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  1. Thanks for the suggestion. Now that I take a closer look at the Box White, I can definitely see the appeal. While I don't care as much about the sound (whether it has a click or not) the feel is quite nice. Oddly, I notice that it seems to have a double-click, one on the press and another on the release. I wonder if that contributes to more noise, despite it being noticeable more quiet. Regardless, I will certainly keep this in mind.
  2. I've been using Cherry MX blues for a while, and I think it's time for a change. The noise is part of the issue (not for myself, but for others nearby), so I'm looking at tactile options. I bought a switch tester, which primarily has Cherry, Gateron and Kailh switches on it, and this has given me an idea of what I'm liking. The ones I've gravitated towards are: Kailh BOX brown Gateron Silent brown ALIAZ 60g Zealios 62g The Zealios in particular have the more satisfying tactile bump, though may be a bit too difficult to press. The other aspect that worries me (I'm not testing these on an actual keyboard) is whether the large distance between bump and actuation point will be frustrating. The ALIAZ and the Silent browns seem to have a further travel before the bump, compared to many others, and I suspect I like them because that more closely resembles the MX blues in that regard. The Box browns have little in the way of bump, but I like the smoothness of the travel overall. Maybe it's just got less wobble than others. Maybe others would benefit from lube. Hard to say. Overall, I am looking for some opinions and recommendations. Perhaps one of these switches is right, or maybe there are other varieties I should test out. The thing of course that makes this difficult is that I imagine it's hard to really know until you have a whole keyboard kitted out with them. I am pretty newbie when it comes to this topic, though I like to think I've done enough research to get me started at least. Couple other things I can mention. I use my PC for various things, both typing and gaming, though nothing competitive. I also don't like the Cherry MX browns, as they aren't tactile enough. Linear switches are out of the question. Any advice is much appreciated!
  3. My current PC: - Ryzen 5 1600 (overclocked) - MSI B350M MORTAR motherboard - 32 GB mismatched RAM at 2133 MT/s - 450 Watt PSU - GTX 1060 3GB GPU - 1080p 144Hz Freesync monitor My Goals: - Get a newer GPU with more VRAM - Build a home server to use as a NAS, host game servers, etc. Details: My immediate priority is to upgrade my GPU. I have reached the point where the lack of VRAM is causing performance issues or straight up crashes with some games. Unrelated to this, I also have the desire to set up a home server primarily to run as a NAS, and maybe a media server. I'd also like the idea of using it to host game servers, like Minecraft, 7 Days to Die, Risk of Rain 2, etc. (though not necessarily concurrently). I have no plans to upgrade my monitor any time soon, partly because Linux support for High DPI scaling is a mixed bag, though I'd consider going 1440p x high refresh rate down the line. My Plan: - Upgrade my PSU (needed for a better GPU) - Upgrade GPU - Upgrade CPU (to what, I don't really know) - Build a new system to be my primary desktop PC (swap in upgraded PSU and GPU) - Use previous PC as home server Additional Thoughts: For a PSU, I'm thinking something in the 750-850 Watt range, which would allow for some upgrade headroom. For GPU, I'm very undecided. I'd rather avoid going NVidia again because Linux. All the modern cards seem unnecessarily expensive to me, particularly for what I actually need. I don't play AAA games, I don't expect I'd be needing ray-tracing support. My current contemplation is to get a used RX 5700 XT, with considerations for a new upgrade down the line. The CPU upgrade is more a nice-to-have, but I figure it's merited. It's AM4, and the motherboard documentation says I could probably upgrade to almost anything in that line. I just don't know what would be worth getting, but bearing in mind that I'd be planning on then turning this system into a home server, I'd assume threads over high clock speeds. I'm also wondering if a RAM upgrade would be needed. I know to some people my RAM setup must seem horrendous, since I'm probably running in single-channel mode, and the speed is pretty bottom tier. I just don't know how much of a benefit it would be to replace it, since I've already got 32 GB. On the server side, I'm thinking of running either Proxmox or TrueNAS Scale, since both seem to be able to run VMs and docker containers (or the like). As my primary goal is to use it as a NAS, I'd only need to add a bunch of HDDs for storage. I would like to be able to spin up game servers as needed, but don't currently expect I'd be running those 24/7, except maybe Minecraft. This is why the thought of using containers seems most appealing. I don't have a fixed budget, though I prefer to be more frugal when possible. I don't have much issue getting used hardware, but I'd rather avoid getting parts so old they'd need to be replaced quickly after. I'd also be looking at Canadian prices. I'm looking for recommendations to hardware selections, but also to my plan as a whole. My only high priority is the GPU upgrade, so I'm not in a rush to do the rest. I'm thinking of looking at the next mid-tier CPUs that AMD puts out, but I'm not banking on that being my upgrade path. All advice welcome. Thanks!
