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There are two types of PCIe bifurcation:
PCIe host bifurcation: the PCIe host handled the dividing of lanes through the motherboard or a special riser (Supermicro's are the ones I know about). These are what those M.2 accelerator cards (usually) use — x16 >> x4/x4/x4/x4. Most motherboards with two CPU x16 slots will split them out using this, too. PLX bifurcation: this is more akin to an Ethernet switch than true bifurcation. Splits the input bandwidth out to output ports. Can be split out to more lanes than are put in, but will be limited to the uplink bandwidth between all attached devices. Usually used to get Extreme™ PCIe slot arrangements on high-end motherboards. Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming GT is a good example. I'm not aware of any mass-market PLX risers (PLX chips are power-hungry and expensive anyways), so basically if the motherboard you have supports it (which can be hit-or-miss) and you can find a riser that meets your needs it (should) work.

Or you could just be buying headphones with awful construction. Beyerdynamics are usually built like tanks look at the dt990,dt770,custom one pro , and custom studio those are all mean to be abused if you break something you can go to the beyerdynamic website and just buy the part to replace it. Still wouldn't reccomend Sennheiser to you as you might be the type to slam stuff on the ground. Takstar pro 82 is super well built for a Chinese can, the m40x has great plastic build quality even better than the more expensive worse sounding m50x.fostex has always built tanks. You are honestly probably just looking at the wrong places

Buy the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro or 990 Pro.
I know the band looks fragile because of how small it is, but keep in mind that it's fully f***ing metal.
This adjustment band will BEND before breaking.
If you do however end up breaking something it'll most likely be the part connecting the metal band to the head cushion. (See: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/broken-beyerdynamic-dt-770-pro-what-to-do.567085/)
 
(Keep in mind Beyerdynamic's headphone EQ is slightly bassy and trebly, some people find it too sharp sounding)

You could get your self a pair of marvo headphones they are inexpencive and good sound and biuld quality

Yeah we definitely need more Freesync 2 monitors and none curved ones too. They'll come in time. 4K HDR high refresh rate will be sweet! 
 
Pixio PX277h
27" 1440p 144Hz IPS Freesync 2 HDR flat monitor 
 
This is the new monitor I plan to buy, really checks pretty much everything. Was looking at Samsung CHG70 before but it's curved. This one is flat. 

1440p is QHD, not UHD which is 4k btw
 
AOC U2879VF 28”Class LED 4K Monitor 3840x2160, 300cd/m2, 10Bit Color, FreeSync, VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0163JLIWU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apu_LQKvBbMBNQX9W

^ Also, high refresh rate on 4k is still barely existent.

You have to go to Linus' house and perform Flash Dance for him. Or alternatively bring a group of people with you and perform West Side Story in front of his house. 

You have to go to Linus' house and perform Flash Dance for him. Or alternatively bring a group of people with you and perform West Side Story in front of his house. 

He shows up about 4 minutes in but the video over-all is great  When they were singing commercial tunes I had to laugh because I remember doing that myself. To the exact commercial they were doing it for.

He shows up about 4 minutes in but the video over-all is great  When they were singing commercial tunes I had to laugh because I remember doing that myself. To the exact commercial they were doing it for.

I"m not offering to help. I'm offering suggestions, but I'm pretty sure you got that already.  It's not reasonable for me to step forward in that regard. I am an unproven person with around 80 posts to his name. There are far more engaged people on this community than I am, have been, or likely ever will be who would be far better choices.
 
As for what you said about chat only being meant for link communication; that is a very negative view.  In many cases it would be considered dangerous. Especially in the case of a live show. A live show where even just a single bit of direct engagement with it's active community/viewership occurs can go a very long way towards bringing in more viewers, and thus more revenue, and more opportunity.
 
Here are two scenarios for you to consider.
 
1. The Wan show as it is now; Linus and Luke are going through topics, and they ask the viewers what they think about a certain issue or topic. They put up a straw poll, and link to it 12+ times in a row to make sure it covers an entire page because chat is moving too fast for anyone to reasonably see it posted once.  At the same time one person in chat posts an ascii art of 'dickbutt' and another does hitler. The bot takes a few seconds to catch and delete this and by the time it does, the natural and uncontrolled flow of chat already has it spammed off of the screen anyway. So they spam the link even more.  This whole process takes place wordlessly within the space of about 5 seconds and no thought is given to the fact that it happened because it is accepted as the norm.  The poll does get votes, and is addressed within a few minutes, the show goes on.  but the chat room is still the equivalent of the /b/ board on 4chan.
 
