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    Best sound card for gaming

    Thanks! So I guess the Xonar DG would be good enough for me. I did read a review on Amazon of someone who said it even rivals his Forte. I sure hope so because the loud popping/crackling coming at random when I'm least expecting is driving me nuts. I'm afraid it'll even damage my speakers if...
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    Best sound card for gaming

    I was about to start a thread like this, so I hope it's ok I can get some answers as well in regards to the Asus Xonar cards. Unfortunately I'm in the market for a new sound card, as my Auzentech X-Fi Forte started to fail. I was very happy with it for about 2 years until it started giving...
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    Help identifying source of strange noise

    Not really, but from the video it doesn't look very hard (it's the single PCB one).
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    Help identifying source of strange noise

    Thanks. I'll probably carefully just open the front case like in this video, just so I get better access to clean the dust off the fan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWZ6glFMc8&t=1m00s But if the bearings are the ones making the noise I somehow doubt it'll help? They are hidden underneath the...
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    Help identifying source of strange noise

    Many thanks for all the tips and informative posts! I've just had an idea to make 100% sure it was the PSU and nothing else, since before I was almost sure this noise was coming from my tiny Northbridge fan, which I replaced due to a grinding noise... Since my graphics card is right above the...
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    Help identifying source of strange noise

    Hello, Recently I've been hearing an annoying strange random high pitch noise coming somewhere from my PC. It's so random that i's being hard to make sure what's causing it. It's one of those annoying sounds that seem to go away when you put your ear next to the case and comes back when you...
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