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Cube House in San Francisco by John Maniscalco Architecture
The Cube House project is an old Victorian home that has been re-imagined by John Maniscalco Architecture for a family of four, located in San Francisco, California. This dilapidated 1895 Victorian with a historically protected facade, abnormally long building footprint, and zero lot-line configuration was transformed into a light-filled home. The introduction of a two-story atrium (which is open to the sky) brings the exterior into the very center of the urban dwelling becoming the spatial organizing gesture, allowing all areas of the house to partake of the light, air, and landscape (both earth and sky) that this protected garden provides.
Utilizing both the transparent and reflective qualities, the glass cube acts to both define each distinct space and extend it. The Jarrah stair, which is framed by the cube, cantilevers from the wall, adding to the transparency and lightness. A wall of Sapele cabinets transforms to respond to the changing requirements of each space, while maintaining the scale of the larger space.
The house maintains an appropriately formal programmatic element – a library – in the room behind the preserved facade. The dining room and living room flank the garden, which a large kitchen opens on two sides to the rear garden and views to the north. Above, the cube is surrounded by two bedrooms and a master bedroom suite with a large rear deck.
The lower level features a media room/guest suite, exercise room, laundry, and a three-car garage.
The solution maintains and restores the historic facade, while adding an additional floor, set back from the street, which utilizes an abstraction of the cornice and fenestration patterns of the existing house.
Photos: Courtesy of John Maniscalco Architecture
Podil Loft Apartment in a historical building in Kiev
The Podil Loft Apartment features eclectically stylish interiors and historic preservation, the vision of design studio Sergey Makhno, located in Kiev, Ukraine. read more
Rural mid-century modern home gets a facelift in Ellensburg
This rural mid-century modern home was originally built by local architect James Cowan in 1957 for the Devney family, located in the Craig Hill neighborhood of Ellensburg, Washington. The home is a nod to Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian style, with its L-shaped plan, native materials, flat roof, clerestory windows, and large cantilevered overhang for passive solar heating and cooling. The homeowner is an architect and furniture maker, who hand-made most of the plywood furniture seen throughout the home. Although the previous owners had renovated the home in 2006, most of the home's original character remains untouched. The homeowner's were fortunate enough to obtain a complete set of the original construction drawings of the house, and they plan to honor and reflect Cowan's design. The home is comprised of 3,200 square feet of living space with five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The L-shaped house mixes wood, glass and cement. A large wall of glass lets light flood into the living room and connects the space to the outdoors, but a wood-screened courtyard in front prevents it from feeling exposed to the street.
The homeowners created their own version of a screen door — a 3/4-inch board of fir plywood painted and dotted with circular cutouts.
This entry console made of plywood and cherry, with cutout slots was designed by the homeowner to make sorting incoming mail easy. The slate flooring is original to the home.
Most of the materials transfer between the indoors and out. A bed of river rock inside near the entryway continues outside, as does the concrete masonry unit wall.
The homeowner also built the long, low-slung console, coffee table and armchair in this living room.
The bamboo floors, installed by the home's second owners, reflect the abundant light that pours through floor-to-ceiling windows. Small groupings of furniture anchored by no-frills carpets in dark browns and gray keep the attention on the home's lines and the play of light and shadow.
An original teak and glass light fixture hangs over a table and bench that Scott built. The low-slung round table and console are both vintage.
One of many original pocket doors in the home connects the dining room to the kitchen, which retains its original layout and birch cabinets. The previous homeowners had installed new flooring, a tile backsplash and updated appliances.
From the homeowner: Where the dog bed is now, there used to be a swing-out desk that you could place up against the [picture] wall, to work at. I'd like to rebuild that one of these days..
The kitchen connects to a family room, creating an open concept that's common today, "but when this home was designed, this was forward thinking," states the homeowner. The original fireplace wasn't drafting correctly, so the homeowners installed a woodstove in its place.
Sliding doors off the family room hide a large storage and utility room with floor-to-ceiling shelves. The homeowner built the sawhorse table, coffee table and couch; the latter converts into a guest bed.
When the Faulkners, shown here, entered the home for the first time after purchasing it, Scott presented Emily with a midcentury style clock that now hangs on the clear, vertical-grain Douglas fir paneling in the living room.
Clerestory windows are the hallmark of the upstairs rooms. In this home office, a Murphy bed that folds down to reveal a full headboard and shelves.
When the Murphy bed folds up, there is plenty of space to work in this home office.
Lined with sliding doors, the hallway has ample storage made even more functional through another creative original element: slide-out shelves.
Though another bedroom has larger windows, the homeowner's made this their main bedroom because they love the way light pours in through the clerestory windows. The platform bed was built with underbed storage.
One of the couple's greatest challenges was expanding storage in the carport for their motorcycles while still staying true to the home's design. The couple increased a storage area by 6 feet, built doors to match the home's front "screen" door and repurposed the home's siding to create a wall.
Photos: Kimberley Bryan
Modern warehouse conversion in TriBeCa: Hudson Loft
Hudson Loft is a historic preservation project of a former American Express warehouse building, which has been designed by Schappacher White Architecture in TriBeCa, New York. The architects combined two spaces into a 3,000 square foot residential loft. The design evolved from the local warehouse history, materials, and forms of the existing spaces. Materials were selected that have age or been aged. Materials such as: chemically aged steel wall panels, zinc, new steel baseboards to reflect existing metal capitals, custom metal lighting at vaulted ceilings, wired glass at bath door/partition, and stained fumed oak. The kitchen incorporates custom center pivot windows that open to a pantry located behind the length of the kitchen.
The wall treatment seen here in the family room is what the architects call "liquid metal wall" since it looks fluid and changes in appearance as the light in the room shifts. SchappacherWhite custom designed the treatment and had it fabricated for this application. It is made of hot rolled steel sheets, cut to size and to follow the vaults at the ceiling. The steel was chemically "aged" and then a sealer applied. Our metal fabrictor made this wall, zinc shelves and counters, custom designed lighting, and bases for the columns to match the cast iron capitols.
The sofa is from B&B Italia, the light fixture at the left is by Arteriors, the wall mounted is Olampia.
This project has an exhaust hood behind the cabinet doors. It is a gas cooktop, so the owners open the doors for access to the hood when using the cooktop depending on the setting of the flame. The light fixture over the kitchen island was custom designed for this loft by SchappacherWhite.
The dining table is from Restoration Hardware. The light fixture over the island is custom designed by SchappacherWhite for this project. The fixture over the dining table is through Urban Electric.
