You would see no gain from this on standardized hardware. Since the bus is tailor made for it unlike when you have people putting in their own processors (or upgrading putting the memory controller on chip allows you to use the same socket/chipset designs for longer.) But there is no real performance advantage if you…

That's just because people want full leaves if you aren't putting it in a bag, full leaves are also easier to preserve. Just a simple way to increase yield it certainly isn't the crap tea.

Yeah, doesn't Asus advertise that they use their Xonar chips and designs on the motherboard now?

Mine, I AM a gamer, but this is also my workspace for digital projects. Actual electronics projects are done at a bench behind here, I'll do a little housekeeping and upload that later.

Yeah I think mine cost me about 100bucks the 50 dollar ones are worthless you may as well get a 20dollar no name or omega card. I don't do any audio production I do live sound, so I guess my hearing is sensitive compared to most people but I still have tinnitus (I don't know how it happened I'm always careful =( but…

True, I Don't feel like I wasted my money on my X-Fi branded card, it's been doing exactly what my motherboard couldn't. It has very much become a niche market.

Hmmm like I said the biggest difference for me has been the power output and being able to properly drive my higher impedance headphones without a separate amplifier. You are probably right with modern boards I haven't used onboard in a while, or bought a board that cost more than 150dollars recently.

True, I haven't used on board sound in 6 or 8 years I wouldn't know. Obviously It's "good enough" I just don't feel like it's worth sacrificing unless I need one of those PCIe slots. Obviously budget builds the motherboard audio is awful compared to aa dedicated soundcard but still "passable" and not a priority if…

Yeah it should be fine, they have a very sensitive input (I have to leave windows at level 5 or the pot is too sensitive) so you won't need the added output power of a good sound card which is probably the biggest quality gain I get from mine when using my amplifiers or headphones. Even then a decent Creative sound…

I would certainly add a decent sound card, and for speakers there is really only one all put together package worth a damn which is the Klipsch Pro Media system. Optimally you would hook your PC up to a receiver through the motherboards optical out and have a real 7.1 system in the room but that's a bit overkill for…

Hmmm I know when I was in high school/didn't have a job I pirated everything. Since it was more along the lines of,"Well, I don't really have any money to give you guys". Now if I'm hesitant about a game I'll torrent it then I'll buy it if it's any good. I know I'm probably an exception though =( I like to give these…

I love the look that the scratches and chips have made (I am aware that graceful wear has always been a key feature of apples mobile products.)

Very strange that they wouldn't include support for the Ethernet adapter.

Yeah I guess, I think I would have a hard time justifying it when I know how durable and compact the regular Wii is already though. I could see mothers that don't want to take the chance on a used one getting this. I like the design it reminds me of the edges on the American Super Nintendo, the red is just as…

I was a bit weary at first I was thinking that 4.3 was already a little big but once I got used to the 4.7 I was sold (I have massive basketball player sized hands though) the whole package isn't much bigger than my last phone. I definitely do not want a 4.8 or 5 inch phone that would be ridiculous (also that's what…

Yeah, HTC is one of the worst brands I have ever used, and I don't think anyone that isn't embarrassed that they bought one would tell you otherwise. Still I was able to do some really cool stuff with my EVO and WiMax was faster than my DSL connection at the time. Samsung really steps up the game with how well Touch…

or for 70 you get a used one, that has internet and GameCube backwards compatibility and your kids can access the childrens version of Netflix. (I'm assuming prices for used consoles are similar in Canada as I'm in the United States)

Me too, with the amount I used it I did have to replace the battery half way through. I also had CyanogenMod installed which practically doubled my battery life without sense and all the sprint tat. The lock button stopped working on mine so I traded it in for 50bucks but everyone in my family had one and dumped it on…

True but just looking at this testing they can take tons more abuse than any iPhone I have had, I'm using the SIII right now and it's one of the sturdiest "feeling" phones I've used. As always with me of course no case. It seems like at this point Samsung has it down cold. Though I am worried about the physical home…

Yeah but it's always a damn mess to read. If it's a simple communication it's just a pain in the ass, obviously if it's a long form letter or something you would want to save or access on your other computers I would agree.