DarkerMorgul

This is awesome! What sort of audio interface did you use between this and the arduino? I'm using a mbed NXP LPC1768 for my protoyping

Hi Guys! For college this year I am hoping to design and produce an RGB LED Controller which actively changes and flashes the LEDs based on whatever sounds are playing on your system. So, in a game if there was an explosion I am hoping to have it flashing red/yellow colours and if, for example, you're listening to quite calm music it might light up blue instead. Please bare in mind that this is still very early days on this project and it will be complete around May time! I'm just hoping to justify my idea to my tutor by showing him that there are more saddos like me (no offence intended) who do want to see their computer light up loads of colours! And please, if anyone has seen anything like this before then let me know what it is! I am aware that there are some kits which just flash to different sounds but I'm hoping for full colour control based on the sound! Needless to say, this is towards my Electronics Engineering HNC so I'll be adding some code into it and high/low pass filters and frequency to DC convertors and damn am I excited to start coding and designing this thing!!! Thank you! I have already posted about this in Case Modding and Other Mods but I wanted a larger discussion on this to allow for a better overall project, so I sincerely apologise for posting twice. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FWHKJ6Z

I'll have a look around for this! Did Sony do something similar too? Thanks, I still need to do my research into the different types of LED strips!

Thanks! I know it's not to everyone's taste!

Thanks for this! I've never seen those before! They look awesome!

Thanks to everyone who has responded so far!

I hope so too otherwise I'll probably fail my course

Hi Guys! For college this year I am hoping to design and produce an RGB LED Controller which actively changes and flashes the LEDs based on whatever sounds are playing on your system. So, in a game if there was an explosion I am hoping to have it flashing red/yellow colours and if, for example, you're listening to quite calm music it might light up blue instead. Please bare in mind that this is still very early days on this project and it will be complete around May time! I'm just hoping to justify my idea to my tutor by showing him that there are more saddos like me (no offence intended) who do want to see their computer light up loads of colours! And please, if anyone has seen anything like this before then let me know what it is! I am aware that there are some kits which just flash to different sounds but I'm hoping for full colour control based on the sound! Needless to say, this is towards my Electronics Engineering HNC so I'll be adding some code into it and high/low pass filters and frequency to DC convertors and damn am I excited to start coding and designing this thing!!! Thank you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QK522N8