The wire shelving in this kitchen pantry area is from Metro Shelving. The pantry is 4′ wide x 17′ long. The width will depend on what shelving depth is required. The windows at the left are at the kichen's backsplash, so pantry items can be passed through directly to the kitchen counter. The lundry basket is by Restoration Hardware.
The striking portrait on the wall of a girl and her dog is a 6′-0″ wide painting by artist Bill Sullivan.
The desk, shelves and rods were custom designed by SchappacherWhite for this specific project. The shelves and desk surface are zinc, the rod is steel. The built-in shelves are + – 30″' wide. Desk is the same width, but extends over the radiator another 6″.
The floors are fumed oak. The pocket door into the master bedroom is black metal framed fibergalsss panels.
Radiator covers have a Corian top and laquer painted doors/covers.
The custom shower enclosure by SchappacherWhite, fabricated by Gunnar Design.
Photos: Jason Lindberg
Zero Energy House in San Francisco by Levy Art & Architecture
Zero Energy House, designed by Levy Art & Architecture, is the first home in San Francisco, California that is completely self-powering and carbon neutral. The architecture has been developed in conjunction with the mechanical systems and landscape design, each influencing the other to arrive at an integrated solution. Working from the historic facade, the design preserves the traditional formal parlors transitioning to an open plan at the central stairwell, helping to define the distinction between eras. The new floor plates act as passive solar collectors and radiant tubing redistributes collected warmth to the original, North facing portions of the house. Careful consideration has been given to the envelope design of Zero Energy House in order to reduce the overall space conditioning needs, retrofitting the old and maximizing insulation in the new.
The Bar piece is produced by SieMatic cabinets, it is walnut. The cabinets are a wood textured laminate, also by SieMatic. The stair is open to above and takes up an area about 6′-6″ x 10′-0″. the floor to floor height is 10′-6″.
Central skylights above staircase.
View from master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
Exterior stair back yard to first level.
Solar powered hybrid electric heat pump.
Greenwich Village Townhouse gets remarkably transformed
Greenwich Village Townhouse is a landmark Greek Revival townhouse from the 1840's that has been designed by Axis Mundi, situated on a charming street in New York's Greenwich Village. The four floor building (plus sub-basement) was gutted to the original brick building envelope. All new mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems were installed, and the garden was redesigned. Axis Mundi was responsible for the complete architectural, interior design and decorating of this home.
The goal of the project was to respect the charms and scale of the original historical style without mimicking period details, and create a suitably modern context for the owner's collection of artwork by Warhol, Haring and Basquiat. While restrained, the interior resolves certain contextual issues related to the site, yet is decidedly modernist in its attention to details.
A sculptural bronze and mirrored screen was designed by Axis Mundi to create an entrance foyer, using cast glass that was salvaged from Gio Ponti's Alitalia showroom on Fifth Avenue. A chandelier was created with glass from the same project, all superbly fabricated by Urban Archeology.
Various surrealist touches, such as a painting by Matta, and furniture by Salvador Dali and Antonio Gaudi, add a touch of humor to a formally rigorous design scheme.
Most of the details were custom designed, from the marble mosaics in the bathrooms, to the millwork and Prouve-inspired shutters on the kitchen floor.
A custom bronze staircase, anodized aluminum metalwork, and overall spatial concerns relate to a contemporary sense of materiality.
Photos: Adriana Bufi, Andrew Garn, and Annie Schlecter
Southern Living Idea House in Georgia: Farmhouse Renovation
This striking farmhouse renovation project was designed for the 2012 Southern Living Idea House by Historical Concepts, located in the tiny town of Senoia, Georgia. The project was Southern Living Magazines first ever historical renovation project. Over a period of seven months, a tired 19th century home located in this historic town south of Atlanta was transformed into a charming and up-to-date farmhouse. Multiple renovations had masked much of the historic character, so the restoration began by peeling back generations of changes to uncover the essence of the 1830s home. The design team then set out to salvage what remained of the home's original materials, retaining heart pine floors and hand planed wall boards. Additions sympathetic to the style and massing provided room for porches, a laundry room, mud room, office and carriage house, accommodating modern living while staying true to the home's architectural heritage and rural roots.
Photos: Laurey W. Glenn (Courtesy of Southern Living)
Crane Building Penthouse in an historic warehouse
Crane Building Penthouse has been designed by Giulietti Schouten Architects, located within the urban core of Portland, Oregon, nestled atop the historic 1909 Crane Building, an old brick plumbing warehouse. This seventh floor 2,500 square foot penthouse has established views of the city, bridges and west hills but its historic status restricted any changes to the exterior or window and door locations. Further limitations included maintaining all existing plumbing locations and staying within the existing ceiling framing.
With their three kids leaving for college, this husband and wife wanted to shed their life of their large suburban house and start anew in the heart of the active Pearl District. Even though their current house was close to their high-pressure work in the High-Tech field they desired to distance themselves and create a sort of "urban refuge above the city", a personal retreat where they both could entertain and work on occasion as well as provide a home for their grown-up children.
Key Plan Concepts:
Reclaimed Australian Chestnut flooring was chosen for its warmth, while Dark Sapele at the built-ins, entry and sliding gallery door provides a sharp contrast to the white stone counters. The clients requested the mudroom/pantry to be hidden yet accessible to reduce clutter and noise within the open living areas.
The design needed to create a functional open living/dining/kitchen and media area for both entertaining and working. The dining and kitchen area especially needed to be expandable for family gatherings and contracting for daily use. Recessed automated roller-shades screen the afternoon west light, and help maintain clean lines.
The various vaulted ceilings were retained to maximize daylight and wrapped in clear cedar to give warmth and further define the many unusual ceiling angles. A custom welded steel fireplace with an oil-rubbed finish was designed to be the visual anchor of the living room. The intent was to contrast it with the concrete walls while connecting it to the notion of exposed steel in the original building.
A custom sliding sapele screen at the entry provides immediate privacy for the bedrooms when entertaining yet also invites guests to "discover" the gallery on the other side where the original steel and concrete structure were left exposed.
