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I've got a vanilla optical cable (which basically needs to transfer light from one end to the other). there IS SOUND via the receiver, but it's only stereo (so the cable's not the culprit). my receiver can detect when dolby/DTS is present. not the case with this mobo. I've tries almost...

Hello all, I have the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7, and I can't seem to be able to send 5.1 (DTS and AC3) to my receiver. my last motherboard (ex58-ud4p) had a Realtek ALC889A sound chip, and my receiver detected when I've sent 5.1 audio to it,either via optical or coaxial. with this motherboard...

Thanks for the reply, tsumi, but I think I should clarify my situation: First of all, money IS an object (8 y/o twin daughters, and another princess on the way). Secondly, My uses consist of a lot of multitasking (a browser with 20-40 tabs, while the kids are watching HD movies on the TV from...

Hello all, my trusty gigabyte ex58-ud4p (with an Intel i7-920) drew it's last breath yesterday. I know that intel is scheduled to launch skylake CPUs in the coming months, and I'll be real bummed to buy an I7-4790 right now... What do you guys say? P.S. I'm not a frequent upgrader, and I...

Thanx for the replies. I'm a little concern about the fact that the MSI's fans spin in reverse at the start,longevity wise...

Hello everyone,I'm in the market for a new video card. I've got my eyes on two models: msi gtx670 non OC: http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N670-PE-2GD5.html#?div=Awards gigabyte gtx670: http://il.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4211#ov the msi is a bit more expensive,but I...

First of all,thanx fot everyone who replied. From the additional info he gave me,he's going to run at least 6 VM. The reason he doesn't want to go the xeon route,is the price premium of the xeons... as for mixing xeons with regular desktop motherboards,I'm not so eager to go down that road...

so what you're basically saying,is that if he's gonna run not more thsn 2 VM's,than he's better off spending the money on SSD's?

Hello everyone,a friend of mine is looking to build himself a desktop for virtual machines,and I couldn't find an answer for what is more suitable for him,i7-2600 or the new SB-E... does anyone knows which one is better? thanx in advance. Ovego