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by seangoesbonk
Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:27 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: incandescent light bulb ban in ontario...
Replies: 80
Views: 45783

... no one recycles incandescents, but not recycling CFLs is significantly more harmful, at least at this point. I have not known what to do with the dead CFLs -- they are just sitting in a box. I need to find out if I can take them back to where I bought them at least. Vancouver city itself has no...
by seangoesbonk
Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:47 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: PSU Fundamentals & Recommendations
Replies: 200
Views: 238892

Of course, to use my method one would have to use an O-scope - so the result must somehow be better, right... ;) . .bh. Right. Then you can justify buying a scope! :D :wink: I think the W/VA explanation is easier to understand for people who don't have an electrical background. As well, you can mea...
by seangoesbonk
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:28 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: PSU Fundamentals & Recommendations
Replies: 200
Views: 238892

Re: Power Factor calculation

The proper method of calculating Power Factor is: PF=Cosine of the phase shift between the Voltage and Current wave forms in degrees. From the article, "Mathematically, Power Factor (PF) is equal to Real Power divided by Apparent Power." Mike says, PF = W/VA You say, PF = cos(angle between W and VA...
by seangoesbonk
Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:49 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: Enabling Temp Sensor on 6600GT
Replies: 10
Views: 6228

Enabling Temp Sensor on 6600GT

I came across this on another forum and thought it might be of interest. (I know Edward Ng doesn't like that his MSI doesn't report temps) According to the article, it works on: "Apollo, AOpen, Albatron, Asus, BFG, Club3D, eVGA, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Inno3D, Leadtek, MSI, Palit, PNY, Rosewill, Sparkle, ...
by seangoesbonk
Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:15 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: SPCR is 3 years old today
Replies: 40
Views: 22464

Happy Birthday SPCR! :D Congratulations Mike!
by seangoesbonk
Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:44 pm
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: ANTEC p180 available for purchase in UK and Europe NOW!
Replies: 10
Views: 5173

Re: ANTEC p180 available for purchase in UK and Europe NOW!

That's NOT funny! We don't joke about that sort of thing around here! :twisted:
by seangoesbonk
Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:57 pm
Forum: CPU Cooling
Topic: Modding the Zalman CNPS 7000A with nexus 92mm or 80mm fan?
Replies: 3
Views: 2545

92mm. :) Search the forums - there's quite a few posts about this.
by seangoesbonk
Sat Nov 13, 2004 5:04 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Calculating combined dB-A...
Replies: 6
Views: 3189

Six of the 39.8dB fans will be ~47.6dB.
Six of the 27dB fans will be ~34.8dB.
A 12.8dB difference.
by seangoesbonk
Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:03 pm
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: What else can I do to silence my computer?
Replies: 65
Views: 42322

simms wrote:Turns out the only Canadian store with the Nexus is here: http://inmax.ca/InmaxContent/product.html#ACC
And that's for $20 each. Where can I get them cheaper?
Netlink $13.55 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=11485