Photos: David Papazian
Relais Masseria Capasa Mediterranean Hotel in Italy
Relais Masseria Capasa is a sumptuous hotel with stone walls surrounded by beautiful olive trees in Martano, Italy and designed by Paolo Fracasso. The hotel is immersed in the colors and smells of the countryside, with the name " Capasa " used because of the location in which it was born, once mainly used to store wine and oil. The historical building dates back to 1746 and the architect restored the property back to its original grandeur. The design embodies a double movement: to accept the daily life and harmonize the perception of environmental space. It communicates with the tradition and the places where the use of an extremely natural stone, with its color and appearance, manages to create figures that evoke softness. It creates comfortable environments to evoke a feeling of "home" and welcomes you with a new light that blends mingling with the stone and creating color and shape so that they live for themselves, thrilling what surrounds them.
Photos: Pecchio Adriano
Remarkable farm house preservation in Massachusetts
This farm house preservation is comprised of a traditional style historic home designed by Crisp Architects situated on a dirt road in the countryside of Massachusetts. The property had been uninhabited for several years. The clients came along at just the right time to resurrect this beautiful bit of history. By carefully preserving the antique portions of the home while renovating and adding to the newer sections, the architects were able to create a home that has a foot in several centuries. Best of all it still feels comfortable on that tiny dirt road. Have a look inside this cozy home with warm interiors and let us know what you think!
The gorgeous countertops in the kitchen are comprised of Costa Esmeralda Granite.
This stunning coffee table in the living room can be found at Restoration Hardware.
The wood flooring used throughout is a mushroom cypress wood with a natural finish.
Like the look of this bathroom? Here are some of the specs: Kensington Pivot Mirror, Extra Large Oval, Polished Nickel finish from Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware Bistro Sconce, and Porcelain Hexagon White Penny Tile from the Home Depot.
Prior to Renovation
Photos: Rob Karosis
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Ivy Bridge-E versus Haswell-E and the gang
Subject: Processors | March 17, 2015 - 03:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Ivy Bridge-E, Intel, i7-4970K, i7-4960X, i7-4770k, Haswell-E
TechPowerUp has put together a quick overview of the differences of Intel's current offerings for your reference when purchasing a new machine or considering an upgrade. The older i7-4770K would run you $310 as compared to $338 for the i7-4790K or $385 for an i7-5820K while the i7-4960X would set you back $1025. Is it worth upgrading your machine if you have an older Haswell, or going full hog to pick up the $1000 flagship model? The results are presented in a handy format and while perhaps not an in depth review the results are quite striking, especially the performance while gaming.
"We review the Haswell-E lineup by pitting all its processors against each other and the Ivy Bridge-E Intel Core i7-4960X, Haswell Refresh Intel Core i7-4970K, and Haswell Intel Core i7-4770K. If you are looking to build a high-end gaming PC, or are looking to upgrade, then look no further: This review will tell you which CPU you will want to get to cover your needs."
Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
- A6-6400K vs. Pentium G3220 CPU Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Core i7-5960X CPU Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Intel Core i5 4690K - the 5GHz project @ HardwareOverclock
GM200 Specifications
With the release of the GeForce GTX 980 back in September of 2014, NVIDIA took the lead in performance with single GPU graphics cards. The GTX 980 and GTX 970 were both impressive options. The GTX 970 offered better performance than the R9 290 as did the GTX 980 compared to the R9 290X; on top of that, both did so while running at lower power consumption and while including new features like DX12 feature level support, HDMI 2.0 and MFAA (multi-frame antialiasing). Because of those factors, the GTX 980 and GTX 970 were fantastic sellers, helping to push NVIDIA's market share over 75% as of the 4th quarter of 2014.
But in the back of our mind, and in the minds of many NVIDIA fans, we knew that the company had another GPU it was holding on to: the bigger, badder version of Maxwell. The only question was going to be WHEN the company would release it and sell us a new flagship GeForce card. In most instances, this decision is based on the competitive landscape, such as when AMD might be finally updating its Radeon R9 290X Hawaii family of products with the rumored R9 390X. Perhaps NVIDIA is tired of waiting or maybe the strategy is to launch soon before Fiji GPUs make their debut. Either way, NVIDIA officially took the wraps off of the new GeForce GTX TITAN X at the Game Developers Conference two weeks ago.
At the session hosted by Epic Games' Tim Sweeney, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang arrived when Tim lamented about needing more GPU horsepower for their UE4 content. In his hands he had the first TITAN X GPU and talked about only a couple of specifications: the card would have 12GB of memory and it would be based on a GPU with 8 billion transistors.
Since that day, you have likely seen picture after picture, rumor after rumor, about specifications, pricing and performance. Wait no longer: the GeForce GTX TITAN X is here. With a $999 price tag and a GPU with 3072 CUDA cores, we clearly have a new king of the court.
Continue reading our review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Graphics Card!!
GTC 2015: NVIDIA Roadmap Shows Pascal with 3D Memory, NVLink and Mixed Precision Compute
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 17, 2015 - 01:47 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: pascal, nvidia, gtc 2015, GTC, geforce
At the keynote of the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) today, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang disclosed some more updates on the roadmap for future GPU technologies.
Most of the detail was around Pascal, due in 2016, that will introduce three new features including mixed compute precision, 3D (stacked) memory, and NVLink. Mixed precision is a method of computing in FP16, allowing calculations to run much faster at lower accuracy than full single or double precision when they are not necessary. Keeping in mind that Maxwell doesn't have an implementation with full speed DP compute (today), it would seem that NVIDIA is targeting different compute tasks moving forward. Though details are short, mixed precision would likely indicate processing cores than can handle both data types.
3D memory is the ability to put memory on-die with the GPU directly to improve overall memory banwidth. The visual diagram that NVIDIA showed on stage indicated that Pascal would have 750 GB/s of bandwidth, compared to 300-350 GB/s on Maxwell today.
NVLink is a new way of connecting GPUs, improving on bandwidth by more than 5x over current implementations of PCI Express. They claim this will allow for connecting as many as 8 GPUs for deep learning performance improvements (up to 10x). What that means for gaming has yet to be discussed.
NVIDIA made some other interesting claims as well. Pascal will be more than 2x more performance per watt efficient than Maxwell, even without the three new features listed above. It will also ship (in a compute targeted product) with a 32GB memory system compared to the 12GB of memory announced on the Titan X today. Pascal will also have 4x the performance in mixed precision compute.
HSA Version 1.0 arrived today
Subject: General Tech | March 17, 2015 - 01:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: hsa foundation, hsa, amd, arm, Samsung, Imagination Technologies, HSAIL
We have been talking about the HSA foundation since 2013, a cooperative effort by AMD, ARM, Imagination, Samsung, Qualcomm, MediaTek and TI to design a heterogeneous memory architecture to allow GPUs, DSPs and CPUs to all directly access the same physical memory. The release of the official specifications today are a huge step forward for these companies, especially for garnering future mobile market share as physical hardware apart from Carrizo becomes available.
