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Bonds' late jumper lifts UF in WNIT round of 16
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jaterra Bonds hit a short jumper in the paint with three seconds remaining and Florida rallied late for a thrilling 67-65 victory against Charlotte in the round of 16 at Women's National Invitation Tournament played at Halton Arena Wednesday night.
The Gators trailed by four points with 1:05 remaining before freshman January Miller drilled a three-pointer with 52 seconds on the clock. Freshman Christin Mercer then came up with her career-best fourth steal of the game with 24 seconds left.
Jai Forney fouled Bonds on a shot attempt, sending UF's top free thrower to the line. She made the first and tied the game at 65 with 20.1 seconds remaining, but missed the second attempt. Jennifer George, the Gator's lone senior, collected the miss – just her fourth rebound of the game - and the Gators called a timeout to draw up the final play that worked to perfection, as Bonds spun in the paint and dropped in the floater for the victory.
"I'm so proud of our fight, our resilience," said UF's Amanda Butler, who coached at Charlotte for four years prior to becoming the head coach at her alma mater.
Florida (21-14) advances to the WNIT quarterfinals and plays at James Madison (25-10) on Saturday.
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The iPad 2,4 Review: 32nm Brings Better Battery Lifeby Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/4/2012 12:50 AM EST
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dagamer34 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkIt's kind of a shame that Samsung wasn't ready to product a 32nm A5X for the new iPad. While it's obvious that most of the battery life "issues" come from the amount of power the backlight consumes, a cooler running SoC would have been much appreciated. Reply
PeteH - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkI doubt Apple would risk an entirely new SoC on an unproven process. If the 32nm A5 had been delayed because of process issues they could just keep manufacturing 45nm A5s and shipping iPad 2s. If a 32nm A5X is delayed, you slip the iPad 3. Reply
Samus - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkdagamer34, the backlighting in the new iPad consumes the same amount as any other screen in any other iPad. I assume what you are trying to say is the screen is where most power consumption is used, which is correct, and the case with almost all mobile devices.
The new iPad does need a die shrink, though, that's for sure. The GPU portion of the A5X consumes around 30% of the battery alone when driving full resolution graphics, which is why it has 30% less battery life than the iPad 2. Reply
sigmatau - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkThat didn't make much sense. The iPad 3 also has a battery that's almost double the iPad 2. Reply
j2ozone - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkThe display has 4x as many pixels > which means it has 4x as much pixel wiring > which absorbs 4x as much of the backlight as older ipad display wiring > which means the backlight has to be brighter > which uses more power. Reply
mbzastava - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkIt is not the backlight that is making the huge difference in power draw. it is the quad-core gpu that is working 4 times harder than the dual-core gpu it replaced. all backlighting is done via edge-lighting, and the delta in power consumption to step up to a marginally brighter output is negligible considering the doubling of the battery capacity (doubly especial since LEDs are already pretty efficient). If you have ever taken apart laptop LCD screens you would understand. Reply
frostyfiredude - Saturday, May 05, 2012 - linkThere is a more beefy backlight for the reason ozone said, go look at the review of the 3rd gen iPad and you'll see how large an effect bumping up the brightness causes compared to in previous iPads.
Another way to see this is by looking at the numbers in this review where power use between the iPad 3,1 2,1 and 2,4 are compared. In H.264 playback the GPU and CPU are both doing essentially nothing so it isolates the screen fairly effectively. At the same brightness iPad 3,1 uses 4.9W, iPad 2,1 uses 2.4W and iPad 2,4 uses 2.2W. This shows that the display uses around 2.5W more power at the chosen brightness level. Looking at the same chart the GPU appears to be pulling about 2W extra (assuming moonbat works the CPU as hard as infinity blade 2). Reply
Steelbom - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkThe iPad 3's display does actually consume a lot more power than the iPad 2's display, coming in at 7 watts per hour compared to only 2.7 watts per hour, both at max brightness.
I'd say the A5 uses at most 3w when under load, and I'd give the A5X about 4w.
(Scroll to the bottom and then up until you find the power consumption graphics.) Reply
victorengel - Monday, July 16, 2012 - linkSomething is wrong. Your units don't make any sense. Perhaps you meant watts rather than watts per hour? Reply
lolstebbo - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkI think you can tell if it's a 2,4 or not: presumably, only the 2,4 models would have the iCloud logo on the box. Reply
marioyohanes - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkUnfortunately, if you bought iPad 2 after iCloud launched, you'll get iCloud logo on the box anyway. Late 2011 production to be exact. Since I have 2 different iPad 2, one I bought on April, and another one after 4S launched, the later has iCloud logo. Reply
Souka - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkDid anyone by chance OPEN one of these new iPads and look at the battery?
Is is the same as the "older" iPad2? Or possibly a slightly higher capacity?
I didn't see any mention in the article so it made me wonder, that's all.
:) Reply
lolstebbo - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkAh. Odd, but makes sense. Reply
dasartis - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkDoes anyone know how to check to see what the version number is using a method other than geekbench? It's $0.99 in the app store, and I wouldn't use it for anything other than the version check. Reply
frederickd - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkI just used Battery Life Pro to find out my iPad is a 2,4. Battery Life Pro is free and has a button with the picture of a computer chip on it. Touch that and then go to System Info and you have the informaiton. Hope this helps. Reply
Dutchdaun - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkGo to the Settings icon, General, Info, Diagnosis and Usage, Dianosis and Usage, and open one of the .plist files. In the second or third line is the model number. Be awere, I translated the menu items from the Dutch language so the menu items could be labeled otherwise in English. Reply
iwod - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkAny reason why Apple would want to use TSMC instead? I am guessing the cost of the new A5R is roughly the same because the Wafer cost is much higher and you get less yield. Reply
CoreDuo - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkBecause these days Samsung isn't only their supplier, but they're a main competitor as well. Reply
dagamer34 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkFor Apple, that's a silly reason, since they make far more money off of selling their products than they would ever get from patents and Samsung is a rock solid supplier going as far back as the original iPhone.
They may want some diversity, but because Samsung and Apple actually need each other, they aren't going to stupidly turn down each other's business. Note that while their lawyers might fight, shareholders would NOT be happy with the amount of lost business/production of product. Reply
medi01 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkWhich "money from patents" are you talking about, my dear?
Apple didn't try to get money for it's "patents" (getting payed for "rectangular shape with rounded corners" would be hilarious, though), they've "merely" went "thermonuclear" (c) Hypnosteve to STOP Samsung's product altogether.
And they, in fact, succeded in doing it in Germany, thanks to the reasonable judge, Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann. Now Germans get "N" version of 10.1, with silly looking ears. (no ears design is patented, you know) Reply
AssBall - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkHow about money from patents they actually get money from.
Germany has 1/4 the population and 1/4 the apple users of the United states. Reply
name99 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkThe issue is not fighting between Apple and Samsung --- there's a minor issue that they are already both trying to calm down and resolve.
The real issue is that any responsible company always has a plan B in place, just in case something unexpected happens. Earthquake in Korea? Typhoon in Taiwan? Samsung get stuck trying to get below 32nm but TSMC make fine progress? et etc Reply
chrnochime - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkI keep seeing this weird iPad number instead of 1 or 2 or 3. Is this firefox not playing nice with anandtech? Seems to only occur with iPad articles and nothing else too. What's going on?? Reply
Mojoed - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkFirefox is fine. Read the article. :)
All those numbers refer to the different versions of the iPad 2.
First page, first table explains the differences. Reply
ImSpartacus - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkI think he's being sarcastic.
