Hey guys,
just wondered if you could help me identify a few things in a new build spec. :winkiss:
1.Looking at some of the cases the PSU now sits in the bottom inverted with air being sucked up from beneath. Does this actually run cooler? I assume it does because colder air lays at the bottom and the air is being sucked in from outside the case not the exhaust of a hot GPU. The PSU won't overheat will it, can they even overheat?
2. I am not sure if I am going to go with an AMD FX-8120 or a Intel 2500K. It will depend largely on timing and when the FX series arrives here, preferably before November 1st :santa:. But if I was to go the Intel route, how long will it be before PC Specialist get the new Z68 PCI Express 3.0 boards, because I may slip in an Ivy Bridge processor in the future to enable PCI Express 3.0 GPU's? Is this even worth it, will PCI Express 2.0 still hold for the next or even next 2 GPU iterations?
3, final and most importantly the confusing situation with HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) and PAP (Protected Audio Path).
As far as I am aware without an expensive Auzentech HD or Asus Xonar HD, both which contain an PAP, you will be unable to actually play HD (96Khz, 24Bit analogue sound codecs (Dolby True Hd and DTS HD on your computer either in 2.0, 2.1, 5.1 and 7.1 when watching Blu Ray. You will receive the HD video but the sound will be down sampled to 44.1Khz 16bit (DVD Quality); still very high quality regardless of whether you decode the HD sound via Cyberlink or not :smartass:. It will not allow HD sound via analogue without a PAP period. Digital connection to a A/V is possible through the GPU but I don't have an A/V receiver.
So:
a: As I don't have enough money to buy an HD sound card is it worth just using the on-board sound cards like Realtek 889 and 892 which do have a PAP and thus allow analogue HD sound? Or would the actual sound be worse despite being 96Khz, 24bit than the sound being down sampled to 48Khz, 16bit but played through a dedicated sound card with much better audio quality and effects like XFI Crystallizer?
b: Do I have to purchase Blu Ray software separately or does it come with the Blu Ray Drive?
THANKS, and sorry as usual for the very many and specific questions :yawn: but they all especially the last one are important to me as I need to figure out pricing and spec.
just wondered if you could help me identify a few things in a new build spec. :winkiss:
1.Looking at some of the cases the PSU now sits in the bottom inverted with air being sucked up from beneath. Does this actually run cooler? I assume it does because colder air lays at the bottom and the air is being sucked in from outside the case not the exhaust of a hot GPU. The PSU won't overheat will it, can they even overheat?
2. I am not sure if I am going to go with an AMD FX-8120 or a Intel 2500K. It will depend largely on timing and when the FX series arrives here, preferably before November 1st :santa:. But if I was to go the Intel route, how long will it be before PC Specialist get the new Z68 PCI Express 3.0 boards, because I may slip in an Ivy Bridge processor in the future to enable PCI Express 3.0 GPU's? Is this even worth it, will PCI Express 2.0 still hold for the next or even next 2 GPU iterations?
3, final and most importantly the confusing situation with HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) and PAP (Protected Audio Path).
As far as I am aware without an expensive Auzentech HD or Asus Xonar HD, both which contain an PAP, you will be unable to actually play HD (96Khz, 24Bit analogue sound codecs (Dolby True Hd and DTS HD on your computer either in 2.0, 2.1, 5.1 and 7.1 when watching Blu Ray. You will receive the HD video but the sound will be down sampled to 44.1Khz 16bit (DVD Quality); still very high quality regardless of whether you decode the HD sound via Cyberlink or not :smartass:. It will not allow HD sound via analogue without a PAP period. Digital connection to a A/V is possible through the GPU but I don't have an A/V receiver.
So:
a: As I don't have enough money to buy an HD sound card is it worth just using the on-board sound cards like Realtek 889 and 892 which do have a PAP and thus allow analogue HD sound? Or would the actual sound be worse despite being 96Khz, 24bit than the sound being down sampled to 48Khz, 16bit but played through a dedicated sound card with much better audio quality and effects like XFI Crystallizer?
b: Do I have to purchase Blu Ray software separately or does it come with the Blu Ray Drive?
THANKS, and sorry as usual for the very many and specific questions :yawn: but they all especially the last one are important to me as I need to figure out pricing and spec.