Programmers will be able to use C, C++, Fortran, Java, and Python to write HSA-compliant code which is then compiled into HSAIL (Heterogeneous System Architecture Intermediate Language) and from there to the actual binary executables which will run on your devices. HSA currently supports x86 and x64 and there are Linux kernel patches available for those who develop on that OS. Intel and NVIDIA are not involved in this project at all, they have chosen their own solutions for mobile devices and while Intel certainly has pockets deep enough to experiment NVIDIA might not. We shall soon see if Pascal and improvements Maxwell's performance and efficiency through future generations can compete with the benefits of HSA.
The current problem is of course hardware, Bald Eagle and Carrizo are scheduled to arrive on the market soon but currently they are not available. Sea Islands GPUs and Kaveri have some HSA enhancements but with limited hardware to work with it will be hard to convince developers to focus on programming HSA optimized applications. The release of the official specs today is a great first step; if you prefer an overview to reading through the official documents The Register has a good article right here.
"The HSA Foundation today officially published version 1.0 of its Heterogeneous System Architecture specification, which (if we were being flippant) describes how GPUs, DSPs and CPUs can share the same physical memory and pass pointers between each other. (A provisional 1.0 version went live in August 2014.)"
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Droidberry dangles: Why the BlackBerry-Samsung alliance is big potatoes @ The Register
- BlackBerry: FREAK SSL bug affects BES, BBM and BlackBerry smartphones @ The Inquirer
- Apple will pay you to ditch your Android or BlackBerry smartphone @ The Inquirer
- Ext4 Filesystem Improvements to Address Scaling Challenges @ Linux.com
- Microsoft gives EMET divine powers to repel God Mode attack @ The Register
- Microsoft RE-BORKS Windows 7 patch after reboot loop horror @ The Register
- Fujitsu Could Help Smartphone Chips Run Cooler @ Slashdot
- Gigabyte announces financial results for 2014 @ DigiTimes
- 3D Audio Standard Released @ Slashdot
- NikKTech And Nanoxia Spring Break EU Giveaway
Watch NVIDIA Reveal the GTX TITAN X at GTC 2015
Subject: Graphics Cards, Shows and Expos | March 17, 2015 - 10:31 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: nvidia, video, GTC, gtc 2015
NVIDIA is streaming today's keynote from the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) on Ustream, and we have the embed below for you to take part. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will reveal the details about the new GeForce GTX TITAN X but there are going to be other announcements as well, including one featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Should be interesting!
PCPer Live! GeForce GTX TITAN X Live Stream and Giveaway!
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 16, 2015 - 07:13 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, tom petersen, titan x, nvidia, maxwell, live, gtx titan x, gtx, gm200, geforce
UPDATE 2: If you missed the live stream, we now have the replay available below!
UPDATE: The winner has been announced: congrats to Ethan M. for being selected as the random winner of the GeForce GTX TITAN X graphics card!!
Get yourself ready, it's time for another GeForce GTX live stream hosted by PC Perspective's Ryan Shrout! This time the focus is going to be NVIDIA's brand-new GeForce GTX TITAN X graphics card, first teased a couple of weeks back at GDC. NVIDIA's Tom Petersen will be joining us live from the GPU Technology Conference show floor to discuss the GM200 GPU, it's performance and to show off some demos of the hardware in action.
And what's a live stream without a prize? One lucky live viewer will win a GeForce GTX TITAN X 12GB graphics card of their very own! That's right - all you have to do is tune in for the live stream tomorrow afternoon and you could win a Titan X!!
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X Live Stream and Giveaway
1pm PT / 4pm ET - March 17th
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The event will take place Tuesday, March 17th at 1pm PT / 4pm ET at http://www.pcper.com/live. There you'll be able to catch the live video stream as well as use our chat room to interact with the audience. To win the prize you will have to be watching the live stream, with exact details of the methodology for handing out the goods coming at the time of the event.
Tom has a history of being both informative and entertaining and these live streaming events are always full of fun and technical information that you can get literally nowhere else.
If you have questions, please leave them in the comments below and we'll look through them just before the start of the live stream. Of course you'll be able to tweet us questions @pcper and we'll be keeping an eye on the IRC chat as well for more inquiries. What do you want to know and hear from Tom or I?
So join us! Set your calendar for this coming Tuesday at 1pm PT / 4pm ET and be here at PC Perspective to catch it. If you are a forgetful type of person, sign up for the PC Perspective Live mailing list that we use exclusively to notify users of upcoming live streaming events including these types of specials and our regular live podcast. I promise, no spam will be had!
360mm of radiator; the Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate
Subject: Cases and Cooling | March 16, 2015 - 03:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: thermaltake, Water 3.0 Ultimate, watercooling, AIO
Using the Asetek Gen 4 pump and a radiator measuring 393mm x 120mm x 27mm the Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate is a large cooler designed for serious overclockers. The fans are rated at 99CFM and are set up properly with PWM connections to balance noise and performance. Overclockers Club increased their i7-4770K to 4.2GHz and this cooler kept the CPU at an impressive 67 °C, topping the charts of the coolers they have tested previously. They managed to get the chip running at 4.5GHz on 1.241 volts which raised the temperature to 75 °C but that was the highest frequency that particular i7-4770K could reach. Check out their full review here.
"Cooling capacity is dependent on air flow and the Ultimate has you covered. You have close to 300CFM of air at your command, so expect to notice the fans when you crank up the heat and with a cooler this size, a little fan noise just goes with the territory. Thermaltake has refined a few components to make the installation about as easy as it can be. The low profile Asetek pump looks good and is quiet. Even at a 4.5GHz overclock, the Ultimate still has some thermal room if your chip can handle a higher overclock."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate Liquid CPU Cooler Review @ NikKTech
- Raijintek Triton Review: A Bold Alternative @ Modders-Inc
- Cooler Master Nepton 240M Review: The Power of Silence @ Modders-Inc
- Corsair Hydro H110i GT Ext. Perf. AIO CPU Cooler @ [H]ard|OCP
- Noctua NF-A4, NF-A8, NF-A9 Review @ OCC
- Noctua NH-U9S 92mm U-Type Heatsink Review @ Hardware Asylum
- Noctua NH-D9L 92mm D-Type Heatsink Review @ Hardware Asylum
- StarTech.com 42U Low-Cost Server Rack Cabinet @ Phoronix
- Raijintek Aeneas Micro-ATX Cube-Style Chassis @ eTeknix
- Fractal Design Define R5 Review: A Sleeper That Conquers With Features @ Techgage
- NZXT Source 340 @ techPowerUp
Introduction and First Impressions
The Lian Li PC-Q33 is a mini-ITX enclosure with a cube-like appearance and a hinged construction that makes it easy to access the components within.