2. The Wan Show as it could be; Linus and Luke are again going through topics, since slow mode is set to, oh lets say 30 seconds, and R9K is off, The straw poll link is shared once. and is on the screen long enough for active participants to see it and click on it. Perhaps they may have to briefly scroll chat back to it, but they saw it long enough to know it's there and know what it is.  If necessary chat could be slowed even more, say 45 seconds, briefly and then changed back if necessary.  People vote and the results are shared as before, however due to chat being actively controlled something else happens.  Linus and Luke can actually see and follow chat. 
Due to the fact that people are forced to consider their words for at least 30 seconds at a time, they are putting more thought into what they say. A viewer has an interesting perspective that isn't on the poll.  Luke or Linus see it because the flow of chat is controlled, They think this person has an interesting point, so they say so on air.  "here are the results of the poll. it's interesting that people see things that way, bla bla bla"  "Another thing to consider is what AwesomeGirl335 pointed out in the chat which is..."
 
Other people in the chat see that AwesomeGirl335 said something relevant that required brain cells to think of. And because chat was moving at a controlled pace it was noticed, and because she had something useful to say and it was of interest she was acknowledged on air.  The thought of being a positive, thoughtful and active participant is drilled into the subconscious of other people watching and chatting. This coupled with the average human desire to be noticed  naturally causes the environment to become more positive. And while this event may only occur once per show or even every few shows, people who watch the archive later notice the engagement and it encourages them to watch the WAN Show. it encourages them to check out the sponsors, and if they weren't aware of the youtube/vessel channels, it encourages them to give those a look as well. Because perhaps they found out about LTT/LMG view the WAN Show and not the other way around.
 
I cannot say that LTTGhost is doing a good or bad job.  If LTTGhost is the only active human moderator present during the show I can say that it is a very bad thing. Ideally there should be 3 to 5 active human moderators present for the duration of the show based on it's average viewership and how fast the chat moves and they should be silently controlling the flow of chat.
 
 For example; giving someone a verbal warning causes an opportunity for confrontation, while giving them a 10 minutes timeout because they decided to say something ridiculous about hitler sends the message that what they said is not welcome and there will be no discussion on it ever. They realize this and start to become more positive, or they leave and a negative influence is removed. As well, if the chat is moving slow enough, people can see the notices like 'user X was timed out' or 'user Z was banned"  They would likely have seen what that user posted. And they will then fully understand what if they're going to spam a name or brand name, they need to take a few minutes to calm down, and that if they post Patrick's Dick, they are not welcome to come back. This will prevent others who were thinking of doing it, from even trying. While some still will, their numbers will naturally dwindle, leaving only the positive members of the community in place.
 
These same positive community members are the same people who are more likely to visit sponsor pages, and use affiliate codes and links and be natural directors for the flow of the chat room and the community as a whole. Some of these people will bridge over to and/or from the forums (which are great) and the community will grow in a positive manner. and yet again, more viewers, will mean more sponsors and more opportunities for LMG.  all because they decided to guide and occasionally engage with a live audience.
 
Likewise chat speed is maintained on the fly based on how many people and how many messages are coming through to ensure that the average person can naturally read it while still watching the show

I like the WAN Show, it's great.  Even with it's constant technical issues, and the fact that it rarely starts 'on time' it tends to be great. Though most of the time it has news and info I heard earlier in the week, getting a different perspective on it is great. As well as the fact that Linus and Luke are are often able to go into more detail on a story with some technical knowledge or experience related to the topic. It is worth waiting for, whether it starts on time, or 20+ minutes late.
 
But I think it can be better
 
A bad part about the WAN Show is Twitch Chat.   Twitch chat unfortunately in most cases, across most channels is a shit show. It is consistent of people posting ASCII art of Hitler or genitalia and what not, or people spamming the same useless text or message over and over in some vain attempt to be noticed on the internet. A big part of why this happens is that these channels are have no moderation, or very little. 
That coupled with the fact that productive members of chat rarely get acknowledged on-air causes a reduction in those people participating in the chat and making it positive and useful.
 
