[Help] Need help building a Computer

[Harrod200]

I know Creative suck, but I dunno how good any others are so I couldn't really reccomend one.

I think Rhino put an Asus card into his new build, will have to see what he thinks of that. Asus are generally pretty good quality.

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

dont get the Asus sound card, its a waste of money, trust me.

[Deadfast]

Is there a single decent sound card manufacturer then?

[Harrod200]

I think the answer to that is rapidly coming to a 'No' Really you need someone to buy one, then tell you what they think (reviews don't count for much half the time), only problem with that is that it's an expensive way to find out. Seems Creative have a bit of a monopoly, using EAX and being used for games. Bloody annoying though that they can't make good drivers or software.

Trust has NEVER let me down as a manufacturer, everything I've ever had from them has worked perfectly, and for a long time. Only thing is I've not used any of their sound cards, and they don't look like great gaming cards from the specs.

Just refound your old thread Rhino, guess you never got the issues worked out then?

[unrealalex]

Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer is working out ok for me, but I get freezing w/ sound loop sometimes, it might be the cause who knows.

[[R-DEV]CodeRedFox]

Originally Posted by NYgurkha

i thought you were talking about skynet or something.

Damnit I know right. Need of a title change before someone just read that and locks them self in a bomb shelter...

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Sarah Connor

[TofuwRice]

Originally Posted by unrealalex

My build

Case: Cooler Master RC-690(very roomy, great airflow, easy to use) 75
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

Video: VisionTek HD4750 512mb (has good warranty, dont get sapphire their rebates suck)
Newegg.com - VisionTek 900244 Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Motherboard/CPU: Asus P5Q Pro with Intel E8400 C2D 3.0ghz (you get -30$ if you get these 2 in combo)
Newegg.com - ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Power SUpply: Corsair 550 watt, great powersupply, quiet and efficient.
Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

Everything else the same. If you have good headphones/speakers then I'd get one of the more expensive sound cards, otherwise stick with onboard sound.

I agree with him, this is a better computer than your original. Try to get some munchkin redlines for ram (great ram for oc'ing). Get a Western Digital hard drive because Seagate has been know to break down and are very noisy. PLEASE don't get any AMD processors either.

[Thalin]

Originally Posted by unrealalex

Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer is working out ok for me, but I get freezing w/ sound loop sometimes, it might be the cause who knows.

Do you have to hard reboot? I get this problem when I either have a faulty PSU, or more often something is overheating.

[Bamboo]

Originally Posted by Thalin

Do you have to hard reboot? I get this problem when I either have a faulty PSU, or more often something is overheating.

What do both of you use as a video card? And can you describe the way it crashes exactly? I was having a simular problem and got it fixed now.

Also, I am just as pissed as everyone else about Creative and my XtremeGamer card. But if you have the problem where you loose VIOP while in game (it happens to tons of people), I found a quick way to get it working again without restarting.

If you are in game, and you loose voice, alt-tab to your desktop, open the creative Audio Console (the control panel). It should be set to Game mode, and if you try to change it to like "Audio Creation Mode" you will get a warning message about it being in use and you can't change it right now. Click OK on the warning message, and your voice comms will be working again. Just alt-tab back in game. I don't know why it works, but I have helped 2 other guys having the same problem, and it works.

I actually just open the audio panel before I start BF2 now, since it happens pretty much every round. I also put a short cut to the panel in my start menu so I could quickly find it.