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I can attest to the quality of both of those Corsair 120mm Coolers as I have had both over teh years. But a better bang-for-buck in performance (though it does have a much thicker rad than either of those models, so you will want to do some serious measuring first)....But if it fits, the H80i v2 is amazing, better than either the 60 or 75 provided you have the clearance.


Specs for the H80i v2:


Cooling Warranty Five years
Cold Plate Material Copper
Radiator Material Aluminum
PWM Yes
CORSAIR iCUE Compatibility Yes
Radiator Dimensions 154mm x 123 mm x 49mm
Fan Dimensions 120mm x 25mm
Fan Speed 2435 RPM

www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Liquid-Cooling/Single-Radiator-Liquid-Coolers/Hydro-Series%E2%84%A2-H80i-v2-High-Performance-Liquid-CPU-Cooler/p/CW-9060024-WW#tab-tech-specs



H75:

Cooling Warranty Five years
Cold Plate Material Copper
Radiator Material Aluminum
PWM Yes
CORSAIR iCUE Compatibility No
Radiator Dimensions 155mm x 120mm x 27mm
Fan Dimensions 120mm x 25mm
Fan Speed 1900 RPM


H 60:

www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Liquid-Cooling/Single-Radiator-Liquid-Coolers/Hydro-Series%E2%84%A2-H60-High-Performance-Liquid-CPU-Cooler/p/CW-9060007-WW

Yes that's true they are all made by Asetek so all pretty much the same you're right.  I guess what I was referring to was the performance of the extra-thick rad on the 80 v2 in comparison.

Nowadays, most people think sound cards are a waste of money. Which is kind of true considering a good sound card could cost almost as much as a motherboard.

From my personal experience, dedicated sound cards usually have higher line-out signal level so they sound "louder" when you connect them to speakers without an amplifier. If your speakers are amplified already, this shouldn't be an issue for you. Just make sure set up your speakers properly with Windows's built-in Speaker Setup tool or with your sound card/onboard audio's managing app. You also have to do the same with the games that you play. If you have a 2.1 system, use stereo output. If you have a 5.1 system, use 5.1 output.

If your in-game audio setting is set to 7.1 surround sound for your G935 headset, make sure to switch back to stereo when you use your stereo Bose speakers. Otherwise you'd be missing a couple channels such as the "center speaker" where most dialogue is played. I think this is probably why you have to crank up the volume in order to hear the dialogue because you don't have a center speaker.

That's not a problem for your G935 headset because it basically takes your game's surround sound channels and mix it into stereo to simulate the surround sound.

So just play around with your audio settings, switch them all back to stereo, and see if they fix low volume dialogue problem for your stereo speakers.

So by this definition the thing I listed above would be labeled a DAC?

My Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Master uses the ESS Sabre Studio Reference DAC is HI-Res Audio Certified, DTS Surround Certified


ESS SABRE reference DAC ES9118
ESS SABRE reference DAC (ESS 9118)
Hyperstream Dynamic Range (SNR 125dB)
High-Res music (32bit, 192KHz PCM)
Super low THD+N (THD+N -112db)

www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z490-AORUS-MASTER-rev-1x#kf



The best audio quality of any motherboard I've ever owned, so it's not the onboard sound that I am questioning....It's mostly my aging desktop speakers.

Nevertheless, I think I will stick with what I've got and save myself 170.00 (150.00 +Tax CA) for the Z633 from Logitech.

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For the money, (only 150.00 CAD for the pair....back in 1998) When I bought my very first stereo unit ( a TEAC 50 WATT Amp which I still have and a matching TEAC 5 Disk CD-Changer, which I had replaced 3x in four years because the chip that drove the changer continually died)....I still remember it was a 400 dollar Amp, sold to me for 200, the CD-Changer was 425 because it was a rotational changer, sold to me for 200, and to top it off....I bought these one-off Canadian designed/manufactured bookshelf speakers 6"....made by a company called Design Accoustics. Made in the US, or at least that's what i was told at the time. The PS-55 model. 75-watts. I was 16, and trusted the knowledge of the man who was selling me this stuff because he was a good friend of my dad's for many years and had been in business since 1980.
For the size, a nice 6 inch bookshelf speaker....they had amazing sound. Not sure what the retail price was but he gave them to me for 150/pair. And paired with the TEAC Amp I'd bought, they sounded really good together. Never really found out why..... My amp had dials for the Bass, Treble and Balance.....Dad had a much more expensive Amp from Pioneer at the time.

His amp had an EQ, and yet he always said that the dials on my amp produced better tones and equalization than his traditional EQ with the sliders.

Then Christmas of 2003, after getting rid of my TEAC 5-Disk Changer the year before because it was costing me 75.00 CAD every year to replace the chip.....For Christmas 2003, as a total surprise....my dad had bought me a beautiful 5-Disk Changer from Technics (which I still have though I haven't used it in 10 years). It retailed for 699.99, Dad got it from 300.00 because it was a display model. He told me it was a display model but I didn't care about that it was brand new. So what if it sat on the shelf on display. It was in perfect condition.

The guy who sold this stuff was good friends with my dad for many years.

But man...those Design Accoustics speakers, I wish I could hear them again, they sounded so good....But our neighbour in our other half is the type that pounds on walls and calls the cops if a mouse farts in the basement and she happens to hear it.


That's part of why I want the Z633 2.1 system with the big-ass subwoofer.


Roses are red, violets are blue.

When I listen to Classic Rock, my neighbour does too

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