As things currently stand it's not reasonable to expect Luke or Linus to do that because chat goes by so fast that it's barely worth reading for anyone that is an active part of the WAN Show's production, let alone other viewers in the chat.
 
Here's where actual moderation comes into play, and it does not take much at all.
 
This is an example for a channel I moderate (along with other moderators)  And I should say right now. I am not campaigning to be a mod on the WAN Show. I am not around often enough for that to be reasonable, I have not proven myself in any way shape or form in regards to the LTT Community, and in the end, anyone can do this;
 
1. use R9KBeta:
This command will prevent any user from posting a message containing the exact same text within 10 seconds of the same message being posted by themselves or anyone else.
For example
 
Bob notices that the WAN Show is late to start. So he says 'LinusLateTips'
Jeff either notices this too, or notices what Bob said and tries to post the exact same thing; Twitch chat tells his message is too similar to another one. Jeff gets annoyed for a few second and is forced to use his brain and actively participate.  
 
This process is fairly passive. Jeff is most likely going to wait a bit longer, thing of something similar to say,and possibly more relevant and the fact that he said something different will encourage other people to ether talk directly to him, or about the new topic he started.
 
For example, after Bob sends his message to chat, Jeff says 'I wonder why Linus is late so often, and why the intro sound is disabled, do they have a noise gate they don't know how to work?"
Then Jeff and other members of chat are involved in a discussion about noise gates and streaming tech as they wait for the show to start.
 
 
 
The majority of the arguments against R9KBeta are 'I can't say what I want to say'   and the response to that is that 'If someone said it 10 seconds before you did in the exact same text, then it's not worth hearing, because it was already heard.  Think it over and share a new perspective, be an active and mindful participant in the community.
 
 
 
 
2. Use Slow Mode
This one is self explanatory in what it does, but it's use is massively underestimated in it's effectiveness.
The channel I assist in moderating streams for an average of 7 hours on each stream 4 to 5 days every weak.  Sometimes those streams go on for 9 hours. It's a gaming related stream, and on most streams maximum viewership peaks at 10,000 viewers and there are usually still 6000 left when the stream ends (which i usually at 3AM PST).
 
It is often regarded as one of the most productive, welcoming and positive communities on all of Twitch and in the history of Twitch.  This was occurring long before I even started watching it, let alone become a mod of it.
 
The second biggest contributor to this is the usage of slow mode.  Keep in mind that this channel is partnered and can easily be put into subscriber mode (I'll go into that next).
All we do on most nights is do a quick judgement call based on how many people are present and how fast chat is moving and the basic guideline we follow is this:
 
Is chat moving too fast for the channel host to follow and engage with his community?  We watch him on screen and if we see his eyes darting back and forth between the game and chat, we can tell his trying to follow and having trouble so we slow it down without a word to or from him.  Most of the time we have slow mode set to 30 seconds.  Even with 10,000+ people present.  It is very impressive how much forcing a person to think about what their saying for 30 seconds will change the dynamic of a discussion, allow for host to community engagement, and overall have a positive impact on the community.
 
The usage of R9KBeta and Slow Mode set to a mere 30 seconds has an active group of ten thousand people in chat all having positive discussions among each other with almost no bickering or insulting occurring, and most of those are immediately resolved among the participants because the time they have to wait to talk again causes them to evaluate their words and the words of others. We as channel moderators rarely have to even say a word or lift a finger. The problem i solved in brief time it took for us to notice it.
 
In 2 months I have had to perma-ban one single person for posting a link to an adult website and timeout another person for spamming a name in caps (he wanted the streamer to play as a certain character).
 
Otherwise my actions have consisted of setting the amount of seconds applied to slow mode, enabling or disabling R9KBeta in certain cases, and preparing / posting straw polls in chat.
 
 
 
 
3. Straw Poll
Straw poll is used often on the WAN Show, however just as often viewers are asked to spam "1" or "2" to indicate a choice.  This is absolutely horrible and encourages bad behavior (spamming for example)
A host asking people to spam a number is a clear indicator that they cannot follow chat and therefore they have lost control of the chat.  If they are doing a live show and they lose control of their audience they have lost engagement.  Keep control at all times.  This is simply done by making people think about what their saying.  Always use a polling service when soliciting the opinions of your viewership. StrawPoll is often the best choice because either the hosts or moderators can set it up and share the link within seconds.
 