When a builder is contemplating a mini-ITX system the primary driver is going to be the size. It's incredible that we've reached the point where we can have a powerful single-GPU system with minimal (if any) tradeoffs from the tiny mITX form-factor, but the components need to be housed in an appropriately small enclosure or the entire purpose is defeated. However working within small enclosures is often more difficult, unless the enclosure has been specifically designed to account for this. Certainly no slouch in the design department, Lian Li is no stranger to small, lightweight mini-ITX designs like this. The NCASE M1 (a personal favorite) was manufactured by the company after all, and in some ways the PC-Q33 is reminiscent of that design - in build quality and materials if nothing else. The Q33 features aluminum construction and is very light, and while compact the design of the enclosure allows for effortless component installation. The secret? A hinged design that allows the front of the enclosure to swing down providing full access to the interior.
This approach to accessibility with a small enclosure is a welcome one, and especially so considering the price of the PC-Q33, which retails for $95 on Newegg and can be found for around $105 on Amazon as well. This is still a high cost for many considering a small build and enters the premium price range for an enclosure, but remember the Q33 features an aluminum construction which typically carries a considerably higher cost than steel and plastic. Of course if the case is frustrating to use or has poor thermals than the materials used are meaningless, so in this review we'll look at the build process and thermal results with the Q33 to see if it's a good value. My initial impression is that the price is actually low, but that's coming from someone who looks at a lot of cases and develops a familiarity with the average retail prices in each category.
Continue reading our review of the Lian Li PC-Q33 SFF Chassis!!
It has been a long time since we saw a gaming chair review
Subject: General Tech | March 16, 2015 - 01:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: input, gaming chair
A few years back Ryan reviewed the Nerdytec COUCHMASTER, even longer ago The Tech Report played with the SumoSac and there are still ButtKickers out there for sale. Now you can pick up the brightly coloured AKRACING AK-6011 Gaming Chair which is style after the bucket seats found in many sports cars. Neoseeker picked one up and assembled it to see just how comfortable it and the two included pillows actually are. After two months of usage they are quite happy with the comfort and sturdy design of the chair, so if you really want to make a statement you can pick one up from Amazon, there are different colour schemes available if the only thing that you find odd about this product is the shade of green they used.
"While we aren't strangers to reviewing gaming peripherals, we haven't yet had the chance to take one of AKRACING's premium gaming chairs for a spin. The brand might ring a bell for readers familiar with eSports. Modeled after the seats used in race cars, AKRACING looks to blend fast lane sensibilities with the ergonomic features that users come to expect from any comfortable chair. On our review today is the AKRACING AK-6011 in a two-tone black and green color scheme with two extra pillows to better customize proper sitting posture. See what over $300 for a chair ought to get you."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Challenger Prime Gaming Keyboard Review @ OCC
- Roccat RYOS TKL Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ eTeknix
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The Tech Report Endurance Test Ends Just After 2.4PB
Subject: Storage | March 16, 2015 - 07:00 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: ssd, samsung 840 pro, Samsung, endurance
The Samsung 840 Pro was the last SSD standing in The Tech Report's experiment with a final score of over 2.4 petabytes written. Granted, only one (or two in the case of the Kingston HyperX) of each model participated, which means that one unit could have been top of its batch and another could have been bottom -- and can simply never know. What it does say, however, is that you really should not be worried about writing your SSD to death under normal (or even modestly abnormal) conditions.
This almost looks like one of our Frame Rating charts.
Again, that whole warning (above) about "this could be 100% binning luck" still holds true. Even so, here is the final ranking of contestants!
- Samsung 840 Pro (256GB)
- Kingston HyperX 3K (240GB with Compression)
- Corsair Neutron GTX (240GB)
- Samsung 840 (No Suffix and 250GB)
- Intel 335 (240GB)
- Kingston HyperX 3K (240GB)
The Tech Report notes that the Samsung drives did not warn users through SMART as much as their competitors. In both cases, death from write wearing was abrupt, albeit far into the future. I'd wonder what is next for them, but part of me expects that they never want to run anything like this again.
NVIDIA Quadro M6000 Leaks via Deadmau5
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 14, 2015 - 02:12 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: nvidia, quadro, m6000, deadmau5, gtc 2015
Sometimes information comes from the least likely of sources. Deadmau5, one of the world's biggest names in house music, posted an interesting picture to his Instagram feed a couple of days ago.
Well, that's interesting. A quick hunt on Google for the NVIDIA M6000 reveals rumors of it being a GM200-based 12GB graphics card. Sound familiar? NVIDIA recently announced the GeForce GTX TITAN X based on an identical configuration at GDC last week.
A backup of the Instagram image...in case it gets removed.
With NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference coming up starting this Tuesday, it would appear we have more than one version of GM200 incoming.
Star Citizen Keeps Getting Bigger. Literally.
Subject: General Tech | March 14, 2015 - 08:00 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: star citizen, rsi
When the game is finished, Robert Space Industries is expecting the Star Citizen game client to be 100GB in size. The company was given $75 million USD from fans over the last two and a half years, and they seem to be using it for content. Individual patches are expected to be in the 2 to 6GB range, but could extend to 20GB if an architecture change requires updating old assets to some new system.
I guess this is a case of "be careful what you wish for". When you praise a developer for producing a gigantic experience with tonnes of content, it will need to be stored somewhere. At the same time, I wonder when games from typical publishers will match this bar. Say what you like about crowd-funding, but Star Citizen seems to be an example of the business model done right (although their budget is astronomical and that probably helped).
Star Citizen is slowly being released, piece by piece, with a 2016 shipping date.
GDC 15: Valve's GDC VR "Aperture Science" Demo
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | March 14, 2015 - 07:30 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: vive vr, vive, valve, re vive, Portal 2, Portal, mwc 15, MWC, htc, gdc 15, GDC
At the recent Game Developer Conference and Mobile World Congress events, Valve had a demo for HTC's Vive VR system that was based in the Portal universe. The headset is combined with two controllers, one for each hand, which sound like a cross between Valve's Steam Controller and the Razer Hydra.
