[majestic12]

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everybody has multiple computers

multiple headphones too! 

  Couldn't resist.

 

 

[Sebhelyesfarku]

I have multiple pairs of shoes.

 

[fenixdown110]

And I socks.

 

[wasky]

I'm Roberto from Italy

46 years old
 
I writing in Italian HiFi Magazine "Costruire HiFi"  and I'm Super Moderator in Nexthardware Forum
 
My PC Music connect to Server
 
Cabinet Luxa LM300 Pro Touch Screen
CPU QX6950 ES
GIGABYTE GA-EG41MFT-US2H
2x1024Mb DDR3 1333mhz OCZ Platinum 5 5 5 5 11 Volt 1.8
1TB WD Caviar Green (32gb for OS)
Sony NEC Optiarc Drive
PSU Thermaltake Toughpower XT 850 watt
Primary Audio Transport M-Audio 410 @ DAC North Star (Asio)
Secondary Audio for Grado SR60 ESI MAya 44 PCI (Asio)
CPU Cooler Scythe Big Shuriken (Rear Fan is disabled )
SO Windows Seven Ultimate 32Bit Tweaked cmp and Black Viper Regedit Modified
 
 
 

 

 
 

 

 
Timing RAM
 

 
 
Deferred Procedure Call Latency Checker
 

 

[Mayzei]

Do you really need 850W? Lovely set-up though.
 
P.S You speak great English!

 

[wasky]

thanks Mayzei

 
The big PSU  is a gift of Thermaltake Italy

but, a good 500 watt modular power supply is ok for this setup

 
Best Regards
 
 
 
Roberto

 

[Eric_C]

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May I know what speakers those are?

[size=x-small]Altec Lansing VS4121BLK[/size]

Ta for the answer. I guess I just didn't recognise them from that angle.

 

[thuantran]

I'm interested in this. How did you optimize your DPC latency to be like that on newer Windows (Vista/7). Please post guide in another thread if you can .
 
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Deferred Procedure Call Latency Checker  

 

[karrtoons]

Here's my buffalo II dac with an ivy III balanced pre/headphone out, 300 watt "gainclone" amplifier, and new computer (i5-750 hackintosh with a terabyte supply of flac, optical spdif output, all playing beautifully on foobar

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Next on the to do list: balance my akgk701's and replace my speakers with a pair of 2.5 way floorstanding speakers using usher woofers and dayton tweeters

 
That should subside the hunger for a while.

 

[matthewh133]

Lookin' good Karrtoons

 

[pocketrocket]

Really cute Lian Li case you've got there Karrtoons, goes well with the Hackintosh theme. I was about to get one in black but because my other components are quite power hungry, they'd demand to be cooled efficiently and that case doesn't have space for many quiet fans so I should cool it with one loud fan :| eep

 

[Somnambulist]

That's a great looking set up, love all the silver! There's slightly larger Lian Li cases with proper fans that are still fairly small form factor, in the Q series that is. I thought long and hard about a Hackintosh but in the end I just got a Refurb Mac Mini 2010, which was probably more expensive than putting a build together myself, but is less hassle if anything goes wrong, updating software e.t.c. e.t.c.
 

 

[karrtoons]

Thank you fellas
 
I had similar worries when I started building my system, but after some research i was able to build a very cool & quiet system.  I was really going for the smallest footprint possible and the Q11 was the best mini-itx case I could find for the job.
my system:
gigabit h55n-usb3 motherboard
i5-750 cpu + scythe heastink
4 gb of 1333 ddr3
3 hd's totalling about 2.8 Terabytes
fanless gt-240 1gb graphics card.
 
 
 
I thought about the mac-mini too, but it wasn't the upgrade I was looking for.
To me, this system is a quad-core imac equivalent without the big beautiful screen and high price tag.

 

[Somnambulist]

That's a fair bit of grunt in a small case! I don't plan on using my mini for much except general browsing, bit-perfect spdif output from iTunes and all that, so the Core2Duo is perfectly sufficient. I would love to get a 27" iMac but I can't justify either the cost for what I'd use it for or have the desk space to put it in. Perhaps one for the future! Right now I need a DAC (probably with an 'okay' headphone amp to keep me going until I get a proper one), speakers and some kind of DAS device w/large HDDs. The monitor I ordered (when it arrives) has no speakers to even bridge the gap, so I'll have to just use my IEMS via the headphone out until I've chosen and saved for the components!
 
I LOVE that Buffalo DAC, but even for the excellent cost/performance ratio it's a bit too expensive for me, and I'd have no idea how to put it all together!
 
And you need a 2560x1440 (or 1600!) 27" monitor to complete the whole HackMac look.

 

[Mister Bean]

Mine. I work from home and am also in the middle of a slide scanning project so things are a bit of a mess. 
 
- Yamaha RX-V2095 Receiver
- Denon SC-CX101 speakers
- Klipsch KSW-10 (out of view)
- AudioTechnica ATH-M50
 
- i7 processor
- 4 GB RAM
- GTX 460 
- Audigy sound card
- 80 GB SSD
- 2x 750 GB drives set up for RAID-1
- 2 TB backup drive
- Dual viewsonic VP2030b monitors
- Centurion case
- 750 watt power supply
- Windows 7 x64
 
There's a MacBook Pro elsewhere that didn't make it into the picture. 
 

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