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[Uncle Petey]

The cooler is overkill, the soundcard doesn't have an optical input an get the cheaper 2tb hdd linked earlier in the thread maybe.

No idea about the cpu, though I see you've got faster ram which it's supposed to take advantage of.

Oh, and you'd struggle to fit the cooler with that ram anyway.

 

[newbieclocker]

Pretty bad.

What should I change it needs to be under £500 have a wi-fi card and have a 7.1 sound card. It also needs to have a spare slot for an avermedia live gamer hd to fit in later.

 

[Bacon?]

Slightly over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £19.99
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB057000000) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £518.89 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[newbieclocker]

Also I have just found out that the avermedia can't record multichannel sound only stereo through a headphone jack.

 

[Uncle Petey]

For £160 eh? Oh dear...

 

[newbieclocker]

Slightly over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £19.99
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (30SB057000000) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £518.89 (includes shipping : FREE).

I like this I will ask him if he can spend the little extra.

 

[Bacon?]

Also any reason for a 7.1 card? This 5.1 has a headphone amp and is in stock:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-012-AS&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=

 

[Uncle Petey]

Soundcard doesn't have an optical input alas. Nor the creative.

 

[newbieclocker]

Can he record game sound from the motherboards audio instead of needing to get a sound card.

 

[Uncle Petey]

Not if he's recording from an xbox.

 

[Bacon?]

No idea.

 

[Uncle Petey]

Btw bacon, you forgot the psu

I thought it looked bloody good for the price

Edit: And the hdd. You're slipping old chap

 

[newbieclocker]

Not if he's recording from an xbox.

I know for xbox he can get an adapter that he can record game sound from so he won't need a soundcard for xbox.

But for PC I am guessing you can just plug in the audio out from the motherboard into the audio in on the capture card.

I guess I thought he might need a sound card because I thought the avermedia had a digital audio slot.

 

[newbieclocker]

Btw bacon, you forgot the psu

I thought it looked bloody good for the price

I thought it was too good to be true!

 

[Uncle Petey]

On the PC he could just not bother with a capture card at all and use software capture via Fraps/Afterburner etc. They can do multi channel.

Have you guys looked at stuff from Hauppauge? I'm sure there's a cheaper solution.

 

[newbieclocker]

On the PC he could just not bother with a capture card at all and use software capture via Fraps/Afterburner etc. They can do multi channel.

Have you guys looked at stuff from Hauppauge? I'm sure there's a cheaper solution.

He doesn't want his gameplay to lag on the PC and this card doesn't use the CPU a lot.

 

[Uncle Petey]

Get an ssd and a hdd. OS+games on the ssd, record to the hdd and you shouldn't see much if any lag.
Of course, you may want a better processor.

Then again, if he's willing to record BF3 at low settings, why the need for uber quality recording?

Where this leaves external source recording, I don't know.

As said earlier, he's best served by being patient and saving up a bit more. That way, he won't have to compromise as much, if at all and he'll be able to record higher quality footage.

 

[Bacon?]

Btw bacon, you forgot the psu

I thought it looked bloody good for the price

Edit: And the hdd. You're slipping old chap

It'll work
Never even saw that lol. My mind is losing itself. Next thing you know I'll speccing the wrong socket types

 

[Uncle Petey]

All good mate, I had to read it 5 times to make sure I wasn't imagining things

 

[newbieclocker]

Does this motherboard have an audio out headphone jack?

If so could he plug in a cable from the on-board audio to the capture card and it would it still work?