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SilverStone FT03: Nothing Else Like Itby Dustin Sklavos on 4/28/2011 12:25 AM EST
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IlllI - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkwhy in the world would they decide to stick that ugly, plastic thing on the side?
other than that it looks decent. i'd be willing to forgive the ugly plastic lid, but the thing on the side completely ruins the aesthetics Reply
softdrinkviking - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkwhat're you talking about? the silverstone snowflake? Reply
Spoelie - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkno, check the gallery, third picture Reply
softdrinkviking - Monday, May 02, 2011 - linkoh man. i didn't see that.
that is really strange; not my cup of coffee. Reply
heffeque - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkHe means the top grill.
The tittle is "Nothing else like it", but seriously, the idea is extremely similar to this other casing:
:-) Reply
headbox - Friday, April 29, 2011 - linkI thought I was going to get RickRolled for a second there...
Yes, even the best PC cases have NOTHING on Apple designs from more than a decade ago. The PowerMac G3 and G4 cases are still miles ahead of the "high-end" from Lian Li or others. And the PowerMac G5 and Mac Pro cases are just amazing. Hate on Apple all you want, but no one designs enclosures like they do.
Oh, unless you like alien eyes on the front. Reply
bman212121 - Monday, May 02, 2011 - linkThe G3 was interesting but I don't know if I would use that setup for a full sized build. It would probably work well for this scenario though using a mini ITX. (The mainboard is mounted to the side panel and when you open up the case you lay the board down and out of the case) With a smaller size having the board basically come out of the case to mount and work on makes it so much easier to add memory, an expansion card, or work on something else in the case. The outside of the G3 is all plastic and does still look good with it.
The G5 is definitely one of the nicest looking cases, but I find it hard to work inside of. (it's a fairly large case too) The thermals are covered nicely in the PowerMac but it's a real pain to insert drives. The Intel Mac Pro has a better layout but I'd still change the inside around some. If anything the solid aluminum side panel is a blessing compared to most other cases. Reply
tbutler - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 - linkYeah, from a easy-to-work-on standpoint, the G3/G4 design is probably the best I've ever seen. Unfortunately, towards the end of its run it started having cooling issues (remember the "Windtunnel" nickname?)
The G5/MacPro case does much better on cooling; it's not as easy to work on as the G3/G4 case, but it's not bad. One thing that makes it gadget porn for me is the complete lack of cabling in the interior work area, and the near total lack of cabling at all; the only time I've ever had to mess with cabling at all was when I installed a second optical drive, and had to run a SATA cable down to the motherboard. That cable was a bit tricky to run and required disassembling more of the case than I'd like, but after that it wasn't bad. (I also had to hook up the second power lead to the optical bay, but that was pretty trivial.) Reply
softdrinkviking - Monday, May 02, 2011 - linkno he doesn't. check the third pic, like spoelie says Reply
Rasterman - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI agree, for $170 bucks, plastic is not allowed, it should be aluminum, or glass would be very cool. Reply
Metaluna - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkThe consensus over at SPCR is that the white plastic grilles make it look like a cheap clothes hamper :).
Kudos to Silverstone for trying something unique. Sadly not every radical concept works out, but I hope they keep trying. Reply
Egglick - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI agree that the white plastic vents look terrible on the silver model. If you look at the Black version though, it's a huge improvement. Reply
bman212121 - Monday, May 02, 2011 - linkAnd one day you accidently overheat your computer when you mistakely throw your clothes on top of it... Reply
darkvader75 - Thursday, May 19, 2011 - linkI agree that it should be either clear plexi right there or just drilled holes in the alluminum Reply
Th-z - Monday, August 08, 2011 - linkThat's the removable dust filter.
AnandTech, you guys should mention any dust filter feature in your case review. Reply
ckryan - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkThis is far and away one of the most interesting case designs out there. Unique cases are not plentiful and Silverstone at least has a couple to offer. I like cases that are a little different, ones like the Lian Li A05 which reverses airflow and motherboard placement to focus cool air one the processor. In that way, the FT03 is not alone, but it's not a huge crowd either. With enough money to spend on the extras, the Silverstone seems like it would make a fantastic system. Too bad slim line ODDs are the devil. Reply
michael2k - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G4_Cube
Not really that unique. Vertical square orientation, upward ventilzation, etc. Reply
mados123 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkExactly. That was one of the earliest designs that I saw from Apple where my jaw dropped due to its creative thermodynamics and use of Acrylic. Reply
nubie - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkThey took an idea that has been floating around in my head and made it work.
Vertical cooling and square footprint (or nearly). Also access to all ports without going behind the PC.
I can't afford it, but it is nice to know it is out there.
Fantastic, very forward thinking. I hope this spawns more (Lian Li are you listening? Maybe Power Cooler too for those like me: short on the green stuff.) Reply
SilthDraeth - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI am guessing that was a strange attempt at a pun, or you were still hung up about noise levels!
