This PC blew our circuit! - VRLA Tech Threadripper PRO Workstation 

I miss FractalJosh. =(

Paul and Kyle building a PC in a moving tank and a speedboat come to mind.

Lads, vote this up!

Blame NZXT for that, they obviously pay a higher rate since they need the marketing more to cover up their shit products

Yeah, it changed his voice from "I sound like a virgin" to "I sound like a small child

Why?!? I'm not an audiophile by any means, but for the last 2 decades I have been using the optical audio port for streaming music from my PC (S/PDIF, TOSLINK, etc.) There is ZERO interference on this link. No noise crackling and popping, ruining your immersion and breaking your concentration. It is the cheapest, easiest, and most painless solution to getting your audio to wherever you want it to go. Run a cheap optical cable from your PC directly to your stereo, and let your stereo do any necessary analog conversions. If your PC does not have an optical port then check your stereo for other options. Part of the reason for HDMI was passing multiple audio channels from your PC/TV and giving you the most state of the art surround sound experience available. No HDMI either? USB. Granted, your PC's analog audio is an order of magnitude better these days than it used to be but once it leaves the computer it still has the same interference issues.

Agree, having the option is good. And plus good we'll made audio equipment lasts decades

Yeah i agree. Analog stuff are also just most reliable. Even in 2015 you still had more reliability issues with analog than USB, its only in 2020s that i consider analog to be unnecessary for reliability reasons alone. But lot of people still have good analog stuff, lets grandfather them in. But i don't expect or demand or ask them to still keep putting analog audio ports into mobos in 2030s. Maybe some people still prefer analog in 2030s, but it no longer needs to be industry standard since it will be just that rare.

I use a very nice set of Logitech G5.1 with upgraded speakers. They are the oldest part of my system but still pump out great audio. I need the analog connectors, but the truth is that now I am using a Soundblaster card for my analog output that has better audio quality than the Realtek chip on the motherboard.

That is a upvote from me been using a 150w sub with its own 7 satelite system from genius for the last 5 years and the audio has been so good for movie and other audio based media cintent liks this segway to this awesome channel =D. for the life of me it is so difficult getting a usb solution with a 5.1 or 7.1 analogue audio interface to be reused from my laptop after my system broke.

USB to an external DAC, this is what the majority of your audiophiles and homecinema users do.

If you want high quality audio from a PC get a dedicated USB DAC instead of using onboard. Even cheap USB solutions are generally better than the onboard stuff when it comes to the noise floor in particular.

i just use the network for audio. my dac and adc connecto to the network and i just have a virtual soudcard witch sends the audio over the network to the dac. it supports 64 channels input and 64 output channels (there is even a 128x128 chnnel version)

but 7.1 over 4 crappy 3.5mm?

thank you

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@@alyti no its not

@@SeanJWK do you see the little (edited) there bud? or do you need your eyesight checked

"We have a whopping five whoppings"

I wonder if people are rather interested in videos about super expensive high end hardware or rather affordable one that anybody can easily get 🤔🙏

@@ArniesTech I think more people just wanna see their circuits get blown

@@thezx5795 lol, valid point 😅

or afford it

@@ArniesTech its not like they dont do both? and even when no private person is expected to buy something like this, i bet there are a few viewers who buy it for their own business or get it ordered at work. also its nice to see the absolute top of performance, at least for me.

i use dante for any non standart thing. it works great, and uses one a reliable network.

Yeah, I do too, don't even need to live by yourself. It's just that the quality you get out from those ports is not really optimal. Why wouldn't you use a standalone amp and/or dac with usb/optical?

@@jaky3 Uneccessary clutter?

@@jaky3 my i guess uncultured ears have literally never been able to tell the difference between any "super high end" audio hardware ive had the opportunity to listen to, and any pair of half decent headphones/speakers. for me, personally, after a certain level of quality, its just paying more for higher quality product materials. ive never had any problems with these analog ports, and will use them until they dont exist anymore by default, and will probably end up buying add in cards for any motherboard that doesnt have them.

