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420's New Compy!
Soul Sojourner:
--- Quote from: 420 on August 02, 2011, 01:41:47 PM ---Cool, I might buy from Newegg, but I'm still bitter about the Egg Head stores closing down. Now I have to walk an extra 1/2 mile to get to Central Computers. Also, I like to support local businesses when I can. Though Tony was a bit of a douche for telling me the on-board RealTek would be fine even though I told him I was building a gaming machine.
One question, I got a couple USB ports on the front of my case (very convenient for headphones and memory sticks) and they plug into the motherboard. If I install a Sound Blaster card will I have to plug my headphones directly into the card or how does that all work? (Damn these new fangled devices!)
-420
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Wanna know a secret... *shhhh* I'm using onboard Realtek myself, and I have no problem with any of my games, including NWN, of course, I don't care about EAX either... soo.... Bah, I support local businesses too, if and when they're not trying to rip me off. Otherwise, I buy online. Anyway, Newegg is kinda local, it's based in Whittier, California. Not the same city as you, but it's still in Cali.
420:
--- Quote from: Ivon on August 02, 2011, 02:33:47 PM ---Sound cards should have front-port headers on the PCB somewhere. I would HIGHLY recommend getting shielded cables and modifying your front port board to ground the USB OFF OF THE CASE AND NOT THE FREAKING MIC. It's a cost-saving measure they 'all' use and it results in a whine/buzz every time you use the front audio port....kind of like listening to an AM station while running the microwave.
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Is there a way to check the cables that came with the case to see if they are shielded already? (I guess I could just check for the buzz after I install the card.) And how do I go about modifying my front port board to, uh, do that thing you said.
--- Quote from: Ivon on August 02, 2011, 02:33:47 PM ---Also, this 'Tony' was right...not his fault you play'n old-ass games :P
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Well, at this rate I'll have to move into a bigger place and set up my Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz Win XP, Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Win 2000, Pentium III 800 MHz Win 2000, and uh, I got a couple Pentium or Pentium 2 computers in the corner. Think they are running Windows for Workgroups 3.11 or maybe something as cool as Windows 95.
Damn, I need a bigger Ethernet switch and a bunch of ancient network cards!
--- Quote from: Ivon on August 02, 2011, 02:33:47 PM ---PS: I never liked EAX made the sound...um...(Sound) like it was coming from a metal pipe....very hollow.
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--- Quote from: Soul Sojourner on August 02, 2011, 06:46:03 PM ---Wanna know a secret... *shhhh* I'm using onboard Realtek myself, and I have no problem with any of my games, including NWN, of course, I don't care about EAX either... soo.... Bah, I support local businesses too, if and when they're not trying to rip me off. Otherwise, I buy online. Anyway, Newegg is kinda local, it's based in Whittier, California. Not the same city as you, but it's still in Cali.
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Screw you guys! *sniff* I love my EAX.
Yeah Newegg might be local but I'll never forget the day I had to wade through the human filth in downtown San Francisco only to find the Egg Head closed with a sign that said "Find us online at www.newegg.com. Fuckers.
-420
Illutian:
No, the 'proper' method of shielding is too expensive
Some DYI Shielding: http://www.evga.com/forumsarchive/tm.asp?m=100726856&mpage=1&key=�
If you want to do it "right": http://www.zippertubing.com/EMI-Shielded-Heat-Shrink-Tubing.aspx
You'll need to shield every wire bundle that goes to the front panel...that means:
-Power, Reset button
-USB
-Firewire
-Mic
-Audio
*each need to be shield individually, so if you have 2 seperate USB 'heat shrinked cables'....you'll need two separate shields.
Now mind you you can go a 'cheaper' route and just bundle all non-audio cables together; shield those (prevent leak). And then shield Audio and mic (prevent absorption). But you'll suffer front-USB transfer speed issues, nothing "OMFG, IT WUN WERK!"...but I like to over engineer :P
In fact, first use the tin foil method (first link) to see if it helps before spending on the professional-grade shielding (if you want to that is)
Soul Sojourner:
--- Quote from: 420 on August 02, 2011, 08:40:13 PM ---Yeah Newegg might be local but I'll never forget the day I had to wade through the human filth in downtown San Francisco only to find the Egg Head closed with a sign that said "Find us online at www.newegg.com. Fuckers.
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Once You Know, You Newegg.®
cuchulann:
Okay real quick, I am looking at giving my rig it's final huzzah before i REALLY have to buy a new one and I have forgotten many things. My situation is this: My current graphic card is a PCIE x16 bus. When I look for that online I only see PCIE 2.0 x16. I am pretty sure that the 2.0 is the extended name but I cannot remember. Am I okay with this or is it, "No you fool! you've got that.. *BANG!*" -end of line-
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