I need a favour .

CaptainHaplo · 04-15-10, 06:34 PM

I am all for water cooling if your familiar with doing it - or used to building regular pc's and can take the time to do it right.

However - that only fits Intel chips - I priced the best Phenom2 to meet the price window - so you would end up having to change MB and CPU. Not hard to do by any means - but the I cores run a bit more expensive. If you can swing the intel chip and board with water cooler - shoot ya man!

THE_MASK · 04-15-10, 06:45 PM

Ok didnt realise it only fits intel . Yeah your right , Phenom is better value . I could probably spend a little bit more money . Is onboard sound ok . I could probably spend a little bit more , say $2700 . I need a sound card as well . Is it better to get a card with onboard sound or a sound card . The speakers i have are 5.1 and too be honest i will probably use a set of bose noise cancelling headphones mostly .

CaptainHaplo · 04-15-10, 06:54 PM

OK - most audio onboard is pretty good nowadays. They also usually support 5.1 speakers. To get a card that is supported under Windows 7 64x - you have to go with an X-FI or equal card - adding an easy 200+ to the cost.

Best thing I can advise you on this one is use onboard sound. IF - and I doubt it would happen - but IF you find the onboard isn't good enough - then you can add the card.

Unless you really have to have EAX extensions for FPS gaming (because you have to hear the guy sneaking up behind you in absolute lossless - I have to say its probably not worth the money.

JSLTIGER · 04-16-10, 08:21 AM

Onboard sound is more than enough for 9.5/10 people these days, and quad core chips make the CPU time used to process the sound fairly irrelevant. I haven't had a dedicated sound board in my rig since at least December 2003, and I've been happy with my onboard sound.

04-15-10, 06:34 PM	#1
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I am all for water cooling if your familiar with doing it - or used to building regular pc's and can take the time to do it right. However - that only fits Intel chips - I priced the best Phenom2 to meet the price window - so you would end up having to change MB and CPU. Not hard to do by any means - but the I cores run a bit more expensive. If you can swing the intel chip and board with water cooler - shoot ya man! __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

04-15-10, 06:54 PM	#3
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	OK - most audio onboard is pretty good nowadays. They also usually support 5.1 speakers. To get a card that is supported under Windows 7 64x - you have to go with an X-FI or equal card - adding an easy 200+ to the cost. Best thing I can advise you on this one is use onboard sound. IF - and I doubt it would happen - but IF you find the onboard isn't good enough - then you can add the card. Unless you really have to have EAX extensions for FPS gaming (because you have to hear the guy sneaking up behind you in absolute lossless - I have to say its probably not worth the money. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

04-16-10, 08:21 AM	#4
JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Onboard sound is more than enough for 9.5/10 people these days, and quad core chips make the CPU time used to process the sound fairly irrelevant. I haven't had a dedicated sound board in my rig since at least December 2003, and I've been happy with my onboard sound. __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

04-15-10, 06:45 PM	#2
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Ok didnt realise it only fits intel . Yeah your right , Phenom is better value . I could probably spend a little bit more money . Is onboard sound ok . I could probably spend a little bit more , say $2700 . I need a sound card as well . Is it better to get a card with onboard sound or a sound card . The speakers i have are 5.1 and too be honest i will probably use a set of bose noise cancelling headphones mostly .