Computer Project
Well I got my Processor and other such items today. Installed them all, and the computer is humming along nicely. Windows installed nicely, and the computer is humming along amazingly. I am impressed at the performance so far. I had NO ISSUES what so ever with the DDR3 RAM and the Intel DP455G Motherboard, which is apparently an issue with some people. Everything worked perfectly out of the box.
The Q6600 processor is very nice and I am happy I got it. The Cooling fan keeps it nice and cool, in fact it is the coolest thing int he box, the GeForce 9800GT is the hottest thing, pushing about 114 F when I am playing Left4Dead at max settings.
I have to say I am glad I now have a future proof computer. DDR3 and all that Jazz. Sadly the HD Audio headers on the motherboard don't seem to pin out exactly to the audio plugs for my front panel connections. However I am sure I can and will be able to re-wire it to work around that issue in the coming days.
On the subject of Audio, I have a PreSonus Firebox audio device which is a 6x8 audio mixer system capable of accepting studip microphones and instruments, as well as midi devices, at a professional sound quality. Sadly on my Dual Processor PIII 800 computer which I have just retired, the Firebox did not function properly. It never acted as a sound card, just as a mic preamp, I had to physically take the line out from the firebox and stick it back into the computer sound card input for it to be able to work properly. Now however, my microphone and audio is all digitally transmitted as it should be, and it acts as an external sound card. I may completely abandon the onboard sound card now and just use the Firebox since it sounds so clean. The only problem is the slight delay, which is fine for watching movies, however it is horrible for speaking into a microphone and hearing your own voice a few miliseconds after you say the words.
I am still in the process of transfering the remaining files from the old Dual PIII 800 to the AMD machine, And installing various games onto the New Computer. Of course one of the first things I installed was Mozilla Firefox! I can't stand Internet Explorer. Firefox for the win!
UPDATE:
It seems the IDT Audio Device on the Motherboard is not really made for the applications I am trying to get it to preform. I basically wish to be able to talk on my microphone and have ONLY my voice enter the computer as its own channel, and be able to be heard in game, loud and clear. Meanwhile, I wish to play music from my other computer into the new computer, without it being heard in game. This sound card system (IDT) while it does have a Input Monitor, does NOT have the option to listen to other input devices, unless they are selected as the recording device.
On top of all of this, I found a bad solder joint in my Firebox mixer, which I repaired last night.
Fun times! I feel like I am back in the radio industry again.
What I am likely going to have to do is install a 'SoundBlaster' sound card I have kicking around here, and use that instead of the on board device.
UPDATE:
I may have been able to figure out a way to do this with the stock system... We shall see how long it lasts.
UPDATE:
Indeed I have found a solution which seems to be solid. I won't bore you with the details.. lets just say I want able to route it so it would work... :)