed us https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Elegiant+30+W+*+2+Mini+Bluetooth+Amplifier+Aluminium+2.0 didn't find an amp matching the picture. Maybe I'm in a different country? Please include the web link to a 50W or larger amp by clicking [edit] and adding it to the question." CreationDate="2020-04-10T15:32:20.660" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="21998" PostId="13246" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY your guess was right - the product is from another country. I have just added its link to my question. For convenience, you can also find it here: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B01LY7RYQO/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&amp;keywords=verst%C3%A4rker&amp;qid=1586534369&amp;sr=8-10&#xA;&#xA;Please note that the page is in English." CreationDate="2020-04-10T16:02:04.163" UserId="15635" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22002" PostId="13247" Score="1" Text="I ended up purchasing the one you linked in your answer. Many thanks for your help!" CreationDate="2020-04-10T17:26:48.367" UserId="15635" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22004" PostId="13248" Score="1" Text="Are you looking to build a blood pressure monitor, or are you hoping for something pre-made?" CreationDate="2020-04-10T17:47:02.907" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22005" PostId="13248" Score="1" Text="Yes arduino essential.I am working on arduino uno @K7AA7" CreationDate="2020-04-10T17:52:07.900" UserId="13793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22006" PostId="13248" Score="1" Text="Not exactly i need to store blood pressure data on a server and monitor the results on a graph lively.So i need the data from the module but i don't need an external monitor i just need to store it.@Alphy31" CreationDate="2020-04-10T17:57:55.467" UserId="13793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22007" PostId="13248" Score="1" Text="So you just want an input device you can write numbers to by hand?" CreationDate="2020-04-10T18:14:42.253" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22008" PostId="13248" Score="1" Text="No i am measuring my blood pressure and the results are needed to be parsed and stored in database lively @Alphy13.And i need an Arduino module to measure it.My question is which modules should i look for.For example i found an air pressure measurement module but i need to measure blood pressure." CreationDate="2020-04-10T18:16:09.083" UserId="13793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22009" PostId="13248" Score="1" Text="Please provide much more info in your original post. Do you know how to wire electronics? Are you wanting plug and play? Can you build it yourself? Do you already have a device that takes blood pressure? Are you looking for a pressure sensor? An air pump? Are you looking a keyboard to input &quot;120/60&quot;?" CreationDate="2020-04-10T18:20:47.977" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22011" PostId="13248" Score="1" Text="I know how to build a circuit and wire electronics i just built a body heat sensor.I need a pressure sensor and probably an air pump which pressure sensor should i look for and once again i don't need manuel inputs. @Alphy13" CreationDate="2020-04-10T18:44:36.530" UserId="13793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22016" PostId="13244" Score="1" Text="I came across these two sites that list compatible batteries model/parth numbers: https://www.irelandbattery.com/toshiba-batteries/toshiba-satellite-l655-13x-battery.htm, https://www.laptopbattery.com.sg/toshiba/toshiba-satellite-l655-13x-batteries.htm" CreationDate="2020-04-11T14:32:56.430" UserId="15631" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22018" PostId="13256" Score="1" Text="Toshiba -now Kioxia- has the &quot;FlashAir&quot; line of SD cards with built-in WiFi. I somehow doubt that similar products exist in the even smaller microSD form factor.https://www.toshiba-memory.com/products/toshiba-wireless-sd-cards-flashair-w-04/" CreationDate="2020-04-11T18:20:28.837" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22020" PostId="13244" Score="0" Text="I will save those for future use. TY!" CreationDate="2020-04-12T01:20:38.050" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22024" PostId="10849" Score="0" Text="*but maybe a laser or other exotic equipment running across the surface might be able to pick up and decode faint traces of previous data*  **this is dumb**" CreationDate="2020-04-12T14:20:26.177" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22030" PostId="13266" Score="1" Text="Thanks for your answer. So what is the port circled in yellow for?" CreationDate="2020-04-13T17:49:59.870" UserId="15651" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22033" PostId="13266" Score="0" Text="That's where a connector might go, but it was left off. It's very common to reuse circuit boards on different designs and only put the connectors on the board which are required for a specific model." CreationDate="2020-04-13T21:20:19.433" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22036" PostId="13266" Score="1" Text="I don't know why someone downvoted you, but I'm marking this as the accepted answer. Thank you for the help and clarification." CreationDate="2020-04-14T08:34:32.857" UserId="15651" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22038" PostId="8771" Score="0" Text="That press release was three years old. Press releases are wonderful things; when they show a contact; this did not. However, you could write agm@agmmobile.com and see if you get a response when you ask for source code." CreationDate="2020-04-14T15:33:49.287" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22044" PostId="13204" Score="0" Text="3.5mm or bluetooth 4.0" CreationDate="2020-04-15T02:33:59.377" UserId="15603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22045" PostId="13279" Score="0" Text="Maybe try to be more specific. &quot;Good I/O&quot; is rather ambiguous. Which ports do you really need? Which size of laptop do you prefer? What price range are you looking at. Also, I don't think that a dual-boot tutorial for your particular laptop should be a major concern. The process is pretty much the same for all Windows laptops." CreationDate="2020-04-15T11:17:41.433" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22046" PostId="13281" Score="1" Text="Any clearance issues with particularly high memory modules, or a tiny case? If it's just the fan speed being higher than usual, replacing the thermal paste should do the trick. After 9 years, it will be dried out. If the fan itself is making weird noises due to a bearing failure, you could just replace the fan. Which CPU cooler are you using right now?" CreationDate="2020-04-15T18:44:51.123" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22049" PostId="13281" Score="0" Text="@MechEng He did replace thermal compound as noted in his original post at  https://superuser.com/questions/1542213/cpu-fan-surges-frequently" CreationDate="2020-04-15T18:51:42.733" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22052" PostId="13280" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY Thanks for responding. I don't mind whether it's wired or wireless." CreationDate="2020-04-15T20:02:42.550" UserId="15662" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22054" PostId="13281" Score="1" Text="It may be possible to replace just the fan, if you provide a clear picture of the fan showing its make and model, and dimensions of the screw positions. That would radically reduce the cost of replacement.  Also, please provide the space available, all three dimensions, within the case, for a replacement heatsink/fan combination. Note: The AMD A8-3870K CPU https://www.amd.com/en/support/apu/amd-series-processors/amd-a8-series-apu-for-desktops/a8-3870k-radeon-hd-6550d has a TDP of 100W and uses an FM1 socket." CreationDate="2020-04-15T21:13:34.047" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22056" PostId="13277" Score="0" Text="Why do you recommenda DDR4-3600 if the CPU only suppoort 3200 and 2933? Did you mean to overclock the DDR?" CreationDate="2020-04-16T01:11:25.500" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22057" PostId="13277" Score="0" Text="Yes, the reason may be that the cost for TR4s CPU module is very high (very complex IO die - not the same with the 39XX IO die?) then it is not cost effective for 2 CPU die+1 complex IO die+ 1 complex substrate." CreationDate="2020-04-16T01:13:26.100" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22058" PostId="13277" Score="0" Text="Recommending faster than &quot;supported&quot; RAM: yes, technically this counts as overclocking the integrated memory controller. But it is so easy to do these days, with practically zero chance of breaking anything. And with performance of the memory subsystem being crucial to these applications, it is well worth it. Since generational improvements of CPUs (at least on Intels side) are very small, running the memory faster gets you 2-3 CPU generations worth of extra performance." CreationDate="2020-04-16T09:26:26.560" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22059" PostId="13287" Score="2" Text="Are you searching for a mechanical keyboard? There are mechanical switches that are rather silent. It will be hard to make a clear recommendation based on the rather vague information you gave. And in the end, the right keyboard is a question of personal preference. I really like the Cherry Sream 3.0 keyboard. The quality is solid given the 25€ price point, and I prefer the shorter key travel and the feel of a rubberdome over all mechanical switches I tried in the past. Maybe because it feels very similar to the older Thinkpad keyboards..." CreationDate="2020-04-16T12:43:32.690" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22068" PostId="13287" Score="1" Text="I'm not pushed on whether it's mechanical or not. I'd like something that feels nice when you type, is somewhat quiet and which the keys are relatively light. I do agree it's probably down to personal preference, but with all the shops closed I can't get out anywhere to try some out. Like you mention the shorter key travel for me would be a biggie, as currently it feel's like I'm pressing down two inches." CreationDate="2020-04-16T15:09:38.347" UserId="15668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22071" PostId="13292" Score="0" Text="Lenovo's hardware manuals are superb, and they are hands down the easiest machines to work on and upgrade." CreationDate="2020-04-16T17:49:56.853" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22072" PostId="13296" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much for your reply. So as far as I understand the link that should fit the requirements I provide should be the  one on &quot;split both separately&quot;. The only doubt is about the USB-C to USB-A converter. Would there be any problems in your opinion?" CreationDate="2020-04-16T19:22:45.520" UserId="15672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22074" PostId="13287" Score="1" Text="https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/" CreationDate="2020-04-16T20:15:44.357" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22077" PostId="13301" Score="0" Text="You want a USB-attached 5GHz-capable, 802.11ac capable ,WiFi adapter which, under Linux, will also do double duty as a Wireless Access Point for other devices, a la https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-setting-wireless-access-point/ ? Just trying to make sure I understand the objectives and specifications." CreationDate="2020-04-16T23:45:38.390" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22078" PostId="13301" Score="0" Text="Yes, that's right." CreationDate="2020-04-16T23:52:09.110" UserId="15675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22081" PostId="13302" Score="0" Text="But which ones actually work as access points on the 5 GHz band? Every one I've tried only works as an AP on 2.4 GHz. Just because an adapter works as a 5 GHz client does not mean it will work as a 5 GHz AP." CreationDate="2020-04-17T01:05:31.470" UserId="15675" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22082" PostId="13277" Score="0" Text="The best way is to modify the memory clock and check the result, like base line 3200/overclock 3600/under clock 1600, to check the real impact of memory bandwith on those workload." CreationDate="2020-04-17T09:24:20.393" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22083" PostId="13296" Score="0" Text="great reply again, thank you very much for your info. It was really really clarifying" CreationDate="2020-04-17T12:02:21.090" UserId="15672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22084" PostId="13296" Score="0" Text="one last thing. I have already a usb-c to usb-A hub. Do you think it would be possible to just buy a Usb-A to Hdmi converter and connect that in the hub?" CreationDate="2020-04-17T12:04:37.360" UserId="15672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22085" PostId="12870" Score="0" Text="maybe a [Doogee S40](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32975433765.html) ? warning tho, i had a Doogee S80 (their flagship rugged phone at the time) and the camera was horrible. everything else was fine, and the 10,080mAh battery was magical (could go 10 days between charging), but the camera was shit." CreationDate="2020-04-17T12:27:01.987" UserId="9296" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22086" PostId="13296" Score="0" Text="Yes. They even have cables that go from USB-C to HDMI. Do you have another way to charge the laptop if you use both plugs?" CreationDate="2020-04-17T14:49:25.563" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22087" PostId="13301" Score="0" Text="A) Which makes and models have you tried so those, and the chipsets they use,  can be ruled out? B) Did you use the hostapd package as suggested in my answer below, or another package? URL to detail very welcome. Opened Netgear Community query https://tinyurl.com/USB5GHZWAP" CreationDate="2020-04-17T15:13:35.207" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22088" PostId="13302" Score="0" Text="A) Which makes and models have you tried so those, and the chipsets they use, can be ruled out? B) Did you use the hostapd package as suggested in my answer below, or another package? URL to detail very welcome." CreationDate="2020-04-17T15:17:57.277" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22089" PostId="13308" Score="1" Text="So you are telling me that all SSD will work to run Ubuntu? And is it working better from HDD to SDD or not that much?" CreationDate="2020-04-17T15:35:14.260" UserId="14277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22090" PostId="13296" Score="0" Text="I'm afraid not. From the spec I have : 2 USB TypeC 3.1 Gen 2 (Thunderbolt 3, DP 1.2, PD 3.0, data transfer, HP Sleep and Charge)&#xA;1 USB 3.1 Gen 2" CreationDate="2020-04-17T15:57:00.377" UserId="15672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22093" PostId="13306" Score="0" Text="What does Gigabyte support https://esupport.gigabyte.com/ tell you about mixing memory?" CreationDate="2020-04-17T17:07:01.503" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22094" PostId="13296" Score="0" Text="Then you'll want to either use one port for charging and one for USB &amp; HDMI or use a hub that has power pass-through." CreationDate="2020-04-17T17:18:27.483" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22095" PostId="13293" Score="0" Text="I know you posted in Hardware recommendations, but there are also software solutions, which will work even with different OS. Interested? https://symless.com/synergy" CreationDate="2020-04-17T17:24:41.117" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22097" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="Are you 100% determined to have everything but the CPU block externally? Is that just out of fear that something might leak? It is doable, but especially the pump/reservoir mount won't be pretty. Pump flow rate is not as important as you might think. Usual water cooling pumps like a DDC at ~40% will work fine. What counts more is radiator surface area. Instead of a very thick 360mm radiator, I would recommend something like a MO-RA3 360. Topping off the fluid regularly should not be necessary at all outside of regular maintenance. Otherwise, you have an actual leak." CreationDate="2020-04-17T18:39:11.493" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22098" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="I'd like to, but as much functional purposes as leakage. A custom stand for a standalone rad/pump/reservoir means zero warm air interaction with the enclosure (coolest ambient air), and reduces the weight a lot if I want to move the chassis or rotate it on its side while running, as sometimes happens. The loop length means I can do that without the heavy cooling gear being inconvenient. (My file server has an external 16 x 3.5&quot; custom HDD chassis for similar reasons - cooling, airflow, vibration deadening, and I'm very happy with that so I know this is OK for me)" CreationDate="2020-04-17T18:44:37.853" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22100" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="@MechEng - What a monster that rad is! I'm not sure I need that much. I need to disperse ~500W (~380W + 30% safety margin). That one looks closer to 900W, and not as easy to find space for. No doubt it would do the job, though!" CreationDate="2020-04-17T19:32:12.647" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22101" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="It may look like overkill, but that's what is usually used for external radiators. It has a sturdier frame, and there are accessories like stands and reservoir mounts for it. Which means less DIY for you. And the footprint is the same as smaller radiators. With your goal of cooling a 10980XE overclocked to the max, I would not go much smaller if you want the solution to be quiet. Your goal has to be getting the water temperature as close to ambient as possible, and this is the most common solution." CreationDate="2020-04-17T19:50:28.653" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22102" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="Interesting and helpful!  Do you want to expand this into a fuller answer, or just stick with the radiator part only?  Also, if I did decide to go for a more traditional 360-420 x 120-140 format, do you have any suggestions for really good performers?" CreationDate="2020-04-17T19:55:58.197" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22103" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="Well...most of my knowledge is second hand. I built a custom loop for a system with 2 AMD Epyc CPUs a few weeks ago, and did quite a bit of research for that. Everything inside the case though. I could give you some pointers, but probably not enough to justify a full answer. I'll see what I can do" CreationDate="2020-04-17T21:07:24.400" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22104" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/106851/discussion-between-mecheng-and-stilez)." CreationDate="2020-04-17T21:32:21.577" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22108" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="That is a great idea! But I’ll soon buy a new laptop with a SSD already installed... That’s why I want an external SSD. And once I’ll get this new laptop, I’ll still want to have my Windows drive and my Ubuntu drive. So I think I have no choice..." CreationDate="2020-04-18T09:13:24.223" UserId="14277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22109" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="Buy Internal 2.5&quot; SSD now for desktop, In case you decided to discard  your desktop you can remove SSD put it in an enclosure and use it as external drive." CreationDate="2020-04-18T09:43:02.470" UserId="15685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22111" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="yeah I think I’ll do that. But I have one last question then. If I use it as external (still Ubuntu on it), can I use it on multiple laptops/PC?" CreationDate="2020-04-18T09:57:13.013" UserId="14277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22113" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="not recommended, most of the time it wont work, some links are there for installation. again it is complicated" CreationDate="2020-04-18T12:35:39.913" UserId="15685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22115" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="mmh... I wanted an external SSD for that... Are you sure there is no way?" CreationDate="2020-04-18T12:51:23.393" UserId="14277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22117" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="see this link https://askubuntu.com/questions/446682/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-portable-external-hard-drive" CreationDate="2020-04-18T14:21:25.903" UserId="15685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22119" PostId="13277" Score="1" Text="Worth adding is that 10900X supports AVX-512. Science applications especially are usually good at making use of it. If your application does make use of AVX512, the 10900 will destroy R9 in performance. If you use GPU computing the 10900X also has far more PCIe lanes." CreationDate="2020-04-18T15:04:54.183" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22120" PostId="13277" Score="0" Text="Speaking from experience here: AVX512 is often abused as a marketing term in this field. Intel and their partners touting generational performance gains due to AVX512, which the competitor doesn't have. When in fact most of the uplift came from a faster memory subsystem." CreationDate="2020-04-18T15:09:53.797" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22121" PostId="13278" Score="0" Text="Note: the HDD might be 9mm thick, where most SSDs are 7mm, so padding might be required. It's readily and cheaply available as something you stick on the SSD" CreationDate="2020-04-18T15:13:18.897" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22122" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="as I understood, this is possible if my laptop/computer can boot from USB (and it can), so it would be possible in my case?" CreationDate="2020-04-18T15:48:57.847" UserId="14277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22123" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="If both support usb boot (check both supports uefi or legacy(mbr) and have same on both then it is yes" CreationDate="2020-04-18T16:55:04.203" UserId="15685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22124" PostId="13316" Score="0" Text="thank you so much for your answer! You really helped me!" CreationDate="2020-04-18T16:55:57.977" UserId="14277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22131" PostId="13317" Score="1" Text="Why would be 4 eth a requirement? Why you did not write anything about the amount of the required ram? Why SSD, why not some raid/nas solution?" CreationDate="2020-04-18T20:26:25.863" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22135" PostId="10154" Score="0" Text="What size did you buy? 12.7 or 9.5? I am also planning, pls let me know." CreationDate="2020-04-19T05:56:38.190" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22137" PostId="13317" Score="0" Text="with 4 eth you can create team for network load balancing, the amount of ram required depends on what you allocate to each VM,  M.2 SSD prove 25times faster than regular HDD and is recommended for host os,  RAID/NAS can be used for Data Storage, Redundancy and backup solutions" CreationDate="2020-04-19T08:30:47.987" UserId="15685" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22143" PostId="13292" Score="0" Text="@MechEng May I know any Dell laptops that can meet the requirements?" CreationDate="2020-04-19T13:11:28.877" UserId="15669" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22144" PostId="13292" Score="0" Text="I am not aware of any Dell laptop with similar specs as a T460p, at that price point. Dells &quot;Precision&quot; mobile workstations don't come in a 14&quot; form factor, and the lower end &quot;Latitude&quot; series at the 500$ mark have dual core CPUs. But maybe someone who is more familiar with Dell laptops has a better idea." CreationDate="2020-04-19T14:56:28.240" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22145" PostId="13044" Score="1" Text="I've been thinking about using aishub as well..but know next to nothing about the AIS receivers and how to actually connect to the aishub data around the world. Any update on this? or tutorials/info to help a newb get started?" CreationDate="2020-04-19T19:58:48.477" UserId="15697" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22155" PostId="13204" Score="0" Text="I voted to reopen the question for now. While it is VERY brief, I think it should be possible to make recommendations based on the given requirements. I assume you really mean earbuds, and not headphones/headset. Feel free to elaborate your question a bit more." CreationDate="2020-04-20T06:45:15.400" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22156" PostId="13044" Score="0" Text="Look on their front page at &quot;How to share AIS data&quot;. Or use their [contact form](http://www.aishub.net/contact). Strangely, I can't see a forum on the site. I think, though, that you are going to have to be near to a river/sea, or located very high, in order to receive any signals. Why not contact them &amp; ask for advice. Post it here, if you get any. Or details of other useful forums. Perhaps that of the manufacturer of that receiver that I bought? Good luck &amp; pelase share any knowledge" CreationDate="2020-04-20T08:19:34.097" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22157" PostId="13302" Score="0" Text="Why rule out TP-Link? You might be missing a part of your answer" CreationDate="2020-04-20T08:29:18.437" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22158" PostId="13294" Score="0" Text="After looking through a number of those videos I found many of those keyboards still quite loud. Many keyboard articles mentioned the logitech K800, and after watching some videos of it I decided to go with that one. Looks really nice and is certainly far more quiet than other keyboards. Probably not the best for gaming but will do. Bought it off the logitech websiter for £99." CreationDate="2020-04-20T09:06:05.960" UserId="15668" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22159" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="Incidentally I just hit this great thing yesterday: https://youtu.be/7VzXHUTqE7E it's probably more theoretical that you would like but I recommend watching anyways. Tip: slow down the video to make it easier to understand, he speaks very fast." CreationDate="2020-04-20T09:19:27.400" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22160" PostId="10154" Score="0" Text="@vijayinani as I mentioned in the answer below, I bought the 12.7mm" CreationDate="2020-04-20T09:26:57.333" UserId="1461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22161" PostId="10154" Score="0" Text="Sure. Thanks. You mentioned 12.7. I was confused as you said you can use 9.5 too. What goes wrong if I use 9.5? Does it stay loose? How 12.7 is better than 9.5" CreationDate="2020-04-20T11:09:23.307" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22162" PostId="13310" Score="0" Text="@MechEng - commented in chat, thank you" CreationDate="2020-04-20T12:20:04.433" UserId="4065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22163" PostId="13328" Score="1" Text="If you need to extend the AC side, why does a regular power extension cable not work for you?" CreationDate="2020-04-20T13:32:04.440" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22164" PostId="5499" Score="0" Text="Is price a concern? You can use an [actual Playstation 4 controller with the PC](https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/explore/accessories/dualshock-4-usb-wireless-adaptor/). If a game doesn't support the PS4 controller natively you can still trick Windows into seeing it as an xinput device with third-party software. You can also use a PS3 controller wired with a USB cable that way." CreationDate="2020-04-20T13:36:06.813" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22166" PostId="13302" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY yeah, but it sounds kind of odd stated like this, like maybe you wanted to add something more but forgot. Out of sheer curiosity I'll try that, although mine is a PCIe model. Fun fact: it's running in Windows with an Asus driver." CreationDate="2020-04-20T15:21:00.963" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22168" PostId="13302" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY I don't remember which exactly, but the story is they both use same BCM internally without bothering to change VID&amp;PID. My Archer T6E cost roughly 60% of the Asus card but TP-Link's drivers at the time were commonly bashed online. Lo and behold, Asus' drivers did work perfectly, I'm able to max my landline 300 Mbit through it with low pings and a stable connection." CreationDate="2020-04-20T15:24:48.017" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22169" PostId="13302" Score="0" Text="You might want to hit wikidevi to find the Asus card." CreationDate="2020-04-20T15:25:35.123" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22170" PostId="13302" Score="0" Text="@Jan Dorniak Found WikiDevi  now at https://deviwiki.com/ and the device at https://deviwiki.com/w/index.php?search=TP-Link+Archer+T6E&amp;title=Special%3ASearch&amp;go=Go but I can't in good faith make a purchasing recommendation on a device I don't have which is not tested in Linux." CreationDate="2020-04-20T15:34:09.107" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22172" PostId="13328" Score="1" Text="@Romen Fire codes in the US generally prevent the use of two consecutive NEMA 5-15 Male-Female extension cords; might be the same in the UK where the OP is. Maybe they need a longer cable to avoid that, or want a long cable to carry in their laptop bag for convenience?" CreationDate="2020-04-20T15:51:19.520" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22174" PostId="13328" Score="1" Text="@theonlygusti Do you want this for the US or for the UK (Apple part https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MK122B/A/power-adapter-extension-cable?fnode=85) ? I noticed your spelling of 'metre', and also the time of day you asked, so would like to confirm what you want. That cord looks like it ends in https://imgur.com/a/U2rlIfX a reverse female CEE 7/5 such as was used in France" CreationDate="2020-04-20T16:07:03.010" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22176" PostId="13330" Score="0" Text="The cable linked in question has an american style plug on it. If you are looking for UK cables, please specify which plug. IE: Type G" CreationDate="2020-04-20T16:29:43.650" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22177" PostId="13302" Score="0" Text="This question is about USB anyways. The mention of PCIe makes me think this is for a notebook anyways. I'll probably test it out of sheer curiosity over the weekend." CreationDate="2020-04-20T16:41:03.273" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22178" PostId="13302" Score="0" Text="It works out-of-the-box with Manjaro, but I only used it as a client." CreationDate="2020-04-20T16:41:39.537" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22179" PostId="10154" Score="0" Text="12.7 is just the right size for my laptop, nothing wrong with 9.5" CreationDate="2020-04-20T17:17:47.140" UserId="1461" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22180" PostId="13334" Score="0" Text="If you'd like us to help you find the power cord/plug for that TRC-219 , just let us know the brand or manufacturer." CreationDate="2020-04-20T20:18:08.430" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22182" PostId="12121" Score="0" Text="Which version of the Plugable USB-WiFiINT?  Some don't work says https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/chromebooks-getting-support-for-usb-wi-fi-dongles/" CreationDate="2020-04-21T03:38:11.177" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22183" PostId="13296" Score="0" Text="I understand. I was in fact thinking if the power pass-through would be mandatory.. probably it would be better" CreationDate="2020-04-21T07:00:05.837" UserId="15672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22184" PostId="13278" Score="0" Text="As per its spec sheet, the ST1000LM035-1RK172) is 7mm." CreationDate="2020-04-21T15:08:38.370" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22191" PostId="13197" Score="0" Text="Newsflash: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3539431/amds-b550-motherboards-will-bring-pcie-4-0-to-the-masses-99-ryzen-3-cpu-in-tow.html" CreationDate="2020-04-21T23:07:50.420" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22195" PostId="13344" Score="0" Text="It may help, to get more relevant answers, if you **specify a budget**." CreationDate="2020-04-22T08:32:07.230" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22197" PostId="13350" Score="0" Text="Welcome on the HwRecs SE! I had voted your post up, if I had not needed to fix it." CreationDate="2020-04-22T11:12:34.090" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22200" PostId="13352" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I didn't know such wattmeters existed. Sounds excellent :-)" CreationDate="2020-04-22T16:04:37.767" UserId="15714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22201" PostId="13352" Score="0" Text="Would you recommend a way of telling whether a particular channel (voltage: 12V, 5V, 3V, etc) of the power supply is able to handle the increased load. Am I correct to surmise that only CPU and Graphics Card (6 pin PCI) will pull power from the 224W ~= 12V * 24 A, while the rest will work from other voltages? That is, even if the overall power of the supply seems enough, how can I also confirm that a particular power band will handle the card? Here is the manual I used.&#xA;https://www.silverstonetek.com/downloads/Manual/power/EN-ST30SF-Manual.pdf" CreationDate="2020-04-22T17:24:41.623" UserId="15714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22204" PostId="13352" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY: your method 2 is an explanation why method 1 is not reliable. Also, some of these power meters can be highly inaccurate for measuring power draw of PCs. I still agree with your conclusion though: I would not trust this power supply with an additional GTX 1060, let alone a 1070." CreationDate="2020-04-22T17:56:46.673" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22205" PostId="13351" Score="1" Text="Keep in mind that TDP stands for &quot;thermal design power&quot;, not for &quot;maximum power this CPU will ever draw&quot;. Intel defines their TDP as the amount of power drawn while running non-AVX code at base clock speeds. Even if you do not overclock the CPU manually, it can still draw a lot more power than the TDP. Both short term and continuous. Long story short: I highly recommend a better PSU when adding a powerful graphics card to this system. PSUs with an SFX form factor exist with up to 700W rating." CreationDate="2020-04-22T18:03:20.470" UserDisplayName="user13807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22211" PostId="13350" Score="0" Text="Ts this your Logitech Unifying Receiver? https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/unifying-receiver-usb  Please confirm." CreationDate="2020-04-23T15:15:10.430" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22212" PostId="13350" Score="0" Text="I believe it is (I didn't buy it separately- It came with my keyboard)" CreationDate="2020-04-23T15:19:21.727" UserId="15713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22213" PostId="13350" Score="0" Text="If you have a source for the suggestion that non-Logitech devices will accept signals from Unifying Receivers, please share that with us by clicking [edit] and adding the link to that web page into your question. I'll see the change to the question, and can use that info to dig deeper." CreationDate="2020-04-23T15:56:01.647" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22226" PostId="13362" Score="0" Text="I'm closing this, because it's not something we deal with here, but I cannot in good faith allow you to leave without a safety warning: what others have said here is right. If you're getting shocks off the case, something is seriously wrong - **do not use any of the equipment until you've verified everything is safe**. If you can't do that, call someone who can, like an electrician." CreationDate="2020-04-24T01:29:28.983" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22227" PostId="13362" Score="2" Text="The other thing to note is that if you're buying a UK three-pin cable, **make sure it has a CE mark or BS kitemark** - those markings indicate that the cable has passed European or British safety standards, respectively, and is therefore safe to use. I don't see those marks anywhere on the cable in your picture, and I don't recognise the brand - I wouldn't trust that cable with an LED, let alone mains power. Use recognised equipment or don't use any." CreationDate="2020-04-24T01:30:46.580" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22229" PostId="13362" Score="1" Text="@ArtOfCode Sorry didn't know that. I thought it is related to hardware. So, i asked here. Hey Mod!, can you transfer this question to super user though?! I don't know what others will answer. I somewhat solved it for now by simply and literally earthing the the earth of my plug and socket by hammer and nail  and a 3 ft long wire right on the wall . It's a LOL type solution but i guess it is working. So far no zapping or current flow in to the system. :) But, i would love to hear any other solution rather than hanging a wire over my head. So, can you please transfer it to super user?!" CreationDate="2020-04-24T10:40:07.137" UserId="15699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22230" PostId="13362" Score="2" Text="I don't know if Super User will take it, but I'll ask one of their moderators." CreationDate="2020-04-24T10:50:44.100" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22231" PostId="13362" Score="1" Text="@ArtOfCode Thanks. I checked my cable. There is no BS kite or CE mark. It has a mark saying approved by ASTA though. Don't know what is that. [This Mark](https://d2z8ufzpcqvblm.cloudfront.net/sites/www.voltimum.co.uk/files/styles/image_630/public/fields/main_image/gb/others/V/2006101249415062TAdiamondnotextBW.jpg)" CreationDate="2020-04-24T10:56:04.297" UserId="15699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22232" PostId="13362" Score="0" Text="I don't recognise that mark. It _might_ be reliable, but I don't know. If it's a UK three-pin, it should be approved by UK standards - either CE or BS." CreationDate="2020-04-24T10:59:14.173" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22233" PostId="13362" Score="0" Text="Are you sure that it’s the computer and not you? Most of your story sounds like you are getting electrostatically charged. Also, what exactly means *zapped* here?" CreationDate="2020-04-24T11:38:25.883" UserId="328" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22234" PostId="13362" Score="1" Text="https://www.intertek.com/marks/asta/diamond/ explains the source of the ASTA certification mark. &quot;The ASTA Diamond Mark is one of the few certification marks that the United Kingdom (UK) authorities accept for 3-pin plugs. UK law requires that 3-pin plugs be certified against BS1363 by an accredited certification body like Intertek. The ASTA Diamond Mark fulfils the mandatory requirements for the approval of 3-pin plugs to BS1363 for sale in the UK and over 40 other countries.&quot;" CreationDate="2020-04-24T15:40:55.580" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22235" PostId="13369" Score="1" Text="Unplugging a USB-attached drive without unmounting it first through the OS, or a power loss without unmounting it, has a high chance of causing problems with any drive of any make on any operating system. I'd suggest a change in the way you use that computer to prevent that from occurring.And, since a MacBook has an internal battery, how does unplugging power result in its shutdown?" CreationDate="2020-04-24T15:45:41.747" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22237" PostId="13352" Score="0" Text="_Am I correct to surmise that only CPU and Graphics Card (6 pin PCI) will pull power from the 224W ~= 12V * 24 A, while the rest will work from other voltages?