I've never experienced such failure rates but I don't buy nearly as many USB cables from them as I do Ethernet. Typically, a bad USB cable isn't hard to identify and replace. At monoprice.com prices, you can afford to replace quite a lot of them before you even reach brick and mortar prices...

Whether you spend $2.50 or $25,000 on your USB cable, it will sound the same. The only thing that matters is does the cable work or not. The signal is digital, it's physically impossible for there to be interference without the cable or a part connected to it physically being damaged. There...

I got the mic and tied it on with wire(didn't like the idea of using tape). It seems to work fine but the mic got squished by the way dealextreme bent the package to fit it in an envelope. So, the padding is half tore up. =( It picks up background noise but not badly. With a little volume...

I'll go ahead and ask, why hasn't the OP named his most demanding apps? Tell us what you're using and we can tell you what you really need. Saying you're using basic programs and maybe whatever games it can handle doesn't really say anything. If games were your priority, I'd balance the build to...

Funny, I've bought a lot of PC games recently and none of them were the Sims, WoW or COD. Most of them came out this year. You say the 360 is so difficult to pirate but I know complete noobs who pirate 360 games day and night. Further, some PC games don't get a crack for months or years and a...

Thanks for the info, I might have to try that out myself. I could probably attach it to the headphone cord just below the speaker with electrical tape and it shouldn't look too terrible and it should work fine. Well, it's worth a try at least.

You sound like a parrot for the DRM supporters. PC games are no where near dead. Further, it's even easier to pirate a console game than it is a PC game so don't hand me that line of crap that PC games are being pirated to death. Just because you don't have the skill to keep up with a PC game...

Thanks for the recommendation but I would have a difficult time finding a place to put that where I wouldn't have to be leaning over to talk into it. The ideal mic would be on that clamps onto my headphones or the cord and sticks out and can be flexed towards my mouth. That way I could speak...

I'm already noticing how the padding seems to thin out. I was hoping it wouldn't be a long term concern. I guess I'll have to look more seriously into maybe making custom padding.

They seem pretty determined to only recommend the Zalman since I specifically said something other than that and then two people posted recommending it.

You just have remember that some of the buttons are labelled differently for Mac keyboards.

I only upgrade once like every 4 years. I wait until my PC can't play any new games to upgrade and when I upgrade I spend less than you guys do on the cheapest Mac. As for consoles, I have all of them except the Xbox. I already have a PC, there's no need for an Xbox. The only people who...

I never said their current methods didn't work. It's obvious that it works. That doesn't make it the best way to price things. Obviously, they're happy selling something that costs them almost nothing to make at price tags over $1000 since people actually buy it. I'm pretty sure that if they...

Some games just have crappy support for surround sound and 5.1 has its limits.

If selling something at a low price by counting on having massive numbers of sales was a fail economic plan, then you might want to inform Walmart about this. This is exactly how Walmart operates. They sell things at cutthroat prices and they do it by selling them to everyone. Electronics...