...dear god, I HOPE he's being sarcastic. Reply
hmoobphajej - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkIt's explained in the article but they're using IPad 2,4 to refer to the newer IPad 2 that are being produced with a different SOC. That's all. So more or less it is just a revision of the older IPad 2. Reply
mavere - Friday, May 04, 2012 - link16 hours of high profile playback and 8 hours of Infinity Blade II is ridiculous. I hope this is a taste of what's to come in next year's model. Reply
lamda - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkiPad 2,4 iPad 2 iPad (3rd generation)
Idle at Homescreen 2.7 W 2.9 W 6.1 W
Video Playback (720p HP) 2.2 W 2.4 W 4.9 W Reply
dagamer34 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkMy extremely wild guess is that the dedicated H.264 decoder is far more power efficient than the energy it takes to render the home screen (assuming that new frames are rendered even if the screen doesn't change, if not, my theory holds no water). Reply
dagamer34 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkIt would also help to explain why video playback allows for the iPad to last so long. It doesn't really require the CPU or GPU since it's all being taken care of by the dedicated hardware decoder. Reply
PeteH - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkWas video testing done full screen or letterboxed? Assuming it was done letterboxed, is it possible that backlighting of the display can be selectively turned off near the top and bottom of the screen? That would definitely save power.
It'd be easy enough to test. Just run the test full screen and see if the playback time changes. Reply
dagamer34 - Monday, May 07, 2012 - linkBacklight works across the entire display. There is no local dimming. Reply
jjj - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkNot so sure the foundry part is working all that well,they didn't had 32nm for the ipad 3 and they had to cut a few corners without it (huge battery- ads cost , weight and bulk , way hotter , moving the ram on the other side of the PCB ).
You put a positive spin on the way they transitioned to 32nm but there is no reason to keep the 32nm part low vol,and not transition all ipad 2 SKUs if Samsung has capacity and yields are good so something might not be quite there just yet. I always thought the ipad 3 on 45nm was a plan B device and Apple having A5 on 32nm this early makes it look even more so. Reply
BSMonitor - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkSure there is. Apple has no control of the volume for the A5X if they have TSMC move to a new node and try and build a new SoC on it. We have seen ALL CPU/GPU manufacturers struggle with yield when transitions to new nodes coincide with new designs. So rather risk holding back 30 million iPad 3's to a April, May, June launch, they took the risk of low yields out of the equation and stuck with 45nm.
Remember, any transition to a new node for any chip maker is typically a different Fab. And/or retooling existing Fabs. So as new 32nm Fab's come online, they won't be anywhere near the capacity of 45nm Fab's for some time.
We don't mention this much, because Intel has made this seem almost immaterial. But it is a BIG deal, and VERY expensive to ramp new nodes. Look at AMD, this side of the game would have eventually bankrupted them due to the expense of it all. Reply
BSMonitor - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkErr. Samsung not TSMC.. LOL Reply
ltcommanderdata - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkIt's not just the iPad 3 that would find a 32nm shrink useful. With it's higher battery consumption, it's interesting that Apple didn't decide to use the 3G iPad 2 as the 32nm A5 testbed. The 3G iPad 2 is also presumably a lower volume product than the WiFi iPad 2 which also works in it's favour as a pilot. Would an SoC change still require a new round of carrier/government radiation testing, since that would be a major disincentive?
It's good that you found the performance of the iPad2,4 unchanged. Your previous new AppleTV articles mentioned that it was coupled with a single 512MB LPDDR2 RAM die indicating only a single 32-bit channel memory configuration. It looks like the 32nm A5 in the iPad 2,4 implements the full 2x64-bit memory system.
Given the smartphone GPU performance showing in the Exynos 4412, if Apple wants to regain the GPU performance crown and hold it into 2013 when Rogue shows up, they'll probably need to be more aggressive than an up-clocked 32nm A5 in the iPhone 5. The 32nm A5 looks like a shoe-in for the next iPod Touch though. Reply
André - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkWhy?
Everything in iOS is synced to 60Hz, which SGX543MP2 already does at 960 x 640.
Sure you could always add more eye candy. Reply
gevorg - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkNot sure why Apple would be so conservative about rolling out the 32nm process with such a limited run for more than half of 2012, while Samsung just released their Galaxy S3 build on 32nm and ready to sell like hotcakes. Reply
KoolAidMan1 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkApple is selling every single iPad that they make. Potential supply constraints from a new process is a huge risk to take. Low initial yields are a common bottleneck for new products, look at what is happening with the GTX 680 right now.
They weighed the pros and cons and decided to go with what is proven, tradeoff being the absolutely massive A5X SoC.
Also note that new iPad production started late last year. Just a few months makes quite a difference, which is why we'll soon be seeing 32nm in upcoming smartphones. Reply
BSMonitor - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkActually, the Galaxy S3 accounts for a fraction of the new Ipads necessary for its launch. Reply
Tuvok86 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkdo you think Apple will introduce the 32nm soc on iPad 3 silently or they will wait for the next iteration? Reply
guidryp - Friday, May 04, 2012 - link"Note that idle power is actually higher than video playback simply because there's more that's being driven on the display, at a higher intensity on the iOS home screen than on a dark 16:9 video."
That really doesn't make sense. This is LCD, not OLED. Displaying black/white should take about the same amount of power, because the backlight is uniform and covers the whole display. It doesn't turn off on dark areas of the screen.
Perhaps Apple cheats and turns down the brightness while a movie plays. Create a movie that has a pure white screen and measure nits... Reply
André - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkNo need to call shenanigans. You simply failed to read what was written.
It isn't the screen that uses less power but the SoC because it has dedicated hardware for video playback. Reply
guidryp - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkHe is clearly talking about screen content, when he mentions "dark 16:9 video" which implies that power changes drastically dependent on what is displayed.
This is true for OLED screens, but untrue for LCD screens.
Also while dedicated Video decode HW offloads work from CPU/GPU, they essentially have no work to offload while idle. Really great dedicated Video decode HW could get you to idle consumption, but I don't see how it could get you below idle.
Something very strange here. Reply
PeteH - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkWhat about bandwidth? 8-bit 4:2:0 video is a bit less than 40% of the size of 8-bit ARGB (for equivalent source dimensions). Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkThere could be a handful of things happening here:
1) It is possible to have a small reduction in LCD power consumption by displaying black vs. white. The gap isn't anywhere near as dramatic as it can be on an OLED display, but it can be measurable. This alone can't explain the difference, I agree.
2) It's possible that Apple is putting the SoC into an even lower power state when a video playback scenario is triggered. Apple does quite a bit of aggressive power management so this wouldn't be too far fetched.
3) It's not clear to me if Apple is doing any localized dimming, which would have a significant impact on video decode power consumption.
Take care,
Anand Reply
guidryp - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkI think the back-light as the largest power draw (especially in idle), is the easiest source of savings. Displaymate measured 7watts at max for the back-light alone on iPad 3 !
Easy reductions either from a simple general brightness reduction when a movie is playing, or dynamic backlight control while a movie is playing. Done right it gets some savings while being hard to notice.
I really don't think you can get a much lower power state while playing video, than while just displaying a start screen. In either case the CPU is still running, still instantly ready for touch, or sensor reactions.
However they did it, it is a slick piece of engineering. Reply
Pshooter - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkhttp://www.displaymate.com/iPad_ShootOut_1.htm Reply
BSMonitor - Friday, May 04, 2012 - link"This particular iPad 2,4 sample came from Best Buy, and several attempts to find one elsewhere came up short. All indications seem to point to the iPad 2,4 being relatively rare, which makes sense considering what's inside it."