_  Anything with a motor in it, e.g., the CPU cooler, may use the 12V rail. However, unlike most HDDs, the particular models of Seagate drives you specified only use 5V." CreationDate="2020-04-24T15:55:53.303" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22239" PostId="13373" Score="1" Text="The size of the touchpad would vary with the computer. However, I think all it would need to do is move a couple mm back and forth to accomplish its mission." CreationDate="2020-04-24T16:55:48.863" UserId="15728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22240" PostId="13374" Score="1" Text="Great ideas! I wonder if interior lighting would be enough to keep them going." CreationDate="2020-04-24T16:56:57.580" UserId="15728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22244" PostId="13374" Score="1" Text="I'll upvote it for now. I haven't arrived at a solution yet. Love the drinking bird." CreationDate="2020-04-24T17:50:01.867" UserId="15728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22248" PostId="13373" Score="0" Text="I believe, doing that with a touchpad is not so easy (but possible). But, doing that with an USB mouse is okay. It would be an usb stick, except that no real mouse would belong to it, but if you plug it in into your laptop, your windows would see an usb mouse. This &quot;mouse&quot; would move your mouse cursor a little bit, for example in every 10 minutes. I don't know if such a hardware exists, but I know that developing one would be very easy, probably lesser than a month and about $200 in a new development." CreationDate="2020-04-25T08:21:50.350" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22249" PostId="13373" Score="0" Text="However, I believe your problem could be solved more easily on software way, i.e. check the &quot;energy settings&quot; of your windows." CreationDate="2020-04-25T08:22:21.810" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22250" PostId="13373" Score="1" Text="I should have mentioned that I am not allowed to plug in unauthorized USB devices. I have already stated that I cannot change the settings." CreationDate="2020-04-25T14:43:58.660" UserId="15728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22252" PostId="13377" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY Not in India, they have SSD only variants in US [512 GB only]. But it's fine for me 1 TB HDD and 256 GB SSD.  I have an option to increase the SSD / HDD storage. It has an extra empty slot :-)" CreationDate="2020-04-26T06:02:17.937" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22255" PostId="13379" Score="0" Text="Yeah, but I have no plans to upgrade my PC yet. Because I need a portable laptop. That's why I've mentioned the 3 too choose from. And I feel 8 GB RAM will be short to use Android Studio along with the emulator and some other stuff. While After Effects has a MINIMUM RAM requirement of 16 GB " CreationDate="2020-04-27T03:04:27.920" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22265" PostId="13377" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY I've visited their official websites a lot of time. But the userbenchmark site shows `1660ti` is way much powerful than `Mx250`. That pretty much eliminates Zenbook from my list [though I'll still consider it while buying my final laptop]. I just saw a Predator 300 [1 year old] vs Asus G14[latest laptop from Asus] review today, and in most of the cases Predator just is ahead. Not much but marginally. I have no problem with the Asus A15 either but only concern is a PLASTIC Build, the dull Design and I'm not a big fan of that TUF logo.Though I can ignore the design but PLASTIC body :-(" CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:27:23.813" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22267" PostId="13377" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY maybe you are looking at the Acer US site. Check the Predator here on [Flipkart India](https://www.flipkart.com/acer-predator-helios-300-core-i7-9th-gen-16-gb-1-tb-hdd-256-gb-ssd-windows-10-home-6-graphics-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-ph315-52-76wx-ph315-52-77ya-gaming-laptop/p/itm64fa2e86e5aa9). I have verified with Acer Official Twitter account and they said this model is legit and I may buy it." CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:29:29.040" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22269" PostId="13377" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY check that flipkart site in my previous comment. Specifications vary by region" CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:30:11.790" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22271" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="So you have no other reasons to consider TUF A15 over Predator? Anyways not an issue for me. I don't know how the plastic casing may feel. But Predator is good for me. I hope there's no issue in buying 1 year old laptop? I mean that thing is in a box since a long time .." CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:40:41.603" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22272" PostId="13377" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY there isn't any dedicated Indian site for A15 yet. I'm look that [here](https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-TUF-Gaming-A15/specifications/). Probably the `1660ti version with Ryzen 7 4800H`" CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:42:34.253" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22274" PostId="13377" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY that's why I had mentioned the specific model in my question itself . ." CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:46:08.040" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22276" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure if the Military Grade does anything superior but prevents some flex on keyboard. Talking of display I had seen a video on YouTube comparing the two and Predator had much better display. Around 90+% sRGB while A15 was less than 80. And then you talked about battery, well yes that's attracting me towards it. Also newer versions of WiFi and Bluetooth. Anyways thank you for sparing your time for helping me. If few people prefer predator or any other. Then it will, you know solve my confusion. There's still time to buy it because its lockdown and Flipkart is delivering essentials only." CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:56:32.243" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22277" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="Still having trouble finding the configuration you mention with 256 GB SSD and 1660Ti. Lots of versions with the Mobile 2060 which compares better https://www.windowscentral.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-vs-gtx-1660-ti" CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:58:25.120" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22278" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="Predator has a little drawback. It's fan noise hits 60 dB when the fans are on MAX. Though my friend said you won't be gaming inside a classroom so it wont be noisy in class." CreationDate="2020-04-27T15:59:10.327" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22279" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="Sorry I may have mis-typed it. Because they havent mentioned how much SSD storage you get with the 1660ti. So, I thought it would be 256GB" CreationDate="2020-04-27T16:00:14.540" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22281" PostId="13377" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY it looks like A15 has either SSD or HDD. As per this [link](https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-IPS-Type-GeForce-Battery-TUF506IV-AS76/dp/B0863DW238) . The way they have printed it on website I thought Its 1TB HDD + some SSD config." CreationDate="2020-04-27T16:03:47.007" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22285" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="Looks like this one has SSHD. And its `Ryzen 3750`. It's still cheaper or around the Predator's price. What's your opinion regarding the design? Predator or A15? I personally loved the Predator's LED Logo at back. And A15 has either the common, traditional grey or the Bonfire Black with brushed METAL. Did I just said metal?  I has chosen A15 over Predator for a while and then I that's its plastic. Brushed plastic seriously? It going to get dirty soon. Even though its looks so sturdy in the commercial, I dont think it'll be in reality." CreationDate="2020-04-27T16:11:29.270" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22286" PostId="13377" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY yeah I saw that from your post ." CreationDate="2020-04-27T16:15:06.677" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22288" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="What would be your choice? I won't mind minor difference like WiFi 6 or so. I don't think I would need to use the laptop more than 2-3 hours outdoor if in college. Rest of the time I'll be home scrolling through Stackoverflow or so. Battery of Predator is around 58Wh and A15 is 90Wh. Won't mind it." CreationDate="2020-04-27T16:20:06.947" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22290" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="Hmm, thanks for a confident answer. Else I usually get &quot;its upto you&quot; kind of replies. Anyways one last time, what is the thing that drawed you towards A15 except the battery? And we should wrap up the chat XD else it'll be long discussion" CreationDate="2020-04-27T16:23:27.267" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22297" PostId="13383" Score="0" Text="Ok thnks for the help. This pretty much helped me and let's see which one I'd get. I'll take a real life demo of both [if A15 becomes available] and choose the right one :-)" CreationDate="2020-04-27T17:21:42.403" UserId="15729" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22300" PostId="13373" Score="0" Text="Most laptops that have multi-touch/gesture trackpads use [capacitive sensing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_sensing), like tablets and phones do. They don't register any touch for all sorts of materials! I'm wondering why pressing a keyboard key over and over is not an equally viable option? (Which would work for pretty much *any* laptop, unlike a cat toy on the trackpad)" CreationDate="2020-04-28T13:20:25.300" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22301" PostId="13362" Score="1" Text="@Wrzlprmft No i am not electrostatically charged because i don't wear sandals in home plus i use that earthing thing wrapped to hand when working with PC. Anyways, i solved the problem actually double problem. Thanks though for feedbacks" CreationDate="2020-04-28T13:44:56.900" UserId="15699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22302" PostId="13362" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY @ArtOfCode Thank you very much fellas. I solved the problem. It was a double whammy. One by the so called qualified electrician and other by the cable company itself. The wire of my monitor was actually faulty. It's an `isheng` too but as per UK recommendation Brown : Live , BLue: Neutral and Yellow-green : Earth. The switched the brown and blue wire lol. This whole time my monitor is getting jammed and rammed like anything. I am gonna file a complain with Samsung. Anyways, i cut off the head and put a equal volt and amp Indian style ISI marked plug. The other problem is ....." CreationDate="2020-04-28T13:50:02.863" UserId="15699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22303" PostId="13362" Score="1" Text="The electrician is just a dumba** . Most of them in my country are. Sadly. Don't know about the home wiring ( as i am in a rented house, I informed the owner though ). Anyways, I took the light bulb test for earth and live and neutral and live for every socket. All but one are faulty, where my inverter is connected. So, basically i connected there. It's fine now. I have to switch my room and table though. Learned some good lesson during this entire session. ..." CreationDate="2020-04-28T13:53:58.650" UserId="15699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22304" PostId="13362" Score="1" Text="Lessons: 1. If you have perseverance and keep on digging things; you will land on the right solution no matter how hard it is. 2. Community is a great thing and great resource of knowledge. Thank to you guys. 3. Company like Samsung can make faulty Plug heads too for their expensive monitors lol. 4. Electricians in my country are lame and rude too as if they know everything and won't let you tell him what has happened. Not all of them but most of them." CreationDate="2020-04-28T13:59:37.733" UserId="15699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22305" PostId="13362" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY [Here is the first culprit](https://ibb.co/hXYrWm7) . Can't show the photo of the second culprit (electrician) though. :P sorry about that." CreationDate="2020-04-28T14:08:05.317" UserId="15699" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22306" PostId="13373" Score="0" Text="That's an excellent point. Pressing a key would work. It would require an extra step to make sure that an application that would respond to a key press is open and/or an innocuous key is used. (like Shift I guess). I see there is automatic key presser software but I can't install any software. Is there hardware? I see [swithbot](https://www.techspot.com/news/67162-switch-bot-mechanical-button-presser-youve-always-wanted.html) which is more than I need but it would work." CreationDate="2020-04-28T14:46:03.987" UserId="15728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22307" PostId="13373" Score="0" Text="More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyZAq_b0A4I&amp;feature=emb_logo" CreationDate="2020-04-28T14:48:00.687" UserId="15728" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22316" PostId="13308" Score="0" Text="Yes, that's absolutely right." CreationDate="2020-04-28T22:32:01.790" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22318" PostId="13393" Score="1" Text="Please go to https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic and read the Quality Guidelines section, then revise your question to make it more specific, especially with regard to your location and budget. https://ux.stackexchange.com may also have discussed this, so a search there might be worthwhile. That being said, stick with what you know; in the boot camps I've survived, Windows and Linux boxen abounded, so there's no need to Buy Different. I would recommend a laptop if you will attend that boot camp in person." CreationDate="2020-04-28T23:10:25.913" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22320" PostId="13344" Score="0" Text="Re: 1) _headset input jack for landline telephone_ .. Which jack type &amp; size? RTTS or RJ modular, and if RJ, which RJ?" CreationDate="2020-04-29T17:16:13.893" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22321" PostId="13398" Score="1" Text="https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/2016-uhd-smart-tv-ku6300 is the Support page, for reference, if this issue isn't resolved with what you posted in your Update. If it is the right solution, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VSN1KPZ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1? is a silicone protective case for it." CreationDate="2020-04-29T23:28:29.553" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22322" PostId="13277" Score="1" Text="@JanDorniak “If your application does make use of AVX512, the 10900 will destroy R9 in performance” Any references? Commonly the boost are disappointing. &quot;10900X also has far more PCIe lanes&quot; Doesn't AMD also have a lot of lanes and are even 4.0 lanes?" CreationDate="2020-04-30T01:54:55.263" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22323" PostId="2216" Score="0" Text="In my experience, many home routers have a usb port for sharing an external hard drive, BUT most inexpensive routers sharing feature is utterly awful. Actually copying files to/from this drive either completely broken or impractically slow (weeks-per-terabyte). So there's plenty of demand for a device like this." CreationDate="2020-04-30T06:05:48.993" UserId="15751" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22324" PostId="2245" Score="0" Text="Addonics stop selling that model. They have an enterprisy one for $89 USD plus postage, but that's more than most people spend on their router. They have nothing really suitable for budget home use." CreationDate="2020-04-30T06:09:27.497" UserId="15751" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22327" PostId="13399" Score="0" Text="I think you could buy any monitor with a strong light." CreationDate="2020-04-30T09:44:20.383" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22328" PostId="13399" Score="1" Text="Well, I think that's not the only factor. I don't want to burn my eyes each time I switch for something with light background." CreationDate="2020-04-30T10:28:55.210" UserId="15750" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22329" PostId="13399" Score="0" Text="Eyes are very adaptive." CreationDate="2020-04-30T10:36:57.277" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22331" PostId="13399" Score="2" Text="Actually, I fail to see how strong light from the monitor would help eliminate glares. Maybe I will see better what the monitor displays, but still will be annoyed by the glares. I think about maybe some anti-reflective coating?" CreationDate="2020-04-30T12:34:27.103" UserId="15750" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22332" PostId="13398" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY - I like that protective case you linked; the bright color will make the dang thing easier to find when digging through my couch! I swear, with kids involved, the best remote for me would be one with a homing device built in." CreationDate="2020-04-30T16:59:02.153" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22333" PostId="13398" Score="1" Text="TILE stickers https://www.amazon.com/Tile-RE-25002-Sticker-2-Pack/dp/B07W63295C , or a leash." CreationDate="2020-04-30T17:14:43.013" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22334" PostId="13398" Score="1" Text="Sir, you make the good suggestions. Thanks." CreationDate="2020-04-30T20:40:00.027" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22341" PostId="13398" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY Put you comments into an answer, and I'll check it." CreationDate="2020-05-01T03:14:09.700" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22343" PostId="13398" Score="1" Text="Would not be an 'answer' and therefore would be voided. However, you can upvote comments; there's a faint grey up arrowhead to the left of each comment (except those I have upvoted which turn blue)." CreationDate="2020-05-01T15:31:54.917" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22346" PostId="13411" Score="1" Text="What I asked for is CPU and motherboard for DIY (maybe I didn't make that very clear). And I didn't mention price (sorry for that) - main stream price is needed, not high end boards. That's my fault and since you asked for then I vote it anyway." CreationDate="2020-05-02T03:15:15.757" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22348" PostId="9867" Score="0" Text="I dont belive a direct solution exists yet, but you may get some help solving the issue here: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/13293/usb-switch-for-monitors/13296#13296" CreationDate="2020-05-02T20:18:02.463" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22349" PostId="13413" Score="0" Text="There are not many signal processing tags and I am not allowed to create some. Should I post on Electrical engineering stack exchange?" CreationDate="2020-05-02T20:18:22.957" UserId="15765" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22350" PostId="13410" Score="0" Text="Nothing wrong with DIY; it is accepted here, but this site is not exclusively DIY. See https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help &amp; https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic" CreationDate="2020-05-02T20:27:42.200" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22351" PostId="13413" Score="0" Text="Yes, while writing it to be consistent with https://electronics.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic" CreationDate="2020-05-02T20:40:49.640" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22356" PostId="13413" Score="0" Text="Then your problem is not that you are looking for a hardware, but a buggy (or buggy-looking) scope?" CreationDate="2020-05-02T22:38:44.083" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22357" PostId="13413" Score="0" Text="@peterh: I indeed look for hardware, a sensor/probe for my scope." CreationDate="2020-05-02T22:52:00.703" UserId="15765" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22358" PostId="13413" Score="0" Text="Okay. I suggest to make it more obvious in the question." CreationDate="2020-05-02T23:06:01.507" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22360" PostId="13419" Score="1" Text="Do you know why it needs a USB-C uplink? The USB 3.0 protocol should be independent of the plug used." CreationDate="2020-05-04T16:42:49.177" UserId="15775" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22361" PostId="13419" Score="1" Text="You asked for USB-C output, not USB 3.0. USB 3.0 is available on many Type A connectors. Note: Found a less spendy USB-C card for you, revised the answer to include its link." CreationDate="2020-05-04T16:45:37.920" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22362" PostId="13420" Score="0" Text="Nice alternative, thanks!" CreationDate="2020-05-04T18:56:37.690" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22363" PostId="13419" Score="0" Text="I asked for USB3 over USB-C" CreationDate="2020-05-04T18:59:16.853" UserId="15775" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22364" PostId="13419" Score="0" Text="No device will have a USB-C output if it doesn't have a USB-C input. That would guarantee a huge return rate from buyers who would expect USB-C ports to have full function." CreationDate="2020-05-04T20:30:22.543" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22367" PostId="13421" Score="2" Text="@K7AAY Without getting too philosophical, I'd say, something that has good reviews, is reliable, and looks nice." CreationDate="2020-05-04T21:48:14.443" UserId="15777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22369" PostId="13422" Score="0" Text="Thank you for the suggestion!" CreationDate="2020-05-04T21:56:13.523" UserId="15777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22379" PostId="13427" Score="1" Text="I'm sure the client's insurance company would turn 17 shades of purple at the prospect of relying on the eminently hackable WiFi infrastructure your client proposed you investigate. Sure enough, about 30 minutes of search revealed no such device." CreationDate="2020-05-05T20:30:12.090" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22380" PostId="13411" Score="0" Text="Reworked to provide another mainstream priced kit; your desire to get 3GHz performance from DDR4 seems to be a major stumbling block, as many SBCs I find fail on that criteria alone." CreationDate="2020-05-05T23:37:44.067" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22381" PostId="13427" Score="0" Text="many thanks for your assistance" CreationDate="2020-05-06T04:54:27.380" UserId="15780" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22382" PostId="13433" Score="1" Text="https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic states... _Your question on Hardware Recommendations should:..._ Show previous research - Tell us what products you are aware of that do not meet your needs. Otherwise, you may get those products as recommendations, wasting your time and ours." CreationDate="2020-05-06T12:21:47.323" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22410" PostId="13425" Score="0" Text="What kind of budget do you have? What is the use case for this monitor? There is a chance we could pin down a monitor without your budget that matches your specs. Trying to find a TV with the exact specifications above is going to be extremely difficult b/c it is uncommon un-quantitative criteria. If you're planning on using this system for gaming I would highly advise against it." CreationDate="2020-05-08T19:42:32.143" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22416" PostId="13425" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Need 40inch+ monitor for general application with multiple HDMI sources, but not those expensive niche ones." CreationDate="2020-05-11T03:09:52.427" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22417" PostId="13425" Score="0" Text="Most monitors come with 2 HDMI inputs what would your upper $ limit be? Also I would highly suggest display port over HDMI." CreationDate="2020-05-11T03:52:42.297" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22418" PostId="13425" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Main point of the question is not HDMI, but other factors. Why do you suggest DP? DP is general purpose link like USB3, HDMI is specially designed for video, e.g. HDMI can tranfer 4K60 for meters with very low cable cost." CreationDate="2020-05-11T08:22:51.307" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22419" PostId="13197" Score="0" Text="It means Ryzen 3 3100 and 3100X had better single core performance i saw many YouTube videos and it performs so well in some cases outperform intel i7 7700K" CreationDate="2020-05-11T11:51:31.697" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22420" PostId="13450" Score="1" Text="Thank you! Super helpful, it kind of reinforces my prior. Just one minor question: does the Latitude only have a power port or can it be powered via the Thunderbolt port? I assume it's not the case but you never know..." CreationDate="2020-05-11T12:42:22.940" UserId="15799" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22421" PostId="13450" Score="1" Text="Last graf above amended to note its Thunderbolt™ 3 port has DisplayPort &amp; Power Delivery" CreationDate="2020-05-11T15:13:58.710" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22422" PostId="13125" Score="1" Text="WOW, I just did the upgrade and you were right on both performance and power consumption. Thank you so much! It's like it has a new lease on life.  Very impressed the difference it made." CreationDate="2020-05-11T16:39:39.583" UserId="14557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22423" PostId="13425" Score="0" Text="Usually I recommend DP for future proofing bandwidth, daisy chaining monitors. If you've already researched and determined HDMI to work best for your use case that should work fine. I can't, however, recommend you a concrete product unless you give me your *price limit* as only you best know what &quot;cheap&quot; or &quot;expensive&quot; means for you." CreationDate="2020-05-11T18:06:14.800" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22424" PostId="13425" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo There is no exact price limit. By cheap I mean main stream priced, not those high end products. &quot;future proofing bandwidth, daisy chaining monitors&quot; HDMI support 4K144 too that is the final spec for screen(higher spec won't benefit human much unless they evolved too). Only VR need 16K144 @ short range." CreationDate="2020-05-11T23:19:56.927" UserId="14545" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22425" PostId="13452" Score="1" Text="This seems to be the only way. We put 2 extensions together and it seems to work fine." CreationDate="2020-05-12T08:53:10.793" UserId="15804" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22430" PostId="13456" Score="1" Text="@K7AAY : I don't have them in front of me to measure, but the general term for this size is &quot;Low Profile&quot;. I've purchase ones in the past that use two slots to give HDMI, DVI, and VGA, but have never found one that can also do DisplayPort. They don't plug into two slots on the motherboard (only one), but it takes up two external slots bays." CreationDate="2020-05-12T15:27:09.460" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22433" PostId="13457" Score="1" Text="That card almost addresses the versatility I'm looking for. It doesn't have VGA, but maybe I need to just go ahead and let VGA die. As you say, an adapter should be ok for VGA. So, one that supports only DisplayPort, HDMI, and DVI will be fine, but I'm use to getting the HDMI, DVI, VGA combo cards for around $40.00. It would be nice if I could find a DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI combo under $50.00. I'm only needing to support dual monitors at 1080p. Perhaps I'm asking too much when it comes to price." CreationDate="2020-05-12T15:39:09.857" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22436" PostId="13464" Score="1" Text="Not totally off the shelf - well, OK, I do have to get the Dremel off the shelf :-) but certainly well worth a try. Thanks. I will wait a bit and see if there is a true off the shelf solution, but this looks good" CreationDate="2020-05-13T19:02:42.090" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22437" PostId="13460" Score="0" Text="I really like the fourth one in the list (the iSpire with the flat surface, but I do NOT like that bumper, as it would be in my way all the time.  I wonder if it's possible to remove it.." CreationDate="2020-05-13T19:44:53.667" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22438" PostId="13460" Score="0" Text="They surely seem removable, but I could not find anywhere if they are designed to be removed. If you decide you are really interested in purchasing it, it would be better to send a message to the manufacturer first to clear it out." CreationDate="2020-05-13T20:16:17.560" UserId="14483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22439" PostId="13460" Score="0" Text="I read some of the reviews and one of them said they are 3/8&quot; to 1/2&quot; high - if that's the case they might actually not stick out and be in the way.  The picture may have picked an unfortunate example with a computer that is very thin in the front." CreationDate="2020-05-13T20:35:35.557" UserId="3714" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22441" PostId="13466" Score="1" Text="APICv ; SR-IOV and VT-D ; only ATX." CreationDate="2020-05-13T21:17:35.800" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22443" PostId="13466" Score="0" Text="I can't use a micro ATX case because the graphic card will not fit inside." CreationDate="2020-05-13T22:03:16.067" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22447" PostId="13466" Score="0" Text="I don't care,but I prefer 2019,since I have already installed it." CreationDate="2020-05-13T23:28:08.250" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22448" PostId="13466" Score="0" Text="I use this RAM model : HyperX-Predator-DDR4-HX430C15PB3K2-32" CreationDate="2020-05-13T23:32:16.870" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22450" PostId="13466" Score="0" Text="I can't use a micro ATX motherboard,it is too small. Is there a better choice ?" CreationDate="2020-05-13T23:37:37.653" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22453" PostId="13460" Score="0" Text="That would be nice. You'd better also check your laptop dimensions, because according to [this review](https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RJKYEX8HFVFAC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B0114MT9GI), you might have issues with a 17&quot; laptop." CreationDate="2020-05-14T05:06:59.533" UserId="14483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22454" PostId="13466" Score="0" Text="ok. I can consider to change my ATX mobo with a micro or mini one. I will place it inside my big tower. But which mobos are u suggesting me ?" CreationDate="2020-05-14T08:10:21.133" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22455" PostId="13466" Score="0" Text="anyway,man,how can I send one inquiry to asus,asrock,gigabyte and so on if they ask me to use a serial number ? I haven't any serial number. my question is not tied to a specific piece of hardware." CreationDate="2020-05-14T10:37:27.997" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22479" PostId="13466" Score="0" Text="I sent emails directly to links I had saved in the past for manufacturer support. No response yet, except for Gigabyte who wanted me to confirm which model failed for you. To make room for new Comments, you can click delete after any Comment of yours which has been resolved. BTW, the link in the third graf of my answer is also set to filter out motherboards &gt; US$183 which would allow for 200 Euros less a 17% VAT; if your VAT is higher, please advise. And, what does _more or less_ 200 Euros mean?" CreationDate="2020-05-14T16:31:55.587" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22484" PostId="8654" Score="1" Text="Bob, if it makes you feel any better, my experiences with inkjet printers are the same as yours.  They either quickly clog due to lack of use, or run out of ink from frequently running maintenance mode.  I tried several models of HP and EPSON, and all were horrible." CreationDate="2020-05-14T22:10:54.237" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22486" PostId="13479" Score="1" Text="Ok, but the HDD and the DVD *need* power to work. USB can give at most 5V and 2A. That is 10W. While it is enough for both of them to work, it is mostly *not* enough if they need some more power for some extraordinary thing (like the initial spin-up of the HDD on power up). The result: your devices will mostly work, but sometimes you experience instabilities, mostly random resets, poweroffs. This appears multiplied if you want to work with TWO devices from the same USB power (note: most laptops give the power to all of their USB slots from the same source!)." CreationDate="2020-05-15T08:13:44.490" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22487" PostId="13479" Score="1" Text="But the users not knowing this, will say: &quot;this usb/sata converter is s..t&quot;. So, yes there are such thnigs on the market, also I have one, but yes they are really s*t (if I use them without external power)." CreationDate="2020-05-15T08:14:42.387" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22488" PostId="13479" Score="0" Text="As I mentioned in my question, I already have the power supply unit present with me. It is the same SMPS/power supply unit that I removed from my desktop before scrapping the desktop. The SMPS has all the power cables required. I also have 2 internal SATA cables. I only need some converter so that I can connect the HDD or DVD drive to my laptop now externally (it can be via USB 3.0 or eSATA). So asked, if there is any converter present? Don't worry about the power supply, that I already have externally present." CreationDate="2020-05-15T08:23:39.037" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22493" PostId="13478" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers for the use of the checkmark  (✅) below the arrowheads." CreationDate="2020-05-15T16:22:59.520" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22497" PostId="13419" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers for the use of the checkmark  (✅) below the arrowheads." CreationDate="2020-05-15T16:24:56.987" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22498" PostId="13411" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers for the use of the checkmark  (✅) below the arrowheads." CreationDate="2020-05-15T16:25:13.430" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22499" PostId="13404" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers" CreationDate="2020-05-15T16:25:31.490" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22500" PostId="13386" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers for the use of the checkmark  (✅) below the arrowheads." CreationDate="2020-05-15T16:25:55.040" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22501" PostId="13372" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers" CreationDate="2020-05-15T16:26:17.403" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22504" PostId="13331" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers for the use of the checkmark  (✅) below the arrowheads." CreationDate="2020-05-15T16:27:50.660" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22507" PostId="13482" Score="0" Text="I was able to complete the circuit of the ATX PSU by connecting the green line with any black line. So it is up and running now. I do not need a motherboard now." CreationDate="2020-05-16T06:44:48.743" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22508" PostId="13482" Score="0" Text="My laptop has an eSATA port." CreationDate="2020-05-16T06:45:40.520" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22509" PostId="13482" Score="0" Text="The solutions you have suggested are again with power supply included and quite costly." CreationDate="2020-05-16T06:46:12.187" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22510" PostId="13482" Score="0" Text="I also have a 2.5&quot; laptop HDD Case and hence the SATA to USB 3.0 converter too with it. &#xA;My plan is to connect my 3.5&quot; desktop HDD to this converter via SATA port and then the converter will convert it to USB 3.0, that can be connected to the laptop's USB 3.0 port. For power, I will use the same ATX which is running now. &#xA;I will have to buy https://www.eassymall.com/product/sata-7-pin-data-male-to-female-hard-drive-hdd-cable-adapter-extension-cable to connect my 3.5&quot; desktop HDD to the converter (as current SATA cable has both ends female). &#xA;This will solve all." CreationDate="2020-05-16T06:55:07.830" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22511" PostId="13482" Score="0" Text="Your answer at https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/12913/sata-to-usb3-cable-data-only-no-power/13149#13149 is quite close to what I am also trying to do. I do not have to buy the converter as I will use the converter that I have with my 2.5&quot; HDD Case. And yes, I will purchase the 7-pin SATA Male to Female extension cable from here https://www.eassymall.com/product/sata-7-pin-data-male-to-female-hard-drive-hdd-cable-adapter-extension-cable to connect my 3.5&quot; desktop HDD to the converter (the current cable I have is both side female which will not help)." CreationDate="2020-05-16T07:39:23.643" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22518" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="hello. I've been lucky because one of my friends has the motherboard &quot;asus rog strix z390-f&quot; and I asked to him to check if it is good for the passthrough of my graphic card and he made the test &quot;survey-dda.ps1&quot;. The result has been that the mobo is capable only to pass this device &quot;Samsung NVMe Controller : Express Endpoint -- more secure.And its interrupts are message-based, assignment can work. PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1B04)#PCI(0000)&quot; its not enough for me. Anyway,thanks." CreationDate="2020-05-17T13:01:04.740" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22521" PostId="13485" Score="1" Text="I don't actually think that's an answer to my question; it only debunks my current choice without recommending another, @K7AAY." CreationDate="2020-05-18T15:58:19.707" UserId="9543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22522" PostId="13485" Score="0" Text="So, your objective is a laptop &lt;$1500 for computer programming, CAD, and schoolwork (likely with VMs), medium-light gaming (e.g. CS:GO, World of Warships), and lecture note-taking? CAD would suggest a 17&quot; display, unless you intend to attach it to an external monitor; if you do intend to use an external monitor for CAD, please advise." CreationDate="2020-05-18T16:09:52.967" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22523" PostId="13485" Score="1" Text="Correct. I don't plan on using external monitors most of the time." CreationDate="2020-05-18T16:15:37.910" UserId="9543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22524" PostId="13482" Score="0" Text="Please note that answer https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/12913/sata-to-usb3-cable-data-only-no-power/13149#13149 was more expensive than what I suggested above. Also, if cost is a factor _you must specify it in your question_. Nowhere in the question is cost mentioned." CreationDate="2020-05-18T16:33:01.053" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22525" PostId="13482" Score="0" Text="If it's not cost then I could have bought the bundle right? Why would I do all this patching. Now I only need one sata male to female cable which is 1/10 the price of hdd case. Check the rates. Anyways, thanks for all the active replies from you and work done for me. Appreciate the efforts." CreationDate="2020-05-18T16:54:24.953" UserId="15576" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22530" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="The ASUS ROG Strix Z390-F https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z390-F-GAMING/ is different from the ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-H GAMING https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z390-H-GAMING/ so testing on the &quot;F&quot; motherboard does not mean the &quot;H&quot; motherboard won't meet your specs." CreationDate="2020-05-18T18:53:35.547" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22531" PostId="13283" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers" CreationDate="2020-05-18T18:54:35.880" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22537" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="yes,maybe......." CreationDate="2020-05-18T23:06:14.250" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22538" PostId="13495" Score="0" Text="@K7AAY Yes, I am in Romania right now, but the question works for any country with similar problems." CreationDate="2020-05-19T08:48:26.867" UserId="5132" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22541" PostId="11225" Score="0" Text="Lolx - why the drive-by down vote? This seems a perfectly cromulent question (unless the down-voter cares to explain why). I even gave a good answer - you know, something that could help others, so, yeah,, go right ahead and down-vote and don;t tell me why. After all, that might help me to ask better questions in future." CreationDate="2020-05-19T14:47:53.217" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22545" PostId="13495" Score="0" Text="Frequencies used will differ, which is why I asked.  