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  1. K Olley

    Best OS for BOINC - Windows 7/10 or Ubuntu?

    Ubuntu, With optimised apps, Look in "number crunching", lot of clues in "new computer on the way".
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    Dual Pumps - Best Configuration

    It would increase the resistance of the loop so it would make the faster pump work harder, whether it would make the pump work hard enough to stress it enough to fail I do not know. On my setup I use a dual pump [EK-XTOP Dual D5] for my GPU's, 2 x 360 rads and the external 480 rad, and a...
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    Dual Pumps - Best Configuration

    The pump that bust was not only trying to pump the water round the loop but was also trying to turn the other pump faster as well, or in other words the case pump was slowing the flow in the loop and causing the external pump to try to work harder. I have got an external rad and multiple pumps...
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    Custom made molex cable causing PSU freeze?

    Many moons ago I watched a motorbike mechanic test some wiring on a bike, although he had some fancy equipment available he was using a battery and a headlight bulb. When I asked why he said a fancy meter may show a very low resistance through a poor joint or corroded wire when passing a very...
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    An outdoors radiator??

    I am doing something similar for additional cooling but only for summer use, I am having some cooling - overheating problems. Making up a radiator 480 x 120 with fans on a stand that I can place outside, power and tubing passing through a window, connection will be via quick release connectors...
  6. K Olley

    Should I buy a mirrorless?

    I have just brought a mirrorless for that reason, a EOS M5, its a lot smaller so easier to carry but with the adaptor I can if I wish use it with my larger lenses.
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    Sites for second hand cameras

    Cameraworld, online and 3 shops London Chelmsford and Stevenage I use the Chelmsford shop, very good service.
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    Seagate Expansion 4TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive for internal use

    Probably slower, but not slow enough too cause me any problems, raid is used for primary backup and video feed to TV, files stored on drives are video, music or picture. All important files are also backed up to optical disks (BD-R) and stored off site. (scans of photographs and negatives some...
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    Seagate Expansion 4TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive for internal use

    Got a couple of these as secondary drives in my machines, one still as an external used for backup and 4 installed into a Synology ds413j (raid 5), and an unused spare sitting on the shelf. Most have been in use 4+ years with no problems, main use is data storage.
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