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Changed to budget of $250
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Hi all, I am looking to buy a new gaming headset for someone and the budget is anything under $250. It needs to be compatible with PC at minimum but if it is compatible with PS5 and Xbox also that would be nice. I would prefer wireless, but wired is also okay as long as it is a nice headset. Sound quality is definitely the first priority over anything else. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated
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Hi all, I need to be able to run a switch outside because I have a couple of ethernet devices that will plug into it. I have a switch flex mini laying around so I would like to be able to use that if possible. My idea was to place the switch in a weatherproof enclosure since its not weatherproof. My only concern is it states the operating temperature can only be -5 to 45° C (23 to 113° F). In my area the temperature can get to 0° F and sometimes a bit below. Would it be possible to still use this switch? Any ideas would be great!
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Best Laptops around $1000
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Update: I was given a Dell Inspiron 14 5400 2 in 1 - 14 Inch FHD Touchscreen, Intel Core i7, 12GB Memory, 512GB SSD laptop from a family member. I think that should be good for me.- 11 replies
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I think it could be a potential laptop. I was looking at the Lenovo ThinkPad and ThinkBook series and also the Dell XPS. Which of the two would you recommend?- 11 replies
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Oh lol I did not realize they had a lot of problems AMD is fine also. I just have not heard much about their laptop chips. The desks at my college are extremely tiny so I have a 13 inch laptop currently and it fills the whole table top.- 11 replies
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@BiotechBen @Shimejii I live in the US and also I'm a cybersecurity major. So far what I've needed to use my laptop for in college was for Python coding and Wireshark. Not sure what the future will hold though. For specs an i5 or an i7 is fine and I would rather have good battery life over having a graphics card in the system. 8 Gigs is probably okay for my use case but I really would prefer 12 or 16. For storage I think anything over 500GB is reasonable. For size I would say 15" is my absolute max with 13 & 14 inch laptops preferred. Do all razers have problems or is it just the ones with dedicated graphics cards? Also I had a feud with HP in the past so I hate them now and will no longer support them- 11 replies
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Hi all- I am looking to get a new laptop for college and my budget is anything around $1000. I was looking for a windows machine as that is what my school mostly uses. I do not really need it for any type of gaming since I have a desktop but if it can that would be a plus. I was thinking something like the Razer Book or Blade since I like the big trackpad like the Apple MacBooks but if theres anything similar I would also consider it. I was also thinking the Framework Laptop Kit could be a possibility. What do you guys think? I am open to used laptops - the Razer Blade would most likely need to be used. Also for some reason I can't find the Razer Book at MSRP it seems like people are scalping the price on them for some reason. Input is greatly appreciated
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I played around with the channel settings a little bit and I got it to work. Now I am seeing 500Mbps+ when a couple of feet away from the access points. There is this new weird issue happening though on my IoT network. My google Nest Hub keeps creating random MAC addresses. It created 3 so far... I click "forget" and they come right back. Theres no traffic going through it either.
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THATS IT!! Increasing from 40Mhz to 80Mhz increased my speed from 200Mbps to 300Mbps and when I pushed it to 160Mhz it went up to 400Mbps - through two walls! EDIT: Nvm the 400Mbps was a fluke. I ran the test a second time and it went right back to 300Mbps. Disappointing
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Hi all I have a couple of Ubiquiti WiFi 6 Long range and Lite Access Points around my house and after setting them up I found I was only able to get between 200Mbps to 300Mbps maximum. I set them up with most of the settings on default or auto. These access points should easily be able to do 500Mbps+ (which is also my internet speed). I did an environment scan (see picture), so maybe theres too much congestion on a channel? But my access points are around channel 48 and theres no 5G interference around those channels?? I ran the speed test on a 5Ghz Network. I am not sure what the problem could be? Also I'm new to Ubiquiti gear so its likely I missed something.