Back to reading the rest of the review now... Reply
ggathagan - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI believe he meant blood would shoot out of your nose. Reply
CloudFire - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkSorry, this thing is absolutely hideous. I want a computer case, not a refrigerator. I'm glad there is "nothing else like it", let's leave it that way. Reply
Fletcherea - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkFor realz mang, I want my glass walled techno glow stick massacre cases! Reply
DigitalFreak - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkLooks like a fancy kitchen trash can to me. Reply
fic2 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkNot that fancy, but yeah a kitchen trash can was my first thought. Reply
tristangrimaux - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 - linkDefinitely does look like a cute fancy trashcan!!! Reply
InvertMe - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI think it's beautiful. I plan to make a special spot on top of my media cabinet to show it off. Reply
MilwaukeeMike - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkNo sarcasm this time… I think it's very cool. Simple, beautiful, elegant, yes… trash can? Maybe.. I'd have to see one in person. This case made me go check out slot optical drives and mirco ATX boards. Do I like it more than a RV02-E? Tough question. Definitely makes me look forward to what's coming next from them. Reply
InvertMe - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI already ordered mine and painted my PSU I intend to put in a porcelain white, ordered a fan controller and new mobo/cpu as well as a 128gb SSD.. I really only intended to swap out the case but you see how that went..
I just consider my actions a healthy dose of economy stimulating. Reply
MilwaukeeMike - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI agree. There's absolutely no way someone would see this case and think 'pwner of n00bs'. Moar LEDs plz. The last thing I need is someone thinking I have a sense of style. They should sell this case with a roll of duct tape so you can reattach your l33tness. Worst. Design. Ever. Reply
GeorgeH - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkWhen I want compact I almost always also want quiet, and 45dB is far from extraordinary.
If they had used the unique design to facilitate more noise reduction this would have gone on my list. As it is I'm not impressed at all, especially when you consider that the extra costs this case will entail put it within spitting distance of the FT02. Reply
slacr - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkFirst off, the slimline DVD, I didn't get myself one as they are expensive. For the most part you can make do without it though, OS installs are readily available through USB and most drivers can be found online. It can be a bit of a chore when you REALLY need something of a disc but I figure that happens to me at max once a year.
The stock fans are not very good though, there seems to be some unnecessary turbulence around the angled intake fan near the graphics-card too when using a mid-high flow fan. The noise is really bothering me too, still working on that (with i5 2500k, p8p67m-pro and asus GTX560).
As for cable routing, it mostly works fine although some of the holes are a bit too small, when using an mATX board accessing the headers for sound/usb is not very neat. Fixing it would require added case depth though.
Over all im quite pleased with the diminutive stature, fitting snugly on a tiny desk with 2 monitors, the plasticky side vent facing away from me, it sticks out a tad less in black too. Reply
archer75 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkSaw this same case in my PC Gamer magazine for a computer digital storm is selling. It's certainly not new. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkNot that long, this case has only been available for a couple months, and I actually have that DigitalStorm unit in house right now. That review'll be going up soon. Reply
Rick83 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkYou didn't adress it :(
Was hoping to see some GPU cooler recommendations, as down-pointing heat-pipes don't work well and down-blowing fans blow right into the lower fan. On the other hand, the radial, exhausting designs are often noisy under load (see the GTX580 in this case).
I'm thinking about getting a HD 6950 with this case, but can't really decide on a cooling solution (and there hasn't been a VGA-round-up recently either...)
Any pointers? I was eventually thinking about getting a dual fan solution, like a twin frozr III or a directCU, but then stock isn't too bad at load....but not optimal either. Reply
slacr - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkAh, the heatpipe issue passed me by until you pointed it out.
I first used this with a OEM cooler XFX 6950, it was LOUD at load, with the fan reving up to over 35% it was too much for me. I think the DirectCU2 should be the least noisy one, however you will orient the pipes down, I now use a DirectCU2 GTX560, which is only 2 slots with much slimmer fans, pipes pointing down. With a custom fan curve and less vcore (0.95) its quite silent (don't hear it over the case fans in the games i play). If the 6950 DirectCU were available when i bought it i'd have gotten that instead, it will end up veery close to the fan on the bottom though. Reply
Rick83 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkThanks for the info. Guess stock cooler is out of the question then.
Next challenge is finding the right cooler, there's a lot of designs out there that have not been properly reviewed, from one to three fans...Still hoping for a sapphire Vapor-X to join the fray as well.
Oh well, probably going to wait for Z68 to happen anyway, so I can get a third DVI output, without having to pay for the sapphire flex or an miniDP to dvi active adapter.. Just got DCS:A10, and I see a triple screen setup becoming a possibility. Thanks to spanning window mode now working, I won't even have to limit myself to eyefinity and whatnot.. Reply
7Enigma - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI'm interested in some more specifics of how bad this issue really is. I've honestly never heard of it before. Are we talking for extreme overclocking or in general they are not very efficient?
I've always hated the idea of having heavy cards "hanging" with tower systems and thought this method of vertical hanging would be great for alleviating that stress, but this heatpipe issue is new to me.
Thanks for bringing it up and hopefully the author of the article can chime in. Reply
Rick83 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkWell, the heatpipe works by evaporating a liquid which gathers at the bottom of the heatpipe and then rises to the top where it condenses. This doesn't work as well if the heat source is above the lower end of the heatpipe. The exact impact though, I've not seen it examined. It can't be that bad, as many heatpipe designs for VGA coolers double back on themselves, which has a similar aspect.
Still, would be awesome if such obvious compatibility challenges would be addressed by even a single reviewer... Reply
Spoelie - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkStill working through the review, but thought I'd already chime in. The design is interesting for certain, I don't buy anything other than mATX boards lately, but would never consider this case because of the storage system.
