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    Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

    Considering the speed of this thread, I have not been able to check all 16,000+ posts so please excuse if already posted. Liveuamap is providing a view of incidents on a regional map. Task & Purposes (YouTube channel) view of the situation also seems to make a lot of sense with regards to...
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    Moving to the US. What to do with US$25K for a daily driver.

    Thanks for all the replies guys. Likely to be Tennessee. Insurance is likely to be between 2k and 5k per year but 5k is for a teenager so would hope ti would be closer to the 2k mark. The RWD's are nice but would like to get some miles under me again before going for the more fun cars like...
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    Moving to the US. What to do with US$25K for a daily driver.

    Hi, I am looking to transfer over to the US for around 6 years with my current company. Have not driven for over 12 years (cars in Singapore are stupid expensive and public transport is great and fairly cheep). Might start a thread if things are confirmed as it is going to be a massive...
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    Help needed for poorly PC.

    Ran the game again with HWiNfo running at 1/2 sec polling and have found a few entries for Performance Limit Power = Yes (every now and then) and just around when it died (as best as I can make out) there are two lines with Performance Limit - Reliability Voltage. Temps are reported as around...
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    Help needed for poorly PC.

    So I more or less built a new PC around a year ago and two issues seem to have come out. The first has been there since the beginning and the second appeared over the last few months. Basic spec. Gigabyte Aorus x299 Gaming 3 / Gaming Pro (see below) Intel i7-7800X 4x 8GB Trident Z RGB...
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    Isolating speakers on desk

    I put together a set of these. http://www.instructables.com/id/IKEA-Hack-15-Minute-Desktop-Speaker-Stands/ Added a bit of felt to isolate the screws from the leg brackets and used the smaller chopping board for my Q-Acoustics 3020s and works fine. Still room for improvement but lifts the...
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    Amp / DAC setup for 2.1

    Hi, I have currently; Emotiva BigEgo DAC Emotiva A-100 Mini-X 50W Amp Emotiva BasX 8" sub Q-Acoustics 3020 bookshelf speakers. The issue I currently have is that the A-100 has line out for the sub but it is line out not pre-amp out so the amps volume control does not control the subs volume...
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    Best / Safest self hosted solution for sharing pics to forums.

    So I was sharing my pics here and other places via Photobucket. As they have stopped that without a paid account and since I have a hosting plan with a chunk of space and multiple 'sites' I was wondering what the best and safest solution would be to store images for posting to various forums...
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    Speaker upgrade from Focal XS bookshelf speakers ?.

    Hi, I am looking to possibly upgrade my current speakers. I have; Computer USB --> Emotva Big Ego --> Emotiva A100 --> Focal XS speakers. The Focals have been converted to passive speakers. The upgrade needs to be small and I was thinking of the Q-Acoustics 3020s. Worth the upgrade or any...
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    Gigabyte x299 - Where to get 5pin Led extension cable

    Thanks all. I think I have found the JST plug type but if someone has some spares then fantastic.
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    Gigabyte x299 - Where to get 5pin Led extension cable

    Only one on the bay with Gigabyte in the title. Will take a punt on it. Not bothered about the few $ but the 4 weeks to get it then find out it is wrong will be quite frustrating.
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    Gigabytes x299 gaming 3 won't see my wdc black hdds

    Ok, for anyone who hits this in the future... The board has 8 days ports but they share pcie lines with the nvme connections. Using one nvme drive disables data port 0. Using the second disables data ports 4,5,6 & 7 leaving only 3 data ports remaining. RB.
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    Gigabyte x299 - Where to get 5pin Led extension cable

    Hi, I have a Gigabyte x299 Gaming 3 board but it seems it does not c9me with the 5 pin rgbw extension cable the Gaming 7 or 9 does. I need one f9r.my EK monoblock lighting but do not know where to purchase one from. With the connector part numbers I would build the cable myself but do not...
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    Gigabytes x299 gaming 3 won't see my wdc black hdds

    Hi, I have a new Gigabyte Aorus x299 gaming 3 motherboard but it refuses to see my two wd Black 2tb drives in the bios. I have updated to the F6 bios and reset bios settings (My other adds then got detected) but the hard drives are not showing up. I have; 2x 1TB NVME drives 3x SSD drives 2x...
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    Longest usable Molex 4pin ?.

    Thanks guys.
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    Longest usable Molex 4pin ?.

    Hi, I am building an external water cooling box to take the heat away from the pc and out from under the desk. For power I am thinking of putting a 2 mtr extention cable from the 4 pin Molex power PSU connector to to the table top box. Any issues with max distance eta ?. Also, anyone know of...
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    Replacement DAC for my failed Fiio E10K

    So just to close this off, the Big Ego is filling the role quite nicely. It generally runs at 192k and I have not noticed any issues. I have changed to using FooBar2000 as my music player as well. Happy with the results and hopefully this may help others in future. Thanks all.
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    Replacement DAC for my failed Fiio E10K

    Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I am sorta limited on where I can but from and whilst Schiit looks interesting, it would be problematic and more expensive to purchase on of their items. What I purched in the end is the Emotiva Big Ego DAC. By all accounts it handles up to 32bit / 328k...
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    Replacement DAC for my failed Fiio E10K

    So my Fiio E10K seems to be playing up so maybetime for a replacement. I am using a Fiio X3 as a DAC for now. My setup (audio wise); PC (via USB) --> E10K --> Emotiva A100 Amp --> Focal XS Bookshelf speakers (internal amp removed and rewired... Dont ask :)). I also connect the DAC to my Sony...
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