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Feb 8, 2013 at 8:33 PM Post #10,966 of 41,148
nice pc.
 
 
 
wish i had that much storage, i only have 4 tb and its already half full.
 
 
 
 
 

tus-chan said:
 
I am truly jealous of your condo space. I also enjoy your computer setup, but I am left with my head scratching as to why you have multi-thousand dollar PC components, and then a $50 graphics card. 
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i was wondering the same thing lol, guess he uses it more for music and media than games. the 5750 is still a decent card though. im still running on crossfired 5870s myself.
 
Feb 8, 2013 at 8:46 PM Post #10,967 of 41,148
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tus-chan said:
 
I am truly jealous of your condo space. I also enjoy your computer setup, but I am left with my head scratching as to why you have multi-thousand dollar PC components, and then a $50 graphics card. 
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LOL...Actually, the computer rig cost either just under or just over $1K. The most expensive stuff was the processor which was about $230, and the SSD drive which was like $160 I think. The HD space is mostly carry over from past systems. I actually had more HDs than I could connect (since the SSD and the BD drive both took up an SATA slot on my MoBo; my old DVD drive was IDE). So I kept the fastests and biggest drives and bought one 3TB drive (after dumping my older drives, this was a net 1TB gain of space over what I had before).
 
And HEY! That card was the shiznit back when I bought it (also a carryover from my old system). Im not a gamer though, and I WAS going to  just use the onboard graphics but decided to slap the 5750 back in since I could connect my monitor via DVI and then connect the PC to the Denon via HDMI (all that cabling is inwall). So thats another reason I didnt need a nicer graphics card: for streaming movies and such to my TV, the Denon does a fantastic job with it!
 
Feb 8, 2013 at 8:51 PM Post #10,969 of 41,148
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dubstep girl said:
nice pc.
 
wish i had that much storage, i only have 4 tb and its already half full.
 
i was wondering the same thing lol, guess he uses it more for music and media than games. the 5750 is still a decent card though. im still running on crossfired 5870s myself. 
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Believe it or not, I am probably going to buy another 3TB drive within a few months. The other really nice thing about the computer is the case: it has a port on top connected to the PSU and one of the SATA ports, so I can hotswap drives without having to resort to USB or buying expensive external HDDs
 
Feb 8, 2013 at 8:53 PM Post #10,970 of 41,148
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tus-chan said:
 
Nu uh. Where did you get an i7 for $230? 
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Microcenter! this is the exact one I got: http://microcenter.com/product/388575/Core_i7_3770K_35GHz_LGA_1155_Processor
 
and it look like they have even more powerful ones for about the same price or just a bit more.
 
Feb 8, 2013 at 9:24 PM Post #10,971 of 41,148
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bruinanteater said:
LOL...Actually, the computer rig cost either just under or just over $1K. The most expensive stuff was the processor which was about $230, and the SSD drive which was like $160 I think. The HD space is mostly carry over from past systems. I actually had more HDs than I could connect (since the SSD and the BD drive both took up an SATA slot on my MoBo; my old DVD drive was IDE). So I kept the fastests and biggest drives and bought one 3TB drive (after dumping my older drives, this was a net 1TB gain of space over what I had before).
 
And HEY! That card was the shiznit back when I bought it (also a carryover from my old system). Im not a gamer though, and I WAS going to  just use the onboard graphics but decided to slap the 5750 back in since I could connect my monitor via DVI and then connect the PC to the Denon via HDMI (all that cabling is inwall). So thats another reason I didnt need a nicer graphics card: for streaming movies and such to my TV, the Denon does a fantastic job with it!
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and to think a similar setup cost me over 3000 a few years back. (12 gb DDR3, i7 920, 1200W psu, 2 hd 5870s, a 2tb, double 1tb, a 256ssd, corsair h50 cooling, haf 922 case, and a blu ray burner)
 
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Microcenter! this is the exact one I got: http://microcenter.com/product/388575/Core_i7_3770K_35GHz_LGA_1155_Processor
 
and it look like they have even more powerful ones for about the same price or just a bit more.
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when he said 230, i was already thinking microcenter, thats about how much i paid for an i7 920 a few years ago, when the i7 920 was 299 or more everywhere else. microcenter has the cheapest processor prices around, alot of their other stuff is cheaper than newegg as well.
 