 
 
4. Subscriber Mode
The Wan Show does not have a subscriber button, however because it has all other partnered features it isn't exactly a hidden fact that this could be gained by Linus simply contacting Twitch, asking for it and immediately receiving it. If he asks for it, it will be given to him; that's a given. And if that happens that's great. It's extra revenue to provide higher quality videos more coverage, and if necessary, pay the salary of more staff, be they related to the WAN Show or any other facet of LTT/LMG.  
 
As to the usage of Subscriber Mode, using it sparingly is it's most effective use, and using it as a tool and not a thread or a method of disclusion (I made that word up) is it's most effective use.
 
For example the channel I assist in moderating rarely uses subscriber mode.  The only two times it is ever used is if the channel gets hosted and raided and we (as moderators) need to quickly re-establish control. In these cases because the existing community is so positive often all we have to do is turn it on for about 5 minutes and existing subsribers will continue talking and provide a few details for the newcomers who can't chat. Usually just forcing them to view the flow of discussion from current community participants is enough for them to get a handle on how conversation flows in the channel and they almost immediately become positive participants. Newcomers are frequently surprised by how orderly and positive discussion is in spite of so many people being present and sub mode being off most of the time.
 
The second occurrence it gets used in is if the channel owner is playing an anticipated game or a game with some sort of new content or anticipated update. This attracts more viewers however it attracts more trolls. When the stream starts he advises the community that we will start in subscriber mode and apologizes for it. Why does he apologize? Because as he puts it every single time; 'It stops a lot of you really awesome people from talking to me and everyone else, and maybe you just can't subscribe, but you come here every night and support us just be watching. So I hate cutting you off like this"  He then follows by reassures them that it is only temporary and the mods will be taking it out of slow mode multiple times to keep a handle on things and let more people talk as they (we) weed out the trolls.
 
 
 
 
While the flow of his 'shows are different he regularly manages to engage directly with his community in spite of having 10,000+ people present on most nights.
It is amazing how powerful it is to have someone mention you or another person watching the stream in a direct manner, and regularly.
This does happen on the wan show however due to the fact that chat is an uncontrolled mess there. It does not happen as often as it could, or should.  and this could easily change with two simple commands:
 
 
/r9kbeta
/slow 30
 
Usually after that you barely have to touch anything.
 
If anyone from LMG is interested in knowing what this mysterious channel I keep referring to is, send me a private message here.  I am intentionally not linking to it because I don't want to come across as advertising for him. If you find the time you can check out his stream when it's live and see how incredibly effective the moderation is, and how positive and engaged the community is in spite of it's size.
 
The WAN Show is awesome. but it can be be better, and it should be better, and this can be accomplished easily. As always, I am looking forward to the next show. LMG is awesome.
Thank you for all who took the time to read this incredibly long opinion.
 
 

I like the WAN Show, it's great.  Even with it's constant technical issues, and the fact that it rarely starts 'on time' it tends to be great. Though most of the time it has news and info I heard earlier in the week, getting a different perspective on it is great. As well as the fact that Linus and Luke are are often able to go into more detail on a story with some technical knowledge or experience related to the topic. It is worth waiting for, whether it starts on time, or 20+ minutes late.
 
But I think it can be better
 
A bad part about the WAN Show is Twitch Chat.   Twitch chat unfortunately in most cases, across most channels is a shit show. It is consistent of people posting ASCII art of Hitler or genitalia and what not, or people spamming the same useless text or message over and over in some vain attempt to be noticed on the internet. A big part of why this happens is that these channels are have no moderation, or very little. 
That coupled with the fact that productive members of chat rarely get acknowledged on-air causes a reduction in those people participating in the chat and making it positive and useful.
 
As things currently stand it's not reasonable to expect Luke or Linus to do that because chat goes by so fast that it's barely worth reading for anyone that is an active part of the WAN Show's production, let alone other viewers in the chat.
 
Here's where actual moderation comes into play, and it does not take much at all.
 
