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Hello. Before anything else, let me thank those who read this message and even more so for those who respond. I appreciate your patience and forbearance. I'm seeking suggestions for a new audio card for our old Velocity Micro Desktop PC. Years ago, we upgraded the sound card to the Asus...

Hello. I'm upgrading my PC to include an Asus motherboard and a new CPU. The motherboard will be the Asus Rog Maximus VIII Hero LGA 1151 Intel Z170 (https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-HERO/) and the cpu wil be an Intel Core i7-6700K. I've read that some people stick with...

My brother-in-law bought me the Asus Essence STX II sound card as a present. The IT specialist from my office installed it (I have a desktop PC, VelocityMicro...about 7 years old). As he was installing it he said to me that the card requires its own power supply. But then he somehow hooked it...

Hello. I'm upgrading my PC and will be installing (actually, the IT expert at my office will be installing) an i7-6700K processor. Can anyone suggest an appropriate motherboard? I am NOT a gamer and I'd like to keep the price at about $200.00 or less. Thanks very much.

I have three questions regarding "FlexBass." 1. Should I use it at all? 2. I'm using an HSU STF-1 subwoofer and the Satellite speakers I'm using are Axiom Audiobyte speakers (I bought them in 2009. I think Axiom has now replaced the Audiobyte line with their "Computer Speakers.") I...

Separate and apart from the sound card, does the quality of a motherboard effect audio quality? Thank you.

Hello. I'm a neophyte when it comes to personal computers which is why I am posting this. A friend of mine suggested that I buy a hardware firewall to supplement the following security configuration I have on a desktop PC: 1. Privatefirewall (software firewall. Apologies if self...

Hello. I know relatively little about personal computers. I'm still using Windows XP and I have an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 cpu with an Asus P5N-D motherboard. I want to upgrade our PC. When the original i-7 920s came out I bought one planning to upgrade then, but it obviously never...

Hello. I'm a novice when it comes to personal computers. I'd like to replace the memory I have to speed our pc up a bit. I'm using Windows XP, SP3. The current memory I have is: 4GB DDR2 PC2-8500, DDR2 PC2-6400, CL-6.0 I'm thinking of replacing it with one of the following...