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Plex Server / NAS on a budget
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What antenna setup do you guys have? I think this is the way I'll go in the future. -
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Thank you for the input and that parts list. Will definitely take a look at the parts when I go to build it! -
Plex Server / NAS on a budget
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I did a lot of research and decided to go with the UNRaid path. I actually don't know how much real transcoding will be going on. Like you said it seems like maybe a lot of direct play. I love this analogy I am mainly going to use this machine for just the NAS and for Plex and I have another "desktop in a server chassis" machine that I can use to play around with linux or whatever I decide to use it for. It's a 2U and it has an i5 9600 and 16 GB of ram and a 500GB ssd. Plenty for what I'll end up using it for for now, but like you said who knows what the future will hold... So it seems like I'll end up selling the HP server because of the power consumption and go with some regular consumer parts. -
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What do you think about the Live TV feature on Plex? Also thank you for the other information on transcoding and about the GPU! -
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@LIGISTX This was the original server I was planning to build but it is a little too expensive and seems overkill. CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S 46.44 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital Red Plus 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital Red Plus 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital Red Plus 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital Red Plus 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital Red Plus 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital Red Plus 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1650 G5 4 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS PLUS 850 Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Wired Network Adapter: Intel X550-T2 2 x 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter Custom: Unraid Plus OS Case: Rosewill 4U Server Chassis RSV-R4000U -
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Oops I forgot to mention that my house is run for 10GbE CAT6A. So when adding movies to plex make sure they are already in 4K? Or don't store 4K at all? My original plan was to have the 2 parity drives. I have a mac mini with a 16TB WD External HDD to back up the server. Should be good enough for my purposes. Yeah I've read a lot about both of them and it seems like most people are recommending UNRaid over TrueNAS because its more simple for first time users to comprehend also. I think UNRaid is the way I will go. This is something to consider, I don't really see myself adding more drives in any time soon either so that benefit of UNRaid doesn't seem like a huge benefit to me. Do you think TrueNAS is a better choice? So would it be better to get a higher tier CPU and no GPU or get a lower tier CPU or mid-tier and a GPU? I don't right now so I would either need to buy someone's used system on eBay or buy new parts and build something. I actually was originally planning on using a Dell DL380 Gen9 server for this which I upgraded to have 28 cores, 56 threads, 64gb of ddr4, a P440 SAS Card, and a 10Gb SFP+ NIC but after a bit my family realized the fans it has in it are way too loud even though its in the basement. Also power consumption is a bit high on it. If there's a way to quiet it down a bit I would actually like to use it. Would you reccomend SSDs for a cache drive? I was thinking like 2 Samsung 980 1TBs or something similiar. -
Hi all, I am looking to build a new NAS / Plex Server. I talked about it in the past before but I never ended up making anything due to budget constraints, but now I have the money to spend on one. I am a noob when it comes to the UNRaid / TrueNAS so I am not sure which I should pick. I want the NAS portion for picture storing and some game file storing, like save on one computer to the NAS and then pick back up on another computer. Like maybe install my Steam library to the NAS. For the PLEX portion there will be times where 3 people are streaming at the same time at 4K resolution (Apple TVs). I am looking for some advice on what specs I should be looking for... I would prefer to buy some used hardware to save some money if possible. I already have 6 WD RED Plus 4TB HDDs for this NAS. What RAID settings should I use? 1 redundant or 2 redundant drives? Why pick UNRaid over TrueNAS or vice versa? Does PLEX benefit from a GPU? Would an RTX 2060 be fine for this? Thanks for any help
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Yup that worked!
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Best Battery Backup around $300
PenguinMaster replied to PenguinMaster's topic in Servers, NAS, and Home Lab
Hi all, Thanks for your advice. I ended up getting two APC SMC1500C as they met my power requirements, price requirements, and also have network abilities. This is more of a redundant setup because there is an LG chem battery from our solar on our house that backs up the data outlet so this is more meant to bridge the gap between when the power goes out and the LG Chem kicks on. -
I traced it back to some of the files it was calling for and it created these weird files in Users Also no this isn't a virus this is a fresh copy of windows with only a very few reputable programs installed.
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I did that and the prompt is still showing up. Very strange. It is definitely related to Visual Studio though.
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Hi When I start my PC after rebooting or shutting down, I always get a prompt that says "how would you like to open this file". So I picked Notepad to see what it was, and this is the dialogue it gave me. It happens every single time I start the system. I think it has to do with Visual Studio? But I am not sure. Does anyone know how to stop this? I am using windows 11. Edit: I had to create a paste bin link because the whole notepad output didn't fit in the post https://pastebin.com/uWr9YDgZ
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