Recent content by thatguyontheright

Alright, I'll play with settings. I am trying to run at 1080p. I'll turn down different video settings.

I have a couple computers that are being dedicated to different tasks. 1 is a SFF Lenovo tower that I am attempting to re-purpose for a Plex/Kodi client. It's a bit sluggish with HEVC files with a 1.6 Ghz Pentium, J3710 soldered to the board. I was looking at a GT 1030, since it has hardware...

I am going to look at noctua fans, also changing out the stock cooler for a silent one or a quieter one. I dunno if I could do a closed loop liquid cooling system in the case. Better yet, modify the case to use a 200mm fan.

Not just lift the board out of the case, but take the case with it and fly off to neverland

it's an FM2 based system with an AMD A10 processor. It's only slightly old.

The case itself is poorly designed. The case has three fans not including the fans in the PSU CPU and GPU. The PSU is buried into the case, I think the fan whirring echos also. Then it gets hot after a while. The system isn't an ideal HTPC in my opinion since it has a massive power draw, like a...

You're right, or a used workstation, and throw in a low profile video card. I have a machine that matches this description but it's louder than a jet engine so I hardly use it.

Well, I did some digging, it's an off the shelf component like I assumed. It's a 68 pin board to board mezzanine connector, hooked into the PCI-e bus. But looking for Male/Female connectors isn't an easy thing Digikey and mouser demand you buy them in bulk at $4 a piece for 3000...I guess not a...

If I can get the connector, it wouldn't be hard to solder up a lead, the only issue would be attenuation, if it's a factor at all. Finding the kind of connector should be easier than trying to track down soldering points, and soldering to a motherboard is tricky, especially with SMD components...

I am using an old laptop to do a HTPC case mod, a Dell Inspiron N7010 with an i3 -M370 processor. The motherboard is split between a networking board, and the main board. I don't want to not use the networking board because it holds the majority of the USB ports, and the Gigabit Ethernet...

After having issues with my ISP, namely weather damaged equipment which reduced internet speeds for the entire area that they don't intend to fix (low priority area, the area is very congested so it was slow already, now in a 24hr period, I don't see anything faster than .3Mb) They have been...

@Martell, looks like it

I recently picked up a HP Pavilion 505n with a screaming fast 2.2ghz Celeron and I want to upgrade it to play games from the early 2000s, stuff like Halo, Silent Hill 2, Red Alert 2, Max Payne...stuff that doesn't play well on these new fangled x64 multi-core computers, especially Silent Hill 2...

My windows 7 PC bogs down (CPU usage goes up to 100% and ram starts to fill up) forcing a reboot every time my Wi-fi connection drops or if someone turns off the router. I do not know whats causing it, or how to fix it. I keep my registry clean. I keep the computer defragmented, and I keep the...

You using Windows 8? haha