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I recently swapped out my previous AMP/DAC stack and one thing I noticed as that my previous DAC (S/PDIF out) disabled the system volume but this one (USB out) does not. This was actually kind of nice as I didn't have to worry about mistakenly lowering the system volume only to increase it on...

I'm planning on getting three 4TB drives for storage and I'm trying to decide between Western Digital Reds and Greens. My two biggest concerns are power efficiency, both idle an when in use, and noise. My build is very quiet and I'd like to limit how much more noise is added. My case is a...

So every so often my OS X installation will just completely lock up. No kernel panic, no force shutdown, just 100% unresponsiveness. Not even a beach ball of death. I checked the console and nothing jumps out at me so I'm wondering if whatever is causing the crash isn't getting logged. So I'm...

I just replaced my motherboard a few minutes ago, a GA-Z87X-UD5H, due to the USB ports on the back failing. Same board again (Amazon replacement) but now there's a new issue. Or, at least, OS X has a new issue. Aside from the standard issues that come from a new motherboard (I can't hit the App...

I just built my girlfriend a computer, using many of the same components I have in my Hackintosh. That's about the time I realized there was a new bios (F4) when my motherboard is still on F2. This is my first Hackintosh (and before that I was solid Mac) so I'm unfamiliar with the process. From...

Little backstory: My girlfriend wants me to build her a gaming rig, which I'm happy to do, but she can't spend serious money to make it happen. As a result I'm looking at ways to cut corners and save her some money. One of those ways is giving some of my current parts to her and upgrading...

My girlfriend is looking for me to build her a gaming rig and since I'm also considering making a few future-ready upgrades I thought I might give her some of my current components to help her save some money. The parts I'm definitely going to keep are my Nvidia 670 GPU and my Intel Core...