That's truly stupid. I've got several machines (C2D) here in the office being under my control. They could easily do 2500ppd together during our working time. But it's not an option to have them running 24/7, though. Does anyone know when there'll be a SMP client for Windows, which supports checkpoi...

Fred, I would highly recommend sticking to the manufacturers recommended PSU size. The box says it needs 30amps on the 12v. It will be able to support any type of display you have. If you need help calculating what PSU size you will need here's a good PSU calculator for you. http://www.extreme.oute...

I doubt there will be much difference in quality. I don't know if 8€ is a large drop in Germany (what was the case with the HX, VX and S12II?), but the M12II-430 should cost less than the HX520W at or soon after retail availability here (since US$110 is about or less than the lowest price of the ...

1) SeaSonic might be rating their PSUs more conservatively than Corsair 2) It might be made with lower rated components on the same PCB These points are eglible for the VX450/S12II430 comparison, but I think not for the M12II/HX comparison (in the review, there's something said about capacitor rati...

Well, here the 430W model is 85€. That looks like my next PSU... The VX450 would be between 55 and 60, the S12II is between 50 and 55. I've just noticed that the HX520 is sold for 77€ here. Does anyone think that the M12II has a higher quality, or will the prices drop to HX levels with greater a...

You'll already have a lot of headroom with the HX620. (qx9650:max. 100W, 2x 8800GTS: max. 200W, ram: 10W, mainboard: 50W, maybe, disks: 10W each). So my advice would be to be happy about 300-400W of headroom when idle and 200-300W when stressing. It is impossible that you come even close to the limi...

Have you seen an HX430 yet? I don't, and that is the reason why I bought non-modular when my NeoHE 430 failed. I think it's a good addition to the market.

derekva wrote: Back to my well-loved 13-year-old 318i.

-D

Still a good car, and not overly consuming as well.

A friend of mine just bought the BMW 123d, and I have to admit, I almost never had so much fun in a car. It goes off like a rocket and yet it consumes only 5.something l/100 km (as long as you drive reasonably). You could even go 250 on the Autobahn, but then your consumption looks more like 12 or 1...

Hm. Usually I tend to trust people, as long as they don't give me a reason not to do so. I've always been happy with that approach...

well apparently he can predict the future as well. Who was it that said weather /= climate? I claimed that several times, and also others did. But it's also true that the polar regions get hit by climate change a lot more than intermediate regions. One of my professors said it like that: "Well, cli...

There's an even smaller and cheaper version of this HSF: The Alpine 7 GT. Compared to the Pro, it's maybe 2/3 high and has the same or slightly higher fin density. It retails at 8,45€/12,45$ (btw, I like companies that do no 1/1 €/$ conversion) I think the Pro is very interesting for any of thes...

This bike looks infernal! Wow. I assume you are quite sad that you sold it - and not only because of the 25k$ you missed, but also because of the pleasure you had. :twisted: :D I'm just saving and convincing my significant other to allow me a BMW. With grip heating . And ABS. And a catalytic convert...

Your strange units make me always confused :D Miles are OK, gallons also, mpg gets slightly difficult... but these are still linear conversions! mpg to l/100km is actually inverted (D/V compared to V/D) Yes. Inverting something in my head makes almost no problems. But making a zero shift and a line...

Your strange units make me always confused :D Miles are OK, gallons also, mpg gets slightly difficult... but these are still linear conversions! This °F with its zero-shift is a totally different thing. Btw, Have you ever noticed that most American scientists also use °C, cm, g, l instead of °F, ...

My talking... I once had, for a few months, a Mini. Not the new one, it was built in 1986. It had 42hp and was the funniest car I ever rode. But you always had to have tools with you. These tools also had to be British, because British screws are made with imperial units. And you had to use these to...

Oh yeah. Your story gets even funnier...

Please tell me that you had to walk the last five miles...

I ride my bicycle on my daily work trip - home/train station 12km, train station/office 4km, each one way. We had -18°C this winter, that was seriously cold, but still OK with the gear I use: What works best for insulation is the onion principle. Have thermo/sports underwear to get away the sweat, ...

The one advantage I can see with a larger vehicle... load capacity. You take my corolla, and put 5 people in it, plus luggage, and the performance is really going to suffer. You take a Yukon XL, put the same people in luggage in there, and it will probably be effected less by the load. Due to the f...

1) I don't think running your CPU fanless would be beneficial. I'm not saying it isn't possible, I just don't think its the best plan. For example, If you got two Slipstream fans (1 for chassis, 1 for Ninja), your CPU temperatures would be much lower, with no noticeable increase in noise. So you wi...

Well, how do you define "small car"? From the American point of view, my Ford Focus hatchback would surely be a small car. But it's absolutely possible to have a decent conversation without raising your voice at speeds on the Autobahn you guys over there can just dream of. Afaik, "driving down the h...

My problems were also with a Gigabyte mainboard (965P-DS3), but they were with a 430W unit and happend after several months of usage.

mr. poopyhead wrote: [off topic]
i find it a little ass-backwards that kids are deemed "responsible" enough at 15 to drive a potentially lethal piece of machinery at over 100km/h, then at 18 can buy and wield firearms, but can't have a beer until 21....
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Yesterday I got my replacement PSU for which I waited a bit over a week. Even though they said I should send in the PSU only I got a full retail package back. Quite impressive service here, especially when it comes to mind that I didn't have the invoice anymore... Now I don't know if I should sell i...

Hi Neil,
what you posted is not the Aptera but the Loremo, which is even more interesting because of consuming only 2 litres/100 km and having seats for four. There will even be a "sport" version with 65hp that is said to be loads of fun... and still very efficient

Maybe I should have made more clear that I would not like if threads were locked due to being too controversial. But I (and others) think that a mod was overreacting when the thread I referred to was locked. By the way, when a thread in the OT area gets meta or off topic I also don't see a reason to...

mexell......it's true that a private place can set the rules, but. When you have a forum called "off-topic" or some such, you can be certain that there will be posts that create conflicts. To enforce a "no controversial subjects" rule turns that forum into a totally sterile roped-in playground for ...

My intent at starting this thread was about discussing free speech and the limits of it. My (of course left-wing, history-biased, ecologist, anti-war, whatever) view on that topic is that: Free speech grants you the right to say (basically) whatever you like to. As far as I know, that's the law in t...

Has anyone got hold of the HD250HJ yet? I'm seriously looking at this as a replacement for my 3yr old Maxtor DM10 200Gb. I recently got six of them, of which I put two into our server. The raid 0+1 now puts out up to 205 MB/s :lol:. The other two disks were put into my P180 as a replacement for a S...

I'm not talking about law , I'm talking about ethics . Mark the difference. The law allows me to do things which I won't due to ethical reasons, while ethics allows me to do things which I am not allowed to do within the law. My rule is ethics, not law. Relativism and racism are not illegal, they ar...