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I've got a NEC 20WMGX2 here, and I hate to throw it in the trash as it's a pretty nice monitor even now. It's about 11 years old now and surely has a LOT of hours as it was my primary monitor for many years, then got handed down since it was still going strong... When I plug it in, the power...

If anyone has a software cooling set up working on your Skylake (LGA1151) motherboard, I would be interested to know which board you bought so I can consider it for my next build. Meaning you can adjust the fan speed in the OS... using either Speedfan or some other software... and it adjusts the...

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If I recall it's good practice to maintain a free-space cushion of approximately 10-20% for optimum performance on an SSD. I understand that this free space could come from either an unpartitioned amount or an unused portion of a partitioned volume. But is this cushion number to be based on...

Theres various ways of doing it. Mailchimp is the easy way, its an e-mail marketing platform. Of course if you use a third party service like mailchimp, they just spoof your email address to make it look like you sent it, of course it came from their servers. That could lead to filtering...

Laser doesn't handle the pick up as well either. When I had a razer laser mouse, it would still track when i picked it up for a brief moment. Doesnt happen with optical, it stops detecting the surface after 1.5-2mm

I am not surprised that the OP happens to mention Razer when I clicked on this topic. I had a Razer copperhead and the click sensors started malfunctioning after almost a year. Razer provided a new one. I don't know why they don't seem to last. However the microsoft mice I have seem more...

my (free) shitty guide to drupal: 1. don't use bottom dollar shared hosting or your site will be trash 2. hack core to make it do what you want 3. hack modules to make them do what you want 4. NEVER UPGRADE THE INSTALLATION or you're gonna have a BAD TIME worked for me

An all-time list is hard to make, so I am not critical of the order in which these games are ranked. No one is going to agree on that... However what really concerns me is what games are on/off this list, namely: Total Annihilation isn't even there, a game that was about 10 years ahead of it's...

HandBrake 0.9.9.5470 - 32bit Version OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7600.0 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz Ram: 16269 MB x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 [21:15:01] work: average encoding speed for job is 195.117599 fps

I just observed an odd scenario where Windows had unexpectedly cached some data, I was very surprised and don't know exactly how it worked. Here's what happened: -I viewed (in VLC, a media player) a 3.5GB video file from a USB device, which only has a transfer rate of 25MB/s. -I then closed...

These PSU's are especially useful for making sure you upgrade at regular intervals. Once they short out all of your components, it removes that worrying question of whether the latest generation chip is a worthy upgrade and helps you pull the trigger. Highly recommended

gtx460 and 3770k puts me squarely at 75w

This depends. If you are just going to be encoding a large file and come back to it later, then sure it doesn't matter as much. Only a professional is going to fully realize these gains. But consider these scenarios: Lets say you are working on a video project and need to render a preview of...

I replaced my core 2 duo e6600 last month, and didn't really need to. Just for kicks I guess. Even though nothing was wrong it seemed like it was about due. So 2007 to 2013. Fact is, there hasn't been any PC games come out I really like that have motivated me to upgrade. It would have to be...