This is an example for a channel I moderate (along with other moderators)  And I should say right now. I am not campaigning to be a mod on the WAN Show. I am not around often enough for that to be reasonable, I have not proven myself in any way shape or form in regards to the LTT Community, and in the end, anyone can do this;
 
1. use R9KBeta:
This command will prevent any user from posting a message containing the exact same text within 10 seconds of the same message being posted by themselves or anyone else.
For example
 
Bob notices that the WAN Show is late to start. So he says 'LinusLateTips'
Jeff either notices this too, or notices what Bob said and tries to post the exact same thing; Twitch chat tells his message is too similar to another one. Jeff gets annoyed for a few second and is forced to use his brain and actively participate.  
 
This process is fairly passive. Jeff is most likely going to wait a bit longer, thing of something similar to say,and possibly more relevant and the fact that he said something different will encourage other people to ether talk directly to him, or about the new topic he started.
 
For example, after Bob sends his message to chat, Jeff says 'I wonder why Linus is late so often, and why the intro sound is disabled, do they have a noise gate they don't know how to work?"
Then Jeff and other members of chat are involved in a discussion about noise gates and streaming tech as they wait for the show to start.
 
 
 
The majority of the arguments against R9KBeta are 'I can't say what I want to say'   and the response to that is that 'If someone said it 10 seconds before you did in the exact same text, then it's not worth hearing, because it was already heard.  Think it over and share a new perspective, be an active and mindful participant in the community.
 
 
 
 
2. Use Slow Mode
This one is self explanatory in what it does, but it's use is massively underestimated in it's effectiveness.
The channel I assist in moderating streams for an average of 7 hours on each stream 4 to 5 days every weak.  Sometimes those streams go on for 9 hours. It's a gaming related stream, and on most streams maximum viewership peaks at 10,000 viewers and there are usually still 6000 left when the stream ends (which i usually at 3AM PST).
 
It is often regarded as one of the most productive, welcoming and positive communities on all of Twitch and in the history of Twitch.  This was occurring long before I even started watching it, let alone become a mod of it.
 
The second biggest contributor to this is the usage of slow mode.  Keep in mind that this channel is partnered and can easily be put into subscriber mode (I'll go into that next).
All we do on most nights is do a quick judgement call based on how many people are present and how fast chat is moving and the basic guideline we follow is this:
 
Is chat moving too fast for the channel host to follow and engage with his community?  We watch him on screen and if we see his eyes darting back and forth between the game and chat, we can tell his trying to follow and having trouble so we slow it down without a word to or from him.  Most of the time we have slow mode set to 30 seconds.  Even with 10,000+ people present.  It is very impressive how much forcing a person to think about what their saying for 30 seconds will change the dynamic of a discussion, allow for host to community engagement, and overall have a positive impact on the community.
 
The usage of R9KBeta and Slow Mode set to a mere 30 seconds has an active group of ten thousand people in chat all having positive discussions among each other with almost no bickering or insulting occurring, and most of those are immediately resolved among the participants because the time they have to wait to talk again causes them to evaluate their words and the words of others. We as channel moderators rarely have to even say a word or lift a finger. The problem i solved in brief time it took for us to notice it.
 
In 2 months I have had to perma-ban one single person for posting a link to an adult website and timeout another person for spamming a name in caps (he wanted the streamer to play as a certain character).
 
Otherwise my actions have consisted of setting the amount of seconds applied to slow mode, enabling or disabling R9KBeta in certain cases, and preparing / posting straw polls in chat.
 
 
 
 
3. Straw Poll
Straw poll is used often on the WAN Show, however just as often viewers are asked to spam "1" or "2" to indicate a choice.  This is absolutely horrible and encourages bad behavior (spamming for example)
A host asking people to spam a number is a clear indicator that they cannot follow chat and therefore they have lost control of the chat.  If they are doing a live show and they lose control of their audience they have lost engagement.  Keep control at all times.  This is simply done by making people think about what their saying.  Always use a polling service when soliciting the opinions of your viewership. StrawPoll is often the best choice because either the hosts or moderators can set it up and share the link within seconds.
 