* 4 is really the bare minimum for me (currently have 3 3.5" and 1 SSD)
* mounting system, took most of the timelapse video...
* no airflow
* direct contact with sidepanels/metal???
Especially that last point surprises me, that truly is a worst case scenario for transferring vibration noise. Personally think suspension + airflow is a far superior alternative to "heatsink" type cooling for drives. Seems like I'll be sticking to my P182 for a while yet. Reply
Rick83 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkWell, that's why I recently removed all mechanical disks from my tower and into the network. One SSD is all a system really needs, and I don't want spinning disks in my proximity. Of course, I was running ancient 80G and 200G disks which were proper noisy, so that may have been traumatizing. But in general, I don't want storage on my local machine, there's just no point, and to get where I'd want, I'd need a huuuuuge tower. This way, my disks reside in a nice Stacker, well cooled and as much out of earshot as possible, and my desktop system is reduced to a single 2.5" SSD that makes zero noise and has no trouble with getting a bit warmed up, as there are no mechanical tolerances that are impacted. I strongly recommend that approach for anyone who has more than one hard disk that they use...
Also, with 3HDDs, why bother paying extra for less and getting a micro-ATX board? Most cases that fit 3 HDDs are so big, that they don't really take advantage of the micro-ATX form factor. (There are some, like the bigger of the Lian-Li cubes, and your P182, but these are already quite "big" cases...Going to a midi-tower is only about 3 cms of height away... Reply
Spoelie - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkMost NAS solutions have less than ideal performance (when moving >10GB files around) and less than ideal noise characteristics (high pitched 40mm fans, really??). My current flat is not that big so there is no out-of-earshot location ;). But to be honest, haven't explored that option very well.
Instead I have one main, relatively silent desktop as the gaming/htpc/file/printer server, and smartphone/tablet/notebook "clients" for leisure computing. All 3 drives are 1TB WD Caviar Greens (EADS) though, and are a hell of a lot quieter than my older 250-500GB drives. In the current mounting mechanism, inaudible.
mATX boards provide everything+kitchen sink nowadays, ATX form factor is really relegated to multigpu and some htpc configurations with specialized addin boards. The premium is not that much IMO, just a tad over a $100 is what I paid.
I don't really have a genuine need for another case, but am always looking for improvement - and I have to say, something less heavy and less bulky with top mounted connections sounds mighty appealing. The P182 is a real back breaker to tug along. I just don't want to give up too much silence/cooling/mounting capacity. Reply
Rasterman - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI did that too with my latest build, SSD only, NAS for storage. It works fine, but anytime I need to move large files its slow 15-25MB/s. I have been reading the green drives are very quiet and am considering one, but desktop is about as silent as it can get though (3 nexus fans at 500rpm), and ANY noise would be audible. The other thought I had was using a usb3 netbook for a NAS, that should provide much better performance than my synology and be: expandable, easily configurable, can host anything, while not using hardly any power, plus it has built in battery backup. Reply
rabidsquirrel - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI think I just threw up a little in my mouth...
Seriously, that thing is hidious. Hopefully its thermal properties make up for that for some users. Reply
kevith - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkEhm, do You seriously mean, that 45 dB of noise in an enclosure without a discrete GFX is "not obnoxious" or "dealbreaking.
I´m a musician, 45 dB is LOUD, man! Reply
Spivonious - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkThanks for including more useful noise info. 45dBA is loud.
Was there any explanation for the odd tilted fan mounts? You allude to Silverstone's exhaustive airflow engineering but never go into details. Reply
Rick83 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - link45 db at one foot. Sound diminishes by the second power with distance.
Commonly such things are measured at one meter distance. One foot is pretty close, much too close in most desktop scenarios, unless you have the box sitting right on the edge of the desk, and are bent forwards. Tripling distance leads to about a factor 1/9 for the sound attenuation, which results in a decrease of almost 10 decibel. (unless my physics are rustier than I thought they were)
Additionally, no mention was made whether certain directions are noisier than others. I'd expect most of the noise to come out of the top, due to this case's design. Reply
Spivonious - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI'm not sure of the rules for distance and attenuation, but it would mean that at 3 feet the noise level would be 40dBA (8/9 of 45dBA). Still pretty loud.
I would love to see what Antec would do with this design. They could probably get it down to 35dBA with no impact on cooling. Reply
Spivonious - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkLooked it up http://www.csgnetwork.com/decibeldropdistancecalc....
You were right that the attenuation would be around 10dBA (taking it to 35dBA). Much quieter and easily acceptable with a noise floor of 32dBA. Reply
Voldenuit - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkSound intensity decreases proportional to 1/r^2, but sound *pressure* (which our ears are directly sensitive to) decrease proportionally to 1/r. Most sound level meters measure sound pressure level (SPL) and it is the most common way of reporting sound loudness on tech sites.
I've owned several Silverstone cases - a TJ08 and a KL01, and neither have been particularly silent or even quiet. Even swapping out the crappy stock Silverstone fans for 800 rpm Scythe Slipstreams didn't help much with the TJ08 - the KL01 unfortunately used a proprietary connector for its front panel fan, so I was stuck with its obnoxious sound volume and characteristics.
If you want *quiet*, Antec P183s and Fractal Design R3s can be made to hover around 14-20dB at 1m, and Puget Systems' custom builds live around 11-14 dB.
