TactFully

Another Dell driver update, another set of new and 'fun' bugs to deal with.

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Problem:

All video playback (youtube, twitch - any browser; also local video files) take ~10 seconds to start when using built-in speakers. Instant playback and pause using bluetooth headphones.

Makes your head spin, how such a bug could have even been introduced, let alone made it past any kind of QA (joke writes itself that there isn't one).

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Latest update for the 9500 (installed via Dell Update app - my blunder, I know) installed Killer 2.4.1541, A23 and Realtek 6.0.9210.1, A10 so I'd guess it's one of these...

And you would intuitively THINK it was the Realtek driver, but

Looking for feedback/suggestions/sanity check - newbie here, don't want to make any mistakes - especially something like ruining the tabletop with my newbie drilling ability.

I really like the IDÅSEN base in theory because:

1. Most stable front-to-back for the price at ~42" high. Equally stable bases cost $800+ as far as I can tell (e.g. Deskhaus' Apex Pro). I like to lean on the desk when standing (entire forearms on desk), which is why I'm slightly concerned about just getting Uplift's v2 base (which would actually be cheaper when combined with their top vs top separately+ikea)
2. I can pick it up locally from nearby IKEA, 365 day returns possible
3. I don't need high weight capacity so

Pretty please :) With the plot normalized to the fundamental so it's easy to read the % If you post REW measurement files too that would be amazing.

I suspect your objection would be that it's hard to explain what % levels at what frequencies are audible and make a difference. But, I think that would be a bit of a cop-out.

Very few reviewers do this, yet I've found it very helpful. For example, Soundstage network's P162 measurements.

There are a couple distortion spikes in the ~1.5KHz - 2.5KHz region which, to me, seem audible. I always thought I heard some harshness from these in the mid/high range. So I measured m

Yes EqualizerAPO is working fine otherwise - with Foobar, with Firefox.

But Spotify seems to be bypassing its processing and gives no options for changing anything related. Tried using search both here and on the web and found nothing useful. The Xonar's settings are applied.

Clearly I'd like to use EqualizerAPO and not some shitty 10 band eq on the sound card.

EDIT: I fail at creating new threads. LINK: http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2012/2012082401_AMD_to_drop_prices_launch_FX-4130_CPU_on_August_27.html

Honestly, I thought I put it in the URL thingy :( OK, finally now I understand link vs. text.

The biggest ones to watch out for, IMO, are:

• Phenom II X4 955 MSRP is $81 (!!!!!!) This pretty much makes it the most obvious CPU choice for budget builds, with the X4 965 ($91) maybe an option for those wanting some overclocking (chip should be higher binned). There's little incentive to get an i3 instead of these phenoms because they cost more and they are neck-and-neck in gaming performance. However,

Highly recommend this drive based on Samsung's great reliability track record. As a bonus, it's also one of the fastest SSD's on the market.