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A low power limited (U) Intel CPU using integrated graphics is a bad choice, but then again the AMD APU is probably not the greatest, either.
An i5-4200U without dedicated graphics is a dual core Haswell CPU @1.6ghz base clock. It has a very low base clock (think half of normal clock speeds) for the integrated graphics, and it has a 15w power budget for the entire CPU package - basically everything dedicated to the CPU - AS WELL AS - the integrated graphics. That's very low. Both the CPU cores and the integrated graphics will throttle themselves to stay in this 15w power window between them, which essentially guarantees that if you can maintain the low base clocks while gaming (less than half as fast as a desktop i3) then you won't be getting any turbo speeds.
For example, a midrange graphics card right now would use about 10x that much power for itself alone, and an intel desktop quad core CPU at stock would need about 50-60w.
Any laptop at $500, seeing those kind of specs, looks to be awful - you just have to make sure that it's awful in ways that you are fine with
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Well, that i3 has an 800mhz higher base clock, better igpu (hd4600 vs 4400) and it has 37 watts!! to work with instead of 15. If you're planning on using the iGPU, i think the i5-u would get smoked. i3 doesn't have turbo, but the only situation where the i5 would turbo higher than the base clock of the i3 is when only one core is in use (not even starcraft would allow for that) and you have less than 15w combined between GPU and graphics
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Random question - why does watching a stream (via flash) (with or without hardware acceleration turned on) give me a higher temp than doing anything else (to include playing most games) except perhaps benchmarking tools?
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Most of those games and such probably just don't load your CPU. Check CPU load vs temps, also grab something for 100% CPU load like prime95 version 28.5 small fft and it's probably way hotter
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Thank you very, very much, guys.
Yeah I know at my price range I am not getting very much. I just want something that I can do light gaming for the stuff I mentioned, using low graphic settings, and what I need to do for work/bsing without having my comp drag. Based on what you guys said, that i3 Lenovo sounds like the best I will be getting.
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I recently got the CM storm recon mouse. I love it so far but have been experiencing tracking issues (random skipping). I've tried tinkering around with the LoD, polling rate, and dpi to no avail. My mousepad is the teamliquid razor one which I've used with other mice and have had no issues. I've read somewhere that getting the 1.12 firmware may fix the issue but have no idea where to download it. Any suggestions?
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i have a problem with the left sidebar settings. i dont know hot to activate sc2 streams on the right side. i can check the "Right Sidebar Stream Sections: and Stacrcraft 2" show option, but the word starcraft 2 is crossed out. i dont find a solution in the site settings or on the sidebar settings left as well. there are also many options crossed out. how can i fix it? -.-
*probably a stupid question* -.-
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You have to toggle that content on/off. It used to be left of the search bar, but now it's hidden somewhere else. (It's a really unintuitive design.
Ah, I found it.
For some reason that's now hidden by default (??? -- I tried in a different browser that's logged out and never been used on TL), so go to settings in the top left and uncheck the box "Hide filter buttons in top menu bar." THEN you can toggle sections on/off next to the search bar.
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Hello, quick question: I put together a new comp for my parents, the MOBO doesn't have an IDE port and I want to install their old HDD as an external type drive. I've been looking up IDE to SATA connections, PCI-E cards, and IDE to USB external enclosure type solutions. Does anyone have any experience here and know what would be the "best" option with regard to ease, read/write speeds, mounting practicality, etc?
Thanks!
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On May 22 2014 03:17 TheFlock wrote:
Hello, quick question: I put together a new comp for my parents, the MOBO doesn't have an IDE port and I want to install their old HDD as an external type drive. I've been looking up IDE to SATA connections, PCI-E cards, and IDE to USB external enclosure type solutions. Does anyone have any experience here and know what would be the "best" option with regard to ease, read/write speeds, mounting practicality, etc?
Thanks!
Are you sure you really want to use that HDD? If it's IDE, it's probably small and slow. The cheapest internal HDDs you can get are about $20 for 80GB or 120GB or so. The cheapest external HDDs are perhaps $30.
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On May 22 2014 03:32 Ropid wrote:Show nested quote +On May 22 2014 03:17 TheFlock wrote:
Hello, quick question: I put together a new comp for my parents, the MOBO doesn't have an IDE port and I want to install their old HDD as an external type drive. I've been looking up IDE to SATA connections, PCI-E cards, and IDE to USB external enclosure type solutions. Does anyone have any experience here and know what would be the "best" option with regard to ease, read/write speeds, mounting practicality, etc?
Thanks! Are you sure you really want to use that HDD? If it's IDE, it's probably small and slow. The cheapest internal HDDs you can get are about $20 for 80GB or 120GB or so. The cheapest external HDDs are perhaps $30.
I built the computer around a whole new setup with a new HDD, I was just wanting to include this old HDD as a secondary one because it contains 15 years of their old files (lol) and I didn't want to bother wasting time transferring them. It would strictly be a storage for old files that I would rather not have filling up the new HDD.
The enclosure seems like a good way to go, but I was hoping there would be a cheap option and also I like the idea of installing the drive in the case, so that it is one less thing to clutter up the desk
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All my old IDEs I just put in external enclosures. USB2 ought to be sufficient for an old IDE... I don't think the performance would be much different than being internal with some kind of IDE->SATA converter.
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Ah okay, I guess it doesn't make too big of a difference either way. Thanks for your help!
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Does using two HDDs, one old with an OS and one new with an OS slow down certain functions? Because renaming folders has taken from 30 to 60 seconds ever since I slapped my old HDD in. I know you're supposed to format it but I needed to transfer files over before doing so.
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Hello everyone,
I have recently started downloading old Brood War VODs from the internet, but the only way it is possible is through "right click -> save video as". Can it be that the way it is saved on my disc impacts the downloading speed? I have around 30 Mb/s internet and those videos about 60-100 MB yet they take suspiciously long to download. Thanks in advance! 
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Shouldn't really make much of a difference. The limiting factor is usually the filehost. Most of them choke downloads pretty low.
You can use JDownloader or a similar manager to bypass the browser, but I wouldn't expect much difference. JDownloader specifically you'd probably find quite useful as you can just ctrl+a, ctrl+c the contents of the page (or page source) and it'll parse the clipboard into links -- meaning you can batch grab and queue vods off a page.
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Thanks for the quick response!
I'm familiar with JDownloader, will try it again even of only for addidtional features, especialy since you can access page surces with it (that's what I use for d/ling)
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Hi everyone,
I bought a widescreen (21 : 9) 29" LG Monitor and it works great with hdmi in its 2560 x 1080 resolution,
but with DVI cable (which I really want to use because my laptop dock only has dvi and VGA out) the best it can do is a very ugly 1680x 1050 resolution.
Is there any way to get 2560 x 1080 with a DVI cable?
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2560 x 1080 requires dual link DVI, chances are your laptop only has single link DVI so you cannot do 2560 x 1080 via DVI.
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