I love Silverstone's design and build (for the most part - the FT03 looks like a trashcan to me), but outside of a few exceptions like the FT02 and RV02, they are not exactly silent cases out of the box. Reply
geniekid - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI disagree with the people who said it looks hideous. Surely their comments are hyperbole? I'm not saying it's beautiful, but with such a simple, unadorned, rectangular enclosure, the worst thing I could say about it is that it's boring. Not a deal breaker for me, ESPECIALLY for a well cooled, microATX case where the options are severely limited to begin with.
It's clear they're aiming for quiet by keeping temperatures low rather than any acoustic dampening. In that respect, I wouldn't use this case for my primary gaming desktop, because the graphics card will always be loud. However, this would make a great HTPC case, where the slot-in aesthetic works well and you're likely to use passively cooled components that don't generate noise to begin with.
Also, good job on the review and I'm glad to see the revamped testing methodology. Good case reviews are hard to find, but they're so vital for system builders, professional and amateur. Reply
etamin - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI agree, it is definitely not hideous. However, I honestly would not want my pc looking like that. As much as I admire the internal engineering, the design is more suited for a refrigerator (it even has the snowflake...) Reply
InvertMe - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI put this case in my cart on Amazon last night and was debating pulling the trigger. I really like the looks of the silver model. I think I am going to buy it right now. Reply
InvertMe - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI already see my first mod. I will replace the plastic vent at the bottom with an acrylic window with a few holes for ventilation. Mmmmm case moding gets me excited. Reply
poeticjustic - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkAt first i thought this would be like an upgrade of the already awesome FT02 case, but this (FT03) is a totally new category (mini,micro), completely different than FT02.
Pretty weird changing the fortress line to another category.
By the way does that mean there won't be any upgrade to the good old FT02?
The idea of having the whole backpanel as a top panel is just awesome, it really helps a lot, and also moving cool-hot air from bottom to top is pretty good following the natural flow of cool-hot air.
I have the FT02 and i believe it's the best case of all i've tried so far (even better than my beloved p182),
i hope the FT03 is as good, though too limited/restricted for my needs.
All in all, good review for what seems to be a nice case for its class. Reply
dcianf - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI would love to see what it looks like with a slew of cabling coming out of the top. I feel like it would be pretty congested up there with USB, DVI, networking etc. Reply
Aengex - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkGreat review, i was really curious for an in-depth one, when i saw the video at CES2011.
Can't really be sure about the materials used though, as other users mentioned, plastic parts don't justify the price.
I got a minor complaint and not just from this review, but from all the media that are reviewing hardware.
This is a piece of hardware with half (at most) the aluminum of a normal ATX case. Yet, it's priced @170$ and in Europe will be @170€. And it's editor's choice, meaning that you are "promoting" it indirectly. So 170$ is ok? Do you also encourage, that a normal aluminum case should cost, what, 300$? I think not, but, being a media you can direct the prices for manufacturers, yet you don't do anything about it.
All you are saying to the public is ok, it's a great one. But i doubt if anyone has e-mailed to a manufacturer about it's pricing politics.
400$ Graphics card, 170$ a case, 300$ Cpu, 300$ MoBo, do the maths. 4 years ago the same (proportionally) PC would cost about half as much, wonder why?
You are a part of it, you should.
MilwaukeeMike - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkWhy does a large fries cost more than a medium?
Why does a large t-shirt cost the same as a small?
Why does a pack of 25 blank DvDs less than a single movie?
You're paying $170 for a case, if you want to buy raw aluminium and make your own to save some $$$, go right ahead. If you think it should cost less because it's smaller, then please direct your anger toward those price-gouging tablet PCs. Reply
Aengex - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkGreat arguments there, but they do not apply to what i'm saying.
In short, i would like to see consumers and media ( who play a major role) boycotting products that do not worth the money.
Hopefully, many companies will then change pricing policies (not politics as i wrongly mentioned above).
Sure i do like i.e. Apple, but as a consumer, don't agree with their prices. And i don't want other companies to follow that path. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - link"Worth" is all relative. Saying we should "boycott products that aren't worth the money" is the same as saying, "only buy products that you feel are worthwhile." Everyone already does (or at least should do) exactly that, but where you're going astray is in thinking that what you like or dislike is the only metric. I think MacBook Pros are well-built laptops, but I would never buy one. Millions of people disagree with me. Dustin feels this is a well-built micro-ATX case that has some interesting features and that certain people will like it a lot; others disagree.
A thin aluminum case is cheaper to manufacture than a thick aluminum case. R&D also costs a lot of money, so doing testing to make sure your mATX case is capable of supporting up to two GTX 580 cards in SLI isn't "free", and that carries over to the price. Making an ATX case that can accommodate two high-end GPUs is practically a no-brainer by comparison. I haven't handled this case in person, but in the past SilverStone has typically used much thicker aluminum panels than the competition, and the reason you're paying $170 for this case is for the R&D, the four 120mm fans, and the overall build quality and aesthetic.
For the record, a Bronze means a product is "very good". Silver would be "great", and Gold would be "exceptional". Giving this product a Bronze is our way of saying, "this is a very good micro-ATX case that will appeal to many users in the targeted market; however, it has flaws and will not please everyone." Reply
Rick83 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkActually, it's 140€
Which is still as much as STC cost, and much less case, but - it looks sexy, runs on 120mm fans and allows a very clean build.
