DebatED Nothing

1 hour ago, TopHatTom said:

You could look at Schiit Audio if you want to go for the higher end. Otherwise, Focusrite had some really nice USB Audio interfaces. It also gives you the opportunity to use XLR mic inputs. 

 Their pre-amps are amazing. I have a Scarlett 2i2 pushing my Sennheiser HD215's very well. 

Would a Scarlet solo work as well? I don't have need for 2 inputs. Would I just plug the unit in using USB and then it would as my mic input and audio output?

 

Recently decided my audio set up needed a bit of love, so I'm looking at getting some of the massdrop HD6XXs. My motherboard's sound-card isn't great, so I was thinking it would make sense to combine this purchase with getting some kind of desk top DAC. I can't use an in-pc sound-card as the case I have is too small to accommodate one. Ideally the card would have 2 3.5mm or 1/4 inch outputs (for the headphones and some speakers I have) and a mic input (either 1/4inch or 3.5mm would be fine)

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

4 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Budget?

Do you see the need for 144hz? If you do not play CS:GO and plays a lot of single player games you might as well go for higher image quality and resolution over refresh rate.

I play a lot of shooters and racing games so I figure the higher refresh rate would be nice. Budget wise I'd say I don't really want to spend much more than £500 preferably less.

So I did something a little bit stupid, I bought a 1080ti and still only have a 60hz 1080p panel, but I've been looking into a new primary monitor and can't gauge where I should be aiming.

Atm I think that 1440p 144hz would be a good choice, as I think it should allow me to do high/max in most games and get 144hz, but I'm not sure if this is the right decision.

Any advice/recommendations would be much appreciated.

I think ultimately every company above a certain size is only in it for money, and to view them as totally honest and open is opening yourself up to being exploited by them. I'm not saying that's happening with AMD at the moment but just that you should bare it in mind.

this isn't a massively helpful answer but I would say "years". They're not going to fail for a long time, manufacturing defects notwithstanding. Worst you might see for a few years is a fan failing on the GPU or H60, which is an easy enough fix. Pump on the H60 might fail first as well, though from my friends' experiences they're pretty long living as well.

I can't get discord to use the microphone on the qc-35s without also using the "hands-free" speaker which sounds awful for any use other than voice. If I simply set discord to use the handsfree mic and the normal stereo output then the mic doesn't work. Has anybody else experienced this and is there a fix, or will I have to purchase a separate free standing microphone?

Thanks,

DebatedNothing.

Just now, tom_w141 said:

The 7700 can't be overclocked so yes you should be fine there, noctua coolers are top notch.

Cheers for your help.

43 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

Done.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£262.74 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B250I PRO Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£83.01 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£113.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.94 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founder Edition Video Card  (£681.08 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Silverstone RVZ02B-W HTPC Case  (£94.80 @ Alza)
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  (£80.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  (£25.00)
Total: £1450.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-05 13:48 BST+0100

 

EDIT: Also note my builds are the only ones to include win10 licences. These are OEM keys from kinguin and are legit. I have 2 on different machines that are in service for over 1 year each. The only drawback is they bind to the motherboard so if you upgrade your motherboard you need a new key, still very good value for £25.

Last thing, is an NH-L9i good to cool a 7700? I've only ever used an 8350 which is under the impression it's actually a space heater...

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

See above edit ^

Do you have a link to that monitor?

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

 

Okay, thanks.

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

No and if you did it'd only be on a >120Hz high refresh rate monitor. If you play at 60Hz, 1440p or 4k then no because the GPU will be pushed to the limits instead of the CPU

That's another question, would this build work on a 144hz 1440p monitor or would that be stretching it too far? I've never tried anything beyond 1080p60 so I'm not really familiar with the horses needed to get that to chooch.

1 minute ago, Castdeath97 said:

Keep in mind even stock to stock the i7 7700K is tad faster, particularly in base speeds (and hence can clock higher on all cores).

realistically, would I notice that in gaming? I don't really do any hard core workload stuff, the closest I guess would be using Inventor and the occasional bit of "video editing" (pretty much just cutting highlights from recordings).

