CIPWTTKT&GC v0x14 (v20): Turning it off and on all day every day - Hardware & Software

Oh yeah, after running my shiny new gaming PC on shitty onboard audio and inbuilt speakers in my TV, I figured I should get some proper speakers and a decent soundcard. 2.1 is preferred for the speakers, any suggestions for either or where I should go for advice?

Bohb being... well... bohb [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1209925&p=37638445&viewfull=1#post37638445[/url] [editline]12th September 2012[/editline] Oh fuck dammit, i missed my 6000th post.

If it's a shiny new PC you probably don't need a sound card. Go to the headphones thread, really, we tend to deal with anything audio over there.

[QUOTE=altern;37640029]what differentiates grooveshark from spotify?[/QUOTE] Grooveshark is available in countries other than US

[QUOTE=superstepa;37641817]Grooveshark is available in countries other than US[/QUOTE] Hey, Spotify isn't all that bad. I'm in Au and using it right now.

[QUOTE=Warship;37639857]Actually I don't need that much for a phone. A better camera and a faster CPU would be nice, but my Wildfire S gets by.[/QUOTE] I'm going to have to get one as a replacement to my SGSI Rip me [editline]12th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=wingless;37641826]Hey, Spotify isn't all that bad. I'm in Au and using it right now.[/QUOTE] Can't use it in Canada I got into Google music though so I can't complain [editline]12th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;37640817']Bohb being... well... bohb [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1209925&p=37638445&viewfull=1#post37638445[/url] [editline]12th September 2012[/editline] Oh fuck dammit, i missed my 6000th post.[/QUOTE] I hope I won't miss my 6666th post

Spotify does annoy me, sometimes. Lack of FLAC support is extremely annoying. It's weird though, They always have the little known artists, the stuff that's hard to get otherwise, and then they have the larger artists, but the medium known artists, they never seem to have, or don't have all of their stuff. It's annoying since a lot of my library is just that and I can't fill in the blanks since I have it all in FLAC...

[QUOTE=nikomo;37638302]I personally can't remember the last time I've used optical media.[/QUOTE] I use optical media all the time, I just kinda like having a physical copy and actually use it. Wouldn't have space nor motivation to rip all my DVDs onto my computer either. [editline]12th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;37640817']Bohb being... well... bohb [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1209925&p=37638445&viewfull=1#post37638445[/url] [editline]12th September 2012[/editline] Oh fuck dammit, i missed my 6000th post.[/QUOTE] It seems like bohb always has problems with companies everybody else have nothing against, or actually endorse. Like Antec and, well, ASUS.

[QUOTE=SataniX;37640857]If it's a shiny new PC you probably don't need a sound card. Go to the headphones thread, really, we tend to deal with anything audio over there.[/QUOTE] Unless the mobo uses realtek, in which case, save yourself the time and spend $20 on a better soundcard

Uhm actually Realtek worked really great for years on my ASUS mobo, unlike the VIA card on my new one.

Every mobo I've had for the past 10 years has had Realtek. Works fine, they weren't cheap ones either. 780i Tri Sli X58 Extreme 4

A lot of people (Including me) get problems in games by having realtek audio

Isn't Realtek HD audio basically a standard?

I've only ever encountered that when I haven't updated the ancient drivers that came with the hardware.

For most cases, Realtek is fine. Unless you're spending atleast £100 on headphones you won't need a dedicated sound card, and after that you should be buying an amp/dac combo (eg FiiO) anyway.

I hate Threadless. They declined my design because it wasn't to the right "standard" even though there are many designed already approved and submitted to the Minecraft contest which have no effort put into them at all.

[QUOTE=kaze4159;37642054]A lot of people (Including me) get problems in games by having realtek audio[/QUOTE] Why would it have problems specifically with games?

[QUOTE=kaze4159;37642054]A lot of people (Including me) get problems in games by having realtek audio[/QUOTE] If you're using onboard sound, then disable NVIDIA / AMD HDMI audio drivers (or vice-versa). [editline]12th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=SEKCobra;37642117]Why would it have problems specifically with games?[/QUOTE] HDMI audio drivers (Nvidia/AMD) conflict with the Realtek HD drivers.

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;37639106]But this is the point, I didn't invade it because it was already there when I opened the laptop lid so saying I [I]invaded[/I] his privacy when everything was in blown full view is an understatement and it doesn't make me disgusting at all. How would you feel if someone gave you a laptop and you saw a window with files and folders fully displaying child porn? Hmph?[/QUOTE] Wallpaper or not you're still a MASSIVE asshole for calling the cop on your friend.

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;37639382]1: "dir" or my favourite "dir /w" 2: No, .dll, .inf, .sys files are all shown normally (I think) 3: winders 7 : control panel, folders, view, show hidden files folder & drives. 4: A progress bar displays the drives current amount of free space? 5: Files have an icon based on what piece of software is currently set to open them as of default, and directories display a folder icon, if the directory has files within it will show a small preview of said files inside the folder icon.[/QUOTE] lol I was being sarcastic but thanks :v: You worded #5 better than me, though.

When's the Apple keynote at? (GMT)

I think it's at 10:30am ET

[url]http://wheniskeynote.com/[/url] :v:

Still gonna suck without Jobs.

[url]http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/zo4av/here_is_a_complete_list_of_live_blog_and/[/url] Full list of liveblogs

[QUOTE=PyroCF;37642305]Still gonna suck without Jobs.[/QUOTE] I'm honestly excited for it. I'm fairly certain it's going to be the first A15 device, and that is going to be *awesome*. A15 is one fast fucker.

[QUOTE=SataniX;37642148] HDMI audio drivers (Nvidia/AMD) conflict with the Realtek HD drivers.[/QUOTE] Even though I never encountered this, it would only be an user error because you didn't disable it or are trying to run multiple outputs when not supported.

[QUOTE=wingless;37642357]I'm honestly excited for it. I'm fairly certain it's going to be the first A15 device, and that is going to be *awesome*. A15 is one fast fucker.[/QUOTE] I think they're going to use the iPad 3's chip (underclocked ofc), it would certainly make a change if they were actually the first ones to put something new out there though.

I'm guessing A6 will be a 2Ghz Cortex-A15 Dual core, One of the new PowerVR G6400 or a SGX554, 2GB 800Mhz LPDDR3 on 28nm. That's my prediction.

I hope it has NFC so Google can port over Wallet, it would also be a fantastic addition to passbook.