@@grimarchangel True about the hearing. First i was the same but because of my dad (audio guy), i got more into sound quality. Now i can actually hear the difference in gear. Just need to train your ear to it. Well, that and the fact i probably got my dad's ears... :,D

I do too. I have a Creative Labs 5.1 speaker set I've had for at least 15 years. Oldest part of my PC setup by a long way, it simply hasn't needed replacing. I do have a headset but I don't like using it for extended periods. It definitely adds to the wire clutter behing my desk though!

underrated comment! LMAO

did you know they make sound cards

There are really affordable (and good) soundcards that sometimes are more cost effective to buy that work hand in hand with the motherboard that you want. Sometimes it's even cheaper to buy a lesser motherboard plus the soundcard than it is to go for the "top of the line" motherboard.

You make me sad! My 2002 Sony just died. 😧

Same here, I even have a spare receiver in a closet just in case my current one dies, would love to do digital or Toslink but I can't find a decent Motherboard that offers actual onboard surround sound that shows up as such in games with output via onboard jack that is not "virtual" software multichannel audio upmixed from stereo or defaulting to stereo in the OS.

Me too. My old Sony 5.1 amp has limited connections so I get 5.1 from my pc with 3 x 3.5 to dual phono cables.

12 yrs old z506, alongside a big ultra-wide is great for movies and TV.

@@NetanelZa I was so happy when I got an ultrawide and finding out how well 2.35:1 movies play on it.

yea what is he talking about

Are u kidding? No one use that low quality sound anymore?

You buy a 1000$ mainboard for a 20k$ PC and you still uses onboard analog outputs?

@@lambda7652 So you people buy soundcards or what?

@@ROBBER011 uhm almost everybody on a budget/intelligent enough uses these? I mean 99% of people won't notice a difference in audio quality running through these ports vs external gear (etc.) So it's useful to have PC audio on board. Second with these little ports you can build a surround sound setup for movies and games for real cheap. Just take 5 speakers and wire them up. Or buy a used old surround system for less than 100 bucks and voila ;)

Yes

I'm sitting here wondering what other ports people are using. I've always used these since they started building audio onboard. I use the front mic and headphone ones too for when I get on Discord.

@@Krojack76 usb

@@MrMeow-xl7pd Could you elaborate, do you mean a usb soundcard?

@@TnvTablet just look up DAC

This is other end of the spectrum, the motherboard costs $1000 ffs, it'd better have everything

They're the same from the last 15 years actually, but it is better than nothing. If they could send it in the form of USB, it would be better because less noise.

i mean yeah, but if you can buy a 500€ plus motherboard, i would assume you would get something dedicated for sound

@@ydfhlx5923 Its a workstation; I would prefer a PS2 mouse connector & an SDcard reader.

Sound quality has gotten worse, as it just doesn't matter any more

I'm still running a full 5.1 surround system from the early 2000's. Haven't found anything cheap enough that can compare to make an upgrade worth it

@@fatlessauto3 Sure its usefully if you want to run crappy cheap 5.1 surround system from the early 2000's. But on 20k$ PC?

@@lambda7652 at 20k that might be most of your budget, and you blew the rest speakers and cheaped out on a dac cuz good enuff.

@@akimbofurry2179 Yeah sure, it might as well have VGA output for your Analog monitor and maybe a "gameport" for your good enuff Gamepad

@@lambda7652 I don't know what fucking planet you live on that you automatically assume that a five channel speaker system is crappy

point is more that the back panel fell off without him trying to remove the panel. the panel falling off was a result of the damage.

@@Olav_Hansen I know that, I was just making a joke -_-

@@TwilightWolf032 your joke sucks

altec lansing club! i use mine all the time as well!

Absolutely amazing netwroking capability.

This is 20Gb Netwroking!

This bait won't make ma watch the ad, random LTT employee on probation #69

@@Jolbulka just a huge fan of their work lol.

i have the version 1 of this headset, still works, but i dont use i any longer. i switched to a logitech pro x wireless.

5.1 hier im Heimkino seit 2006 💪😁

Agreed, disappointing how many games use stereo audio or only optimize the audio for headphones these days!

but you can just use a 7.1 usb dac.

i used to use that then i got upgraded my gpu and it got way too noisy i think the gpu whine overpowered the protection stuff. it sounded better frankinstining an adapter, which i had to use anyway for discord cuz i was too stupid to figure out how to use 2 inputs at the same time

just use a usb 7.1 dac.

But how good are onboard audio my friend. Get your self a external dac for premium sound.