http://frequencycheck.com/countries/romania suggests frequency bands used are 800MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz, and 2600MHz. Are you aware of any other frequencies used?" CreationDate="2020-05-19T17:47:33.570" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22548" PostId="13425" Score="0" Text="Not enough attention, so I added a bounty." CreationDate="2020-05-20T19:26:58.837" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22549" PostId="13284" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers" CreationDate="2020-05-20T21:18:10.883" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22551" PostId="13506" Score="1" Text="Thanks. I've seen T2000 has no Vulkan support so it's not an option. Just to satisfy my curiosity, can you provide a comparison of the GPUs for training neural networks?" CreationDate="2020-05-21T06:21:31.763" UserId="15850" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22553" PostId="13506" Score="0" Text="No, I can't provide." CreationDate="2020-05-21T15:16:05.443" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22555" PostId="13502" Score="0" Text="Please also see https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/someone-answers" CreationDate="2020-05-21T15:17:04.883" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22557" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="Hello. I would like to contact the Gigabyte Tech Support to obtain the file Z390AORUSPROGA9 to upgrade my BIOS,but on the pastebin that u have provided there isn't any email that I can send an email and it's not easy at all to find the right one. Can u provide the email and I will do the rest ? thanks." CreationDate="2020-05-21T16:21:52.013" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22558" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="Go to https://esupport.gigabyte.com/#id:818291 and create an account. Then, create a new question something like &quot;I want to enable the passthrough of my GeForce RTX 2080Ti GPU in Windows Server using DDA. My current Gigabyte AORUS Pro motherboard will not support the ACS.and I have heard about a new BIOS, Z390AORUSPROGA9.zip&quot; and refer to  id:874899" CreationDate="2020-05-21T16:27:14.147" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22559" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="do u know a tool that can tell me what's the SN of my motherboard ? I've followed some tutorials on youtube but I haven't been able to get it via software. I wouldn't open the case if possible. But without the SN I can't make any question to gigabyte." CreationDate="2020-05-21T16:39:16.767" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22560" PostId="13506" Score="1" Text=":( Thank you anyway" CreationDate="2020-05-21T16:41:17.773" UserId="15850" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22561" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="it says : λ wmic bios get serialnumber&#xA;=SerialNumber&#xA;=Default string" CreationDate="2020-05-21T16:41:47.257" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22562" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="Run that from a Windows Command Prompt." CreationDate="2020-05-21T16:44:02.113" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22563" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="already done. It is not able to get it. Maybe because I'm using Windows 10 insider build." CreationDate="2020-05-21T16:47:50.810" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22564" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="it does not work even with linux : # dmidecode 3.2&#xA;&#xA;	Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.&#xA;	Product Name: Z390 AORUS PRO-CF&#xA;	Version: x.x&#xA;	Serial Number: Default string&#xA;	Asset Tag: Default string&#xA;&#xA;Handle 0x0021, DMI type 10, 6 bytes&#xA;Description:    To Be Filled By O.E.M." CreationDate="2020-05-21T17:29:26.270" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22565" PostId="13474" Score="0" Text="Then, guess you have to open the case to comply with their rules. DOn't know what to tell you; somehow I got them to respond without providing a serial number. Maybe try _na_ in that field?" CreationDate="2020-05-21T17:34:45.540" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22576" PostId="13518" Score="0" Text="Yes, reviews on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Lightpack-backlight-accessories-Matching-backlighting/product-reviews/B00LFW1P6U?pageNumber=4  can be critical of their lack of responsiveness." CreationDate="2020-05-22T19:12:01.593" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22581" PostId="13520" Score="0" Text="Where did you see that Ambivision doesn't use cameras? Their website directly states they use a 180--degree fisheye camera. I also already know how Stack Exchange works" CreationDate="2020-05-22T19:26:04.163" UserId="5252" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22583" PostId="13398" Score="1" Text="I just check today, and NewEgg voided my order for some unknown reason. I called Samsung and found out that the exact remote model number from my UN50KU6300 tv is [BN59-01260A](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07SGPJ2KT/howtoadvicecom). Today, I reordered it via Amazon. I will report back how well it works; it should be perfect. My orange remote cover has already arrived; thanks again for that suggestion." CreationDate="2020-05-22T20:26:28.117" UserId="1974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22586" PostId="13513" Score="0" Text="For analog bandwidth:&#xA;   500mHz is very little if you mean milli with m.&#xA;   500mHz is uneraliscally much if you mean Mega with m.&#xA;   I have looked at the specs and found 1MSamples/s which would fit to 50kHz.&#xA;   For Pokit PRO I have read 600kHz." CreationDate="2020-05-23T16:31:38.190" UserId="15765" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22587" PostId="13513" Score="0" Text="A good smartphone scope is the [LabNation SmartScope](https://www.lab-nation.com/)." CreationDate="2020-05-23T16:33:43.927" UserId="15765" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22594" PostId="13533" Score="0" Text="1) How are you going to focus the image? Projectors need to be focused. 2) How heavy can the projector be? 3) How much current can you provide from the robot's battery? 4) What resolution do you want? Please click [edit] &amp; add that to your question, so all facts we need are in the question. Please don't use Add Comment, since that's our one-way channel to you. All facts about your PC should go in the Question with [edit] as this is a Q&amp;A site, not a general forum, so things work differently here." CreationDate="2020-05-26T15:22:09.517" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22595" PostId="13533" Score="0" Text="*&quot;so the projector would need to be compatible with Linux&quot;* -- Look for an HDMI projector. Many monitors/projectors support commands over HDMI in an OS-independent protocol like DDC or CEC. Meanwhile a USB projector would be both OS/driver dependant and probably lower resolution/framerate anyways." CreationDate="2020-05-26T18:17:04.293" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22597" PostId="13529" Score="0" Text="Correct. However, the adapter I used to answer my own question is a full blown hub I believe. It's just small, but way bigger than the adapters I found in my post (which indeed should be avoided as they just rewire pins instead of interfacing with them)." CreationDate="2020-05-27T09:48:39.797" UserId="10349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22598" PostId="13533" Score="0" Text="Thank you so much! That will be super helpful!" CreationDate="2020-05-27T13:53:48.403" UserId="15880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22599" PostId="13529" Score="0" Text="Could you edit your answer noting you tested with a charger and it worked?" CreationDate="2020-05-27T17:28:27.293" UserId="9588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22600" PostId="13535" Score="0" Text="Suggest you review https://www.techradar.com/news/best-processors &#xA; https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html  https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-cpus  https://www.pcworld.com/article/3273404/best-cpus-for-gaming.html  https://www.gamesradar.com/best-cpu-for-gaming-pc/" CreationDate="2020-05-27T17:30:09.460" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22606" PostId="13541" Score="0" Text="1) 'having to pay for lots of functionality that isn't needed' is rarely an issue in real life. The manufacturers of the integrated gateways (i.e., modem+router) use the same processor for both functions (i.e., 'cheap') so it really doesn't drive your price up much, since their economies of sale on the gateway devices are so much larger than separate modems and separate routers that their price is driven down." CreationDate="2020-05-27T23:58:13.390" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22610" PostId="13541" Score="0" Text="There's a big difference between paying £300 for an all-the-bells-and-whistles modem/router just for decent modem functionality, and a £60 dedicated modem, when you've already paid for a £150 router and a £150 Wi-Fi." CreationDate="2020-05-28T00:03:05.257" UserId="1801" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22611" PostId="13541" Score="1" Text="I didn't think location was particularly relevant. VDSL2 is a worldwide standard. Ofcom no longer regulates what devices can be used, as long as it's CE marked and fit for the EU, it's fine in the UK too. Openreach is already trialling G.fast, so 35b may be skipped, but it may still find a place outside of city centres. It would be even better if the suggested modem also supported G.fast, but I didn't want to muddy the water too much, and 30a is my most likely upgrade path." CreationDate="2020-05-28T00:17:13.083" UserId="1801" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22612" PostId="13541" Score="1" Text="The problem with &quot;200mbps&quot; and &quot;300mbps&quot; as search terms is that search engines have no way to differentiate VDSL speed from Wi-Fi speed, so they pull in hoards of old  802.11n modem/routers. I've already been down that route, and didn't get far. My Google Foo isn't *that* bad. *8')" CreationDate="2020-05-28T00:18:41.773" UserId="1801" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22619" PostId="13535" Score="0" Text="Are you willing to look at Xeons and dual-CPU boards?" CreationDate="2020-05-28T17:15:48.917" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22620" PostId="13555" Score="0" Text="Putting one of these Home Theatre PCs its on its side is a great idea! However I am not sure my graphics card would fit in that. The PCI slots between the Motherboard and PSU are for low profile graphics card so it would not fit in those and the full length slot above the motherboard backplate is a single slot whereas my graphics card is a dual slot." CreationDate="2020-05-28T17:54:02.773" UserId="15883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22622" PostId="13557" Score="0" Text="Actually it is superior but due to heavy import duties (specially with Dell and Lenovo), its price becomes so huge, for instance its price in USA is 2,254$ equivalent to 1,70,684 INR. but it becomes 2,58,542 INR. And another reason I'm not favouring it is because it is bulky (1.7kg), because I'm going college next year I want my laptop to get into lectures and everywhere I need later. As always thanks for the valueable suggesstion I appreciate it, upvoted." CreationDate="2020-05-29T02:51:42.107" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22624" PostId="13557" Score="0" Text="One another reason could be because it has high end GPU of TDP 35-50W, it might drain the battery in first few years. That's also not favourable in college life. Specially if one would bring laptop for some presentations (not sure, but if any)." CreationDate="2020-05-29T03:02:06.037" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22626" PostId="13556" Score="0" Text="Thanks for a detailed answer. I have another question, what do you think about theur build quality, and which one will last more (years)." CreationDate="2020-05-29T03:21:57.620" UserId="14167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22632" PostId="13556" Score="0" Text="The only one I can speak to on that is the ENVY. I had one that lasted me several years. Although it did eventually have screen problems, it was otherwise very good. All three are Aluminum construction so they will all likely be very sturdy. As the base specs are all similar, the biggest thing you will notice after a few years will be features like Wifi6 and Thunderbolt3." CreationDate="2020-05-29T15:16:06.197" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22634" PostId="13563" Score="0" Text="You might be better off with alternative firmware that allows you to SSH in." CreationDate="2020-05-29T16:19:07.267" UserId="15902" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22639" PostId="13558" Score="0" Text="You'll not find anything that small in your budget to run Windows, so I'd focus on making sure Xamarin works well for your use case. I'd consider an older user large screen phone with the SIM card removed, a steel plate glued to its back, to affix it to a leather rectangle which also holds a Bluetooth keyboard." CreationDate="2020-05-29T18:27:27.843" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22642" PostId="13562" Score="0" Text="I have an old USB 1.1 stick with combo analog and optical out (Mini-TOSLINK) that I bought for $15 about 15 years ago, and it Just Works with the regular USB Audio drivers. Generic brands are more likely to use the common baseline, which it sounds like you are looking for." CreationDate="2020-05-29T21:43:05.163" UserId="15903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22643" PostId="13567" Score="0" Text="That one might be useful if I ever get back to an I2S project I have on the shelf!" CreationDate="2020-05-29T21:50:16.393" UserId="15903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22644" PostId="13557" Score="0" Text="The battery value shown in the spec sheets is the battery capacity not the power consumption. It's the size of the gas tank, not how rapidly it consumes it." CreationDate="2020-05-29T22:55:13.947" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22647" PostId="13548" Score="1" Text="I actually built a spin on the ars box with some adjustments (firewalld for firewall management and dnsmasq rather than bind9 and dhcpd). they do gigabit on gigabit fiber and its pretty sweet so far. Not too sure about the 'software' side of a dual wan - there's a few options out there but never got around to trying it" CreationDate="2020-05-31T11:05:50.780" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22648" PostId="13548" Score="0" Text="Yeah, OPNsense runs `dnsmasq` under the hood, but adds a fairly flexible GUI in front of it. Our experience of it as an amd64 version pfSense has been pretty positive, even if my other half does object to BSD on principle. *8')" CreationDate="2020-05-31T12:15:47.547" UserId="1801" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22650" PostId="13576" Score="0" Text="I have a MP3 player that my sisters are currently using, here's [the link](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Portable-Bluetooth-MP3-Music-Player-MP4-Media-FM-Radio-Hi-Fi-Lossless-Sound/143372937712?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&amp;_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649) if you wanna check it out (I own the bluetooth one). I will do a review about this product and how it meets some of your requirements. As you can imagine MP3 players are going out of business because of smartphones. Alternatively a used iPod nano could do the job?" CreationDate="2020-06-03T08:35:41.660" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22651" PostId="13576" Score="1" Text="As for runner-friendly, your Garmin should do the job as those cheap players won't do anything else than playing music. There are watches that have microSD slots to play music from them too but I don't think that is what you need (or asking about)" CreationDate="2020-06-03T08:38:10.283" UserId="9356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22653" PostId="13576" Score="0" Text="Interesting. I see that you can now get a Garmin watch with GPS and MP3 for about $200. That's less  that I paid for my Forerunner 225, but it is still like new, so I will continue to look for  a reasonably priced MP3 player to accompany it. Thanks for pointing out the possibility  (+1)" CreationDate="2020-06-03T09:43:48.200" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22654" PostId="13576" Score="0" Text="See [Best running watches with music: MP3, offline Spotify from Garmin and more](https://www.wareable.com/running/the-best-fitness-watches-with-music-playback), [23 Best running watches with Music &amp; GPS (phone-free music) – 2020](https://makelifeclick.com/best-running-watches-with-music-phone-free/) and more" CreationDate="2020-06-03T09:45:21.163" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22656" PostId="13567" Score="1" Text="Looks good but is pretty expensive." CreationDate="2020-06-03T13:39:13.120" UserId="6806" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22657" PostId="13568" Score="0" Text="That's the problem. DACs are a way more expensive. That's why I wanted I small USB to TOSLINK converter which just keeps the signal digital.&#xA;Actually I boundle the the TOSLINK signals with splitter and route it to one high quality DAC." CreationDate="2020-06-03T13:41:11.003" UserId="6806" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22658" PostId="13568" Score="0" Text="The one I linked is $24. Even if someone makes a dedicated adapter with only toslink, I doubt it would be any cheaper." CreationDate="2020-06-03T14:11:29.780" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22661" PostId="13568" Score="0" Text="At least this one looks promising." CreationDate="2020-06-03T16:38:25.133" UserId="6806" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22670" PostId="13611" Score="1" Text="Could you provide a bit more detail to the background to your requirements - as a __ you need to __ so that you can __ , I think there's a bit of context missing :)" CreationDate="2020-06-04T19:38:58.017" UserId="15929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22672" PostId="13615" Score="0" Text="While I personally dislike bluetooth mouse/keyboard, I think your question is a school example, how trivial and obvious wishes are simply... unsupported by everything. I believe your problem could be solved by an embedded device having 2 stupid, or 1 smart bluetooth chip. It could act as a bluetooth bridge. I hope someone already did it and you can buy." CreationDate="2020-06-04T22:02:08.703" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22673" PostId="13607" Score="0" Text="Recently scanner/printer producers started to standardize. I bought an ancient scanner and use it through a windows vm, but... well..." CreationDate="2020-06-04T22:03:18.130" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22674" PostId="13607" Score="1" Text="We are considering the Epson WorkForce DS-870 now. It is _not_ listed on the SANE website (http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html) as a supported device. But on the vendor homepage it says that &quot;SANE (Linux)&quot; is supported. Anyone has experience with this model?" CreationDate="2020-06-05T07:36:50.140" UserId="15924" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22675" PostId="13606" Score="0" Text="Appreciate the recommendation. I've tried Sennheisers in the past and didn't like them, but the models I tried were cheaper than these so that's probably why." CreationDate="2020-06-05T21:42:49.990" UserId="9201" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22676" PostId="13618" Score="1" Text="That's a really neat idea - I'll give it a try and report back with findings :)" CreationDate="2020-06-06T12:07:39.537" UserId="15929" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22677" PostId="13605" Score="0" Text="Can you tell why is your current laptop slow?  Is it outdated CPU or low RAM?  If the latter is the case more ram is a must (at least 16, better if 32G).  Otherwise, 4800H is much faster CPU than 10510U afaik.  The other thing to consider--light and small computer cannot handle much power (i.e. Watts) due to little cooling capacity.  I think your first item is adequate for this task but you may run into limits later." CreationDate="2020-06-07T15:14:36.050" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22678" PostId="13608" Score="0" Text="Consider getting a separate VESA stand.  If a monitor is VESA compatible, you can easily find a plethora of stands for it (for desk/wall mount, for 1/2/3... screens.. you name it!).  Mounting is easy, just 4 screws.  And yes, you need adjustable stand!" CreationDate="2020-06-07T15:18:22.037" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22679" PostId="13614" Score="0" Text="Yes, you can! Anything _near_ the line-of-site path? See https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/204952224-airMAX-Planning-an-Outdoor-Wireless-Link then run https://link.ui.com/#" CreationDate="2020-06-07T23:34:56.900" UserId="9825" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22680" PostId="6845" Score="1" Text="Sorry, how is this question off-topic on Hardware.SE?" CreationDate="2020-06-08T03:30:29.170" UserId="5531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22681" PostId="13611" Score="0" Text="So, we have existing thin clients (HP devices) which boot straight into a web browser and launch the front end for our ERP, which users then log into with their own ERP account. What I want is to secure this with an external authentication device such as NFC or Smart Card. So I am after a tried and tested setup to achieve this. What I want is for users to be able to launch a session simply by tapping the NFC fob on a reader, and for the client to unlock. I am not tied to any specific vendor." CreationDate="2020-06-08T08:03:58.233" UserId="15926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22682" PostId="8538" Score="1" Text="Just setting up my &quot;new&quot; [Super Micro H8SGL](https://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron6000/SR56x0/H8SGL.cfm) motherboard with a 16-core Opteron 6386 SE and 128 GB of ECC RAM. I must say, a perfect replacement!" CreationDate="2020-06-08T18:52:13.870" UserId="3934" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22692" PostId="13630" Score="0" Text="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbvtttVtIxQ" CreationDate="2020-06-13T23:45:23.653" UserId="15953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22693" PostId="9495" Score="0" Text="@dirkt, according to [this answer on SO](https://stackoverflow.com/a/37091591/5419599), it should be possible to have at least 7 buttons within the HID standard, possibly even 18 with some trickery.  The IntelliMouse I have has 5 buttons and is recognized as a mouse (not a keyboard) by all three OS lines." CreationDate="2020-06-14T00:45:50.613" UserId="7888" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22694" PostId="13630" Score="1" Text="Amazon has a number of devices, such as https://www.amazon.com/Pass-through-Rail-Volts-energy-meter/dp/B07D43BHSY/ref=sr_1_8 . Have you looked?" CreationDate="2020-06-14T04:01:09.210" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22695" PostId="13630" Score="0" Text="i like that, thanks." CreationDate="2020-06-15T14:19:10.773" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22696" PostId="13630" Score="0" Text="had found EKM-25IDS on amazon around $100, but finding more hits now on such devices" CreationDate="2020-06-15T14:21:21.073" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22697" PostId="13630" Score="0" Text="also Baomain DDS238-4 @ $27" CreationDate="2020-06-15T14:21:48.657" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22698" PostId="13630" Score="0" Text="I may also do a current transformer setup  such as `CrocSee AC 80-260V 100A CRS-022B` for $20" CreationDate="2020-06-15T14:25:05.947" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22699" PostId="13510" Score="0" Text="This is technically correct answer however it does not solve my problem. I bought G305 and it does not work with my receiver, I doubt any Logitech G mice will. My only hope is in old (no longer officially sold) devices but I have no way of finding them…" CreationDate="2020-06-15T15:46:18.107" UserId="7098" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22700" PostId="13647" Score="0" Text="Could you please clarify whether the portable router has to double as a modem for the mobile Internet connection as well or not? I.e. is it the router which should include the uplink to mobile Internet or is it permissible to recommend a portable router with QoS feature which could be tethered to such a modem? If there are OpenWRT routers which take a SIM card, those are probably your best bet." CreationDate="2020-06-16T11:00:41.983" UserId="10307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22705" PostId="13657" Score="0" Text="Your best bet is to flash your router with OpenWRT but if you want this out of the box, you will need to look into something like Ubiquity." CreationDate="2020-06-19T15:49:51.980" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22706" PostId="13657" Score="0" Text="thx, I dont think there is opernwrt for ac59u. in addition, versions of hardware must match exactly, and there are several hardware versions per model." CreationDate="2020-06-19T19:02:03.910" UserId="10273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22707" PostId="13680" Score="0" Text="(1) I was hoping for something simpler (and cheaper) than a multimeter (2) The term &quot;isolation&quot; doesn't seem to appear in their manual.  (and isn't it achieved easily with a small transformer on the input?  (3) They speak of &quot;Chassis grand&quot; and &quot;Earth (grand) Terminal&quot;  (instead of &quot;ground&quot;), and their USB driver is a &quot;Deriver&quot;.   ---   can you reference some without isolation?  or that are more specialized?" CreationDate="2020-06-21T11:40:38.730" UserId="14318" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22708" PostId="13680" Score="0" Text="@David the isolation is mentioned on the product page but you'd probably want to double-check with them - like most cheap Chinese products the documentation isn't the best. The problem with a transformer is the tolerance, your figure is &lt; 1% and a transformer would probably be more like 10% so you'd calibration and probably temperature compensation to get it that accurate. If you went down that path there's quite a few DIY solutions using an Arduino and the like but I can't really think of anything off-the-shelf that isn't a lot more expensive." CreationDate="2020-06-21T12:15:17.140" UserId="2065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22709" PostId="13680" Score="0" Text="The last UPS I bought (an APC Corp. BN650M1) has 1 volt precision and runs about $80  ($79.19 on Amazon, $76.99 at Best Buy).  I'm just hoping for something smaller, cheaper, and maybe 0.1V precision." CreationDate="2020-06-21T14:41:15.603" UserId="14318" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22710" PostId="13646" Score="0" Text="Someone gave an answer which had a link to a fantastic chart which answered my question. It's gone now, and I don't know why. Please repost it!" CreationDate="2020-06-21T19:44:24.507" UserId="15958" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22711" PostId="12708" Score="0" Text="Thanks, I just checked on this now. Although based on a review, the true refresh rate of this monitor should be only about 100hz instead of 144hz given the high response time. Also the white balance is said to be off (which can be fixed mostly with tweaking the settings)." CreationDate="2020-06-22T07:10:53.343" UserId="10878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22712" PostId="12708" Score="0" Text="The 1440p version has an extra Q in its name: https://us.aoc.com/en/gaming-monitors/cq27g1&#xA;I'm not sure I'd recommend it anymore though - mine has started the flicker quite a bit when using FreeSync." CreationDate="2020-06-22T07:15:48.657" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22713" PostId="12708" Score="0" Text="That's sad to hear it's real cheap though about half the price of most 27&quot; 1440p monitors. I'm considering getting LG `27GL850-B 27 Inch Ultragear QHD Nano IPS` instead. Only cons so far that is quite significant is the contrast ratio and the brightness which is only at 350 nits. But then again my GPU isn't too strong" CreationDate="2020-06-22T07:58:17.980" UserId="10878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22728" PostId="12212" Score="0" Text="The [comments](https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/Tx2GN6I4NK3RWKT/ref=ask_ql_ql_al_hza) for this product on Amazon state that it does not work for video." CreationDate="2020-06-25T01:23:24.927" UserId="9097" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22733" PostId="13622" Score="0" Text="USB-C and USB 3.1 gen2 are different things. First one is a physical port standard, second is a data rate standard. You can probably find a USB-C camera, but it's highly unlikely that a webcam on the cheaper end will use USB 3.1 gen2 standard, since cameras are very low bandwidth devices and can even work on USB 2 or USB 1 with decent quality. So it would have a USB-C socket, but the actual speed would be USB-2 480 MB/s, which is still much more than is needed for a webcam." CreationDate="2020-06-27T11:42:55.990" UserId="9587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22734" PostId="13674" Score="1" Text="Note that my RX 580 Radeon graphics card does **not** spin up when supporting multiple monitors. If you require discrete graphics without any particular 3D support you could look at NVidia GT 710 which is supported out of the box on Linux, it seems. Those are usually passive cards, so even under load it should not use too much. There is even a newer one with 4 x HDMI output (although the supported resolutions are rather low, it's more for multiple TV sized screens it seems)." CreationDate="2020-06-28T19:00:45.287" UserId="5472" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22735" PostId="13674" Score="1" Text="RX 580 is about 200 euro, RX 550 only somewhat below that. Mine sports a &quot;fan stop&quot; option, which you can *configure* in Linux. The GT 710 can be found starting at 40 euro here in NL (!) and the multiple HDMI one should be about 70-80-ish. But I don't have any specific power usage data on it." CreationDate="2020-06-28T19:03:13.410" UserId="5472" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22737" PostId="13674" Score="0" Text="I have a 4-head (1 HDMI + 3 DVI) setup split on two Radeon 5850: on windows I get temperatures up to 55C with all monitors on, while on GNU I get 55C and 60C with 2 (1 monitor per card with `dpm` on) and an astonishing 65C and 72C (with `low` profile since `dpm` does not work when multiple monitors are connected) with everything on. Basically I wanted to be sure to pick up a card that did not suffer from this problem." CreationDate="2020-06-28T20:26:20.400" UserId="15983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22738" PostId="13674" Score="0" Text="Of course I meant in idle." CreationDate="2020-06-28T20:27:25.940" UserId="15983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22740" PostId="13711" Score="0" Text="You may want to look for used/refurbished Thinkpads ..." CreationDate="2020-06-29T07:20:07.373" UserId="10307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22743" PostId="13714" Score="0" Text="Please link the mixer you are using." CreationDate="2020-06-30T18:16:00.460" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22744" PostId="13710" Score="0" Text="Please add a link to the EDID adapter that you used to make your answer complete." CreationDate="2020-06-30T18:19:33.940" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22745" PostId="13714" Score="0" Text="@Alphy13 I don't know why it's needed.  As far as this application is concerned, it's just an 18-channel USB sound card that I want to split into nine 2-channel sound cards.  But here it is anyway: https://www.behringer.com/behringer/product?modelCode=P0BI8" CreationDate="2020-06-30T18:21:11.103" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22746" PostId="13714" Score="0" Text="&quot;Opposite of a USB hub&quot; Audio drivers just dont work that way. The best a USB device can do is **switch** between computers. One computer can host a USB device over a network and your mixer may have this functionality already built in, but this is a software solution and not relevant to this site." CreationDate="2020-06-30T18:30:46.183" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22747" PostId="13714" Score="1" Text="@Alphy13 This is *Hardware* Recs.  I'm looking for a piece of *hardware* to be 9 independent 2-channel sound cards simultaneously, each with its own physical USB plug, and relay that information to/from an 18-channel sound card that is hosted by the thing that I'm looking for.  Each device - the physical 18-channel card, and each of the logical 2-channel cards -  is hosted by exactly one thing ever.  No switching." CreationDate="2020-06-30T18:41:38.620" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22750" PostId="13714" Score="0" Text="I dont think such a thing exits because of the limitations of USB. Look into [PulseAudio](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/) or [Virtual Audio Cable](https://vac.muzychenko.net/en/). They may make what you want possible." CreationDate="2020-07-01T16:39:02.243" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22751" PostId="13714" Score="0" Text="@Alphy13 The limitations of USB have nothing to do with it.  See edit." CreationDate="2020-07-01T18:44:49.890" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22753" PostId="13727" Score="0" Text="What's the difference between the two? They're just built to not work together?" CreationDate="2020-07-04T03:29:00.783" UserId="16035" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22754" PostId="13727" Score="0" Text="The Super has 128 more Cuda cores and faster memory." CreationDate="2020-07-04T05:09:43.567" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22755" PostId="13699" Score="1" Text="I think a monitor + kvm extender would do what you want, but I think any monitor with at least 2 HDMI port would do it." CreationDate="2020-07-05T23:21:42.623" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22757" PostId="10398" Score="0" Text="I would recommend a Thinkpad.  You can replace the keyboard with a Japnese keyboard if you like while you are there." CreationDate="2020-07-06T23:38:51.263" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22768" PostId="13008" Score="0" Text="Yes, but the USB cable is very short since they are meant to be used via Bluetooth, and the cable usually just for charging. You will want to get an extension cable." CreationDate="2020-07-08T17:22:58.690" UserId="13696" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22771" PostId="13767" Score="0" Text="It is pretty okay and far more than enough fore Linux. However, most Linux apps want more - firefox, libreoffice would run probably painfully slow. My current laptop has only 3GB, and it is slow (but useable)." CreationDate="2020-07-10T17:04:32.123" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22774" PostId="13755" Score="0" Text="Any old phone, a USB-OTG cable and this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.appground.blek ?" CreationDate="2020-07-13T14:01:06.273" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22775" PostId="13755" Score="0" Text="Or a Raspberry Pi: http://yetanotherpointlesstechblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/emulating-bluetooth-keyboard-with.html" CreationDate="2020-07-13T14:02:28.470" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22776" PostId="13767" Score="0" Text="Depends, Lubuntu only uses 150MB for the OS.&#xA;It uses firefox, and unless you're browsing with 20 tabs, it works quite well!&#xA;I've ran FF on a Raspberry Pi before, with only 1GB RAM, and that was cutting it short.&#xA;It doesn't run from a Pi Zero.&#xA;Libreoffice, I don't use often, but with 2 GB of RAM, you could possibly run Libreoffice calc, writer, and Firefox with about 5 tabs just fine.&#xA;Speed is also not an issue. My X5 Z8350 runs at 1,68Ghz boost on all cores, which is the right speed for things to just not feel too sluggish.&#xA;Sure, it's not a 4Ghz CPU, but it works as expected." CreationDate="2020-07-14T02:43:28.820" UserId="16075" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22780" PostId="13753" Score="0" Text="Do you prefer a 13 inches (more compact) or a more classical 15 inches screen?" CreationDate="2020-07-16T10:51:02.327" UserId="2226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22781" PostId="13753" Score="0" Text="I would prefer a 15 inches screen" CreationDate="2020-07-16T10:56:27.617" UserId="14410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22782" PostId="13753" Score="0" Text="Are you a student? (just asking because several vendors have discount for students)" CreationDate="2020-07-16T11:23:07.750" UserId="2226" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22783" PostId="13753" Score="0" Text="No, i am not student" CreationDate="2020-07-16T12:21:22.707" UserId="14410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22784" PostId="13793" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your answer :) very useful" CreationDate="2020-07-16T12:22:52.143" UserId="14410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22785" PostId="13699" Score="0" Text="@peterh - Reinstate Monica Thank for advice! Please duplicate your comment as answer for this question and I'll mark this as answer." CreationDate="2020-07-20T07:09:36.903" UserId="16003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22786" PostId="13699" Score="0" Text="Thanks - my pleasure." CreationDate="2020-07-20T08:14:27.080" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22787" PostId="13755" Score="0" Text="@towe Thanks, it is a possible direction. But currently I am thinking on an OTG-less solution. Connecting the keyboard with OTG to another phone would not be OTG-less (but possible)." CreationDate="2020-07-20T10:05:22.407" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22788" PostId="13755" Score="0" Text="@towe Using a Raspberry pi for that would be like shooting flies by a cannon." CreationDate="2020-07-20T10:28:51.970" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22789" PostId="13755" Score="0" Text="Maybe a Teensy on a custom PCB with an HC-05 bluetooth module. My suggestions seem to keep getting more and more DIY though." CreationDate="2020-07-20T11:13:58.417" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22796" PostId="11598" Score="0" Text="@Romen I understand. you are right I misread the intention of the comment." CreationDate="2020-07-24T00:36:03.367" UserId="342" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22802" PostId="13827" Score="0" Text="*&quot;Is it really that complicated?