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- Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:47 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Can a Zalman Reserator 1 V2 handle a Core i7 and a 5870 GFX?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31681
I do plan to add an active radiator with twin 120mm fans to keep everything under 40c while at full load. Why...? Your temps are good, no need to add noise... Galvanic corrosion won't be noticable after a week, but after half a year it will be, if you don't take precautions. No physical contact bet...
- Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:13 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Q. about loop configuration. single vs double
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8913
if you need more pressure, go with 3/8 ID tubing, if you want better flow rate get 1/2 ID tubing. The pressure is best kept intact with 1/2 ID tubing (the resistance is less). Assuming the difference in pressure loss between the two tubings is negligable, the flow rate will also be nearly the same ...
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:13 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: 2010 Olympics USA live coverage workaround?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14223
If you only get snippets and not complete events, you will lose things like this: I'm watching the 500 mtr speed skating. There is a mopping (?) intermission. Both Zambonis are dead, and they're spraying the ice with what looks like garden hoses... The budget was... 4 billion maybe? A third Zamboni ...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:07 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: iPad??? WTF, Are the Apple execs complete idiots?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 95064
Saw this, and couldn't resist: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/spookmineer/forum/ipad-joke-1.jpg Maybe Apple are becoming too confident. The iPod/iPhone are very good products, especially because of all the apps which add to an already functional and efficient piece of hardware. With the iPad ...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:47 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Insights on Home-Made MDF Case?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16046
While it isn't an mITX case, there is an article on building a wooden case. There have been a fair few numbers of articles and threads of wooden cases on internet, other than airflow and the time to actually build it, it's all pretty straight forward. There are some good tips in this article, and wh...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:20 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Thermalright Venomous X - an upgrade to TRUE (?)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6901
The first review I've seen is from Legion Hardware . In comparison to the TRUE, they say this: Thermalright has increased the fin gap distance by 20% to 1.9mm, though despite this the Venomous-X only features 13% less fins overall. ... Furthermore, this meant that the Venomous-X was 4 degrees better...
- Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:36 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: LCD Screens - WAY overpriced
- Replies: 54
- Views: 27231
what i really hate from CRTs are the dreaded settings and you HAVE to do it yourself. There are tons of different stupid settings like trapezoid, moire, pin-cushion, etc......and you have to get the damn thing right for EACH resolution you want to choose! With every form of flexibility, you'll have...
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:51 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: LCD Screens - WAY overpriced
- Replies: 54
- Views: 27231
Re: good 19" LCD's are under $500
Heh me too... thought it was a brand new thread I missed yesterday and replied to poor Neil. I'll keep what I wrote for a laugh (although some parts still apply) Hello: One of the reasons that CRT's are so inexpensive is that LCD's are better monitors for most uses. Twelve years ago (or so) a 20"-21...
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:23 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Cheaper to run your printer on Blood
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5920
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:19 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Active Noise Cancellation For Computers?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19342
Noise canceling headphones work so well for two reasons: A) they "know" where your ears are. In other words, your ears don't change position relative to the speakers, so sound waves can be generated that will reach your ear almost exactly when the environments sound does. B) They work in conjunctio...
- Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:46 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Please crit my Gaming HTPC
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5706
i know alot of people with motherboards that only accept PCI-E x16 1, which prevents them from taking advantage of virtually all modern graphics cards ? NVidia GTX 2xx and the like are x16 2.0 cards, ATI 5xxx are x16 2.1 cards (its throughput speed is the same as 2.0). A motherboard supporting x16 ...
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:32 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: I want one of these... [large image]
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8825
I realize just about everyone is sold on iPods, but frankly if I were to convert all my vinyl to digital I woun't accept anything lower than 96KHz/24 bit. And given how cheap hard drives are I'd go with 192KHz/24 bit. Nice to meet someone else whose ears can actually hear 40 kHz sounds. Sample freq...
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:59 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: I want one of these... [large image]
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8825
Looks simply awesome. I don't know about the ipod though. 64 GB might be enough for some to save all their CD's in WAV, but not for me (I mean, with that piece of equipment you're not going to use mp3's). If you could hook up a HD to it... but then how to select the files... It really does look beau...
- Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: 2010 - Time to say "Xponia Kala"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3553
Thanks a lot for the in depth post. I'll try to explain why I don't get why this smaller, lighter, newer car with a (I suppose) more efficient engine doesn't run more economically. Both my former and my current car are second hand cars. Former car: bought with 105.000 km on the clock, sold with 211....
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:24 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: are good fans worth it?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2601
- Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:58 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Russia's secret plan to save Earth from asteroid
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11879
- Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:51 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Russia's secret plan to save Earth from asteroid
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11879
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:10 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Russia's secret plan to save Earth from asteroid
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11879
What about the closer impending disaster? Sarah Palin as president? I seriously think she has less chance of becoming president than an asteroid hitting the earth... As of October 7, 2009, the impact probability for April 13, 2036, is calculated as 1 in 250,000. It is now expected to pass the Earth...
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:48 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: 2010 - Time to say "Xponia Kala"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3553
Re: 2010 - Time to say "Xponia Kala"
While others relished how much vehicle they got for their money over the last few years when they bought an SUV, I stuck with my mid sized car, 13 years and 258,000 miles, and zero breakdowns. I recently (less than 1 month ago) had to buy a "new" second hand car. It's smaller than my former car, no...
- Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:11 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: what's the least hot card of these 4670 vs GT220 vs 9400GT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2638
4670: TDP = 70 Watt (other source: 59 Watt). GT220: TDP = 58 Watt. 9400GT: TDP = 50 Watt. Source: http://www.geeks3d.com/20090618/graphics-cards-thermal-design-power-tdp-database/ There are some differences in power saving technologies, if you don't play games, the card will perform at idle or sligh...
- Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:03 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: RIP Brittany Murphy - COD is in.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3874
- Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:58 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Happy Holidays
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2958
- Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:07 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: If you could ask God one question ...
- Replies: 357
- Views: 570873
No. The parents are responsible for this. Liberal pussies have nothing to do with it. At all. Oh yes they have, they have made it illegal for parents to smack their own children, people have even been arrested for it, are you telling me that the parents put that law into place to stop them from sma...
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:55 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: If you could ask God one question ...
- Replies: 357
- Views: 570873
Disrespect for police and fellow human beings all stem from a fault in upbringing. Talking back to a policeman when getting a warning is not "cool" or funny, it's just downright anti social. As is laughing over an old woman who tripped, when you could help her up and pick up her groceries for her. ...
- Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:16 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: If you could ask God one question ...
- Replies: 357
- Views: 570873
and Islamophobia. I think I'm done here. That word was made up, why? can be argued forever, and I dont want to argue about it, but it is made up. A phobia is: A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassur...
- Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:56 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Compulsory Voting
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18504
Over here, whenever national elections are up, a site comes up helping people decide what party to vote for. By answering 25 questions on different issues, ranging from enviroment topics to immigrant policies etc, people get to see what party is closest to their answers and which party is farthest a...
- Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:17 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: If you could ask God one question ...
- Replies: 357
- Views: 570873
- Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:07 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Compulsory Voting
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18504
Isn't voting a right...? Somehow, compulsory voting in a free democracy just sounds weird. Compulsory voting makes sense if all voters get at least a 1 day course where all the different party programs are layed out, objectively. This alone will make it very difficult. Before you know it, all sorts ...
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:37 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: virtual playground
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3721
The Seasonic X650 is serious overkill for this system. The 9600GT is about 95 Watt, motherboard about 20 W (?), the Phenom as stated 65 W. Add a few watts for HDD and drives, totals in at about 200 - 230 Watt. The i7 is a whopping 130 W (double the TDP of the Phenom!), totals about 265 - 300 W. A 40...
- Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:48 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Silent Mini Fridge?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3526
Compared to cooling with a compressor, absorption cooling is very inefficient. I don't know how much the fuel costs, but it sounds wasteful to just burn propane in order to cool a fridge (but I've never used a propane fueled fridge). The fridges I've seen use somewhere between 0.5 (mini fridge) and ...