Feb 8, 2013 at 10:20 PM Post #10,972 of 41,148
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bruinanteater said:
As far as this setup goes I am pretty much done when it comes to audio equipment. I have all the pieces I ever wanted, at least for as long as I own this place: its a condo so I can't realistically buy (and enjoy) anything more powerful than what I have, and at the volumes that I do listen at this stuff all sounds wonderful. So here we go:
 
 
 
First a Panoramic View:
 

 
The Main Setup:
 

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Computer Desk Setup:
 

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Portable Setup:
 

 
Media Closet (unfinished - needs painting):
 

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Now some more detailed shots:
 

Entertainment Center featuring: Wharfedale Evo2-30 Towers as fronts, Evo2 Center Channel, Evo2-20 Towers as rears (not shown), REL T2 Sub (not shown), Denon AVR-4311CI, Oppo BDP-105, Rega RP1, Sony PS3 and TiVo Premiere. Also shown: Sennheiser HD650 (powered by the Oppo's wonderful built-in headphone amp).
 

Computer Desk with a 22" AOC monitor, Wharfedale Diamond 7.1 Bookshelf speakers, Fiio E9 Headphone Amp. The 7.1s and Fiio E9 are fed by a Yamaha HTR 3064 Reciever which is fed by a Yamaha S2500 SACD Player via analog, and either the computer's E-MU 1212m PCI Sound Card (when running JRiver for music or Audacity/Sonar 4 when ripping LPs and editing the WAVs) or the onboard RealTekHD card (when doing everything else)
 

Tall Shot of my computer area showing off my LZ I blown up album cover!
 
Some of the Equipment:
 

Rel T2 Sub
 

Rega RP1 Turntable
 

Sennheiser HD650s
 

Wharfedale Evo2 Center, Denon AVR-4311CI, Oppo BDP-105
 

PC: 3rd Gen Core i7, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 240GB SSD, 7TB of HDD storage space, ATI HD5750 Graphics Card, E-MU 1212m PCI 192K/24-Bit Sound Card, Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit.
 

Where the computer outputs its sound: Yamaha HTR-3064 and a Yamaha DVD-S2500 SACD-DVDA-CD Player
 
 
 
As for the future, like I said, audio equipment for my living room/computer area I am pretty much set. I can only see myself adding MAYBE a headphone tube amp (but thats hard to justify because the Oppo does such nice work with my HD650s). I could see myself buying a few more pairs of cans: HD700s for home use, Amperiors and/or Momentums for road use with my PX360s going to my wife, and maybe some HD598s for desk/office use.
 
However, I do realize that my little 40" TV looks quite silly on my big ass wall, so eventually a 60" TV will make its way there. My friend is also trading me his slightly older but slightly higher end Yamaha HTR 5950 for my 3064, so that will temporarily reside as my computer amp.  When I get my 60" TV for the living room, my 40" will go to my bedroom where I dont have anything hooked up yet. The 5950 will go to the bedroom, where I also have a Sony SACD Changer, and I will probably pick up an old Oppo DVP-980 or Denon 2910 and run it analog out to the Yamaha HTR 5950 (which does NOT have HDMI). The PS3 will also makes its way there as a BR player and I will connect it and the cable box via HDMI directly to the TV, and sound will be optical to the Yamaha for both. As far as speakers go, I am on the fence of getting a set of Wharfedale Achromatic speakers, probably one of the two towers as fronts, and the rest the smaller, or maybe picking up a used set of Wharfedale Zaldeks, or maybe just go Frankenstein and pick up whatever used/good deal Wharfedales I come across Ebay or Craigslist until I have 5.1 of them. 
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Awesome and a gadget geek's haven. :) If I was single, this is a pretty sweet setup. My wife (and kid) wouldn't tolerate all the exposed toys unfortunately. :frowning2:
 
Feb 9, 2013 at 7:13 AM Post #10,974 of 41,148
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lugbug1 said:
Nice! How does it compare to the Dacmagic it replaced?
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My initial reaction is good, but I want to spend some time with it before I do a formal compare. My sense is better bass and more sense of space. For 2.5X the price, it is a clear upgrade. I am still a fan of the DM+ for the price, but this is moving up the ladder for sure.
 
Feb 9, 2013 at 8:53 AM Post #10,975 of 41,148
JESUS CHRIST WHERE DO YOU PEOPLE COME UP WITH ALL THIS MONEY.
 
Feb 9, 2013 at 9:00 AM Post #10,977 of 41,148
I can't wait tilli get a job... My goal by the end of senior year is a Music Hall USB-1 turntable, bigger speakers for my room rig, a Schiit Modi/Magni stack, a HE-400, and wood for my Grados. I've got 2 1/2 years to get that accomplished...
 
Feb 9, 2013 at 9:33 AM Post #10,978 of 41,148
And by modi/magni I mean bifrost/lyr :wink:
 
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Feb 9, 2013 at 12:06 PM Post #10,980 of 41,148
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longbowbbs said:
60+ hours per week for work....I wish there was a secret.  
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That's a lot of work time. I hope you can listen to your headphones while you work. :)
 
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