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Intel Pentium P4405 vs Intel Core i3-5005U

I'm helping to buy a computer for a person whose main computer's use will restrain to web browsing, checking e-mail, office tasks but who may occasionally run Windows in a VM or perform some video conversion. Among the offers I found two similar…
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Small, cheap processor with true 9 data-bit UART and drivers

In order to build a vending machine, using Multi Drop Bus protocol, I need a board which will support a full 9 data-bit UART (with no bit stuffing, or tricks with the parity bit). I also need a few GPIO for driving motors, and the ability to connect…
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Intel Xeon E5 ES (engineering sample)

I expect to build a workstation machine based on xeon chip, essentially for having multiple cores and ecc memory. I found on ebay some used xeon E5 chips with low prices, but they are tagged "ES" (engineering samples), or "QS". I searched a bit…
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Unicable usb receiver with multiple tuners

I want to build up a tvheadend server with 4 possible clients over unicable. So i have a unicable source with 4 channels which i want to pass to a server. Is there any affordable usb receiver, which can handle input from 1 cable with four…
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Smartphone with maximum screen-to-body ratio

I'm currently looking for a smartphone with maximum screen-to-body ratio. I need the smartphone to look like kind of a futuristic way. like screen on both of the edges or screen covering maximum area on front and less edge borders. It doesn't have…
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Verizon-compatible USB data card with send/receive SMS support

Some time ago, I had successfully used both 3G and 4G USB data cards on Verizon's network for mobile data access, as well as being able to natively send and receive SMS messages. Verizon's only current USB offering - their MiFi 4G LTE data card…
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I want to choose an SSD for a laptop

I know which SSD suits best my laptop, but I don't know what interface suports, how can I find out?
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Lenovo Z50-70: possible upgrade

I have a Lenovo Z50 laptop and I play games like NFS and DOOM. I also run some simulations using Octave. CPU: Core i7-4500 RAM: 8GB HDD: 1TB 5400rpm I am looking for upgrading my laptop with reasonable price. the first option that comes to my mind…
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Fast(est) compatible CPU for Acer j87m motherboard

Pc: Acer G600 desktop (standard configuration / no replaced components) Motherboard: Acer j87m CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz GPU: ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 RAM: 512 MB --> Will be upgraded to 2GB (max RAM supported by Acer j87m) Objective:…
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1080P dual in car camera

In car cameras, now I know its been done before but the ones I found on Google are fairly old now, most are not 1080p or if they are its only a single camera setup. What I'm looking to do is have a front mounted camera recording 1080p at a min of…
Darren
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CPU (or IC) recommendation for independent use (without PC components) for Speech recognition and computer vision over Wifi

I have been doing some hands on in AI and Computer Vision lately (using OpenNLP, OpenCV, etc). All these experiments were done on my PC (Intel dual core 8GB DDR2). But, now I want to use some processing unit only for AI purposes (no need of monitor,…
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need a workstation for a memory-bound application as cheap as possible

I am working on a project that needs a huge amount of memory about 512GB. The processor is not very important and can be an Intel Xeon v3 3.4GHZ. Is it possible to build a computer with this amount of memory? what motherboard has enough slots for…
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High End Lightweight Laptop

I am looking for a laptop with the following specifications. I have done a lot of searching but can't find anything that meets my requirements. I'm willing to spend $3k, but after that becomes questionable and I have an absolute limit of $5k. I…
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CPU Architecture

Is there a distinct hardware advantage between CPU's? My specific requirement will be for C++ coding and high end numerical analysis. I am building a new desktop system and considering the advantages of AMD vs Intel. Since graphics are of little…
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Budget bluetooth headphones

I'm looking for a pair of bluetooth head phones to tide me over until I can afford a good pair. (I love the Jaybird Bluebuds X - but after two years they've broken.). What's the best Bluetooth headphones I can get for around $US50? Style doesn't…
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