When HTC briefed journalists about the technology, they brought a few examples for use with their prototype. C|Net described three: a little demo where you could paint with the controllers in a virtual space, an aquarium where you stand on a sunken pirate ship and can look at a gigantic blue whale float overhead, and a Portal-based demo that is embedded above. I also found "The Gallery" demo online, but I am not sure where it was presented (if anywhere).
Beyond VR, the Source 2 engine, which powers the Portal experience, looks good. The devices looked very intricate and full of detail. Granted, it is a lot easier to control performance when you are dealing with tight corridors or isolated rooms. The lighting also seems spot on, although it is hard to tell whether this capability is dynamic or precomputed.
The HTC Vive developer kit is coming soon, before a consumer launch in the Autumn.
Windows 10 Preview Build Stuff and Stuff
Subject: General Tech | March 14, 2015 - 07:00 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: windows 10, microsoft
So we have been on Build 9926 for a while and Microsoft is aware that we want something new. They started out this Technical Preview claiming that we will see the OS evolve as it is built. While we have, for the most part, been given builds frequently enough to influence the development, the last couple of updates have been about half of their expected interval.
For this release, Microsoft claims that there is just a single blocking bug that is preventing a public release. They also state that users who want a more stable preview build, such as those who installed it to a production machine (not naming any names... sigh), should switch their update schedule to "Slow". Users on the "Fast" lane will get new builds much quicker. The words "Daily Builds" appeared on an internal document, but was quickly clarified as an internal memo.
Microsoft is also considering a third tier that pushes updates faster than both "Fast" and "Slow".
There are two opposing forces when it comes to the update speed of preview software. While you end up with more stability if you are extra careful with troubleshooting, you will not catch every bug. For that matter, there are still bugs that I can point to in Windows 7 that will never be fixed at this point (there is one bug with resizing windows on vertically-separated multiple monitors that still exists in Windows 10 -- although other multi-monitor interfaces that are not in Windows 7 give plenty of workarounds room).
When the update speed is low, you are stuck with bugs that feel excruciating for what feels like forever. Add that to the slow, bursty roll-out of new features and it gives some extra merit to the fast release model. That is, unless you get so quick that you run into bluescreens and other, more critical failures. It is a tough balance that I can sympathize with and empathize to.
It's tough, so I have personally flipped my machine over to "slow". I figure that I could keep on the more stable builds for a short period of time and wait to hear what the community thinks about each new release before flipping to the fast track.
What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments!
MSI Announces New AMD And Intel Motherboards With USB 3.1
Subject: Motherboards | March 14, 2015 - 12:33 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: usb 3.1, msi, FX, atx, asmedia asm1352r, amd, am3+
MSI recently announced a torrent of new motherboards that feature USB 3.1 ports. The refreshed lineup includes ten Intel models and, in an interesting twist, two AMD motherboards. MSI's new motherboards support USB 3.1 by using an Asmedia ASM1352R controller that interfaces with the system via two PCI-E 2.0 lanes (PCI-E 2.0 x2). The controller is rated for the full 10Gbps USB 3.1 speeds.
It is worth noting that the boards use the traditional USB Type-A connector with one exception. The MSI Z97A Gaming 6 features the new reversible Type-C connector in the form of a single Type-C USB 3.1 port on the rear I/O panel. The other boards have at least two USB 3.1 ports on their rear I/O panels.
The new USB 3.1-supporting lineup is listed below:
- AMD (970 chipset):
- SLI Krait Edition
- AMD (990FX chipset):
- 990FXA Gaming
- Intel (Z97 chipset):
- Z97A Gaming 9 ACK
- Z97A Gaming 7
- Z97A Gaming 6
- Intel (X99 chipset):
- X99A Gaming 9 ACK
- X99A Gaming 7
- X99A Xpower AC
- X99A Mpower
- X99A SLI Krait Edition
- X99A SLI Plus
- X99A Raider
These new boards are all essentially minor refreshes of previous versions that add the Asmedia controller and faster USB 3.1 ports. You can expect all the multi-GPU and overclocking-friendly features to remain present on these new motherboards.
MSI's X99 Xpower AC (left) and Z97A Gaming 9 ACK (right) now support 10Gbps USB 3.1 ports.
AM3+ is still technically AMD's enthusiast platform, but it is still somewhat odd that MSI chose to add USB 3.1 support to AM3+ motherboards with AMD's aging 990FX and 970 chipsets rather than FM2+ boards with the newer A88X chipset. On the other hand, you can now add much faster external storage to your AM3+ system to give it a bit more life.
There is no word on pricing but expect the USB 3.1 models to come at a slight premium over the older models in each respective series.
Report: ASRock to Reveal Mini-ITX Haswell-E Motherboard at CeBIT - The X99E-ITX/ac
Subject: Motherboards | March 13, 2015 - 11:34 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: X99, mini-itx, Haswell-E, CeBIT 2015, asrock
AnandTech is reporting that motherboard maker ASRock will be showing off a new Haswell-E motherboard at CeBIT 2015, and it would represent an industry first as this new X99 board is in the mini-ITX form factor.
Cramming an X99 system into mini-ITX does limit the platform, as the form-factor's two-DIMM limitation means this can only support dual-channel memory. The other obvious penalty is the single x16 PCI Express slot, though ASRock has incorporated an M.2 connector that may be using a x4 connection (the article points out the "Ultra M.2" listing on the box).
The LGA 2011-3 socket is apparently a slim version according to the report, but it still dominates the tiny motherboard. Dual Intel NICs and included 802.11ac WiFi make this very capable from a networking standpoint, but with limited expansion and reduced memory bandwidth this will appeal to only a limited number of users. Very compact micro-ATX enclosures and existing X99 motherboards in the mATX form-factor can already provide a platform for a very powerful small build, but there is something to be said for the engineering that has made the move the mini-ITX possible.
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One item of interest is the inclusion of a heatsink and fan with the motherboard, and given the unusual layout and socket design it is unclear what the aftermarket cooler support might be like with this motherboard. We should see further details soon as CeBIT 2015 kicks off next week.
Dual GPUs can still be quiet
Subject: Systems | March 13, 2015 - 06:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: sli, quiet computing
Silent PC Review spends a lot of effort choosing components which offer a great performance but do not create a lot of noise and their latest sytem is a perfect example. Even with a pair of air cooled GTX 970's and an i5-4690K this system only hit 23dBA under load, quiet enough for SPCR to confirm their 970's suffer from coil whine. The sound came primarily from the GPUs as you would expect so it is possible that finding a very quiet radiator and watercooling them might reduce the sound produced even further. It just goes to show how much quieter air cooling has become from the days of screaming 40mm Deltas.
