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  1. LuculentCookie
    This may be just my own computer, but is anyone else experiencing a website block from Malwarebytes when trying to open the geni.us link?
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    I have my PC sitting on top of a wooden desk and the hard drive resonating through it does get annoying. The only reason it's on my desk is to look through the window, so I might put it on the floor. Thing is, it's a secondary drive so when it shuts off, it's pretty average noise levels. I think it's unnerving to not be able to hear anything working in your computer, and I couldn't get used to it.
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    Ah, I remember having this problem with a Windows 10 SSD. Do you mean that when you attempt to access it externally, it tells you that you don't have access to this folder? In this case, check out this forum: a) Right-click on the folder which you’re unable to access and select Properties. b) Click on ‘Security’ tab and under ‘Group or user names’ click on ‘Edit’. c) Click on ‘Add’ and type ‘everyone’. d) Click on ‘Check names’ and then click ‘OK’. e) Select ‘everyone’ and under ‘Allow’ select ‘Full control’ and click on ‘Apply’ and Click ‘Ok’. ( Source: bit.ly/29aKu1B )
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    I have an open desk. It's basically a slab of wood on two legs. Probably one of the worst types of desks for cable management and for someone with OCD. Cables were a huge issue for me; case in point, any time I'd put my foot on the wall from my chair, the HDMI cable would flip out and my screen would blank out. Not to mention the microphone has like a 30 foot cable since it's designed for studios. So I spent about 45 minutes, a shoebox and the box that my R9 380 came in and when I was done I had one power cable for my entire computer setup (tower, 2 monitors, speakers, peripherals) and one cord for my lamp under my desk. All the excess cord length is stuffed in a box behind the tower and shielded by view from my monitor. Point is, even if it's a ghetto cable management solution, as long as you don't have to look at it, it works fine (which is probably why you'd cable manage in the first place, right?). What cheap and/or easy solutions do you guys have?
  5. LuculentCookie
    Do what I'm doing and what the other guys are saying: Make a NAS and/or a good game server PC if you have servers for games.
  6. LuculentCookie
    Soldering kit and all. edit: wtf happened to the resolution
  7. LuculentCookie
    Oh hello again. You helped me yesterday with my game server choices and mentioned something about a low-power card that you could sell to me. Why not test it using one of those? Maybe you could rule out card failure/mobo failure.
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    I agree with what all of these other guys are saying. Do a fresh install of Windows on the new SSD and grab the essential files. When you say that it only supports 1 hard disk at a time, do you mean it only has 1 SATA port? That's an easy fix, just get an adapter for the drive ( http://ebay.to/1Pn0MAp ) and connect the drive via USB.
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    http://imgur.com/rTaiXCk (Sorry for imgur link, attach button broke for me)
  10. LuculentCookie
    Right, I will when the actual server PC comes along so I don't have to listen to it, but for now this is what I'm doing:
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    Yeah, I have TeamViewer on the current PC. It's just that the other monitor/keyboard/the actual PC is right next to me on my desk, so it's more convenient to reach over and type on the keyboard.
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    1. I totally forgot about PCIe risers 2. This PC is literally going to be put in my closet and never really interacted with too much, so you'd be right about aesthetics 3. I have a separate PC for my actual gaming; I just want this to host my servers for my friends so it doesn't put the strain on my main PC. 4. The only reason I mentioned Battlefront is because that was one of the demos in the $150 build and I was hinting to the CPU power. I'm not gonna try and play Battlefront on something with 32MB of VRAM
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    Wait, if I actually got one of the prebuilt cabinets, I'm not sure it would even have the clearance for a discreet graphics card, but if I did it myself I probably could. Of course that means trying to find a case that supports server stuff, which even Linus had trouble with.
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    Plus, now that I think about it, some of those old VGA to USB converters are essentially cards with like 128-256 MB of VRAM
  15. LuculentCookie
    That's all I really needed it for, plus something like Teamviewer for remote access but I'd assume that doesn't apply too much to the graphics card performance (unless, of course, you put Windows 7 on full Aero), so.
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    Yeah. The cabinet servers I looked at were dual Xeons which turned out to be $56 and another $40 shipping, which was right within my range and I'm assuming there has to be some type of graphics card in there, just for the interface and management.
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    Yeah, that's where I started looking at all of this. Considering that a pair of Xeons from 2007-ish could run Battlefront (with a 980 of course) I have a feeling they could easily run a server or two at a time.
  18. LuculentCookie
    Yeah, I read somewhere that 1. The Pentium D is actually pretty efficient and 2. clock speed > cores when running a server
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    Like I said, it's a Dell Optiplex 745 refurb. with (I think) a Pentium D. 2 cores, 3.4 Ghz clock speed RAM: 4GB of DDR2 (I forgot the clock speed on that, I think it was around 667 Mhz) and a really loud 250GB hard drive. Upgrading's probably possible with the RAM and drive but I'm not quite sure if there's a better CPU from 2003 or whenever this was made.
  20. LuculentCookie
    Okay, well if the cooler is just for looks like you said at the top of the forum, a keyboard might be better for you.
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    I need help.

    LuculentCookie replied to JohnF03's topic in Audio

    If your H390s have a USB interface, you can probably just disable the sound output to them in the Playback tab in the Sound window. Then enable the mic in the Recording tab and disable other recording sources listed there, and then enable whatever interface you're using to drive your Sennheisers on the playback tab.
  22. LuculentCookie
    Are you debating between either a keyboard or an air-cooling solution?
  23. LuculentCookie
    Hello all, I'm looking to create a custom PC to run a few games for my friends. I've been using Linus's $150 Gaming PC video as a reference since I thought it would be a good place to start because of the cheap Xeons. I have a few questions about this. Things to note: 1. I already have a spare dedicated PC for games. In case you're wondering, it's a Dell Optiplex 745 refurb. unit from eBay, and the only reason I got it was because it was about $100 and has a fast/efficient Pentium. This being said, I already know about my internet speeds and "oh, you need X amount of upload speed to do this and that". 2. This unit doesn't have to be insanely powerful. The things I would be running would be in the range of modded MC servers, some Terraria and other things in that tier. It doesn't have to be highly intensive. 3. My budget is somewhere around $100-$150 US. The reason I looked at his video was because I liked that price range. 4. I have other ways of getting a hard drive/OS, so if you recommend a prebuilt server, it doesn't have to have one. My questions: 1. Is this a good idea? I'd assume old server hardware was a good place to start since what I'm running is, in fact, a server. 2. Is it a better idea to take a prebuilt server like this: http://ebay.to/1TTRQpp ? I know Linus mentioned some oddities about fitting the mobo in a case and that might get difficult. Thanks to anyone who can help!
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