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    Newer phones with fantastic up-close/macro pictures?

    I use my phone to take pictures of products for me website basically ever since I had my OnePlus 7t. have a good digital camera but it is 1000x more convenient to take pictures with my phone... in the same amount of time I can basically finish whatever I am doing while with the camera I have to...
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    WTB Cheap Ipad to use as parental management device

    My kids both wanted ipads but I dont have an Apple device to manage their accounts. I have an Android tablet I use to watch Netflix sometimes in the garage so Ill probably replace that with my first Apple device so that I have something to manage their accounts. Let me know what youve got.
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    Need some assistance - Ender 3 w/ Hemera stringing

    I can't figure out what is causing this stringing and it's driving me crazy. I bought a used Ender 3 and have been printing great with a few minor defects, and then realized my settings in Prusa Slicer were wrong. With my e3d Hemera direct drive I should have retraction set to .5 to 2mm max...
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    Edge Secure, Microsoft Edge browser built in VPN?

    The Edge browser now has a built in VPN. Whether or not its good, I dont know. Each Microsoft account gets free 5gb of VPN data a month. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/edge-secure-network-vpn?form=MT00IX Thoughts?
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    WTB Windows 10/11 key

    Anyone got one? Was going to grab one cheap but I figure Id throw someone a few bones if youve got one laying around.
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    WTB ITX or MATX system/barebones

    Not looking to spend a ton but need to get a computer for one of my kids. I have an M2 drive and a GTX 1080 I can put in it. Let me know what you've got. Primarily looking for small.
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    Bought a 3090, loud as hell, unusually hot? Disappointed.

    Grabbed a 3090 from one of my buddies. Kinda disappointed with my first big PC upgrade/purchase in over a decade. Temps seem a bit high... this pic is in the Baldurs Gate 3 menu: According to some Google searching my temps might be high. I just installed Afterburner to get the fan speed...
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    Dell 27" IPS 165hz Monitor - $129.99

    Pretty good deal? https://www.spoofee.com/27in-dell-g2723hn-fhd-165hz-ips-gaming-monitor/deals/985485
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    Good hard mouse pad?

    I've been rocking razer mouse pads but they delaminate after a month or so -_- There are a ton of options out there now. Looking for recommendations for a hard mousepad similar to the old-school ratpadz.
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    WTB simple system for home Pfsense

    Small, low power, dual NICs is ideally what I'm looking for. Let me know what you've got.
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    Malware Bytes Windows Firewall Control Alternative?

    Any good free alternative? I used Zone Alarm back in the day and discovered the Malware Bytes program about a year or two ago. The problem is that no matter what I am doing the Malware Bytes notifications to block stuff will pop up with things I have previously said yes/no to. Its like it doesnt...
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    WTB MATX AM4 Motherboard for 5600x

    Looking for a micro ATX board for my 5600x. I believe my motherboard is having issues and I am finishing up some troubleshooting. Prob looking for a B550m. Possibly also looking for some DDR4 ram, a 32gb kit.
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    5600x Upgrade Woes

    Bought a 5600x to hold me over for a year or so. System in sig. This thing is unbelievably unstable - the instant I click the test button in Prime95 my system turns off. Ive tried disabling auto overclock, disabling performance boost, running my memory at the slowest/crappiest speeds/settings to...
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    How to find your best settings for mouse DPI/sensitivity? Apex Legends...

    Ive been PC gaming for like... 20 years. I have always had great twitch reflexes when playing first person shooters and good mouse coordination. I realized the other day that Ive been having a tough-ish time in Apex Legends because I cant seem to get my mouse settings where I can snap to a...
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    Lookie' what I found...

    I bought these bad boys forever ago when I lived in Japan. Randomly found them at a Hardoff for 42 cents.
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    WTB Something Better Than Ryzen 5 2600

    Trying to keep it around $150 or so. I'm located in 29651. Trying to upgrade from my Ryzen 5 2600.
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    3D Printed Chassis...

    This looks pretty sweet, saw it on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/11oa4ou/3d_printed_pc_chassis_unit_02/
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    WTB USB hub w/ SD card reader, USB header for motherboard

    Looking for a USB hub with a built in card reader. This is the kind of junk someone here probably has sitting around in a drawer for the last year. While Im at it, a USB header that plugs into a motherboard and mounts in a PCI slot on a case would be useful too. I have thrown all of mine away...
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    Finally got a 3d printer, a modified Ender 3

    Well this was the description when I bought it: Ive since basically taken the entire thing apart and put it back together straight/properly... the bed was crooked as hell and the guy was apparently printing a ton of stuff on it. It seems like it will be a good first printer. Ive already...
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    "nVidia finally responds to 4090 cables melting..."

    https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/341052-nvidia-finally-responds-to-rtx-4090-cable-melting-controversy Edit: won't let me put the image in for some reasons
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    "How AMD became a chip giant..."

