Sunday, January 15, 2012

Waiting for my motherboard

Well I have everything. I went with a sexy Asu GTX 560 Video card instead of a Radeon. I spent a little more on it but I read that it had good overclocking for a little extra boost.

Anyways, now all I am waiting on is my motherboard. It was slapped in the mail on Tuesday, and I should have had it Wednesday but I have a forwarding order to a PO Box, and now I have to wait extra. So I won't get it until at least this next Tuesday.

This is frustrating, but I assume its well worth the wait.

Also, I decided to invest in Logisys 15" Cold Cathodes.
I got blue, sound activate ones for my case. I hope it looks great!

Lastly, I was thinking of either buying a heat sink for my CPU, or to buy a nice sound card (no more than $100 though) because I love music/movies/cinematic experiences in games.

Which should I get?

6 comments:

  1. Sounds good!
    And i would go for the sound card, unless the heat sink is desperately needed to stop your computer overheating

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  2. It only occurred to me the other day that my computer is over 4 years old. :'(
    He still works perfectly though <3

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  3. If you are a true audiophile, then I seriously recommend the M-Audio Audiophile 2496 http://www.amazon.com/M-Audio-Audiophile-Digital-Recording-Interface/dp/B00006I5H5

    Bit old card, but fucking excellent!

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  4. Most motherboard have on-board audio that is sufficient for a good gaming/movie playback (provided you have good speakers as well), so I'd recommend a heatsink over a sound card. An issue I had with sound cards in the past was that the software required to utilize and customize all the features came with tons of proprietary bloatware, which was annoying.

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  5. I agree, unless you're planning on doing some very serious overclocking a heat sink isn't needed. A sound card will make a big difference if you have a good speaker setup to go with it.

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