Recent content by DorianGrey

I've looked at a lot of case cooling solutions. All of them seem to have drawbacks. Water cooling, while better than air, is generally average because the water is run through a radiator that is air cooled, usually by air that has already passed through the case. Peltier junctions will cool...

Well, as an update on this. After considering the A7N8X Deluxe, and the 8RDA+, I decided to go with Asus. I've been very happy with Asus in the past, and that combined with the Serial ATA and Raid swayed me. Ordered from Googlegear today: ORDER CONTENT: 1 x (240272) Asus A7N8X Deluxe...

L3guy, I hate you :) Reayy, Thanks, that review answered all my questions about the sound, and I'm very comfortable with using the AC97 now. Even more so than before. Now my dilemma is Epox or Asus. Grrr....I can see more reading and feature comparison to come.

Thanks for the input. I was a bit leery of AC97 as the other motherboards I have had/seen in the past were just incredibly crappy. I always used and reccomended a seperate sound card. That was one reason why I was leaning towards the Chaintech, but the Anandtech review concerned me a little...

Well, that's kind of my problem. I'm not clear on the interaction between the Nforce processor and audio codecs. As per the Anandtech review: "Chaintech set themselves apart from the competition by using a CMedia audio controller instead of the ALC650 AC'97 codec. The CMedia 8738 actually...

I will be getting an NForce2 motherboard, and I'm leaning towards the Chaintech. Here's my problem. All but the Chaintech use Realtek AC97. In the past on other motherboards, this has blown chunks for me, and I've always used a soundblaster. The Chaintech uses Cmedia. Everyone says Cmedia is...