    Not a typical news source I would ever post, but it's a decent read. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/22/how-amd-became-a-chip-giant-leapfrogged-intel-after-playing-catch-up.html?utm_content=Main&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1669132980
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    Warm/Hotish? Razer Gaming Bundle - headset, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad - $40 at Walmart

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Razer-Power-Up-Gaming-Bundle-V2-Cynosa-Lite-Gigantus-V2-L-DeathAdder-Essential-BlackShark-V2-X/377460042?athbdg=L1600 Looks like a pretty good deal. Razer Power Up Gaming Bundle V2 - Cynosa Lite, Gigantus V2 L, DeathAdder Essential, BlackShark V2 X
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    HP Omen 35x16 mouse pad - $11

    Here ya go: https://www.ebay.com/itm/spoofee_member_pricing/155036856899?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338612504&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 Free shipping too.
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    WTB Inexpensive 15" Ryzen laptop

    Looking for something to replace my aging laptop. Looking to get something similar in price/performance to those Motile laptops that were a solid deal when they were released. - Preferably Ryzen 5 - 8gb+ of ram - Storage size not super important but want to avoid a non-SSD - Decent battery
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    Ryzen 5 2600 stability issues

    I've been screwing around with this system for a couple days and it gets blue screens regularly... trying to get work done and it crashes when doing something as simple as unzipping a rare file. CPU has been run with higher voltage and SOC voltage to see if stability gets better. Ram has been...
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    Move all of my smart devices over to an older access point?

    Ive got a decent TPLink Wifi 6 router right now but Im thinking about setting up my older Tplink router to be the access point for my smart devices like cameras, bulbs, doorbell, etc. Between 2-3 tablets in the house, 3 Roku devices, and multiple computers and phones, Im thinking it may be a bit...
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    Minecraft/Roblox on Quest2?

    Anyone have experience with this? I read some stuff about side loading games and have heard that they both will work but haven't seen any solid info. I've also read that because of the Facebook login you are on a slippery slope if you start doing stuff like that? 🤷‍♂️
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    I get free electricity...

    I'm thinking about building a couple rigs and running them. Any recommendations on the best return? What could I realistically expect to mine/make from a system running with no electricity bill? I've done a bit of research but a friend of mine is saying graphics card mining is meh right now 🤷‍♂️
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    WTB Ryzen 2600'ish w/ motherboard

    Trying to build a budget gaming computer for my nephew. I know a lot of you guys are upgrading so I figured I'd check here. Need a Ryzen 2600 (or similar) with a micro atx motherboard and, if you've got it, 16gb of ram.
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    WTB Neat lookin' smallish' MATX case

    Not looking for a full tower, something more like a mini or mid tower. Anyone have something cube shaped laying around?
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    Ryzen gaming laptop with 2080?

    A friend of mine is looking at buying a desktop but it seems like a laptop might be a better buy for him because of the mobility... but gaming laptops on whatever site (Dell, etc) are still dominated by Intel.
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    Anyone highly proficient with TestDisk?

    Im trying to recover a partition that got messed up via a botched input. Ive already recovered the data to a second disk using another utility, but the data all has random file names instead of the original file structure/file names. There are thousands of photos and thousands of music/video...
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    Data recovery that keep file structure/folders/file names?

    I have a hard drive I somehow messed up the partition on but when I recover the data it's just in random file names. I'm trying to see if I can recover the original names with the original folders if possible. The original recovery took a couple days because it's about 4tb of data. I could...
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    WTB 1150 MATX board or SFF barebones that supports full size gpu

    Bought a CPU... forgot my HTPC was socket 1156. Need a MATX motherboard or SFF barebones that support 4670k / socket 1150. Also need a stock CPU cooler or something smallish for the 4670k
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    Ran a copy command... somehow (don't know if related or not) partition of drive I copied to became corrupted?

    Doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me. I have no idea what I did. I may have been a victim of some type of cyber attack because my home server logs are all wiped out as well so I cant see if anything actually happened. I was running SnapRAID on my server and the content and parity files are all...
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    Refurb Motile 14" laptop: Ryzen 5, 8gb ram, 256gb SSD... $290 - 10% coupon for your first purchase

    I just ordered one. You have to watch the website daily as they update the quantity. Apparently the majority of refurb units are from loose ribbon cables going to the screen. Im not sure exactly what triggers the 10% off coupon but its one of those things where you hover your mouse off screen...
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    PC game from early 2000s'ish - was an action RPG released half finished with no NPCs

    I was going to comment on another post where people were discussing piracy. This particular game ruined preorders for me until the end of time and made me realize that buying games before you ever see or play them is generally a bad idea. The game was released with no NPCs in the towns except...
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    Warm? MSI Radeon RX5700 @ $299.99 after MIR

    https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1506617-REG/msi_radeon_rx_5700_mech.html Was searching around. If I didnt loathe mail in rebates I would consider buying one.
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    Why do inexpensive highly reviewed "good" headsets all have trash mics?

    Bought a Kingston HyperX Cloud... fixed the mic issue by literally making my own mic. Anyway... only sort of fixed it. Now I realize there is also an issue internal to the headset where sound bleeds over from the headset output to the mic input. You can find people talking about this issue...
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    Thinking of going pfsense + WiFi6 access point...

    Ive been on the edge of upgrading my wireless router for going on two years. Currently rocking a mid-end TPlink router (cant remember model off the top of my head) but its just not cutting it anymore. Ive got a home server with tons of storage that feeds video to Roku/Plex devices and my current...
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