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I have a Asus z-270 e Strix Gaming Mobo and I am content with the onboard supremefx internal sound that it offers but I am designing a full office to myself and I want to focus on my peripherals now. I don't know much about audio and have only really done extensive research on main computer hardware so I want to know what alternatives to the Bose Qc35 that offer the same quality or better without an amp. I'm also looking for a 7:1 surround for the entire room and don't know much about that either. However what I need is something with pretty decent bass and I can't stand headphones that have really bad high frequency because my ears are sensitive to it. I'm open to any price range under 500. I mainly listen to music and watch a ridiculous amount of informational videos about computers but I also have a bluray setup and I want something all around that is designed more for a full sound than something for pinpoint accuracy in gaming.

I have an i5 7500 3.4ghz CPU not a k or unlocked edition, can I still over clock it?

I was talking license, sorry that was unclear

What is the difference between oem and retail?

Yeah, that's a very specific detail about the build that I must retain a dpgu, I may run both and have the igpu (if offered) as minor overhead if the mobo allows that in the bios. But I'll try and see what I can work with based on that, thank you a lot.

The only things I could find were integrated graphics, do you know anything that differentiates or did I just kinda push that off because I thought I couldn't find information and I was wrong for doing so? Also, how do the mobile and desktop versions differ?

Specifically it was price range based on what research I have done but I'd be willing to do pentium just refuse to do celeron (I bought a $900 tb touchscreen laptop with all decent specs but when I bought it I couldn't find the cpu, turned out everything else was great except it had an intel celeron bottlenecking my entire computer and it absolutely furiated me after because I could not find the description and I was using it for multi- graphical and 3d designing while at my school for theatre.) I just don't know the true difference between pentium and i3 no matter where I look

My budget is $400 usd, I agree that 200 is not worth it (willing to go about 50 bucks over)

That's exactly what I'm looking for, so you think that I should wait (because budget is set but also he's still gathering the money) to guarantee a better upgrading path later down the line?

I actually didn't take that into consideration of vr operation but he currently plays only on a laptop and does not plan on doing that until he can make a more professional gaming setup down the line after he finishes schooling.

He plans on playing mainly shooters and mmo's like GTA5 and a few Rpg's including Skyrim and fallout, but nothing extreme like witcher. But he also wants a pc so he can do basic homework and powerpoints, web browsing, streaming etc.

I definitely do not plan on using an 8 core, but the point to the build the computer is to give my friend is to get a computer to do homework and basic computer programs while also gaming at a better quality than an xbox without buying both systems and saving some money. I simply don't know anything about AMD chipsets and wanted some insight on some possible 2-3ghz Cpu's and which ones may be outdated with no upgrade path. (I'll probably copy that into the post to get more accurate results to what I'm asking for) But if you have any in mind I would greatly appreciate it along with this feedback you already provided

I am designing an AMD based console killer to match or better the price of the Xbox1s 2tb including wifi, bluetooth and a bluray player. However I don't know much about AMD cpu's and I can do the rest myself I just need help trying to figure out what Ghz I should use based upon the Xbox's specs of a custom Amd 8-core 1.75ghz and what cpu's on the AMD side that just won't handle games great. So AMD users out there, please help me shed some light on this subject so I can build one (also if you want to include ones that can overclock to a higher ghz but has a lower base I am glad to hear that side too just please don't add your own builds, this is my personal build and I really don't like using other people's designs for my builds). - Edit I definitely do not plan on using an 8 core, but the point to the build the computer is to give my friend is to get a computer to do homework and basic computer programs while also gaming at a better quality than an xbox without buying both systems and saving some money. I simply don't know anything about AMD chipsets and wanted some insight on some possible 2-3ghz Cpu's and which ones may be outdated with no upgrade path.