Well im in the market for a few different peripherals right now, mainly a printer, speakers and soundcard. Im truely clueless....
I am moving to a smaller room and need to get rid of my tower speakers and reciever for next year. So I was thinking about selling htem and getting a PC 5.1 set of something. I dont really have any idea what to get. In terms of sound cards I am using my motherboard onboard sound.
I think I was going to get something newer. I really play very few games and just want a 5.1 capable system. As far as I understand the dolby digital decoding can be done either through the speakers or through the computer/soundcard.
I am running a barton 2500+ at 2.3 right now with a gig of ram, so the system can decode. I dont even know if the system or the soundcard does the decoding.
Basically, what I was thinking right now was an Audigy 2 ZS or maybe even something less... recomendations? Something that only really lets me play DVDs in surround sound is really what I need. I was thinking even a soundblast live 5.1? Just need the bare minimum unless there is a reason to go to a more expensive card or a 7.1 setup.
I also need a set of speakers. I think the exact set I need to get depends more on budget and soundcard selection. I listen to a fair bit of music and dont mine spending $200ish on speakers.
If I were to save money it would be on the soundcard to be the very basic 5.1 soundcard. Something that interested me while I was browsing was the wireless remote that came with a lot of the creative speaker sets. Again if I were going to save money it ideally wouldnt be on the speakers.
Finally, I also need a new printer. I have a laser printer now for papers and stuff like that, but I want to get a photo printer. I have a 5 megapixel sony camera, DSC-F717 and a smaller 2 megapixel. I want to be able to print on DVDs and CDs as I make a lot of my own stuff.
I was looking at dye sub printers but more at the less costly per print inkjets. What really interested me was the epson r200 and r300 because of the part that lets your print directly onto DVD/CD printable media. The largest I will ever want to print is 8x10 and very rarely that large.
I was also interested in the borderless printing options offered by the epsons. Maybe other brands have the same features.
Budget here ideally under $200. The epson r200 I saw for around $100.
If you made it this far, thank you very much for reading. All input suggestions greatly appreciated as I am truely a newbie.
I am moving to a smaller room and need to get rid of my tower speakers and reciever for next year. So I was thinking about selling htem and getting a PC 5.1 set of something. I dont really have any idea what to get. In terms of sound cards I am using my motherboard onboard sound.
I think I was going to get something newer. I really play very few games and just want a 5.1 capable system. As far as I understand the dolby digital decoding can be done either through the speakers or through the computer/soundcard.
I am running a barton 2500+ at 2.3 right now with a gig of ram, so the system can decode. I dont even know if the system or the soundcard does the decoding.
Basically, what I was thinking right now was an Audigy 2 ZS or maybe even something less... recomendations? Something that only really lets me play DVDs in surround sound is really what I need. I was thinking even a soundblast live 5.1? Just need the bare minimum unless there is a reason to go to a more expensive card or a 7.1 setup.
I also need a set of speakers. I think the exact set I need to get depends more on budget and soundcard selection. I listen to a fair bit of music and dont mine spending $200ish on speakers.
If I were to save money it would be on the soundcard to be the very basic 5.1 soundcard. Something that interested me while I was browsing was the wireless remote that came with a lot of the creative speaker sets. Again if I were going to save money it ideally wouldnt be on the speakers.
Finally, I also need a new printer. I have a laser printer now for papers and stuff like that, but I want to get a photo printer. I have a 5 megapixel sony camera, DSC-F717 and a smaller 2 megapixel. I want to be able to print on DVDs and CDs as I make a lot of my own stuff.
I was looking at dye sub printers but more at the less costly per print inkjets. What really interested me was the epson r200 and r300 because of the part that lets your print directly onto DVD/CD printable media. The largest I will ever want to print is 8x10 and very rarely that large.
I was also interested in the borderless printing options offered by the epsons. Maybe other brands have the same features.
Budget here ideally under $200. The epson r200 I saw for around $100.
If you made it this far, thank you very much for reading. All input suggestions greatly appreciated as I am truely a newbie.
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