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08-31-2006, 03:12 PM
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| Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2006
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|  Getting some new stuff.. Well I when I bought my PC In april, I decided to start saving for somthing I would obviously need. well that time came. I saved a good amount of money and Im about to purchase these parts. OCZ GameXStream 700 watt Replacing the antec Truepower 550 with this. Hopefully this will run such things as a R600 and better. Plus the Antec 550 was not a great power supply to begin with. 150 GB Raptor paired with my other for RAID 0 (no link needed) I loved my first drive an im excited to see what I can do with RAID0. Please dont bother convincing me to get other drives, This things are Ridiculously fast and I absolutley love them. Now the reason I made this thread party was for some XFI questions. Becucase I might get the XFI extreme music for 120 bucks at newegg as well. Im going to be using some Klipsch 5.1 PRO media speakers that im buying off 003 once I get my money lined up. Is the XFI worth it? I hear alot of problems with the crackles and stuff and its not very warming. I mean the karjan audio module is acctualy really nice sounding but im sure this sounds alot better... Need some input if its worth the 120 dollars becuase if not I dont mind keeping it. thoughts?
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08-31-2006, 03:30 PM
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| whats wrong with the 550w antec? im asking because i just bought one...
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08-31-2006, 03:37 PM
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| Not Sleeved, only 19 amps on 2 12V rails, I mean its pretty powerfull, But for a Dual core CPU and R600 this winter, It wont hold its own. The OCZ 700 Has 4 12v rails of 18 amps each. and it only cost 50-60 more then the antec. oh and its sleeved already.
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08-31-2006, 03:57 PM
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| especially as you are getting some high quality speakers, i would definatly look at a decent sound card. i have an audigy 2 zs, and i can't fault it, however i dont think you can buy them anymore, and i have no experience with X-Fi, so i can't help you any more than that, sorry.
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08-31-2006, 03:59 PM
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Thanks. I Guess Il just give it a try and if I dont like it il just send it back.. Im really excited for the raptor to come  Its gonna flyy
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08-31-2006, 04:10 PM
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| I suppose I will no longer be the only person here with elite hard drive speed
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08-31-2006, 04:18 PM
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| personally creative products are more hype than substance...but stress personal diamond mm and/or turtle beach misc data http://www.tweakheadz.com/soundcards...ome_studio.htm |
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08-31-2006, 04:32 PM
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But I think you will remain the only person with what, 7 Hard drives?, and over a TB of space. 
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08-31-2006, 04:49 PM
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| I love my XFI. I'm a real sound junky and there's a HUGE difference between the XFI and karajan audio...although the karajan is definitely the best onboard sound I've heard
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08-31-2006, 09:14 PM
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| Agreed the karjan is really nice. So Atomic tofu I doubt you will come back to look at this any time soon but Im not sure what your trying to say in your link.
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