Recent content by Bakes4147

OK, yeah, and since I only have the three output plugs from the speakers I need a sound card to fully utilize them? Also thanks for the link to the review.

Yeah I understand what you guys are saying and please excuse my ignorance but the cables I have with the speakers are green, yellow, and black. I tried green to green, black to black, and yellow to both grey and orange, and a few others. Also the ports are labeled for certain sets of the...

My on board doesn't have the correct ports for the speakers to connect to, I only have the green jack. Can I still do the surround with only the one? Thanks for all the responses.

I recently bought a pair of Logitec z506 5.1 surround sound speakers. So I am looking for a cheap sound card that will work well with them. My pc specs are: - AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ - ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950...

Thanks for all of the input, was mostly leaning towards just waiting until I need a new laptop and the technology advances. That is what I am going to do, it was just such a good deal I wanted to at least consider it.

Well my friend said putting full windows on it could be done. But that may not have been a fully thought out comment, as he did originally just say Linux. I am not really looking to upgrade right now, was just considering it because I would also be able to get another 20%ish off that price with...

I work at staples while I finish school and they have a Surface RT 64gb on clearance for 195.55 and it comes with a keyboard. Its a good deal but is it what I need/do I need it? I have a tech savvy friend who could install full windows instead of the RT version. I would like to get something...

So I had tried to purchase right before the price spike be was unsuccessful. I then found this card on Amazon for around $350 and despite being out of stock they let me put card info etc in so that when it came in I would receive it. Now, like 2 weeks later, they tell me they are unable to get...

Any known problems with this card? I read the reviews just wondering if there were any big known problems. http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Radeon-4DisplayPort-PCI-Express-R9280X-DC2T-3GD5-V2/dp/B00FT2KSVK/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I am going to go with the i5 setup you suggested. Any tips to better understand the specifics of processors/gpu's? or do you just read a lot about them and do a bit of research? Thanks in advance and thanks for all of your help on this build.

Looking at this processor instead since it is only $15 more than the suggested one, thoughts?

Ok yep that makes sense, going back through and looking again I found a comment saying just that.

I am now running into the problem that all supplies of 3 gb gpu's seem to be out on newegg, which seemed to have the best prices. Not sure why seeing as there wasn't yet any special prices on the ones that I was viewing.

OK, One thing I have heard many times is that if I am going to be using Intel or AMD, I should stick with NVidia or AMD respectively. Also I am just worried about heat when switching to Intel/NVidia, I have heard a lot of stories about heat problems with them(of course I guess the same can be...

Ok thanks for the help so far. So with the i5 setup above, mobo, and one of those gpu's my power supply should be ok for all of that?