Was one of the other attempts Apple's own website?? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkThe other tries were at an Apple store (3x) and a Walmart (1x).
Take care,
Anand Reply
spdfreak - Monday, May 07, 2012 - linkDisplay model at the BB here in Douglasville, GA was running 5.1 so I guess it is the newer model? Reply
BlazeEVGA - Friday, May 04, 2012 - link
"It's also only available in a single capacity." Please clarify... Reply
MorphiusFaydal - Monday, May 07, 2012 - linkThe iPad 2 (post new iPad release) is only available as a 16 GB WiFi-only model. So it's only available in a single capacity. Reply
shompa - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkWhy do all believe that smaller process nodes decreases the cost of manufacture the chips? Yes: You can fit more die candidates on a smaller process node, but the wafer price is raised for each new processor node.
Only of you own you own fabs and don't count the migration cost from one node to another node you are guaranteed a cheaper price per node shrink. Reply
shompa - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkApple must have hired hundreds/maybe thousand of people working on their SoCs. PA Semi + more.
To make a new tapeout/masks for exactly the same processor that is used today. I can't recall that in history.
If we believe the rumors that Apple got test wafers from TSMC june and october last year, then Apple designed at least 3 SoCs last year.
A5X, A532nm and A6/ARM15. Reply
PeteH - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkWouldn't Samsung be responsible for the masks? Reply
name99 - Friday, May 04, 2012 - link"This is nothing new, but it's always interesting to get an idea of the amount of variance Apple considers acceptable."
I think it's important to distinguish between variance that Apple considers acceptable (because it doesn't really make a difference) and variance Apple considers acceptable (because what choice do they have?)
I have complained to Apple about how irritating it is to have items that should be consistent (think of contact photos shared via iCloud for example, where the human eye is very sensitive to minute variations) appear different on iMac, iPad, MBA, and iPhone screens; and I suspect Apple is sympathetic to the problem. But screen technology is where it is today, and right now we have to accept these sorts of variations as part of the deal (different companies, different processes, lots of experimentation) that gives us really amazing quality screens for just a few hundred dollars each. Maybe in ten years we'll be in a position to deliver a single consistent screen appearance across the entire product line.
(And as for people who think complaining that contact photos look different on different screens is the height of pettiness: perhaps there's a reason that the one company that appears to care about these minor details is ALSO the one company that's making money hand over fist in this area?) Reply
Reflex - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkWas this a comparison of a brand new iPad 2,1 to a brand new 2,4? I ask because the 15% gain seems dubious when the CPU is such a tiny portion of the overall power budget. What I do know is that over time LiON batteries lose their charge capacity, so comparing a year old iPad2 to a brand new iPad2 would show the new one as having better battery life even if they had identical internal hardware.
Did I miss this in the review? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkI got this question via email as well:
All of the tests were re-run on a newer but not brand new iPad 2, with very few charge cycles (< 20) on the battery. I also ran a test comparing battery life of the older iPad 2 at new vs. when tested and showed no measurable decrease in battery life (you can actually see that video playback battery life hasn't changed even compared to our original iPad 2 review). Finally, the power consumption results remove the battery from the equation and validate the difference in power.
The web browsing test is going be primarily dominated by display, followed by SoC power consumption. Keep in mind that even when the CPU cores aren't busy parsing HTML and running javascript, leakage is still a problem - Samsung is promising a ~10x decrease in leakage from the move to 32nm.
Take care,
Anand Reply
Reflex - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkThanks for the reply, its appreciated. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Saturday, May 05, 2012 - linkAn update - I didn't feel settled with my response to you so I ran a sanity check against a brand new (never before discharged) 45nm iPad 2 and measured a 2.2% difference between the results (fairly normal for run to run variation) and our iPad 2,1 numbers here.
Take care,
Anand Reply
Oxford Guy - Friday, May 04, 2012 - link"There's no known way to tell whether you're getting an iPad 2,4 vs. the older iPad 2,1 without opening the box. The 2,4 unit I ended up with was made in China, ruling out manufacturing region as a way of telling. The external box looks identical, as does the device itself.
To deal with that fact, Apple is continuing to ship the original 45nm iPad 2,1 alongside the new 32nm iPad 2,4. Any hiccups in Samsung's production of the A5 and there are still more than enough iPad 2,1s to go around. The risk of moving to 32nm is effectively mitigated, while the learnings Apple gains from building the 32nm A5 will pay off later this year as Apple ramps up production of a 32nm SoC for use in the next iPhone. It's a very smart strategy, one you would expect from an experienced chip company - not a device vendor."
Sorry, but I call this bad business. It's simply bad business for one customer to get something better than another, due to luck. It's business for people to not know what it is they're getting for their money. Reply
Oxford Guy - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkCorrection: "It's bad business for people to not know what it is they're getting for their money." Reply
pixelstuff - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkIt's only bad business if people get something worse than what they think they are getting. Reply
Deelron - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkThey're either getting exactly what they paid for or more, I don't see any problem with that. Reply
ThreeDee912 - Saturday, May 05, 2012 - linkIt's the same thing Microsoft and Sony have been doing with consoles. There are literally dozens of different revisions of the 360 and PS3 with more efficient components in them, with little or no difference in the packaging. It's why Anand referenced gaming consoles in his article. Reply
Mrmixor - Sunday, May 13, 2012 - linkIncorrect. Read latest posts! Buy iPad 2,4 at will! Crushes the iPad retina in key areas! Reply
Xerazal - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkSerial number was DMQH98DRDFHW, not sure if that helps.
had it exchanged without knowing it was the 32nm model, and now i have the normal ipad 2.. whats weird is that i checked the serial to see when they were both manufactured, and the 32nm ipad 2 was manufactured in March 2012 while the 45nm ipad 2 was manufactured in APRIL 2012. they still make the 45nm one i guess.. either that or this is a 32nm version, but geek bench is showing it as ipad 2 now with A5 processor? Reply
Xerazal - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkPart numbers are different. at least for black it is. Part number for old ipad is MC769LL/A while new is MC954LL/A. too bad i already exchanged my 32nm ipad out and got the 45nm model as a replacement because of light bleeding on the screen.. T~T Reply
pixelstuff - Friday, May 04, 2012 - linkIs there a weight difference between a 2,1 and a 2,4 tablet? If so then maybe there is a weight difference in the full package.
I suppose it is possible there are enough discrepancies in the batteries of an identical iPad model that it could make a weight reading impossible. Reply
sonci - Saturday, May 05, 2012 - linkIn the hype of Galaxy S3, immediately an Apple Review!! Reply
tytung - Sunday, May 06, 2012 - linkAnand Please review Galaxy Note. Thank You. Reply
gkbeer - Sunday, May 06, 2012 - linkAnd why aren't they printed on the box? I thought that was a requirement. Reply
Takoru - Friday, May 11, 2012 - linkI just bought an iPad 2 16GB, black via the Apple Store Germany. I ordered it online.
My iPad was manufactured on April the 17th in China. (The white one in this article was manufactured on April the 14th, in China).
Sadly, i got an iPad 2,1 with a 45nm SoC.
It's really sad that not every iPad will get the new 32nm SoC.
If someone knows where I really have the chance to get one, I'ld be happy about a private message here on anandtech.
My iPad 2 is going back then. Also, the black smart cover I ordered has white lines on it.
