Topic: PC Project

[cospringswx]

After a reboot on the PC the Corsair's automatically was the default device when I plugged them in so all is good now. A reboot cures all sorts of troubles.

[cospringswx]

Put a sound card in. Man what a difference. Didn't have to disable onboard audio in bios so that was nice.

[Cienega32]

Which card did you get?

[info]

Put a sound card in. Man what a difference. Didn't have to disable onboard audio in bios so that was nice.

i installed Xonar Dg about year ago , for my Klipsch - ProMedia 2.1 Speaker System  .
Yes , what a difference it made for gaming

[cospringswx]

Which card did you get?

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe Sound Card

Cheap and sounds great.

[Cienega32]

What did you have onboard before that?

[cospringswx]

What did you have onboard before that?

Yes

[ValentineWeather]

I've watched this thread for sometime, my latest game computer built in December, screams
My son loves it  , I'm still on my old computer. Stopped playing games after CODII

Intel Haswell i7-4770K 3.5GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
16GB DDR3 1600
2TB SATAIII HDD + 240GB SATAIII SSD
24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Realtek ALC892 8 Channels
Gigabit Ethernet
Corsair CX750Watt Power Supply
Corsair Graphite 600T Gaming Case
Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid Cooling System
GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 Motherboard
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

[info]

I've watched this thread for sometime, my latest game computer built in December, screams
My son loves it  , I'm still on my old computer. Stopped playing games after CODII

Intel Haswell i7-4770K 3.5GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
16GB DDR3 1600
2TB SATAIII HDD + 240GB SATAIII SSD
24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Realtek ALC892 8 Channels
Gigabit Ethernet
Corsair CX750Watt Power Supply
Corsair Graphite 600T Gaming Case
Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid Cooling System
GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 Motherboard
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

that's nice set up
I have
motherboard SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
amd 8350
super clocked 660 ti
psu 750 80+
thermaltake case
3 fans
2 hd
 

[cospringswx]

Ok now you both know that pics are required right? 

[ValentineWeather]

This is the gamer setup I have, with theater lounger out of pic and dedicated 55" LG.

[cospringswx]

Nice Randy. Is that a Corsair case?

[ValentineWeather]

Thanks, yes it is.

[Cienega32]

This is the gamer setup I have, with theater lounger out of pic and dedicated 55" LG.

Clean look. Any pics of the inside we can ogle? You too, 'info'! 

We love those outside and inside pics!

[Cienega32]

What did you have onboard before that?

Yes

You had the Gigabyte board so you probably had the Intel HD Realtek audio, correct?

[cospringswx]

What did you have onboard before that?

Yes

You had the Gigabyte board so you probably had the Intel HD Realtek audio, correct?

Yes that's correct.

[cospringswx]

Thanks, yes it is.

Awesome. Is it the 600t? As you can tell I am a huge Corsair fan!

[ValentineWeather]

Yes, case is the Corsair Graphite 600T Gaming Case. Love the case very easy to work with.

[cospringswx]

Looks good Randy!  I think we got the same liquid CPU.

[info]

I get some picture up this weekend. Been to busy
How you like the water  Cooling  system ?
Rick

[Cienega32]

Yes, case is the Corsair Graphite 600T Gaming Case. Love the case very easy to work with.

Same case here and, like you, love the layout of it. The only thing thing I found goofy about it was the setup for the top-side USB 3 plug. I don't quite get why they didn't just adapt it to the mobo header or, at least, optioned that approach.

Good looking box you put together.

[Cienega32]

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe Sound Card

Cheap and sounds great.

Now you got me looking at sound cards... The onboard doesn't sound all that bad to me but with you saying it's a substantial difference, now I have to consider one. 

Best card I ever had was the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 but I don't see that type of offering anymore and nothing but problems for the Rev with anything newer than XP.

[cospringswx]

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe Sound Card

Cheap and sounds great.

Now you got me looking at sound cards... The onboard doesn't sound all that bad to me but with you saying it's a substantial difference, now I have to consider one. 

Best card I ever had was the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 but I don't see that type of offering anymore and nothing but problems for the Rev with anything newer than XP.

The thing about sound cards is that if you have crappy speakers you won't notice a difference. My PC speakers are Bose and are 2.1 but my headphones are 7.1. So when I use my headphones I put it on 7.1 in the Creative  control panel. No problems with the install on Win 7 Home either. Snapped the card in the PCI-Express slot,installed drivers, changed sound card to default device and was done in 10 minutes.

[cospringswx]

Here is a picture of the sound card installed. Its the blue thing.  Couldn't get the dang white sticker off without it peeling so I left it. Sorry for the crappy cell phone picture. Didn't feel like breaking out the DSLR.

[Cienega32]

I still have my old Altec-Lansing 4.1 speakers (2003?) collecting dust with my old retired XP Pro machines. Dual-cone sub that's as big as either of those Antec cases. It'll be too boomy in the smaller room I use now for 'The Beast' so dust they will continue to collect. Right now, I'm just running a cheap set of 2.1 that fill the need for the moment. Haven't had much time for toons lately at home.

On another aside, I finally got around to putting in the wire router/loom on my cam shelf. Now I can stop worrying about the cams moving around if I hit a wire or two. Also replaced the Wx machine's ('Junior') basic UPS with a Pure Sine Wave type and a second one for 'The Beast'. Both CyberPower CP850PFCLCD.