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    Why do people buy boring generic PC cases

    in Power Supplies

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    Because that:

     

     

     

    Looks a hell of a lot better than that:

     

     

    I agree & disagree. I like the looks of both kinds that you show. But, which one's easier to work on/in? Which one's easier to mod out to something totally unique? Pre-modded cases can look great, but it takes a whole lot like real work to turn them into something special, unless you plan to cut off all the stuff that makes them look good to begin with, which would make buying one pointless, lol!

    Linus receiver Review.... Maybe

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Titled: How to Build the ULTIMATE Surround Gaming PC Build Guide, this video doesn't even remotely come close to "surround gaming". For one thing, it's only semi-wrap-around, & the main point is that it completely ignores surround audio. It does mention headphones --- no possible surround sound to be found there, I don't care how many tiny little drivers  they cram into a can! Has no headphone manufacturer noticed that no 2 sets of human ear lobes are exactly the same? Until there's a plug going directly to your cerebral cortex, (at which point, they could also do away with monitors for video), it takes satellite speakers to produce surround sound, & something to change the PC output sound to discrete channels for the separate speakers. I'd like to see a proper system for doing that, that doesn't put me in sticker shock.

    Linus receiver Review.... Maybe

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    With everything going the way it is in gaming who would not want a 4K pass through A/V receiver tho make their gaming more in depth and get totally immersed in the quality sound of crisp real time audio. all connected to a bichin 7.1 surround sound system. 

     

     

    I'm pretty tired of the response to PC audio being basically, "Get this set of headphones or do without".

    This Forum Needs To Understand Some Things

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I don't know of any teenager who's going to take anyone seriously who says to "just work for &/or save up to get this..." even if you give the best of reasons, unless you give some alternative, like, "Try the local computer repair shops for good used/refurbished coolers & ask around at school to see if anyone has a decent spare one they'll sell you for that price, or even be willing to give to you. If you have to go used, I'd go air-cooled only, because you could get a rad full of rust that's worse than not having a cooler at all. The avoided heartache of frying your CPU will make any effort you have to go to far more than worth the effort. My grandsons come up with good stuff all the time from kids at school they get for far less money than what they'd pay for from a store. You can wait around to see what other people have to say, but that's the best advice I can give you on something that important to your system's health". ( And, BTW, my daughter doesn't allow my grandsons to do any sort of work outside the house, & can't afford to give them enough money where they would seriously consider waiting to "save up". That doesn't mean they've had to do without; they just had to learn to work around it, by utilizing other resources). There are always alternatives, if we can just think about them, & if not, at least be sure to recommend they keep checking back for other answers. I took it that the whole point of this post was to take the time to give enough advice to be taken that we have the best interests of the person we're advising firmly in mind, even if there's no way we can give them the answer they may think they want to hear. As well as; let's say the person said he had $100.00 to spend on that cooler: there are still people out there who would say, "For another $20.00, you can get X cooler & it will be much better", when they should be saying 1st: "Cooler Y is the best I know of for that price"; then they could add the "but, cooler Z would be so much better for $20.00 more" .

    want to be a game developer where to learn the good stuff?

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    http://www.lynda.com/Programming-Languages-training-tutorials/1467-0.html?previousCategory=50

    http://www.lynda.com/Game-Design-training-tutorials/1461-0.html?previousCategory=1

     

    And you'll find plenty of other topics on those pages & others on Lynda.com to help you. I've found their tutorials to be very good! And a subscription is really affordable. Of course the best part is being able to learn just as fast as you can go through a video.

    You should be able to find a Linus link with discount, too.

    New to Graphics Cards & Benchmarking

    in Graphics Cards

    Posted

    Hey there, welcome to the forums  :)

     

    Are you OCing through the benchmarking programs? 

     

    If so you could get an external Ocing program (Msi afterburner is a good one) and use that to Oc and set profiles, and test through all the different benchmarks until you get a good Oc that is happy and stable across all of them. 

    No, I benchmark after using Precision X to overclock.

    I use GPUZ to check performance while running benchmarks in Basic.

    New to Graphics Cards & Benchmarking

    in Graphics Cards

    Posted

    The EVGA GTX 750 Ti FTW I have in my Core 2 Duo setup is my 1st graphics card, even though I've had PCs since a 286SX in 1992. Until lately, they've always been too expensive for what I was using my computer for, &/or the one I wanted was simply incompatible with my other hardware. I have questions about benchmarking software. I have Fire Strike, Heaven & Valley. I can run one overclocking profile for both Fire Strike & Heaven, but it takes a completely different profile for Valley. Am I correct in assuming that my Fire Strike/Heaven profile would best be used for gaming, while the Valley profile would best be used for video production &/or 3D rendering? Or would the Fire Strike/Heaven profile be best used with 3D rendering also & the Valley profile only for video production? I guess what I'm asking is exactly what should my different overclocking profiles be used for? Surely you wouldn't use a Valley benchmarked profile for gaming --- or would you?

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