Finally Placed Order. Just One More Question

you could have just asked for the fan.

great build, I would have gone with 1333MHz ram

we have a discussion going on about it, you can see it here, if you look at the charts you will see there is not much difference

other then that, are you planning on gaming in surround? cause the razer is a great card but not for gaming sourround due to lack of suppprort for eax.

so if you are big on game surround go with creative, if not or you are going to be using headphones, then stick with what you got.

other then that, you got a killer there

very nice.

btw you dont' have to oc to get the fan, you don't choose oc and when you call to order, you ask them to install the fan, just fyi

great man, you gonna love it

yes just call them up and see what stage you are in, if its stage one I think they would do it.

did we discuss vista ultimate vs premium?

razer's only flaw is game surround, other then that its top notch

I also like to point out that Alex said higher ram does show a bit more performance, so in short if money is no biggie, and you prefer to have the 1600MHz go ahead, but performance vs cost, you should notice very minimal gains going from 1333 to 1600.

read that thread, look at all the info and then decide, you obviously know where I stand and which I would get, but look at all the info then make up your mind.

if you want to change anything the sooner you call them the better.

ok the real difference with ultimate and premimum is remote connect, if you don't use that, then save your money and go with premium.

OC speed won't matter to be honest, if you look at the charts in that link you will see there is barely any difference.

besides, you will never achive maximum oc even with the 1333 cause look:

your cpu has a 9 multiplier.

at 1333 ram speed you are looking at this:

1333 ÷ 2 = 666.5

666.5 x 9 = 5998.5 or 5.9/6.0GHz OC speed.

your will never achieve anything close to that speed, you are looking at oc speed of 3.8 or 4.0GHz.

so you see before we even get to 1600 we are maxed out.

I would have gone with the 1333 and oc to 1600 if needed.

price to go to 1600 from 1333 = $200

price to oc from 1333 to 1600 = $55

again personal preference not really much difference in speed or OC speed.

Edited by DST4ME - 15 Oct 2008 at 12:50am

I think since you told them to not oc your ram and just give the fan, they are probalby just gonna charge you for the fan which is around $25.

otherwise yes, its a waste.

here is some info on it:

The Razer Barracuda™ AC-1 Gaming Audio Card, powered by Razer Fidelity™ delivers optimized audio signals directly from the computer game to the gamer, creating the most realistic gaming environment. The Razer Barracuda AC-1 features proprietary Razer audio technologies including the patent pending Razer Enhanced Sonic Perception™ (ESP) architecture and Razer’s 3D (720°) Positional Gaming Audio Engine™ to allow gamers to pinpoint exact location of enemies more accurately than before.

Razer Enhanced Sonic Perception™ (ESP) enhances positional audio in gaming to allow competitive gamers to take advantage of the expanded dynamic soundstage in-game.
Dolby® Pro-Logic IIx surround processor splits stereo audio into 7.1 channel surround sound.
Dolby® Headphone technology conveys 5.1 surround or 3D gaming sounds over stereo headphones.
Independent Dolby® Digital Live (AC-3) 5.1 real-time encoding bit-stream to facilitate connection with CE AV receiver.
Dolby® Virtual Speaker solution brings amazing virtual surround sound fields via general two speakers.
DTS® Interactive Real-time 5.1 encoder that takes any 2 or more channels and encodes it into DTS bit stream
DTS® NeoPC An upmixing matrix that turns any 2 channel audio into 7.1 surround sound.
Supports 7.1 CH digital audio playback for WinXP 64, WinXP ,Win2000 (Microsoft® DirectX V.9.0 above is required) and most industrial standards of PC 3D sound for gaming, including EAX™ 1.0&2.0, A3D™ 1.0, and DirectSound™.
PCI 2.2 interface (Burst Modes and Bus Mastering) 4 synchronous I2S input/output pairs.
Integrated 192k/24-bit S/PDIF receiver/transmitter Multi-channel AC-link. (supports up to 2 AC97 codecs)
S/PDIF IN supports digital loop back path for transforming between optical and RCA connection.
Serial bus to communicate with micro control unit (MCU)lMPU-401 MIDI UART port support.
All I2S I/O pairs support 32-bit high-definition PCM data transfer and adjustable sample rate up to 192KHz.

also checkout this thread herefrom what the guys are saying in that thread, they get both 5.1 or 7.1 surround, but not in certain games.