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Cheers man! You've explained a lot and left me with a lot to think about!

So in this situation, a regular router (with antenna pointed to the third floor) with a mesh satellite (at the window) could give me a solution, am I reading that right? My house is in an L-shape, single story kitchen out back and 3 stories out front, probably should have given that info! It's not really the work that bothers me, its more convincing the boss I need to ruin her vision of the house we just spent a fortune remodelling by running cable and conduit up through 2 floors!

House has a few concrete walls internally but all the floors are timber as far as I know and the top floor is the only dead spot. All the central heating and wiring run through the floors so had a feeling all the copper and whatnot might be impeding the signal. I'll be honest, I'm not mad about running cables from floor to floor because I wouldn't like to have cables or junction pipe up the walls hence why I was thinking of mesh. The signal is perfect until you're in the room on the top floor and even at that, phones and whatnot still have passable/useable wireless signal, its mainly things like chromecast which I'm guessing, has a worse WiFi set up than most other wireless things. This may sound stupid but the roof windows in my kitchen and a clean line of sight to the third floor, would running an access point from out there and another at the window of the top floor give me a better signal or is it just the verticality is the issue?

Hi all, First off, I'm a complete novice when it comes to network systems. Short of pluging in an ethernet or WiFi password and the occasional yet surprisingly effective off and on again fix, network tech is not my strong suit. I live in a concrete (block and poured), 3 floored, 1940's era but updated with a remodel home. Currently I am struggling to get a WiFi signal to the top floor. House is about 30-40 ft (10-13m) from ground to roof. Router is currently located ground floor. It's the usual modem/router combo from ISP. QUESTION: am I better to run a mesh in my house or will a better router give me the range I need? I get a weak signal up there but it struggles with streaming. No real black spots in the house as the WiFi runs out at the end of the garden which would be the same distance from the currently router as the top floor. Can't move router due to where the cable comes into the house which also runs my TV service. Ideally I will turn the IPS unit to a modem only and use either the new router or mesh just to give more range. Any advice is appreciated! Cheers

Thanks man! Confirmed what I thought but didn't know the details. Intel GPU is out as I'm 9-gen and Z390 so it's not compatible. I think I need to bump up my plans for a 30/40 RTX just cause I used to my nvidia software suit. Cheers buddy! Appreciate the help!

Hey all, I have recently had a house renovation completed where I have put HDMI cable runs behind the walls and the over ceilings. Needless to say, the length of some of the runs are quite long, at about 30 metres at the max end. I had a great plan of being able to run monitors, one at a time, off my computer in different rooms, but the cable runs appear to be too long for the signal. Admitted, I didn't take into account that my 2060 may be maxed about trying to broadcast over 30 meters when coming up with this hair brained idea. It works well on the shorter runs (5-15 metres), but artefacts like a mad thing after about 15–20 meters. So my question is it time to upgrade my GPU strictly for broadcast power (as all I play and watch TV is 1080p) or do I buy at signal booster and hope it works as the cable runs are of different lengths which I believe may cause signalling issues as per a bit of info I have gleamed from review websites (e.g. if I have 5 meters one side, I need to match with 5 meters on the other which I can't do as all the cables are bulk headed to walls). I'm strictly a rank novice when it comes to all things tech, so all advice is welcome, and I apologize for possible stupid follow-ups I may ask! Cheers!

I don't use a NAS so should be sweet. Here in Ireland for internet, 1gb is your limit but miracle if you'd ever see it

That's good to know. Being very uninformed about this stuff, It's good to know the burn in was a bit overstated

Thanks for the feedback! I don't consume a massive amount of HDR content, so the FV43U sounds ideal!

I keep hearing about having burning in an OLED screen before using it as a monitor and then burning static images on to them, surely this is bad for something I'm looking to use as a part-time monitor, no?

I suppose, but would still rather something without it. My real issue is I love my Samsung UE40EH5000 and if I could get a slightly bigger, brand new one of them, I'd be as happy as a stay dog with two members

I would imagine so! Ah good old Ireland is about 100 years away from having 10 Gbit domestic lines considering the former nationally owned telecoms company can only get 6 Mbit to my house as it stands!

Hi All, Just a simple one for you fine folks, I hate having tonnes of software pre-installed on pretty much anything I own, and I would like to use a 42-inch PC monitor as a TV/Monitor to be wall-mounted in an office / sitting room. Problem is, the two main ones I can readily access, ACER Predator CG437KSbmiipuzx and GIGABYTE AORUS FV43U, seem to get mixed reviews, but a lot of the bad review points comes down to the price of the unit for what you get. As all I want is a big-ish screen and no preloaded stuff, they seem to hit my sweet spot. The viewing angle will be directly in front of it, about 5 meters away. This screen will be used mainly for couch co-op with the kids and lots of sport viewing. The room it will be in is very open and bright, with a lot of natural light during the day. Has anyone used these or similar screens as what I intend to do with them? If so, are the good? I am not too majorly worried with the most sharpest ever picture as I have a 10+ year old Samsung LCD that I love and don't mind not having OLED / latest TV tech. I would also consider going slightly bigger and going with something like a PHILIPS Momentum 559M1RYV, GIGABYTE AORUS FO48U or LG UltraGear 48GQ900-B if someone has experience with them. Also has anyone bought a Digital Display / Business Display Board screen and used that as a Dumb TV? Any help / advice / friendly banter will be greatly received! Cheers

I've had a break in the work on my house, so decided to check the lines. I have a 500 mbps line to my house and on my current set up (internet company supplied router/modem) I get in and round 470 on Ookla on my desk top. I plugged in my extension lines in to test with a laptop, and I am getting a similar number (450-475) after a few tests, so for what I am using my internet for, looks like I got away with "Cat 7" doing what I need. In about 10 years when 5-10 gig lines are needed, and we get them here, I might be in trouble! Thanks for the input, guys! Will teach me to do more research next time, although I never plan on ever doing such an extensive remodel ever again!

Sweet! I've a feeling it's rebadged CAT 6 or 6A but it's behind a plastered wall so whatever it is, it'll have to do! Thanks for the reply!