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Post by surfatwork on Jun 9, 2014 7:31:23 GMT
chipping in......thanks, @pep. great deal and everything is in excellent condition
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Post by surfatwork on Jun 8, 2014 9:38:30 GMT
thanks, @pep, got the T3Ss yesterday. Can you confirm you got the money - I sent it on Thursday. noticed that the update says - Awaiting....
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Post by surfatwork on Jun 6, 2014 7:30:49 GMT
oops, sorry, yes 8W into 2ohms would need 4Volts.
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Post by surfatwork on Jun 5, 2014 20:53:39 GMT
2ohm coil at 8W would produce 2V, because power = v * v/r, so 8 = (V*V)/2 => V = 2V
to get 4V from 1.5ohm, you would need 4 * 4 /1.5 = 10.6W, as @yinyang said.
The basic laws are
P = V*I
I = V/R
where P=power, V= volts, I = current in amperes.
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Post by surfatwork on Jun 5, 2014 8:53:07 GMT
Sorry, I was AWOL, @pep. funds transferred
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Post by surfatwork on Jun 4, 2014 12:09:58 GMT
Hi, I'll take the T3Ss. have PMed you
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Post by surfatwork on Mar 6, 2014 23:12:07 GMT
Hi, would anybody have a spare 18650/18350 charger? lots on the market, but there seem to be loads of fakes. Concerned about XYZ charger bursting into flames, so I would prefer a charger that someone has used without issues. thks
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Post by surfatwork on Mar 6, 2014 7:08:15 GMT
Hi, sent you PM
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Post by surfatwork on Oct 27, 2013 21:06:35 GMT
Obviously, life-expectancy is possibly less then the life of the PC, so filing away all the software and windows DVD is essential. not really. AnandTech, a very well respected tech forum, recently calculated that a Samsung 840 (one of the worst SSDs you could/can buy), coud do 272TB of writes before you couldnt write to it anymore. Given that a reasonably heavy user would maybe write 20GB a day, that works out to 13600 days before it fails because of overuse. plenty of time, I think. Modern SSDs can endure far more than 272TB. link if you want the gory details. www.anandtech.com/show/6459/samsung-ssd-840-testing-the-endurance-of-tlc-nand |
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Post by surfatwork on Oct 27, 2013 20:54:37 GMT
Bluefish, SSDs are relatively expensive, but you need only a small one for your OS and programs. As an example, on Arbico, adding a 60GB SSD as your primary hard drive, and adding a second 2TB hard drive for storage would add about £100 to your order. and they are fast. My windows 7 laptop used to take over 1 minute to boot up with a normal HDD. With a SSD, it is less than 30 secs from being turned off. I use Linux, and that takes about 5.5 secs. As for Office, I just discovered Kingsoft Office and it seems very good indeed. and free.
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Post by surfatwork on Oct 27, 2013 19:47:23 GMT
My 2 cents:
- Get one with a SSD for atleast the OS and a traditional HDD for the data storage. The speed difference is amazing
- I bought a PC from Arbico (http://www.arbico.co.uk/) and its been great for the past 2 years
- While Openoffice is decent, you will randomly lose formatting, fonts, bullets, styles etc. if you open a MS-Office document in OO and vice versa. In my opinion, MSOffice is worth it. Do check if your employer has a deal with MS, or if you can get a student edition (legitimately)
- If you want to play games, the HD4000 graphics mentioned earlier will perform very poorly. You will need a decent graphics card to play most games at nice-looking settings
- Do ensure your PC has USB3
- Having a card reader is definitely more worthwhile than a CD/DVD drive
- Check the fan noise levels. You may not notice it when you buy, but you will definitely notice when you are trying to work, or watch a movie
- If it has Wifi, it may be worth checking that the antenna can be connected remotely. Some have a cable to which you can attach the antenna so it gets a better signal
- Don't skimp on the keyboard and mouse - they are what you use to interact with your PC the most. Take the time to type atleast several dozen words using the keyboard
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