Darkfeign

Hi guys, So I've got a couple Seagate drives (one being cached for Windows with a 64GB Vertex 4) and a WD Blue drive for my linux OS, but the seagates are getting a little shoddy and my blue drive has always been the scratchiest drive I've owned. It's also pretty slow on its own with linux. So I've been wondering, which Western Digital drives would fit best with an SSD cache? I've been using the Seagate Barracuda Black drives so I was going to switch to a 2TB WD Black drive for the OS and a Red drive for storage, but will I actually see the performance benefits of a sped-up HDD when I'm using an SSD with the black drive, or am I better off getting another red drive to cache? Thanks, Mike.

I've moved mine around with the Dark Rock Pro 2 in it, I just made sure that everything was secure in the case and transported it in the case box. Was all fine.

People will simply have to uninstall unused games, as I do with my 360 now. It's not likely that people play over 10 games continuously. You install some games you repeatedly play for multiplayer, and when you complete single player games you can uninstall them.

It's not like some PC games don't already require similar storage requirements: http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=537&game=Max%20Payne%203

I'm going to go against the others here and say I'm pretty sure that the Noctua coolers don't come with PWM fans. I know my NH-C14 came with two 3-pin fans. They usually just include the two low-noise adapters to allow you to reduce the constant speed of your fans, but it does get a little annoying having to choose between performance and constant noise levels. Last year, using my NH-C14 throughout my last year of uni the noise levels in my old case were sometimes a bit annoying with the LNA on, so without I dread to think, as my ASUS motherboard doesn't control 3-pin fans on the CPU headers. That's why I recently switched to the Dark Rock Pro 2 for PWM control.

Brilliant cooler choice, btw. Served me well last year.

Thanks for the help. I think it might just need a clean out. Maybe the pocket lint got to it early.

Hey guys, for anyone with an Xperia Z1 out there I'm just wondering if I'm alone here. I've had the phone for about a week now and the notification light/earpiece looks dirty. I think it's always kind of looked like that though so I just want to know if this is the norm? If not I really need to check that my phone arrived brand new and not just refurbished but I figured as I got it last week, it was too new to have been a refurbished model. All I can describe is that the corners of the notification LED are darker looking and when you look inside, it looks a little dirty, but I'm not going to start trying to clean it out if it's just a cover for the earpiece as part of the waterproofing? Any help is much appreciated.

RSA is a pretty rugged algorithm so it really doesn't have a large range of weaknesses. Its very structure relies on such large prime numbers that it took both the NSA and GCHQ a lot of time to identify vulnerabilities in its algorithm, and I believe that even those vulnerabilities were community-based implementations. However, developing an Android app to attempt to decipher messages encrypted with the algorithm (if that's where you're going with this) is a good idea, but I would be concerned with the amount of processing power the phone would supply.

Is there a chance your fans are running at full speed all the time? Maybe a fan controller will help reduce their speeds and therefore the amount of sound you're experiencing at the front of your case via the intake fans.

I've always had an iPhone and so Otterbox for me were the perfect phone case provider. The commuter series gives you the silicon durability for falls, and the hard-shell for preventing any penetration through the case. I just nearly bought a HTC One and ordered the Otterbox commuter for it before even ordering the phone. When it arrived, the case itself was far more bad-ass than the iphone cases I've received from them in the past, so I wouldn't think twice about getting a decent case like the Otterbox Commuter for your HTC One. Unfortunately I decided to go for the Xperia Z1 so choices for a case is really non-existent.

I had the 400r and the noise level was terrible. I couldn't leave it on at night to sleep, and that was using corsair quiet series AF fans. Either get some quiet noctuas or swap out your case. I went for the Define r4 and it's so quiet, and it's really worth it for the price if you can afford to save up a little.

I have the same case and while I used to have 2 side intakes on my old case, I decided to ditch the intake and get the windowed panel. I replaced all my fans with Noctuas and I've got 2 intakes at the front, 1 in the bottom, and 1 exhaust at the back. I left the top 2 moduvents in to keep excess noise out and with a Dark Rock Pro 2 cooler everything is super quiet and my i7 3770k clocked at 4.2GHz doesnt top 70 in the current season at max load.