Some people pay more for a certain piece of furniture, others for a certain car...For me, it's something desirable, mixed with a use, and thus I see no reason not to pay a price that the market bares - the first batch of these was sold out pretty quickly, so the price obviously isn't too high. Reply
RagingDragon - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI like Silverstone's rotated motherboard designs. I like the tall and shallow design. If I were looking for a micro-ATX case this one would be contender. A case with full or extended ATX support and similar tall and shallow rotated motherboard design would definetly make the shortlist for my next case. At the moment this is my favourite:
Though to get *exactly* what I want I'll probably have to build my own case. Reply
Jonathan Dum - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkGive me this case in an e-ATX size and we'd have an absolute winner. Reply
Sabresiberian - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI think this pretty much says it about Silverstone, from the article:
"He was upset because he felt like I gave the GD04 short shrift for griping about the noise levels, citing that once a fan controller is installed the case has exceptional thermal characteristics while being remarkably quiet. "
Man-up, Silverstone, don't whine and cry when someone says your case design is loud, and say it's the fault of the end user for not using a fan controller and turning down the fan speed. What if the components used NEED more fan speed? Idiot.
I have 3 Silverstone products. One is a PSU bought back when they were making their name and made some outstanding units, the thing is still powering a relative's machine today. The second is a high-end 1200W beast that has worked well enough, but had to be sent in for warranty because of a defect when I received it.
I had bought that particular PSU by reputation alone, and it's how I learned to never buy one by reputation - after sending it back I began to read articles about it. Turned out the issue I sent it back for had been documented in reviews many months before I bought my unit!! On top of that, instead of the unit performing at the top of the tests, it barely squeaked by some of them; it just wasn't up to the standards I expected from Silverstone.
The warranty service department snow-jobbed me very well. After being told that they were aware of the problem and had fixed it on their assembly lines, I requested a unit from that batch, What I got back was the same unit. When I called them, the word was "Oh, well, we don't have any of those." Okay, so, you've fixed the problem but you don't have any of the units with the problem fixed? Why didn't you tell me that when I requested a new PSU?
The other product I have is a case. It's a nice enough case, and has some features I like, and some I don't. Remember the brief flirtation with BTX? It's a BTX case One of the things it came with was a plastic shroud to help air move from the front of the case across the CPU to the back. Unfortunately, the shroud wouldn't work with any CPU that needed enough cooling that the shroud would be a benefit to, because it wouldn't fit around anything but a small stock cooler. It was essentially useless, and very fragile. The worst part though is that the case has started to corrode on the inside, on some of the steel edges. Not badly, but I have an Antec case twice as old that shows no sign of corrosion at all.
So, Silverstone is 1/3 for me, and the time I really needed them they failed. Well, I didn't believe they failed so bad that I refused to use the PSU, and it hasn't given me any trouble in 2 1/2 years, to be fair, but I'm not likely to buy anything else from them either. They are going to have to do something marvelous for me to change my mind.
This case certainly isn't it for me.
;) Reply
DaveSimmons - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkSPCR reviewed this case too recently if you're looking for a second opinion Unfortunately they did NOT give it high marks for noise or cooling, apparently making the case this small meant using awkward fan placements that hurt the cooling and added noise.
If you have the space for them, the regular ATX Raven RV02 / Fortress FT02 from SiverStone do offer excellent cooling with very low noise, and are about the best you can do for quiet air cooling of a gaming system. Reply
Slayeristight - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkOr is it just me? Reply
SquattingDog - Friday, April 29, 2011 - linkThat is the EXACT thoughts I had when I saw it at a reseller evening at the end of last year. This is a great little case, and I am looking to build a gaming machine around it using my two 5870's and either Bulldozer or a 2600K (depending on what is better once bulldozer comes out, and what motherboards are available). The Asus P8P67M-Pro has the perfect PCI-e slot placement for this case, however...:D Reply
darkfoon - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkI don't know if I am typical of the readership here at Anandtech, but I have been consistently reading reviews here since 2003.
I like the new case reviewing process. I sort of wish there were more pictures of the system at various stages of being built, but that's what the video is for, I suppose. The testing methodology with the uATX/MiniITX and full ATX systems is also very welcome. I am curious about the shape of the room the acoustics are measured in, and the placement of the case in that room. Maybe this is nit-picking, but for example: my computer isn't terribly loud (I don't have any numbers to back this up) but depending on where I place it and my desk it can sound much louder or quieter. Right now, I have a corner desk and the case sits along one wall, with exhaust fans blowing back into the corner (with about 4 feet of space between the fans and the wall). This arrangement makes it sound louder than other places I've had it because the sound is reverberating off the corner and toward one ear specifically.
Since the acoustic readings for reviews are taken from one foot in front of the computer, I am curious if it is near a corner, or if the room is carpeted, etc.
I liked this review and it helped me to decide that this case is not the case for me. When I first saw the picture I thought, "Ooh! Pretty!" and continued to read on. The more I read, the more I learned that this case just doesn't meet my needs. Aesthetically, it does, but the size restrictions and the optical drive requirements have made it a no-go for me. I decide whether to read a case review based on the "Ooh! Pretty" response. If I get it, I read on. If not, I pass.
