turtlefu Wrote:Okay, hm. Does Dual gigabit LAN means faster speeds for internet?
No. It means that you can daisy chain more than two computers in a wired LAN configuration. Which is useful for LAN parties.
turtlefu Wrote:Also, it seems like even some motherboards with two PCIe ports don't support dual 16x, just dual 8x, because the second PCIe slot shares bandwith with the first one. Is dual 16x ideal when using SLI/Crossfire?
It is but the performance difference is a few percent at most.
turtlefu Wrote:If so, then maybe it isn't worth getting a motherboard that has dual 8x and I should just forget about SLI/Crossfire. In which case I don't need two PCIe ports. Or does that not actually matter?
If you're not going to use SLI/Crossfire you don't need two pci-e x16 slots.
turtlefu Wrote:So then 4.3 GHz is not "heavy" overclocking therefore I shouldn't need one of the high end boards?
Correct.
turtlefu Wrote:I don't think my TV or A/V receiver support audio return channel. The HDTV is a Vizio VW42L FHDTV10A and the A/V receiver is a Sony DAV-HDX277WC. I haven't been able to find anything online and there is no ARC next to the HDMI ports on the TV
Neither of them support it. I checked both product manuals. I guess this is the best you can do with your setup.
Also I didn't realize that the DVD player and A/V receiver were integrated into one unit.
turtlefu Wrote:It wouldn't always be hooked up to the HDTV, more often it would just be on my desk, and I would be using headphones. So I just have to weigh whether I want to get something like the G45 or get the G41 and then buy a low-end soundcard.
In that case I recommend getting an audio card.
You're planning to carry this thing back and forth between those two locations on a regular basis? That's nuts.
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