Muel Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 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+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angua Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angua Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) 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? Edited December 1, 2011 by weirdoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angua Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Yeah it's got the colour sockets, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 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. Now my sound card is a little bit different, it doesn't have these 3 ports, it has completely different ones As per here. I just want a sound card which has them 3 ports (centre, sub, rear) can anyone recommend me one please? THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topsy Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 I accidentally a new mobo and SSD. Bye bye bank balance, hello win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) Doesnt matter topsy. I ended up buying a new sound card and a 650w PSU in the end. Both items unrelated. Edited December 9, 2011 by dann2707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Well receieved the sound card last night and its made an unbelieveable difference. Sound quality it so much crisper, can hear lots of stuff i couldn't before. no distortion too. Well happy for £20! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angua Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-ASUS-X53U-SX196V-Laptop/764914. http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-FUJITSU-LIFEBOOK-AH530-Laptop/776297. Two laptops, what one would you prefer for music, facebook etc? Sorry for not being the smartest biscuit in the box Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Is my sub too close to my computer would you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 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? 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. I like to nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Why put a computer not on the floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 That makes sense actually yeah. Not too sure where I could put it though, pretty strapped for room. Could wall mount it lol just kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Mines on the floor and I have a fine dust filter and it's fine. Also my sub is on the opposite side of my desk, looks more even than having everything to one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 If you can't stick it anywhere else, Dan, try and get hold of some foam sheet to use for dust filters. Particularly handy if you've got some semi-decent fans and shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 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)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Oh. Didn't read properly. No difference really. I have a 500gb wall powered one and a 1tb USB only one, the 1tb is actually faster, quieter and bigger. Guess it's just because it's newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Yeah generally there are only benefits to being portable, but check read/write speeds if you can for general win. You can almost always pull things apart to get to the drive inside if you need to too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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