Recent content by The Keeper

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    Creative Sound Blaster X7 & XM7 bass problem

    I tried the Warm preset and it did improve music listening tremendously. I had kept it at neutral. Thank you!
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    Creative Sound Blaster X7 & XM7 bass problem

    I recently bought X7 Limited Edition + E-MU XM7 bundle, got them set up and all appears to work as expected. But bass is lackluster, which is unlike various reviews I've read and watched. I've also seen a few YouTube videos, such as this one and this one which shows how the drivers visibly...
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    Please help me find a case for my next build

    I can put down a few hundred bucks no problem.
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    Please help me find a case for my next build

    It's the Fractal Design Arc Midi that I have. From the get-go the panel was difficult to put back unless the case was laying down, with the open side facing up. So after several years of use the hooks are bent or gone entirely. With the hooks now in such state, I have to put the case on its...
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    Please help me find a case for my next build

    Looking for a new case has been incredibly frustrating because I just can't find one that I'd like. Hopefully the fine folks at Anandtech have some good suggestions. My criteria: - ATX. - No windowed side panel, or one that is entirely glass. I don't want to see the guts of my computer unless I...
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    Alternative sound cards to CL

    There is no such thing as well supported sound card really. Asus' Xonar internal sound card lineup has pretty good hardware, but Asus is at the mercy of C-MEDIA when it comes to drivers. Unfortunately C-MEDIA rarely publishes driver updates and they haven't released any Win10 drivers yet. Even...
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    Windows 7 color profiles troubles

    Windows 7, Intel DZ77BH-55K, Intel Core i7-3770, Radeon 7850, 4x4GB Vengeance LP 1600MHz DDR3, 180GB Intel 330 SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda. Onboad GPU not in use. There is no option in the CCC for any kind of color profiles that I can see. Another observation. I've disabled CCC from msconfig's...
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    Windows 7 color profiles troubles

    The backstory is I want to use icc color profile I got from tftcentral.co.uk and of course I made sure I followed their instructions to set it up. The problem is that it is completely random whether the icc profile is applied or not during Windows log on. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. It...
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    Is it possible to setup two different mice on one computer?

    I use M570 at work and at home. I even use it to play games. I did try to use a mouse once, but that was quite a failure because I had gotten so used to the M570 that I was simply better off with M570. I might even argue it's easier to play with M570 than with a mouse. In any case, I wanted to...
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    Is it a requirement to run a memtest86+ pass on a new build? Or only if problems?

    Last year I was having data corruption issues which turned out to have been caused by a RAM module. Memtest86 didn't find any problems despite been running overnight. Funnily enough, Windows 7's memory diagnostic did find a problem. Unfortunately the Win7 diagnostic never tells which module, so...
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    "Best" media player for Windows?

    No offense but people would be better off downloading MPC-HC from the OFFICIAL website, not some random shady looking url that has no guarantee of being legit but might instead be distributing malware, trojans or viruses. http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/
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    "Best" media player for Windows?

    +1 to this. MPC-HC & foobar2k combo is great.
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    mouse pads aka gaming surfaces

    Not really no. I haven't personally used regular mice for past year or so, including for PC gaming. And my wrist has really thanked me for that too. Do note that there are several types of trackballs, some are operated by thumb and some by fingers. For general use and gaming I recommend thumb...
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    mouse pads aka gaming surfaces

    Or alternatively, get a mouse you don't need to move at all. Logitech M570 is probably the best right now.
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    Best Linux Server uptime?

    I don't get all this keep your linux uptime as high as possible business. Doing so means you don't care about kernel updates at all, I prefer security over ridiculous uptimes. Of course kernel updates address other issues too, but if you have high uptime already then stability isn't one of them.