 
 
4. Subscriber Mode
The Wan Show does not have a subscriber button, however because it has all other partnered features it isn't exactly a hidden fact that this could be gained by Linus simply contacting Twitch, asking for it and immediately receiving it. If he asks for it, it will be given to him; that's a given. And if that happens that's great. It's extra revenue to provide higher quality videos more coverage, and if necessary, pay the salary of more staff, be they related to the WAN Show or any other facet of LTT/LMG.  
 
As to the usage of Subscriber Mode, using it sparingly is it's most effective use, and using it as a tool and not a thread or a method of disclusion (I made that word up) is it's most effective use.
 
For example the channel I assist in moderating rarely uses subscriber mode.  The only two times it is ever used is if the channel gets hosted and raided and we (as moderators) need to quickly re-establish control. In these cases because the existing community is so positive often all we have to do is turn it on for about 5 minutes and existing subsribers will continue talking and provide a few details for the newcomers who can't chat. Usually just forcing them to view the flow of discussion from current community participants is enough for them to get a handle on how conversation flows in the channel and they almost immediately become positive participants. Newcomers are frequently surprised by how orderly and positive discussion is in spite of so many people being present and sub mode being off most of the time.
 
The second occurrence it gets used in is if the channel owner is playing an anticipated game or a game with some sort of new content or anticipated update. This attracts more viewers however it attracts more trolls. When the stream starts he advises the community that we will start in subscriber mode and apologizes for it. Why does he apologize? Because as he puts it every single time; 'It stops a lot of you really awesome people from talking to me and everyone else, and maybe you just can't subscribe, but you come here every night and support us just be watching. So I hate cutting you off like this"  He then follows by reassures them that it is only temporary and the mods will be taking it out of slow mode multiple times to keep a handle on things and let more people talk as they (we) weed out the trolls.
 
 
 
 
While the flow of his 'shows are different he regularly manages to engage directly with his community in spite of having 10,000+ people present on most nights.
It is amazing how powerful it is to have someone mention you or another person watching the stream in a direct manner, and regularly.
This does happen on the wan show however due to the fact that chat is an uncontrolled mess there. It does not happen as often as it could, or should.  and this could easily change with two simple commands:
 
 
/r9kbeta
/slow 30
 
Usually after that you barely have to touch anything.
 
If anyone from LMG is interested in knowing what this mysterious channel I keep referring to is, send me a private message here.  I am intentionally not linking to it because I don't want to come across as advertising for him. If you find the time you can check out his stream when it's live and see how incredibly effective the moderation is, and how positive and engaged the community is in spite of it's size.
 
The WAN Show is awesome. but it can be be better, and it should be better, and this can be accomplished easily. As always, I am looking forward to the next show. LMG is awesome.
Thank you for all who took the time to read this incredibly long opinion.
 
 

That seems like an awesome build, unfortunately you put this in the troubleshooting forum.
 
This is where you want to post to get the best answers for this kind of topic;
 
http://linustechtips.com/main/forum/24-home-theater/

!Lost&Found is the system's way of organizing data that has technically been deleted.
 
!Lost&Found isn't a real foler or even a real file. It is hidden in pretty much every view within windows. Even with hidden files configured to show, it will still be hidden.
When you delete a file or multiple files the record of it's location is removed from the drive index, but the data is still there. This allows windows to simply ignore the data with no index record and write over it as necessary.  If windows did a full delete every time by writing zeros over the data, deletes would take a long time, a very long time.
 
 
What you're seeing is basically 5gb  of data that you could potentially recover with software, however as you continue to use your system this 'folder' will gradually
change in size.  sometimes it will be bigger, sometimes it will be smaller.  You will never be able to do anything with it because simply put, you don't need to, the information in it has no record on the index so windows will just bulldoze over it when it needs to.
 
Everyone has this item on their computer in every single PC operating system. It has a different name on each OS but it's always there.  You actually have that hard drive space, you don't have 5gb of space being taken up by that 'file'  because it's not a file. It's a place-holder so windows knows 'here's 5gb of information that neckoblack doens't want anymore, so it can be freely overwritten'
 
All of the files and folders represented in there, are items you chose to delete already.  
 
You do not need to deal with this issue, as there is no issue to deal with. It is a normal process and can safely be ignored.