"For our 8th Quiet Gaming PC Build Guide, we take on the challenge of two high-end video cards in an SLI configuration featuring a pair of Zotac GTX 970s in the SilverStone Fortress FT05 case."
Here are some more Systems articles from around the web:
- Chillblast Fusion Barbarian Gaming PC @ Kitguru
- ECS Liva SOC Mini-PC System @ eTeknix
- TR's February 2015 System Guide
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We're getting back into USB device roundup testing. To kick it off, Patriot passed along a couple of USB samples for review. First up is the Supersonic Phoenix 256GB:
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- Write speed: up to 170MB/s
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HiFiMAN's HE-400i Planar Magnetic Headphones for those with the ears to hear
Subject: General Tech | March 13, 2015 - 01:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: audio, hifiman, HE-400i
When HiFiMan refers to the single-sided planar magnetic driver in the HE-400i headset they are describing the positioning of the magnets within the drivers, single sided only have magnets on the side of the driver that is facing away from your ear. As you might expect from this design decision this is not an inexpensive gaming headset but a high end audiophile headset and the $500 price tag further emphasizes this. TechPowerUp had a chance to don these earphones and try them out, connected to JDSLabs C5D and O2 headphone amps and were more than impressed. Indeed the bass reproduction of the HE-400i came near to matching the HE-560 which is twice the price. If you have a decent headphone amp and discerning ears then HiFiMan is brand to take under consideration.
"HiFiMAN has always been known to produce some pretty interesting high-end headphones. Today, we take a look at the new HE-400i. It uses the same magnet array technology HiFiMAN introduced with the critically acclaimed HE-560."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Kingston Cloud II Gaming Headset @ eTeknix
- Kingston HyperX Cloud II Headset Review @ OCC
- Corsair Gaming H1500 Dolby Gaming Headset Review @ Madshrimps
- BlueAnt PUMP HD Sportbuds Review @ NikKTech
- Turtle Beach Stealth 500X Xbox One Headset @ eTeknix
- Astro A40 + Mixamp M80 Xbox One Headset @ eTeknix
Even Intel is feeling the pinch, to the tune of a billion dollars
Subject: General Tech | March 13, 2015 - 12:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Q1, Intel, earnings, billions
Earlier in the week came distressing news from many manufacturers of PC components and now Intel has made their financial state a little clearer. The Register has posted the numbers, predicted earnings for Q1 of this year have dropped from USD13.7 billion +/- $500 million, down to USD12.8bn +/- $300 million. Losing about a billion dollars in profit is going to hurt anyone, even the mighty Intel. The drop in the PC market comes from a variety of sources but two of the most likely candidates are the lack of cash in consumers pockets to upgrade and a lack of competition driving an urge to upgrade. Once many gamers would willing live on ramen noodles for a time so that they could afford the next GPU or CPU upgrade thanks to the impressive performance increases the next generation offered. Now new releases tend to offer a small incremental performance increase and occasionally new features which are impressive but nowhere near what an upgrade 10 years ago offered. Certainly part of the issue is the difficult of coaxing a bit more performance out of silicon and with the reduced competition it is less financially attractive to fund expensive and risky R&D projects than it is to work on small incremental increases in efficiency and performance.
Here's hoping for a change to this market in the coming years.
"Intel has lowered its revenue forecast for the first quarter of its fiscal 2015 by nearly a billion dollars, citing a weaker than expected PC market."
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Replacement fly-half Phil Godman hit a dramatic late drop goal to propel Edinburgh to a dramatic 27-24 victory over Racing Metro at the Stade Yves du Manoir.
In a delicately poised Pool 2, Edinburgh grabbed their second victory on the road to keep the pressure on Cardiff Blues as they hunt for their first quarter-final spot in eight years. Back-row trio Ross Rennie, Netani Talei and David Denton all crossed as the visitors led for the majority of the game. But Racing responded with three tries of their own and looked set to share the spoils before Godman struck to clinch only Edinburgh's second victory on French soil.
Both sides battled for early dominance but neither could find their rhythm and Juan Martin Hernandez and Greg Laidlaw's early missed shots at goal kept the game scoreless. Sebastien Chabal's powerful early breaks provided some spark but the game really kicked into gear when Rennie crossed for the opening score.
Quick ball from the base from Mike Blair initiated things and Rennie was then fed in midfield and did not need a second invitation to barge through the weak defence and run in under the posts for a converted score.
Tackling in the midfield was again questionable for Racing's opening try. Edinburgh had repelled their hosts' repeated efforts well until Fabrice Estebanez created a hole in midfield and offloaded to Francois Steyn, who dived over. Hernandez had no problems with his second shot at goal, levelling the scores with the conversion. But Racing then seemed to take their foot off the gas and with Edinburgh in confident mood, it was always clear who was going to score next.
A quick attack down the blind side set up field position and then Edinburgh bided their time before Talei broke through and stretched over the line to grab a second try for the Scots. Captain Laidlaw added the conversion to give his side a healthy advantage at the break.
With Cardiff not playing until Saturday this was an ideal opportunity for Edinburgh to lay down a marker after the break but their lead lasted just two second-half minutes. Juan Imhoff made a mockery of the covering defence, outsprinting them down the blind side before rounding Chris Paterson with ease to level the score.
Rather than consolidate, Racing immediately started looking for their next score and switched off in defence, allowing Denton to sprint clear for the game's fifth try and make it a try apiece for the visiting back row. But they soon responded with the game's sixth try as Antoine Battut touched down after an attack that always looked destined to end with a try. Hernandez again levelled the scores, this time from the touchline before making way for Jonathan Wisniewski.
Wisniewski missed the chance to edge his side in front just minutes after coming on, with a long-range kick drifting wide, but the fly-half had no problem as his second effort sailed over. Laidlaw responded with three points of his own two minutes later and then Godman struck just before the final whistle, dropping Edinburgh to victory.
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A lovely portal to Ojai with hilltop privacy and epic views, peace quiet and contemplation in abundance.
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Enjoy Ojai, one of California's most special destinations for tourism, health, art, spirit, retreats, workshops, shopping, dining and outdoor sports. Located in the mountains, yet only 1 hour north of Los Angeles, Ojai is only 10 minutes from the beach and 30 minutes from Santa Barbara.
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+ 5 minutes to downtown Ojai 12 minutes to BEACH!