&quot;* -- You're trying to find a cable that goes outside the standards for USB-C power delivery. The USB C port you want to power may not be able to safely handle more than 4.5 W of power without using a special mode over USB-C. There are &quot;rules&quot; in the USB standard that keep devices from breaking each other with too much current flowing! Also using two separate USB power sources could introduce an incorrect voltage too. These cables aren't supposed to exist so if you find one, be sure to use both A ends on the same source." CreationDate="2020-07-24T15:36:01.487" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22803" PostId="13827" Score="0" Text="Thanks for your hints! The USB C port (of the device which will be used) should handle up to 100 Watt according to the manufacturer. Yes, I'll only plug the two USB A ends into one device. But you are right, the devices don't talk with each other how much current they need (as it would be the case with USB PD). Do you think that could work or do you say I shouldn't do this?" CreationDate="2020-07-24T16:01:19.303" UserId="16142" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22804" PostId="13827" Score="0" Text="If your device &quot;supports 100 W&quot; then that is absolutely using the USB-C special mode for power delivery! Just feeding it extra amps without having the device change modes could cause damage and especially in the case of overheating a battery! Anything other than the standard USB power spec may be detected as &quot;fast charging&quot; or USB-C PD if the device supports it so it *might* be OK to use this Y cable for some devices." CreationDate="2020-07-24T17:22:49.750" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22805" PostId="13829" Score="0" Text="I tried to reproduce where I found the information about the used audio chip but either they removed it from their page or I couldn't find it anymore." CreationDate="2020-07-25T17:36:38.780" UserId="6806" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22813" PostId="13672" Score="0" Text="Some monitors include a KVM feature: You plug keyboard and mouse into the monitor's built-in USB hub which can be connected to a desktop PC using a USB-A to USB-B cable (along with DisplayPort or HDMI) and to a laptop using USB-C/Thunderbolt. You can configure which USB upstream port goes together with which video input. Check your monitor's manual - maybe it supports something like this?" CreationDate="2020-07-27T03:21:35.710" UserId="16150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22814" PostId="13836" Score="0" Text="I'll look at that, thanks!" CreationDate="2020-07-27T16:23:43.613" UserId="14349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22815" PostId="13838" Score="1" Text="Wow! That was incredibly comprehensive. From what you've said a ThinkPad sounds pretty good tbh, I'll explore the options" CreationDate="2020-07-27T20:38:11.060" UserId="14349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22819" PostId="13837" Score="0" Text="I would say buy minimum of 4 core cpu like Ryzen 5 3rd gen or i5 9th gen for cpu Performance in gpu Ryzen vega is way better then Intel uhd btw in which country u want to buy because laptop availability varies towards countries" CreationDate="2020-07-28T12:26:22.910" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22820" PostId="13805" Score="0" Text="You can see x570 motherboard reviews on YouTube by hardware unboxed and by Gamer Nexus then decide at own" CreationDate="2020-07-28T12:31:04.697" UserId="10056" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22821" PostId="12845" Score="0" Text="The Arctis 7 came close to fitting the bill. Wireless, decent quality microphone, auto-off can be disabled, works while charging, and pretty good audio quality. The fact that it bricked after less than a month of use kind of ruins the experience, though. So, something like that but that lasts more than a few weeks." CreationDate="2020-02-25T21:36:22.963" UserId="5194" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22822" PostId="13838" Score="0" Text="OK so I'm back after doing a lot of research, especially on the subject of Linux. The ThinkPad seems the best option definitely (even if I do want a dedicated GPU), but unfortunately it's not available in the UK (at least not with the new 4xxx processors). Perhaps it will become available soon, I hope so." CreationDate="2020-07-30T19:38:04.290" UserId="14349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="22823" PostId="13847" Score="0" Text="And what is your question? And how is it &quot;feasible&quot;?" CreationDate="2020-07-31T00:17:35.097" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23823" PostId="13847" Score="0" Text="@peterh-ReinstateMonica, my question is &quot;if it'd be possible to put this into some other form factor other than a rack&quot;. I'm not sure what &quot;it&quot; refers to in your second question, but answering the question is feasible by providing a &quot;no, and here's why&quot; type answer, or a &quot;yes, and here's how&quot; type answer." CreationDate="2020-07-31T08:51:37.323" UserId="16158" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23824" PostId="13847" Score="0" Text="Ok, but so is it a &quot;technical support request&quot;, which is per definitionem off-topic here. It is on-topic on the https://serverfault.com or on https://superuser.com (I would suggest the first, it is a closer match). I did not vote your question for closure a second time, but others could do that. It would be also possible to move your question to the SF, but on sociological limitations of the SE it is unlikely to happen. But re-asking a closed question on another SE site is okay." CreationDate="2020-07-31T08:54:01.023" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23825" PostId="13847" Score="0" Text="To me, &quot;technical support&quot; means providing detailed help on how to do something. I'm looking for more of a high-level, &quot;Yeah, you can just install it in this type of box&quot;, or &quot;Not really, but there's this inexpensive mini-rack you might look into&quot;. Those sound like &quot;hardware recommendations&quot; to me, not &quot;technical support&quot;. As my final sentence indicates (which I just bolded and italicized), I'm very open to frame challenges." CreationDate="2020-07-31T08:56:45.273" UserId="16158" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23826" PostId="13847" Score="1" Text="This site is for questions looking for a hardware fulfilling a specific list of requirements. But I don't take a side about your question next time, I wish you good luck." CreationDate="2020-07-31T08:58:28.683" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23827" PostId="13847" Score="0" Text="I'll highlight my requirements above as well, since those are truly my driving concern." CreationDate="2020-07-31T08:59:07.213" UserId="16158" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23828" PostId="13838" Score="0" Text="@Jachdich Yeah. These 4000 series laptops were just launched so you may have to wait a bit." CreationDate="2020-07-31T11:21:02.247" UserId="15627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23829" PostId="13838" Score="0" Text="alright, I'm in no hurry, just as long as they will become available then that's good" CreationDate="2020-07-31T15:07:29.550" UserId="14349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23830" PostId="13847" Score="1" Text="Thanks @BenHocking - the emphasis on requirements is exactly what this needed. I apologise that the deletion comes off harshly, but we haven't yet found a better solution to the mountain of off-topic stuff that ends up here." CreationDate="2020-07-31T21:54:15.000" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23831" PostId="13853" Score="0" Text="Very interesting, especially about the preinstalled Linux laptops since then they'll definitely work well with Linux. I think I'll have to do some more research, and compare the options" CreationDate="2020-08-01T08:29:34.717" UserId="14349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23834" PostId="13858" Score="0" Text="From a quick search, it looks more like a [Sony Voice Recorder](https://www.amazon.com/Sony-VOICERECORDER-MICROUSB-RECORDING-WEIGHT-ICDTX650B-CE7/dp/B00TKEV9MU). Is this what you are looking for, or are you asking for a microphone suggestion?" CreationDate="2020-08-02T20:12:26.167" UserId="14483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23835" PostId="13858" Score="0" Text="A microphone suggestion, please. Something which looks aesthetic" CreationDate="2020-08-03T12:59:57.823" UserId="16177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23836" PostId="13858" Score="0" Text="Then you probably have to update your question. Do you want something portable, like in the video you linked (which is probably not  a microphone but a recorder)? Or do you want something for your desktop?" CreationDate="2020-08-03T13:52:05.557" UserId="14483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23843" PostId="13876" Score="1" Text="It's hard to suggest something without know more about your setup. What controller are you using? How much range do you require? What data rate will you need? What country are you in (Some countries have strict limitations of RF transmitters).  I suspect what you are asking for is a complete drone control unit like the ones discussed here? - https://oscarliang.com/flight-controller-explained/" CreationDate="2020-08-06T15:19:03.760" UserId="16200" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23844" PostId="13876" Score="0" Text="Thank you so much for your answer, Jack Soldano. No matter the range, baud rate, etc. I live in Czech Republic, I have never heard of these restrictions. In fact, I envision something even more miniature. It would be perfectly ideal if this drone could be about the size of a palm. When you look at today's technology, mobile phones and so on, everything is terribly miniature. But when it comes to IoT all development boards and integrated circuits are quite large." CreationDate="2020-08-06T17:55:33.400" UserId="16169" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23845" PostId="13876" Score="0" Text="Maybe I'll try to buy a tiny RC helicopter, because the boards in them tend to be relatively tiny, and I'll adjust it for more engines. But of course, a premade development board would be much better." CreationDate="2020-08-06T17:55:37.967" UserId="16169" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23846" PostId="13834" Score="1" Text="Many DSLR cameras have software to connect them to a PC as a webcam. That software probably doesn't work on linux, maybe with WINE, and just maybe one of those camera models enumerates over USB as a plug &amp; play USB webcam." CreationDate="2020-08-07T16:37:57.343" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23847" PostId="13865" Score="0" Text="So if I understand correctly, the HP ProLiant is a blade server that therefore probably cannot operate on its own, right? Or, did I mischaracterize what the HP ProLiant is?" CreationDate="2020-08-09T11:19:41.470" UserId="16158" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23848" PostId="13881" Score="0" Text="Be aware that easy disconnection can be a safety feature, as with the magnetic connectors on MacBooks - if the cord rips away when you trip over it, you don't damage yourself or something else expensive instead by pulling it over." CreationDate="2020-08-09T22:17:47.707" UserId="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23849" PostId="13881" Score="0" Text="Thank you. I am aware of that, but I would prefer the opposite." CreationDate="2020-08-10T02:16:53.020" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23854" PostId="13865" Score="1" Text="your link takes me to newegg showing a refurbished &quot;HP ProLiant DL360P G8 Server 2.60Ghz 12-Core 32GB 1x 480GB SSD Enterprise&quot;.  That is not a *blade server* in my opinion, that is a typical 2 socket rack server, having only 32GB of DDR3 RAM installed which maxes out at 768GB but you'd have to buy that extra RAM.  For the advertised $416 providing two 6-core xeon E5-2630v2 cpu's for a total of 12 cores and only 32gb ram that's nothing to really rave about given today's hardware" CreationDate="2020-08-10T19:00:41.387" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23855" PostId="13865" Score="1" Text="it would work on it own, sitting on a desk or floor, it has 4 gigabit ethernet ports, it'll operate just like any regular pc.  You probably have to install linux on it as it likely doesn't come with an operating system, but it looks like for $416 you would get a working 12 core 32GB RAM server you just have to plug it in and install a free linux distro on." CreationDate="2020-08-10T19:04:22.097" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23856" PostId="13865" Score="1" Text="a 12-core 3.5ghz intel cpu for $700 + $100 single socket consumer mobo +  64GB of DDR4 RAM for $200 + $100 PSU + $100 case would blow that refurb'd DL360P away; you could likely still outperform it by building a low end pc today that refurb DL360P isn't doing you any great favors... being a refurb having likely been powered on 24/7 the last 10 years I'd worry about various failures like PSU or RAM which won't be cheap to replace" CreationDate="2020-08-10T19:16:57.330" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23857" PostId="13886" Score="0" Text="First your sound card and 10g network card will see no benefit from pcie 4.  The Areca card will only benefit if it also supports pcie 4.0, and give how new the pcie 4 standard is I doubt it is.  So if the RTX 3080 support 4.0 then it will benefit at varying levels if your generating enough GPU bandwidth.  Most games don't even use all the bandwidth in pcie 3.0 x16 slots." CreationDate="2020-08-11T03:29:41.850" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23858" PostId="13886" Score="0" Text="How many pcie lanes is your Areca card x1,2,4,8,16?" CreationDate="2020-08-11T03:30:51.470" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23860" PostId="13886" Score="0" Text="If you're waiting for Ampere why not also wait for Zen 3 and Tiger Lake?" CreationDate="2020-08-11T16:12:47.157" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23861" PostId="13886" Score="0" Text="My Areca card definitely will NOT benefit PCIe 4.0, it is too old. However I could upgrade but that's really not necessary since I do not even have issues for 4k streaming.&#xA;So only the RTX would benefit from it.&#xA;I will not wait for Zen 3 and Tiger Lake because I do not feel the need to wait and pay more (those proc will be &gt; what I pay now) unless it is absolutely necessary to correctly exploit my new rig. I could still resell the proc in 2 years and buy another on the same socket." CreationDate="2020-08-11T17:53:11.273" UserId="14440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23864" PostId="13895" Score="0" Text="200$? The OnePlus 3, 5, 6 might be good options." CreationDate="2020-08-12T07:57:27.273" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23865" PostId="13711" Score="0" Text="Oh and I should add that for example the Thinkpad x230 has been rebranded as Nitropad by a company. They flashed Heads and Coreboot and now it's basically running only Free Software (well, potentially some controllers still run proprietary code)." CreationDate="2020-08-12T09:20:49.517" UserId="10307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23871" PostId="13904" Score="0" Text="can you provide me some suggestions about the Android applications that can I use to do that? Applications that log that." CreationDate="2020-08-13T14:22:14.343" UserId="16228" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23872" PostId="13904" Score="1" Text="The last few versions of Android already have this functionality built in; it can be found in settings under battery usage on most Android devices. Third party options are ‘Battery Monitor’ &amp; ‘Battery Log’ found on the play store (I have never used these, but they look like they monitor the information your looking for)." CreationDate="2020-08-13T14:26:15.433" UserId="16200" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23873" PostId="13904" Score="0" Text="Yes but under the battery usage you don't have the current drain values. I will try the apps that you suggested. Thank you very much for all your suggestions. You brought me on the right way." CreationDate="2020-08-13T14:31:29.387" UserId="16228" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23874" PostId="13904" Score="0" Text="You would need to do maths to work out the current drain, you need to know the size of your phone’s battery. The Android 'Battery Usage' settings will tell you the percentage drain over x time. You can then calculate the current drain over that period, any way you look at this you are likely to have to do some maths &amp; logging." CreationDate="2020-08-13T14:35:42.817" UserId="16200" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23875" PostId="13905" Score="0" Text="20 years ago, having a big monitor meant that you have a lot of money to waste. Everything was optimized for small monitors, the de factor standard was a 14&quot; and 1024x768px. Then, monitors became hugely more cheap. And then... the mobile world appeared. And now, if you want to buy a phone with a larger screen of 7&quot;, it will be a big problem. If you need to buy one over 11&quot;... you won't find. Quite a psychotic world. Good luck for the hunt!" CreationDate="2020-08-13T19:45:37.887" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23883" PostId="13538" Score="0" Text="How much detail do you need? A regular 1080p webcam with the usual wide angle lens at 3m from an insect is barely going to see more than  a black dot blurring past the frame." CreationDate="2020-08-17T07:49:18.770" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23884" PostId="13526" Score="0" Text="What's your onboard sound card - even the most basic realtek these days should be able to cope with 5 or even 7.1. If it has lighpipe it's likely capable of transmitting AAC-encoded 5.1. What *might* be happening is double decoding. Computer decodes to lightpipe, then amp gets confused by that &amp; interprets as stereo. Set your output, if possible, to &quot;encoded output&quot;. VLC should be able to show that parameter even if nothing else can, just to eliminate it as a cause." CreationDate="2020-08-17T07:55:21.470" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23885" PostId="13127" Score="1" Text="For total cost of ownership, you probably need to factor how often you print &amp; your ink coverage - documents or photos etc. A laser will have a higher initial cost but will last longer. I have low output requirements but my last laser lasted 10 years before the ink [toner] ran out. An inkjet, of which I had many before that, would have dried out in a month or two." CreationDate="2020-08-17T08:25:22.303" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23886" PostId="13009" Score="0" Text="No HDMI required. All but the most entry-level DSLRs have been capable of connection over USB for a long time; fully-controllable to pretty much any 'soft' control on the camera itself - eg exposure, aperture, focus, WB… but not zoom, as that still requires you to twist the collar, same as if the camera was in your hand. Most of the majors now have additional 'webcam' software [Nikon are last to the game with that, though 3rd party alternatives are already available.]" CreationDate="2020-08-17T08:33:51.237" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23888" PostId="13526" Score="0" Text="I know that the onboard sound chip is capable of 5.1 and even 7.1 surround sound, but due to well known driver problems, the realtek drivers do not allow surround sound on the digital output. This is stupid, but is a well known problem. It can be solved temporarily by installing an older diver manually, because for some reason older versions of the driver had that working. Unfortunately Windows will update drivers on its own every now and then and Windows updates also end up doing a driver update, wich would mean I would have to reinstall the old drivers every time... That is not a solution." CreationDate="2020-08-18T12:59:00.680" UserId="15871" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23889" PostId="13526" Score="0" Text="OK - so why over optical? Simply because you already have the lightpipe? Why not just run USB the 5m, then you could go analog or digital from there for about $£€ 15 using pretty much anything you can find on eBay, just pick your required socket types." CreationDate="2020-08-18T13:11:47.320" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23894" PostId="13526" Score="0" Text="I have thought about that as well. I am using optical because when I originally set this up, the driver was still working and using optical eliminated the problem with power wires running alongside the audio and I cannot avoid that due to the way the room is layed out and where the outlets are. And now I have the cable already, so why not use it? - For now I bought a cheap HDMI audio extractor off eBay and that way I am using the sound of my graphics card..." CreationDate="2020-08-19T10:42:19.403" UserId="15871" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23895" PostId="13526" Score="0" Text="There's nothing wrong with using lighpipe, especially if you already shelled out for it. I just wanted to avoid having to spend on one if you didn't have to; USB is cheaper. I use s/pdif from my own Mac to a simple $£€ 15 from eBay box myself. The unit powers from USB or any cheap wall-wart. I go to RCAs &amp; into my amp over analogue, just because that's the only spare set of connections on the amp [pick your reasons, they're all valid ;) I'd really give that type of cheap box a go. DACs are all pretty much of a muchness these days, unless you jump into the hundreds for them. [contd…]" CreationDate="2020-08-19T14:42:53.933" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23896" PostId="13526" Score="0" Text="[…contd] Just avoid the absolute bargain bin stuff for 3 or 4 bucks. that's usually very poor [dodgy clocks, click all the time]. By the time someone can be bothered to mount it in a nice metal box rather than some cheap moulded plastic dongle, you've hit the sweet spot for cheap vs actually usable." CreationDate="2020-08-19T14:45:50.527" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23898" PostId="13934" Score="0" Text="I had serious troubles even on ebay/amazon/etc to find batteries with a voltage not 1.5V (1.2V) or 5V." CreationDate="2020-08-21T07:26:18.233" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23902" PostId="13905" Score="0" Text="20 inches? I'd say it's not so portable then ;) I know only Gechic On-Lap 2101H (21&quot;). I have Gechihc 15.6&quot; and I'd say it is quite big. Also You can look at some chinese brands, e.g. Johnwill, Uperfect, they sell 17-19&quot; portable monitors." CreationDate="2020-08-22T00:06:51.267" UserId="6936" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23903" PostId="13936" Score="0" Text="It has an FM2+ socket. However, [this source](http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket_FM2_.html) says that there is no significantly better CPU for FM2+. Probably you need to upgrade also your motherboard. If you do that, you will likely want to avoid to replace also the memory." CreationDate="2020-08-22T07:57:37.737" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23904" PostId="13936" Score="0" Text="@peterh If I'm going to replace the motherboard, I'm just going to put together a whole new system. Do you have any suggestions?" CreationDate="2020-08-22T16:16:19.240" UserId="16262" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23905" PostId="13936" Score="0" Text="You can not significantly upgrade the CPU, because there is no significant better CPU. A motherboard replacement does not mean a whole system replacement, it is typically not more costly than the CPU, although it is more work to replace." CreationDate="2020-08-22T16:26:34.427" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23906" PostId="13936" Score="0" Text="Btw, I think it is far more likely that the RAM is the real bottleneck. That motherboard can handle 64GB max." CreationDate="2020-08-22T16:28:48.580" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23907" PostId="13936" Score="0" Text="I don't think the ram is the bottleneck, server ram usage is only 500-1000mb. The computer is 6-7 years old, and I feel like it would be better to put together one specifically   for running servers. If you have a suggestion for a new board and cpu that has DDR3 ram slots, that would be very useful as well." CreationDate="2020-08-22T16:32:40.840" UserId="16262" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23908" PostId="13936" Score="0" Text="So you want the highest CPU (maybe IO) performance from $200 with a DDR3 compatible cpu + motherboard combo. Thanks!" CreationDate="2020-08-22T17:13:11.287" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23909" PostId="13936" Score="0" Text="Yeah, thanks for helping me out." CreationDate="2020-08-22T17:42:30.107" UserId="16262" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23910" PostId="13936" Score="0" Text="Btw, I think there is nothing from $200 what you could buy and would be significantly better. I think you could roughly double the performance for about $500. At this point, DDR3 becomes bottleneck. But I did not check the prices very deeply, and you might find some exceptional offer." CreationDate="2020-08-23T06:47:29.333" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23916" PostId="13905" Score="0" Text="@MikhailV As portable as possible for a 20 inch screen :) - I mean, it should be possible to put it in a Bag, and it should not have a stand which is bad to store. As I said: I don\`t want to use it in a train or something, just carry it easily from a to b in a trolley case.&#xA;The GeChick looks like it fits my use case, but it does not seem to be available for ordering.&#xA;It`s a bit strange, that 15inch is the maximum for that portable screens. There is no 18 or 20 inch screen available when I search it in Google Shopping or Amazon" CreationDate="2020-08-25T09:41:11.967" UserId="16229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23917" PostId="13905" Score="0" Text="You are right Gechic 21&quot; is not available yet. Yes most portable displays are 15.6&quot;. I've seen a 18&quot; display (Johnwill) on Aliexpress, but I personally would not expect quality product there. So probably wait till Gechic 21&quot; starts to sell, at least it is more or less known brand.  Also if you are into DIY you could buy HDMI-LVDS converter  and buy a laptop display and improvise a portable monitor from it somehow." CreationDate="2020-08-25T10:49:56.453" UserId="6936" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23918" PostId="13905" Score="1" Text="Found two 17&quot; screens:&#xA;https://www.amazon.de/G-STORY-Tragbarer-Monitor-Portable-Gaming/dp/B08B84MXFX/ref=sr_1_5?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=Portable+Monitor+-+17.3+Inch+1080P&amp;qid=1598376042&amp;sr=8-5&#xA;https://www.amazon.de/ASUS-XG17AHP-integrierter-Adaptive-Sync-Micro-HDMI/dp/B089VVDW5Q/ref=sr_1_7?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=Portable+Monitor+-+17.3+Inch+1080P&amp;qid=1598376042&amp;sr=8-7&#xA;&#xA;Better than nothing, but quiet expensive..." CreationDate="2020-08-25T17:22:11.010" UserId="16229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23920" PostId="13948" Score="0" Text="Thx a bunch for the suggestion! I would've probably tried it, had I not by now returned the NT-USB Mini and exchanged it for an Elgato Wave 3 (that would have a dedicated shock mount if I want one). Can't accept the answer then anymore unfortunately, but you got the deserved " CreationDate="2020-08-26T20:27:27.457" UserId="4350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23922" PostId="13943" Score="0" Text="Do you really want ten times as much  RAM as storage?" CreationDate="2020-08-27T20:34:34.347" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23923" PostId="13943" Score="0" Text="This is the minimum I need. These laptops will be only used for exams and I don't know any student that can write more than 100 kB of code in 4 hours." CreationDate="2020-08-27T20:43:37.533" UserId="10898" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23924" PostId="13922" Score="0" Text="The answer to your off-topic question is extremely relevant to the &quot;best&quot; hardware to run that software. I would figure that information out before asking for a recommendation, since streaming softwares may utilize specific GPU or CPU features for video decoding. The &quot;network card&quot; is usually one of a few common chipsets that almost every laptop use these days and there is not a significant difference in latency between them. The router performance will be much more important for keeping latency low." CreationDate="2020-08-27T20:44:25.823" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23925" PostId="13943" Score="0" Text="Would you not have trouble storing a modern operating system and a web browser on a device with 100 MB of storage, assuming you could find one?" CreationDate="2020-08-28T05:47:14.370" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23926" PostId="13943" Score="0" Text="100 MB is the user storage,not the disk size" CreationDate="2020-08-28T07:17:41.010" UserId="10898" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23934" PostId="10010" Score="1" Text="have you tried spud monitors ?" CreationDate="2020-08-31T06:00:41.183" UserId="16297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23935" PostId="10010" Score="0" Text="@rainyday thanks, the quality of the image looks very bad on the spud according to https://youtu.be/XufsrHTLNig and from what I can see in non-official demos. Also it seems sold out from the official website. But you're welcome to add it as an answer, I wasn't aware of it." CreationDate="2020-08-31T07:23:48.070" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23937" PostId="13972" Score="0" Text="Wait a sec, how did you find that one on eBay? If I search I just can't find it. Anyway assuming that it is legit (I've had some bad experiences with eBay in the past) then that's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!" CreationDate="2020-09-02T07:38:49.463" UserId="14349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23938" PostId="13972" Score="0" Text="I would personally get the newer model." CreationDate="2020-09-02T08:58:14.423" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23939" PostId="13978" Score="0" Text="Oh almost forgot. Try downloading very big files (like games) in the background. This will LAG your cam as hell." CreationDate="2020-09-02T16:54:44.033" UserId="16186" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23942" PostId="13978" Score="0" Text="I cant do the lag bit - I actually need the internet working for other stuff I'm doing in the background. What would you recommend putting over the lens? I can't seem to find any proper translucent stickers, glue/cream is opaque white so that wont work, and you seem to need A LOT of Vaseline to make it work. I'm trying to get a frosted glass-esque level of obscurity." CreationDate="2020-09-02T17:12:39.443" UserId="16312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23943" PostId="13978" Score="0" Text="Actually there are [frost-glass sprays](https://sklep.spinex.pl/katalog/683/913/dekoracyjna-farba-matujaca-do-szkla-w-spray-frosted-glass-325-ml) on the market so maybe they would work. I haven't tried.&#xA;&#xA;Another suggestion is to - lower the FPS in OBS. Add some filters, adjust the &quot;grain&quot; effect, blume... There are a lot of possibilities. &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Anyway, your last hope is your own phone." CreationDate="2020-09-02T17:25:14.833" UserId="16186" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23944" PostId="13975" Score="0" Text="Does it need to be synchronous? There's a lot that can be done with video editing." CreationDate="2020-09-02T18:02:05.243" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23945" PostId="13979" Score="0" Text="Yeah battery life is a bit low to be honest" CreationDate="2020-09-02T20:45:17.057" UserId="14349" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23946" PostId="13975" Score="0" Text="@Obie2.0 - Yes, unfortunately it is live" CreationDate="2020-09-03T00:20:24.570" UserId="16312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23947" PostId="13978" Score="0" Text="How would the phone help? Would OBS work on a live stream (ie. video meeting)? Frost glass is a great idea." CreationDate="2020-09-03T00:21:18.097" UserId="16312" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23949" PostId="13902" Score="1" Text="The problem with a detachable is that the processor is usually in the tablet side, seeing as they have to be used when detached. That means there's no using them &quot;when the laptop screen is not connected&quot;. Plus they tend to use the even more extreme low power processors (e.g. Core M, Atom or the 30xxe Athlons). If you're willing to settle with foldables then basically *any* of the new buget 2-in-1s, e.g. Lenovo Flexs, HP Envys or Asus Vivobooks, will meet your requirements." CreationDate="2020-09-04T04:55:17.297" UserId="203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23954" PostId="13978" Score="0" Text="Usually old phones had horribly bad cameras. I saw post on reddit saying OBS filters are great for reducing quality. I can't go further into topic because I never used such software." CreationDate="2020-09-05T11:03:16.443" UserId="16186" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23955" PostId="13680" Score="0" Text="@David Something reminded me of this question and I hadn't thought of much else meanwhile. I can totally get where you're coming from and I imagine something like this could be made in high volume for something like $20 but I don't think there's much of a market. Most labs would use a multimeter and there are power analyzers that utilities use that cost $1k+ but do more that just voltage. BTW what's the need for that resolution? In most electrical installations you'd probably get a volt or so of drop when loads switch on and 5% variation from a utility is normal." CreationDate="2020-09-05T12:07:27.697" UserId="2065" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23956" PostId="13680" Score="0" Text="Yeah, the lack of [perceived] market kills a lot of good possibilities.  I was mostly just hoping to do better than my three existing UPSes (which, as I write this, read 116, 117, and 116)." CreationDate="2020-09-05T17:13:02.060" UserId="14318" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23958" PostId="13672" Score="0" Text="I have the same exact situation, currently I'm using a work-provided Lenovo USB-C Gen 2 dock and got a USB-A-to-C for my desktop - I manually unplug my laptop and plug my desktop when I want to switch, and use the displayport inputs on my monitors from the dock and the HDMI inputs for my PC. It's an &lt; 1 min. swap between the two but it'd be nice to hide my dock and press a single button instead. Closest product I found was this, but it's a only single display: https://www.sabrent.com/product/USB-KCPD/2-port-usb-type-c-kvm-switch-with-60-watt-power-delivery-option/" CreationDate="2020-09-08T16:54:43.067" UserId="16343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23960" PostId="14003" Score="1" Text="I would buy a cheap android tablet with a good display, and then connect it to the remote machine with some protocol (vnc, rdp). Your question fills probably a long, long hoole, welcome on the HwRecs SE! :-)" CreationDate="2020-09-09T16:07:29.637" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23968" PostId="14009" Score="1" Text="Seems like you would need to mount the monitor on some kind of rail if you want to have it slide side-to-side without &quot;swinging&quot; forward. Search for &quot;slide&quot; or &quot;rail&quot; instead of &quot;arm&quot;." CreationDate="2020-09-10T16:27:22.000" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23971" PostId="14003" Score="0" Text="There isn't really any device like this that wouldn't be connected by some sort of remote desktop network infrastructure. The latency introduced by such a setup would probably defeat the purpose of having a desktop to perform computations. I would suggest buying a portable monitor and a lightweight keyboard." CreationDate="2020-09-14T15:03:32.257" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23972" PostId="14018" Score="1" Text="HDCP [2.2 has been broken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection#HDCP_v2.2,_v2.1_and_v2.0_breach) but any question about circumventing anti-piracy measures may not be something people will be willing to answer on this site." CreationDate="2020-09-14T15:58:20.173" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23973" PostId="14010" Score="0" Text="In general, white LEDs require 3 V. In order to drive an LED _efficiently_ from a 9 V battery (without wasting 2/3 of the energy as heat), you're going to need a DC-DC converter module as well as an LED." CreationDate="2020-09-14T19:18:13.453" UserId="465" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23974" PostId="14010" Score="0" Text="@KevinReid, that sounds pricey and like it takes up a bit of space. I'm fine with the inefficiency." CreationDate="2020-09-15T09:47:15.173" UserId="16356" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23976" PostId="14026" Score="1" Text="This is a very complex machine vision task that requires a CPU, RAM, and some sort of *software*. If you find a camera to do this it probably has an ARM CPU and running Linux in it." CreationDate="2020-09-16T15:35:20.393" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23983" PostId="14027" Score="1" Text="Thanks, Romen. I think I'll have to go the gaming headset route, which use USB+wireless adapter to support high quality audio and mic simultaneously." CreationDate="2020-09-17T20:25:40.770" UserId="16362" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23984" PostId="14045" Score="0" Text="Probably usb. The actual transmit power of the bluetooth is very low. But I am not 100% sure. Measure it with an usb amp meter device ($5 or less) and with an usb bluetooth adapter." CreationDate="2020-09-20T19:49:32.810" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23985" PostId="13978" Score="0" Text="This might be an option too: https://superuser.com/a/1376409/1009295&#xA;Limit outbound network traffic for the specific program so bad it defaults to a very bad image and audio quality." CreationDate="2020-09-21T12:29:30.910" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23987" PostId="14037" Score="0" Text="If you don't use any QoS functionality at all you should get an even split between all of the computers while allowing all computers to use up to the whole bandwidth when others aren't. Your second &quot;rule&quot; where you assign 70% of the traffic to one computer would be possible on most routers that have priority-based QoS controls, but it is mutually exclusive with your first &quot;rule&quot;. A router can't guess how you are going to want to split the bandwidth, so you must enter that manually into the QoS settings every time you want to change it. In your case toggling the QoS on and off may be useful." CreationDate="2020-09-21T21:44:36.487" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23988" PostId="14037" Score="0" Text="Thanks @Romen tried QoS setup at a DLink router here and this ignored my setup completely. One port had highest priority, and some other port had lowest priority. However on stress seemed that both are downloading/uploading with the same speed" CreationDate="2020-09-22T09:05:14.783" UserId="16390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23989" PostId="14018" Score="0" Text="Okay, thanks anyway." CreationDate="2020-09-23T08:16:07.737" UserId="16364" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23991" PostId="14010" Score="0" Text="Take two AAA battery - 2*AAA is 3 volts. The power capacity depends on the volume and will not be much worse." CreationDate="2020-09-24T06:32:19.770" UserId="14498" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23992" PostId="14058" Score="0" Text="I don't think that you would have any other choice than reverse-engineering that w$ crap; particulaly not on a cross-platform raspberry-compliant way; and particularly not by some hardware. Maybe you can install a w$ in a VM on a Linux system and then develop the cross-platform app to talk to the w$ VM running that dll, but it is imho overkill." CreationDate="2020-09-24T09:08:16.393" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23993" PostId="14058" Score="0" Text="@peterh-ReinstateMonica Do you have any idea how it is done on