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Here is some more feedback: I recently bought the 650D. After quite a bit of shopping around, I more or less settled on either the 650D or 550D. One of the reasons I went with the 650D was the "hot swap" bay for easily mounting a drive pulled from another computer. If I could have found an...

Damn, I just looked it up. I was honestly not aware that S/PDIF was so limited. I take it that most onboard sound chipsets lack the capability to convert surround PCM to AC3-SPDIF? I'm amazed to learn that HDMI is a better digital audio connection than S/PDIF, being able to handle AC3-SPDIF...

Poor quality audio source leads to poor quality sound, no matter what you throw at it. I hope this does not surprise anybody. The only thing here that may be news to anybody is just how poor in quality most MP3s actually are. The DAC proper is definitely an important component, but it has...

I just completed my first build in the last week, and the motherboard I chose was the Gigabyte GA-Z77x-UD3H. It was the least expensive motherboard that seemed to offer everything I wanted, I had seen no bad reviews, and Gigabyte is generally a well respected brand, so it seemed like a good bet...

Good point. I forgot to mention my RAM at all. Just a fairly simple 2x8GB Corsair XMS3 set, so I'd be shocked if the heatsinks caused clearance problems with anything. Speaking of quiet, how loud is the fan included by default with the H212+? I mean honestly right now my stock CPU fan...

Indeed, My understanding is that the i5-3550 has turbo boost rates of 4/3/2/2, combined with the standard non-K ability to increase the base frequency by up to four bins, gives me a maximum of 3.9GHz when running 4 cores, and 4.1 GHz if i switch off two cores. I'm also aware that I'm not...

I've just completed a new build (my first), and I'm trying to determine how reasonable the temperatures I'm seeing are. So first thing I should do is describe the relevant portions of the build: Corsair Obsidian 650D (stock fans and configuration, connected to motherboard, not a fan...