Hi guys, I need recommendation for gaming sound card (PCI) with budget around rm200-300. Should I go for ASUS or Creative?

This post has been edited by ylyap: May 14 2013, 11:07 AM

First of all, do you have a pair of high-quality speakers/headphones? It's pointless to have one if yours is a crappy one.

Labtec Pulse 375 2.1

Yesterday I just discovered my Audigy 2 ZS got problem (suddenly no sound, game freeze follow by continuous beep sound, reboot system stuck at bios screen ). The on-board Realtek feel like tak cukup omph. Therefore, I might considered for a future upgrade.

First time rig suggestion request! Not very up-to-date with latest and the most current builds so trying my luck here.

[Budget] RM5k max

[Purpose] PC Gaming

[Hardware that will be reused from old rig] Mouse (hahaha. no, seriously)

[Game or software that I frequently run] Sleeping Dogs, Dark Souls (2 hopefully), Dota 2, new games on above average settings.

[Personal Preference Brand] None

[Location] PJ

Go crazy!

based on my experience on
- Creative x-fi xtrememusic
- Creative x-fi titanium (non-HD)
- Asus xonar u1
- Asus xonar dx

I personally prefer the sound produced by creative cards but dealing with Creative driver is killing me..

while the DX is quite good for that price which is cheaper than the titanium IINM

nevertheless, you do need to have a set of good speaker to fully enjoy the sound magic

Can you wait until Intel Haswell arrives? Haswell is just around the corner.
Anyway...
i5 3570K-RM699
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H-RM489
Kingston 1x8GB Value RAM-RM179
WD Caviar Blue 1TB-RM199
Sapphire HD7970 Vapor-X-RM1399 (lingloong@Garage Sales)
LiteOn DVD Writer-RM60
Rosewill Capstone 750W-RM429 (CyntrixTech@Garage Sales)
Corsair Carbide 400R Casing-RM299
CM Hyper 212 Evo-RM129
Dell U2312HM IPS monitor-RM589
Speakers of your choice-RM150
KB/MS of your choice-RM60
Plextor M5S SSD-RM299 (Idealtech@Garage Sales)
Total: RM4980
Prices from Viewnet.

How around the corner is around the corner? I have plenty of time.

Excellent build, btw. Has everything I wish I'd see on it!

Just want to know a general knowledge about RAMs: 1x8 vs 2x4, what's the diff?

Noo telling when exactly Haswell is coming, if you can wait just wait but if not, no biggie going for the current tech

Almost no different in terms of performance for normal use so just get the highest capacity you can per stick so that you can upgrade more in the future

Cool, thanks for the reply.

Decided to dig a bit on Google and apparently:


I'll wait it out, then!

This post has been edited by nosnaj: May 14 2013, 11:37 PM

Actually what he meant was when itll arrive in Msia shores

Afaik electronics take a month to arrive

+1, takes more than a month IMHO, as soon as they arrive prices are jacked up to take advantage of early adopters so it's usually best to wait until the price has stabilized before buying... there is also the question of drivers and software utilization to use the new tech effectively

exactly, not to mention i heard they require diff PSUs as well

huh? they're gonna change some standard with the power pins or something this time??

Something about the rails iirc

No sos yet cause i dunno where, heard it like a rumor only

no but because haswell processors have deeper low power states
some current psu are compatible like most in corsair range some dont
refer to this sos
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Has...tate,22320.html
http://techreport.com/news/24797/corsair-s...ompatible-units

This post has been edited by ezmeer94: May 15 2013, 02:08 PM

interesting... not too sure how old is considered older PSU... I'm predicting a wave of problems here later as unscrupulous salespeople might try to push old tech off their shelves

Hi everyone, want to check with you all sifus if this set is good to go for 50%gaming+50%movie, video editting+photoshop,little/no overclock:

I7-3770k [already have]
Intel 240GB 520 series SSD [already have]
asus p8z77-m
kingston 4GB 1600MHz x2 (should i get x2 8)
saphhire hd 7870XT
seasonic G550W
CM Hyper 212 Evo
WD SATA HDD x2

Any comments and feedback are greatly appreciated...Thanks:)

This post has been edited by Celestine: May 15 2013, 09:30 PM

The setup is good imo.
For ram, get single 8gb stick is cheaper than 4gb x2 and save ram slots for further upgrade if u desire.
Performance difference between ram in dual or single mode is very minimal, most likely the capacity of it plays the main role for multi-tasking or programs.

hi guys, can please recommend/advise me on this?

I got some specs as below, please advise me!!:-

RM 2299 (CPU only)
Intel Core-i5 3470 Processor (3.2GHz/QUAD CORE/6MB)
M.Windows 7 H.Premium 64BIT
8GB DDR3 PC1333 RAM
500GB SATA3 Harddisk
Intel B75 Motherboard
NVIDIA GT640 2GB DDR3 Graphic
24X DVD Writer
Cooler Master Casing
ACBEL 400W True Power Supply

RM2849 will give u AOC 21.5" LED Monitor with speaker subwoofer creative. Free logitech keyboard/mouse.

OR

ASUSCM6870-5N6GA8
3rd Gen Intel Core i5-3470 3.20G 6MB
Windows 8 (64bit)
6GB RAM (DDR3 1333, 4G x 1 & 2G x1)
H77 Motherboard Chipset
1TB SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX640 3GB DDR3
Blu-Ray Combo
Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
1 Year on site warranty
*Free additional 2 years on site
**exclude LCD Monitor

or any other better suggestions?

thanks in advance!

both specs are unbalanced, entry lvl GPU, no details of PSU hence it's overpriced IMHO...

whats your budget and usage???