routers. It seems like a good start to research about it." CreationDate="2020-09-24T09:19:01.160" UserId="16410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23994" PostId="14058" Score="0" Text="The most common is that routers have an embedded software, which includes an embedded webserver. It might have also some REST API, what is used either by the browser frontend or by external apps, or both. AVM Fritz boxes can be remotely configured by a protocol named TR69." CreationDate="2020-09-24T09:31:01.390" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="23997" PostId="14058" Score="0" Text="This site is definitely off topic for most of your questions; But there is a sliver of an on-topic request in there. You should be asking for recommendations for an embedded computer that will run the web server from your device. If you can tell us about that DLL or the kind of processing it does that will help us recommend one with a fast enough CPU too. You may need to compile that code for an ARM cpu or Linux to run it on a non-windows computer too." CreationDate="2020-09-24T17:50:29.857" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24007" PostId="14058" Score="0" Text="@Romen I was not sure where to post my question since it has both software and hardware parts. The DLL is meant to read some samples from my hardware and do its processing. Processes like FFT and IFFT for large number of samples. Mostly DSP related stuff and applying filters on samples." CreationDate="2020-09-25T07:45:08.383" UserId="16410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24012" PostId="14067" Score="0" Text="Where is the output data coming from, and where is it going to?" CreationDate="2020-09-25T16:33:15.727" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24013" PostId="14067" Score="0" Text="@peterh-ReinstateMonica The output data is coming from scanner and going to computer." CreationDate="2020-09-25T17:15:31.943" UserId="16420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24016" PostId="14074" Score="0" Text="May I have any explanation for a down vote? What has to be improved?" CreationDate="2020-09-28T17:24:35.073" UserId="1466" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24017" PostId="14056" Score="0" Text="In your place I would probably strongly consider doing a full platform upgrade and grabbing a Zen processor. Preferably Zen2 or wait some time and grab Zen3 which will be unveiled October 8th. Do you have a dedicated GPU?" CreationDate="2020-09-29T08:23:18.743" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24018" PostId="14074" Score="0" Text="The question itself is sound, and the way it is written is understandable. The downvote was unfair. As for the answer, there are a massive range of possibilities only limited by how much time you want to spend. You could use an ESP32 running copy+pasted sample code, or set up a fully-fledged wall panel with a touchscreen indicating status etc. This is &quot;beyond 100%&quot; doable, and thanks to the IoT device revolution, \*extremely easily\* doable, to the point that most answers would include the stylistic/aesthetic preferences of the person answering." CreationDate="2020-09-30T13:45:53.157" UserId="16432" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24019" PostId="14067" Score="0" Text="The fact that there are no trivial/well-trodden/popular/widespread solutions to this interesting problem is a large red flag. An open-source, transparent, proven hardware stack would be the only way to have confidence that you've correctly implemented a design like this. Any manufacturer that offers an obscure solution, private APIs, SDK under NDA or similar, is not subject to the firehose of security testing open devices eventually receive. This means that even such solutions contain no backdoors, they may have exploitable mistakes your stereotypical attacker can use to circumvent you." CreationDate="2020-09-30T13:51:06.073" UserId="16432" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24020" PostId="14083" Score="0" Text="The notion of a single laptop range that appeals to all women seems, to put it kindly, to be as impossible as the idea of a single laptop that appeals to all men. Besides, your title does not seem to be asking the same thing as your body. In the body you say that you have some female customers who are specifically asking you for lighter laptops, but the title clearly indicates that you think you can find a single type of laptop for all your female customers." CreationDate="2020-09-30T17:04:16.903" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24023" PostId="14074" Score="0" Text="@i336_ – Thank you for the comment. I think I am able to program this using Arduino etc. but maybe there is already a simple five-dollar thing suitable out-of-the-box for such a purpose. So if someone could drop me a simple non-programming answer, that may be helpful because I am not very oriented in recent world of IoT devices." CreationDate="2020-09-30T18:50:46.610" UserId="1466" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24025" PostId="14061" Score="0" Text="How does latency compare to simple ping time? In other words, are you absolutely certain the camera is at fault?" CreationDate="2020-10-01T09:03:23.200" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24026" PostId="13948" Score="0" Text="I recently squeezed my Neuman into the cheapo shock mount… ermm… not really successful. The mount was still rather stiff even with all that weight in it &amp; sang like a bird if you tapped the stand. Updating answer..." CreationDate="2020-10-01T09:38:37.873" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24027" PostId="14078" Score="1" Text="What screen size do you need? The screen on the TTGO Camera Plus is tiny, not sure it’s really useful for two-way video. Battery life could also become quite an issue, what do you have in mind in this respect?" CreationDate="2020-10-02T11:52:37.043" UserId="16443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24028" PostId="14078" Score="0" Text="Anything at all. It's just a hobby project. hardly even a proof of concept. As long as it can handle 2-way video &amp; soubds over internet, I will be happy. ***After*** that, I can polish it - if I am not lreay on to my next prject :-)" CreationDate="2020-10-02T20:22:06.347" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24029" PostId="14078" Score="1" Text="There are quite a few boards or devices with either a screen or a camera out there, not quite sure if there are many with both. You might be better off taking a cheap Android phone or tablet, it will have nearly everything you need (and more). I’m not quite sure what kind of performance you could expect from an ESP32 running 2-way video, which you’ll surely need to compress/decompress. Even a nearly useless 10Kpixel screen at 9 bits/pixel and 10 FPS is already 1 Mbps raw bandwidth and that’s awfully bad quality. QVGA at 24 bits and 24 FPS is over 40 Mbps raw. You may want to explore RPis?" CreationDate="2020-10-02T21:10:17.913" UserId="16443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24030" PostId="14078" Score="0" Text="You have certainly opened my eyes to new possibilities (upvote). An Android device could be both Ends&quot;. Maybe also Raspberry Pi (?). It was just that the ESP32 is so cheap (plus I have experience of it). Feel free to work that up into an answer" CreationDate="2020-10-02T22:20:20.657" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24031" PostId="14083" Score="0" Text="I would ask your clients what weight they expect to see if it is even practical to get the weight down that far.  When it comes to weight tablets are the clear winner, but you sacrifice performance and features.  Macbook Air are super thin and light, but there flimsy and won't take beating.  Do they want a $1000-2000 unit they can easily break to achieve there thin and lightness goals.?" CreationDate="2020-10-03T16:43:27.917" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24036" PostId="14116" Score="0" Text="I'm not interested in PC software. Then I might as well type the equations directly in source code and print it on the console. I need a classic, portable calculator. To clarify: the cumbersome custom programs I mentioned in the question are programs running on the _calculator_, written in TI's own (horrible) BASIC-like programming language." CreationDate="2020-10-08T13:01:35.750" UserId="16457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24037" PostId="14111" Score="0" Text="Maybe the Classpad CP-400. I found it to be an amazing compromise between buttons (with customizable shortcuts) and the touch screen for inserting text.&#xA;It uses Casios take on BASIC though, so no different word sizes and bit shifts IIRC." CreationDate="2020-10-09T06:45:06.320" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24038" PostId="14049" Score="0" Text="TIL that U disks are a thing. I don't think anyone would sell something like that in 2020.&#xA;One way you could probably tell them apart would be random read performance, which should be much faster on flash-based storage." CreationDate="2020-10-09T11:33:19.773" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24043" PostId="14125" Score="0" Text="Ok. But you don't know if it can perform the things listed in an easily accessible way? Because the problem with TI was never the lack of features or complexity, but that it was just too cumbersome to launch a custom program each time you needed to for example dec-&gt;hex conversion." CreationDate="2020-10-12T06:30:30.353" UserId="16457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24044" PostId="14125" Score="0" Text="The link will take you directly to the manuals in PDF. I browsed quickly through various sections which led me to believe that it may be the closest you'll get, but it's a challenge to determine someone else's personal preferences. The PDFs are searchable, providing you with a specific answer if your terms are accurate enough." CreationDate="2020-10-12T09:06:03.147" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24045" PostId="14125" Score="0" Text="It appears to have an option to set number base at least, which my current TI can't do. Is reverse polish notation mandatory on these or just an option? Can't say that I'm among the fans :) Plus it doesn't make sense to use if you type out the whole equation anyway, it only makes sense for classic calculators that can only display one number at a time." CreationDate="2020-10-12T10:12:47.487" UserId="16457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24050" PostId="14125" Score="0" Text="As noted in the edit to my post, this install defaulted to algebraic, which made my first attempt at a test operation all the more confusing. Even though the linked video is only a few minutes long, it was useful to determine that this software is of value to your determination." CreationDate="2020-10-12T15:48:07.497" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24056" PostId="14141" Score="0" Text="This sounds like the closest thing to my needs. Plus I can already use the TI-83 in my sleep, so it wouldn't be such a steep learning curve :) I'll go take a closer look at it, thank you." CreationDate="2020-10-13T06:49:15.793" UserId="16457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24057" PostId="13710" Score="1" Text="So you're saying with this setup everything works and no rearranging? I'm so desperate to get something working..." CreationDate="2020-10-13T15:26:47.313" UserId="16492" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24060" PostId="14150" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I've just read a good article and realized that Premiere is CPU-heavy and indeed can thrive on an AMD system, so your suggestion is changing my mind. In that case, can you recommend a whole new build, with the approximately same budget as the current one?" CreationDate="2020-10-16T09:15:09.500" UserId="16487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24061" PostId="14129" Score="0" Text="https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/features/2219-the-easy-way-to-stream-from-a-synology-nas-to-a-smart-tv" CreationDate="2020-10-17T02:55:28.327" UserId="14061" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24062" PostId="13682" Score="0" Text="Why would you want to use 2 of USB ports?  USB C has a lot of bandwidth it shouldn't be a problem.  You want 2 USB port buy 2 ATEN US3342, sure its over kill but it works." CreationDate="2020-10-17T03:01:21.613" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24063" PostId="14155" Score="0" Text="I thought about doing that or something similar, even went so far as to find [a lightweight-enough DAW-like environment that a Pi could plausibly keep up with it](https://non.tuxfamily.org/), but I'd really like a &quot;pure&quot; hardware solution if at all possible.  (not really *pure* hardware as it will obviously have some kind of firmware on it, but you get the idea)" CreationDate="2020-10-17T03:38:10.720" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24065" PostId="14156" Score="0" Text="Actually for video editing, I found out that RX cards are better than my previous choice. I don't know why a productivity purpose would require a big screen? Genuine curiosity there. Also, is there any mainboard that provide 3200 mhz in the same price level?" CreationDate="2020-10-17T06:57:49.083" UserId="16487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24066" PostId="14156" Score="0" Text="This is because you get to work with a larger workspace with a bigger monitor. You become more productive that way on most cases. You can check this for boards that have ram speeds with 3200 MHz https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/?compatible_with=4n648d" CreationDate="2020-10-17T10:16:10.607" UserId="10878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24067" PostId="14156" Score="0" Text="But GTX 1650S is perfect for a budget build. If that card was released already when I made my PC earlier last year I would have gotten that." CreationDate="2020-10-17T10:23:09.940" UserId="10878" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24072" PostId="14155" Score="0" Text="@AaronD  All the USB sharing devices that I found were manual switch boxes and only shared between 2 PC.  This is clearly not want you want.  Even if there was a 2 for 1 you would have to have 19 of them adding crazy amounts of lag,headache and cost.  My guess is the sound card is going to get confused by which host to listen to as far a command and control.  If a Pi 4 4gb isn't enough then you will need a PC of some kind." CreationDate="2020-10-17T15:38:14.747" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24074" PostId="14155" Score="0" Text="From a technical standpoint, I think the Pi can work.  The amount of data really isn't all that much.  I'd just rather have a standards-based plug-and-play thing that requires no software setup at all.  Just plug in one of the 9 USB-device cords, and the new computer sees a standard 2-ch USB sound card.  On the other end, that computer's audio stream appears on a unique odd/even pair in the DSP's 18-ch USB interface." CreationDate="2020-10-17T16:03:47.930" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24075" PostId="14155" Score="0" Text="You also mentioned lag/latency, and while I don't expect *very much* of it from a second trip through the complete USB stack (PC host -&gt; [embedded device -&gt; embedded host] -&gt; DSP device), there will be some.  I wouldn't be surprised to see a latency compensation scheme in the PC host, so that it comes out of some USB speakers at the right time, but I doubt that it would account for the second trip through the stack.  Maybe that's a problem, maybe not." CreationDate="2020-10-17T16:04:55.450" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24076" PostId="14163" Score="0" Text="How about using that one, with some voltage converter?" CreationDate="2020-10-17T16:05:07.160" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24077" PostId="14155" Score="0" Text="@AaronD  My question is do you want a solution you can implement or keep searching forever.  Network based audio servers exist and you can setup one up, probably in less than a week.  I don't see any advantage at all to trying to do this via USB vs networking.  Why is doing this over the network not a good solution for you?  24 port gigabit switch super easy to find and connect and should be plenty of bandwidth." CreationDate="2020-10-17T16:09:18.720" UserId="1921" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24078" PostId="14155" Score="0" Text="Yes, I can certainly do that.  And I can probably even ditch the hardware DSP and do all the processing that I need in that same pi as well.  Then a good 24-bit stereo DAC from there to feed the speakers.  It would probably be cheaper that way too.  But there's something alluring about a physically visible hardware solution, similar to what old-school mixing engineers say about analog consoles vs. digital.  So I'm still keeping a low-key eye out for this other possibility, if it exists." CreationDate="2020-10-17T16:18:34.980" UserId="6407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24079" PostId="14156" Score="0" Text="thanks for the link! works great. now i know anything above 2666MHz is probably not useful. regarding 1650S, you're right... howwever, i was looking for 2nd-hand parts too, so a pretty new card like that may not be available as 'used' right now." CreationDate="2020-10-17T16:23:59.897" UserId="16487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24080" PostId="14167" Score="0" Text="While you can probably still find motherboards with this socket, Intel has moved on to newer generations of CPUs that use a different socket already. If you're having trouble finding a board with LGA1151, consider just getting a dedicated sound card. The board you have now is quite good for its time." CreationDate="2020-10-19T14:20:46.387" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24081" PostId="14167" Score="0" Text="ArtofCode, you edited out a huge chunk of background that I spent a lot of time on.  Without it, I don't think anyone is going to answer this question.  I was trying to create an interesting story so they would be invested in the question and so would be more likely to answer it.  Can you please put it back?" CreationDate="2020-10-19T18:32:39.540" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24082" PostId="14167" Score="0" Text="Romen, thanks for your help.  The problem with the current board is that the audio chip doesn't work.  Gigabyte deliberately deprecated it when they created a new campaign for another product.  Giga still sold the motherboard, touting its sound abilities even though they deprecated it.  Really sleazy, no?  I sued Gigabyte and won.  That's why I have money to get a different board, hopefully something with better sound.  I can get another Gigabyte, I don't mind.  It's just that with this board, the current driver doesn't allow the software to function.  Giga also won't release the old driver." CreationDate="2020-10-19T18:36:24.073" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24086" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="I was forthcoming with information but the Romen, the moderator in his wisdom took down all the background information I provided.  Here is the story I had actually written by the moderator had taken down." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:27:54.760" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24087" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="I currently have a Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) but I sued Gigabyte for fraud and got a little more than $1k back in court. Yay!! Why did I sue? Well, the motherboard came with an integrated audio chip that was advertised to produce SoundBlaster card quality sound. That's why it was expensive. It actually could produce the better sound but Gigabyte executives deprecated the audio chip a few months before I bought the motherboard. They started a new campaign called SoundBlaster Connect 2 and were selling sound cards." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:30:49.170" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24088" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="New drivers for the motherboard intentionally prevented the audio chips from producing quality sound.  I called their tech support and they even admitted this to me. They also said they didn't have a single copy of the old driver. They said they lost it. Not a single copy? I searched everywhere in forums for about 3 months. I found 2-year-old posts which people state they were using the old driver and the sound was incredible but when I messaged them, they were all afk. The modern driver only plays dull sound, it doesn’t allow the SoundBlaster Connect software to produce quality sound." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:31:10.290" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24089" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="After wasting so much time, I decided to sue them.  Well, luckily, in most states, what they did leads to triple damages for consumer fraud. There also is a federal law that states a company will get penalized for each incorrect statement they make about their warranty that is written, verbally stated, etc. I actually sued for $3k but the judge only gave me the $1k. That’s how it usually works though. If you have a similar problem, let me know and I’ll tell ya' how to sue. It takes a lot of time though like actually going to court and just waiting there and wasting a day. Just to warn ya'." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:32:10.997" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24090" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="Anyway, I now have the money to replace my motherboard. I would still like a motherboard around the $200 that I paid for my old one but I could pay more if there is something really great and worth it for a little more. I love this motherboard because it has a lot of great fast ports in which I use all of them. I never could afford a motherboard like this before. Only problem is that the audio chip which was supposed to be fantastic and supposed to sound like just a sound card, didn't work from the beginning." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:33:01.070" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24091" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="I would love to get a motherboard that has an integrated audio chip that sounds great so I don't need to buy a sound card. But, it's not really necessary. Sound cards don't cost that much anyway.&#xA;With the extra money I won though, I recently purchased a Pioneer 212UBK. This is something I'm excited about. It’s the only Blu-ray player that can actually play 4k movies and burn 100 gig M-Discs. It’s $150 which I think is a steal since other players all sell for about $100. For example, an LG player is cheaper at $110 and could do the same but it can only burn DVD M-Discs that hold 4.7 gigs." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:33:20.150" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24092" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="One really bad thing about this Blu-ray player though is that it comes with some high motherboard and monitor requirements. These requirements, I highlighted in italics below. I actually haven't used my new Pioneer player because my motherboard doesn't meet the requirements. Below is the requirements that I wish or need for a new motherboard." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:33:37.763" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24093" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="@ArtOfCode Sorry, it wasn't Romen but ArtofCode who is the moderator." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:35:34.293" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24094" PostId="14167" Score="0" Text="@Romen Romen, thanks for your help. The problem with the current board is that the audio chip doesn't work. Gigabyte deliberately deprecated it when they created a new campaign for another product. Giga still sold the motherboard, touting its sound abilities even though they deprecated it. Really sleazy, no? I sued Gigabyte and won. That's why I have money to get a different board, hopefully something with better sound. I can get another Gigabyte, I don't mind. It's just that with this board, the current driver messes with the software. Giga also won't release the old driver.  They &quot;lost&quot; it." CreationDate="2020-10-20T13:37:37.680" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24096" PostId="13682" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure, most of these devices 'consolidate' multiple inputs into one output, which isn't what I'm looking for. I'm looking for something that just switches output, and based off of anyone who ever wrote anything about audio gear, they'll always say usb hubs will cause issues. Essentially, ATEN is a hub, given it'll turn 2 inputs into one output. &#xA;&#xA;That being said, I've purchased it since, and seems to work fine, at least for what I use it. I don't have the tools or knowledge to scientifically measure quality, but from what I hear and see, it's all good!" CreationDate="2020-10-21T00:29:14.650" UserId="4972" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24097" PostId="14129" Score="0" Text="I've been using an XBox One with the Kodi app for accessing SMB shares over my local network." CreationDate="2020-10-21T11:32:48.803" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24099" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="I don't know if you read my response above to your answer.  So, is AC1220 the best integrated audio chip on the market?  The problem was not the chip but the driver.  The manufacturer deliberately deprecated it so it wouldn't work with SoundBlaster 720°.  I know it's messed up.  I read this in a forum and confirmed by a Gigabyte tech that as SoundBlaster 720° wasn't taking off as they expected, they immediately pivoted to a SoundBlaster Connect 2 campaign." CreationDate="2020-10-21T17:15:05.393" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24100" PostId="14178" Score="0" Text="I'm curious as to why you want to constrain yourself to keyboards with very long cable size instead of buying a usb extender cable? Is it that you are thinking of saving $? If you post a budget we can possibly recommend you a mechanical gaming keyboard with a usb extension setup (though this depends on your preferred keyboard type). Also it's worth mentioning that TV's typically have significantly slower response times than monitors which can greatly affect you in gaming scenarios where latency is important (etc. fps games)." CreationDate="2020-10-22T04:22:33.757" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24101" PostId="14178" Score="0" Text="I didn't even think about a usb extender cable. Its actually for a 7 year old to play minecraft so a very basic keyboard is fine." CreationDate="2020-10-22T15:27:30.523" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24102" PostId="14178" Score="0" Text="So do you want recommendations for usb extender cables? Or do you want a keyboard recommendation along with it? If you want the keyboard recommendation you can just tell me a target price and preferred keyboard type (low/high profile, mechanical linear switch/membrane) and I can help you find the best quality keyboard at the price range." CreationDate="2020-10-23T01:32:23.803" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24109" PostId="14186" Score="0" Text="Full HD, 1080p, and 1920x1080 mean the exact same thing. &quot;HD Ready&quot; is another thing, relating to whether the screen can accept HD signals. (It's a spec about the connectivity, not the panel)" CreationDate="2020-10-26T15:45:27.363" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24110" PostId="14178" Score="0" Text="I guess a recommendation for a cable and a basic ~78 key keyboard about 30cm wide or so. It would be nice to have some depth/traction to the keys and not be those super flat ones. Anything that looks cool to a 7-year old is a bonus! Less than $50 for the keyboard and cable would be good." CreationDate="2020-10-26T19:47:45.323" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24115" PostId="14202" Score="0" Text="what about the kindle paperwhite?" CreationDate="2020-10-28T13:45:34.497" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24116" PostId="14202" Score="0" Text="Kindle paperwhite is just different in ppi (pixels per inch), right? Could you clarify why you mentioned paperwhite? Is is out of personal experience or something else?" CreationDate="2020-10-28T13:47:11.737" UserId="15623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24117" PostId="14202" Score="0" Text="I mean, as it has more pixels, the resolution compared to the basic version of kindle  is definitely better. You should take it in mind as you will be looking at drawings all the time(if you will read manga only). Also the &quot;light&quot; of the display is a little bit better in the paperwhite version." CreationDate="2020-10-28T13:53:04.863" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24119" PostId="13905" Score="0" Text="Ok, there is more coming: Banggood PORPOISE-HT-1730XT-17&#xA;https://de.banggood.com/PORPOISE-HT-1730XT-17_3-Inch-1080P-Type-C-Portable-Computer-Monitor-Gaming-Display-Screen-for-Smartphone-Tablet-Laptop-Game-Consoles-p-1666078.html" CreationDate="2020-10-28T16:30:46.837" UserId="16229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24121" PostId="14199" Score="0" Text="Top notch answer! Thanks!" CreationDate="2020-10-28T20:11:58.823" UserId="2335" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24122" PostId="14207" Score="1" Text="I'm curious why the size of your enter key is so imperative to you that you would be willing to forgo almost all other keyboard factors besides being mechanical? I'd imagine that most wireless keyboards are designed for low weight and compact-ness, and therefore; they would be unlikely to provision space for a enter key that large." CreationDate="2020-10-29T01:54:14.627" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24123" PostId="14207" Score="0" Text="@BennettYeo Nowadays the predominant layouts are [**ANSI and ISO**](https://deskthority.net/wiki/ANSI_vs_ISO).Over time I could get used to ANSI, but after coding many years with either ISO &lt;Enter&gt; or &quot;Backwards-L&quot; &lt;Enter&gt;, it's what I'm used to. I noticed for wired keyboards, both are easy to find, **but the vast majority of wireless appear to be ANSI layout, thus my request for a recommendation**.  Not sure why you think I am &quot;willing to forgo almost all other keyboard factors.&quot;  I'm not.  Also, not all wireless are designed for compactness, especially gaming keyboards." CreationDate="2020-10-29T02:24:04.743" UserId="15868" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24125" PostId="14121" Score="0" Text="It is not so simple. If you disable port to AP, how could you check if it is back to enable it?" CreationDate="2020-10-29T20:18:26.883" UserId="16546" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24126" PostId="14209" Score="0" Text="Out of curiosity, are you desiring a matte screen for any functional purposes? The only laptops I can think of that had matte screens are some Chromebooks, and ThinkPad's. I don't really recall any laptops that aren't in a 16:9-10 ratio." CreationDate="2020-10-30T03:09:21.913" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24128" PostId="14184" Score="0" Text="there's X060 and x070 cards designed for SFF PCs that might be an option. You're going to have to do some slight guesswork with the size still." CreationDate="2020-10-31T15:34:44.247" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24129" PostId="14184" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek unsure. On the other hand, length isn t a problem." CreationDate="2020-10-31T15:50:34.790" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24130" PostId="14184" Score="0" Text="They also tend to be generally lower profile" CreationDate="2020-10-31T15:51:22.010" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24131" PostId="14184" Score="0" Text="@JourneymanGeek turned out that purschasing less than 10Gb of graphic ram was a terrible idea with the graphic card on the picture above. And low profile often means trading length for larger cards." CreationDate="2020-10-31T15:55:20.750" UserId="1808" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24132" PostId="14216" Score="0" Text="Partial answer or NAA. Possibly combining it with a possibly non-existing [usb-to-bluetooth adapter](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/13755/24) might work." CreationDate="2020-11-02T08:55:21.833" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24135" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="From @QuietInMontana via the edit queue: &quot;Question for You: I can't seem to direct a comment towards you so I have to contact you this way. I'm sorry. I'll edit this question out again. Does it mean that the 1220 is the best audio chip right now?&#xA;&#xA;So, for my motherboard, it was supposed to play beautiful music and sound because of the software Sound BlasterX 720°. Is it possible that software can have that much impact on the audio chip? Why can't any other companies simply apply that similar software on all the other AC1220 chips on the market so it produces great sound?&quot; (cont.)" CreationDate="2020-11-03T06:09:07.630" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24136" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="(cont.) &quot;Is there other software that I can use to produce the same results?&quot;" CreationDate="2020-11-03T06:09:16.173" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24137" PostId="14169" Score="0" Text="Hey JMY, was there something that I was supposed to edit?" CreationDate="2020-11-03T20:39:25.690" UserId="16378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24138" PostId="14191" Score="0" Text="You may be able to get by with your current laptop and a cheap USB WiFi dongle" CreationDate="2020-11-04T07:22:12.217" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24180" PostId="14195" Score="0" Text="By 8-10 programmable buttons, do you mean a MOBA-style mouse with a keypad on the side? Unfortunately I'm not aware of any wireless MOBA-style mice; there are some mice that are fully programmable with 8-10 buttons, but those numbers often include things like the scroll wheel and left/right click." CreationDate="2020-11-05T17:38:33.403" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24181" PostId="14175" Score="1" Text="As far as I'm aware, no dock supports both Thunderbolt and USB-C for the upstream connection. It seems to me that a USB-C-based dock should be sufficient; would a USB-C dock with (optionally) another USB hub attached not suffice?" CreationDate="2020-11-05T17:44:34.413" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24182" PostId="14158" Score="0" Text="$50 is fairly tight; how much storage space you do need?" CreationDate="2020-11-05T17:45:32.523" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24183" PostId="14195" Score="0" Text="Yes, I meant that. In the meantime I found the Corsair Scimitar but it’s wired, so I guess it’s a matter of waiting until they make a wireless version. Thanks for your input" CreationDate="2020-11-05T17:49:41.230" UserId="7260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24186" PostId="14158" Score="0" Text="I currently have around 200 songs, with an average 5 MB size of each file. So, 2 GB would do the job for me." CreationDate="2020-11-05T19:05:50.770" UserId="15623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24187" PostId="14158" Score="1" Text="How about a used iPod? Nanos are available used for next to nothing (even for the 16GB variant) and are still reasonably well supported by Apple." CreationDate="2020-11-05T22:40:11.010" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24188" PostId="13954" Score="0" Text="Bluetooth 5 is backwards compatible with Bluetooth 4; is there a particular Bluetooth 5 feature you're looking for?" CreationDate="2020-11-05T23:44:08.253" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24189" PostId="13954" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 i guess throughput. The codec changes to that old crappy one when using the earbuds microphone." CreationDate="2020-11-06T06:56:09.117" UserId="16284" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24190" PostId="13954" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately despite the increased bandwidth of Bluetooth 5, A2DP (which AFAIK is the only profile with widespread mic support as it contains the &quot;headset&quot; mode) can't take advantage of it; you'll still get the crappy audio quality." CreationDate="2020-11-06T07:08:12.197" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24192" PostId="13954" Score="0" Text="The profile can’t take advantage of what? I got a friend with the same earbuds, newer Mac, they work perfectly." CreationDate="2020-11-06T07:13:41.583" UserId="16284" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24193" PostId="13954" Score="0" Text="The increased bandwidth. I just verified with a set of Airpod Pros and a 2019 tMBP that the the mic can only operate in A2DP (headset) mode. Unless your earbuds have proprietary drivers, you won't be able to use the mic and listen to audio in high quality at the same time." CreationDate="2020-11-06T07:24:13.670" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24194" PostId="13475" Score="0" Text="What about the 16&quot;?" CreationDate="2020-11-06T07:30:03.007" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24195" PostId="13954" Score="0" Text="Not sure what they got. They are Samsung Galaxy Buds+ and work perfectly on a newer Mac. That’s why I’m looking for a newer Bluetooth card." CreationDate="2020-11-06T07:41:30.330" UserId="16284" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24198" PostId="13954" Score="0" Text="Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/115899/discussion-between-jmy1000-and-daniel-birowsky-popeski)." CreationDate="2020-11-06T07:52:17.497" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24205" PostId="14175" Score="1" Text="@JMY1000 I would prefer to have LAN and other things on PCI express (via Thunderbolt) for performance reasons. I also connect a lot of lab equipment on USB which takes bandwidth and it is sometimes tricky to properly distribute it across the root hubs to have sufficient performance there.&#xA;Second is that I would like to connect 1-2 4K2K screens (I am not sure about the final setup) so I can attend meetings and continue to work." CreationDate="2020-11-08T12:31:02.743" UserId="16539" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24207" PostId="14175" Score="1" Text="I think you’re probably just going to have to choose between Thunderbolt and USB. Bandwidth-wise I think 10Gb/s USB should be sufficient for everything you listed; your point about root hubs is well taken, but with the right dock, I think that should be a non-issue." CreationDate="2020-11-09T18:09:41.550" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24216" PostId="8300" Score="0" Text="Thanks - no need to blame and point on screen output noted." CreationDate="2020-11-11T09:08:18.903" UserId="2292" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24219" PostId="14244" Score="1" Text="Frame challenge: USB hub or PCIe card.&#xA;Theoretically an adapter should work, but it may be drawing too mich power. There also seem to be USB HIDs that simply won't work over an PS/2 connector." CreationDate="2020-11-12T09:36:06.190" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24220" PostId="14244" Score="1" Text="Had such a thing many years ago, it just worked...  But yes, go for a USB hub.  Even better, a screen with a usb hub built in, this will help to arrange the cables much better." CreationDate="2020-11-13T00:33:43.497" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24221" PostId="14233" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! I believe the OP is asking about a USB hub that can connect over Bluetooth, not a USB Bluetooth dongle." CreationDate="2020-11-13T01:03:15.697" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24227" PostId="14223" Score="1" Text="Videoconferences and office do not take much resources.  Coding itself does not take anything either but running your code may (or may not).  Hard core video editing is quite CPU hungry, and video games may be GPU hungry.  I'd say go for something like i7 or ryzen 4000 and 16GB ram.  