I thought Apple stand for quality, bleh. Reply
Takoru - Friday, May 11, 2012 - linkMaybe it's a help that my serial number is starting with "DV". The serial number of the white one in this article is starting with "DM". Reply
Takoru - Friday, May 11, 2012 - linkXerazal posted that his Serial number also started with "DM". So I'm sure now: Every iPad 2 16GB with a serial number starting with "DM", which is manufactured in April is the new iPad 2,4.
Sorry for triple posting btw., but I think my comments are useful.
Takoru Reply
Mrmixor - Sunday, May 13, 2012 - linkAbsolutely essential, bought a model 2,4 yippie, Reply
goober296 - Sunday, May 13, 2012 - linki purchased a ipad2 16 gig wifi white at the mall of america apple store on 5-12. The serial number started with DM It was identified as a 2.4 using one of the free apps mentioned in the article. Reply
Mrmixor - Sunday, May 13, 2012 - linkWent to Target, looked at what they had. They had one wifi only white iPad 2 with an ICloud logo sticker. I asked the salesperson if they are moving them pretty regularly and if they are getting in new iPad 2's every so often. he said weekly!!!! I knew my odds were improving that this one would be a recently received item. Anyway I bought it, also bought Geekbench for .99 in the AppStore. Says I got a 2,4 and man this thing is sooooo light and man I have been surfing for 1 hour and the battery went from 66% to 62%!!! That's what I really like about this iPad 2. I owned the iPad Retina and sold it to a friend in South America, and it's really really nice, but too heavy for me. A noticeable difference. What I would like to know is if this iPad 2,,4 I now own ... Is it lighter than the iPad 2,1 or not. I owned the iPad 2, 1 up till the march release and it seams slightly heavier than this one. The 16% increase in battery life, 399 price and the lightness are all deal makers for me. Local Apple store had nooooo clue what I was searching for, we're not cooperative. TARGET ROCKS. very happy man... Do it show? Reply
Mrmixor - Sunday, May 13, 2012 - linkFeels lighter. Runs cooler, battery lasts shockingly longer. Very happy. Reply
Takoru - Monday, May 14, 2012 - linkSadly I didn't get my iPad 2,4.
At least I was right: Any iPad 2 with the Serial number DM....... is the new iPad 2,4. Reply
j_connell - Monday, May 14, 2012 - linkI purchased an iPad 2 at a Best Buy near Indianapolis tonight and specifically asked for an iPad2 with a serial number that started with DM. Most the iPads either started with DV or DR. This was a black iPad 2 made in China Part no. MC769LL/A. Ran Geekbench 2 and it confirmed iPad2,4 Thanks to everyone who put the info together to figure this out. It seems to be the real deal, or at least it worked this time! Reply
machugger - Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - linkNot ANY ipad2 w/"DM…" serial number! I checked out six [6] of them with the s/n beginning with "DM" and they were ALL 2, 1.
Takoru posted that "Every iPad 2 16GB with a serial number starting with "DM", which is manufactured in April is the new iPad 2,4." Reply
goober296 - Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - linkI purchased a 16 gig black ipad2 from microcenter mpls monday with a dm serial number. Using linpack free app it also was a 2.4 model. So i guess the dm theory is true. Reply
Mrmixor - Monday, May 21, 2012 - linkWhen it comes to navegating the net, this is THE BEST iPad on the market. I'm going to post my results on a couple other tests when I'm done. Real life usages of the iPad and their respective drains on the battery. So far, I'm very blown away. Reply
kokhor3 - Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - linkIm havin prob determining my replacement iPad 2 which i just received yesterday from Apple authorised service center in Malaysia.
But i felt it to be heavier n the display color seems better.
Linpack determined it to b iPad 2,2 but battery life pro merely displayed it as iPad 2 3G.
Chipmunk website determined my iPad as produced in early May 2012. Reply
nomadp - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - linkTried two iPad 2's at Apple Store Miami Beach
both have SN starting with "DM", both iPad 2,1
Thinking about swaping it at Target or BB or Walmart Reply
kayakingnsf - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - linkHow do you tell on the 32gig version. Most people have said how to tell on the 16gig version. What would the right model number be for that one?
Thanks... Reply
Takoru - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - linkThe 32GB version doesn't get the 32nm processor, it's just the 16GB WiFI version.
I also bought an iPad 2 with the serial number "DM" today, and finally I got an iPad 2.4!!! :)
Very happy with it so far! Reply
Cerro - Friday, June 08, 2012 - linkWent by the local Target store here in northern California. They only had two ipad 2s in stock. One white and one black. Both had the DM serial number. I bought the white one and took it home, and ran Linpack on it. And it turned out to be the 2,4. Out of the box the battery showed 84%, plugged the charger on it and brought it up to 99%. I then ran the pad for the next 7 hours, all over the web, plus all the setup stuff and email. When I finally went to bed the battery showed 68%. What great battery life! Reply
LittleMaNiaC - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkHI guys! I would like to ask you all. Those who bought ipad 2,4 are from U.S right? I wonder did any of those ipad 2,4 went to Asia? Reply
machugger - Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - linkWhy would an iPad 2 w/serial no. starting w/"DM" that was manufactured
1) in the same factory as the 2,4
2) AFTER April, when the 2,4 models were made
…why would it be a 2,1?!?!?!?!? Reply
marketjock - Monday, July 30, 2012 - linkFrom Apple's website, when adding the iPad 2 16GB to your cart, the part number MC954LL/A is used. Is it safe to say when looking for a new one, to only look for MC954LL/A as that will have the 32nm chip? Reply
marketjock - Monday, July 30, 2012 - linkFrom what I have read, it does not matter the part number or the S/N. Any can have the 45nm or 32nm chip. It appears to be a matter of exhausting out the 45nm inventory. Reply
TechKnow12 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkHi,
If anyone is after the iPad 2,4 please read the following.
If you're in the US, look for:
MC769LL/A, 16gb, Black - Serial prefixes: DMQH, DMPH - both proven to be 2,4
MC979LL/A, 16gb, White - Serial prefixes: DMQH, DMPH
MC954LL/A, 16gb, Black - new model number, serial prefix not known - proven to be 2,4
MC989LL/A, 16gb, White - unproven but as it's the new model number it should be 2,4
If you're in Australia, look for:
MC769X/A, 16gb, Black, Serial prefixes: DMQJ, DMPJ - proven to be 2,4 by me.
MC979X/A, 16gb, White, Serial prefixes: DMQJ, DMPJ
The MC954 & MC989 appear to be US only models.
Please note that the Australian models may possibly have the prefix with H at the end instead of J and vice versa for US.
If you live in Australia I can confirm that the Apple Store in Perth has the DMQJ & DMPJ in stock. I purchased mine from Big W however I had to check with 4 stores before I found a DMPJ.
Battery Life
Okay so now you're wondering if the alleged extended battery life of 11.7 hours makes this worth buying or not.
Well, out of the box my iPad 2,4 had a charge of 76% and for the next 2 hours, from setting up, to installing my Apps, to surfing the net the charge only dropped to 66%. Wow! Then I discovered that Bluetooth was switched on by default the entire time which would have no doubt added to the battery drain, thus I managed 10% battery usage in 2 hours using wifi and with Bluetooth on. Double wow! It has now been 7 hours since I first powered the iPad on and I'm only down to 43%. Bluetooth was turned off when I found it was on, of course. In that 7 hours the iPad wasn't in use for about 30 minutes (had to have a couple of breaks) so actual usage would be 6.5 hours.
So depending on how you use the iPad I'm thinking you may get a minimum of 11.7 hours general usage (therefore non gaming or video watching) and possibly a maximum of 20 hours general usage.
