Recent content by Jacob Emmons

I just got a Sennheiser HD 598, and was planning on getting a Sound Blaster Z. Will the onboard amp on the soundcard work well with the 598's? What are the benefits of getting a standalone amp compared to the one on the card itself?

I was looking at the Sennheiser HD 598, and the ATH-ad900x, but would like some suggestions on a nice pair of headphones. For a budget, I will have 200-220$, depending if the headphones have a detachable cable or not, because i'm either going to get an Antlion Mod Mic 4.0 for an attached cable...

I have a Asus Z87-A, and am planning on getting a HyperX Cloud Pro. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826468001&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=) I heard that it requires a lot of power to function to its full...

Specs: I5 4670k @ 4.2, Asus z-87 a, GTX 770, G. Skills RipJaws X 8GB (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL), Western Digital Caviar Black 1T (WD1002FAEX). Windows 8.1. My HDD seems slow. General use, and sometimes when gaming. For example: Me and my buddy will play dayz, I start noticing some lag spikes, like 3-5...

I'm running it now, and it's been stuck at scanning and repairing drive (C): 12% complete for some time .

Sometimes, my PC can get pretty slow, almost for no reason at all. Sometimes opening up a folder can be tedious. If I look at task manager, It'll show my disk usage at 100% at the times of slowness, and the main process using most of my disk isn't even really going at a high transfer rate...

Okay, so you guys think I should just upgrade my CPU and motherboard first. I am going to be getting a i5 4670k with a Asus Maximus VI Hero. Do you think the on board graphics will suffice for now? Maybe just for games like minecraft, Rust, and maybe DayZ Standalone at low settings? Just until i...

I have a pre-built computer, and for now I was going to add a GTX 780 and a new power supply until I have enough money for basicly everything else for a whole new computer. The processor that's in it now is an AMD Athlon II X4 620. I'm wondering if this going to bog down the 780. Am i going to...