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- Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: smartphones are silent
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9515
Mine is indeed unlocked. Battery life - well, the first couple of days when I played with it all the time, I had to charge it the same day. If I don't do much on it, it will hold on for more than a day at least. It has this program that tells what is using the battery and 70-80% seems to be eaten by...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:56 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: HIS HD Radeon 5870 iCooler V Turbo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13976
Earlier (I think) MikeC has stated, that reviews start by a filtering step, where non-quiet products are sweeped out of the review pipe by a quick test. I'd love to see a Sapphire Vapor-X 5870 (or 5850) review, EVEN though you have already reviewed a Powercolor 5850 and now this HIS 5870. But these ...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: smartphones are silent
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9515
smartphones are silent
I recently upgraded myself to smartphone era by getting a Google nexus one and a flat rate data plan. My previous phone was from 2001 (for real). I've noticed that I've migrated many tasks from my PC to the phone - for instance I do my spcr browsing on the phone nowadays and right now I'm writing th...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:25 pm
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: Cost Justifying the Move to Clarkdale CPUs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21078
No point to calculate the savings over ten years, because in five years or so you will replace the system anyway to be able to run some new unforeseen killer application. Also you are forgetting the cost of your time needed to asssemble the new system, install OS, drivers, applications and updates a...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:08 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Appeals Court says 'Under God' not a prayer
- Replies: 73
- Views: 26636
i think this country needs to get involved in some sort of real war, with a mandatory draft, if only to make fucking whiners shut up Nice attitude, makes me feel safe. Seriously speaking, no country needs to get involved in wars. Wars are very sad events and create totally unnecessary suffering, de...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:59 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Fractal Design Define R2 ATX Tower Case
- Replies: 41
- Views: 31311
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:59 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: low heat output server for closet?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4254
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:04 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: LED backlit LCD monitors: CCFL obsolete?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9924
DOes this answer your question? Not really. But VGA is still a viable transport system. Besides, my netbook doesn't have a digital out... I find that odd also. What's the point of putting only a VGA connector on a netbook, when nobody uses CRT monitors anymore? Digital transport is much more natura...
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:46 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: LED backlit LCD monitors: CCFL obsolete?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9924
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:49 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: What could be causing low voltage readings on motherboard?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5243
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:24 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: What could be causing low voltage readings on motherboard?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5243
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:22 pm
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: do i really need a gigabit router[?]
- Replies: 27
- Views: 28133
Around here, 110/5 Mbps is 45eur a month (about $60) and 220/10 is 55eur. Is that 110 Mb down? Wow. N America's "broadband" is a joke compared to most of the developed world. My ISP's fastest DSL is "up to" 6Mb down, and that's $40 / month. The fastest fibre offering is 18Mb, and that's $60/month (...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:19 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: How Can I Silence My....Speakers?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16015
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:15 am
- Forum: Networking
- Topic: do i really need a gigabit router[?]
- Replies: 27
- Views: 28133
Nope. Unless you're transferring files between your computer and your xbox, the limiting factor will be your internet speed, which should be way less than 100mbps anyways. Around here, 110/5 Mbps is 45eur a month (about $60) and 220/10 is 55eur. And the real speed is actually very close to the publ...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:08 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Using Sata HDD with partially dislodged connector
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2449
I disconnect and reconnect SATA cables on a running system all the time, as my stuff unfortunately happens to be on several hard drives that are just in a bunch next to my system (it's all supposed to be temporary) and I've no problems with data. btw, I think you are speaking of an inverter, inverte...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:57 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: frustrated with new build, help me?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1835
- Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:35 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Using Sata HDD with partially dislodged connector
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2449
- Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:19 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Should I buy an SSD now or hold out for 6GPS
- Replies: 74
- Views: 29840
Did you factor in the value of making your system very snappy right away instead of staying more or less sluggish for some more time? Even faster SSDs later versus fast SSDs now is somewhat diminishing returns. My main reason for not having upgraded is the needed effort to reinstall windows at the s...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:34 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 180926
...but if you need us to click some banners -- just tell us which ones, and we do a lot of clicks each time attending SPCR... That does not make any sense whatsoever. It's not good for the user, not good for the site and not good for the advertiser. Sorry but it's imho a very bad idea. And no. Not ...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:44 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Will this work or will it catch on fire ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3653
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:41 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: RAM heat
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2832
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:38 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 180926
I am terribly sorry. I HAD NO IDEA that silentpcreview ran ads. That's very ignorant btw. FYI, pretty much EVERY site runs ads! Unless they are something like government funded or actually selling you something themselves. Or is there some way to donate money straight to silentpcreview, to compensa...
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:17 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: I don't like doctors...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10295
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:59 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: S3 sleep state: 12w. Isn't it too much?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9190
My display in soft off, pc in soft off and UPS powered on draw 30W from the wall! That's just too much. How do I make it so that with the flip of one switch, the UPS, display and PC are powered on and boot the operating system, then at the flip of the same switch the devices are powered down to exac...
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:50 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
- Replies: 142
- Views: 180926
I have a hard time with anything animated. I just can't focus on the actual content if there are any animations in my view. This means, I basically just can't read the article at all in such a case. If I try to do it, I have to put a lot of extra mental effort to it and it exhausts me. Still image a...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:12 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: So how much has changed in the last five years?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9798
I am still a bit leery of SSD... ...probably because of getting burned so bad with the CD manufactures claims that my music collection would last 100 years only to find out that after 20 years my CD's are rotting and unplayable while some of my 50+ y/o vinyl still works just fine. How about this sc...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:10 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: So how much has changed in the last five years?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9798
What about these huge heat sinks? Don't they exceed the maximum weight limit of the CPUs and motherboards? Yes, but doesn't seem to matter. You might not want to carry the machine to lan parties and if you move apartments you should remove the sink for transportation. The better ones have a hefty m...
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:08 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: So how much has changed in the last five years?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9798
- Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:28 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: So how much has changed in the last five years?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9798
There has been great improvement in PSU efficiency, the best models having around 90% efficiency on most of their operating range. The highest performing single-core GPU (Ati Radeon 5870) draws just 20W DC at idle. There are huge, very effective CPU coolers, but CPUs idle at lower power. SSDs are aw...
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:40 pm
- Forum: Site Feedback
- Topic: Trojan on this site? - WTF
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3191
Re: Trojan on this site? - WTF
Welcome to the internet. The good thing is, you might hesitate at least a bit before doing that a second time.ces wrote:I just read this email and clicked on the link.