Storm-Chaser

Leaderboard Rev 1

Yeah I don't doubt that. I was just so impressed when I switched to liquid metal so I always mention it. Asus board is absolutely sick.

Are you running liquid metal in this rig? That would definitely shave 5-10 degrees off peak temps. Though, you have to be careful with it, liquid metal is hard to work with and you can easily damage that killer motherboard you have. I usually wrap everything but the CPU, making it a little easier to not mess up.

I want one - looks like they have a good bit of potential. Although, the supported motherboards are probably insanely expensive.

Leaderboard Rev 0

I would have been wandering in the dark like a blind man without your expert help and patience. You can indeed consider yourself the "high level architect" of this project, so in a sense you do in fact have stake in this system. The subwoofer choice was key. If that's any consolation. lol. I will get pictures up later today or tomorrow and you can see how I have it set up. Needless to say, its a very powerful center speaker that I've heard can handle 4X the RMS rating with ease. Not that I am going to push it that hard but perhaps I should consider an amplifier for it? My receiver can only pump 105W to that channel?

Maybe this is why I can't play Crysis?

LOL @ va comment

I found the run from my 9600KF (but I cannot find the link)

This one is just for fun. I know userbenchmark gets a bad rap from within the tech community, in favoring Intel, but I still think it still holds some comedic value and plus it doesn't take a long time to download and run. So to be clear, we will not be taking this as seriously, however I will still use your scores (percentile rank relative to similar hardware) to determine your placing on the leaderboard. Go here to download userbenchmark: Home - UserBenchmark Run the test and then take a snip and post it here, with your percentile rank with like hardware, and any other details you might want to include. Please also post a direct link to your results in your submission (not mine). Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA Performance Results - UserBenchmark Once again, if we get enough interest, I will start a leaderboard. I am well aware this might be a flop due to the credibility problems. Current Leaderboard

If you don't already have on picked out, might try the ATi Xpert 2000...

New center speaker for my computer audio system. What do you thinkg? @pioneerisloud Specs:

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So I put this system through it's paces yesterday... sometimes sustaining almost 90% volume for multiple songs in a row (neighbors now love me). my eardrums hate me! lol Anyway, it was flawless in playback but it was getting pretty hot, despite a small breeze at the time. I don't want things to get too crispy, if possible. looking inside I can see the pathetic passive heatsink and I am going to assume we can do a lot better here. Do you know how often it is for people to do cooling system mods like this? Are there any other internal mods I can do?

But unfortunately, I don't qualify because I'm in the apprentice league.

5.6GHz

Speakers can really fly high when you release them from the chains of Logitech garbage and all of its 10% distortion. In a way Im glad the unit didn't come with a mic because it afforded me the opportunity to tune manual first. Now I am getting the hang of it. here is a quick video its pretty loud so you may want to turn your speakers down. I have the sub really dialed in now as well. but there is always more tuning to do.

Could that have anything to do with Twitter not handing over relevant bot information? I wonder?

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Here are some pics. Please forgive my potato phone. In the first couple pics you can see my monitor resting directly upon the top of the a/v receiver. This is only temporary. Im going to have some shims under the monitor so that it will still be able to vent (especially required for high volume) I also have the z5500 control panel, my intent is to attempt to replace the volume knob and mechanism. The Yamaha a/v receiver for the rx863 is very heavy and has too much pull. Consequently, it takes a few seconds to get the volume down. Not sure if this is possible but I will take a look. I know the knobs are identical in diameter (1.5") now it all depends on the connection.

Thank you for all your help thus far. Really, You've helped me out from start to finish. will keep you updated as to my progress.