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do these things really help or nah?

amp

soundcard

mic

overclocking

ethernet

also if you could explain what a raid card is

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The answer to all but soundcard is sometimes. You need to elaborate more.

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amp - depends

 

soundcard - also depends

 

mic  - yes?

 

overclocking - if you do it right, yes.

 

ethernet - yes.

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2 minutes ago, Amazingasian said:

amp - depends

 

soundcard - also depends

 

mic  - yes?

 

overclocking - if you do it right, yes.

 

ethernet - yes.

On the topic of sound, there is almost no scenario in which you'd get a soundcard over an external AMP.

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1 minute ago, tcolecruz said:

On the topic of sound, there is almost no scenario in which you'd get a soundcard over an external AMP.

yes an external amp removes the audio source from all the electric interference from inside your case. and whether it would help depends on how hard your headphones are to drive

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Is one ethernet cable better than another?

 

What sound card do you guys recommend?

 

What mics do you recommeed?

 

also, does anyone have a link screenshot ect. of pcmags best headphones/headsets of 2015?

 

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what headphones do you have? and whats your budget? and any ethernet cable thats cat 5e or above would be fine ... actually just get 5e. cat 6 is normally unnecessary 

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no.

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Raid card is for hard drives to combine, increasing speed twofold by using both hard drives. Also, UPS is helpful for power outages so your computer doesn't surge and burn something

 

you don't need a sound card, though. ever

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UPS would only be wanted if your doing critical work on a PC like video editing and cannot afford data loss. A soundcard is pretty useless as all motherboards nowadays come with onboard audio, unless you plan on getting a pretty insane audio setup, then you need the extra ports a soundcard offers.

 

A Raid card is used to.. well, RAID, HDDs/SSDs in various modes of RAID (RAID 0, RAID 6, RAID 5, ect). Although each RAID is different so it can be for speed, or redundancy, or both, depending on which RAID you use.

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You only really need a soundcard if you are using high impedance headphones, I would only get a ups if you get frequent power outs and afraid of losing important data. I also don't think a raid card is necessary for general home use sense most mobos have decent options built in.

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Just now, ZillaGames said:

Raid card is for hard drives to combine, increasing speed twofold by using both hard drives. Also, UPS is helpful for power outages so your computer doesn't surge and burn something

 

3 minutes ago, MrStealYourOverpricedGPU said:

do i need any of the above?

 

also if you could explain what a raid card is

which can also be protected by using a surge protector for much less money; though it act differently than a UPS is will protector your computer from sudden power surges that could damage your hardware.

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You generally won't need a sound card unless you want very high quality sound/your motherboard for some reason doesn't have sound integrated into it. You also won't generally need a UPS either, but it is something that is more a nice to have. 

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51 minutes ago, MrStealYourOverpricedGPU said:

 

it is not necessary to create three threads on the same subject, keep it to this one and you'll be fine.

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10 hours ago, MrStealYourOverpricedGPU said:

Is one ethernet cable better than another?

 

What sound card do you guys recommend?

 

What mics do you recommeed?

 

also, does anyone have a link screenshot ect. of pcmags best headphones/headsets of 2015?

 

1. Not really. Not for short distances and normal stuff.

2. I moved away from soundcards because of drivers issues. Asus Sonar series if you go that route. Otherwise FiiO E10K is nice and cheap-ish DAC.

2. $10 basic thing is enough for anything really. If you are about to do serious streaming, YT or sound works, get something better.

10 hours ago, MrStealYourOverpricedGPU said:

do i need any of the above?

Ethernet cable? Yes, if you have desktop. Yes, if you do something like streaming, online gaming, watching HD streams.

 

Soundcard/DAC? Not unless you own headphones costing over $150USD (actually over $200).

 

Mic? Most likely if you want to chat in TS, Skype etc.

 

Raid card? Not likely. Mobos can handle basic raid stuff.

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