If you require integers only, then there are two options. You could either round the number to the nearest integer using round(), or reduce the number to the integer before the decimal point using the floor() function.

Man, all those If statements... If you manage to pull your code back into a manageable form without so many if statements, it will be much easier to debug and identify where you're going wrong.

I was going to get the HTC One (in fact I had one delivered this morning but had just changed my mind for the Xperia Z1 due to the camera and low battery life of the HTC One), so you wouldn't recommend it so much?

Thanks for the info. I agree that screen size shouldn't impact the use of phone for any hand size, but I've been used to iPhone 4 sizes and HTC One was going to be my next stop, but the Z1 seems to do a lot more for me, I was just concerned the extra size of the phone was more than I might be comfortable with. I'm sure I'll love it no matter what. Thanks guys.

I've ordered one as I nearly went for the black HTC One but was worried about the camera. Is the Z1 too big for slightly smaller hand sizes? =[

It seems that you're trying to multiply a string ('str') by a float, which means that Current_price is being set to the user input, and then despite you trying to throw an error, you're getting a type error. Maybe try throwing a type error for your price check, or you have to exit the program/only set Current_price to the input once it has been deemed of float type. I'd set the user input to a new variable, test that, and then if it is a float, set Current_price to the value of the input.

I'm glad to hear you bought yourself a book, I think they're still the best way to learn as they're often revised multiple times based on solid, reliable feedback rather than a lot of websites and video tutorials online. Just work your way through a bit of the book at a time, and try and take what you've learnt to produce a project for yourself. I learnt a lot at university when I was set a problem to solve, and had instructions/hints on the functionality of the language/intended program that was expected. For example, one of the hardest projects I had to submit was a program that would create a working hash-table, such that once you've inserted all your items into the hash table, they are easily retrievable and in an efficient manner.

Python is the most straight-forward to learn, then Java, then C/C++ so I would start in that order, or perhaps miss out Java if you do not require it as it follows the C syntax anyway. I would, however, be realistic that you cannot learn to program to an advanced, or even intermediate level in 20 days. It takes time to grasp some of the concepts of programming, beyond just syntax and use. Good luck though.

R4 XL? Futuristic! I have a Define R4, and I'm using the NF-A14 FLXs in the front, clipped in. I'm also using two NF-P14s from my previous noctua heatsink as the bottom intake and rear exhaust. I don't have any radiators, but the F12 will be ideal no doubt. This thing is silent, you'll love it.

This might be why the Dark Rock Pro 2's logo is the right way up when the fans vent out of the top of the case. Hmmm, might be worth rotating and trying.

Really sorry, but I just feel that so far that's terrible advice. HTML isn't a programming language, so it will teach you nothing in terms of calculations and actual programming. HTML will teach you how to format and control the layout of a web page, nothing more. To start programming, Python would be your best place to start, as it has everything you need and is very easy to understand and pick up. Javascript is okay if you intend on following HTML/CSS and incorporating Javascript, but it is definitely not the easiest language to learn. C++ is a very advanced language, and while that may make you think it's not to be touched for a while, it is definitely advantageous to pick up a decent understanding of the features of the language such as memory management and pointers, as it will allow you to understand languages like Python in ways that get you thinking about efficient ways to program, and not just a single way in which you can achieve something. Performance is key in larger languages such as Java and C++. Python does a lot to help you to begin with, which is why I suggest you start there. Take a look at the programmers resources thread, they have plenty of decent resources for many languages there to get you started.

Pretty much reiterating what has already been said, but Python is a nice introductory language while not wasting your time. C# is a nice language where you can achieve a lot of power without worrying about memory, and C++ is a game development standard but comes with some extra difficulty in managing the memory of your program. Start with Python would be my suggestion, and pick up decent text books for what you're interested in. Think Complexity was a great book for me to look at Python, so the same author's Think Python book would be a great place to start.