What about portability, battery life?" CreationDate="2020-11-16T20:44:25.903" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24228" PostId="14249" Score="0" Text="Do laptops with &gt;8 cores even exist?" CreationDate="2020-11-16T20:44:54.443" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24229" PostId="14223" Score="0" Text="@OttToomet thanks for the useful information! I don't know nothing about Ryzen, the Asus which has Ryzen 7 is as good as Ryzen 4000? The battery is not important, it could be 4-6 hours without charging." CreationDate="2020-11-16T21:05:03.960" UserId="16590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24230" PostId="14249" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the specs!! Unfortunately that laptop costs $1000 more than I expected (not considering the shipping Cost which is $995)." CreationDate="2020-11-16T21:12:37.667" UserId="16590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24231" PostId="14223" Score="1" Text="Ryzen 7 is about the same thing as i-7 (just by intel).  Ryzen 4000 is series, about the same as generation for intel.  What you list has ryzen 3750H, i.e. ryzen 7 of the 3000-series.  There was quite a large performance increase b/w ryzen 3000 and 4000 (the latter is 2020 model), so if possible, go for the latter." CreationDate="2020-11-17T06:06:19.217" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24238" PostId="14244" Score="0" Text="The keyboards and mice that support those female USB -&gt; male PS/2 adapters use a chipset that can sense whether it's connected to a USB or PS/2 port. The adapters are passive (just pin to pin) so the keyboard or mouse is outputting an actual PS/2 signal over the USB wires when it senses the adapter. Converting from USB to PS/2 doesn't really make sense unless it's specifically for a mouse or keyboard, so the &quot;adapter&quot; is almost always built into the keyboard or mouse instead of being standalone." CreationDate="2020-11-18T20:57:24.307" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24239" PostId="14082" Score="0" Text="Just ordered a used E6510 with Windows 10 on ebay for $200. Thank you for the suggestion!" CreationDate="2020-11-19T01:56:06.563" UserId="15974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24243" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="&quot;`so i'm considering using a Dual Boot system`&quot; - I would recommend against this. Yes, the o/s will run quicker natively, but rebooting is a pain. I recommend a Virtual Machine (specifically Virtual Box). That might need more RAM, though, to run both at once (although Linux needs far less RAM than Windows)." CreationDate="2020-11-21T22:36:07.973" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24244" PostId="10838" Score="0" Text="How often will you wipe it? If often, remember that SSD has limit on the number of times that each sector can be written." CreationDate="2020-11-21T22:38:03.117" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24245" PostId="10849" Score="0" Text="Not if you are the CIA  ;-) BUT, if the OP is up against three letter agencies, he should be asking [Q](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(James_Bond)), and not us." CreationDate="2020-11-21T22:39:58.637" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24246" PostId="13093" Score="0" Text="For that sort of price, I would recommend Linux, not Windows. If you must have Windows. For that price, consider a Raspberry Pi, but don't expect great performance." CreationDate="2020-11-21T22:42:32.840" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24247" PostId="13093" Score="0" Text="I notice that you do not require that the laptop be new ..." CreationDate="2020-11-21T22:43:19.627" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24252" PostId="14266" Score="1" Text="Are there any tablets with linux?  Would 2-in-1 like lenovo yoga do?" CreationDate="2020-11-22T01:50:39.137" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24257" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="yeah it was my alternative... and I think i will go for it" CreationDate="2020-11-23T07:11:01.203" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24258" PostId="14271" Score="3" Text="Does it really need Windows for that? Chromebooks could be a very viable choice for such a user.&#xA;Other than that, any laptop within your budget that has a modern Ryzen APU should be fine.&#xA;At first glance, the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 17ADA looks promising for that regard." CreationDate="2020-11-23T09:26:46.653" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24259" PostId="14224" Score="0" Text="Then post that as an answer &amp; accept it  - or should I? Just something to help future readers of this question (which is what S.E is about)." CreationDate="2020-11-23T09:44:56.457" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24260" PostId="14271" Score="0" Text="i mean he wanted to use word and excel  (he doesn't like opensorces suites like openoffice for some reason) so that's why i was specifying winwows.... I've heard of Chromebooks, but don't know how a &quot;newbie&quot;can relate with this os . What are the differences between windows and chromebooks os?" CreationDate="2020-11-23T10:31:18.757" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24261" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="I mean i still don't know wich laptop should I buy (and so install a virtual machine on it) xD" CreationDate="2020-11-23T10:32:52.837" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24262" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="IC IC. I was once in a similar position, but base din Europe (you might want to post your location?), so bought a laptop from Amazon Germany which only had FreeDOS installed and thus avoided the &quot;microsoft tax&quot; which was over $100 at that time. You might want to consider not so much which to buy but where to buy it from. Btw, black friday sales might also make &quot;when&quot; a dimension in your choice." CreationDate="2020-11-23T12:26:08.877" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24263" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="I've edited my question with my location. Regarding the stores where should I buy the laptop.... actually the one with the best price" CreationDate="2020-11-23T12:35:02.573" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24264" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="Upvote for the edit. But, when I said &quot;where&quot;, I was not talking of stores, so much as countries. E.g. would you trust a laptop from AliExpress in China? It is likely to much cheaper than a similar laptop bought in Italy, even including postage, and about 50% of everything is now made in China (probably a higher figure for tech goods). Would you consider second hand, or refurbished? These will be cheaper and refurbished will have been checked thoroughly. Just a few more things to thing about" CreationDate="2020-11-23T12:41:43.643" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24265" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="oh, sorry for the misunderstanding. I mean, I can of course consider a second hand laptop, but I prefer going for a brand new, as I will be holding this computer for a while ." CreationDate="2020-11-23T13:07:36.777" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24267" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="For 30+ years, I have had nothing but laptops (the first being an Intel 8286).  A few times per year, I take it somewhere else, but these are so rare that every time I buy a new one, I ask myself why I don't buy a desktop, which will be cheaper, more powerful, accept larger hard-drives, more RAM ... just sayin'" CreationDate="2020-11-23T20:29:49.607" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24268" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="I know that feeling... I'm actually looking for a new power supply into those black friday deals, so my desktop pc will be fixed as soon as possible. This is why i was looking for a brand new laptop, as at home I can use my desktop, now i want to take something that i can actually use also outside my home" CreationDate="2020-11-24T07:10:14.127" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24277" PostId="14277" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! Any reason an aftermarket monitor arm wouldn't work? That should hopefully allow you to place it pretty much as low as you want." CreationDate="2020-11-25T02:18:14.577" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24278" PostId="14275" Score="0" Text="This may sound a little strange, but what about using a standard  receiver? You'd get 7.1 digital audio over one cable from your laptop (and other computer if you want it), plus easy switching." CreationDate="2020-11-25T02:22:22.503" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24279" PostId="14266" Score="0" Text="My first instinct with that kind of budget is a Surface devices; however, I'm a little curious as to why you want to run Linux given its relative dearth of productivity software. Is there a particular reason you want to use Linux? Is there a particular note-taking application you already use on Linux?" CreationDate="2020-11-25T02:25:12.283" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24280" PostId="14277" Score="0" Text="The thing is that the monitor can’t be more than 30 cm height + that arm also can’t be more than 30 cm height. The limitation is because of the windows. If I get something higher the window can’t be opened. I’ll take a look to the arms." CreationDate="2020-11-25T06:20:33.523" UserId="16673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24281" PostId="14266" Score="0" Text="@OttToomet the lenovo yoga's look very interesting, I'm thinking about taking one of them" CreationDate="2020-11-25T08:24:03.010" UserId="16657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24282" PostId="14266" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 for some computer science lectures it is highly advantageous if I use linux, because all my tutors use it and then it is easier to compare results. Also for coding in general I prefer linux over windows. Thats why I would probably use a dual boot again, so that I can use windows for note-taking and linux for coding." CreationDate="2020-11-25T08:30:17.763" UserId="16657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24284" PostId="14275" Score="0" Text="Can you elaborate a little? I'm not sure exactly what you mean by a 'standard receiver'?" CreationDate="2020-11-25T14:27:52.697" UserId="5398" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24285" PostId="12736" Score="0" Text="If you don't mind me asking, what device do you use to stream the audio to the hearing aids? It may be that there is a solution that does not involve external devices feeding audio into it, which will cause anyone with a hearing aid to hear a beep every 5 minutes. Sorry if I've misunderstood the question." CreationDate="2020-11-25T15:27:17.447" UserId="1678" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24286" PostId="14266" Score="0" Text="@JMY1000 -- it very much depends on what you are doing.  In my world (stats, analytics, machine learning, coding) I would say linux has more and better accessible productivity tools.  Mac comes close and windows is lagging behind." CreationDate="2020-11-25T15:52:46.997" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24287" PostId="14279" Score="0" Text="Awesome answer, very complete. Thank you!" CreationDate="2020-11-25T17:43:19.353" UserId="16673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24288" PostId="14082" Score="0" Text="This answer upvoted from our new E6510 that arrived yesterday.  Not exactly peppy, but appears to be exactly what we were looking for!" CreationDate="2020-11-25T20:26:30.510" UserId="15974" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24289" PostId="14275" Score="0" Text="Sorry, an [AV receiver](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV_receiver). You could use HDMI connected to your computers to provide an audio signal, which would then be sent out to your speakers from the receiver." CreationDate="2020-11-25T22:56:41.273" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24290" PostId="14266" Score="0" Text="I think a big part of this may then come down to what note-taking software you want to use and how. First, are you planning to take notes *with your stylus* while running Linux, or just text-based/more conventional notes? While stylus/pen support on Linux certainly isn't bad, between a lack of drivers and general note-taking software you may find it's not a fantastic experience. If you're using P3X OneNote, you'll probably have an okay pen experience; Tusk/Evernote, not so much. (cont.)" CreationDate="2020-11-25T23:45:35.527" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24291" PostId="14266" Score="0" Text="(cont.) If you're okay with whatever Linux note-taking software support is available for you (or using Wine), then yay, all good! There are laptops that do a reasonable enough job on Linux with styluses, and we can definitely work on some recommendations. However, if you can't find software you like with pen support (or if you just don't care about the ability to write with a pen on Linux, i.e. you're planning on using Jupyter Notebook), I think you might be better off with a separate device dedicated to note-taking. (cont.)" CreationDate="2020-11-25T23:49:43.107" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24292" PostId="14266" Score="0" Text="(cont.) To be clear, it could be one that offers compatibility with your Linux note-taking app of choice (e.g. has OneNote), but if you're rebooting your laptop constantly just so you can take notes, maybe it's worth getting a second device? If you'd really prefer one device but just can't get the software to work on Linux, you could consider running Linux in a VM with a Windows host OS or something, but it seems a little kludgy to me. Older iPad Pros are pretty cheap these days, and frankly, they offer a much better experience than any of the &quot;traditional&quot; stylus devices." CreationDate="2020-11-25T23:53:09.020" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24293" PostId="12736" Score="0" Text="@JoelWinterton the Device is called ReSound TV Streamer by the danish company ReSound. It automatically turns off every 5 minutes when there's no audio feed. We actually want to use the hearing aids as a communicator instead of sound amplifier. A professional in-ear communicator is actually very expensive and a Hearing Aid, specifically ReSound's, has very useful tools for our needs as wells." CreationDate="2020-11-26T18:44:39.793" UserId="14237" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24295" PostId="14207" Score="0" Text="Welcome to Hardware Recs! Do you have a preference for size (full size, TKL, 70%, 60%)? What switches/switch type are you looking for? What's your budget? Any aesthetic considerations?" CreationDate="2020-11-28T11:13:10.490" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24296" PostId="14244" Score="0" Text="Agree with the existing comments. Unless you have a particular objection to getting a USB hub, I think that's probably an appropriate solution. @towe, if you'd like to post an answer, feel free; if not, I can do it." CreationDate="2020-11-28T11:17:20.087" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24300" PostId="14266" Score="0" Text="Thank you all for your answers. I thought about it further and looked through some Black Friday offers. I finally bought a Microsoft Surface Pro 7. It works very nice for my purposes. I'm using OneNote for notetaking, and I'm planning on dual booting with Linux. But maybe I will use an old laptop for coding for now (I'm always working while I'm ssh'ed into a more powerful computer at my university, so I don't care about its worse performance)." CreationDate="2020-11-28T22:32:06.823" UserId="16657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24304" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="We need to know what CPU you plan to use. AM3+ motherboards can have up to 4 DIMM slots, so that means the CPU has to support 16GB DIMMs. Not many AMD CPUs have been released in the time since 16GB DIMMS became available, and very few 16GB DDR3 DIMMs came out to the market at all. There are 16GB ECC DDR3 memory sticks, but ECC may not be supported by your CPU." CreationDate="2020-11-30T22:03:17.787" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24305" PostId="14294" Score="0" Text="You might want to consider finding a bunch of individual adapters that have Micro B female and various other device connectors on the other end. In most cases those kinds of adapters support data transfer too. Then you just use a typical A to Micro B cable with whatever adapter you need on the end. (This would be easier to replace any individual piece if they're missing or broken. Instead of replacing the whole thing)" CreationDate="2020-11-30T22:09:43.850" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24307" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="`/proc/cpuinfo` has this: `AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor`." CreationDate="2020-12-01T18:53:59.810" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24308" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="Why would it depend on the CPU? It should see only addresses on the north bridge, isn't it?" CreationDate="2020-12-01T18:54:35.483" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24309" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="AM3 and AM3+ CPUs have the memory controller built into the CPU and there is no more &quot;northbridge&quot; on the board. AM3 CPUs that were backwards compatible with AM2+ sockets could work with a northbridge on older boards though. I do not see any limitations about the FX-6300 maximum memory, but it does not support ECC and the qualified memory list doesn't have any 16Gb modules. You will have to find non-ECC DDR3 modules and try them to find out if they work." CreationDate="2020-12-01T19:37:21.923" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24310" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="I already have a motherboard, currently it runs with a 8GB+8GB+4GB+4GB confguration. That is 24GB and works well - except that the motherboard started to do ugly things (like power off - power on all the hdds, even on soft reset). I want to eject it from my system and buy a working one. And, if I replace it, I would also upgrade it. But, the important thing: another motherboard with 24GB DDR3 already works." CreationDate="2020-12-01T19:40:33.120" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24311" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="Well you should be OK with any other AM3+ motherboard with a 970 or 990 chipset. These boards almost always have 4 slots for DDR3 which can support up to 32GB of ram with 8GB in each slot. It's still possible that 16GB in each slot *might* work, but it's just too uncommon to find info about it online." CreationDate="2020-12-01T19:42:14.587" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24312" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="@Romen I want more ram. If I can put in 64GB, then I want to." CreationDate="2020-12-01T19:44:58.867" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24313" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="Nobody can tell you for sure whether that's possible for specific parts unless they have tried it already. The problem is that AM3+ motherboards are older than the 16GB DDR3 sticks. They have never been tested by the manufacturer or put on qualified memory lists. The only way to know if it will work is to buy the stuff and try it; Or find someone who did already. It's pretty likely that it will work, but there are no 16GB modules on the &quot;qualified hardware list&quot; so nobody can answer this question based off just reading technical specs or manuals." CreationDate="2020-12-01T19:50:25.007" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24314" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="@Romen Okay. So I buy a 2x16GB DDR3 RAM, and there is some chance that it will work with my current motherboard?" CreationDate="2020-12-01T20:11:15.560" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24315" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="It must be **non ECC** memory because the FX-6300 does not support ECC memory. The motherboard just requires the memory to be DDR3, the CPU is the part that determines what the memory limitations are aside from being DDR3." CreationDate="2020-12-01T20:19:09.660" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24316" PostId="14300" Score="1" Text="Welcome on the HwRecs SE! We typically use sentences." CreationDate="2020-12-02T04:29:16.547" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24317" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="Okay! What if it won't work? I will need to buy a new motherboard, too. And we are at the question." CreationDate="2020-12-02T04:39:12.450" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24318" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="Check this: https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970M%20Pro3/index.de.asp It says 64GB max RAM supported." CreationDate="2020-12-02T04:47:07.053" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24320" PostId="14298" Score="1" Text="You usually pay for what you get. Based on my short experience, internal processor and ram are very important. This information is hard to get in some manufacturets but a good indicative is the maximum number of clients and the price (sometimes a high number of clients doesn't mean a fast response). Did you have a look to Ubiquiti and Lancom?" CreationDate="2020-12-02T07:46:17.227" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24321" PostId="14294" Score="0" Text="I've bad experience with those kind of devices, they tend to be very cheap and break down easily." CreationDate="2020-12-02T07:55:30.217" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24322" PostId="14285" Score="1" Text="I think some smart glasses use reflection from a tiny LCD. Big projectors use also a high-res LCD with powerful uniform backlighting (high power LED/lamp) collimated through some lens set. I've seen some 0.42 inch LCDs in Aliexpress and eBay, so maybe a good approach could be to place it on one side of the glasses. Be sure that you'll need some set of lens in order to visualize the information properly at such a close distance. I would recommend you to study how smart glasses in the market are made, first." CreationDate="2020-12-02T08:04:14.983" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24323" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="I've been using Linux in my Laptop exclusively since 4 years ago and honestly, the most important thing is not the laptop but the Linux distribution you are about to use. Most distributions are made for desktops, so things like processor speed, overheating or battery life are not taken into account, also drivers for graphic cards are an issue too. You won't have issues with Intel cards, but you can have with others. After testing different distros, I've been using Linux Mint for a couple of years and it is the best I've tested so far; it has also improved a lot, so I'm quite happy with it." CreationDate="2020-12-02T08:08:43.517" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24324" PostId="14224" Score="1" Text="Regarding the hardware, I use an old laptop (&gt;5 years) with 8Gb RAM plus SSD drive and it works like a charm (boot time of around 8 to 10 seconds)." CreationDate="2020-12-02T08:11:03.490" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24325" PostId="12736" Score="0" Text="The easiest custom solution I've found is the Adafruit Music Maker FeatherWing attached to an Adafruit Feather 32u4 Basic Proto, which has LiPO battery connector and charger. You even have a full project demo: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2771" CreationDate="2020-12-02T08:41:24.090" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24327" PostId="14223" Score="1" Text="The answer would be tons of RAM (DDR4) plus many cores plus a good M.2 SSD plus a good graphics card with Cuda with lots of RAM." CreationDate="2020-12-02T08:47:31.970" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24328" PostId="14223" Score="1" Text="HP Pavilion Gaming 16-a0027ns seems a good option. Also Dell G3, Dell Alienware or ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FX506LH-BQ034 are good options too" CreationDate="2020-12-02T08:56:33.097" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24329" PostId="14271" Score="1" Text="HP 15s-eq0025ns or Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15IIL05 looks grea. tIf you don't need specifically a laptop, you can use an Intel NUC." CreationDate="2020-12-02T09:03:11.743" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24330" PostId="14224" Score="0" Text="thanks for the advices @Carles, I've heard about mint and actually used a little bit a year ago ;D" CreationDate="2020-12-02T09:04:18.420" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24333" PostId="2101" Score="0" Text="Here's a $35 dangle that claims to support 10Gbps data transfer (not sure about power delivery tho) https://juicedsystems.com/products/quadhub-usb-c-4-port-travel-hub?variant=30992701063252" CreationDate="2020-12-02T10:28:19.253" UserId="16720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24337" PostId="14295" Score="0" Text="I mentioned already that most boards *probably* support 64 GB of DDR3, even if the specs don't say so it might still work. That makes it very hard to answer your question in any certain terms, but you seem to have found a board that does specify 64GB support. You should try and find the memory you plan to buy and ask which board is compatible with it. Non-ECC 16 GB DDR3 is quite hard to find, and maybe even harder to find *in stock*." CreationDate="2020-12-02T15:18:40.953" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24339" PostId="14285" Score="0" Text="@Carles I actually found one on amazon. Lucky me. Anyway, I will do some research on the optics. I might even end up putting in my own custom-designed lenses." CreationDate="2020-12-02T15:41:39.823" UserId="16653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24341" PostId="14307" Score="0" Text="in case of hard drive case won't the speed degrade comparing to the native 3.1 drives? I want 2.5 only not to bother about external power. what concerns M2 enclosures I prefer HDD to keep my budget requirement low, I don't need high speeds because I will be using it as a backup solution" CreationDate="2020-12-03T14:08:01.263" UserId="6085" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24342" PostId="14307" Score="0" Text="Speed depends on the controller. A ready-made solution can use the very same controller as a standard off-the-shelf box. You can check opinions on internet, but you can be certain that speed can drop 25% with respect to an internal connection." CreationDate="2020-12-03T14:19:29.460" UserId="16717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24343" PostId="14307" Score="0" Text="thx, I will look into it" CreationDate="2020-12-03T14:39:02.830" UserId="6085" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24344" PostId="14175" Score="1" Text="One World Computing has a forthcoming (mid-December) Thunderbolt Dock with a total of 4 Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C ports: https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thunderbolt-dock. The Thunderbolt 4 host port provides up to 90W of power to the host computer." CreationDate="2020-12-04T19:27:24.163" UserId="10161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24345" PostId="12710" Score="0" Text="On a related note, Thunderbolt 3 is backward-compatible with Thunderbolt 2, isn't it? So no adapter would be needed." CreationDate="2020-12-04T19:30:00.413" UserId="10161" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24358" PostId="14323" Score="0" Text="The Beyerdynamics are a nice suggestion, although I would probably look for a newer model, and the Technics also seem good options, despite the fact I am having difficulties finding them at all close to where I live. But let me ask about your last point: I agree that the velour would probably soak up the sweat, but isn't the idea to stop the sweat from breaking? I mean, I won't be DJing with them, I would be seating for long periods, under a fan but on temperatures of 35-40°C, don't you think the velour could help simply not sweating?" CreationDate="2020-12-07T23:15:28.140" UserId="16732" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24359" PostId="14326" Score="0" Text="Your answers are good and I think your question is answerable, too. I had not deleted it. You've also lost 10 rep by the deletion. You can undelete it at will [here](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/14322/24)." CreationDate="2020-12-08T10:11:02.277" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24360" PostId="14330" Score="0" Text="Welcome on the HwRecs SE! I think it is on-topic. And, I think the sad truth is that there is no common solution for this task. Maybe you could print it to (good quality) paper and hide it in a cellar. (Btw, today even *reading* old digital content, like on archaic tapes, is hard if they are older than same decades.)" CreationDate="2020-12-08T10:19:28.590" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24361" PostId="14323" Score="0" Text="I can't say, because, as said, I haven't used the velour ones when DJ-ing. However, whilst I might be wrong about this, I don't think the velour is a &quot;catch the sweat&quot; thing so much as a matter of keeping them comfortable over extended periods." CreationDate="2020-12-08T11:45:32.803" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24362" PostId="14323" Score="0" Text="The reason *why* you might break out in a sweat not as significant as the fact *that* you might, so I'm not sure the fact you won't be DJ-ing in them specifically is relevant; either you sweat in them or you don't." CreationDate="2020-12-08T11:45:42.853" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24363" PostId="14323" Score="0" Text="So the question is really whether you'll wear them long enough for them to become drenched or not. If yes then they'll 1) be unpleasant to wear, 2) will stop performing whatever sweat-trapping function they *were* and 3) potentially get ruined (it depends on how regularly it happens)." CreationDate="2020-12-08T11:45:56.783" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24364" PostId="14323" Score="0" Text="But I don't know the environment you'll be in, so I can only raise issues you might want to consider based upon my own experience - if the fan means you won't sweat (much) then the velour ones might be fine." CreationDate="2020-12-08T11:46:06.350" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24365" PostId="14326" Score="0" Text="I'm not sure I follow.&#xA;&#xA;If you think it's answerable, why delete it?&#xA;&#xA;Or do you mean someone *else* 'deleted' it?&#xA;&#xA;It hasn't *been* answered yet, so I don't really understand why it's been deleted." CreationDate="2020-12-08T11:51:51.637" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24366" PostId="14326" Score="0" Text="Well, not I deleted it, it was deleted by some moderator. I can not see, who. Then, so is it. I thought you deleted it." CreationDate="2020-12-08T12:00:23.183" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24367" PostId="14326" Score="0" Text="Okay, well, I'm not sure what to do then - I don't know why t was deleted, so I don't know what rule I broke with it and don't want to break that rule again by undeleting it. Do you have any advice?" CreationDate="2020-12-08T12:50:09.920" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24380" PostId="13538" Score="0" Text="How about the Anker/Eufy &quot;[Indoor Cam 2K](https://www.eufylife.com/products/variant/indoor-cam-2k/T84001W1)&quot; camera? It's marketed as a security camera, but I'll bet it would work great for your needs. They are [regularly discounted to $28 each on Amazon](https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B08571VZ3Q)." CreationDate="2020-12-09T01:17:43.730" UserId="16746" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24381" PostId="14309" Score="0" Text="What do you mean by &quot;connected to wifi Y over LAN&quot;?&#xA;&#xA;That there are two routers connected with a LAN cable?&#xA;&#xA;Or simply that there is a (wifi) LAN X and a (wifi) LAN Y?" CreationDate="2020-12-09T01:44:04.680" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24382" PostId="14309" Score="0" Text="It seems like you have requirements for a system that is better off being set up with a dedicated modem and two routers. Also, keep in mind that two routers plugged into a modem may require two IP addresses from your ISP if the modem doesn't have NAT or its own router functionality." CreationDate="2020-12-09T02:14:33.413" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24383" PostId="14324" Score="0" Text="Thank you man, i will take in mind to not buy a computer wit a Broadcom wireless chipset" CreationDate="2020-12-09T12:51:25.110" UserId="16377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24384" PostId="12710" Score="0" Text="They have different plugs. The protocols have some compatibility, but you need an adapter." CreationDate="2020-12-09T20:54:34.600" UserId="7532" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24385" PostId="14060" Score="0" Text="NUC is made of laptop parts in a small box, it has little cooling and has low-power chips.  It may not be suitable for &quot;cpu-heavy&quot; tasks, fanless versions can be slow and fans can get loud.  But if your Q6600 can do it then it is probably not much of a load according to modern standards." CreationDate="2020-12-09T23:14:17.263" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24386" PostId="14334" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the feedback!! Now I am deciding between 2 laptops: Dell Inspiron 5593 i7 10th 32GB Geforce MX230 vs. MSI Bravo 15 A4DDR Ryzen 7 32GB RX5500M. In price they are very similar. Considering the specs of the question (Fast Internet browsing, Programming &amp; Video editing), which of these 2 would you buy?" CreationDate="2020-12-10T05:56:40.453" UserId="16590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24387" PostId="14249" Score="0" Text="Now I am deciding between 2 laptops: Dell Inspiron 5593 i7 10th 32GB Geforce MX230 vs. MSI Bravo 15 A4DDR Ryzen 7 32GB RX5500M. In price they are very similar. Considering the specs of the question (Fast Internet browsing, Programming &amp; Video editing), which of these 2 would you buy?" CreationDate="2020-12-10T05:56:48.070" UserId="16590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24388" PostId="14327" Score="0" Text="Depending on how bad your speech impediment may be, I am unsure of whether a higher quality mic will actually help you. Even if you use a higher quality mic, the bitrate (quality) of most standard meeting apps will be lowered to maximize transmission latency rather than quality." CreationDate="2020-12-10T06:20:15.610" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24389" PostId="12849" Score="0" Text="I have the 500GB Crucial MX500 and would NOT recommend it.  It has a longstanding, very annoying and life-reducing FW bug.  https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/mx500-ssd-smart-errors.53779/post-306464 or google for &quot;MX500 pending sector bug&quot;.  Crucial has apparently done nothing to fix this mess.  Furthermore, the last FW update was so botched they pulled it completely https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/izsi80/crucial_mx500_ssd_firmware_wont_update_via/  Nutshell: Crucial has some very serious quality issues and is not addressing them (or worse its engineers are subpar and unable to)." CreationDate="2020-12-10T11:41:01.953" UserId="16753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24390" PostId="14249" Score="0" Text="I would have bought MSI Bravo 15 A4DDR Ryzen 7 32GB RX5500M. MSI is a good laptop company. MSI manufacture High-End Laptop. Dell Inspiron 5593 has i7-1065G7 and is not as powerful as Ryzen 7 4800H which is there is MSI. R7 4800H has 8 cores and 16 threads and i7 has only 4 cores and 8 threads. So I will choose MSI Bravo 15 A4DDR Laptop because it is better than Dell Inspiron 5593." CreationDate="2020-12-10T12:52:19.427" UserDisplayName="user16630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24391" PostId="14324" Score="0" Text="You're welcome - it's a nightmare trying to sort it out and I just gave up bothering a long time ago: if there *is* a way to persuade a Broadcom to work with an NDIS Wrapper I haven't found it yet (and, so far, it's the only option there ever even *has* been)." CreationDate="2020-12-10T19:11:22.013" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24393" PostId="14334" Score="0" Text="Ultimately, only you can answer that. The problem is that your needs now may not be your needs in the future and whatever decision you come to will impact it. How long do you intend to keep it? If only a couple or so years, it's less significant than if you intend to keep it five years. How often do you intend to do each of the tasks?" CreationDate="2020-12-10T19:27:01.863" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24394" PostId="14334" Score="0" Text="Internet browsing, you want a fast connection, but that's independent of your laptop unless it has a notoriously slow NIC (check). However, a slow graphics update, poor CPU performance, slow RAM, etc. will slow it down regardless - because they slow *everything* down." CreationDate="2020-12-10T19:27:33.337" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24395" PostId="14334" Score="0" Text="Programming, you want cores .. lots of cores - you don't want to find yourself in the position of Gentoo users, who need two of everything (right down to the chipsets on the components), if they want to get anything done whilst they compile (I exaggerate, but you get the point)." CreationDate="2020-12-10T19:28:04.833" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24396" PostId="14334" Score="0" Text="Video editing, man you are gonna need CPU power (as many cores as you can get), the fastest SSD you can sell little (abducted) children's internal orgns for and RAM (*lots* of RAM). If you don't intend doing it often and/or won't be getting paid for it, you could let this one slide, perhaps, but if it's going to be with any regularity and/or you'll be trying to meet deadlines, *this* is where the money needs to go." CreationDate="2020-12-10T19:28:46.740" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24397" PostId="14334" Score="0" Text="The best thing to do would be to look for reviews by people using the two machines for those specific purposes. Generic reviews aren't really worth the paper they aren't written on: video playback performance tells me something if it's *bad*, but nothing if it's 'good' - good by *whose* standards (Joe Punter or Jill Video Editor?)" CreationDate="2020-12-10T19:29:38.403" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24398" PostId="13155" Score="0" Text="Is this for (semi) pro work or home use?" CreationDate="2020-12-10T19:38:23.577" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24404" PostId="14348" Score="1" Text="I think capture software should not depend too much on the driver. A webcam with a builtin microphone is not more, than an usb device, providing both a sound recording device and a camera device. Any software capable to record both of them simultanously, would do. Manufacturers tend to insert some simple tool beside their product, these are mostly not very useful. In your case I would look for generic video recording software." CreationDate="2020-12-11T17:19:32.287" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24405" PostId="14348" Score="0" Text="@peterh-ReinstateMonica -- I'm not looking for recording software.  I have little choice about that. This will be used for videoconferencing.  I'll add it to the needs." CreationDate="2020-12-11T19:46:47.780" UserId="16759" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24406" PostId="14348" Score="0" Text="If you can tell me how to zoom in with a C920 without using their stupid Capture program, you're better at finding things then I am.  