The Personal Computer Thread

[gold_heart007]

@vijaycool,
Get hold of Powerstrip!

@anvancy,
Auzentech Prelude and M-Audio Revolution series are awesome sound chips. Typically meant for audiophiles. As for Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, nothing that particular about it. In fact Extreme Gamer is the real deal after "Fatality" series!

[nightwing]

I love xBhp!

Obviously,I didn't mean what you thought,Aryan da.

[torque_ankur]

ASUS P5B MX/WIFI-AP
ATI HD 4670 GRAPHICS CARD 512MB

I am planning to update my Desktop System with these, any reviews on the above two?

[vijaycool]

SW for color accuracy

I need some color calibrating sw for my viewsonic 19 inch. getting way off when i am using LR so i kept some dozens of photos in queue till i fixed that issue

[anvancy]

just look at the marketing strategy of creative.

i am only talking of sound cards here.there gigaworks speakers rock.

they market DTS AND DOLBY DIGITAL ready.above it a small star saying through CYBERLINK POWERDVD.
now without that also i can enjoy DTS on my comp.

that auzentech prelude unlocks the actual XFI power and also adds to it DOLBY DIGITAL LIVE and DTS INTERACTIVE.now thats what i call sound techs.

[Aryan]

+1lakh.
The card is good,isnt it Anvancy da?

I love xBhp!

[nightwing]

creative uses tech that actually fools us.they keep on relocating sound here there to project surround sound.which actually is not.all their techs are only fluctuating frequencies and volumes to show that we process.when you see the performance of M audio 7.1 revolution or even the older generation PHILIPS or YAMAHA soundcards,you will see the difference between creative clarity and other clarity.

and again..those having sound blasters audigys and XFIs here will come bashing at me telling me that what i talk is crap.but a simple search on reality of creative cards on google will tell the other side of the coin.

example..the xtreme audio card under XFI is actually an audigy card only.only sticker change.just like hero honda.only the XFI music was up to the mark.

+1lakh.
That's why I am pestering my Big bro to get me a Auzentech Prelude from the UK.
The card is good,isnt it Anvancy da?

[anvancy]

Why do you ask to leave the Creative cards? I mean, they provide absolutely stunning quality..

creative uses tech that actually fools us.they keep on relocating sound here there to project surround sound.which actually is not.all their techs are only fluctuating frequencies and volumes to show that we process.when you see the performance of M audio 7.1 revolution or even the older generation PHILIPS or YAMAHA soundcards,you will see the difference between creative clarity and other clarity.

and again..those having sound blasters audigys and XFIs here will come bashing at me telling me that what i talk is crap.but a simple search on reality of creative cards on google will tell the other side of the coin.

example..the xtreme audio card under XFI is actually an audigy card only.only sticker change.just like hero honda.only the XFI music was up to the mark.

[Aryan]

and leave creative ones aside.

Why do you ask to leave the Creative cards? I mean, they provide absolutely stunning quality..

[Psycho_McCrazy]

i would love to put a sound card..inspite of onboard..a dedicated works better.search one..and leave creative ones aside.

i woulda invested in a soundcard if i was gonna use speakers that would actually reap benefit of that. However, here in Japan one cannot be too loud, especially in the hostel where the Warden will come running

I will be using a very simple 2.1 setup - maybe even headphone only for gaming, and thus do not feel the need for a soundcard now. Am not too much of an audiophile anyway.

[anvancy]

Hello boys, I am back on this thread.

A few hours of hooked up lappies to a mini hub with multiplayer games has awoken the demon that was sleeping inside of me. I am now looking forward to build a gaming rig for me here.

Most of it is decided, and so I will run the system along with ya people for any final thoughts ya might wanna put into my head.

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R Mobo
E7300 or E8400 Core 2 Duo (8400 takes it over budget, so 99.99% E7300)
4GB DDR2-800
Ati 4850 or 4870 (4870 takes it way over budget, so unless i find a much cheaper store, it is the 4850)
24 incher 1920.1200 monitor
500G HDD, DVD RW
Antec 300 Cabinet
Scythe Ninja CPU Cooler
Scythe Gouriki 500W Power Supply

Building here in Japan is a significant bit costlier than say in the US, where the prices are the best, but then again it is quite cheap compared to India, and for once I can actually get the components that I want inside of that case.

Will keep ya posted with the build and the benchies.

Enjaay

i would love to put a sound card..inspite of onboard..a dedicated works better.search one..and leave creative ones aside.

[Psycho_McCrazy]

Hello boys, I am back on this thread.

A few hours of hooked up lappies to a mini hub with multiplayer games has awoken the demon that was sleeping inside of me. I am now looking forward to build a gaming rig for me here.

Most of it is decided, and so I will run the system along with ya people for any final thoughts ya might wanna put into my head.

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R Mobo
E7300 or E8400 Core 2 Duo (8400 takes it over budget, so 99.99% E7300)
4GB DDR2-800
Ati 4850 or 4870 (4870 takes it way over budget, so unless i find a much cheaper store, it is the 4850)
24 incher 1920.1200 monitor
500G HDD, DVD RW
Antec 300 Cabinet
Scythe Ninja CPU Cooler
Scythe Gouriki 500W Power Supply

Building here in Japan is a significant bit costlier than say in the US, where the prices are the best, but then again it is quite cheap compared to India, and for once I can actually get the components that I want inside of that case.

Will keep ya posted with the build and the benchies.

Enjaay

[greyanaroth]

What would you call this config then?

CPU 2xXeon 2.5Ghz @ 800MHz FSB
RAM 4x2GB
HDD 1x1TB + 2x 750GB + Some 300GB and 160GB HDDs
GFX 8800GT w/ 512MB RAM and 2x DualLink DVI Ports
Motherboard w/ Onboard GFX Card
Monitors: 1x LG 24" WS Running on DVI->HDMI, 1xBenq 19" on DVI & 1x LG 19" CRT on onboard VGA all running at the same time..

-- no1lives4ever
PS: As for games running on 64bit, I suppose most newer games should run w/o any problems on either XP or Vista 64 bit.. Frankly, it is better to get a vista 64 bit and a xp 32 bit.. The 64bit vista would run most software and for the few games and other high performance stuff that would not run on 64 bit vista, dual boot to a 32 bit xp partition..

Thats my machine!!! And you've got alot of things wrong!

CPU - 2 X Xeon 2.5ghz, @ 1333mhz fsb 12 mb L2 cache
Motherboard - Tyan s5397 with 16 Ram slots supporting upto 128gb of Ram!!!

It's a server/workstation board, and it runs some hardcore audio production apps. And games

Fallout 3 runs beautifully on this system! I loves my computer!

[anvancy]

@anvancy: Forget lease, you can take it and try it as and when you want. The only thing separating this is this distance between the two cities!

true indeed.

[Aryan]

@anvancy: Forget lease, you can take it and try it as and when you want. The only thing separating this is this distance between the two cities!