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Monitor for HDR 4k Gaming
With the new graphics card generation our PCs should be prepared for 4k gaming with HDR.
But what about monitors? Are there any available that you can recommend? I've been searching and couldn't find a single one that explicitly supports HDR and has…
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New work laptop for firmware development
My company is going to buy a work laptop for me (since I've been using my own for a while), and they are going to let me select it. I don't know exactly what my price-range is, since they wouldn't actually give me a hard-limit when I asked. However,…
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Lightweight laptop with SSD and long battery life
I want to buy a new laptop which I'm going to use mainly for watching movies, write latex documents, using mathematica and programming from time to time.
I am interested in a laptop as lightweight as possible with a good battery life. I was…
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Laptop 13 - 14inch very mobile fully featured desktop replacement
Broadly speaking I am looking for a very mobile fully featured desktop replacement laptop.
I currently have Sony Vaio VPCZ138GG (13 inch Full HD screen, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, GeForce GT 330M, DVD Drive, Win 7 Pro, 3hr battery) purchased in 2010.
I…
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Choosing the right hardware for an interactive kiosk - screen
My goal is to develop an interactive kiosk with only touchscreen available to visitors for a local museum. I must admit that I'm a freshman in this part of hardware world, but I really like the sound of this challenge, so I need to get some…
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SDXC/microSDXC memory card reader for older Linux kernels
Requirements:
Works properly with Linux 4.9 kernel
Easy to insert/remove card
SDXC card support (64-128GB cards)
SDHC card support
Nice to have features:
USB 3.0 interface/speed
Separate slot for SD and microSD cards (no need for an adapter)
I…
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Remote for LG TV, LG Soundbar, and TiVo box
I lost my LG sound bar remote before I moved. Prior to moving I had DIRECTV and could use their remote to control the volume on the sound bar while performing all of the satellite functionalities I needed.
After moving I switched providers, this…
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Stuck with H77 (non-OC) and I5-2500K
The i5-2500K is a great processor, even nowadays, but only if you can overclock it. I have a H77 chipset board, that means no OC for me. So, I need a recommendation of CPU and motherboard. I'm looking for a "successor", good cost/benefit, like the…
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PCI-e SATA III controller with 4 ports
On my motherboard no SATA3 controller. I want to purchase a separate high-quality controller that can simultaneously process 4 SSD drives at maximum speed and performance.
Required the controller to operate simultaneously at a speed of 6 Gbps on…
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NFC wand (or shield, or other) for Raspberry Pi
I am developing a system to register visitors. The visitors wear a wristband containing an NFC tag.
In order to read the tag, I am currently using a cheap Samsung Android phone, with built in NFC reader, which costs around GBP 60 / Eur 77 / USD…
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hardware board to learn OS programming
I need a single board computer, on which I can easily learn bare-bone OS programming. In particular I need something like Raspberry PI, but:
execution power must be circa about Raspberry Pi 3
must have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built on board
must have…
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Budget android phone with proper autofocus(<$200)
I'm looking for a half-decent android phone with an emphasis on camera quality and autofocus. The main reason I want a cheap phone like this is for scanning 2D barcodes(Not QR Codes) with the camera. I have an application I use which uses the back…
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A/V receiver for HDMI, optical audio in
(Sorry for the title, but I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to home entertainment equipment)
Recently, I got a 48" TCL Roku TV to replace a 59" Sony projector TV. It's pretty nice, with a good image after some fiddling and with the flexibility of…
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How Do I Go From PCI-E 16 To PCI Graphics?
I have this mini-itx motherboard with a PCI-E 16 slot.
I also have an old all-in-one PC that I am refurbishing/upgrading with this motherboard. The screen is connected to a PCI graphics card via a ribbon and a special connector and I can't see how…
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Laptop with "Thinkpad" like quality
I am looking to purchase a laptop pc for running Windows 10. I am looking for something that is strong and rugged like the old Thinkpads used to be. Something with a strong and "non-squishy" keyboard.
It would need 16 GB RAM minimum with an SSD…
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