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It looks like the phone has been bent to get those cracks. Maybe a HTC One Max or One M7. Still great phones and are cheap now that they're older.

I wouldn't bother, overclocked RAM is too hard to test for stability and isn't going to give you any noticeable performance boosts. But if you are really keen, there's a Corsair Vengeance Pro kit (CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R) that is 2133Mhz at 1.5V that you could bump up to 1.65V and go for gold. I wouldn't be suprised if it hit 2666Mhz with the same timings as their 2666Mhz kits. Either way, get a kit that's XMP is 1.5V, otherwise all you will really be able to do is loosen timings.

Yeah it would.

I dunno, maybe because Fiio is more well known. Yeah, a R+L to 3.5mm would do it. Either of them will just act as a DAC for the speakers when you use their rear outputs, just as the dial does now. They both pretty much function the same as the dial, but connect via USB instead of analog. I'd say they go flat because the dial is designed with the assumption you are using headphones when they're connected, and the DAC talks to the headphone amp rather than the speaker output when headphones are connected.

Both the E10K and Syba are USB Amp/DACs, you just plug them into to your motherboard via USB cable and it'll be recognized as a Sound Device. All their other connections (Optical, RCA, 3.5mm, etc) are outputs, the front ones are from their headphone Amp and the rear ones would bypass the AMP, just using their DAC, so you could run them into a more powerful AMP or into powered speakers. You won't need the E6, both the E10k and Syba function as a DAC/Amp for headphones and could also be used to replace the DAC/volume dial that came with your speakers.

I think MS realizes that within the life-time of these consoles PC's are really going to look a lot more attractive for gaming, much more so than they did during the last console generation, that's why they've set out to include these media centre features. They need it to have something more than just exclusive games. I know the PS4 has more grunt but I think the trade-off MS has made with the Xbone is going to pay off in the long run. I don't care what anyone says, you can't tell the difference between, say, 900p and 1080p when you are sitting 3metres from your TV, & certainly not if you don't have the consoles side by side for comparison. If the PS4 could hit higher frame rates it'd be a different story, but their differences won't have Xbone running a game at only 30fps while the PS4 hits 60fps. Still, who knows what the consoles will be capable of in a few years, just look at the features the PS3 and 360 gained over their life time.

I've got Browns and reckon the tactile bump is that light that you don't really feel it too much when typing quickly, but I tend to bottom out the keys. I love the bump for gaming though. Otherwise, pay that little extra to get another brands TKL/Brown, it's one of those components that'll last years and is worth the investment.

I'd say the Redux 2033 is going to be worth the money, not sure about how much an upgrade it'll be for Last Light. My 2033 crashes on start up anyway, hope the Redux version will fix it. Was funny, during the Summer Sale it was cheaper to buy the original games & then purchase the Redux versions than it was to buy the Redux versions outright.

The interviewers asked the wrong questions which allowed the Nvidia guys to dodge the real issues AMD were raising. They should have gone and watched their own interview with Richard Huddy before they went into this one. It was never about AMD having access to Gameworks source code, but game devs having access to it so they could better optimize their game for all hardware. It's public record that serveral devs expressed concern over this. The interviewers didn't do a very good job at representing AMDs position and the Nvidia guys took them for a ride.

Yep, there are a couple screw holding it in the front-right of the 5.25" bays.

Maybe the DT880 Premiums? They have a straight cable and looser clamping force, which might fix your issue. If you liked the 880 Pro's sound, the 880 Premiums use the same drivers but the lighter clamping force adds to the sounds stage and slightly reduces bass.

+1 Being a bit of a basshead, I thought their bass was lacking at first, but you get used to it and appreciate they're bass isn't stupid exaggerated like some other headphones, there is enough of it without sacrificing other frequencies. They're inexpensive & very comfortable &, if you're game, there's a simple mod you can do to substantially increase their bass but retain detail in other frequencies, and EQing can get the bass to stupid levels before it distorts.

It's like the FCC wants to look like they are helping...

They are fragmented by design. As long as the controller is capable, greater fragmentation = greater speeds. It's that's why higher capacity drives, with more NAND chips, are faster than smaller drives, with fewer chips. Data can be accessed more quickly when it's spread over more chips and the SSD moves data around to where it's read quickest. When seek time latency is negligible it pays to keep it fragmented. Fragmentation also means all NAND chips are written,erased&read to/from equally, rather than degrading the same sectors with repeated use.

Cards need to have the same name (you can mix some AMD cards (eg; you could crossfire a 7970 with 7950), but don't), different brands work together, vRAM capacities need not match but the amount that's usable will equal the lower of the two cards & best keep memory & GPU clock speeds the same.

If the H440 had the ID of the Corsair Obsidian cases, that would be it. Otherwise, the Obsidians.

Likely artifacts, which is due to voltages too low for the clock speeds. Lowering clocks or increasing volts should help. If the GPU is stock settings you might want to RMA.

The way I see it, if you're out of school and still referring to/calling people derogatory terms (apart from the 'endearing' why you say it to a friend) maybe you should of stayed a couple more years, whether it's on the internet or otherwise.

Those speakers have an internal AMP, don't put another AMP in front of them, get a standalone DAC/audio interface if anything, preferably with 1/4" balanced TRS (not the cheapest), if not, RCA outputs will do (eg, Audioengine D1 or JDS Labs ODAC w/ RCA output). The Audioengine D1 also has a headphone out, which makes them a bit more versatile than the ODAC.

Call it a conspiracy, but it seems a lot of those AAA games that were announced at e3 have been pushed back. It looked pretty much a BF4 skin...

They're tested at 50C ambient and still have 5 year warranties. I wouldn't worry too much. If you do have problems, Corsair's RMA process is great. If you that concerned, turn it fanside-up to let some heat escape.

Wow, it pays to browse. Down here, $275 off from the manufacturer wouldn't be beat.

A whole bunch of Dells monitors are on sale, >1080p IPS going for ~$200 off or more ($750 off for the 32" lol). Edit: Looks like things work a bit different here than in the US, without companies with such huge buying power. Most of the deals from Dell can be had elsewhere (Amazon, etc). Still, it didn't take long, slashing prices like this, sure doesn't look like 4K will have the same period of price premiums that 1080 & 1440 did. It wasn't long ago 1440p were around these prices.

$1000 here in Aust. Twice the price of the Asus 144Hz 1080 monitor. Sure it's the first of it's kind, but that's still just too much. 1440p is nothing new, 144Hz has been around long enough and the only thing holding them back from coexisting was controller limitations (see the 4K panels that we're recognized as 2 displays, ie Dell's & Asus 32"). If 1080p, 144Hz costs $450, 1440p 144Hz really shouldn't cost more than $750. That leaves a $250 or more premium for G-sync, which is why it'll never take off.

In 3 or 4 years, when 4K, high refresh rate gaming is entrenched in the enthusiast market and 1080p, 60Hz gaming is done easily and cheaply & gaming streaming, Steam Machines, VR, etc, take hold then we will see who is king... As they age consoles only progressively lose any pros they had over PCs, soon enough console exclusives will be their only argument. It's gotta reach the point where it become just too obvious which option is best, maybe then a lot of people will let go of their old stance & that'll only happen when competitively priced PCs have enough of the technologies (high res, high refresh, VR, adaptive sync, etc) that consoles just can't support.