Coolermaster new products look really nice, particulary the centurion silent edition (i hope that they put cable management orifice). It will be a shame, if they don't. (specially for a silent case).
Call me back when Asus offers a Cardbus and an ExpressCard version of the Xonar.... or at the very least, a USB one with 5.1-channel analog outputs, and DS3D GX 2.0 or 3.0. Stereo (as on the U1) and EAX2 emulation just don't cut it.
Originally Posted by badders Does anyone else think that the square at the top of the image below looks like it would be perfect to mod a Kaoss pad into?
That would be pretty cool if you were creating a music related machine/mod :D
Originally Posted by DanaG Call me back when Asus offers a Cardbus and an ExpressCard version of the Xonar.... or at the very least, a USB one with 5.1-channel analog outputs, and DS3D GX 2.0 or 3.0. Stereo (as on the U1) and EAX2 emulation just don't cut it.
wHy would you want 5.1 analoge outputs? I rather have a optical out leading to my Onkyo suround amp.
I do like the look of the second Coolermaster case. It looks a bit like the Metal Boned K7
And the new Asus sound cards also look awesome.
It is a shame that the new Abit motherboard doesn't have the option for x16/x4 like the current IP35 does
I like both of the coolermaster cases. The first one isn't pretty, but I am a fan of the industrial look and the functionality out of the box is better than any other case. The second looks like an excellent choice for a basic box which isn't ugly and cheap looking, but doesn't cost a bomb.
MSI's 9600 looks nice as well and I can see it working well with the HAF in a theme case. Now hopefully they'll put that cooler on a better card.
It is a shame that the new Abit motherboard doesn't have the option for x16/x4 like the current IP35 does
only the current IP35 Pro does (the other IP35s in the range don't) & it's equivalent under P45 will do dual x8 PCI-E 2.0 which = dual x16 PCI-E 1.x so it will be better.
Also production IP45 MAXs are supposed to get a black PCB.
Originally Posted by [USRF]Obiwan wHy would you want 5.1 analoge outputs? I rather have a optical out leading to my Onkyo suround amp.
Several reasons:
1. My Logitech Z-5300 speakers only have analog inputs.
2. Dolby Digital (or DTS) encoding breaks Vista's automatic Room Correction feature.
3. Dolby Digital encoding introduces some extra latency.
4. Dolby Digital encoding is lossy.
5. I don't want to have to manually route PulseAudio (on Linux) through the 'a52' encoding ALSA plugin.
In addition, the USB Xonar still doesn't even offer "DS3D GX 2.0".
I am all over that Asus HDAV, I've been drooling over it since they first talked about it. I just got a Bluray drive and I'm actually waiting for the HDAV before I make the move from my old 5.1 surround (currently using spdif from the mobo) to a new 7.1 reciever, I just can't stand the thought of using the analog outs of my sound card.
Maybe by the time Nehelem debuts, Asus will have hdmi with 7.1 straight off the motherboard rear panel.
I am loving that Cooler Master HAF 932, I own a CM690 right now and its almost faultless exception being its rather small. The HAF932 looks like a bigger version internally, even adequate space for water cooling. The outside looks acceptable enough to me. I hope €129 is inc VAT and hopefully its hitting UK soon :D
Originally Posted by [USRF]Obiwan wHy would you want 5.1 analoge outputs? I rather have a optical out leading to my Onkyo suround amp.
First; don't use optical, use RCA s/pdif if you want to go digital. On the analogue outputs I'd say it's quite useful if you have an amplifier that doesn't support DTS Master or Dolby True HD decoding, but want high definition sound! And yes, before you ask, the difference is huge on a decent set of speakers.
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True, but that's (most) americans for you. Obviously the ones that visit this site have better taste!
Does anyone else think that the square at the top of the image below looks like it would be perfect to mod a Kaoss pad into?
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/06/computex-2008-psp/haf-6s.jpg
That would be pretty cool if you were creating a music related machine/mod :D
The atom based motherboards look great for a media pc or file server
wHy would you want 5.1 analoge outputs? I rather have a optical out leading to my Onkyo suround amp.
And the new Asus sound cards also look awesome.
It is a shame that the new Abit motherboard doesn't have the option for x16/x4 like the current IP35 does
MSI's 9600 looks nice as well and I can see it working well with the HAF in a theme case. Now hopefully they'll put that cooler on a better card.
Also production IP45 MAXs are supposed to get a black PCB.
I am all over that PCE Xonar card when it comes out, and I think I will also be buying an Atom based board for my new fileserver this year.
Several reasons:
1. My Logitech Z-5300 speakers only have analog inputs.
2. Dolby Digital (or DTS) encoding breaks Vista's automatic Room Correction feature.
3. Dolby Digital encoding introduces some extra latency.
4. Dolby Digital encoding is lossy.
5. I don't want to have to manually route PulseAudio (on Linux) through the 'a52' encoding ALSA plugin.
In addition, the USB Xonar still doesn't even offer "DS3D GX 2.0".
Maybe by the time Nehelem debuts, Asus will have hdmi with 7.1 straight off the motherboard rear panel.