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I'm at my wits' end and hoping to find assistance on an issue I'm having with my PC build. My computer has been experiencing BSOD between 2:30 a.m and 5:00 a.m. every night. The PC functions fine during the day, which I use as a combination workstation and PLEX server. Here is a brief history of...

Hello all, I'm new to this and appoligize for being a dummy but I need some assistance to figure this out. I got my hands on a HP T740 Thin client running Ryzen V1756B with Vega 8 Graphics, 8 GB DDR4 3200mhz. Would love to set it up as my home NAS and Plex media server running unRAID. Before...

Hello hello! I'm planning to upgrade my RP4 setup to a mini pc for plex server. i'll keep using some sort of linux OS to keep the setup similar to the current one. I want something with a nvme and a 2.5 hdd drives and 2.5gbe eth. i'm the only one using it so it's noe likely to be transcoding...

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...

I am going to build a NAS with this components(old pc): mobo:GA-H61MS proccessor:i3-3220 ram:16gb(8x2)(1333mhz) graphics card:geforce 210(1gb) do I need more proccessing power like i5-3450 or i7-3770? I will be going to install OMV(openmediavault) in it but it has some instruction regarding...

Hello! I’m looking for advice. I have this older computer that I’m looking to upgrade. Its purpose is to be a dedicated video camera security system running Blue Iris. It will also be a PLEX server and run Home Assistant. I’ve been told I need to have at least an i7 6th gen. processor, because...

[Moderator Edit to break up a solid paragraph and remove bold font.] Hi everyone, I am looking for some help so if you have any info please share, I'm going to explain what I'm trying to do and then hoping you can tell me if any of my ideas are possible or if you have better ideas please share...

Hi all, I'm using a windows 10 machine plugged into my AVR using an HDMI cable. my machine has an i7-9700 cpu and a 1050Ti video card. My .mkv 4k remux movies are stored on a NAS and the speed between the PC and the NAS is 1Gbps. I'm using Plex to watch the movies. When I'm watching a movie...

Earlier this year I build a new windows 10 machine and used it as a low load NAS / Minecraft Server. For months things were fine. I would get an average transfer speed of 110 mb/s. Recently the speed has gotten worse and I am transferring at an average speed of 11 mb/s. Both computers are wired...

Hi all, I'm thinking of getting a NAS (maybe the QNAP TS-653D) and using it as the surveillance station with 3 cameras. how much of an impact would it be on my 1Gbps network? Let's say I have 3 cameras recording video and I'm streaming a 4k movie stored on that NAS (not using the NAS as a plex...

Hi, i'm trying to decide between Synology DS920+ and DS1019+. the new 920 has a faster CPU but the 1019 has an extra drive bay. so I don't which is more important to me. It depends on what that extra CPU speed is generally used for. is a fast CPU on a nas used for video transcoding in...

I am going to get a different HDD than I have right now for my Plex server. Which would be the best HDD in this situation? I run the Plex server off my main PC not a NAS. I am going for 3-4TB. NAS, Surveillance, or regular storage HDD?

I've been reading about this for days, but i just can't figure out exactly what i need to do. If i wanted to access my plex server, but im unable to port forward (no access to main router) how would i go about doing this? I've read about reverse tunneling, also tried to make an OpenVPN server...

I have a Lenovo TS440 and use(d) it for Plex. I'm having two issues with it, the memory is rather low and the external usb hard drives bays won't stay on. I bought cheap hard drive enclosures so I probably need to replace them with a better alternative. I want to upgrade the memory to the max...

This is driving me nuts. I have a drive connected to my Nighthawk X10 R9000 in USB 3 port. It is set up for the Plex Server built into the routers software. All of a sudden things in plex dont show up, and I also have the drive Mapped in explorer to add and remove media. Everything was running...

Hello, So I need some help here to open some network ports. I have a Netgear Router connected to my ISP's Modem, and I am trying to open the port 32400 so my Plex Server will work properly. I have some problems with that. I have opened the port on my Netgear Router (so I know that it is open...

The last time I logged into PLEX, I saw the message to update. I did. Now PLEX says my Plex Server is unavailable. After trying everything I could think of, I decided to completely uninstall PLEX. I'm not sure I accomplished that correctly since I cannot reinstall PLEX MEDIA SERVER or PLEX. I...

Hello, i am thinking of building new pc and i really need advise. I work as graphic designer i use some of adobe programs ( photoshop, illustrator, after effects...). sometimes i play some games league of legends, minecraft ( nothing fancy), and i also watch A LOT of 4k movies , i stream...

Hello everybody! First question on this site :) I use an old beat up Laptop as my Plex server (called server PC), tucked away in a closet, with an external harddrive for space and connected via ethernet to my router. Because it's not really comfortable to manage the files on that server PC I...