Lastly, if at some point down the track you decide to sell the iPad 2,4 (like when the iPad 4 with the Sharp IGZO screen gets released) I'm sure you'll be able to sell it on eBay for a good price. Reply
Saint04 - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkI can confirm your findings with the white iPad 2,4. I picked one up from Walmart today with a production year of 2012 in the month of June. The part # is MC979LL/A. However my serial prefix doesn't match your findings. My serial prefix is DYTH. I could have used your findings the day before yesteday. I went through four of these before getting ahold of an iPad 2,4. So far it runs great and I'm relieved to get ahold of one. I'll be selling my new iPad on ebay as the quicker charging time and battery life on the ipad 2 is more important to me at the momment. I use my iPad in classes (all day sometimes) to take notes, read course books and I don't always have access to an outlet. I'll be looking forward to the Gen 4 iPad and the iPad 2,4 will suffice for now. Reply
TechKnow12 - Thursday, August 02, 2012 - linkThat's awesome Saint04. Glad to hear you found one! I know the feeling of being "relieved" at finding the 2,4. I set myself up to be disappointed when I purchased mine (expected only to have a 2,1) but then of course I was over the moon when Linpack revealed it was a 2,4. :D
Thanks very much for letting us know about the DYTH serial number prefix too! I'll pass on this valuable bit of info at other forums.
No doubt as the old stock of iPad 2's gets sold off it will become much easier to find the 2,4 and there will be a plethora of serial numbers to look out for.
Enjoy your 2,4 Saint04! And if you revisit this site, please let us know roughly what battery life you're getting. Thanks! :) Reply
Saint04 - Monday, September 10, 2012 - linkHey TechKnow12. The battery life was close to advertised in performance as what anandtech reported in the ipad 2, 4 article. I apologize for the late response, I didn't realize that I had one until I was reading back over the forum. Also, just purchased another ipad 2 with the MC979LL/A part number it too was the new ipad 2,4. Take care, grace and peace. Reply
boofarino - Saturday, August 18, 2012 - linkhi i just wanted to confirm that the serial code DMPH is accurate. I went to micro center in minneapolis and bought an ipad with serial DR, and it was an ipad 2,1. I returned it and purchased one from best buy in richfield. At first he also said they only had ones with the DR serial number but after asking him to check again he came back with a DMPH, the protective plastic was a bit ripped and dirty so maybe it was older stock, but on coming home and powering it on i was very happy to see that it was an ipad 2,4. thanks for all the help guys, especially Technow 12. very happy to have the one with extra battery life. And also when i was in the best buy store I was suprised to realise that there is a significant difference in weight when holding the ipad 2, and ipad 3, i know its meant to be imperceptible but the ipad 2 definitely feels lighter. Reply
Arpajon - Monday, October 22, 2012 - linkI've checked a couple of local stores this week and can find neither an MC769LL/MC979LL DMQH/DMPH nor an MC954LL/MC989LL. Has anyone in the States had any recent success in finding a 2,4?
One other question... I've never owned an Apple iAnything - if the iPad Mini comes out tomorrow as rumored, is the iPad 2,X likely to be discounted immediately? Reply


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LG Revolution: LTE for the Massesby Vivek Gowri & Brian Klug on 6/21/2011 5:55 AM EST
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- Smartphones
- Mobile
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Spoogie - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkIn spite of the hype, I'm also turned off by 4G but for different reasons than battery life, though it is also an important consideration.
When I purchased a 4G modem in January from Verizon, the connection was intermittent. And it would be down completely while searching for backup 3G… totally unacceptable. Verizon claimed that it should be a good connection based on the geography (Bay Area). Tech support was no help.
Recently I was in the market for a new phone, and while standing in the Verizon store admiring the Samsung Charge, low and behold the phone lost connectivity… while the 3G phones right next to it just hummed right along.
This led me to do some further investigating, and others report similar experiences, such as PhoneDog, who claims he has spotty performance with 4G in Philly and believes it isn't ready for prime.
Although this doesn't exactly constitute a scientific study, I have no faith in it. Reply
VivekGowri - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkI don't know, I haven't tested LTE anywhere other than Seattle, but I've got coverage basically everywhere I've gone here. Once you head up into the northern parts of the area, to Everett and such, I've lost 4G, but the EVDO handover works pretty seamlessly. Signal strength was usually pretty good too, I was impressed. Reply
Impulses - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkSprint's Wimax may not boast LTE's impressive speeds across most markets, but at least you can seamlessly turn it off/on at the flick of a widget, right out of the box, which makes it easier to preserve battery life when you need to.
I've got a question, do VZW LTE phones constantly poll the LTE radio even when outside of LTE markets or is there some software list that shuts them off completely outside LTE markets?
I'm particularly curious because PR isn't likely to have true 4G for a while, yet the carriers sell the very same phones here... Sprint has started testing Wimax in some areas (which is curious since this isn't a Clearwire market), but it seems they're still a long way off before any kind of solid announcement.
In the metro area they're literally just testing it on a handful of towers, and it isn't even on all the time... I guess it might be part of the procedure for their Vision deployment, even if there aren't any permanent 4G plans. Reply
Impulses - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkOops, just saw you mentioned the same thing about Wimax on the article... I had only read the first and last page when I posted the comment. My question about how LTE is polled or detected on a stock phone still stands tho.
I know you can disable it thru service menus and there's probably an app or two that can make that easier, but not everyone that buys these phones outside LTE markets is gonna go looking for those. Reply
wintermute000 - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkfor now, good quality HSDPA+ is fine (Telstra user in Australia).
Most modern droids can get theoretical 14M down, in practice being able to consistently pull down 1Mb+ almost anywhere, is good enough for anything but streaming. (I have to admit on some days, streaming podcasts cuts up a bit) but raw throughput is fine. '
I'd rather go dual core now and get the LTE phones in a year or two for that price Reply
jonup - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkCan we get these phones down to 100g? Everytime I pick up my coworkers' iPhones and Droids one thought comes to my mind "Why are you so fat when you hauling this brick all day"? Reply
vision33r - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkEverytime I see a Thunderbolt user on the train, it's usually for a hotspot and then I see them busting out the blackberry for emails.
Right now these LTE devices are only for IT pros that have the need for the speed and the companies paying for them.
They are like every new tech devices just the 1st to market but not ready for mainstream adoption until they fix the power consumption and size.
2nd gen to 3rd gen will replace 3G devices they will take 5 years to happen. Reply
antef - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkThat speed is very impressive for a mobile broadband network but honestly who cares? No activity on your phone is going to make much use of anything beyond a few Mbps for things like streaming video. Can you provide a single instance where you'll notice 3 Mbps vs 18 Mbps except when running the Speed Test app? In addition to that, with Verizon's rumored upcoming 2 GB cap on $30 data plans, the speeds are even less appealing. What we need is better battery life, higher caps (or no caps), and reliable, good enough throughput anywhere you go (~3 Mbps or so), not absolute blistering speeds. Reply
DigitalFreak - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkThat's why you buy before the cap gets implemented. Reply
VivekGowri - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkStreaming video, mostly. LTE is so fast that we've gone back to smartphone browsing being limited by how fast the phones can render pages. Reply
antef - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkI believe even streaming video will not make use of anything > 5 Mbps or even less. HD Netflix on a PC only requires about 5-6 and I don't think you're getting that same 1080 resolution from the Netflix app on the phone. So I really don't see what good > 5 Mbps is on a phone unless you're tethering to a computer and doing downloads on that. Reply
name99 - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - linkI don't want to be cruel but, good god, you are stupid.