Firstly
 
You could use Autohotkey and make a macro.
 


f1::Return

 
The macro would be active (and thus f1 disabled) as long as Autohotkey was active in your system tray
 
 
Secondly
 

You could also use Sharpkeys to remap it / turn it off
 
Open Sharpkeys, Click add.
 
On the left side click the 'type key' button and press F1
 
On the right hand side select 'Turn Key Off' then click okay.
 
Write to Registry, reboot.  It should not do anything anymore.
 
To get it back just turn it back on and write to registry.
 
**Consider backing up your registry before committing any changes**

Your ISP could be throttling, but you could also be using a whacked configuration for streaming.
(If they are a VPN will get around it in most cases)
 
Your output is going to depend on your upload speed, your processor, your video card and the resolution your game is running at.
In the case of you streaming outbound, it doesn't matter what your DL speed is.
 
With your upload speed assuming your Video Card and CPU are modern within the last 3 years, streaming at 1080p should be no issue with you as long as you do it at 30fps
You could also set the FPS to 60 and then scale the resolution of the stream down (not the game, but the stream) to maintain good detail and smooth the stream out.  I think this is still called super scaling but everyone seems to have a brand name for it.
 
So TL:DR  If you want a smooth stream, Play your games at the highest resolution your computer can handle while still running the streaming software,  set your stream resolution to be lower than that of the game and have it output at 60fps.
 
Example:  Game Resolution is 1920 x 1080 and you get 100+ fps while playing;  But you stream it at 1280x720 @60fps.
 
Edit: Here's a calculator for OBS, you can use the same concepts in other things like X Split
https://obsproject.com/estimator

Certainly has me leaning in that direction.  It works perfectly. 

Your ISP could be throttling, but you could also be using a whacked configuration for streaming.
(If they are a VPN will get around it in most cases)
 
Your output is going to depend on your upload speed, your processor, your video card and the resolution your game is running at.
In the case of you streaming outbound, it doesn't matter what your DL speed is.
 
With your upload speed assuming your Video Card and CPU are modern within the last 3 years, streaming at 1080p should be no issue with you as long as you do it at 30fps
You could also set the FPS to 60 and then scale the resolution of the stream down (not the game, but the stream) to maintain good detail and smooth the stream out.  I think this is still called super scaling but everyone seems to have a brand name for it.
 
So TL:DR  If you want a smooth stream, Play your games at the highest resolution your computer can handle while still running the streaming software,  set your stream resolution to be lower than that of the game and have it output at 60fps.
 
Example:  Game Resolution is 1920 x 1080 and you get 100+ fps while playing;  But you stream it at 1280x720 @60fps.
 
Edit: Here's a calculator for OBS, you can use the same concepts in other things like X Split
https://obsproject.com/estimator

I would suggest Squarespace unless you have a need to find and hire a local dude. And that feels strange to say because I used to do web design and would have tried to pimp my portfolio to you.
 
You can also get a 10% discount due to them being an LTT sponsor:  http://www.squarespace.com/linus
 
There are preconfigured page layouts and standard design components that make it really easy. You and your dad could probably have something good looking whipped up in about a day.
 
Check out some youtube videos;  Just do a search for "Squarespace Tutorials" And you can see how easy they've made it.
 
You can integrate any custom systems you might have as well unless they require some over the top private web server.    Check it out, it'll probably do the job.

I normally get 100mb down and 1mb up. I have a brand new $300 cable router and all the lines were installed new when I moved in. So I don't think it is that unusual.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/4545719462.png

1. It depends on what the image is being used for.
2. To add to 1 and answer 2; In many cases you would want to make it as large as possible for the format the image would be presented in and as vector if possible; but if it's a one off and you're never going to need the image again then just make it large enough that it would look presentable on the front or back of the shirt, It won't need to be scaled up and scaling it down will be easy.
 
In addition; what service are they using to print it; what formats does that company prefer the file to come in,  Do you know what kind of printer they're using? will it be silk screened? Steaming the image on? (It has an actual name but I forgot what it was called; the put the image on a transparency and use steam and pressure to get the image in and it's pretty much permanent regardless of wash cycles.)
 
I don't use gimp so I don't know. Check out Krita it's just as fancy as photoshop and free.

You can call your provider and have them set it up so you can't use over a certain amount of data per month. 

Not quite what I'm looking for, but it is a good suggestion.