  4. Thanks for the recommendation. A quick lookup shows it going for around 250$ in Canada, so not quite as cheap, but I'll shop around and see what I find. That Xbass feature sounds interesting for sure.
  5. Thanks, this helps fill in a lot of gaps in my research. I don't think a DAC will be necessary for the time being, but I'll definitely look at amps in that range.
  6. I will agree that a different set of headphones could be a suitable improvement (I am certainly open to possibilities outside of amps), notably because I like my sound a bit more bassy. I can honestly say I've never heard this argument before. Several sources I've seen, including LTT themselves, have recommended applying EQ to headphones to improve the sound (subjective of course). I personally use it to take headphones that have a sound I like, to a sound I love. I also didn't just create an EQ profile from scratch, as there are various resources (like here:https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq ) that provide EQ presets to give headphones a more neutral profile. Granted, as you stated, these won't match any individual set 100%. I also cannot agree with the statement that "EQ introduces many issues", nor that it digitally overrides physical drivers. EQ is not inherently digital (you can buy analog EQ hardware, for instance). All it's essentially doing is taking an input signal, adjusting frequency levels according to the profile, and sending it to output (i.e. some frequencies get louder, others softer). I would be hard pressed to say it is distorting the sound, and if that were the case, the resulting sound would be worse, not better. Overall, while I am open to looking for new headphones, I find it strange to say that you shouldn't EQ them, and should only decide how much you like them based on their raw sound. To me that makes headphone shopping sound like a nightmare.
  7. Here's the gist of my setup: I have Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Headphones I use PulseEffects to apply a live EQ on my PC I also use it to apply a bass boost using its "bass enhancer plugin by Calf Studio" My problem is that I am maxing out the level of gain I can apply to the digital audio and am reaching into clipping territory. I assume a basic amp would suffice in helping with this, but there are several factors I'm unsure about: Would it be better to offload the bass boost onto an external amp? Should EQ be handled externally? (I assume not, from what research I've done) Would a soundcard be a better alternative? (I am using onboard audio) Any advice is much appreciated
  8. I'd created a separate topic, but might be interesting to link here:
  9. Oh cool! Didn't know there was a thread for that. Thanks!
  10. My brother had an interesting dream the other night, and I figured I share about it here. In his dream, Linus, Austin Evans, and JayzTwoCents competed with each other to build a desk PC, but with an interesting twist. Instead of using a modern desk, they were confined to using one of those old elementary school desks with the top that folds up. Sadly, there were no winners (that he can recall). I thought it'd be a funny concept, not only because of the limited space those tiny desks have, but because it'd be kinda like a sleeper machine since those things are (to my knowledge) not much used these days.
  11. Toying around with parts for my eventual system build, I am settling on the AMD Ryzen 1600 CPU, with intentions to overclock it. My current fantasy system build gives an estimate 300W power consumption total, with all parts at their default configurations in terms of clock speeds. With this, I am looking at PSUs that are rated anywhere from ~400 to ~600 Watts. What I'm wondering is how much of a buffer should I leave, particularly once the CPU gets overclocked (assuming everything else stays at default). What little information I have found suggests that this CPU would require an additional 10-20W over the base estimate of 65W, though it is difficult to find articles to confirm this.
  12. Considering AMD has SMT, which is similar to hyperthreading, and AMD Turbo Core, similar to Turbo boost, I wouldn't really consider these to be losses. It's also not surprising that quicksync is lost since the current releases for Ryzen don't have IGPUs, which is how it works on Intel's side.
  13. Sadly that's probably the only thing I could see myself using, but I would need to know how much you can play with it. If it can be used and accessed similarly to any type of on-board storage, I could see it being particularly useful, even with an SSD (mostly on Linux though). Thunderbold I can't see being particularly useful since I'm building a desktop anyways. 4K Netflix it completely out of the question since: You still have to stream it (limited by bandwidth) Requires a 4K display Requires Windows 10 (I use Linux) I'm wondering if any of the so called "Virtualisation technologies" would be useful, or even have an impact should I (for example) run a VM.
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