What these devices enable is
(a) substantially more CONSISTENT performance across a cell. Instead of the maddening variability of the current system, you should, much more often, get decent performance even at the edge of a cell.
Unfortunately, the one place you'd most like to have this is with voice, and it seems that our oh-so-sophisticated cellular overloads can't get their act together enough to move their voice transmission onto 21st century technology. Perhaps if we're lucky, this will happen sometime before 2025.
(b) somewhat better usage of the limited bandwidth available (ie a larger aggregate bandwidth for the entire cell), which in turn means that in places where, right now, data can be so slow as to be useless, data will now perform somewhat better.
Once again, this likewise has implications for voice meaning, for example, that (once the cell companies get their act together) there will be less need to drop to the low bit rate (and really crappy sounding) codecs.
One can understand why the cell companies talk up 4G speeds. The numbers are easily understood as meaning "better than now", and discussing them does not mean having to concede "yes, our current systems are inconsistent, frequently overloaded, and have crappy voice".
There is rather less justification for why ARS obsesses about these peak speeds, rather than discussing the actual issues that 4G technologies improve --- aggregate bandwidth and signal consistency. Reply
Omega215D - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkI have a stock Thunderbolt and I see better battery life than what's indicated here and I live in NYC. Moderate usage gives me 18 hours of life while constant internet pegging brings me down to 5 - 7 hours all on LTE. I've never experienced intermittent LTE signals when here or traveling (to other LTE cities) either.
LTE makes sense for quick pull ups of sites when on the road, like restuarants/ eateries, or for my future plans of video calling my friends who are moving overseas while I make my move to the west coast.
Also I am grandfathered into Unlimited Data in which I am happy that I got my T-bolt when I did. Reply
PCTC2 - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkJust letting you know there's a typo. Nothing big.
"Brian saw LTE speeds clustered around 10 Mbps down and 2-3 Mbps down."
Isn't the second one supposed to say "up"?
As for 4G, I would appreciate the speed even remotely close as I barely get 1 Mbps down, 0.2 Mbps up, but I guess I can't complain because 80% of my day is spent in WiFi coverage anyways. Reply
VivekGowri - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkFiiiiiixed :) Reply
Lolimaster - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkNow Anand, remove sysmark from your cpu benchmark, it's now a useless biased bench. We all know that except "some" sites.
http://semiaccurate.com/2011/06/20/nvidia-amd-and-... Reply
bluelite - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkWait. Isn't this the same engine as the one on my over year old Incredible ? And LTE is nice. IF it is available at your location. It's not available here. Suffolk County Long Island. Reply
Omid.M - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkI picked up a used Thunderbolt for $330. That included shipping, 5 batteries, two chargers, case & holster, and screen protector.
Why did I do this? I dislike the phone itself but this was the fastest way to secure unlimited 4G before tiered plans come (likely early July). I will use the Bolt until a phone based on Krait comes to market. I hope HTC releases something like the Sensation for Verizon, based on Krait and with a qHD/SLCD display. I want the Galaxy S2 but I doubt it'll have LTE. There's just no way.
Yes, I would buy my next phone off contract to avoid locking myself into a contract with new terms (i.e. tiered data plans). Reply
Mr Perfect - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkCould you test out the camera's macro mode? One of the main things I use my phone's camera for is taking pictures of small parts and labels, things like product and serial numbers, connectors and those little bits that people always manage to break off of devices. My current phone is OK at best, usually requiring some trial and error with things like distance, flash and focus. Thanks! Reply
Impulses - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - link"this is a huge peeve of mine with the HD7, iPod touch, and anything Samsung makes - bottom-mounted headphone jacks and side-located power buttons are stupid."
Wow, I strongly disagree on both counts... I know a lot of people prefer the top mounted headphone jack because it's easier to hold the device this way with headphones plugged in, but I generally listen to music with the phone in my pocket... I also tend to slip it into my pocket upside down so that when I slide my palm over it and take it out the device is already right side up. However that's impossible to do with headphones plugged into a top mounted jack, unless the headphones have an L plug (and even then it's awkward).
It might be a different story for people with thinner phones or pockets (i guess they'd pinch the screen or the sides to slide it out, which always felt precarious with my EVO)... It's a pretty personal thing I guess.
The side power button isn't as personal a matter tho, imo. I've got fairly long fingers and after a year with an EVO I don't see why anyone prefers it up top on any 4.3"phone, no matter how you hold the phone it requires an awkward finger reach to press... Samsung's side mounted lock button seems like the way to go imo. Even better would be a front button that wakes up the device, I like capacitive buttons better but I do miss the ability to easily wake it while it's laying down (without gripping it to press a side button).
Surely there's gotta be an ingenious solution that combines all the pro's and con's... At least most Android devices are coming with notification lights. Reply
erple2 - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - link<quote>The side power button isn't as personal a matter tho, imo. I've got fairly long fingers and after a year with an EVO I don't see why anyone prefers it up top on any 4.3"phone, no matter how you hold the phone it requires an awkward finger reach to press... Samsung's side mounted lock button seems like the way to go imo.</quote>
I thought so to, but I have a Samsung Captivate. Unfortunately, with my long fingers, gripping the phone normally, I accidentally hit the power button all the time, which turns off the screen and locks the phone. I find that annoying.
However, i do agree that head phone jack on the top of the phone is more convenient - holding it in my car, for example. Reply
milan03 - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkstill going strong, and level-wise competing with Cable Wideband connections: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdF3AnNc308 Reply
dlmartin53 - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - linkSo how long be for the grandfathered unlimited plans get stopped. Just like the new plans, all the contracts say they have the right to make changes at any time to the plans. The wireless industry won't be able to carry all the demand for internet capacity even with 4G/LTE. Reply
nitink - Monday, August 01, 2011 - linkthis phone have a great potential unleach its power get full hd games with sd card data..at:
http://nitin-xyz.blogspot.com/2011/07/free-and-ful... Reply


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Corsair Carbide 200R Case Review: How Low Can You Goby Dustin Sklavos on 12/15/2012 12:01 AM EST
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- mid-tower
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Grok42 - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkI like to see good clean looking case designs like this at a low price point. Given the price I would expect some compromises and honestly it could have been a lot worse. I think the industry needs more experimentation with how internal drives are mounted so I applaud any effort even failures. Hopefully they will come back with something better next time around. Maybe next time they will save some money by killing the external bays and putting the resources into the internal bays. Reply
versesuvius - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkThe only time one needs a tool for a case is the hard drive and other storage parts. The problem is not that people do not know how to use a screw driver, but that it has screws on the two sides of the case. As it is right now, you have to go through more trouble with the toolless case than you have with traditional ones. The answer lies not with the case manufacturers, but with internal storage manufacturers. It is very ease to design a hard disk casing so that it needs screws only on one side, and not two. Yet after maybe 30 years of hard disks, the casing has not changed a bit. Even the SSD casing design has adopted the same philosophy. As far as backward compatibility goes, the casing can be designed to accommodate old cases as well. Anyway, I agree with the article about the drive cage. It is a stupid decision in all cases to begin with and it is stupid here too. After all, how many drives one changes during the lifetime of a PC? Two? As long as the case has to be opened that amounts to 10 during the lifetime of a case, while the extra accumulated heat is there all the time. Reply
arthur449 - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - link"How many drives one changes during the lifetime of a PC?"
I have a Coolermaster ATCS-200 case I bought in 2000 still kicking around the house. While it only has 80mm fans, it remains a very attractive and functional case for 'that random frankenputer' one generally has after a few years of building their own PCs.
