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Aside from the RAM, is there anything else that looks suspicious? I can't really tell. I mean, what do I know about this sorta thing? Well, aside from a very basic grasp, not much.
Quote:Soundcard: http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Channel-Sound...+7.1+AUDIO $25.00
I'd say save yourself that $25.00 and don't even bother with a sound card; your 560 Ti should deliver HD-quality sound to your TV through your HDMI cable. I've got a similar setup with my HD 7750.
Quote:PSU: http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Basiq-BP350-...wer+Supply 28.98
There's absolutely no way that PSU will cut it in your system. The minimum requirement for your graphics card is 500W, and that's a 350W unit. I recently grabbed a 750W PSU off newegg for about $20 more than that one, so I'd recommend checking there as was previously mentioned.
Quote:Cooler: http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Kuhler-H2O-6...t+20dBA%29 $54.99
If you're set on liquid cooling and you can find a Corsair brand cooler at roughly the same price mark I'd say grab that instead, it will perform slightly better from what I hear. It won't matter much to most people (I've overclocked my 3570k to 4.7GHz on the H20 620) but if you really want to go for the highest possible OC you might be able to eke out a few more MHz with a better cooler. Mind you, installing these coolers is more complicated than installing an air cooler, but the self-contained units are usually pretty simple.
And yeah, get desktop ram.
Quote:I'd say save yourself that $25.00 and don't even bother with a sound card; your 560 Ti should deliver HD-quality sound to your TV through your HDMI cable. I've got a similar setup with my HD 7750.
That depends if he's outputting directly to his speakers or going through a receiver.
(07-19-2012, 12:03 PM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:I'd say save yourself that $25.00 and don't even bother with a sound card; your 560 Ti should deliver HD-quality sound to your TV through your HDMI cable. I've got a similar setup with my HD 7750.
That depends if he's outputting directly to his speakers or going through a receiver.
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think you can still get the audio signal when you're going through a receiver, but you need to set up the receiver as a video display in order to be able to see/select it under audio playback devices for whatever reason. I don't have any personal experience with that kind of setup though so I could be way off.
It's different for nvidia and AMD cards but yes that's basically what you usually do.
Regardless my point still stands. If he's not using a receiver he should buy an audio card, if he is using a receiver then there is no point in buying an audio card.
Honestly, the quality of your speakers is more likely to limit your sound quality than using your motherboard's on-board sound output. However, if you do have decent speakers/use high quality headphones then you will see a benefit from a good sound card
I STRONGLY disagree with that statement. Unless your speakers are total f**king garbage you should notice the difference. On board analog audio is god awful and adds a huge amount of noise to the signal. And with even the worst headphones it should be noticeable.