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- Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:24 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: SPCR's Holiday ATX Gaming Build Guide
- Replies: 76
- Views: 77017
Re: SPCR's Holiday ATX Gaming Build Guide
From a power efficiency point of view, the ideal PSU would be no more than ~400W, but we don't know of any fan cooled PSUs of that rating which stay super quiet at ~260W load (the approx output of the PSU at 290W AC). A Seasonic X560W would have been better than the X650; alas we didn't have one. I...
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:28 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: SPCR's Holiday ATX Gaming Build Guide
- Replies: 76
- Views: 77017
Re: SPCR's Holiday ATX Gaming Build Guide
Great timing, I was about to post questions for something like this on the board. One thing, I would like to know, though. :?: Why do you use a 650W PSU when the maximum AC power draw was 290W? The reason I'm asking is because I wonder whether I can continue using my oldish Seasonic 380W PSU for a s...
- Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:08 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: HDPLEX H10 Fanless microATX Case
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17988
Re: HDPLEX H10 Fanless microATX Case
I skimmed the review, so I may have missed the answer to this, but -- is there an option to use heatpipes to cool a high powered video card using the left side heatsink? afaik, no. I don't think any high power vga card -- say 150W tdp or maybe even 125W -- could be cooled this way. Perhaps a 100w c...
- Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:32 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: HIS HD 5550 & 5570 "Silence" Graphics Cards
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11516
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:20 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel LGA1366 Stock Cooler Performance: Good Enough?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10911
- Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:25 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 5770 Accelero S2 Fits?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31554
- Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:18 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
Have you seen the Nissan Land Glider? Concept is similar to the VW L1 but supposedly all-electric and it leans into the corners like a motorcycle. Pretty cool!
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:16 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Quiet / Noisy Monitor Survey
- Replies: 272
- Views: 541345
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:06 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Asus Eee PC Seashell 1005HA netbook
- Replies: 63
- Views: 50665
I always like it if you review things like notebooks and not just fans and heatsinks (although I read all of those reviews as well). Keep on diversifying! SPCR is the hardware site I trust most. I have a question concerning the way you express battery capacity. You tend to give it in W/h which I fin...
- Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:50 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
Longer trips will require: planning, and/or renting another vehicle, and/or taking other modes of transportation. Exactly why no one is going to buy such a car. I'll spare you all that stuff about freedom etc. etc. People like cars becuse it spares them the inconvenience of having to plan ahead and...
- Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:40 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
160km looks better than those 40km or what the Chevy Volt has, but still, to own a car which won't even allow you to visit the next city? I don't know. Even though in Germany every house has a 3-phase connection for electricoal stoves and such devices (not sure if it's 400V or 230V) the infrastructu...
- Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:00 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Antec Sonata Elite ATX Mid-Tower Case
- Replies: 40
- Views: 35411
- Wed May 27, 2009 9:45 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Coolermaster Sileo 500: Quiet ATX Midtower Case
- Replies: 44
- Views: 31241
The Coolermaster looks like a good case to me, but the price-difference is marginal. Comparing prices in Germany, the Coolermaster is just about 10-15€ cheaper than a Antec Solo. The build in suspension and better build quality of the Solo is definitely worth 10 Euros. They should sell the Sileo f...
- Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:16 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:26 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
The major source of a blunt object like a car is still form drag. It depends not on the size of the object but on its proportions. Cars, in contrast to airplanes, are still rather short compared to their width and height. Up to 80% of the total drag of a car is actually form drag. It's not just the ...
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:53 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
- Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:52 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
If they can really make the Aptera for 20-something-thousand Dollars, that be huge. It wouldn't even need fancy all electric angines. A nice modern diesel engine and you could probably achieve 100 mpg. I have another interesting thing concerning safety of big vehicles: The Euro NCAP board recently c...
- Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:20 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
I think the whole hybrid thing really only works in an urban environmen with a lot of braking and accelerating. That's actually incorrect. Braking and accelerating is bad for any vehicle, even hybrids. Yeah sure. But whats the advantage of a hybrid if you drive long distances with (near) constant s...
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:47 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
On the British TV show Top Gear they raced three cars from Basel, Switzerland to Blackbool, England, 750 miles away. They used a Jaguar, a Subaru Legacy and a VW Polo BlueMotion, all diesel enginges. The VW was quickest and most economical with 80mpg. 80mpg is better than the Toyota Prius although t...
- Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:05 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
I don't think the ideo of energy efficient cars will vanish again. In the "60 Minutes" interview Obama said that abandoning the quest of alterntive fuels and energy independence now would be absurd. Also Vokswagen is developing a 2l car and other German car companies have also already invested heavi...
- Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:43 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: mini antec p182
- Replies: 82
- Views: 141636
- Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:33 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 906322
I don't get why they also give these electrical cars these 1990s baby faces (look at the Thin City to know what I mean). Otherwise very impressive stats 200km range is pretty good. That VW 1l car was supposed to be shown at my university a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't show up because the VW gu...
- Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:57 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Hot....Firefox 3.0 Final.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 22181
BTW, Opera 9.5 is horrible, I wouldn't wish it even upon my worst enemy. Opera 9.5 works great here. I'm waiting for my new laptop to see how well Opera Link works. ThsT#s going to be really sweet to automatically synchronize all your bookmarks and notes betwenn the different devices. I'm not troll...
- Sun May 25, 2008 1:47 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Michigan/Florida Delegates
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6591
I think if the system kept the electoral college but switched from the winner-take-all to system with proportional representation (like the Dems are using), the system would be a little fairer. People like Aris could still make a difference helping their candidate to pick up delegates in their state...
- Sun May 25, 2008 1:35 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: A Quick Euro Poll
- Replies: 39
- Views: 20044
1. I don't own a car so I'm not that informed about gas prices they tend to go up and down a lot. But here in Germany it's above 1.40€/l so thats about $8.35 per gallon. I think the big problem for Americans is that their whole infrastructure and the cars they own are still based on the assumption...
- Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:41 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Antec Mini P180: A micro-ATX P182
- Replies: 74
- Views: 99871
Hi I think there's a small error in the second postscript: If the fan is set to *medium*, then just one volt drop to 11V brings us to 230RPM. Shouldn't that read *low* ? I was just a little confused looking at the table and then reading that sentence. Great article, I wish more sites were as objecti...
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:32 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: How Harry Potter Ends!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4382
However, the most disappointing aspect was indeed the fact that Harry survived. What about "one cannot live without the other"? It's exactly the opposite. "One has to die for the other to live." Plus harry did die, sort of. I found the epilogue to be very kitschy also, but I guess she wanted to del...
- Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:34 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Upcoming Reviews & Articles
- Replies: 193
- Views: 459943
I see Nexus has some exciting looking new stuff. What are the chances of a review of the following? NX-8040/8050/8060 PSU. 80+, 120mm fan, modular cables, 17.6 dBA in idle, 400/500/600W. Curiously, their noise graph shows the 500W model as quieter than the 400 at all loads. This looks very close to...
- Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:37 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Freaking global warming!!!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16193
- Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:49 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Vista 64bit compability?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3445
Vista 64bit compability?
Hi, I know several users here are running Vista on their machines. I'd like to know how well software and drivers are running on Vista64. Most suppliers of drivers and software only have Vista32 versions on their websites. Can anyone tell me if these or the XP64 versions also work with Vista64? I ju...