Keep up the good work with the new reviewing process! Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkThank you for the kind words. I love this case, too, but it just doesn't suit my needs either. Mercifully there's a Raven RV03 in my living room awaiting review...
;) Reply
james007 - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkIf we're going to put together a system around this case, what about that optical drive? You say it has to be a slot-loading slim drive, but.. which ones fit this? You list in your setting simply "Slimline DVD+/-RW Drive" - which one is that?
I'm also curious to know - are these micro-ATX mobos as overclockable as the full ATX mobos (I was thinking for example of the Asrock Extreme4 for a full-size ATX board, but I like the idea of a smaller package). Otherwise, thanks for creating this excellent review. James Hurst (New Orleans) Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - linkGood micro-ATX boards will have the same kinds of overclocking goodies as their full ATX kin.
Slimline optical drives are fairly standardized, so in this instance you just have to find one that slot-loads. SilverStone sells one on their site. Reply
dalenchm0b - Thursday, April 28, 2011 - link***WARNING, THIS IS A LONG POST***
I can answer some of your questions, since I am actually burning in one of these cases right now. The optical drive this case uses is the same type of drive found in those more expensive laptops where the drive sucks in the disc as opposed to a tray popping out. It's the same mechanism for the Wii and PS3 optical drives. There aren't too many models available, but you can readily find them on eBay. Just search for "slot load dvd" and "slot load blu-ray". Personally, I don't think I will buy one anyway because USB flash drives are cheap and I can just use that since we are moving towards digital distribution anyway.
As for the motherboard, I am currently running stability tests on an overclocked i7-920 @ 3.8 GHz using the Asus Rampage III Gene. The RIIIG is a 1366 mATX mobo that supports SLI and CF, so I am definitely going to take advantage of that one day when I upgrade my old GTX 260 to some HD 6000 or GTX 500 series goodness. I am using a Corsair H60 with medium speed Yate Loons in push-pull. In fact, I replaced all the fans with Yate Loons since I have had good results with them and they are nice and cheap. I replaced the GPU fan at the bottom of the case with 2 80mm Yates, because the 120mm fan uses a bracket that directs air at an angle instead of directly upwards. I didn't bother going with an SSD, instead I am using two WD 640 GB black drives in RAID 0 for the OS and apps, while a 2 TB Samsung F4 provides storage. The reviewer isn't kidding about the side panels passively cooling the drives, because I can touch the side of the case and feel exactly where the drives are from the heat these bad boys are giving off. Powering this little bastard is a fully modular Seasonic X750. It should provide enough power for dual gpu goodness as long as I stick with mainstream level cards.
Anyway, I'm currently benching at 3.8 GHz and its been stable for a few hours now but the 4 cores with hyperthreading enabled and all 8 threads active is making the CPU just a tad too warm for my taste at 72 C. I'll probably give the silverstone fans a test run and see if they can cool it down some more, but otherwise its doing pretty damn good I think.
I am satisfied with the case and would recommend it to someone looking to maximize desk space while looking simple yet elegant. Thanks for reading! Reply
coldcase - Friday, April 29, 2011 - linkSorry but I'm not finding that design appealing at all. Looks like a mini fridge. Reply
7Enigma - Friday, April 29, 2011 - linkHi guys,
Read your article yesterday and then this morning saw this deal on a slimline DVD/CD burner ($23). Hope this helps some of you reading this and wanting to get the FT03 (not me):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
7Enigma - Friday, April 29, 2011 - linkScratch my last comment, too early in the morning. This was for a slimline but not slot-loading it appears. Reply
james007 - Friday, April 29, 2011 - linkI appreciate the in-depth article. However - what about that optical-drive, which has to be "slot-loading"??? Exactly which models are going to fit this thing? The "setup" table doesn't say what he put into this. I would think, since our whole purpose in reading this article is to gleen the benefit of the author's experience in order to ascertain whether to use this in our own build - and to help as a guide in building it -- that this is one of the primary items he'd cover.
I see precious few slot-loading optical drives available from online retailers, and zero information on which to get. Any helpful thoughts on this? Reply
araczynski - Friday, April 29, 2011 - linki guess to each their own, but to me, it looks like a silver paper shredder trashcan. Reply
EnzoFX - Friday, April 29, 2011 - linkI just don't think these reviews do any cases justice. SPCR does it best, a case is about cooling, how well it can run at given tdp/overall power usage/and how quiet. Saying it has decent noise levels isn't very helpful. I remember an old review saying that noise was below the ambient 30+ dB's which then prompted me to ignore the entire thing. Reply
cordis - Saturday, April 30, 2011 - link"To be fair, though, I don't think I could armchair engineer a better solution than what SilverStone has done."
Really? I came up with a couple variations:
smaller wooden box - http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php...
larger brass box - http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php...