Hi everyone, So I'm running a 5 yr old 4670K with an R9 290 and keen to sell and move on. Games it is fine however I run plex and about 7 people are sharing which on a sat night can be 5-7 1080P plays, maybe 4 are transcodes. This is killing my 4670K and I want to upgrade other parts too...

We do a lot of cruises and when we are away we are generally off the grid. Because the TV selection on cruises is pretty rubbish, we have taken to setting up a plex server on an old laptop. This uses a 2tb HDD in place of the optical drive. We have no internet access when on cruises other...

Hello all! So I have setup a Plex media server on a Synology DS918+. I am having an issue where the bottleneck is the LAN. The wired connection in the room with the 4k TV is limited to a 100mbps lan, due to Direct TV and having to use a "Broadband DECA". Some of my 4k HDR movies are requiring as...

I have a i5 5200u and 8gb ram but a invidia geforce 950 gpu ???

Hello! I am looking for a budget headset that will be used for PC gaming. My max budget is $40. For color I would prefer they be black or blue/black mixture. They must also have a built-in mic. If you know of any that fit what I would like please post :)

Hello guys, I bought my first gaming pc a few years ago and I feel like games are getting heavier on it. I'd like to change my graphic card for this reason and the fact that it doesn't have a DP plug that goes with my 144Hz monitor. Problem is, I don't know if I can upgrade only my graphic card...

What is better for multitasking, dual or quad core? I don't play games, no movies, don't care about high definition and if the screen is pretty. What I do care about: - Opening multiple tabs in browsers - Running simultaneously Illustrator, Photoshop, MS Office, and tons of programs at the...

What exactly is the pci-e of this motherboard? and does pci-e version can affect gpu performance? https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/G1Sniper-rev-10#ov

Hello, i am wondering if it is possible to search the internet with a short part of a song, kind of like google images, to identify its name? Thanks for answers,

First, this is my first time actually posting on this forum, if I put my post in the wrong category then I apologize and ask that someone please point me in the right direction. Thank you. So I will try to keep my description as short as I can, but I am looking for help and advise for a friends...

Hello, So I recently bought a new 2tb seagate to replace my old HDD with 0% hdd life (As shown on HDD sentinel), but enormous valuable information. the information on the old HDD is still accessible but the PC is constantly freezing. I am interested if it was a good idea to install windows on a...

Am currently building a budget system that I want to keep it with me while traveling, I managed to snag an Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe, 8GB 2400mhz ram, Evga GTX 780 FTW for really cheap and wondering what cpu would fit here, they are both the same price in my country so which one should I get (I will...

Hey guys, so recently I built a PC. However, when I came to plug in the monitor, it only had a vga port, while my pc does not. So I pulled out one of my own HDMI cables to connect them. However, when u plug the HDMI into the monitor to the GPU, it says no signal. I have established that the...

Hi i am looking to build a mini itx pc for the living room. it will be used for running kodi browsing the web that sort of thing. my budget for this is £200- £230 max. any help much appreicated thanks in advance

Hello, My PC has the following components Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD-X6 FX-6300 8 gigs of Corsair XMS3 ram DDR3 Recently when I turn it on it it will try to boot up 5-6 times before it shuts off and then tries again in 5-6 min It beeps once and gets to a bios screen (not fully loaded) before it...

So i asked here before and I'm back as i have progressed from my problem before. I managed to install an old driver from AMD and pc did boot normally. It's a start. No black screens or white screen UNTIL i tried to open Google Chrome or any other application eg; games like GTA 5/Witcher 3. When...

I have overclocked my cpu (AMD 8320 Black Edition) at 4816MHz with cpu voltage at 1.410V. When I go to see my cpu's temperature at HWMonitor says 79C but in AMD Overdrive says that Thermal Margin is 13.5C . Which of these says the truth? My Specs are: Mobo: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 Ram: 2x HyperX...

Today while i was in the process of forwarding some ports (it was my first time), my copmuter stopped loading any websites. Error code was DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG. I hope i get help soon

Here is my current PC Current CPU I5 3330 3.0GHz Current Mobo no worth the mention Current GPU MSI GTX 760 2gb OC Current Ram G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 2133 8gb x 2 (not changing) Current PSU Ultra 550W ATX I am planning upgrade to the following components CPU I5 4690k Mobo Asus z97-a or Gigabyte...

Hello Im building a new computer I have an xfx pro series xxx 850w A gtx 970 Western digital black 1tb Raijintech triton And 835$ left for cpu ram mobo and case Ram i most likely will buy the gskill ripjaws 4 (2x4) ddr4 2400mhz And on the x99 platform i found the ASRock X99 Extreme6/ac and it...

Are there any benefits to the more expensive SLI bridges 50-100$ ones against the cheaper 10 dollar ones or are they just shinier?