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Old 23-01-2010, 01:53 AM   #41
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Meh, my P5E has some supposedly fancy onboard/PCI-E riser sound card combo, and it's not as bassy or punchy as either the AudigyII or X-Fi Gamer. I've never heard a Xonar yet...
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Old 23-01-2010, 04:54 PM   #42
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You guys forgot to mention that the X-Fi's would crap out with 4GB+ RAM on a 64bit OS...
I rang into this problem the first time I installed the driver after going to Windows7 64bit.
My bro hasn't complained to me yet and its been a couple of weeks. Actually he has been sayin its epic, been used to the usual AC 97 LOL - he's running Win7 HP x64 4GB with no issues
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Old 24-01-2010, 01:00 AM   #43
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Theres been a fix since RC/RTM AFAIK for most sound related issues
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Old 24-01-2010, 07:50 AM   #44
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[On a fresh install] I still nailed by the issue first boot after installing the Creative drivers. I turned off my memory hole/mapping over 3GB after that, and did a few updates, and put it back to normal, and then it was fine. Still a pain in the bum...
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Old 24-01-2010, 07:35 PM   #45
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All of that sound card talk is so confusing lol.

Ok well i'm going to MSY tomorrow to get the final quote and order it.


--> Getting a WD HDD instead of Seagate
--> Inno3D GTX 275
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Old 24-01-2010, 08:01 PM   #46
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wow this case is cool ,water cooled with like 11+fans and 2 radiators with 8 fans on them

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...2&id=2776&pg=1
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Old 27-01-2010, 01:34 AM   #47
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The IKONIK stuff is produced by a guy who used to work for Gigabyte, he knows his stuff. And the case looks set to make a decent entry, it doesnt include the radiators AFAIK either.

Waters great but you do need to have some skillz behind you for there to be an advantage other then noise related IMO anyways
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Old 28-01-2010, 10:32 PM   #48
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I ordered the system on monday.

This is it.
CPU - Intel core i7-860 2.8ghz
HDD - WD SATA 1TB
PSU - Seasonic PSR550+ 550w
Case - Coolermaster HAF922
DVD - Pioneer SATA 22x
OS - W7 HP 64bit OEM
Monitor - Samsung P2250 21.5" WS Full HD
Ram - G.Skill Trident 4GB DDR3 1600
MB - Gigabyte UD3P
Graphics - Powercolor 1GB 4890

All up $1680.

I wanted the GTX275 but they're discontinued, the 4890 was it's competitor although not as good, but it's better than the 5770. They didn't have a Seasonic 600w psu so i got the 550w.
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Old 04-02-2010, 02:04 PM   #49
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4890s are a very nice card. I still use mine in my i7 rig, can play anything that i have at max so im happy enough with the card

ME2
MW2
Dragon Age: Origins

Are the games im playing atm

EDIT: Thought id better point out in case you dont know, the 4890 isnt a extremely fast card, it does however shine in AA and AF, as it doesnt take as much of a hit when they are enabled as other cards do. Cant remember the exact reason. But i know there was a fair difference between my 4870 and the 4890 i have now
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Old 08-02-2010, 09:06 PM   #50
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Everything's going very well. I can see the difference in the graphics (BF2) from my old computer to this one.

The most i've seen the CPU work is 20%, RAM 61%.
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