@@SuperSkandale no its pointless money spent and more clutter and more outlets needed

@@girlsdrinkfeck also any external dac is trash unless it has it's own power, usb powered = heavy sound distortion gadget, this is the same reason why onboard sound isn't that good already and I use a pci soundcard which breaks my case airflow but once you heard it you can't go back

Why would you use the rca out from the motherboard? A dedicated dac is way superior.

@@jaky3 No reason I guess. They were free and I'm cheap. I mainly wear a headset anyway

"short cutcuit" 💀💀

@@bigtitmaster I fixed it 😉

@@luxzien should've left it

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Nah. That's not what a short is.

Wait that is actually the big 5.1 Kit from back in the day right? Absolut nostalgia!

I can imagine ever using them myself but if I’m spending $1000 on a motherboard I better damn well have the option haha

@@TaylorCrosbyofficial nevermind stuff can break, and hazing them to sanity check shit is nice.

You’ve kind of just proved the argument in the opposite direction though? You’re saying : “No, don’t touch my precious dozen 3.5mm jacks! I am one of those people that needs them!” *Proceeds to describe using Optical and One (1) Singular 3.5mm jack.* Anyone that uses surround sound is going to use the Optical port or HDMI audio. 99.5% of everyone else is going to just use the stereo and mic in jacks. I would vastly prefer that all of the circuitry dedicated to 7.1 channels worth of Pre-Amplification and DACs to shitty little 3.5mm jacks went to just giving the headphone port an amazing onboard DAC and High Impedance capable Amp. Hell - even optical is dead and gone at this point, I’d take a well integrated HDMI 2.1 Audio option with Atmos / E-ARC support any day. Chuck that plastic piece of 1980’s detritus in whatever old folks home they stuck Beta and HD-DVD in. For anyone that does still need ALL of those other 3.5MM ports for their 7.1 Surround Sound (and inexplicably decides to have their primo audio signal source run through copper strands the thickness of Galadriel’s finest pube, complete with the several metric gigafucktonnes of interference that only such a girthless unbalanced analog conductor can provide), there is a simple solution. Go on eBay and buy a High End SoundBlaster card for $10. There’s Eighty Shittillion of ‘em out there getting shoveled onto the global e-waste pile every second (I wonder why).

@UCKO9Y1A_LTwo_SkuQxwCSTA Yes, I use the onboard phono 5.1 audio jacks on my motherboard as primary sound output, I ALSO use an external SB USB soundcard for Mic in and 2 channel output, but no I cannot use my HDMI for surround because it is ALSO used as a secondary monitor and sound output. (5.1 because I have yet to find a home theater amp in my price range with full 6-7.1 discrete input jacks) I have three monitors total and all have speakers on them which I use to spread out Game(or movie) audio from the two or more voice chat programs that are placed on the side monitors.(side note the "monitors" are a 42" and 32" TV as well as a 19" PC monitor) So. Yes the 3.5mm audio jacks are a very nice thing to have and if you have gotten shitty sound out of them maybe get some better cables or not run them past noisy RF electronics on the way to your amp and speakers!

@@annix493 shit breaks, sometimes having a back up is nice

they did one in like 2017. really pointless for anythign about a 1060 and you needed something like a 1060 to even get usable performance. Also so few games supported it

Brown Noctuas aren't better than the blacked-out ones, but the builds they go in, are always better.

I wonder if people are rather interested in videos about super expensive high end hardware or rather affordable one that anybody can easily get 🤔🙏

@@ArniesTech Both.

I wonder if people are rather interested in videos about super expensive high end hardware or rather affordable one that anybody can easily get 🤔🙏

Creative and Turtle Beach dropped the massive ball on that. They both could have been audio chipset standards on motherboards. Creative specifically didn't bother for greedy reasons and look where they are now. You don't even hear them mentioned in audio talks anymore other than nostalgia.

@@Ancientreapers I have to say, that Creative had a few issues a few years ago, in my previous system I had the Soundblaster Z and the driver had issues for years after every function update. When they released the Z SE, the old one got the same suite and driver and all issues vanished. With the AE-5 I have in my new rig, which uses the same driver package with Windows 11 I had not a single issue after upgrading to 22H2. They should really get more praise for what they achieved, I know there are on board solutions by Creative, but I don't think they deliver the same, or would ever have been able to, than their dedicated sound cards.

to boost the engagement by baiting people into commenting :)