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That should work yes, your TV requires a VESA 200x200 mount and that's what that is. Either the TV, and/or the mount, should include the required M6 screws.

There are a few options. A repeater, or mesh setup might work, if it's sufficiently powerful, but that might be too far still. It would be more likely to work than a single powerful base station in the house though, which I guess is another potential option. I suspect the best case would be to run an ethernet cable and setup a separate access point where you want the signal to be, but I'm not sure if this is something you can easily do, as it may involve quite a lot of digging and other hassle. Using something like the super long distance wifi LTT has shown off before, you could also beam it over wirelessly, but that might be rather expensive. I don't recall exactly what those units cost but I have a feeling it was a fair bit.

I'm glad you found a solution in the end. I am not at all surprised to hear of your issues with Netflix. I've run into a number of them myself, and have heard similar stories from others. They seem to have quite a bad reputation for locking down quality and/or features based on completely arbitrary and irrelevant aspects of how you've chosen to access the content, I assume in the name of DRM. If you have any additional issues in the future, I'd advice finding other ways to access the content you are trying to enjoy. If they won't provide an acceptable level of service, your right as a consumer is to look for someone or something else that will, and I always encourage people to do this.

I have a bit of a write-up on a potential option here: https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/265114-ryan_vickers/?status=269909&type=status The comments include additional information beyond that provided in the OP. Please keep in mind the limitations so you can judge if this is right for you or not. They are quite affordable, but even a free product can be bad value if it doesn't do what you need.

This could be a completely inaccurate impression, but I feel like the PC gaming enthusiast community has grown dramatically over the years, and to people who are more focused on just the gaming and not so much the hardware/software other general tech knowledge, and with that would come increased awareness and in turn, concern, through the mechanism I proposed earlier. That's just my guess though

I think it's only natural to want to get the most out of your system and be sure you're not wasting its potential, so the obsession probably comes from that combined with a lack of understanding. To the uninitiated, I can imagine bottlenecks are viewed as very exact things that can be measured down to the single percent and components must be chosen precisely to maintain this balance. In reality of course, it's far more flexible than this, due (among other reasons) to the fact every game has different demands, and even one game can vary in its requirements from frame to frame, so getting things only very roughly in the right class as each other is all that's necessary.

I suspect the spike you are seeing is just that - a spike caused by opening the program - and isn't indicative of a constant load on the CPU. To verify this, you could look at temperatures and power consumption to verify that they are the same with and without task manager open. You could also attempt to rule out malware that's hiding its behaviour by pausing execution when it detects task manager has been opened by trying a different system monitoring tool.

No, there are too many platform-specific things. The program will be referring to specific paths (C:\Program Files, etc.) that don't exist on the Mac, it will be trying to call/run system functions and libraries and commands that don't exist, etc.

Have you checked other specs? There is more to it than just the raw output in watts. For example, it's possible they are using higher quality components, as you alluded to. It may also be that the rack units have much larger batteries. Looking at the specs for two similar units from CyberPower, I see a similar price discrepancy but I believe this makes up some of the reason.

Why do you want a game that comes with a benchmark? Why not just use a purpose-made benchmark?

I second the KVM, although I do not know if they would work with a console. I suppose it depends how the KVM is designed. If it passes the devices through fully transparently, it should work without issues, but if it works as a hub and obscures the devices in some way, and/or needs special drivers, I would imagine the PS4 would cease to see the peripherals through it.

It is fine unless your case has terrible airflow. It shouldn't ever reach more than 90 C. That said, of course there is something to be gained by upgrading with regard to overclocking potential. Speaking of which, I'd advise giving the settings a poke anyway. See my story here: https://linustechtips.com/main/profile/265114-ryan_vickers/?status=257368&type=status

I can't imagine it would have any impact at all. The video card is basically a self-contained system consisting of an equivalent of the motherboard+CPU+RAM, if you'd like to think of it that way. Now, different cards using the same GPU will overclock better or worse (or at least used to) given different quality power delivery (among other things), as you'd expect (thus furthering the analogy).

It's worth noting that high RPM is less necessary with high capacities because the whole point of that is to get more bits flying under the needle per second, but by packing more bits into the same space, that is inherently achieved anyway without even increasing speed. I think a lot of the 7200 RPM obsession is a hold over from 10+ years ago where it really mattered, but I would bet that a 5400 or 5900 RPM drive from today, which is going to be at least 1 or 2 TB+, would outperform a 7200 RPM drive from back then when sizes were more likely to be 300 GB or less.

You can set your PC to sleep when away for 10+ minutes or whatever the default or desired behaviour was from your Mac. The following all applies as much to the PC as it did to your Mac. You shouldn't think of the PC as more delicate or requiring a different way of using it. All hardware, whether it's a PC or a Mac, wears out (or "gets damaged", though I don't like that wording) slowly over time with use. Leaving it on all the time will wear the hardware more than if it sat off for the same time, but it's probably better than cycling on and off constantly. That said, I'm referring more to repeated use throughout the day. For long breaks, such as overnight, you should turn it off or at least put it to sleep, there's no reason to keep it going in such a situation. The worst part about leaving it on all the time, with regards to a laptop in particular, is the increased accumulation of dust in the vents that will eventually need cleaning. As for the battery, those do wear out over time, but whether the machine is on all the time or not is not going to affect that particularly afaik. They are mostly worn out simply by using them, or by staying plugged into the wall at all times, maintaining a status of constantly topped up.

I was gonna ask why this is so controversial, but I instantly realized, it's probably no moreso than any other ingredient. People are going to be divided on that, that's just how tastes are - different. The real question is why is this particular debate so much of a meme, and not anchovies, or peppers, or mushrooms, etc.?

There isn't much to go on, but it feels like it's not the panel itself, nor the GPU, and also not the internal connection between them (that's just not how displays act if the HDMI, DP, etc. is loose). It's also definitely not a software thing, so I guess that just leaves the connection from the display driver to the panel (or perhaps the driver/controller chip itself). That is a thing, right?

This is literally just a desktop with a display for a side panel and an attached keyboard lol

I can personally confirm that both XP and Win 7 do support USB input (mice, keyboard, etc.). If you are having problems they must be related to your specific setup. It could be an issue with a USB 3 port or controller as mentioned above, or with the device itself if it requires certain drivers. It could even be an issue with the hardware if it doesn't start working after installation. What computer are you using (desktop/laptop, motherboard, etc.)? Can you tell us if there are any USB 2.0 ports available, and/or if there are any PS/2 ports (pictured below) and peripherals you could connect to them, either directly or using an adapter?

While I appreciate the vote of support, I absolutely have not provided the "best answer" here so OP feel free to change that please

I have heard this mentioned before but I do not have a lot of information on whether it's true or what the timescale might be. I personally have a drive that I power on only occasionally every few weeks or even months and have not noticed any issues yet. As for HDDs, I agree about not letting them sit for too long. I have heard that it can be bad for them, and in fact this may be true of any mechanical device. However, there's something to be said for not cycling them on and off too much either as this is also bad. Although a lot of runtime would surely take a toll eventually, I think the ideal situation is to just turn them on and leave them on as much as possible. Of course I know this isn't exactly feasible for every situation (a backup drive for example), but something to keep in mind. As an anecdote, that's what I've done with the main drive in my system which is rather old now in terms of sheer hours but still works perfectly.