The easiest way they could have done this would be to just put one big fan at the bottom of the box, put the optical slot in vertically, maybe put the psu near the top of the case, and just keep the air paths open all the way up. If the fan at the bottom overlaps both chambers, you can easily get enough cooling that way. In my homemade cases, I put separate fans on each side, but I'm thinking about another one with a single fan at the bottom. I'm not thrilled with this case, it's not nearly as elegant as the other rotated motherboard cases they have. I appreciate that they're still being creative, though. Reply
shyrix - Saturday, April 30, 2011 - linkI love this case. i put in dual 6870's, asus p8p67-m pro, i2500k,h70, corsair vengeance sticks, ocz vertex ssd raid0
fit it all, documented my build via facebook. lots of photos...just click through to facebook album.
has strider psu, with short cable kit.
i can answer any questions about this case/build Reply
akahuddy - Monday, May 02, 2011 - linkWhy not use the Silverstone FP33-B. It comes with a front 3.5in controller and a rear expansion slot that has 3 dials. I've been using one for 5 years with great success in several different cases. That would cover all of the fans that you could put in a case like this. Reply


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Rich and Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake
Recipe by Vseward Chef-V
This recipe was given to me by a friend a long time ago, not sure where she got it, I just know it's the most requested pumpkin cheesecake recipe I have. When I want to splurge on cheesecake, this is it!!! Very rich and creamy, tastes like what you would expect in a restaurant.
Top Review by Loves2bake4family
I don't care for pumpkin pie but I couldn't get enough of this cheesecake! This was the absolute richest and creamiest one I've ever made. I've tried a lot of high end restaurant cheesecakes and this tasted better than those! I used about a 1/2 cup of dark brown sugar and the rest white, made a ginger snap crust with ground pecans in it, added extra spice and a little rum. This is the only pumpkin cheesecake recipe I will ever use. Nothing comes close!
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Ingredients Nutrition
Graham Cracker Crust
- 1 1⁄2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1⁄3 cup butter, melted
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
Cheesecake Filling
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 (8 ounce) packages light cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Wrap a double layer of WIDE heavy-duty aluminum foil around the outside of a 10-inch springform pan. (To make it watertight).
- Combine the graham crackers, sugar, and cinnamon, drizzle the melted butter over crumbs and mix.
- Press the crumbs over the bottom (not the sides) of the prepared pan.
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- Transfer the cheesecake to a wire rack to cool.
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Limestone is a town in Aroostook county, Maine. It was formed in 1869. Limestone began keeping vital records in 1862 and town records in 1861. For more information, contact the county at 93 Main St., Limestone 04750. On the attached map, Limestone is shown as 24 in Aroostook county.
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The 'All My Children' star was the second celebrity to get the lowest score in Rumba-Tango night, receiving 33 out of 60 in total.
"Dancing with the Stars" axed one more couple this week. Aiden Turner and his partner Edyta Sliwinska are going home after surviving two elimination rounds. "Each week I came out here and gave it my all. ...I've had a great time," Turner said with teary eyes and smile. "The experience of being on 'Dancing with the Stars' has been amazing. ...Now I feel like I can move like I never moved before."
Turner stumbled at Rumba during the week when judges gave two set of scores, one for technical and another for performance. Turner received 15 for the former and 18 for the latter, making it a total of 33 out of 60. His score was not the lowest for Kate Gosselin earned 32 out of 60. Nevertheless, it was Niecy Nash who joined Turner in the bottom two.
Next week, the remaining contestants will be dancing to an iconic song from movies.


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On Abuse & Seeing What We Don't Want To See
Here are two things I never expected to be told in the same breath: "You're so skinny! This will look cute on you," and "I'm pretty sure you're lying about that time your dad molested you."
Nine months ago, I confronted my father about sexually abusing me as a child. Since then, my communication with my family has been limited, and it caught me off-guard when, just two weeks ago, my aunt invited me to meet her for lunch. I impulsively agreed, and initially, we started on the right note. After a few minutes of polite pleasantries, she handed me a gift bag. Inside, I found a hand-me-down Ann Taylor blazer with the tags still on ("I love the pattern, but it just doesn't fit me") and a copy of Meredith Maran's My Lie: A True Story of False Memory ("I learned so much from this book. It's amazing how unreliable our memories are, don't you think?"). Never before had I felt so flattered and insulted all at once.
The insinuation that my memories of abuse are not to be trusted did not come as a surprise. After all, it was exactly one year ago that I began to talk about my memories to my therapist, friends, and family; before last summer, the only people I had ever told were my childhood best friend and my husband. One of the key reasons why I was silent for so many years is that I was afraid that I wouldn't be believed. As it turns out, the reason why my family claims not to believe me is precisely because I was silent for so many years. If it had really happened, they tell me, surely I would have spoken up sooner.
Of course, we know that this isn't how trauma works. Survivors of sexual violence frequently don't come forward with their accusations, and their reluctance to do so isn't necessarily because they have any doubt as to what happened to them. Often, survivors don't come forward because they know that their experiences don't match the narrative of what abuse – or survival – "looks" like.
My family can't reconcile what my father did to me, because I was good at hiding the truth. We were close. We bonded over art. I laughed at his jokes. We traveled together. He walked me down the aisle at my wedding. I kept my discomfort on lockdown. The signs – recoiling at his touch, sickness in my stomach when he complimented me on my appearance, mistrusting every man who expressed even the slightest sexual interest in me – were visible to everyone who knew what to look for and invisible to everyone who preferred not to see, but they weren't immediately obvious to anyone, myself included.
A few days after I saw my aunt, I stumbled upon Princest Diaries, an awareness campaign by artist Saint Hoax. Saint Hoax created three images using Disney princesses – Sleeping Beauty's Aurora, The Little Mermaid's Ariel, and Aladdin's Jasmine – and their fathers to raise awareness about the prevalence of incest. At the bottom, each image reads, "46% of minors who are raped are victims of family members. It's never too late to report your attack." The message is clear, simple, and powerful.
