Recent content by chenw

Hey all, I had asked a similar question in another forum and all of its replies ended up being "why do you want to use that old outdated OS?" or "Just use Win 10" or "Just use VM". I have reasons for not using Win 10 (it's a spare laptop with official drivers for Win 7 and XP, my main rig...

Much appreciated.

Hey all, Let's say I want to connect my sound card to an external DAC/Amp and I connect it via optical fiber. I currently have 2 such sound 'cards', one is onboard ALC1152 and the other is a Xonar DG. Just wanted to check, if I connect the external DAC to Xonar DG, would the 'origin' sound be...

Thanks for the input, though I have checked the price on the Essence STX II 7.1 and it's actually going to eat up over half of that $500 budget LOL, it's closer to $300 over here on this side of the pacific. The normal STX II will save a few dollars, I am still not too sure if buying a sound...

Hey all, I am currently using a pair of Hyper X Cloud headphones with Xonar DG for my own uses, and while both still work, the Cloud physically have started to show its age (the leather-y skin peeling off, the plastic on the cups now feeling sticky, broken mic, etc. etc.) and I am currently...

Hey all, Last night I tried hooking up a GTX 950 to a 4k TV (LG 49UH611T) via its HDMI, and the results were pretty bad, EG For some reason I could not get the GPU to output at 4:4:4 chroma at 4k/60hz, and TV scaling is AWFUL, so I tried scaling on the GPU, which looked much better, except for...

I personally recommend 2, unless you already have another drive in your computer. Reason: One SSD will be used as a dedicated OS drive, and move your documents folder onto the other drive. If your OS goes RIP, at least you can wipe the OS drive without any regard, since your main irreplaceable...

Thanks, I went ahead and bought the 6TB NAS Drive, now waiting for the enclosure to come in. I think this will be the last 6TB drive I buy though, gonna go with 3TB blues after this (better price per TB), these are for backup and storage purposes.

Are there any disadvantages in terms of reliability of using an NAS drive (not an NAS build, just a HDD labeled for NAS use) for cold backup storage or as an HDD? The HDD in question is HGST Deskstar 6TB drive (H3IKNAS600012872SA), which is currently discounted to within about $10 of a WD Blue...

Great, thanks all. Just making sure there wasn't something I missed.

Hey all, Before I ask this question, the reason I am not using a 64 bit system because I specifically need a 32bit OS, so please don't suggest using a 64 bit OS, I well aware of the limitations of the RAM on 32 bit systems, I have a rather specific question about the 3gb limitation. My windows...

The way I'd do it is. Install the SSD on your system, but disconnect your HDD (from the motherboard at least, so the windows install will not see the hdd), install the windows as usual. Once you are done, reconnect your HDD and making sure your boot drive is the SSD via BIOS settings. And you...

Is your other HDMI monitor 4k? If it is not, you can consider using the HDMI port for HDMI and use a DP to HDMI convertor for your other monitor.

Currently none, since Xbox one x only support freesync over HDMI 2.1, and such a TV, let alone a monitor, do not exist yet.

Well I think I found the culprit. I started simple, plugging the stuff outside of the case before moving into the case, and long behold, after I unplugged all USBs barring mouse and keyboard, the long bootup times were no were more. I think one of the USB hubs on my monitor is starting to give...