home server help

Hi, I'm in the market to purchase a NAS for home use. I've never owned a NAS before, so this would be a learning experience for me Having done some research I found I would be most interested in a Synology branded NAS, I understand they are not the best price/performance, but they have a lot of...

Hi! I'm really new into Linux and want to build myself a small Home/NAS server. The problem is that most of the NAS software I've seen (and understood) are OS's. So basically I install e.g. FreeNAS and that's it. There's the NAS server. But I want to use the server for other things aswell, like...

I have been a front-end developer / UI-UX developer for approx 15 years. Over the years I have lost countless projects / designs that would be very, very valuable in my portfolio (and I am now currently looking for a new job) lost to new pc builds, discarded / lost / failed harddrives or not...

I am driving myself nuts here trying to solve this. A few days ago we had network problems and a tech came out and gave us a new modem while splitting our tv and internet lines. So now we have two modems. One serves the internet and the other is for phone and TV. I run a Minecraft server from a...

I have a few favorite servers I frequent on a couple of games because in them, my latency is reliably under 100. Literally, this changed overnight. Now, I see that my server ping in one of the games is peaked at 999 (although it's probably even higher than that) when it was previously at 60-70...

Received the z207 speakers. They work fine when using the aux cable but I cannot connect via bluetooth (does not appear when scanning for devices on my android device). I've tried on another android and also on an iPhone but it still did not appear. Any help? Thanks.

Hello hello, I dunno where to put the topic in but I'm pretty screwed from what I did. Now this may sound awful but I did a mistake. Now my laptop was working alright after having its files corrupted n stuff, and I couldn't activate it since I gotten the wrong version of Windows 10 installed...

Hello everyone I recently asked on a separate forum if I would be able to upgrade my pre built pc with a gpu and I was told that my psu doesn't have the required pcie connectors so my best option would be to upgrade my psu in order to accommodate a better gpu. my pre build pc can be found here...

CPU-->http:// MAINBOARD--> http:// RAM--> http:// Hi My computer shuts down every after 30 mins. Not only that. The only time the computer stops shutting down after 30 mins is when during booting up, it says--> "Overclocking failed". When the computer shows that message, all I do is go to the...

Need your help... So just installed my brand new Samsung 850 500gb evo on my desktop pc. I used a cloning program (macrium reflect) all went well and my files were cloned (sooo i think). Now I am trying to use my new drive right.. I go into bios, disconnect my old drive, set boot priority to...

So I have a lenovo Y50-70 that has a GTX 960m. It is 2 weeks old that came with windows 10 out of box. Here are my issues: 1: fans spin constantly even though not hot. 2: During gaming sessions I will be playing and my character will just keep walking in one direction and then my computer will...

Specs: Intel Core i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67 Ghz 4 Gb RAM GForce GT 430 P55A-UD3P Motherboard. I know I've already posted about what video card I should get I just want your opinion on whether or not upgrading could be worth it compared to buying a new computer. I am poor so upgrading is more...

Looking for a dedicated power supply to power 4 external video cards (This power supply will not power the motherboard, CPU etc) - These cards will be used for rendering, eventually Titans will replace the 780s - Looking for something similar to Seasonic X-1250 M2 Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold. (I...

Hello everyone, I'm looking at getting a 390 for a new build and I'm stuck between a 144hz 1080p monitor and a 60hz 1440p monitor - if it makes a difference I'm looking for a 24-25" monitor that I will be about 2-3 feet away from thanks for the input everyone

Hi guys when i tried to start my computer it just beeps like 3 normal beeps and 2 short beeps.i dont know what happened .my mobos manufacturer is eMAxxtech i dont know about its bios im not too techie

I have a Acer desktop with two hard drives and I would hope it is as easy as just buying a Windows 7 disc and choosing the hard drive I install to, but I have been told that things like GPT or UEFI on my current hard drive, or installing raid when I do the install could all cause problems...

Hi All, I have built a small/budget gaming rig with the following G-3258 Corsair 4GB X 2 Asrock h81 pro Seagate 1TB Zebronics Beast cab with 450 PSU Zotak GTX 750TI Dell 19.5 Inch When started initially without installing GPU everything was fine. I installed GPU and started then also...

I have a amd 8350 processor gtx 970 and 12 gb ddr3 4 x 4gb 1333 all same speed gigabyte 970a-ds39 only 7.96 usable. Windows 7 ultimate 64bit I had 2 x 4gb installed and 8gb usable and installed another 4gb ddr3 and now only 7.96gb usable have tried all sticks in all different slots and new ram...

I am building a pc for the first time and I cant decide which option would be better. The system will be used primarily for gaming. I live in the UAE, and prices are very high here. I will be buying my parts from gear-up.me. My maximum budget is 3000 AED (around $800). I have come up with the...

I'm trying to find a good value monitor that has as low input lag as possible in this price range. Low response times would also be great. I'm also wondering if in this price range you can find monitors with 120hz refresh rate, or if it's even worth it for the pc I'm currently able to build and...

So currently I am lacking any kind of graphical power in my gaming rig, seems like madness, but I build it out of old an new parts. I don't want to spend £1000's, yet, on GPU's so bang for buck which is better, 2 GTX 770 in SLI or a GTX Titan Black edition. I don't mind doing a bit of OC'ing...

What is the best GPU in the following list :- http://is.gd/1SAZyy Please tell me which GPU will give me the best performence. I will be gaming on a 22 inch full HD monitor. My processor is i3 3220(3.3 GHz) and Ram is 8GB. Thanks.

Processor AMD FX 6300 Blk Ed. Motherboard Gigabyte GA-970 DS3 AM3+ CPU Cooler DEEPCOOL ICE BLADE PRO CPU COOLER Video Card PowerColor Radeon HD7850 1GB Hard Drive 500GB SATA HDD Memory 8GB G.Skill Rip Jaws PC1600 (2x4GB) Power Supply Antec...

OS: Windows 7 64 bit CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 440 GPU: 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 5670 Monitor: 20EN43 (1600x900@60Hz) RAM: 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz I'll upgrade my cpu and mobo, but my graphics card will have to wait. My choice for a cpu is an amd apu 5600k. Will the 5600k give me...

Recently purchased 2 120 Scythe fans for my new build. in/out config. I'm still in testing phase. I have no video card untill friday or hard drive . I have a msi 970A-g46 MB, Fx6350 cpu, a Coolmax 679W Psu, and 8 gb of hyper blu 1600 ram. When I turn on sys (no video card or Harddrive) I get...

Hi. I just purchased an MSI G46 motherboard and the following equipment: AMD FX 8350, LiteOn DVD-CD burner/reader, 16gb of 1600mhz DDR3 RAM and am using a GTX 460 as my card. When I start my computer, I get a series of short beeps and then they stop. Everything runs, but there is no monitor out...