To heat up things I'd like to ask why you think the idea of "taking other (i.e. rich) peoples money" to give them to the less fortunate is such a heinous concept in the US while at the same time in e.g. Sweden there is near consensus about the merits of the system first of all, one of the main diff...

I am not sure how people function without HD, just with SSD

just get portable external 2.5" HDD, can get up to 320GB these days.

I have to disagree with the article's opinion that there is normally more tolerance for noise in an HTPC than in an office computer I would like to second this point. As SPCR we are interested in quiet computing, be it for home/office, HTPC, carputer/ICE, or whatever. it seems kind of unfair that w...

Matija wrote:Have you honestly ever had problems with malware?

yes. also my brother's laptop was almost killed by malware (he surfs a lot of Chinese websites which have more viruses than a diseased Resident Evil zombie). now he uses Linux.

more effective and efficient fuel tax, which has traffic benefits as well as environmental, is somehow anathema.

i suspect because it is a regressive tax which hits the poor hardest.

But the Aptera looks like Sci-Fi from the 1950s, and in comparison the Loremo looks very conservative... looks can be deceiving. the loremo uses cutting edge passenger cell design to achieve 5-star passenger safety without adding huge amounts of extra weight. also, what's not sci-fi about the whole...

unfortunately, I don't live in CA, not even the US... so it seems like I have to wait some more years for eco-friendly driving to become true. about a year and a half, to be exact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loremo German site: http://evolution.loremo.com/index.php?lang=de English site: http://ev...

We just got a CX400 sample yesterday.

fantastic, i'm really looking forward to that review. I have ordered a CX400 and if it doesn't get the SPCR seal of approval then it's going straight back to the shop.

seems a tad (!) overpriced for what it is - you can get similar products for about half the MSRP of this Samsung, albeit without the shiny white paint job. when a netbook costs ~$400, to spend another $100 on this, if you really need an optical drive that often, why not just spend the $500 on a full...

Can you really cool core i7, X58 mobo and 280gtx with air and keep it more quiet than water?

with such high-powered parts water will probably be quieter. you still have to choose a good radiator and pump, searching this forum will help with that.

the highest earners pay almost all the taxes you have to make a distinction here between wealth (capital) and income. those who have a day job and a relatively high income are taxed disproportionately (at least in UK and most of EU). those who have a lot of capital (many times inherited wealth) are...

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you've probably thought of this already, but why not get the 2000rpm version and slow it to 1000rpm (5V)?

to be honest, I wouldn't trust any company that would rate a passive power supply for usage on a continuous basis at anything above about 450W. remember, even if the power supply is 80% efficient, at 500W DC output the heat output from the PSU is going to be >100W, even with solid caps the PSU is go...

You really just did that didn't you? Why are you comparing Enterprise disks to non-Enterprise disks?

RTFM. those error rates refer to the WD10EAC/DS and ST31000333AS, which are both consumer-class drives. looks like an apples to apples comparison to me.

Corsair PSUs are outstanding and deserve all the support and recommendation that SPCR has given them so far. the just released CX400 is also an excellent product. contrast this PSU with the Enermax Revolution 85+ series: 850W is the minimum wattage!!! wattages going in the wrong direction (and price...

Sorry, Mike, there was no extra youth turnout http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.Iml?Article=140843 http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=4b979aa1-c83a-4598-96d7-3e12b573b02b http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27525497/ whatever your reasons for playing down the significance of the ...

I did think that it was rather odd that the US only had 2 political parties, when there are 3 major parties in the UK let's be honest, the Liberal Democrats have about as much chance as getting into power as Chas from Chas 'n' Dave. we only have two real parties in the UK, the Cons and Labour and t...

I don't like the idea of passive PSUs. While there may be no fan inside, in many cases you still end up getting noise from the coils buzzing. Might as well have a super quiet fan running in there anyways. You get more bang for your buck with a quiet, actively-cooled PSU than with a passive one. The...

since white can in fact be an ethnicity in Europe (as it cannot in the U.S.), run that by me one more time? so white is an ethnicity in Europe, but not in the US, even though most whites in the US are in fact European in origin anyway? who do illogical positions like this often crop up in debates a...

ISTR there was a thread devoted to the last lot of US elections, so seems only right and proper we should continue the tradition. just to clarify, this is not a thread asking how people are going to vote (or have already voted), although of course you are free to disclose this information if you wis...

Or the Asian ladies who return home to deliver babies: 'private' maternity in India happens to have far lower hospital infection rates than the UK! off-topic, but this isn't really an apples-to-apples comparison; you are comparing free public healthcare in one country with paid-for private healthca...

Uses 2x the earth and 5x the earth? Maybe there is some translation problem but that doesn't make any sense to me. it means if everyone used the same amount of energy and resources as those living in North America, you would consume 5 times as many natural resources as the Earth actually holds. htt...

the basic design of this heatsink is very similar to the Coolermaster Eclipse, which has been on the market for over 2 years. a couple more heatpipes and the gimmicky fin design is all the difference.

No dispute, but I look at a Smart car and I ask this; the crumple zone is very small and the pasenger area is very stiff. If the stiff cage area stops very suddenly that does not mean that the passengers stop as well. is it an achievement to turn stating the obvious into an art form? yes, of course...

why would you rather remove the fan than stop it with cable ties? The reason I say this is that the label clearly states that I could void (is it 3 years or 5 years for Corsair?) the warranty if it is broken if you just hold the fan with cable ties there is still electricity going to the fan motor,...

in the UK a mid-level Dell S/Hybrid costs £499 (this is with Core 2 Duo T5750 2GHz + 2GB RAM, 160gb hdd), that is roughly 650 euros. including insured shipping to wherever you are in europe would probably take it to around the €750 mark. a TranquilPC T2e Atom 330 system with optical drive comes t...

I have yate loons with the much more "triangular" trailing edge. there has been some debate about this before, it seems the D12SL12 (and the Nexus-branded equivalent) have two different blade designs, one that is more flat and paddle-like, like the Scythe S-Flex, and one that is more tapered and ang...

I guess I'm stuck with this fan now if the whining is "normal" behaviour. I'm quite shocked, actually. I wouldn't expect something like this from such an expensive fan. just because something is expensive, don't assume that automatically = quality. I could charge you £500 for dog cr@p, but that do...

if it's quiet as other Seasonic-built Corsairs, we may as well put it on the Recommended list straightaway.