Hi Guys, I'm mostly posting here to document my returns process with be quiet! as I've already hit one hurdle and I think I may be in for a bumpy ride with this one (but who doesn't love a good argument with a manufacturer?!). I should add that I've only had this PSU for just over 2 years. The manufacturer's warranty is 5 years. Currently I have a massively overkill 1000W Dark Power Pro P10 (the one Seasonic designed, according to Tom's Hardware) in my rig. As of a few months ago my PC started randomly powering off on me, but it wasn't BSODing or anything - it would just turn completely off! Then I'd be unable to turn it back on for about 20 minutes after disconnecting the mains power to it. Back then my computer could stay on for a few hours before shutting off, but as of a week or so ago it got to the point where my computer would turn off after about 20 minutes and then refuse to turn back on. How am I meant to watch an episode of The Walking Dead this way?! Anyway, I thought I best check the power supply is to blame so I pulled it from my system and sat it on my desk with a multimeter on the 5V output to check it's definitely powered up and I shorted the green wire to black and got it running. I left it on my desk for an hour and sure enough it turned off (it isn't over heating - the fan is spinning and besides, it had no load on it at the time) and then didn't turn back on when flicking the mains switch. So my fault still persists. I phoned eBuyer (an English parts retailer) on Friday (5th December) to check if I had to go through be quiet! for this warranty claim or whether I could go through them. To which they said I would need to contact be quiet! I checked the contact info for be quiet! and the only way to contact them is by a contact form or through phone (and I'm not calling Germany when I live in the UK). So I sent them a short email through their contact form on Saturday 6th December. I got no reply to that from them by today (9th December) so I emailed them in the day the following: To Whom it May Concern, I have already tried contacting yourselves on Saturday 6th December through this contact form but I may have used the wrong Subject previously as I still haven't heard back about my problem. I have owned a Dark Power Pro P10 1000W for just over two years (I still have the receipt) and it has just developed a fault where it will shut off after being turned on for anywhere between 10 minutes and an hour. I have tested the unit outside of my system by running it whilst disconnected to anything with the only load on it being a multimeter checking the +5V output as a means to check it is still on. After 1 hour the PSU turned itself off, and then didn't turn back on at all until it was left to sit for another hour or more. Am I able to get this unit replaced as it is clearly faulty. Please understand I'd like this dealt with swiftly as I am unable to complete any of my degree work at the moment as the PSU was located in my only desktop in my house. Many Thanks, DarkerMorgul Quite quickly after I received this email (it's nice to get an eventual swift response): Dear Mr. Morgul, thank you for taking time to contact the be quiet! Customer care. We regret the inconvenience have occurred to you related to a product of our company. As to your device may be a technical defect is present, it should examined by your dealer. Therefore We kindly beg you to approach your dealer to discuss the terms of the warranty. Alternatively, you can handle the guarantee by the manufacturer. In this case we beg you, to send your defective power supply with a parcel delivery company of your choice postpaid to the following address: (Shipments without freight prepaid will not be accepted.) Listan GmbH & Co.KG Biedenkamp 3a D-21509 Glinde Germany Please note your shipment must be accompanied with - A copy of your invoice - A description of the error; - And your delivery address The power supply will be tested by our technique department after the arrival. After testing it will be repaired or exchanged. The processing time is currently around 10 -12 working days. The shipping to you is free of charge for you. Have a great day! With kind regards, The Service Guy Service & IQC Department So from this I figured the easiest route would be to call eBuyer up again after I finished work in order to double check the whole warranty thing. So I spoke to a lovely lady on the phone there (I can't fault their customer service - I complain to any company whenever goods don't get to me on time and eBuyer have always been very courteous if ever I have phoned them about this, and I've used them a lot. Until they changed to using Yodel and then I vowed never to use eBuyer again). who spoke to her manager who again confirmed I should contact be quiet! directly and that there wasn't anything eBuyer themselves should be doing. Fair enough I suppose! Now when I get annoyed I can be quite snotty and my level of fastidiousness in my writing often becomes somewhat amplified. So this was my follow up email to be quiet!: Hi The Service Guy, I just got off of the phone to the supplier of my power supply and they told me I would need to handle the warranty through be quiet!. This means, one would assume, that my only option is to send my power supply to yourselves. I have checked postage cost for shipping and it would be around £70, which is about 40% of the cost of the power supply at the time of purchase. This can only lead me to assume that you will cover postage for me, how will this be arranged? As I stated in my previous email I need this power supply fixed and sorted urgently so I am able to carry on with my home study. Would you be able to ship me a temporary power supply whilst my one is being fixed? Many Thanks, DarkerMorgul Yeah they probably won't send me a spare, but if you don't ask you don't get and honestly this is my only desktop in my home with all my work on it. be quiet! need to understand that I need this fixed urgently so I can continue my studies at home with ease rather than use the dilapidated laptop that I am currently having to type this on. I can get by for the time being but I shouldn't have to! I bought their top of the line PSU because I expect top of the line performance and longevity from it. And I don't expect to be shafted with shipping costs when it's their faulty product! I don't think that's too much to ask! I will argue this until I'm blue in the face. I will not be left out of pocket by their faulty product. I'll keep this post updated for those interested! Has anyone else had to deal with be quiet! if so, was their returns process fairly pain free? Thanks for reading!

Wow, thanks for the quick reply guys! I forgot Linus did an APU guide so I might match his specs but change out the motherboard for a mini-ITX one and go for a modular PSU although if it's in an enclosed case I suppose it doesn't really matter!

Hey Guys, I hope this is in the right topic but please forgive me if not! I offered to build a PC for my Aunt and Uncle but I'm having some difficulty choosing the right CPU - It's been about 2 years since I built my PC and I've found myself really out of touch with the latest generations Their budget is £400-£500 and they were looking at this PC (http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/hp-pavilion-500-242ea-desktop-pc-21907330-pdt.html) but I told them I could probably do better than that! However, I'm struggling to find a decent CPU as I was wanting to go AMD to keep the costs down but I'm so at a loss as to where to start with AMD processors! (I'm an Intel fanboy at heart). They won't be gaming or anything on the PC, it'll just be web browsing, photo & video storage, word documents etc (the usual elderly people stuff) but they want a decent PC. I'm really wanting to build it small form factor though so I'm going for a Corsair 250D (unless any of you guys can think of something cheaper/better for the money), Which means it'll need a CPU from AMD on a socket which actually has Mini-ITX boards (which I think is FM1 and FM2 maybe?) Anyway, some input into the CPU would be really helpful! Thanks Guys (and Gals!)

I love the build quality of this phone!

Thanks so much everyone!

Hi all! I'm doing a research project at college at the moment about the future of PC gaming and my tutor has requested that we all put out a questionnaire (which I don't deem necessary). So I've thrown one together and it'd be really appreciated if some of you could take some time to answer it please? Thanks very much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H67C95J

I'm really excited for it! It's whether or not developers want to make their games compatible which is another thing