How many times have I changed the drives in that case? More times than I can remember. Some of them due to drive failures, some due to SSD / SAS experimentation, and many times for just cramming old drives in there and doing some bare metal testing of the latest silly OS that trickles down the MS TechNet vine.
A good case will survive multiple generations of hardware, and (since its target audience is already building their own computers) will more than likely put up with many drive swaps as it's handed down to friends, relatives, or simply demoted to closet server duty. Reply
Lonyo - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkI still have my ACTS 200 or 201, and the next gen replacement case for it, but neither are in proper use.
The motherboard tray from one is in use for a makeshift computer elsewhere where I can't use the full case.
The drive cages in both are hideous though, compared to modern cases. We have come a long way from the old days. Reply
piroroadkill - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkI won't buy a case with an open top.
Too much chance something will spill in it, or dust will settle on my gear.
Copy Lian-Li and Fractal Design - give us a simple option to use the holes or not. Reply
Blibbax - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkThat'd add cost. It could sold as an accessory though - I too avoid open top or even open side cases. Reply
Tech-Curious - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkToss some sound dampening material over the fan mounts you don't intend to use; it works like a charm. The only problem, in my experience, is that the adhesive on sound dampening material is so strong that your decision is basically permanent.
It's funny, I bought a box of sound dampening material, just for kicks, like seven years ago and I never used it as it was (presumably) intended to be used -- but I've used bits and pieces to great effect. And I still have some left.
Cut out four tiny little strips of the stuff and place it on the borders of your fan mounts, and vibration basically disappears. That silly-sounding trick single-handedly resurrected two positively ancient (circa 2002) jet-engine-sounding cases (6+ 80mm fan mounts each) that were sitting in my basement, collecting dust. Reply
Tech-Curious - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkThat said, I agree that the proliferation of computer cases featuring fan mounts in every available space is somewhat annoying -- especially given that those cases typically only come with 2 fans out of the box.
Likewise, I'd love to see more cases with the old fashioned top-mounted PSU design. I understand the benefits of the alternative, but even with a filter, a bottom-mounted PSU is less than ideal on my carpeted floor. Reply
Blibbax - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkAgreed on all accounts. Reply
TekDemon - Sunday, December 30, 2012 - linkI think it's actually great since it's the cheapest case that appears to support the H100 cooler, which was the main reason I bought my Carbide 400R (which I love-it's an awesome case). I wouldn't have been able to use this case though since I have a super long pci-e card. Reply
Torrijos - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkI'm left wondering what is the useful effect of each fan in cooling the machine.
It might be interesting to have a guide analysing the effect of some fans combinations on the cooling performances.
As an example of the question that need answering:
- As it been determined which is preferable, positive or negative pressure?
- Should a top radiator be use as an intake port (thus improving the CPU cooling by using fresh air, and with a fan pushing air does it improve the fan efficiency since its pushing colder/denser air trough?), or as an exhaust (avoiding hot air build up in the case)?
- Should fans be use to push or pull air through a radiator? Reply
jonjonjonj - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linki think your looking for this. they are interesting articles.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cooling-air-pr... Reply
billcat1447 - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkI played with different fans acting on the internal pressure and found you def. want more air coming in than going out which I guess would be pos. pressure.
The case didn't have the vent holes that most modern cases have so when I had more pressure pumping air out than in it caused the fans to work very hard to remove the air from inside the case and worst case it also overheated the power supply because it could not move air though it and pump it outside the case. I almost destroyed the power supply, the air was super hot. With air holes in modern cases and if it was all run through filters it might case the same condition but not as bad. You want dust to be removed before it can enter inside components so I would guess if filtered the less air being added would be the way to go. Most cases don't filter all the holes and I would want more air removed from the case than fans pulling air into the case but I would really only care about which fans can remove dust and mount then that way and which ones will cool the best while not adding dust and bringing air into the case. If there is a lot of holes pos or neg doesn't matter but the way the fans are mounted to get the best out of them is the most important part. I'd have air removed from the top fans, air removed from the power supply. Air entered for the front hard drive cooling fans and air entered from the side fan cooling the motherboard and memory (only if it's filtered). Reply
Tech-Curious - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkThere are endless debates about positive versus negative pressure. Different manufacturers even seem to have different opinions on the subject. (Antec, for example, seems to endorse negative pressure by default, whereas Silverstone is a vocal advocate of positive pressure.) Purely as a matter of cooling efficiency, I don't think there's a right answer: the ideal solution depends as much on the fans' placement in relation to your hardware as it depends on the direction of their airflow.
That said, and all else being equal, I will always favor (filtered) positive air pressure, just because it reduces (or practically eliminates, in some cases) dust build up, and thus it saves the user from having to clean out the inside of his case regularly. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkImagine an Obsidian 150D for premium ITX. Reply
jonjonjonj - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linki like the look. im not into the alien abducted my computer look. im convinced i could design a better budget case then most of these companies. if im going to buy a case that costs under $50 all im expecting is good cable management and air flow. i wonder what this case costs corsair air to make. Reply
Donniesito - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkAgreed. Give me clean lines, and I'm happy. I'm of the opinion that since my computer sits next to my desk on the floor, it doesn't matter what it looks like. It needs to be unobtrusive, and doesn't need to look like an alien ate my computer, nor does it need to light up like a runway. It just needs to sit there and work.. My display on the other hand needs to be all sorts of awesome ;-) Reply
johan851 - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkI felt like that little dig at the end of the article was neither relevant or correct. Thinkpads are still great, and what's that got to do with cases? Reply
JonnyDough - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkOne Thing I would have liked to see:
Completed cable management. Show me a finished computer with the cables all ziplocked down and looking clean. I just bought a Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 and did this and it's the best build I've done over the years. It really makes the PC look nice. Sufficient space behind the motherboard makes a huge difference, as do the pass through holes for the cables. Reply
Donniesito - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkI agree with this also. However, I don't use zip-ties for cable management. Years ago I learned the awesomeness that are velcro zip-ties and I've never looked back ;-) Reply
VTArbyP - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkWhy has no one commented on the drive cage problems before me?
The problem with removing the box from the 3.5' cage, sounds very familiar. I've had similar breakages numerous times in many things that I've had to put together. Usually I find that I missed some key instruction on HOW to remove the offending item without breakage. I still remember the feelings of "Ahh" and utter stupidity, when I found out how to open CD cases! :-) Is the cage removable? Can it be expanded in useful ways without destruction? I'd love to hear from the manufacturer and other builders using this case, since I like its looks and price.
I can't get a good look at the 2.5" case with the pictures shown, but it doesn't look too enclosed. It seems to be just below the front fan and I wonder what effect that has. I would like some close up pictures of it added to the gallery. I feel the itch to drill or saw holes in it for cooling. Perhaps one could direct a bit more of the fan's air through it too. Wonder what would happen if the second front fan was added, slow speed, too cool the drives and perhaps the GPU. The case LOOKs sensibly laid out for cooling the SSDs and GPU, too bad it didn't actually do it, especially since the CPU temps were quite acceptable. Reply
billcat1447 - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkI got a new case, a smaller one and it had removable harddrive cages.
While nice because it was the only way to put my video card in they didn't think it though very well. It left me with 2 slots while I removed 4. I could have removed 3 and left 3 and it would have worked a lot better and even could have removed just 2 and still got it too work. I had to buy mounting hardware to fit them to the full size mounts. Very stupid.
I kind of like top fans because this is where most of the case heat ends up and so you can remove most with the lest effort. Computer cases are not cup holders and shouldn't have drinks put on them in the first place and is a non issue with me. I like well thought out cases with room enough to run power and other cables behind the motherboard to clean out the mess they can make.
