Good catch. With the 900 setup I went with, the AC7 worked better pushing air to the front, however now that I changed cases you've reminded me to reverse the heatsink. Thanks.
My Antec 900 was getting too messy and couldn't hold anymore hardware so I decided to buy the Corsair 650D. This was my first attempt at cable management so let me know what you guys think.
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The hardest part is trying to hide the nonmodular...
I just plugged my headphones into the onboard audio port, and you're right about the noise. However, I still think that as long as you're using the Windows kernel for audio, there'll hardly be a difference in the sound quality you'll get with other cards.
I got that front panel interference too before I bought my audio interface, so it seems like it may be a problem with our IP35 mobos. RealtekHD audio isn't as bad as you make it sound, and to tell you the truth, I think the differences you would hear between that and something like an Audigy2...
Thanks, that's the answer I was hoping for. After running HD Tune, I thought I had some problems, but after running HD Tach, I also think everything looks fine.
Hey guys, I just got a Samsung HD501LJ from Newegg and put it in an external enclosure so that I could hook it up to my laptop. I also got a ExpressSlot 54 SIIG 3112 controller to go with it. After running HD Tach, I'm a little concerned with the speeds I got. I've attached to pic below so I...