Recent content by jeffreyp

Motorola MG8702 AC3200 router. Strong all through out split level home.

Owned a few 68000 series CPU's. Not mac either. Amiga 500-to 4000 series. 68000-68040, I owned them all. SLAC where I worked for 33 years. Amiga's were used from 1988-1993. In the day they were the best and leap years ahead in graphice and data aqusition. https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/

The 5820k is not compatible with my motherboard and besides it was not available. 4790k was the hotrod at the time of purchase.

My 4790k running @4.6 for three years finally burned to the ground about a year ago. Decided to build a 5600x rig but kept the old rig as a backup and plugged in a 3.00 i5. No i7 but 4790k's are expensive to buy used on ebay. $130.00-200.00 + dollars for a 6 year old CPU. Still a great processor...

Onboard sound seems to be AOK with avid gamers. Simplicity rules...

Anyway, for what I am doing and spending under $100.00 USD for a decent sound card is a deal and a half. That was my initial point. Show me a bi-directional HDMI sound card. Sure I use DAC for the input.

My Denon AV amp has ARC. Handy with other devices.

I'm good to go with my fairly recent build. Hardware is good to go. Like most Windows upgrades I worry about old software support. Playing ancient games that including a couple that were released 21 years ago. Windows not DOS. I know I must be possessed but I only want to deal with steam and the...

Bi-directional devices would be nice but until then... :)

I'll wait. You Guinea pigs jump on it.

Few less hours of FUBAR to spread. Will you live to see tomorrow? LoL....

Haha, I have a Z SE in my main unit and a X-FI Titanium HD in the old 4790k rig. I use Audacity for audio conversion to FLAC. Load all my devices or stream. I do both.

Sound cards are still very useful for people like me who need an input. HDMI does not do that. You are locked to R&R if you live by HDMI. I use both but truth be known you only need HDMI bandwidth for certain audio outputs. Optical has beautiful sound. I convert vinyl, CD's and other audio to...