JoostVisser

The audio delay is for the spectator, the person with VR has normal audio

I don't own speakers is the problem. I want a set but I'm still saving up for/researching proper quality ones.

So that sounds like a really weird question, and it is, but I do have a reason: I have a VR headset. The problem is that I don't have speakers, only headphones. So when I have a friend come over the only way afaik for us both to hear audio is to use the trick in this video to have windows output audio to both my normal headphones and the VR headphones. The problem is that the audio is delayed for about 0.9 seconds. It's fine for most games, but Beat Saber is quite jarring. So I was wondering if there is a way to delay the output to my display by 0.9 seconds so that the audio and video line up again. Or a different way to split audio that doesn't introduce delay?

Budget (including currency): TBD Storage capacity: TBD Country: Netherlands Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: storage and maybe a VM or 2 Our current family NAS is really nearing its EOL: it often takes 5 minutes just to load all the thumbnails of the images in a folder, so a replacement is long overdue. It seems fun to DIY it, so that's what I want to do. I'm pretty tech savvy but NAS tech is pretty much uncharted waters for me, so I'd love to get some advice on what components and software to use! SSD vs. HDD NAS? As I hinted earlier, the biggest problem our current NAS has is its speed. So I want a NAS that is as fast as possible, within reason of course. Ideally the new NAS would be able to saturate our gigabit home network (sustained). Preferably I'd use HDD's since they're much more affordable, but I also have size constraints (a rack-mounted NAS is out of the question). So is it feasible to achieve this "gigabit NAS" goal using just HDD's in a reasonably sized box or should I consider SSD's for the job? I understand this also depends on a RAID config and OS settings, so I'd love to hear the details on that as well! TrueNAS/Unraid/others? Next step is the OS. The two options I hear the most about are TrueNAS and Unraid. I imagine for a newbie like myself both options will function just fine, but I'd love to hear the main differences between them, in case I want to get more sophisticated in the future. P.S. Are there any others that might be more suitable? Other questions - What CPU should I be looking at? I'm assuming it doesn't need to be high-end, since it only has to do file transfers and maybe a lightweight VM or 2 in the future. - What would be suitable for a boot drive? I don't think it needs to be very big, but I might host some VM's at some point. - Should I be looking into ZFS, or is that not going to be worth the effort for a home NAS? - Can I just connect the drives directly to the motherboard via SATA, or do I need an HBA/RAID card? - In case I end up not choosing Unraid, what are the different RAID configurations, and what is the main difference between them? - Any other things I should look out for? I'd love to see some responses! Thank you for reading

I copied the folder to my local machine and both size and size on disk are ~144GB, with a delta of ~100MB so that's all good!

So many replies I can barely keep up! Thank you! from what I'm gathering here is that the difference has mostly to do with the file system. So I'm going to go ahead and assume that when I move the files to my local machine, the size on disk value will be a lot closer to the size value. @Eigenvektor I tested it with a .txt file and found that the cluster size is 256MB I think. I made a .txt of 12 bytes and it had a size on disk of 256MB @HanZie82 thank you! Definitely a helpful article @RONOTHAN## I have no idea if the NAS has snapshots turned on, but if it does that would be a very good explanation @porina if a file is referenced, say 3 times does it really take 3 times the storage on disk? Not entirely sure what you mean by streams, can you elaborate?

Hi all, I have this folder on my NAS that I want to copy to my local machine so that I can easily sort the files with a script. But the properties panel reports a "size" and a "size on disk". What's the difference between these and which one should I worry about? 144GB definitely fits on my local drive but 11.4TB definitely doesn't. Thanks a lot!

In that image it says that the manufacturer of your TPM is AMD. Does AMD make discrete TPMs or is it integrated in your processor? Because I have a 3600X and it says "Compatible TPM cannot be found" for me

So I recently put together a gaming PC for the first time. "yay!" and all that. I have an old PC with Win10 Pro activated on it, but I want to migrate that license to my new one. So how do I do this? I followed a tutorial on the Microsoft support website, one about re-activating windows after significant hardware changes. It mentioned that I should go to Settings -> Update & Security -> Activation -> Troubleshoot and follow the steps from there. Those steps include clicking "I recently changed hardware on this device" and selecting the device I'm using at the moment. Now, here is where the problem lies. This list of devices linked to my Microsoft account contains a grand total of 1 PC, which is my old one. The new one doesn't show up. I think it's because that tool is built for computers where the hardware changed. In my case (excuse the pun) the PC is made completely of new parts. Even storage and boot drive. So how do I migrate my license to my new PC? I'm not sure I'll be able to find my product key, because I did the free upgrade from Win7 thing, but Microsoft assured me that everything would be fine if I just linked my Microsoft account, which I did. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'll answer as many questions as necessary. (I won't respond for the coming 8-9 hours as of posting this tho, as it is currently 1 AM for me and I want to go to bed)

For the past year or two I've been saving up for a new computer. I've been updating my parts list all the time and until the Ryzen 3000 and Navi reviews I've had my eye on the i5 9600k and the RTX 2060 Super. My budget is around €1500 with a hard limit of €1600, meaning I won't go even €0,01 over €1600. I know I can get better performing parts for that money but I'd like to spend a little more money on quality parts rather than going for pure performance. Now that AMD has launched their new products I'm not really sure what to buy anymore. Note: All the prices mentioned below include tax, my budget does too. The webshop I want to buy my parts on is https://azerty.nl, the only decent IT hardware store I know of in The Netherlands, which is where I live. CPU First: The 3600X currently selling on Azerty for €269,00 and the 9600k for €235,05. Here are this things I'm considering when debating what CPU to buy: - Both will probably perform fine, but which one will age better? - The 9600k is well known for being able to overclock to 5GHz, is it worth it? - If I go for the 3600X, do I go for X570 or X470? - I'm currently not really considering streaming, but if I want to do that in the future, the 3600X will probably be better for that. - How good is the 3600X with overclocking? - Should I even consider overclocking? - According to the Tech Deals 3600X review, the 3600X performs basically the same as an 8700k, but is it still faster compared to a 5GHz overclocked 9600k? GPU next: The 5700XT is going for €498,84 (reference card) and the 2060 super is not yet being sold but the suggested retail price where I live is €424, Azerty will probably be a little above that. Here's what I'm considering: - Same as CPU, which one will age better? - I'm currently gaming on a 1080p monitor, but I'm considering a 1440p monitor in the future. - Do I want RTX capabilities? - I want an AIB card, so for the 5700XT I would have to wait a little longer for those. - Some 2060's have an USB-C port, which makes VR (which I want to buy in the future) a lot easier according to some people. - According to most reviews, the 5700X performs in between the 2060 Super and the 2070 Super. I will be adding bullet points in the future as I think of more things to consider, but what do you think is the best option for me? Do you think there are other things I need to consider? Any advise is much appreciated. Thanks!

I don't think mixing a 2080 with that CPU is a good idea. Either save up some money and get a 9700k or higher or one of the new AMD CPU's, or sell the 2080 and your old rig so you can buy a more modern, and faster system.

Alright, do you have any reccomendations?

The external HDD has a little over double the amount of files and folders

However both have hidden files displayed

I just Crtl+C, Crtl+V'd it