I've been trying for at least a year." CreationDate="2020-12-11T19:48:16.163" UserId="16759" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24407" PostId="13155" Score="0" Text="Home, audio quality is important but control is a bigger factor" CreationDate="2020-12-11T20:20:58.460" UserId="14540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24408" PostId="14348" Score="1" Text="If their stupid capture tool is the only way to zoom, then they are an unfair producer and should be avoided. I gave you an up - I wish you an useful answer soon." CreationDate="2020-12-11T21:57:29.603" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24409" PostId="14342" Score="0" Text="With the low margins on mice and the extra 1-2$ in chips you need to use USB-C it will be a hard find. Although recently EU has decided to pass a law standarizing the (phone?) charging port as USB-C so you might have better luck sometime in H2 next year." CreationDate="2020-12-13T11:41:02.597" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24410" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Thank you Jan! Technically, that phone does not qualify due to the somewhat low screen resolution, so I lowered the goalposts to allow it to qualify! :)  Can it truly run just about any Linux application (within reason and its specs)?" CreationDate="2020-12-13T12:07:39.050" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24411" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="@RockPaperLz-MaskitorCasket I have read up on Librem 5 back when it was on Kickstarter, so my memory is somewhat iffy, but iirc that's just a custom distro using KDE. You'd have to do your own research. But supposedly they use the same distro in their laptop products." CreationDate="2020-12-13T12:09:17.503" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24412" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Also, while my eyesight is quite bad, I have no issues with a 720p phone screen. It looks fine to me (I wrote the post and this comments on one)" CreationDate="2020-12-13T12:11:31.823" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24413" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Thanks Jan. I'll do so more reading, but your IIRC is a helpful positive indication that it's real Linux.  And, yes, I agree 720p is sufficient.  I generally prefer 1080p in that form factor, but 720p definitely gets the job done and likely increases performance and battery longevity." CreationDate="2020-12-13T12:13:53.913" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24414" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Wikipedia says it's Debian based, that seems like a good start." CreationDate="2020-12-13T12:14:33.327" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24415" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Yes, Debian's definitely a good start.  I'm hoping this type of device will represent the future of smartphones." CreationDate="2020-12-13T12:16:21.463" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24416" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Unfortunately I don't share your hope, but we'll see. I hope that their next phone will have better price/performance ratio. I basically use my phone only to browse the net so Librem was too expensive for me. And the low memory (both RAM and storage) turned me away." CreationDate="2020-12-13T12:18:51.113" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24417" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Yes, the price/performance ratio is not there yet, but it's a starting point (a bit high of a starting point, but, well, they didn't ask me).  I just hope that the technology doesn't die because of the high price.  History tells us it likely will get less expensive over time, but time will certainly tell." CreationDate="2020-12-13T12:31:39.480" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24421" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="I've been skimming through Phoronix and the [Librem 5 device tree has been added to mainline](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=Linux-5.10-ARM-Platform) - which is a further indicator that you might get support from other distros." CreationDate="2020-12-14T09:37:46.090" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24422" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Thanks Jan. Adding support for other distros would be impressive, indeed." CreationDate="2020-12-14T11:47:08.860" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24424" PostId="13155" Score="0" Text="What's your budget?" CreationDate="2020-12-14T20:55:47.370" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24426" PostId="14356" Score="0" Text="We won't be going above 24&quot; 1080, but would like to upgrade from the current (2) to 3 monitors. From a first glance the higher Quadros are way above budget and I was hoping I could avoid the expensive series altogether, but you raise valid points." CreationDate="2020-12-15T06:22:01.227" UserId="56" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24437" PostId="14340" Score="0" Text="My initial thought is just to get some ~£90 on-ears and get an inline mic cable, since those have usually been sufficient for day-to-day use for me; however, I'm not sure if that'll cut it for you. If not, a V-MODA BoomPro or Modmic is an option, but those have their own restrictions. Would something like [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucicsFlnpWs) be good enough audio quality?" CreationDate="2020-12-16T09:01:51.690" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24438" PostId="14337" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? Would you prefer a wireless mouse instead of a trackpad, space (and budget) allowing?" CreationDate="2020-12-16T09:06:04.607" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24439" PostId="14309" Score="0" Text="What's your budget? The proper way to do this is with VLANs rather than two different Wi-Fi networks, but I want to make sure it's within budge for you." CreationDate="2020-12-16T09:10:55.773" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24440" PostId="14294" Score="1" Text="Cool as an idea as this is, you'd need some significant circuitry to handle connection selection. AFAIK no such *commercial* device exists. One alternative is to just use a simple C &lt;-&gt; C cable with adapters on each end. Besides A, B, C, Micro, and Mini, are there any other USB-ish connections you need? Is USB 3 important?" CreationDate="2020-12-16T09:29:16.100" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24441" PostId="14368" Score="0" Text="Wow! You are hardware &amp; google talent. :-)" CreationDate="2020-12-16T09:30:03.850" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24442" PostId="14309" Score="0" Text="I think a ~100$ - But do share your knowledge" CreationDate="2020-12-16T13:05:16.483" UserId="16725" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24443" PostId="14358" Score="0" Text="Any portable monitor that uses USB-C will not be capable of 4K over 60hz. All of the possible display signals USB-C can support max out at around the bandwidth required for 3840x2160@60hz. You will have to find a &quot;portable&quot; display that has a full HDMI 2.1+ or DP 1.4+ port. As well as a GPU that can support those signals too." CreationDate="2020-12-16T17:37:22.443" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24444" PostId="14358" Score="0" Text="@Romen - Of course. Do you know of such a display?" CreationDate="2020-12-16T18:48:21.470" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24445" PostId="14358" Score="0" Text="I just wanted to make sure you knew about that limitation. &quot;Portable&quot; generally implies USB-C for displays these days because it's an ideal all-in-one connector. There are some older portable displays that use a separate power supply &amp; HDMI but because they're older they're not HDMI 2.1, or even 4K. I don't know of any new portable displays that don't use USB-C or Thunderbolt (same DP mode limitations). Let alone one that is above 60hz!" CreationDate="2020-12-16T18:50:37.117" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24450" PostId="14370" Score="0" Text="GT710 should do that as well (@30Hz).  There are plenty of new ones available too." CreationDate="2020-12-17T00:33:14.213" UserId="15940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24452" PostId="14375" Score="0" Text="Uhmm, eclosures... I tried to buy a JBOD for 8 SATA. It is just plastic and a standard power unit. The cheapest is about $300 on the ebay... and everybody wants to sell s..t NAS servers..." CreationDate="2020-12-17T20:45:57.473" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24457" PostId="14358" Score="0" Text="To add to @Romen 's suggestions. Very few 4K monitors I've seen even go over 60 Hz, and need a decent graphics card even to support that rate. Any 4K portable monitor is likely to have very low battery life due to the power drain. I don't think they really exist on the consumer market due to pricing, battery." CreationDate="2020-12-18T03:15:54.010" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24460" PostId="12601" Score="0" Text="@Romen Should probably post this as an answer ;)" CreationDate="2020-12-20T00:38:43.363" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24462" PostId="14367" Score="0" Text="If I use Bluetooth then I do not need the USB dongle, right?" CreationDate="2020-12-21T01:49:29.463" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24463" PostId="14387" Score="1" Text="You can root most android phones and remove all the apps to your hearts' desire." CreationDate="2020-12-21T20:54:17.013" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24464" PostId="14348" Score="0" Text="The Logitech C920 does not have optical zoom. You can do a digital zoom using OBS and the VirtualCamera addon, which works quite well." CreationDate="2020-12-21T20:56:09.460" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24465" PostId="14387" Score="0" Text="@Rubydesic are you recommending a phone because the budget phones tend to be tricky." CreationDate="2020-12-21T21:19:59.613" UserId="5449" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24466" PostId="14387" Score="1" Text="You want a phone under $70 you might as well just buy used" CreationDate="2020-12-21T22:20:51.643" UserId="476" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24467" PostId="14348" Score="0" Text="@Rubydesic, optical zoom is not necessary, and those software solutions are not simple enough." CreationDate="2020-12-22T03:50:28.203" UserId="16759" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24468" PostId="14338" Score="0" Text="&quot;Carving it onto stone tablets&quot; would be my choice. I think it's better than paper because is more reliable for long term storage." CreationDate="2020-12-22T16:43:20.850" UserId="372" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24469" PostId="14367" Score="0" Text="Yes, that’s correct." CreationDate="2020-12-22T20:11:42.750" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24470" PostId="14390" Score="0" Text="Note: This helpful answer was likely posted *before* the OP edited the question to specify a lower price constraint.  This recommended phone has good reviews, a good reputation, and a good history going back several generations." CreationDate="2020-12-22T22:02:25.403" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24471" PostId="14330" Score="0" Text="There was a product called M-Disc (mdisc.com), but their website did not last as long as their technology was claimed to last (it's been defunct for quite some time). I'm not sure if anyone bought the technology and still sells it.  Might be worth researching." CreationDate="2020-12-23T20:35:20.320" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24472" PostId="10587" Score="0" Text="MX Silents, a quiet Reds-like linear switch, also exist. Noise can also be reduced by adding O-rings. However, if you demand absolute quiet, there's also Apple's 60%-ish chicklet design." CreationDate="2020-12-24T09:00:54.610" UserId="7556" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24473" PostId="14337" Score="0" Text="No space for a mouse or even a trackball - hence the need for a wireless trackpad&#xA;&#xA;Budget isn't an enormous issue, but I'd like to keep it within rough;y the £200 - £300 range for both, if I can" CreationDate="2020-12-24T12:28:35.563" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24474" PostId="14352" Score="0" Text="Do you need it to perform as a linux phone or does it just need to run linux somehow?" CreationDate="2020-12-24T15:10:10.603" UserId="16736" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24478" PostId="13631" Score="0" Text="That solves the height-adjusting part, but I still haven't found a curved 4K IPS monitor." CreationDate="2020-12-27T02:33:41.443" UserId="5531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24494" PostId="14419" Score="0" Text="I'll take a look at them. The primary purpose for CD/DVD is for grabbing software that's distributed on them (I have a good bit of older software). Worse case I can use an external drive or rip them on another machine and transfer." CreationDate="2020-12-30T03:40:58.567" UserId="16860" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24496" PostId="6623" Score="2" Text="This does not answer the question. And I would argue that it is incorrect depending on what you interpret a “splitter” to be. The asker is obviously asking for a device that allows you to connect multiple USB-C devices to a single USB-C port." CreationDate="2020-12-30T06:16:43.307" UserId="16862" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24507" PostId="14419" Score="0" Text="You can use usb drive for when needed. if software needs monted CD, then you can get an image. as far as Linux is concerned, CD is just an image that responds slower..." CreationDate="2021-01-01T19:57:48.013" UserId="15976" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24511" PostId="14341" Score="0" Text="_&quot;Why USB-C? Because USB-C is the only cable I use.&quot;_ Are you aware that you can buy a small USB-C to lightning adapter, to plug between your USB-C cable and the lightning input port of the Apple Magic Keyboard?" CreationDate="2021-01-02T20:21:47.307" UserId="14494" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24513" PostId="14341" Score="0" Text="@mhucka: Thanks for you comment. I edited my question to detail that adapters are not a solution because they are unaesthetic and easily lost." CreationDate="2021-01-03T03:01:56.197" UserId="378" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24516" PostId="14444" Score="0" Text="Thank you for this detailed answer. Can you please confirm whether it is technically possible to have USB-C splitters/hubs on the market in the future (and not with USB 2.0 performance), or if the underneeth technology does not allow it altoghether?" CreationDate="2021-01-03T13:37:03.190" UserId="1776" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24517" PostId="14444" Score="0" Text="the technology does allow it. but the chipset should be manufactured by right now in 2021 could be take longer (assuming in 2020 the manufacturer hold this project all year)" CreationDate="2021-01-03T14:35:20.330" UserId="16840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24523" PostId="13877" Score="0" Text="I think an x4 card will work with 1 lane too, but it will have reduced bandwith. In the case of pcie 3, you will have around 1GB/s or 8Gbps. Another thing here, that I don't think you can put this into an x1 slot, without cutting the slot or the card." CreationDate="2021-01-05T08:42:09.787" UserId="6258" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24527" PostId="14460" Score="0" Text="I'm lost at the last part.. could you elaborate more?" CreationDate="2021-01-07T14:52:21.207" UserId="16840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24528" PostId="14460" Score="0" Text="check this picture to understand what I mean : https://ibb.co/7jgDL6r" CreationDate="2021-01-08T12:10:38.953" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24529" PostId="14460" Score="0" Text="add my answer for you to understand why" CreationDate="2021-01-08T13:35:56.727" UserId="16840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24530" PostId="14465" Score="0" Text="yes,thanks. what's the solution ? which adapter I need to achieve my goal ?" CreationDate="2021-01-08T16:03:20.083" UserId="14139" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24537" PostId="12904" Score="0" Text="Just got notified of this old post through a vote. As an update, now with the forced facebook login with the quest, it is sadly unfeasible for my use-case :(" CreationDate="2021-01-12T08:12:22.307" UserId="14294" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24539" PostId="13654" Score="1" Text="Note that AoA/AoD are optional features of BLE 5.1. You can have a BLE 5.1 chip/board without AoA/AoD support. The latter requires additional hardware (a phased array antenna). Nordic have a dedicated chip for that (nrf52811), but thy don't have a full DK supporting direction finding. So if you want AoA/AoD, you must be explicit about it, just BLE 5.1 is not enough for that." CreationDate="2021-01-12T12:01:18.947" UserId="16443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24543" PostId="10449" Score="0" Text="I've done a [comprehensive analysis exactly on this, 32&quot; 4K (UHD) monitors](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/13608/32-curved-4k-uhd-ips-monitor-with-adjustable-stand). Updated as of CES 2021." CreationDate="2021-01-13T09:03:23.090" UserId="5531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24581" PostId="14483" Score="0" Text="Since no one answered in four days... Last time I looked at it, good cameras tended to be reserved for high-end phones. Which you'd have to buy used and that runs counter to your security updates requirements. Maybe define what is a good camera for you?" CreationDate="2021-01-19T21:33:29.047" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24591" PostId="6552" Score="0" Text="Now a GeForce 1050 is $160 LOL. IT'S A FOUR YEAR OLD CARD." CreationDate="2021-01-20T22:22:46.000" UserId="5262" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24592" PostId="14311" Score="0" Text="The ability to change watch faces is not (yet) standard as I discovered (but I got away with it this xmas). For the specific case of Amazon I found the sellers quick to respond to questions I posted such as &quot;what OS is used?&quot;" CreationDate="2021-01-21T15:45:15.687" UserId="16726" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24595" PostId="14510" Score="0" Text="Note, many of my recent ebay purchases did not go very well (seller sent crap, or &quot;forgot&quot; to send the device, or he sent an usb2 device instead usb3). This might be an indirect side-effect of the corona pandemia." CreationDate="2021-01-22T13:21:18.123" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24596" PostId="14511" Score="0" Text="Welcome here :-) You don't look for company, you look for hardware. This is on-topic. If you found the hardware, you also found the company, but here you look for the hardware. The goal is to make your question useful also for others, looking for the same hardware. Other close reasons might still apply, as I explained in my MSE answer, be careful. Please read also the MSE comments." CreationDate="2021-01-22T16:09:33.767" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24597" PostId="13608" Score="0" Text="Most displays are VESA compatible - but in this general product space, be aware that the Samsung UR59C series (32&quot; VA 4K curved) doesn't have a VESA mount.  There are adapters out there but they are a significant portion of the cost of the monitor." CreationDate="2021-01-22T18:56:10.553" UserId="16987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24599" PostId="14513" Score="0" Text="Also I searched for that a lot. My current best idea is to use a rooted Android phone, with a VR helm and with an USB or bluetooth keyboard. It would likely require a lot of cables, but it could allow me to work on long travels." CreationDate="2021-01-22T22:26:59.817" UserId="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24600" PostId="14466" Score="0" Text="Frame challenge: Ruggedized case for a proper phone.&#xA;&#xA;Phones with LineageOS support are usually popular and reaonably specced / valued. There's no rugged / though smartphone that's reasonably valued, so they just tend to not be popular either." CreationDate="2021-01-25T08:50:04.533" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24617" PostId="14542" Score="1" Text="I don't have time for a full answer, but you're looking for a device called NAS - Network Attached Storage. QNAP is a popular and decent brand." CreationDate="2021-02-01T08:09:38.720" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24618" PostId="14542" Score="1" Text="Another option is DAS - Directly Attached Storage. If my memory is right you can get up to four drives on a single USB from QNAP" CreationDate="2021-02-01T08:10:36.560" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24619" PostId="14542" Score="0" Text="Thanks and upvotes. Yes, I suppose that it is a NAS. But they tend to run expensive, generally because they are multi-bay. A single drive would suffice, or a housing. If I find anything, I will post it." CreationDate="2021-02-01T10:40:28.730" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24625" PostId="14556" Score="0" Text="Using more PCIe lanes is about performance in this case, and I think the products for that aren't popular because in the current idiom of storage, you go for SSD for performance, and HDD for pure volume.  That doesn't mean I don't understand you wanting to get the most performance out of the HDDs, its just that once you start spending hundreds of dollars on RAID cards for this, if performance matters, then people now spend that high$ money on SSD, so the market for performance SATA/HDD dwindles a bit. Doesn't change  your need, but changes what products are on the market." CreationDate="2021-02-05T17:39:20.510" UserId="17058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24626" PostId="14556" Score="0" Text="@WilburWhateley The need for using more PCIe lanes makes more sense for SSDs since they have lower capacity than HDDs, and thus, you need to use a higher number of SATA connections (say, 4 x 4TB SSD instead of 1 16TB HDD)." CreationDate="2021-02-06T01:04:52.507" UserId="9325" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24663" PostId="8747" Score="0" Text="How is RAID 1 pointless? Did you mean RAID 0 would be pointless because the SSDs are fast enough without striping?  I can't imagine how redundancy would ever be 'pointless', unless you don't need redundancy.  Also &quot;M.2 SSD can clobber any expensive raid.&quot; - wut? no. If you RAID 0 the M.2 SSD's you get 2xs the speed!  RAID is NOT implicitly HDD." CreationDate="2021-02-12T18:55:04.973" UserId="17058" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24665" PostId="14513" Score="0" Text="There are not only many available, but even sites attempting to quantify which is 'best' eg https://www.binarytides.com/best-laptops-with-numeric-keypad/ (although none on there have good photos of the actual keyboard, which is kind of dozy;) Just google &quot;laptop with numpad&quot;" CreationDate="2021-02-13T12:06:16.567" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24667" PostId="14207" Score="1" Text="Where are you shopping? ANSI keyboards are US-style, all the keyboards in EU are ISO, so presumably if you broaden your search area to include the EU, you'll be tripping over ISO keyboards &amp; ANSI get harder to find." CreationDate="2021-02-13T12:38:53.927" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24668" PostId="14513" Score="0" Text="@Tetsujin I think you didn't understand... Having a numpad is not enough (I know there are lots of these), I want [ACTUAL FULL KEYBOARD LAYOUT](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teclado_(inform%C3%A1tica)#/media/Ficheiro:Qwerty_pt_BR-ABNT2.svg). Like the desktop keyboard. Where even HOME/END/INS/DEL/PAGE keys are in the proper place, above the arrows (item 2 in my question). So one that's even wider than numpad keyboards." CreationDate="2021-02-13T19:45:17.817" UserId="16988" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24669" PostId="14530" Score="0" Text="Picked up a Molto-2 and got it configured today. Great device, highly recommend. Be sure that your computer clock is synced correctly or you will generate the wrong OTP. code. Recommend using an authenticator app on a smart phone to ensure the codes match. You can cancel the config to generate a new QR after if you are paranoid like me. Some online QR codes don't scan correctly in the Molto-2 program. If that happens, just use a smartphone QR reader to display the code and hand jam into the Molto-2 program." CreationDate="2021-02-13T22:54:50.673" UserId="11012" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24673" PostId="14608" Score="1" Text="@m000 it just entered the market in US, might be we'll get it with a delay." CreationDate="2021-02-17T09:39:22.630" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24674" PostId="14608" Score="0" Text="Meshlicious looks great, and even has room for 3.5&quot; drives it seems. Can't find an EU retailer though.&#xA;For H1, the problem causing the fire hazard is well understood and the available fix (nylon screw) seems perfectly adequate. NZXT still has my respect for taking ownership of their design error and doing the recall. Hoping they release an H1 redesign soon, and that it will be PCIe 4.0 compatible." CreationDate="2021-02-17T09:44:51.847" UserId="14538" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24675" PostId="14608" Score="0" Text="@m000 two things on H1: they tried to cover it up, first reports of the issue were out there in December. Second: when you replace the parts in the H1 in several years will you remember about the screw? That's all I'm going to say" CreationDate="2021-02-17T09:46:41.523" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24677" PostId="13877" Score="0" Text="Correct you have to cut the slot or the card and it would still only run at 1x speed. This isn't an answer to the question as stated." CreationDate="2021-02-17T15:43:08.217" UserId="7044" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24678" PostId="14608" Score="0" Text="Any evidence about a cover-up? Of course they'd want to investigate the extent of the problem before going for a full recall. No sane company would blindly believe a YT channel without making their own assessment. And of course I would remember about the screw. But I would also put a sticker next to it too as an extra reminder." CreationDate="2021-02-18T14:58:21.773" UserId="14538" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24679" PostId="14608" Score="1" Text="@m000 they did delete posts on their subreddit, mostly though the response was delayed. Personally I think that the screw wasn't an adequate response, few people are as meticulous as you." CreationDate="2021-02-18T15:04:16.807" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24683" PostId="14613" Score="0" Text="It sounds like you have conflicting requirements. Large screen, more physical cores will increase battery usage. Most higher core count CPUs in the 1K range are gaming laptops and all of them will have dedicated GPUs full-stop. Could you be a bit more specific on the nature of your work and applications? You may just be looking for a power saving core intel U/T/S/etc and a lower resolution screen (more bat life) paired with the max mAh battery possible." CreationDate="2021-02-22T18:50:50.247" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24684" PostId="14613" Score="0" Text="Also in a pinch, [disabling the dedicated GPU will stop it from consuming power](https://superuser.com/questions/969107/fully-disabling-dedicated-graphic-card)." CreationDate="2021-02-22T18:51:55.357" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24686" PostId="14620" Score="0" Text="If you're plugging in a computer to ethernet, you can already do that with most hotspots over USB.  Just disable wifi, plug it in, and install the drivers." CreationDate="2021-02-22T21:33:12.633" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24688" PostId="14613" Score="0" Text="I do a lot of code compiling which would be sped up with a stronger cpu. Maybe your right and I'll get a low performance laptop anyway." CreationDate="2021-02-23T04:47:21.563" UserId="17116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24689" PostId="14613" Score="0" Text="Do you know for sure it's your CPU that is increasing compile time? You could try and see if a development [RAMDISK](https://www.maketecheasier.com/setup-ram-disk-windows/) helps you. ImDisk is free. I think it would be best to stay away from a power saving series processor anyhow as they tend to be underclocked variants of the same CPU. If you're doing lots of simultaneous code compiling you will not want that. **Can you post your current specs for reference**, and we'll see what I can find for you as your budget is fairly generous. I'm assuming this is for USA." CreationDate="2021-02-23T04:53:58.493" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24690" PostId="14624" Score="0" Text="Can a chromecast mirror any android device?" CreationDate="2021-02-23T05:30:56.913" UserId="16159" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24691" PostId="14624" Score="0" Text="Pretty much any modern device like a Samsung tablet.  Maybe not a cheap RCA Walmart tablet." CreationDate="2021-02-23T05:31:55.983" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24693" PostId="14624" Score="0" Text="So from here, https://tinyurl.com/1cdgdp6v, it says at least an Android 5.0 or higher, and I assume at least the device needs wifi and/or bluetooth. And also from here, https://tinyurl.com/2u6h8sf9, it seems that Chromecast would have significant limitations, like not being able to mirror your own private video files at 1080p from phone to the screen. // I've also tried with an old existing iPad but the output resolution was limited to the iPad's resolution and didn't upscale to the TV's." CreationDate="2021-02-23T05:55:07.150" UserId="16159" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24694" PostId="14624" Score="0" Text="Ok, if you’re trying to use private videos chrome cast would not be optimal unless you are using Google photos.  What’s your budget for a tablet?" CreationDate="2021-02-23T05:57:13.613" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24695" PostId="14625" Score="0" Text="I want to second this notion, AMD CPUs are absolutely better in most ways when it comes to productivity tasks. 2011 AMD is absolutely unlike 2021 AMD. I deploy a fair few laptops for my work and I deploy AMD wherever I can as they are generally cheaper and run much cooler than an Intel equivalent." CreationDate="2021-02-23T09:07:41.163" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24696" PostId="14613" Score="0" Text="CPU: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 8x 4GHz [49.0°C]&#xA;GPU: GeForce MX150&#xA;RAM: 4476MiB / 31876MiB&#xA;Battery has 48mah and holds a charge for about 2 hours&#xA;&#xA;and it was a relatively cheaper laptop at 1000$ (although I did upgrade the ram). The main reason I want a powerful CPU ist that compilers can take advantage of multiple cores, which is why I would lean AMD. Also I'm not sure if a ramdisk helps with compiling, since its mostly happening in ram anyway." CreationDate="2021-02-23T09:17:15.150" UserId="17116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24697" PostId="14620" Score="0" Text="Thanks, but unfortunately this is just a gateway of sorts, without an operating system that would allow me to add drivers for anything. I appreciate that this is a bit of a niche request." CreationDate="2021-02-23T23:10:00.313" UserId="17125" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24698" PostId="14625" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I'll definitely take a look." CreationDate="2021-02-23T23:24:00.913" UserId="17052" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24702" PostId="14627" Score="0" Text="that dell workstation sounds like it fits the bill really well, thanks a lot for your work" CreationDate="2021-02-25T10:25:30.783" UserId="17116" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24737" PostId="13608" Score="0" Text="I just purchased the Dell S3221QS.  I would disagree that the viewing angles are &quot;very poor&quot; but they certainly aren't great.  I notice it vertically with the monitor at arm's length.  &#xA;&#xA;For anyone who's on the fence, I'll say that the curve (1800R) is great.  More curve would be better." CreationDate="2021-03-08T20:56:52.247" UserId="16987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24745" PostId="14670" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your recommendation as well as your kind offer to help sideload the YouTube app.  Do you know if SkyTube will work on that device?  I personally find it much better than the YouTube app.  It's main page is here: https://skytube-app.com/" CreationDate="2021-03-10T17:41:51.963" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24746" PostId="14670" Score="1" Text="Yup! That'll work great!  As long as you know how to sideload APK's on android.  If not, just ask me." CreationDate="2021-03-10T17:42:30.370" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24747" PostId="14670" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the update and your offer! :)" CreationDate="2021-03-10T17:44:05.407" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24793" PostId="12078" Score="0" Text="Did you find anything yet?" CreationDate="2021-03-18T08:49:19.920" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24794" PostId="6038" Score="0" Text="TrackR link is 404. Is it https://www.thetrackr.com/ ?  (If so, for giggles, read the FAQ about [battery replacement](https://www.thetrackr.com/trackr-faq/) ;-)" CreationDate="2021-03-18T08:59:46.860" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24795" PostId="6038" Score="0" Text="Just curious, what's the accuracy, in distance? And is there any indication of direction? Since this was posted, BT 5.1+ has introduced Angle of Departure/Arrival allows positioning to within 1cm, including direction. [Source](https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/new-aoa-aod-bluetooth-capabilities/)" CreationDate="2021-03-18T09:15:07.327" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24796" PostId="1901" Score="0" Text="How many buttons do you require? Did you consider a wristwatch with touch screen? Not much surface area, but still ... plus, gestures" CreationDate="2021-03-18T13:13:21.470" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24797" PostId="14705" Score="1" Text="I appreciate the info, but we gave up on this avenue pretty quickly and I just implemented a touchscreen instead." CreationDate="2021-03-18T13:35:41.383" UserId="10562" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24798" PostId="14705" Score="0" Text="A pity that. I would have loved to find some gloves. Perhaps consider wristbands to augment? What about brainwaves? Thought control sounds cool. There are dev kits from $100" CreationDate="2021-03-18T13:51:45.630" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24799" PostId="3942" Score="0" Text="Sorry, typo. That ought to have said under $15" CreationDate="2021-03-18T13:57:53.053" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24800" PostId="6038" Score="1" Text="@MawgsaysreinstateMonica yep looks like sometime in the last four years TrackR did well enough to afford a .com domain LOL; I updated to that link." CreationDate="2021-03-18T17:16:05.183" UserId="84" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24801" PostId="12078" Score="1" Text="@MawgsaysreinstateMonica nothing much. Only way I found is to 3d print the glasses and use raspberry pi pico to connect to any device wirelessly." CreationDate="2021-03-19T21:11:43.697" UserId="13613" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24802" PostId="14670" Score="0" Text="I haven't purchased the Fire 10 tablet yet, and I came across this one too: https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Android-Octa-Core-Processor-ZA5T0263US/dp/B083JVJQH4.  Any thoughts on that one compared to the Fire 10?" CreationDate="2021-03-20T07:44:53.707" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24803" PostId="14666" Score="0" Text="Thanks! I tried to upvote, but have not sufficient reputation here for the vote to be displayed.&#xA;Looks as if the old pebble devices are more or less the only option...&#xA;A bit disappointing, as I had an officially supported device that's still produced in mind, and preferrably a &quot;hybrid&quot; watch with actual hands, but apparently I had too high expectations..." CreationDate="2021-03-20T18:59:22.473" UserId="17179" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24804" PostId="14666" Score="0" Text="No problem! It’s the thought that counts :).  Even though the pebble isn’t still in production or officially supported it works as if it was.  It’s truly an amazing smart watch that I highly recommend." CreationDate="2021-03-20T19:08:39.007" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24808" PostId="14704" Score="0" Text="check my answer here: https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/14656/watch-like-smart-watch-with-android-notification-support-but-without-mandatory/14666#14666 ;)" CreationDate="2021-03-21T03:55:34.927" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24812" PostId="10811" Score="0" Text="Are you aware that the Igp in the G4600 is HDMI 1.4? this means that even if you get a motherboard that supports it, you will not be able to use it unles you switch to a new cpu" CreationDate="2021-03-22T16:26:03.203" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24813" PostId="14696" Score="0" Text="Thank you. The Asus PQ22UC seems great. But 4000 €? Whuuut? Is it made of gold? :) - Strange, that there are so less products in this category." CreationDate="2021-03-22T16:31:13.543" UserId="16229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24815" PostId="14696" Score="0" Text="The PQ22UC panel is a highly color accurate OLED panel. Those are ... not cheap.   Also, check my answer now, it has the absolute latest developments: I got an answer from Gechic regarding the 2101H availability less than 24 hours ago." CreationDate="2021-03-23T04:21:16.037" UserId="9588" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24816" PostId="14696" Score="0" Text="Great, thank you. When it is available worldwide, I will mark your answer as the correct answer." CreationDate="2021-03-23T12:58:47.807" UserId="16229" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24818" PostId="14719" Score="0" Text="I'd look at your OS APIs and write a demon to forward it through." CreationDate="2021-03-24T14:27:36.003" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24819" PostId="14719" Score="0" Text="Another thought is scripting the admin panel of a router which functions as a WiFi client." CreationDate="2021-03-24T14:28:58.837" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24821" PostId="8525" Score="0" Text="FWIW, I believe all Sandisk usb sticks have wear levelling, and hence in one sense, larger capacity is &quot;write hardening&quot;. Writing 10gb per day for a year to a &quot;512GB Ultra Fit&quot; would only use each cell around 7 times. Thumbsuck a worst case scenario with QLC having 250 write cycles and you're looking at 34 years of writes." CreationDate="2021-03-24T22:17:01.210" UserId="17251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24837" PostId="14704" Score="0" Text="Feel free to post that as answer here too :-)" CreationDate="2021-03-26T19:39:01.487" UserId="17244" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24838" PostId="14704" Score="0" Text="There we go.  Just did it :)." CreationDate="2021-03-26T19:40:03.707" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24841" PostId="10432" Score="0" Text="I'm curious, what are you planning to do with the device? It sounds like a very interesting project :)" CreationDate="2021-03-28T13:48:56.697" UserId="15705" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24842" PostId="14734" Score="0" Text="I don't think 4K is very useful at 27&quot;. 1440p/144Hz at 32&quot; is what I found my perfect middle ground to be, and can be quite affordable as well." CreationDate="2021-03-29T11:56:28.807" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24843" PostId="14734" Score="0" Text="My reservation about 1440p on a bigger screen is that I have gotten used to 1440p @ 27&quot;, and so any larger screen is actually going to be a step down in pixel density and clarity. I would like to gain a bit of screen real estate with a 28-32&quot;, but I don't want *less* clarity than I already enjoy for it (and the Dell Ultrasharps earn their name well) - hence 4K @ 32&quot; being my ideal sweetspot I think (but since there seemingly aren't any, I'm prepared to go down to 27/28&quot;)" CreationDate="2021-03-29T12:10:24.527" UserId="5398" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24844" PostId="14734" Score="1" Text="Apparently the ASUS PG32UQX is due to release soon, though it is rather expensive." CreationDate="2021-03-29T12:19:10.357" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24845" PostId="14734" Score="1" Text="And the Acer XB323QK NV in May for a more reasonable 1200$." CreationDate="2021-03-29T12:21:02.523" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24847" PostId="14734" Score="0" Text="Thanks for the ideas - the Acer looks promising at that price point. Shame it seems to only be HDR 400, but that's by no means a deal breaker" CreationDate="2021-03-29T23:13:23.783" UserId="5398" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24848" PostId="14741" Score="0" Text="I know they're kinda speedy, but my AirPods Pro are amazing.  