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Posted On: 12 January 2010 - 01:58 PM |  Pimpin New TV
Edit To reflect our current Awesome TV. We went with a Sony Bravia S5100 and it is great. We picked up a PS3 over the Weekend (Buffalo Xmas) and the Bravia Sync over HDMI is super dope. We can control the console with the TV Remote. 
As detailed below, we had to apply a firmware flash to address the brightness issue and from there, my only flaw was addressed. 
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After busting out some New Super Mario Bros and Mario Kart Wii, Kat and I concluded that we could use an LCD TV in the living room. Our current 32" CRT does not work so hot for Split screen play, and is just hard to see game stuff, from about 10 ft away, where the chairs are. This will also get some action, as I figure I'll be the player, while Kat embraces some FFXIII Cutscenes.
I did some hunting, and Wmart stocks the Toshiba 46XV640U LCDs. 46" fits in a reasonable ~$900 Price range, and has some decent specs. I know J0k has had good luck with his huge ass Samsung, but after the crap that happened with Kat's PC LCD, I am weary on Samsung displays.
Renamed topic as we got a TV last night. Pic attached.  |
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Posted On: 04 January 2010 - 03:09 PM | Intel Clarkdale CPUs
I gave a read to the OCAU article on Clarkdale CPUs. I'll keep it mad simple in saying they are of the i5/i7 grade of CPUs, with Graphics Processors on the CPU.
Game wise, you'd be likely to get a dedicated card, but for a budget rig or HTPC config, this might be your jam. Many more reviews in this thread. I'll add any more observations I gather when I read more of these. |
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Posted On: 29 December 2009 - 02:44 PM | HDD Recovery
Hey everyone, Merry late Christmas, Happy early New Years  . I gots a problem. I got an adapter for christmas that converts a sata or ide drive to usb to try to recover some stuff off my old crashed hdd. When I connect the hd windows detects it as a usb mass storage device, however I cant access it at all. I checked around for software to help but Im kinda searching blind and Im pretty sure windows is lost on the crashed hdd, so Im not sure if thats a big problem or not. Any input would be appreciated. You guys are the smartest computer people I know so that's why I always ask here first. I feel like I should start making donations  Anyways, have fun bringing in the new year. Cheers.  |
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Posted On: 21 December 2009 - 09:02 AM | IDT Sound Board
Top o the Mornin. I wanted to share my experiences with one of the shittiest onboard sound cards around, the Sigmatel IDT Audio device. Since I built this Core 2 Duo rig, I have been trying to deal with the quality playback issues, but I'm at wits end now.
The most common issue is audio will just cut out, like your speakers lost power for a second. I did much verifying that power was not the issue. After some other issues, I updated the drivers for this card, and now all audio sounds extremely washed out, despite turning on and off any effect features. Now, stuff sounds like it's in a perma auditorium mode and there is no clarity.
Just a heads up if you are using an Intel board and running these drivers and you see some issues. I'm going to try and downgrade the drivers, else I'm just disabling this shit, and using a real soundcard. I did LOL when I saw the latest drivers have a 'Legacy' on the end of their name. Good old Kiss o Death there.
The issue is extra annoying considering the much more reliable Realtek onboard audio solutions, as the worst issue I had with those, was needing new drivers to play a game. So as a heads up, if you are building a system and the board has one of these (Sigmaltel IDT) on there, pick a different Mobo, or get a dedicated sound card.
Edit to mention I downgraded drivers, then checked my headphones to notice they have a bad connection. So I'll have to negate the sound quality issue.  Monday Morning, Baby! |
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