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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question Should I buy expensive thermal pads for my NVMe SSD ?.That board comes with heatsinks and pads for NVMes. Use the ones that came with it and you'll be good; Gen 4 drives (or lower) are fine... -
Syntaximus replied to the thread News AMD deprioritizing flagship gaming GPUs: Jack Hyunh talks new strategy against Nvidia in gaming market.Back to normalcy, this is what AMD should have continued to do. The performance of the XTX was fine, the problem was the price. They...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question Building new PC - What parts from my old PC can I reuse?.Agreed, keep the drives and replace the rest. That PSU is quite old (not even sure what model), it's time to replace that. You can...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question What should I upgrade a Ryzen 3500X to?.You'll get more out of a GPU upgrade than CPU in the short term. As far as CPUs, after a GPU upgrade something like a 5700X3D would be...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question Can my system run an RTX 4080.Get something ATX 3.1 with native 12VHP (850W, gold rated, 10 year warranty etc). Seasonic is my first choice because they are the OEM...
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Syntaximus reacted to thestryker's post in the thread Question Could use a suggestion for a new Sound Card. Currently have Asus Xonar. with
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As long as you're not worried about surround sound it's generally going to make a lot more sense to get a USB DAC instead of a sound... -
Syntaximus reacted to dwd999's post in the thread Question Could use a suggestion for a new Sound Card. Currently have Asus Xonar. with Like.
A lot depends on the quality of the material you're listening to. If its high quality .wav or flac or something similar then a DAC would...
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Syntaximus reacted to thestryker's post in the thread Question Could use a suggestion for a new Sound Card. Currently have Asus Xonar. with Like.
When I mentioned surround sound I'm referring to hooking up actual surround sound like 5.1/7.1 etc. USB DACs are generally limited to...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question Could use a suggestion for a new Sound Card. Currently have Asus Xonar..A DAC is a DAC, regardless if it's an internal sound card, external solution, or one built into a device. What differentiates them is...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question Could use a suggestion for a new Sound Card. Currently have Asus Xonar..Digital to Analog Convertor (DAC), this is what enables a digital file to translate into an analog signal needed for speakers /...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question Could use a suggestion for a new Sound Card. Currently have Asus Xonar..Onboard will be fine to drive the 558s, but you'll still get better sound quality from a dedicated DAC. If you wind up needing to...
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Syntaximus reacted to Lutfij's post in the thread Question News and Interests keeps appearing in my Taskmanager with Like.
Have you tried the highlighted solution here. The link should take you to the steps. Please keep in mind that editing your registry can...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question PC doesn't turn on when power button pressed.In addition to the full system details requested (they are needed): Make sure all the connections for the front panel are correct on...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question MSI Afterburner not starting.Weird, well something is not happy with it and your current install of the OS. Do you have any other monitoring apps that might conflict...
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Syntaximus replied to the thread Question MSI Afterburner not starting.Ok, try uninstalling it and see if it works as it should on the new install. I've had it glitch out once or twice in the past...
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