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AFAIK It applies to non of the cores of the opty

Just like you need two clients running to use both cores, you'll need a third client running to use the graphics processor.

The information till now says nothing about the scoring system or the types of WU's used. Only that the raw computing power is 20x to 40x as big. Maybe we'll see a new class of WU's on monday with a bigger number of amino acids. They have to give people with these speed monsters some benefit, but if...

Only question is if it would lead to stagnant warm air pooling up in the top of the front chamber with the psu taking air in from the bottom - especially worrying because the Tornado has small vents in the front and pushes a small portion of heat out in that direction. Is the PSU hanging above the ...

userofbb2 wrote:The German

If you're hoping for "German Quality", forget it. It's just their european headquarters that's German. Not too long ago these PSU's were called "Elan Vital" and came from the far east. This doesn't mean they are bad btw.

The Termaltake is not worth the money. Read X-bit labs where they test this PSU in their mass test of Tt PSU's and manage to blow it up @ 380W. The Antec True Power (2?) is not marketed as quiet. So it probably isn't. If that Antec SmartPower is a SmartPower 2, then it is on SPCR's recommended list ...

But the dvd has to be attached to the top/front so that it can be stealthed with a chunk of mdf on the front of it, etc. Not sure that really has any implications for a airflow divider. Just make the gap bigger than the drive and line the edges with soft foam. If you don't already have the DVD driv...

Those products each target a different problem. The main strenght of the Acoustipack is mass loading. It's foam layer is rather thin. The Sonex Willtec on the other hand is completely concentrated on damping airborne vibration (aka sound). Since we don't know which problem you will have with your no...

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2656/divisiongd3.png This isn't really that elaborate IMHO. Besides, if you use something more sturdy than cardboard, then it is a nice attachment point for the DVD and the HD suspension. It's not that I think your case would get hot without it, but the airflow cl...

Sure lower US taxes would help as would lowering US wages in principle, but the problem is their taxes being applied to our goods. Nope, the problem is not our taxes applied to your goods. The problem is that you have already taxed your goods and made them with too expensive labour, before we tax t...

Are you worried that your steel case shorts out your mobo? Don't think so (unless you do something really stupid). The same goes for using a aluminium duct. Besides he told you to glue felt to it, so how could the aluminium touch the mobo?

Xstatic wrote:Air moves back to front OVER the vid card.

Are you absolutely 100% sure about the airflow direction you describe?

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Seems I'm beaten to it.

Using XFCE 4.4RC1 on system 2 in my sig:

Before more people want to reply to this thread, they should read the one linked to in the second post here. If Oleg Artamonov (who does PSU reviews at Xbit Labs) says the Google paper is "wrong" (and comes with decent arguments and links) I tend to believe him.

What about aftermarket boards? Will every MB be designed to handle the most powerful rigs possible with that board, therefore operating at inefficient power levels with modest rigs, or will there be multiple MBs of the same design with different power ratings? Only the 12V to 5V, 3.3V, etc. has to ...

Frank, which part of the word "most" don't you understand?

If somebody makes generalisations, it is always possible to find an example were the generalisation doesn't hold true. That doesn't make the generalisation invalid or useless.

Monitoring chips on mobo's are standard chips. The most common ones can report 3 different temperatures. But not all mobo makers connect three temperature sensors to them. Even if it does not have a sensor connected, the chip can still report readings. These are of course complete bogus. I have seen...

Your last post completely makes no sense. In my first post I stated that 80mm fanned PSU's and 120mm use the same PCB's. If you got any capacity for comprehensive reading, you see that in that post I am talking about the SIZE of PCB's. I didn't use the name of fsp at all. Simply because this is true...

They're both attemps, successful or not, to make quiet high power 120mm power supplies. Sorry, you are looking from too far away. They are adressing both a different problem as I pointed out above. Therefore it is not usefull to compare them. Do all 120mm power supplies have dead spots in front tha...

Frank, can you explain to me why you think the heatpipe in the Zalman and the fan in the M12 are solutions to the same problem?

The heatpipe provides extra cooling to something in the middle of the PSU. The fan fixes the dead zone in the front of it.

I'm pretty sure that I posted at least one picture of this series on SPCR before. http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9117/05-TestSetup4a-H.th.jpg It worked fine. I needed the extra space because I had two 80mm fans blowing into the PSU from the inside. _______ Have I mentioned that imageshack really...

The problem is probably that they didn't file the patents in enough countries. You can file your patents in e.g. Korea, the US and Japan, but that does not make them valid in the rest of the world.

230VAC would have been more representive, very few countries have 240. http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm The difference between 230V and 240V will be insignificant w.r.t. efficiency measurements. See the size of the differences between 115V and 240V MikeC measured. B.T.W. The EU countries on that...

Heatpipes are appropriate because they remove heat from one location and place the cooling elements where the air flow is adequate. And that is exactly why it is evident that this heatpipe is a marketing gimmick. It's starting point is the one heatsink that is already ideally placed in the airflow....

Cinquero wrote:But aren't most heat pipes solid?

If it is solid, then it is not a heat PIPE. Then it is just a copper rod. And a very bad solution in a heatsink to boot. (Small diameter does not allow enough heat transport.)

I'm not premature, I'm realistic. People wanting a "fast" video card form only a part of the total video card market. People wanting low power computing form only a small fraction from from the total computer market. The only products in that niche market that have been really succesfull have a long...

smilingcrow wrote:The Achilles heel would probably be the cost, but provided the premium isn’t too large I’m sure there would be a market for it.

You answered your own question. The costs too high, the market too small.

Nice that demographic transition. Now try to imagine all those people using the same amount of natural resources that the average European citizen (or worse an average US citizen) uses. Because that's what is needed for it to actually occur.

I said I had three mice. That Genius had a metal ball with a layer of rubber. Real heavy, real friction. Never a problem. That's good technology with good implementation. Second mouse had a plastic ball. Junked after two months of irritation. The technoly was still good. The implementation just suck...

That's because Apple not only sells computers, but overprized keyboards and mice too. I'm on my 4th keyboard and my 3rd mouse in about 17 years of private computer use. I've had more than 10 computers in that same period. Neither my keyboard nor my mouse is giving any signs it will break in the near...