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How would you arrange this living room?

Yeah I could tell you were thinking along the same lines. I actually drew the picture because it didn't look like people understood when you were explaining what you meant. As for where the TV is centered, my gut says centered on the room will be better than centered on the wall. I feel...
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- Post #11
- Jan 14, 2015
- Forum: Audio Components
How would you arrange this living room?

My first thought was to put the tv on the long wall, but I think it might actually work better like this: It makes the viewing area a little more self contained and separates it from the dining area, and I think it might be a bit easier to lay out the speakers. Using the long wall, I'm not...
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- Post #8
- Jan 13, 2015
- Forum: Audio Components
Car system help!!!! Please

Capacitors can help, but they are more of a band-aid fix. If the battery is that old, replacing it with a newer one may also help, and I would probably recommend it before a cap (after all, you are going to need a new battery anyway - probably sooner than later) One of the best, cheapest...
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- Post #6
- Dec 26, 2014
- Forum: Audio Components
USB Flash Drives

When Pioneer first started adding USB ports to the head units I remember that they specified the use of FAT32. I personally just grabbed a cheap 32GB drive from MicroCenter and have been using it with the Sync system in my Mustang for years now. That system has the huge added benefit of voice...
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- Post #11
- Dec 14, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
HTPC versus Home PC

I highly recommend you put the i7 in the gaming machine, esp if you are playing games like BF4 that love hyperthreading. Having 16Gb on the office machine will help since you specifically said you heavily multitask on that box. I don't think you are going to see a huge difference in terms of...
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- Post #13
- Nov 17, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
Razer Kraken Pro Surround Audio problem.

AFAIK the Kraken Pro just has a single analogue 3.5mm input jack. If that is the case, the issue is not with the headphones, but with the sound card. What I suspect is that you are setting your sound card to surround sound, even though you don't have anything plugged into the center/sub or...
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- Post #2
- Nov 17, 2014
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
absolutely no response from mouse on white ikea desk...anyone ever heard of this?

I have the Anywhere Mouse MX that works wonderfully on a glass coffee table that no mouse I tried previously worked on at all. I don't think I ever tried it on a white glossy surface, but it seems like glass would be even more difficult to track on...
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- Post #14
- Nov 17, 2014
- Forum: Mice
HTPC versus Home PC

yeah you definitely want the more powerful CPU on the rig doing video encoding. One of the few applications that will use every last drop of CPU power available. I would also hope you would be adding storage drives to the HTPC for media, and probably use those drives fro ripping as well...
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- Post #8
- Nov 17, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
Get cat5 cable connection to receiver

Powerline network transmits ethernet signals over the houses existing electrical wiring. Here's a bunch of adaptors on newegg, but i havent done much research into which ones are the best: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=-1&isNodeId=1 As for Bridges, most wifi range extenders will...
- Automaticman
- Post #5
- Nov 16, 2014
- Forum: Networking
WiFi Interference?

What I read about the APs in particular was that you have to install the Java based application on one PC on the network to set them up (the software is included), but after that the software doesn't need to be run and the APs are fine on their own. I know there are several threads about the...
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- Post #12
- Nov 16, 2014
- Forum: Networking
mobo heatsink question....

Those heatsinks are for cooling the CPU's power supply components (similar to the VRMs on a GPU). They are often mounted using springs (as are many CPU heatsinks) as the springs help even the pressure load and keep the heatsink mounted with the correct amount of tension. I'd guess that you're...
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- Post #3
- Nov 16, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
HTPC versus Home PC

Hmm, another option you might consider is simply using integrated graphics on the office PC and crossfire the 7850 and 7870 on the gaming PC. Integrated gpu will be fine with two monitors as long as you aren't doing any gaming or other GPU intensive tasks.
- Automaticman
- Post #3
- Nov 16, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
WiFi Interference?

I keep hearing great things about these Ubiquity Unifi enterprise access points: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0010-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0063-_-Product More expensive than that TP link bridge, but half the price of a second router. Plus, if you really...
- Automaticman
- Post #10
- Nov 16, 2014
- Forum: Networking
Get cat5 cable connection to receiver

If running Cat5 cable downstairs is not an option, then what you are looking for is an Wifi bridge. Basically the opposite of an access point, it is an ethernet switch that connects to a wifi network. I've heard that bridges work best when they match the brand of the router/AP you are using...
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- Post #2
- Nov 16, 2014
- Forum: Networking
5.1 audio over SPDIF

Absolutely, if the video you are watching has a AC3/DD or DTS track and you set up Media Center or whatever video player you are using to pass the AC3 bitstream through. Normal system sounds, games and music will only play in stereo, unless your motherboard features DD Live or DTS Connect...
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- Post #2
- Nov 13, 2014
- Forum: Home Theater PCs

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