Hobgoblin101

I've never nervous to look at anything marketed as a TV, because I'm looking for low latency as well as high frame to frame clarity (no ghosting-inverse, ghosting, slow pixel response). I currently have a LG 27GP850-B, and I've finally gotten to a high enough skill that while playing 'Close Fast Strafes Invincible' on Kovaaks when the target changes directions I can almost see three copies of the target. (In this routine basically just a capsule moving randomly at about UFO screen test speeds, but ofc if you're tracking it perfectly then it switches directions, it's then going at double UFO speeds) So I'm really looking for something that's a big upgrade that I won't really need to do again for a while. I could upgrade to an Asus PG279QM, but it's such a minor upgrade for a high price I'm a lot more keen for QD-OLEDs.

Why do you think the only high refresh rate QD-OLED monitor on the market is an ultra wide? It seems like a odd marketing choice, I can understand only having one skew, that way they can more easily iron out the kinks of this new technology before they scale up production - but why an ultra wide? I would have thought if it was to test for the demand in the market a 16:9 would be a better initial product, that way they're targeting a larger segment of the market - plus 16:9 is often viewed as better for eSports as the extra peripheral pixels aren't really worth the added stress on your computer, plus it kills the ability to reasonable stream. It seems really weird to me, especially since I think the people most likely to adopt such a new technology would be eSports who will happily live on the bleeding edge for those cleaner high refresh rate frames. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts as to why Dell/Alienware chose to start off with an ultra wide? Plus how long do you think until we have a 16:9 version available on the market?

I have an nVidia (back when they used to write it like that) NV1 GPU, which to the extent of my research is the first ever GPU Nvidia produced. I feel like someone else would get a lot more pleasure out of owning it than me, so I was wondering if anyone has any tips for what I should do with it to find it a better home. Thoughts? Also in the event that I do sell it, what do you think it is worth? Side Note: I know there is a "classifieds" sub-forum for selling items, however this is a general question as to what I should do with it. Possibly someone might come up with an idea that I haven't thought of that isn't selling it that I would prefer. Also I haven't done 100 posts so I can't even create a post in that channel. Also it is currently on heatwave in case you want to look at the photos of it's current state. Link

Long story short I'm in the feasibility testing stage of making my own electric motorcycle, I know that isn't computer hardware, but where else will you get crazy water cooling other than LTT. I presume PC water cooling components are not designed to take any jolts or vibrations so I plan on having special TPU spacers for my rad and pump mounts to ensure vibrations aren't parsed through it - and I'll also have front forks and rear suspension to dampen sudden jolts, but there is no way to remove all jolts. Thus I'll need hardware that won't fall apart after the first pothole. FYI I'm trying to cool this 18kW DC motor, which when you think about the 18kW as being a CPU's TDP nothing would be able to cool it, however, most of that power is turning in to rotation rather than heat like a CPU so hopefully, a double or triple rad would do the job. I don't know how much of the energy will end up as heat, but for context Zero motorcycle's motors are upwards of 40kW and they are passively cooled via heat sinks.

Okay, new very important note. I humoured my self and tried plugging in a USB to see if I could get power... The answer is yes. When I plug in an ethernet I also get activity... There are no secondary storage devices connected...

The Foxconn board doesn't work... So I'm down to either a chines main board or throwing my mini-ITX case out the window.

(CPU & PSU are from an old build that worked perfectly, but I haven't used it in 5yrs)

The CPU & PSU is from an old build that I never use. The DDR3 I bought yesterday. The keyboard is old, but I double checked it workes. The CPU cooler is new, but it spins so it must work. The motherboard is 2nd hand of eBay... Also, I just reseated the CPU and it made no difference.

I have tried booting with everything plugged in, I have tried booting with only a power switch keyboard and HDMI. I have tried both HDMI and DVI display outputs. I have tried connecting a GPU and testing each of its ports. No matter what I do I can't get this thing to give me any output. I have also tried removing the battery for 1min and reinstalling which clearly did reset the BIOS because previously it was powering on whenever I plugged it in. To be explicit so far I have never gotten a display output for this board, monitors claim there is no connection. Also, fans spin up and stay until I power it off. Motherboard: Foxconn H67S CPU: i5-3470 Memory: 1x 4GB DDR3

I have a plex pass subscription. I'm not so worried about 'live streams' (aka. on-demand video streaming). It's just syncing a music library with over 3000 songs takes a long time when it re-encodes each one. Do you think having it idle in a CoolerMaster 110 case would affect thermals though? If not, since I already have it I may as well put it in right? Also, it's a 3rd gen CPU, so its hardware encoding is probably equally bad.

In the event that I don't win the bid there are a lot of unbranded boards from Hongkong available, is there anything, in particular, I should be watching out for in that regard?

I am thinking of trying an OEM copy of Windows 10 Pro (just using the key, I'll get the iso its self from Microsoft to ensure it isn't laced with anything dodgy). Partly because it's what I already know in depth so it'll be easy to use, but also I plan to run multiple other services that I develop on it, and possibly my own backup routine which'll be easier to develop for an OS I know. Plus I can remote desktop in to get a GUI without needing to connect any HIDs or monitors to my NAS. Whereas most Linux distros would rather I SSH in. Edit: Also if it's a windows OS then I can setup network drivers super easy, also in the case of my laptop, you can tell windows to generate an offline copy of a network folder which it'll then sync next time it can which'll be useful for my laptop and any school work.

Specifically, my 250 is https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/R7-250-1GD5-OC.html, so it'll fit in the space according to the dimensions.

It meant is it worth me putting in a R7 250 which I already own. Would it actually help that much with video encoding since it's a 4c 4c 3.2-3.6Ghz processor and it's a NAS so it won't be doing much else?

Also is it worth trying to cram in an AMD R7 250 into the case to help with video encoding for Plex? Or should I just save the space for more storage and better air flow?