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[wtferrell]

Ah ha! Gotcha. Thanks for the direction. Stinks, looks like the SSD is pretty crappy. I don't need a lot of space, so I was going to use my Crucial 128GB M4 as the primary drive, and then use the Transcend SSD as my secondary drive, but I don't know, I may see if I can flip the Transcend for some cash, and keep the 750GB 7200RPM drive.

[jrwingate6]

Originally Posted by errell

Ah ha! Gotcha. Thanks for the direction. Stinks, looks like the SSD is pretty crappy. I don't need a lot of space, so I was going to use my Crucial 128GB M4 as the primary drive, and then use the Transcend SSD as my secondary drive, but I don't know, I may see if I can flip the Transcend for some cash, and keep the 750GB 7200RPM drive.

That's what I would do. I know I couldn't live with 128gb for a storage drive.

[MrShadowness]

Can i ask what is the difference between the Snowball mic GB and AL on amazon.co.uk ?

I want to buy this for this laptop for teamspeak guild talks but i dont know which one to choose :

Blue Microphones Snowball/GB USB Microphone KC Gloss Black: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments

Blue Microphones Snowball/AL USB Microphone KC Brushed Aluminum: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments

Can anyone help me ?

PS : I would take the GB, black one. Its nicer and cheaper.

[jrwingate6]

Originally Posted by MrShadowness

Can i ask what is the difference between the Snowball mic GB and AL on amazon.co.uk ?

I want to buy this for this laptop for teamspeak guild talks but i dont know which one to choose :

Blue Microphones Snowball/GB USB Microphone KC Gloss Black: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments

Blue Microphones Snowball/AL USB Microphone KC Brushed Aluminum: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments

Can anyone help me ?

PS : I would take the GB, black one. Its nicer and cheaper.

I think they are both the same exact thing. One is Black and the other is Brushed Aluminum. I've never seen these. Are they just microphones and do they mount onto the laptop or just sit there? Also, what makes them so expensive?

[Jaycalgary]

I all ready had good mic audio and still do but when I was swapping out my screen I noticed something. On the left side of the camera it even says mic and there are 2 small holes. When I had the screen bezel off there is 2 mics, 1 behind each hole. The interesting part is there was a piece of fairly hard plastic taped to block these holes. I easily removed it. Can anyone think of a good idea why MSI would interfere with the mics like that?

[WhatsThePoint]

Originally Posted by errell

Ah ha! Gotcha. Thanks for the direction. Stinks, looks like the SSD is pretty crappy. I don't need a lot of space, so I was going to use my Crucial 128GB M4 as the primary drive, and then use the Transcend SSD as my secondary drive, but I don't know, I may see if I can flip the Transcend for some cash, and keep the 750GB 7200RPM drive.

I don't know how much you can get for a used 3 year old SATA 2 SSD model.

No matter how bad it performs as an SSD it's still going to perform better than a mechanical platter hard drive.

You can always put it in a caddy in the optical bay and move the ODD to an external enclosure.

[wtferrell]

Haha... Don't rain on my parade WhatsThePoint.

I ended up buying it, he agreed to hold off for payment until my Temporary Hold is released. Doesn't do much for my upcoming business trip, but at least I'll have a pretty stellar gaming laptop for the next few years, with an accidental warranty. That's a big thing for the branded vs whitebook, is the accidental warranty. It'll be riding in my cruiser part time, so it may get tossed around.

You think the SSD would still bring $50-75 though, right? I was thinking $75, but I could be off base.

[WhatsThePoint]

Originally Posted by MrShadowness

Can i ask what is the difference between the Snowball mic GB and AL on amazon.co.uk ?

I want to buy this for this laptop for teamspeak guild talks but i dont know which one to choose :

Blue Microphones Snowball/GB USB Microphone KC Gloss Black: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments

Blue Microphones Snowball/AL USB Microphone KC Brushed Aluminum: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments

Can anyone help me ?

PS : I would take the GB, black one. Its nicer and cheaper.

The difference appears to be only the color/finish on the snowball with the GB being gloss black and the AL being aluminum.

I watched the Danish girl praise it in the video plus read the positive reviews.

[MrShadowness]

I heard a lot of people praising that one.

There are more, hope i dont name company ... like : Blue Yeti, Snowball, Black magic, etc.

Mostly used by famous Youtube commentators. The thing is its entry level, very good and not that expensive. Its a long time investment its not like Hardware, i dont think i will change mic every year, so its worth it.

I think that things around audio are mostly long term investments, arent they.

Aside from that i have to admit this laptop opened my eyes a bit. I was ready to buy SH HD598 and get the show on, then i heard this laptops sound and i think i will be going 5.1 for desktop. And that microphone.

I was also thinking if its a mic the first time i saw it. Was looking more like camera from Logitech, just bigger and weirder, eh. I guess i get it, then together with my new Roccat kone+ replacement for the broken one

THanks

[smitty123]

Originally Posted by Jaycalgary

I all ready had good mic audio and still do but when I was swapping out my screen I noticed something. On the left side of the camera it even says mic and there are 2 small holes. When I had the screen bezel off there is 2 mics, 1 behind each hole. The interesting part is there was a piece of fairly hard plastic taped to block these holes. I easily removed it. Can anyone think of a good idea why MSI would interfere with the mics like that?

The black tape over the mic is so bad all i hear is muffled sound, i practically have to scream 2inches away from it to hear anything. To think, if it wasn't for that thick kevlar tape we could all hear ourselves on cam.

So when you removed the tape, how does it sound now when you record your voice, is it crystal clear and normal ?

i'm not in a rush to open my screen just yet as this lappy is brand new but i will eventually have to.

Or spend 60$ on a good mic. i was thinking the AT2020usb but its 120$. they have the AT2020 XLR (65$) with a XLR2USB adapter (12$) but that's another thing that could introduce distortion.

anyway , plz get back to me about the sound clarity plz