1 minute ago, Blackhole890 said:

 

 

Didn't realise the motherboard issue, is the one recommended by RaptorCandy okay on that front?

1 minute ago, RaptorCandy said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£299.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£37.82 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI B250I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£96.85 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£118.39 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£129.60 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card  (£666.90 @ Alza) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX Mini ITX Tower Case  (£59.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£68.80 @ Alza) 
Total: £1478.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-05 13:42 BST+0100

Not a fan of the EVOLV myself, it's too big.

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

@DebatED Nothing

 

What about this? Absolute mini powerhouse

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£262.74 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B250I PRO Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£83.01 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£113.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.94 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Black 1TB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£64.99 @ More Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founder Edition Video Card  (£681.08 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  (£71.20 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  (£80.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  (£25.00)
Total: £1491.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-05 13:40 BST+0100

 

 

That's a pretty sick build however I'm not sold on the 202 because it doesn't accept 3.5" drives and I have a few decently fast high capacity drives I'd want to keep.

Just now, MVPernula said:

I honestly don't want to correct anything.. BUt I'd like to question the D15!

The Noctua D15 is AMAZING, don't get me wrong.

 

But you've chosen one of the biggest aircoolers in an mITX chassi, make sure it fits.

If it fits you're golden

According to PC part picker it -should- fit but that is a concern. I could always return it and get something more low profile if it doesn't I guess.

This is my current working parts list, I don't really want to spend more than £1500 on this PC. How does it look?

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/VDjnqk
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/VDjnqk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£299.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£75.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock H270M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£110.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£113.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card  (£505.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  (£48.72 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£86.80 @ Alza) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit  (£99.49 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £1475.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-05 13:31 BST+0100

42 minutes ago, Xaring said:

Make sure you are connecting the main monitor to your GPU and not the integrated one.

Also make sure your GPU drivers are updated.

Then make sure your GPU is not overheating...

Last option... maybe your CPU is bottlenecking... The single core performance of the 8350 is bad.

1) No integrated graphics on the FX 8350 to connect to

2) They are

3) Will do

4) Will also check

Thanks

Bought BF1 the other day but I am experiencing an odd FPS problem. The FPS struggles to stay at 60 even at 540p, all settings low. I have tried running the game on Dx11 and Dx12, in fullscreen, borderless and windowed, and have already used DDU to do a complete driver installation once already. I have an MSI GTX 970, FX 8350, 8GB RAM and the game is on a WD caviar black hard drive. Any advice?

Thanks.

15 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

"Does anybody have an iPhone 6 charger" LMAO.

 

Lightning cable lol. Not the iPhone 6 charger.........

There really isn't that much wrong with this remark. The only devices which use that cable are iPads and iPhones basically, and by specifying 6 they're saying they don't want one of the older wide plugs from iPhones before the 4. It isn't technically accurate but unless you're currently sitting a tech exam you don't need to be exact and correct all the time, that isn't the point or reality of speech.

7 hours ago, SamStrecker said:

Sure there is. We have moved from Nicad to Lipo within 20s. I am just saying the pace is too slow for what we need today

I mean it isn't just a case of deciding to make better batteries. There is a huge amount of research going into trying to do that but it isn't easy.

On 9/10/2016 at 3:39 AM, dexxterlab97 said:

You can't mount a CPU. Come on how do you mount a processor... 

 

But honestly why mount a computer?

Protection from water or something I guess?

On 9/10/2016 at 1:57 AM, SamStrecker said:

It is 2016 why do batteries still suck? We used Nicad in the 90s then Nimh in the 2000s and now we use LiPo and Lion. But they still suck! If we made batteries last longer every problem we currently have will be gone. Seriously think about it. It might take some hops from what it originally effects but you could cure world hunger. You can make phones last weeks, laptops last days, electric cars drive for thousands of miles. So why do batteries still suck?

On 9/10/2016 at 2:01 AM, SamStrecker said:

So there is no way to have a better battery?

We can't just "make better batteries". That's not how physics works.

20 hours ago, SamStrecker said:

I started watching Mr. Robot and the cash register noises are the same ones from the original Zoo Tycoon.

Haven't noticed that myself.