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Guests enjoy access to a large yard with fruit bearing trees including citrus, plum, fig and guava seasonally. There is a treehouse / meditation deck, bamboo temple, horseshoes, trampoline and aerial fabrics to use at your own risk.
Additionally an interconnected network of meandering driveways make for nice off-street walking along the ridge and down to Villanova road or the main road where just across a bike and horse path takes one either into Ojai or all the way to the beach.
Bicycles may be available.
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I'm happy to provide information and guidance as much as possible and equally happy to let guests enjoy tranquility and privacy.
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This neighbor hood is special as it's a long ridge in it's own corner of Ojai with two large private properties of many hundred acres each to the north and south. In fact one can't really see any other houses from here except the Krotona Spiritual Library in the distance.
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The Ojai Trolly stop is about a 10 minute walk as is the bike path... which is faster if you ride a bike. ;)
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My lovely daughter Taia can offer breakfast, room service and daily housekeeping for an additional charge.
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The home and property were beautiful! My girlfriend and I spent 2 nights and had such a great time we spent more time at Johann's place then expected just because of its peaceful location.
Johann was very friendly, accommodating and interested in being sure our visit was a great one. Beautiful views all the way around and the vibe or energy of the grounds is quiet. The apartment was clean, neat and the bed was very comfortable. There is a lovely elevated tree house type platform where you can watch all sorts of birds and red tailed hawks fly around and the sunsets from here are spectacular! I recommend that you visit!
Johann gave us a very warm welcome and was a great host overall. The listing description was accurate, but it cannot capture the magic of this place. The house is located atop a beautiful hill, quiet, with a great view. Highly recommended.
My husband and I went to Johann's guest apartment for almost a week. He was a very relaxed and friendly host. It was a great place to explore Ojai and the surrounding area including Santa Barbara. The property has wonderful views from the back deck and towards the hills from the front garden. The apartment worked perfectly well for us. Johann's places is a great place for people who are looking to enjoy nature, explore and relax. Thanks Johann for the opportunity to visit your place!
Johann was very welcoming, and responsive to all our needs. The apartment was as advertised, with a very comfy bed! The views are beautiful!
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Disappointing experience. The host was very nice to accomodate me late in the evening, and for that i am grateful; but the space i wanted that is listed on airbnb for the same dates that the owner has is booked, and so this small space was offered and i chose it.
The whole house feels and looks old, the little sitout/balcony has rotten brooken wood, there is a lot of bird poo everywhere from the peacocks. There is no living room, just the bed and hard wooden chairs in the kitchen, and a very small bathroom. The only good thing was the comfortable bed. The other place that is not available on the property describes the place as a ''mystic retreat'' place, well... all i heard the first night were cars, because the road is a few hundred meters below the property, so its not that mystical and not that much of a retreat, When i arrived, tired and in the dark, the owner rushed out and instead of welcoming me and letting me land on my feet in strange new (dark) surroundings, said ''oh i just read your reviews and i am so nervous about you coming and very apprehensive and worried'' and the fear he sent my way and the body language were just making it clear he was not happy and afraid, a very unpleasant way to arrive, making me want to leave immediately. The appropriate thing to do is to welcome someone and then at a timely moment mention the bad reviews, not associate them with the guest and ask what warranted the bad reviews!.
If i have left negative reviews that is because the place(s) was bad, i love to leave good reviews, and leave many many 5 star great reviews on tripadvisor if the place calls for a great review, if it calls for a bad one then what can i do, lie? So this place is disappointing, and it feels like so many places, a tired worn out cash cow and in need of maintenance and more care. Ohw you also hear rather loud walking above your head and the owner works out right next to the sliding doors and sits out right next to the other entrance so your privacy is basically zero.
Erik, please read my review. I chose to ignore your odd and ominous behavior and be generous. Obviously you did not.
It really seems you have some odd particulars and bad reviews are your habit. My place is beautiful. I was nervous after reading your reviews and host reviews of you. I did approach this immediately on your arrival especially since your check in was highly irregular and I sensed difficulty around you BEFORE I read the reviews. I was ready then and there to decide if I would turn you away... not after you had settled in. I have a 12 year old daughter and I won't expose her to anything my intuition tells me I shouldn't You assured me everything was fine and that you would be an easy guest. And you were, until now with your ridiculous review.
I dropped what I was doing to accommodate you late in the evening. I was generous and kind and honest. I requested that you tell me if something wasn't prefect... instead it seems you prefer to leave unnecessarily critical reviews.
If you can't be honest up front, you may want to reconsider your relationship with Airbnb hosts as I don't think you will get what you need. Perhaps hotels would suit you best.
Yes there are sounds from cars during the day 400 meters away down the hill, and not not at all during the night. And yes I do work in my kitchen, home office and table at times in the expansive front yard... it's not near the door to the apartment at all but around the house 20 meters away. I saw you twice for 10 seconds in 4 days. How is that not privacy? You want total seclusion, not privacy. This is what you should seek in the future. Something padded with no windows deep in the desert perhaps with not a soul around.
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Between now and Friday, July 6th, players are invited to take the best screenshots they can from the original Half-Life and send them to firstname.lastname@example.com. After the deadline, four winners will be selected. Along with getting their screens featured on Valve's Storefront for Half-Life, they'll also be receiving some free games in Steam, although which specific games have not yet been announced.
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£120,000 3 Bedrooms Rowan Court, Catterick Village, DL10 7RS
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**EXCELLENT FIRST TIME BUYER/ BUY TO LET - APPROXIMATE MONTHLY RENTAL £500.00PCM/CHAIN FREE**If you are looking for a character cottage close to the town centre this may be the property for you. Ideal for a holiday cottage, quirky and full of character,
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Enjoying fine views over Richmond golf course, a modern end-terrace property of individual design, thoughtfully planned offering generous two bedroom accommodation with two living rooms finished to a high standard and certainly warranting viewing.
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Thanks Penfold. I'm thinking of building a 4' long 7" wide wood grow box. I will put 3 of those on a 4' x 2' self & have the light above. Do you think I could get away with growing the full crop of lettuce, kale & spinach under 4 6500K bulbs (attached to 2 shop lights)? Would that provide enough light for them?
T8's should really be placed quite close to the plants, or the light level drops off quickly. I would probably use one fixture for each grow box so that you have light directly over each plant. You could also hang reflective mylar along the sides for a slight boost.
You could always try 2 fixtures and add another later if necessary, but I think a third fixture will help a lot.