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what are hard drives worth then??

ive got a 1tb one sat here doing nothing, also got a couple of 320gb notebook drives too. if there worth any sort of cash, let us know. its literally in my stack of "computer crap i dont use and will inevitably end up in the tip one day" pile

Second hand, about £60-70. Depends if it has warranty left and if it's actually been used.

Notebook drives will be worth a lot less. The most inflated prices at the moment are 2tb+ internal desktop drives. The ones I was looking at getting were £45, but are now £150+.

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Right I know absolutely nothing about p.c's and tv's but I'm needing some help. http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/13414870/11-Pin-Mini-USB-To-3-5mm-Audio-Cable-For-HTC-P4350/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518%7Ccat:13414870%7Cprd:13414870. Could I get this sort of cable with a normal size USB, for like computers laptops and tv's. My problem is I'm wanting to get this.... http://www.maplin.co.uk/2.1-speakers-with-remote-control-345650 but it can only be connect through 3.5mm and my tv doesn't have that sort of socket but it's got a USB port. So If I get the cable I'm looking for would that work?

Again I know nothing about this sort of stuff so go easy! Thanks

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Right I know absolutely nothing about p.c's and tv's but I'm needing some help. http://www.play.com/...7Cprd:13414870. Could I get this sort of cable with a normal size USB, for like computers laptops and tv's. My problem is I'm wanting to get this.... http://www.maplin.co...-control-345650 but it can only be connect through 3.5mm and my tv doesn't have that sort of socket but it's got a USB port. So If I get the cable I'm looking for would that work?

Again I know nothing about this sort of stuff so go easy! Thanks

If your TV has some sort of USB then it's pretty recent, surely it should have a headphone jack that you can just plug the speakers into?

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Yeah it's got the colour sockets, thanks :)

Ah, you read it before I edited my post... forget what I said, got it a bit confused with my old amplifier... I believe the red and white has to be used with the yellow as they are on it's own channel (I can't think of the proper name for it). So if you connected it via the red and white, you won't get sound as you're not on the same channel unless you're using the yellow for the input video. I probably just made it more confusing, sorry.

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Need help choosing a sound card. I currently have this sound system.

It has these ports on the back of the control unit.

Front, rear and centre/sub.

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Now my sound card is a little bit different, it doesn't have these 3 ports, it has completely different ones :S

As per here.

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I just want a sound card which has them 3 ports (centre, sub, rear) can anyone recommend me one please? THANKS

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I don't know much about that stuff, but doesen't it work if you plug the cables into their own colour? (I know I messed that sentence up a bit..)

I mean c/b out probably is central/bass. Both are the same colour. So why should the others not be the same colour?

Or did I misunderstand you?

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I'd say the Fujitsu, but it's really down to the processor - which I can't comment on. Perhaps google both the processors and see which has the best rating?

Yup. Intel seem to be performing far better than AMD generally at the moment. I can't see AMD lasting longer than 18-24 months personally. Their CPUs are shit and the marketing is shit.

Wouldn't be saying that if I wasn't sure of it, I'm an AMD fanboy lol. Have been since I built my latest "rig" in 2009, but I'd steer well clear now if I were you!

Is my sub too close to my computer would you say?

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Yes. The computer appears to be on the floor. This will not do. It needs to be on the desk.

I'm testing a load of hardware ready for selling at the same time as getting my server running properly at the moment, so my desk is covered in stuff, so I took a picture.

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I like to nerd.

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Because when it's on the floor, it hoovers up all the dust that gets kicked up by your feet/chair moving near it.

That'll be why the inside of your case was dustier than my Granny's fanny when the computer itself was brand new a year ago.

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What's the disadvantage between a portable external hard drive compared to a regular desktop external hard drive providing that they're the same price and and both 500mb?

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External can be taken anywhere, internal cannot. Internal is fast, external is slow (unless it's USB3 and you have USB3 ports on your computer). Internal is usually cheaper.

500mb? Assuming you meant 500gb, that's still a small amount of gb these days, I'd go for nothing less than 1tb now.

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I didn't say anything about internal. But I did mean 500gb.

I was looking out for a 500gb external hard drive today (I need the money more than I need 1TB of space) when I went to the wonderful land of Walmart, they had one, but it was a 'portable' toshiba external hard drive that didn't plug into the wall which made me wary as my old one did. When I did a bit of googling when i got back home, it seems that I can get a the same disk space for the same price regardless of portability or not. Hence my question, is there any advantage to a non-portable one compared to a portable one (that draws it's power from USB rather than the wall)?

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