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+1 A divide-and-conquer(ish) approach seems to be the best solution here when there is a constraint on memory availability.

Dunno about the Razer Electra but neither the Cowon EM1 nor the SoundMAGIC ES18 will benefit from amping. Maybe a bit more volume but thats it.

Nice idea adityak469

The Audio Technica ATH-M50x, Sennheiser HD558 and the Grado SR80i are all good options. However, the choice solely depends on the type of sound signature you are looking for. The ATH-M50x is a good overall performer having a darker sound and being a closed-back design, isolation will be the best...

Woops. My bad. FxOS certainly looks promising but its still kinda half-baked for now.

The water cooler's pipes seem to be flexing a bit awkwardly there. Reposition/reseat to get it sorted. Also, cable management near the GPU can be improved.

The Model B+ consumes lesser power than the Model B. If you're using it purely for P2P and development then a decent 1A source will suffice provided you are not attaching a bunch of bus-powered USB devices. Also, power consumption will be even lesser if you run a headless distro like Archlinux...

Go for the SoundMagic E10. Another great but a bit more expensive choice would be the VSonic GR02.

Dunno about the ProMedia GMX A-2.1 but the other one is pretty damn good. Another option is the Swan M10 which is similarly priced. However, the sound signature of the ProMedia 2.1 and the M10 are different. The ProMedia 2.1 has a much denser low-end (bass) while the M10 has a better mid-range.

The i5s and i7s with a 'S' in the end are usually lower clocked variants of the non-S versions. These have lower power consumption but the non-S versions perform better.

Install VirtualBox and then create a new virtual machine with a new virtual hard disk. Boot into it using a live ISO of any popular GNU/Linux distro like Ubuntu or Fedora, install it to the virtual hard drive and you're done.

Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Here's the head-fi review: *www.head-fi.org/products/klipsch-promedia-2-1-thx-certified-computer-speaker-system Hope there's a dedicated sound card or an external DAC.

The only two good ones to come out of Sony stable would be the MDR-V6 and MDR-EX1000. The rest just sound artificial.

LendMeUrEars actually undervalue the products heavily on the customs declaration tag; in my case a 100+ SGD product to 10 SGD. The uber-cheap paper packaging also helps in customs evasion. They also do not provide any hard copies of the payment receipt within the package. Shipping takes a bit of...

Using the SD card for the OS as well as general storage is not a good idea. It is much better to opt for an external USB HDD. However, the bus-powered ones will require a powered USB hub for safe operation. Drawing too much current from the USB ports will set off the fuse. 100 mA is safety limit...