Posts by Shub

I have an X-Fi Titanium HD that I'm pretty happy with, but the release of the Z series has me interested in its integrated headphone amp. Additionally I'm very mildly annoyed that I have to unplug my headphones from my current card when...

I'm not a lawyer, but I am an IT guy and I don't understand the logic here. Imagine I own a Xerox device that does just what their patents describe. I bought it fair and square from Xerox. Why would I owe those guys anything? If anyone...

I mean their standard "stock" units. They're labeled as garbage throughout the Internet and I'm certain that is indeed the case, but is there any factual information anywhere about them? Like who actually makes them?

Quote:Originally Posted by Monstrous I think it'll be the Haswell ULV's. How could that be? Haswell isn't coming out until at least Q2 2013.

I'd be excited if everything I've read about it didn't sound like they've butchered the game

Those bright yellow capacitors instill fear in my heart.

Please don't do it. Think of your computer. And the children.

In fact most modern CPUs don't need 8 pins, just 4. Connecting all 8 is just gravy for overclocking and such. You will probably want the 8 pins however since you have two CPUs.

Is this your board? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121039 It doesn't look anything special, 24-pin ATX12V and 8-pin EPS connector, am I missing something?

Where did you get the idea that most PSUs are made with top-mounting in mind? It's quite the contrary these days. The problem is that a lot of cases don't have vents under where the PSU goes, so if you mount it with the fan facing down,...