The sound is fantastic and the redesigned ear tip really makes a difference.  As for needing to free your ear quickly, if you turn on transparency mode, you don't even need to take it out of your ear.  If you could save up for a little while and spend a little extra to get them, I would highly suggest doing so.  Sometimes they even go on sale for around $160 USD." CreationDate="2021-03-30T21:40:16.500" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24849" PostId="14749" Score="0" Text="Hm, very interesting to see those; I'll upvote your answer. So they do exist in very niche markets only. I'd like to see companies trying to make a regular one for general purpose use, aimed at programmers, writers and other people that work a lot with the keyboard. I do think it's possible to pull it off without increasing the size that much, by making keys a little smaller and closer to each other, and reducing lateral space. I don't know anything about laptop trends, but do you think we might get something like that eventually? Maybe some years from now?" CreationDate="2021-04-01T20:58:02.247" UserId="16988" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24850" PostId="14750" Score="0" Text="While I wasn't able to find one for sale, I did find an MP3 player by the name of Matsui mat110mr rather than mat101mr, which I'm guessing is just a typo.  This could give you a start on where to find one if you have the correct model number ;).  I could be wrong though." CreationDate="2021-04-02T00:38:34.220" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24851" PostId="10177" Score="0" Text="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE3X9lmDZTs" CreationDate="2021-04-02T00:41:03.773" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24852" PostId="14748" Score="0" Text="OP could put two 1050ti's though... :)" CreationDate="2021-04-02T00:44:42.167" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24853" PostId="14748" Score="0" Text="@Salocor That's true. Though I tried to answer the question based on a single gtx1050TI. There are several other options, The easiest,like you said being multi gpu(even a gt710 would be enough for non primary monitors) or going for an amd gpu, the more recent series(I think HD70xx and up) support 6 displays. Personally I'd go for three large 4k displays and use an app like divvy to make window management easier" CreationDate="2021-04-02T21:44:56.073" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24854" PostId="14748" Score="0" Text="I wouldn’t use a GT 710.  They don’t have much processing power or very good IO (I think they still ship with VGA).  If you were to use a separate GPU, I’d get a used GTX 570 or maybe a GTX 650 Ti.  Something that’s a little more powerful and has better IO than a GT series GPU." CreationDate="2021-04-02T21:49:16.967" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24855" PostId="14749" Score="0" Text="@geekley Sadley I doubt it. We've been seeing laptop sizes being reduced, as well as bezel sizes. To get a a modern full size keyboard with comfortable typing layout we'd need a 21+ inch laptop, that's just a size that's not practical. the full function, more compact layout where keys are shoved together is probably as good as it's going to get" CreationDate="2021-04-02T21:51:27.313" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24856" PostId="14751" Score="0" Text="You could use a program called X-Mouse to remap a mouse button to shift.  I found this software for you to remap keyboard keys: https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys" CreationDate="2021-04-03T16:32:23.097" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24857" PostId="14755" Score="0" Text="Thank you for your time, it is a very helpful answer. Something i think is odd is that nowadays (it seems)  just Logitech produces mice with such technology, is that right?" CreationDate="2021-04-04T20:06:39.587" UserId="18352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24859" PostId="14755" Score="1" Text="Seems the Performance Mouse is getting hard to acquire :-( . BTW, I have literally worn out 2 of the mouses microswitches (they start doubleclicking instead of singleclicking), which I then replaced with Omron D2F-01 microswitches Element14 Part No 990-1949. (Originals were: Omron D2FC-F-7N (10M))" CreationDate="2021-04-05T01:01:56.430" UserId="17251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24860" PostId="14755" Score="1" Text="The MX Master 2 also has this facility to switch the detent on or off [with various modes - auto/manual/fixed] Many modern mice use light-sensing control which actually only sense as each 'window' passes the sensor, &amp; each window has its own detent, so you don't actually get finer delineation than 'one window' whatever it's set to, though the control panel software can interpolate this at different rates." CreationDate="2021-04-05T11:15:59.183" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24861" PostId="14755" Score="0" Text="Only Logitech sells these smooth scrolling mice because they have a patent on them, one that's pretty damn expensive from what I understand." CreationDate="2021-04-06T10:59:58.820" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24862" PostId="14697" Score="0" Text="Are you saying [software solutions](https://search.f-droid.org/?q=call+record&amp;lang=en) don't work?" CreationDate="2021-04-08T07:55:37.130" UserId="18373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24863" PostId="14697" Score="0" Text="@ChrisWesseling I have yet to find a software solution that works reliably.  And on newer versions of Android, Google has made it very difficult to write an effective call recording app." CreationDate="2021-04-08T08:52:44.663" UserId="527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24864" PostId="10231" Score="0" Text="That space is large enough for a 3U server case. There might be a server case out there that fits most of what you want." CreationDate="2021-04-09T14:12:30.120" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24865" PostId="14764" Score="0" Text="I find it unusual that your TV has an optical **in** port. They usually have one optical out. Can you confirm that info please? Your Blu-Ray also player sounds like it has an integrated speaker system too. That would mean it has an optical **input** and your TV has an optical **output**." CreationDate="2021-04-09T17:28:35.457" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24867" PostId="14764" Score="0" Text="Yes your correct tv has optical output " CreationDate="2021-04-09T18:29:45.327" UserId="14412" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24868" PostId="14768" Score="1" Text="Point is that even on the compatibility lists both parties mention that the other can change their firmware without notice. :)" CreationDate="2021-04-09T18:30:42.910" UserId="18373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24869" PostId="14764" Score="1" Text="The accepted answer doesn't completely clear up that confusion but it is spot on, correct. Your TV is acting as a sort of switch for multiple HDMI devices and sends the audio for the current input device back to your sound system over optical." CreationDate="2021-04-09T19:40:00.593" UserId="10648" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24870" PostId="14761" Score="0" Text="For mechanical keyboards, most of the sound is from the key caps bottoming out on the keyboard rather than key actuation itself (unless you've bought specific switches for that. I'm assuming you know which ones are your preference). A cheaper alternative may be just to [buy some O-rings](https://mechanicalkeyboardsplus.com/o-rings/) and see how that goes. Apparently some of the quieter switches just have rubber bits built in to dampen sound." CreationDate="2021-04-10T03:53:07.603" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24871" PostId="14747" Score="0" Text="With most PCs in the last 3-7 years, with the right settings, you ought to be able to use the onboard graphics - for up to 3 additional screens, and many modern integrated CPUs will do that fairly easily. While the current situation on GPUs is terrible, OEMs don't seem as badly affected as the enthusiast market" CreationDate="2021-04-10T11:53:23.370" UserId="531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24872" PostId="14755" Score="0" Text="@Tetsujin i noticed that, in practice it makes the smooth scroll to have a small dead zone, but it doesn't bother me." CreationDate="2021-04-10T18:56:11.803" UserId="18352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24873" PostId="14755" Score="0" Text="With further research after Stax's answer, I ended up buying Logitech M720, it is very comfortable, does everything i want (and more) and is cheaper then MX3." CreationDate="2021-04-10T18:56:22.960" UserId="18352" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24874" PostId="14773" Score="0" Text="Are you looking for something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084TPJR7P/" CreationDate="2021-04-11T15:14:28.010" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24875" PostId="14773" Score="0" Text="@Salocor . I don't know if this the right piece, I don't see the trademark NVIDIA on this. Could you add more precisions ? Is it located at the back of the PC or in front of ? Moreover, maybe is there a software way to aggregate the 3 cards ? Regards" CreationDate="2021-04-11T15:33:13.280" UserId="14384" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24876" PostId="14773" Score="0" Text="Yeah this is the part you need.  It would connect at the top of the GPU.  I just looked, and you would need 3 of the same graphics cards in order to use SLI, so you can disregard my previous comment.  Forgot about that, sorry.  As for a software method, I’m not 100% sure, but I think you can just plug the three cards in and assign different tasks to different cards.  If someone reads this and realizes I’m wrong, please correct me :)." CreationDate="2021-04-11T15:39:45.290" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24877" PostId="14774" Score="1" Text="iPhone SE 2 looks like a solid option." CreationDate="2021-04-13T02:06:44.350" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24878" PostId="14750" Score="0" Text="@Salocor It IS the right model number: 101mr" CreationDate="2021-04-15T10:13:47.713" UserId="18343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24879" PostId="14773" Score="0" Text="@Salocor Another issue is that these cards cannot fit an SLI bridge, you would need an NVlink  connector." CreationDate="2021-04-15T14:51:13.103" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24880" PostId="14761" Score="0" Text="Not an answer to the question, but if you have an Nvidia gpu I suggest checking out Nvidia broadcast. This is a pretty good noise filter. If it works well enough for you there would be no reason to buy a new keyboard in the first place :)" CreationDate="2021-04-15T14:53:26.003" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24881" PostId="14773" Score="0" Text="Thanks for correcting me!  I had no idea that existed!  I guess I do now. ;)" CreationDate="2021-04-15T15:12:07.587" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24882" PostId="14778" Score="0" Text="I have set the GPU fan curve using the MSI Afterburner, there is no difference. As for cooling in the case, the entire side panel where the the intake fans are placed are slitted both sides for air flow, moreover the bottom of the case where the fans are is open. The top of the case also has holes which are covered by a magnetic dust filter. I don't think there are any screws loose as I took out the GPU for a rough wipe down for dust about a month ago. I will try the BIOS with motherboard set for the temperature." CreationDate="2021-04-16T01:18:09.310" UserId="18425" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24883" PostId="14779" Score="0" Text="thanks man, yes that's the answer. I found 4.00X is enabled. cheers" CreationDate="2021-04-16T02:19:37.210" UserId="18418" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24884" PostId="14778" Score="0" Text="@RohitKrishnan I'd still sugest trying to pop off the front to see if it makes a difference. From the images that I can see, the air slits are quite thin so those fans need to work pretty hard to get some decent airflow. And since it's usually relatively easy to pop the front of. It's something that I always recommend with those glass front cases." CreationDate="2021-04-16T08:21:02.443" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24885" PostId="14800" Score="0" Text="Yo!  This question is more for the people at https://superuser.com/.  You'll get better help there :)." CreationDate="2021-04-25T04:07:21.907" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24886" PostId="13430" Score="0" Text="If you can afford it, I've used a Behringer x32 and love it.  In @Hitek's link to Sweetwater (a great online store for audio equipment BTW.  Ordered from them several times.) I see there's an x32 compact.  That would be a great choice!" CreationDate="2021-04-25T04:29:49.467" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24887" PostId="14805" Score="0" Text="I'm using the stock power supply. My budget is $200." CreationDate="2021-04-25T06:31:15.407" UserId="18468" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24888" PostId="14802" Score="0" Text="What 'flavour' of USB? I doubt USB2 could handle it, but USB-C/Thunderbolt likely could." CreationDate="2021-04-25T12:15:59.877" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24889" PostId="14804" Score="0" Text="Note you won't be able to write to NTFS without 3rd party software, but reading is supported natively." CreationDate="2021-04-25T12:19:05.987" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24890" PostId="14786" Score="1" Text="From [this answer on Super User](https://superuser.com/a/1529892/347380), you want the one with airflow most like the second image &amp; least like the first." CreationDate="2021-04-25T12:23:26.243" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24891" PostId="14805" Score="0" Text="Alright.  I forgot your computer was a server.  Because of this, you'll need an irregular power supply that would be hard to find.  So you'll have to either use adapters (which is generally not a good idea) or get a GT series GPU.  I found a GT 1030 on Amazon for a little less than your budget, but because there is no power input, the performance isn't the best.  It'll run Android Studio just fine, though.&#xA;https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT-1030-2G-LP/dp/B071L4VKF6/" CreationDate="2021-04-25T14:17:51.557" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24892" PostId="14802" Score="0" Text="I was thinking more like USB3. Unfortunately C and others are out of my range." CreationDate="2021-04-25T16:11:23.217" UserId="18471" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24893" PostId="14802" Score="0" Text="&quot;more like USB3&quot; ?? It can only be what your mobo's USB capability is, which is what I was asking. You don't get to choose, nor can you connect a hub with higher capability than the socket you plug it into." CreationDate="2021-04-25T16:21:19.317" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24894" PostId="14805" Score="0" Text="That sounds like a good option. Thank you!" CreationDate="2021-04-25T17:12:51.590" UserId="18468" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24895" PostId="14805" Score="0" Text="No problem!  Glad to help!" CreationDate="2021-04-25T17:36:27.383" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24896" PostId="14802" Score="0" Text="Yes, I meant that my motherboard has usb3 ports." CreationDate="2021-04-25T20:06:31.667" UserId="18471" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24897" PostId="14811" Score="0" Text="thank you, helps a lot, but I am mainly concerned about dell specific programs, do i need to have em all like alienware control center and other support programs?" CreationDate="2021-04-26T00:15:06.460" UserId="18480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24898" PostId="14811" Score="0" Text="I can confirm Macrium reflect is miracle software." CreationDate="2021-04-26T05:00:54.833" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24899" PostId="14808" Score="0" Text="Hello!  This question would probably be better suited for the people over at https://superuser.com/.  Also, be sure to add details to your post such as the model of your computer, when this started happening, etc. :)" CreationDate="2021-04-26T05:25:24.367" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24900" PostId="14811" Score="0" Text="As for *specific* programs, you'd have to research each to see if you might use it now or in the future. One reason to make disk images is that a mistake would not be fatal - you can always recover should you remove a needed file. See https://listoffreeware.com/best-free-bloatware-remover-for-windows/ , for example, for tools to remove unneeded apps." CreationDate="2021-04-26T18:47:46.787" UserId="13421" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24901" PostId="14808" Score="0" Text="After thinking about this for a while, I thought of something.  Try using the laptop at a place other than your home (A coffee shop, library maybe) and see if the buzzing stops.  In my house, speakers always buzz because of a grounding fault.  Maybe you have a similar issue." CreationDate="2021-04-26T19:34:47.017" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24902" PostId="13608" Score="0" Text="@Dan Dascalescu - you mention that your viewsonic is max 30Hz refresh rate.  This might be because you're going through a USB-C docking station.  Mine doesn't provide enough bandwidth to do 60Hz at 4k; vendor said that I needed a thunderbolt dock or a dedicated cable to my mac." CreationDate="2021-04-27T16:24:48.547" UserId="16987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24903" PostId="14786" Score="0" Text="@Tetsujin Not to be too harsh but there are a few issues with the answer that you've given there. For one, the mac example has a layout that is not compatible with PC hardware. &#xA;The PC case airflow is based on front low back high design, one that has been used in PC cases for years now. the &quot;no airflow&quot; place are 5.25 bays. and the psu is mounted so that air is pulled in from the bottom and ejected at the back, it does not impact case airflow.&#xA;Lastly pc parts are wildly different so a more general airflow approach is required. The &quot;bad&quot; example is one of the better cases of 2011" CreationDate="2021-04-28T12:43:04.833" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24904" PostId="14786" Score="1" Text="@BobMeijer -  I'm not a CFD specialist, but a friend of mine is - he has a doctorate on the subject &amp; is a university professor teaching it. I'll take my cues from him ;)) His own, home built-case is remarkably similar to the Apple design, with exceptions made for where that can't be adhered to because of mobo design. Just because they've always been made that way does not make them a good design, merely 'accepted' for what they are." CreationDate="2021-04-28T13:00:14.220" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24906" PostId="14786" Score="0" Text="@Tetsujin The reason for their design is compatibility, Apple makes all the parts in house and can tightly integrate them. Something pc case builders cant do without limiting their options. that case you chose also has to support [this](https://www.corsair.com/corsairmedia/sys_master/productcontent/CC600TWM-WHT-600T_010.png) Multiple gpu's and different cpu cooling sollutions. Also I think your CFD specialist friend must agree that no airflow in a place where a dvd drive goes is not a problem, but an arrow claiming the cables pull air into a psu is." CreationDate="2021-04-29T08:49:19.107" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24907" PostId="14786" Score="0" Text="&quot;...arrow claiming cables pull air …&quot; I honestly don't get that bit. There's no reason ATX is built to that design except that &quot;they always have been&quot;. The only change in a decade or more is that they now mainly mount the PSU at the bottom instead of the top. There's also been some attempt to get the cabling out of the way, which unfortunately means you now need to take both sides off to mount anything." CreationDate="2021-04-29T09:04:37.310" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24908" PostId="14817" Score="0" Text="You don't seem to have considered the R&amp;D, design &amp; tooling cost, nor that you can't run USB let alone charging off bluetooth. Just buy an A1243 &amp; be done with it." CreationDate="2021-04-30T17:46:24.893" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24909" PostId="14810" Score="0" Text="Why not just clone the SSD to something that's not comedically small?" CreationDate="2021-04-30T17:48:49.397" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24910" PostId="14822" Score="0" Text="What? Did you read the question? I am looking for a recommendation on a router." CreationDate="2021-04-30T18:42:58.777" UserId="18497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24911" PostId="14817" Score="0" Text="What R&amp;D ? What Design ? Middle plate + keys come as a all-in-one (google laptop keyboard replacement)  then you need a top plate (I'll go for standard design but premium quality) the back plate (this is more annoying) and the driver card. Maybe driver card will need some minor tweaking (cord to move away the usb where they re not supposed to be)" CreationDate="2021-04-30T22:35:30.337" UserId="18496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24912" PostId="14822" Score="0" Text="Oh my gosh! I am so sorry. Routers do not do much because it all depend son how much the server lets through. The best router you can get is the: Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300, or for a less price the: Asus RT-AC66U B1 Dual-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router" CreationDate="2021-05-01T00:36:34.110" UserId="18504" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24913" PostId="14817" Score="0" Text="So, not a custom build, made from existing assemblies, bolted together in a custom order. You'll still need a custom case. In one job, we used to get runs of 1000 made for that type of task. [In another job we specced in millions]. idk pricing because I worked in 'spec' not 'cost'. It did involve someone flying to China several times for meetings, tooling &amp; R&amp;D structures etc. I think you're in way over your head. Your landed cost of $90 is actually easy to achieve, once you have your spec &amp; tooling. Anything that sells retail for $100 cost $10 to ship, otherwise it's not profitable." CreationDate="2021-05-01T08:12:34.700" UserId="12926" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24914" PostId="14817" Score="0" Text="I don't make it for a profit. I go for 1000 because it sounds like the good number. It's not that high that I fear I couldn't sell it and it's not that low that I think no manufacturer would even consider (or will charge so much it won't make any sense). Consider (the cost) of flying to China is not a problem (= 0). I expected the cost of R&amp;D / tooling to be null. Except for : topcase (replace plastic with metal), driver board (need to connect board pinout to usb socket located at unusual place (ribbon should be ok), backplate that needs a bit of customization (secure the usb, holes)" CreationDate="2021-05-01T19:10:04.530" UserId="18496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24915" PostId="14817" Score="0" Text="Sorry for my first comment that sounded a bit harsh now that I looked at it. I should have make clear I'm not doing a DYI unique sample but rather go the step after that is go for some kind of &quot;mass&quot; production." CreationDate="2021-05-01T19:14:39.877" UserId="18496" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24916" PostId="14828" Score="0" Text="Thanks!   This looks like the answer to my problem!" CreationDate="2021-05-03T12:19:57.433" UserId="18509" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24917" PostId="14831" Score="0" Text="Is this a hardware recommendation question? Anyway, I have a 5950x and 3080, so I could test it if you could find a project of similar complexity." CreationDate="2021-05-04T03:48:03.743" UserId="9248" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24918" PostId="13058" Score="0" Text="I fully agree with this. To add to the benefits. A case and screen protector(don't forget to grab a decent one of those) can be removed and replaced if damaged or broken. With a rugged phone, you're stuck replacing the phone. Being able to revert it to a normal phone also helps in reselling or passing on the phone to someone else. &#xA;&#xA;Lastly, rugged phones are usually still flat at the front, so there are no case bumps that can protect the screen. Making them worse at protecting your screen than even the most basic cases. edit: sorry for the late comment, did not notice the community bump" CreationDate="2021-05-04T08:39:57.353" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24919" PostId="14840" Score="0" Text="thanks for the suggestion!" CreationDate="2021-05-05T10:28:24.293" UserId="10216" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24920" PostId="14844" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much. I will have a closer look at the specs. A superficial look suggests this could be a match." CreationDate="2021-05-06T14:59:07.150" UserId="10307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24923" PostId="14849" Score="0" Text="From looking at your specs, I think you should upgrade your processor.  Maybe get a Ryzen 7-5800X.  You may have to upgrade your motherboard as well.  Can someone verify this is the best upgrade option?" CreationDate="2021-05-07T20:03:47.237" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24924" PostId="14843" Score="0" Text="Duplicate of [Is the redragon m601 good for drag clicking?](https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/14841/is-the-redragon-m601-good-for-drag-clicking)" CreationDate="2021-05-07T20:04:36.777" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24925" PostId="14843" Score="0" Text="@Salocor I was the one who asked that question as well, but no one answered it in this community, so I thought making a general question instead of comparing b/w two specific mice would be better." CreationDate="2021-05-08T03:14:51.647" UserId="18536" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24926" PostId="14851" Score="0" Text="lol didn't notice the community bump either.  Oh well." CreationDate="2021-05-08T03:20:59.543" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24927" PostId="13608" Score="0" Text="@DanPritts: no docking station, I was connecting the ThinkPad directly to the monitor." CreationDate="2021-05-09T00:36:26.367" UserId="5531" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24928" PostId="14859" Score="0" Text="I'd suggest going to the games tab on gpucheck.com selecting your desired games and seeing what frame rates certain GPU's get (roughly double the frame rates to compare 1366 resolution instead of 1080) . That said, I feel the 1660 Super or RX 590 are the sweet spot for Full HD currently. On a different track, look at the Ryzen 5 3400G CPU (the G means integrated Graphics)... you may not even need a GPU for the games you mainly play. for instance https://au.pcmag.com/sound-cards/63709/amd-ryzen-5-3400g (I believe you can add a GPU later)" CreationDate="2021-05-10T23:54:41.083" UserId="17251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24929" PostId="14859" Score="0" Text="@Stax the fluctuation and lags in game is affected by FPS? (Not that I play only offline games)" CreationDate="2021-05-11T02:17:24.000" UserId="2603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24930" PostId="14859" Score="0" Text="Sorry, not sure what you mean by fluctuation and Lag. In my area (in Australia) Lag is mainly slow internet, and online games are... frustrating. This is different to fluctuations, which may be other bottlenecks like slow hard drive. low Ram etc. FPS is the Frames Per Second the PC can render. I.e. the &quot;Smoothness&quot; of the display. Most monitors do 30 FPS, and you don't want to go much below this. FYI, I came across recommended CPU for CSGO being a Pentium E5700 however the Ryzen is 3 x faster at 4 Cores, and doesn't need a GPU (to start with). FYI https://www.logicalincrements.com/games/csgo" CreationDate="2021-05-11T04:54:35.767" UserId="17251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24931" PostId="14859" Score="0" Text="See the &quot;Minimum&quot; Tier. Also FYI:https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-E5700-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-3400G/m976vsm825156" CreationDate="2021-05-11T04:55:26.730" UserId="17251" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24932" PostId="14859" Score="0" Text="@Stax there was a typo in my comment. I mean't I don't play online games. Just offline. lag fluctuation means game is not smooth." CreationDate="2021-05-11T11:57:06.617" UserId="2603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24933" PostId="14862" Score="0" Text="Hi  Bob, thanks for your answer. I've read something about that, but not too much info. So, the problem is with the Ryzen 3xxx + Vega 8 ? maybe I need one without inc. video? If you found any more info about it, I'll appreciate it! Thanks." CreationDate="2021-05-11T12:43:11.193" UserId="18583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24934" PostId="14862" Score="0" Text="Just to be sure... I'm able to use PCIex16_1, PCIex16_3, PCIex1_1, PCIex1_2 and PCIex1_3 but not PCIex16_2? is that right?" CreationDate="2021-05-11T12:46:14.960" UserId="18583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24935" PostId="14862" Score="1" Text="From what I can see. you are correct. the 3xxx series without gpu is actually zen2 the apu's are zen+ where lanes are reserved for the igpu.  The reason why PCIex16_2 isn't available is because it usually leeches of the PCIex16__1 slot. In this case the lanes it uses are rerouted to the igpu in the 3200 you're using. as stated in the manual you found, the reason the PCIex16_3 slot works is due to chipset PCI-e lanes." CreationDate="2021-05-11T14:13:19.950" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24936" PostId="14858" Score="0" Text="There is no real way to give any suggestions without budget or location. however the couple of tablet with good pen support that are basic suggestions would be Ipad pro or air, and the Galaxy S7 or 6 lite. I suggest you start with checking those out." CreationDate="2021-05-11T14:20:26.333" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24937" PostId="14862" Score="0" Text="Bob, thanks again for your detail. What you think about using a nvme port with an adapter to pciex1?" CreationDate="2021-05-11T16:32:14.037" UserId="18583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24938" PostId="14862" Score="1" Text="Sadly I have no experience with using those adapters but from the manual parts you've sent it might work. depending on the m.2 slot you use. Be sure to check though, sometimes using an m.2 slot either disables other pci lanes, or, if those lanes are in use, they run in sata mode, so wouldn't support a gpu." CreationDate="2021-05-12T09:28:11.440" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24939" PostId="14868" Score="0" Text="Yup, I got all that, which is why I'm asking this question." CreationDate="2021-05-12T10:32:33.133" UserId="18586" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24940" PostId="14876" Score="0" Text="Certainly better than the clicker that I have, but I do think my viewers would notice it. I actually don't even want the thought to cross their minds that I'm holding something." CreationDate="2021-05-13T19:59:50.320" UserDisplayName="Bobby" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24943" PostId="14876" Score="0" Text="Automated transitions will not work here because the audience may interrupt to ask questions and I may need to adapt the presentation as I go." CreationDate="2021-05-14T08:50:40.750" UserDisplayName="Bobby" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24944" PostId="14026" Score="0" Text="FYI I'm still interested in this question." CreationDate="2021-05-15T18:13:54.950" UserId="40" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24945" PostId="14026" Score="1" Text="I can envision a &quot;stand-alone&quot; SBC such as the Pi, running a suitable camera (many from which to choose) and a form of software capable of the tasks required. I know only of OpenCV as an open source package, but not sure if it will do as needed. Of course, all of the above requires someone to create the program, but I suspect it's not going to be impossible." CreationDate="2021-05-15T18:38:19.310" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24946" PostId="14875" Score="0" Text="Since none of the other more sensible suggestions work, I'll toss in this (possibly idiotic) one ... figure out how to attach a mouse to the side of your shoe or, if you're behind a desk, your leg/knee. Then, like Dorothy, you can click your heels and ... if not return to Kansas, at least advance your slides." CreationDate="2021-05-16T17:15:55.060" UserId="18618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24947" PostId="14875" Score="0" Text="@SteveRindsberg Yes, the Dorothy gesture would be perfect, or tapping the heel or edge of toes against an object. I thought about mounting a keyboard to a heavy wood block in the vertical orientation. I would need to remove all other keys and make sure only the arrow is pressed. The idea is simple. I just wish there was a product that's designed for this. FYI, to get an idea of the speed, I need to press about 70 times within 10 minutes." CreationDate="2021-05-17T11:44:01.033" UserId="18609" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24948" PostId="14875" Score="0" Text="I've heard of people rewiring inexpensive wired mice so that, for instance, the same click feeds several PCs or two mice feed one PC. You might be able to disable all but the left click on an inexpensive mouse to do what you need, or possibly even reroute the left-click switch wiring to a more appropriate type of switch.  Do watch out for falling houses, though." CreationDate="2021-05-17T15:04:05.363" UserId="18618" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24949" PostId="14883" Score="0" Text="Thank you very much. Would you be able to give me more details on how you would partition please? Are you indicating to not partition the m.2 and request the OS to be on there, then I don’t need to partition as I can continue to store stuff on the m.2 without the partitions?" CreationDate="2021-05-17T15:48:19.267" UserId="18602" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24950" PostId="14883" Score="1" Text="Exactly.  With an m.2, there is no need to partition unless you’re doing advanced things on the computer (ie. dual booting)." CreationDate="2021-05-17T16:04:44.007" UserId="17136" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24952" PostId="14886" Score="0" Text="Thanks. I'd be happy with an Intel card, since they work great in client mode, but the inability to enable 5ghz AP mode is a dealbreaker in this case." CreationDate="2021-05-18T02:26:40.130" UserId="18614" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24953" PostId="14886" Score="0" Text="I ended up ordering an Atheros QCA9377 card which is known to work well as an 802.11ac AP (and has BT 5.0 too): https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07HDXP9R4" CreationDate="2021-05-18T02:27:53.610" UserId="18614" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24954" PostId="14867" Score="0" Text="Are you simply looking for a 3.5mm to 3.5mm M-M lead?" CreationDate="2021-05-19T10:32:19.647" UserId="672" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24955" PostId="14867" Score="0" Text="No, I'm searching for a 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm M-M lead. I bought one cable for another similar headphone model from senheiser, but it's not here yet. I will see if it will fit." CreationDate="2021-05-19T11:10:35.737" UserId="18592" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24956" PostId="14895" Score="0" Text="This question is answered here https://superuser.com/q/1561490/375337" CreationDate="2021-05-19T12:42:14.860" UserId="18634" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24963" PostId="14903" Score="1" Text="have you considered a point-and-shoot digital camera with a high capacity memory card? I have a Canon that can be equipped with a battery eliminator to handle the duration and it will time-stamp the video. The model I have may be limited by card size but now sells for US$30 on eBay. Other models may be better suited for larger cards." CreationDate="2021-05-21T08:54:00.500" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24964" PostId="14903" Score="0" Text="Sounds good! Feel free to post an answer, but, ***please*** tell me what model you have?" CreationDate="2021-05-21T20:48:39.267" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24965" PostId="14903" Score="1" Text="I've just shot myself in the foot. My canon powershot sx200 IS does time and date stamps but only in still mode. My defective alleged memory recalls viewing a &quot;movie&quot; I created that contained the timestamp but it was composed of individual still shots taken with the CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) turned into a GIF. There may be point-and-shoot cameras but my model isn't one of them. The CHDK has a scripted intervalometer, making time-lapse easy (and free)." CreationDate="2021-05-21T21:06:53.733" UserId="6089" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24966" PostId="14903" Score="0" Text="I have found a Python script to add timestamps afterwards. It needs some work, but I am a programmer. Problem is that a friend has asked for help &amp; his idea of &quot;mates' rates&quot; is &quot;free&quot;. I am overloaded, so the simplest solution for me is a camera that can do it :-)" CreationDate="2021-05-22T09:09:28.333" UserId="1410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24967" PostId="14908" Score="1" Text="Thanks for sharing this" CreationDate="2021-05-23T21:10:01.963" UserId="18640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24968" PostId="14891" Score="0" Text="Usually when selecting a RAM upgrade I check the CPU spec sheet (e.g. [i5-8300H](https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/134876/intel-core-i5-8300h-processor-8m-cache-up-to-4-00-ghz.html)). For example, according to the spec sheet in &quot;memory specifications&quot; the theoretically computer could handle 64 GB split over 2 Memory Channels. Given that the laptop was built to have 2 RAM slots you would be good to go from here. If you post your exact computer model number and processor I can give you a more direct answer." CreationDate="2021-05-24T18:41:41.993" UserId="6047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24969" PostId="14909" Score="0" Text="Do you know if that SBC will be available in SoM format?" CreationDate="2021-05-26T09:47:10.313" UserId="1873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24970" PostId="14869" Score="0" Text="This isn't within the scope of this sub. Usually such discolorations are caused by UV light deteriorating the plastics - the area protected by the sticker is how the plastic originally looked. There's not really a lot you can do other than covering it up again (paint, stickers) or getting a new case for it." CreationDate="2021-05-26T11:25:31.927" UserId="13572" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24971" PostId="14916" Score="0" Text="Thanks @bobMeijer&#xA;&#xA;I get a PCI-E and not a sata one finally :) &#xA;&#xA;I will consider the motherboard and the 11400F, the power supply is the 750w because I plan to add a 3080 later." CreationDate="2021-05-27T14:41:55.253" UserId="18678" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="24972" PostId="14916" Score="0" Text="if you are planning on running a 3080 I would suggest also looking at the 11600, The 11400 is fine for a 1660 or even up to a  3060, but with a 3080 it'll be somewhat limited." CreationDate="2021-05-27T14:47:18.950" UserId="17263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
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