danimal wrote:i think that bp is only liable for $75 million of the cost? we have to pick up the tab for everything over that??

disgusting.

I agree. Who on earth would pass that sort of law?

You didn't mention hard-drives - multi-drive setups seem quite popular amongst the DAW crowd, do you have multiple drives? If so that could easily be your limiting factor how quiet you can get your PC. Other than that, the first thing I would look at changing would be the graphics cards. 3870 is two...

You may be able to read and interpret the benchmarks. I have tried and have not been able to. :?: :? The answers are in this thread and the other threads you've started here about your micro-techno-angst. In very plain language as far as I can discern. The benchmarks you see aren't relevant to your...

Theoretical Question All things equal, theoretically, what should provide a more responsive system for the type of use I am talking about: 1. a single core chip operating at 4Ghz 2. a dual core chip operating at 2GHz 3. a quad core chip operating at 1Ghz Things aren't equal, because those aren't th...

I am hoping someone who understands what those benchmarks are actually measuring can translate the obtuse benchmarks into a more accessible reality. It is beyond me to be able to do that. OK, here's the precis: - stop worrying about it Memory speed and cache size/speeds will have no practical impac...

I'm going to add a vote for the new Scythe PWM Slipstreams.

Silence, though if I can get low power too I'll take it, and of course lower power makes for easier silence.

Cute. Gigabyte have been making quite a few nice boards recently IMO particularly at the uATX form factor - they've been my choice for the past two or three years, with integrated everything-I-want and good under-volting too. It's nice to see them giving a higher profile to their ITX offerings. Woul...

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Meh. The two IHVs seem to be taking it in turns to make stupidly hot, crap cards with high power consumption and not-worth-the-price-or-power performance.

I went the double-install route, seemed to work OK.

Isn't there anybody who has done it that way? Yeah I've done this. I just used double-sided sticky tape to fix the power brick to the metal of the case - this was a desktop-format HTPC case, so it was sat on a horizontal surface - the tape wasn't supporting it just stopping it shifting about. For m...

Banner ads don't bother me - when they display properly. What does bother me though is what happens to page load times when doubleclick.net or googlesyndication.com or however decide they're going to take an early holiday. This can very easily cause a site using their ads to grind to a halt. I come ...

flapane wrote:but of course it must be around 2-3w, because everything is saved on HDD and then the computer is shut down.

Not necessarily. Even in S4 and S5 the PSU still draws power. One of my PCs draws 14W when shut down (S5), it draws the same when in S3.

Any reason you want to use W7 Ultimate over the cheaper W7 versions?

Take a look at mediaportal too if you're set on using Windows. It's also free. Of the three PVR/etc. suites I've tried (MythTV, SageTV, MP) I've had the best luck with MP though it's far from perfect.

Not sure I'd fancy trying to fit the Intel push-pin version

This seems like something your warranty should cover :) Warranty with whom though? Software made by Microsoft on a laptop built by Fujitsu [insert: sold by a third-party retailer here for extra fun and frolics]. Which one of those can be held responsible for the warranty on the sticker? No, they'll...

i give up...................... Kids these days have no patience. You are wrong . The question you are asking is the wrong question . That is why you aren't getting the answer you're looking for. The simplest no b/s answer to your question is - flip a coin. Close your eyes and stick a pin in the ca...

I'm not as convinced as some that it's going to be a failure. Certainly there are a few slightly odd "WTF?!" omissions in the hardware specs (lack of a camera for video chat being most obvious in my mind). Ultimately though I think this device is about user-interface and content. Much of the comment...

A meaningful accurate, widespread scientific study that is not funded in any way by anyone who has a motive to find the evidence one way or the other is the only answer. What if that meaningful accurate, widespread scientific study that is not funded in any way by anyone who has a motive to find th...

Neat trick. Ram drives sounds risky but perhaps I can use an old memory stick instead. Why would it be risky? Ideally you wouldn't store any important data on the ramdisk, just temporary files, browser cache etc. ^^^ This. The browser cache is just a copy of stuff which, by definition, is available...

Personally I've found the analogy with the price of champagne more entertaining. Particularly as it brings to mind visions of the year 2027 and some rich posh twunts cracking open a magnum of 2007 vintage Light Magenta to show how much dosh they've got

There's this

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12680

I know that is a UK site, but it may give you a beacon of hope that such a thing exists!

I don't believe there are any full-size slot-load DVD drives any more. There were some years ago but I think they died out.

I'm full of sprouts. And not in a good way.

Well I hate to open a can of worms here, but it's Christmas and there's nothing better to do, so I will.

What do you mean by "really hot" and why are you convinced it's a problem?

The standby power is a bit disappointing - I have one of the non-LED Samsung HDTVs, in standby it uses ~1-2W. Regarding noise from the set, you said it's basically inaudible barring high-frequency whine. Is this at 100% brightness? The CCFL-backlit HDTVs I've had, including my current Samsun, buzz a...

Awesome.

I haven't killed anything for a long time, since I managed to snap the power connector off the motherboard of my BBC Micro. I've had a couple of near misses recently, probably due to advancing years and complacency. Plugging my brand new £500 PCI-E RAID card into a PCI slot - that made for some blu...

The problem with the NSK3480 is the insanely cramped upper compartment. This is true, it could be better. The best high quality and quiet PSU I've seen that will fit up there is something like the Corsair VX450, which just isn't enough for my needs. It's close, but not quite. The Nexus 430 will fit...

The most silent and in the same time performing 12V 120mm fan is Scythe Silent Typhoon 1.450rpm. I have 5 of them in my case and the most loud thing was the clicking of an hard drive (that was replaced with Intel SSD). The fan is so silent you will hear only a very gentle airflow. Five fans? Five 1...