I notice that some cases with USB plugs are about as cheap as they get and just bumping them can ruin them. I would prefer they be mounted in a spot where you can't bump into them and/or made better or stronger. The Cooler Master HAF cases have very very cheap USB plugs in the front of their cases. Other than that they are very good cases. I prefer the power supply on the bottom with the fan hole facing up so dust isn't sucked into them from the floor. They are kind of a vacuum cleaner if you mount the fan down. But this is a personal pref. I think the case is overall cleaner if they are mounted on the bottom if you can put the cabled behind the motherboard space. Makes it easire to get at heatsink for cpu and the motherboard is easier to deal with also. But again, personal preference. Reply
OVerLoRDI - Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - linkI have a 200R with 4 hard drives in the cage. I found the cage assembly decent, sure it isn't as robust as other options, but just being a little careful I didn't run into any of the problems you did.
You also have the option to pop off the front of the case and move the fan down so it is blowing into the cage. I'm not sure why it isn't there by default, but that helps a lot with the cage temps.
That being said my 4 drives are a bit toasty in there, but all within spec. Reply
Uthor - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkFor what it's worth, I got this case today and had absolutely no issues removing the accessories box or installing a hard drive. Pulled back the plastic tab on the left side, slid the box out, and slid the drive in. I don't expect to be replacing the drive any time soon, so I also secured it with screws, but didn't feel like I HAD to. Reply
DigiMark - Thursday, April 25, 2013 - linkI also purchased this case for use with a Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 ATX mainboard, Corsair TX-series power supply and several 3.5" drives. I found it easy to work with, no sharp edges and a clean look. It sits on the corner of my desk so I don't really have carpet issues, and I really like the power switch with integrated white drive and power lights, works well without being obnoxious. I didn't have a problem removing the hardware cardboard box, but I find that the single left-side latch for each drive does not secure well -- it's easy to push the drive past the holding pin with too much pressure. Once the machine is built is seems tight enough though. I should mention that while I used to build a number of machines using early In-Win cases, this is my first build in 6-7 years and my expectations were low, so also easily met. I think I will take advantage of another commenter's suggestion and move the front-mount fan down to blow past the drive cage. Budget pricing was important to me on this build and I feel like it is a good working case for the price. Reply


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Teens often abuse prescription drugs because of the myth that these drugs provide a medically safe high.
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It is estimated that major depressive disorder (MDD) affects about 5% of adolescents, and that between 10 - 15% of adolescents have some symptoms of depression at any one time.
Statistics show that giving a teen a credit card does not teach them to be financially responsible or to encourage self-restraint, but actually promotes a "spend now and deal with the consequences later" mindset.
Girls are more likely to intentionally abuse prescription drugs than boys.
The reality of excessive interest rates and fees that often accompany credit card use for teens, can put youngsters in a position where they are losing out on admission to graduate school, getting a job, or renting an apartment because of damaged credit history.
Less than 33% of teens with depression get help, yet 80% of teens with depression can be successfully treated if they seek help from a doctor or therapist.
Traffic crashes are the greatest single cause of death for all persons age 6-33, and about 45% of these fatalities are alcohol-related crashes.
About 6.2 million Americans get a new genital HPV infection each year.
30% of teens with depression also have a substance abuse problem.
Freshmen bring an average of $1,585.00 in credit card debt to college.
About a third of women who seek services related to unprotected sex, such as pregnancy testing or emergency contraception, do not receive STD counseling, testing, or treatment.
7-10% of college students will drop out of school because of credit problems.
Teens with untreated depression are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors, leading to higher rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Most smokers begin smoking as teens, and the average age of initiation is 12.5 years of age.
People with manic symptoms and Bipolar Disorder II are at a significant risk of later developing an alcohol abuse or dependence problem.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, accounting for 36% of all deaths in this age group.
The teen pregnancy rate in the United States is the highest of any industrialized democracy, nearly twice that of Great Britain and 10 times that of Japan. 1
Compared with other age groups, teens have the lowest rate of seat belt use, and male high school students are more likely than female students to rarely or never wear seat belts.
A national study of women ages 15-44 found that women were almost twice as likely to receive contraceptive services rather than STD services.
The teenage pregnancy rate in the U.S. is at its lowest level in thirty years, down 36% since its peak in 1990. Research suggests that both increased abstinence and positive changes in contraceptive practice are responsible these recent declines in teen pregnancy.
A sexually active teenager who does not use contraceptives has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within one year. 8
In the United States, at least 5-10 million girls and women and 1 million boys and men are struggling with eating disorders. 11
Among male drivers between 15 and 20 years of age who were involved in fatal crashes in 2005, 38% were speeding at the time of the crash and 24% had been drinking.
Homicide is the second leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds overall. 16
Every two minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. 22
One in four teenage girls in the U.S. had at least one common sexually transmitted disease.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among youths ages 15 to 20. 19
The highest Chlamydia rates occurred among women ages 15 to 19 and 20 to 24.
About 44% of rape victims are under age 18. Three out of every twenty victims (15%) are under age 12. 25
Each year, half of all HIV infections are among people under the age of 25.
Crash risk is particularly high during the first year that teenagers are eligible to drive.
One out of every six American women have been the victims of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. A total of 17.7 million women have been victims of these crimes. 23
Teen girls ages 15-19 have the highest Gonorrhea rate of any age group.
The motor vehicle death rate for male drivers and passengers ages 16-19 is more than one and half times that of their female counterparts.
More than four in 10 young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20 - nearly one million teen pregnancies a year 3
The presence of teen passengers increases the crash risk of unsupervised teen drivers; the risk increases with the number of teen passengers.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in this country. More than 400,000 Americans die from tobacco-related causes each year, and most of them began using tobacco before the age of 18.
The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16- to 19-year-olds than among any other age group.
Underage drinking costs the U.S. more than $58 billion every year; enough to buy every public school student a state-of-the-art computer.
At all levels of blood alcohol concentration (BAC), the risk of involvement in a motor vehicle crash is greater for teens than for older drivers.
Teens who drink are more likely to be victims of violent crimes and sexual assault, have serious problems in school, be involved in drinking-related traffic crashes, and develop problems with alcohol later in life.
Nearly all the poison deaths in the U.S. are attributed to drugs, and most drug poisonings result from the abuse of prescription and illegal drugs.
Alcohol kills 6.5 times more youth than all other illicit drugs combined.
Persons aged 15-24, who represent only 14% of the U.S. population, account for 30% ($19 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among males and 28% ($7 billion) among females.
Among young people ages 12-17, prescription drugs have become the second most abused illegal drug, behind marijuana.


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From big wings to little wings...for dinner last Sunday I cooked up a small batch for Mrs. Chicken and myself.
Since I've been brining things lately I stuck with it, but this time I used white wine and fresh herbs (parsley, organo, basil, sage, and rosemary).
The wings were in the brine for about 6 hours and as the sun was sinking in the sky I fired up the grill.
They were actually for dinner so I charred up some asparagus to go alongside.
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Germany busts cocaine-stuffed condoms headed for the Vatican
(NEWSER) – Let the party-at-the-Vatican jokes begin: German Customs authorities have intercepted a package of 14 condoms filled with cocaine and headed for the Vatican, reports RTE via Bild. The condoms contained about 12 ounces of the drug, worth an estimated $55,000. As the AP reports, the package was mailed from an unnamed Latin American country and addressed to the Vatican's post office—meaning that any of its 800 residents could have claimed it. German officials attempted a sting, but say they think the intended recipient had been tipped off.
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