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Hi, I got a pair of Tritton 5.1 Pro+ and I was wondering if it's worth buying a soundcard, my choices are between a Xonar DS (~25 euro) or Xonar D1 (~30 euro). I welcome other suggestions too.

It is 2.0 but in that article they test a 6950 which needs more bandwidth.

Hello, I want to buy another HD 6850 and I wonder if the second PCIe which is x4 will affect the performance and by how much. Thanks.

I am thinking to purchase one of these cards: http://www.pcgarage.ro/placi-video/gigabyte/radeon-hd6850-1gb-ddr5-256-bit/ , http://www.pcgarage.ro/placi-video/gigabyte/geforce-gtx-460-oc-1gb-ddr5-256-bit/ and I'm a bit undecided, the HD 6850 is cooler (I think) and I could OC it quite well...

In my country the Merc stealth is ~45 euros and the G15 ~100 euros. And even if they were the same price I still wouldn't have bought the G15, I'd rather have the gamepad instead of the display. And I don't know for sure if G15 still has only 1.1 USB ports. But it is a matter of taste...

It's decided, I'll go for the 212+, since it's way cheaper than the Noctua. By the way I can still fit the first dimm module underneath the fan, right?

I recently bought the Steelseries Merc Stealth for WoW because it has a gamepad and a cool software. It took me like a week to get used and now I really enjoy it and it's cheaper than the ones you mentioned above. But like I said, I just bought it recently and I have no idea if the keys will...

I got an LED and it's not burning my eyes. It's cool, especially on daylight, you don't get bothered by the sunlight as much you would have with a normal LCD. I can't tell you for sure, since I had only one LCD and probably wasn't the best one, I had a Samsung Syncmaster 22" and now I got an LG...

I had the same problem as you have, I wanted a 22" 16:10 ratio, and I bought http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/LG-W2286L-PF-22inch-LED-16:10-HDMI-Widescreen-TFT-Monitor_26816.html and it's great, it has good colors, no ghosting and black is black.

You were right xbeater about the ball bearing. I decided to take a look again at the fan so I took it down, cleaned it and put a bit of oil inside. Now it runs at 3600 RPM and does a rattiling noise. Thanks for your help. ^_^

Yes, the Hyper 212+ and V8 are both good choices. But Noctua is so cool. I bet the chicks would form a line at my door and I could OC the CPU just for kicks. Hard decision, life's so tough sometimes.

I know, but a lot of the new coolers (the tower types) block the first dimm slot, I could wait till December for the Spire Thermax Eclipse II which should be half the price of the Noctua but it will be useless for me. And the Noctua will be really silent, with the fans at ~900 RPM. And the...

Yeah, I thought about buying a new cooler when I've first heard the stock one, but I wasn't sure the corsair h50 or the Noctua NH-D14. The Noctua is kinda bulky but it's better than the corsair, I'm still undecided between these two.

Xbeater I tried that before and was still the same. Maybe the fan is half broken? Any ideas? And Sudeshc, it went over 6000 RPM this summer in order to keep the CPU at 40-45C, but now it won't go over 3500 no matter what I do and yes it was loud like hell, it was like having a mini jet plane in...

I just noticed that my CPU fan won't go beyond 3500 RPM no matter how hot my CPU is. I got a 955 BE with it's stock cooler and it used to go beyond 6000 RPM. I tried disabling the Cool and Quiet and everything but it's still the same. Any suggestions?