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I'd have all the side fans pulling out if your graphics card(s) don't put out their heat outside of the case. Otherwise, have them push in.

My 320GB WD hard drive that I thought was fried finally decided to work today

1480GB of storage space available now

just now... havent OC'd the gpu yet, and will take the cpu further later.

mr.hrundi wrote:

Does anyone know a quick and easy way (preferrably without the need for much new software) to sample some sound from an .avi-file and save it as .wav or .mp3?
I'd have tried that with Windows movie maker but apparently windows 7 blabla (the one I have...) doesn't have it installed.

Adding sound to video is called 'muxing', or multiplexing. You need a de-muxer.. or use any video editing software that lets you see both the video and audio channels, and just delete the video, and render.

mr.hrundi wrote:

Finray wrote:

mr.hrundi wrote:

Does anyone know a quick and easy way (preferrably without the need for much new software) to sample some sound from an .avi-file and save it as .wav or .mp3?
I'd have tried that with Windows movie maker but apparently windows 7 blabla (the one I have...) doesn't have it installed.

Adding sound to video is called 'muxing', or multiplexing. You need a de-muxer.. or use any video editing software that lets you see both the video and audio channels, and just delete the video, and render.

Thanks! any recommendations on which software I could use? Bonus points for freeware...

Sony Vegas does a free trial.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro

Finray wrote:

How much would a decent 5.1 wireless surround sound system be?

500€ I would guess

Finray wrote:

.Sup wrote:

Finray wrote:

How much would a decent 5.1 wireless surround sound system be?

500€ I would guess

Got a link to one?

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Z-5450-D … B000AM6QHO

only the rear speakers are wireless. Does that work for you?

They are not as expensive as I thought.

Last edited by .Sup (2009-12-06 05:36:22)

menzo wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Impressive. 125w and 48-cores. Although I fear the single thread performance is not on par with the normal offering, strictly for number crunching. And costs arm, leg, left nut and liver.

Nevertheless, commerically available, IA-32 compatible, 48-core CPUs is an interesting prospect...

uh not commercially avalible, only for uni etc

Uh, they haven't announced that yet.

There is program for universities and research establishments to sign up and get them - but they are going to be normal CPUs, for normal sockets on normal motherboards. Therefore they would be viable for home users and particularly some businesses. Why would Intel not sell them when there would clearly be a market for them?

Where have Intel said they won't be available to the public? It's a product with more commercial appeal than the Tesla series cards from nVidia, also targeted at universities and research establishments, and they are available to the public and were announced in a similar fashion.

I've heard Logitech are shit though..

.Sup wrote:

Finray wrote:

I've heard Logitech are shit though..

You did ask for a decent setup and Z-5450 are decent. Anything above its price will be out of your budget for several decades so its a waste of time to search for a different setup.

Okay, thanks

Bertster7 wrote:

Finray wrote:

I've heard Logitech are shit though..

You've heard wrong.

They're not the best. But for the price they offer very good value for money.

.Sup wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

Aren't they discontinued?

The normal Z-5400s are....

Doesn't matter if they are discontinued, they are still being sold, here at least.

Really?

I'm surprised you can find them anywhere. Your link to them doesn't have a set for sale.

http://www.lovecnacene.si/racunalniski- … /m/243101/

Alternatives? Doesn't have to be wireless, would be nice though.

It's for a home theater, not for gaming.