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PSU recommendation for new casual gaming setup
I'm looking for a PSU recommendation for a setup below:
Corsair 650D chassis
Intel i5 4690K CPU
ASRock Extreme6 mobo
Radeon R9 290 GPU
16GB RAM (2x 8GB)
1x SSD 256GB
1x 2TB SATA HDD
2x 1TB SATA HDD as RAID1
and to have some wiggle room to…
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Way to send a 1080p 60Hz ʜᴅᴍɪ signal over a floor with the same loss level as a 6 meter cable?
The task sounds simple the aim is to send an ʜᴅᴍɪ signal from computer to large ᴛᴠ where the 2 can’t fit in the same room at the same time…
There’s 7 meters air gap between the 2 devices… and a concrete floor.
What I searched
I heard a 60Ghz radio…
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USB-C splitter to USB-C video and USB data
I want a hub/splitter/device that takes
input: one usb-c in (with displayport alternate mode)
output 1: one usb-c video out (displayport alternate mode)
output 2: one or more data outputs (can be usb type c or usb type a)
I don't need power…
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USB-C Hub with PD and DP Alt Mode
I have been looking for a USB C hub that is able to charge via PD whilst at the same time taking the video signal from the port and offering it on a separate USB C port on the hub. However after weeks of searching and buying/returning 2 hubs which…
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Recommendation of business laptop with OS Ubuntu 18.04
I want to buy a new business laptop where I want to install Ubuntu 18.04 as OS with following characteristics:
price up to 2000 €
ability to use 2 external monitors (must have)
touchable display (must have)
Have you some recommendations for me?…
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A good microphone for voice recording / radio presenting
I'm looking for a good microphone for recording speech (eg. for radio presenting), for about 60-70€.
I would prefer a USB one but I'll look into all suggestions.
Worth mention that I have a desktop but I don't have any external sound card.
The sound…
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Programmable non-mechanical keyboard?
I'm looking for a non-mechanical programmable keyboard.
Requirements
Not mechanical i.e. I want a membrane or rubber dome keyboard.
Fully programmable. I really like how the Pok3r lets you program layers separately and it's easy to switch between…
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180° FOV camera with RAW output for under US$300
I'm looking for a photo camera capable of taking photos of the whole sky from zenith to the horizon. The camera must:
have field of view at least 180°
provide RAW format photos
be controllable from a PC (to set exposure, trigger the shutter…
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Cheap Intel based SBC
I am getting tired of cross compilation.
I am looking for:
a cheap (sub $100, preferably sub $50) Intel based SBC
with some form of flash/eMMC (but not just micro SD card)
a UART (two would be nice)
and GPIO
with a selection of displays…
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Lightweight fast laptop for office work and Java coding
I'd like to have a laptop for mainly programming, office work, LaTeX and browsing the Internet. I will primarily be coding in Java and Scala using IntelliJ, so that requires a decent amount of CPU power, RAM and a fast SSD.
Requirements
Price: <…
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Robust keyboard for using on the couch?
Our primary computer is hooked up to the big-screen TV in our living room. It's used for a variety of purposes, including watching streaming services like Netflix, playing games, browsing the web, writing documents, and all those usual things one…
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Off the shelf cheap wearable BlueTooth Low Energy device
I am trying to design an employee tracking system, to track employees from room to room, for saftey purposes.
Somewhat obviously, if requires each tracked person to carry a device which uniquely identifies them.
Which will obviously have to be…
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Phone with removable battery or hardware off?
Long story short, I work with a lot of RF equipment, and it would be really convenient if I could have a phone that I could truly turn OFF instead of having to leave it a million miles away in a shield box. So either one with a true hardware off, if…
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Small SOHO Router with 3+ Gigabit SFP ports
Is there a reasonably priced (below 250$ USD) router with 3 or more Gigabit SFP ports for SOHO that can handle a Gigabit WAN uplink?
Something like Mikrotik CRS106-1C-5S https://mikrotik.com/product/CRS106-1C-5S but as I understand this CRS is a…
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Home printer / scanner - high quality images but occasional use
I'm fed up with home inkjet printers. We don't print often and, whenever we wanted to, we'd find the ink had dried up. It's not much of an exaggeration to say that we ended up buying a new set of cartridges every time we had a printing batch to…
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