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by catfish
Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:57 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
Replies: 142
Views: 192389

Re: pay subscription model

Call me cynical, but I think the ad-based internet content model is dead. What I'm truly curious to know is what the subscriber rate would be if sites like this moved to a pay model, where viewers had to pay a monthly / yearly fee to access the content? Sure, your reader numbers will drop, but can ...
by catfish
Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:23 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: noise from optical drives
Replies: 3
Views: 2171

I know that limiting the rpm does wonders, but some dvd's aren't completely symmetric (?) and make noise
is a door effective in reducing that?
by catfish
Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:30 pm
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: noise from optical drives
Replies: 3
Views: 2171

noise from optical drives

I've read a lot of topics and reviews this weekend, but most of of the time, things go about damping the cpu-, gpu- or case-fans or harddisk. when planning on using a computer as a htpc, i find it also important that the optical drive is quiet (dvd and bd) Is a door in such a scenario important? For...
by catfish
Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:28 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: case with only intake
Replies: 4
Views: 2113

the Raven has 3x 180mm in and 1x 120mm out, which proves the "in = out" principle is a myth in my opinion hot air does rises, but is this relevant when fans are blowing? the faq states even that 1 in + 1 out can produce a system with "death air" which is a bad thing my idea is to have 2 (or 3) intak...
by catfish
Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:28 am
Forum: Cases and Damping
Topic: case with only intake
Replies: 4
Views: 2113

case with only intake

it's time to buy a new case and i want it as quiet as possible my homputer isn't extreme high-end, but i want to keep the possibility to upgrade my cpu ans GPU the Raven system from Silverstone is very interesting, but i wonder if the vertical position is important in my opinion the 3 big fans creat...