I sent the link to my husband immediately. "This is intense," I wrote. "I saw that last week," he replied. "I was purposefully not telling you about it." I understood his reluctance, because Princest Diaries is nothing if not triggering. My first response was visceral disgust. The act depicted in the images is one of the acts that my father perpetrated upon me as a child, so my mind couldn't help but instantaneously flash back to that awful moment upon seeing them. My second response was confusion. I grew up watching the referenced films; "The Little Mermaid" was the very first film I saw in a movie theater. I criticize the Disney princess genre as much as the next feminist, but I have affection for the films and their heroines. I wasn't prepared to see them as victims.
Shock wore off and denial set in. They aren't incest survivors, I told myself. Their fathers wouldn't do that to them. And they don't seem to be afraid of men at all – look how easily they fall in love with their princes! They weren't abused. Maybe their relationships with the Kings (or Sultan, in Jasmine's case) were a little abnormally close, but closeness isn't abuse. That's just what happens when you're the only (or favorite, in Ariel's case) child.
In other words: I minimized the Disney princesses in the exact same way that my aunt minimized me.
Of course, the stakes are quite different. Aurora, Ariel and Jasmine are cartoon characters. They don't suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. They haven't had to deal with flashbacks, nightmares, vaginismus or sexual insecurities. They haven't spent thousands of dollars on inpatient treatment and outpatient therapists and an endless parade of SSRIs. They don't have to worry about their families abandoning them for telling the truth.
But think of how much harder it is to accept the truth when it's actually true. If we find ourselves doubting fictional characters, of course we'll doubt actual humans that much more. When you that something terrible happened to someone who you've known and loved for a long time, it is so easy to put on blinders. Who wouldn't have that impulse? And that, of course, is all the more reason to fight it.
I don't know when I'll see my aunt again. I don't particularly appreciate being told that I'm a liar, so it seems that I need to go back to restricting our communication as I have for the past nine months. What I do know is that, whenever we do see each other again, I won't let her off the hook. I will thank her for her good intentions, tell her gently that denying the truth isn't enough to undo the past, and ask her to finally open her eyes.
The author of this post chooses to be anonymous. If you would like to contact the author, send an email to [email protected] and your response will be forwarded.
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In the Overture Films dramedy, Amy Adams and Emily Blunt act as sisters working in a crime scene cleaning business which helps them to clean up their own messy lives.
Another trailer to Overture Films' "Sunshine Cleaning" has arrived. Focusing on the two sisters, Rose and Norah Lorkorswki, the brand new trailer gives out a background story to how Rose can come up with the Sunshine Cleaning idea, and how the crime scene cleaning business makes the two grow closer to each other.
Rose Lorkorswki is a single mother who has an eccentric eight-year-old son and cleans houses as her job, while Norah Lorkorswki is a slacker who has no job and still lives under one roof with her father, who always plots get-rich-quick schemes. Having to put her son into a better school and learning that cleaning crime scenes gives quick cash, Rose persuades Norah to be her partner in a crime scene cleaning business, putting themselves in a condition that they never think they would achieve.
Starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin and Steve Zahn, "Sunshine" is directed by Christine Jeffs and written by Megan Holley. Though its official release date has yet to be slated, it has been premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2008.
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Missing You
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Mazza and Curlygirly find more than just a lottery win gets them excited
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Solution to today's crossword in the New York Times
Solution to today's SYNDICATED New York Times crossword in all other publications
CROSSWORD SETTER: Jeffrey Wechsler
THEME: All the Time … we have a rebus puzzle today with the abbreviated days of the week in the middle, and some "days" references in the two longest answers:
36A. All the time?: Abbr. : SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SATBILL BUTLER'S COMPLETION TIME: 68m 52s!!!
3D. Common site for 36-Across : DESKTOP CALENDAR
10D. Common site for 36-Across : APPOINTMENT BOOK
Today's Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies
4. Thanksgiving song : PAEAN
A paean is a poem or song that expresses triumph or thanksgiving. "Paean" comes from the ancient Greek "paian" meaning "song of triumph".
13. Name that's one syllable in English, two syllables in Japanese : ABE
Abe is a common family name in Japan, one that is ranked 23rd in frequency of occurrence in the population.
14. Sister of Melpomene : ERATO
In Greek mythology, the muses are the goddesses who inspire the creation of literature and the arts. The number of muses seems to be debated a lot, but the most popular view is that there are nine:
- Calliope (epic poetry)
- Clio (history)
- Erato (lyric poetry)
- Euterpe (music)
- Melpomene (tragedy)
- Polyhymnia (choral poetry)
- Terpsichore (dance)
- Thalia (comedy)
- Urania (astronomy)
16. "Was ist ___?" : LOS
"Was ist los?" is German for "What is wrong?"
20. Literary March : AMY
"Little Women" is of course a novel written by American author Louisa May Alcott. The quartet of little women is Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March. Jo is a tomboy and the main character in the story and is based on Alcott herself.
21. Comic Meadows formerly of "S.N.L." : TIM
Tim Meadows is a comedian and actor who was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) from 1991 to 2000. That nine years is one of the longest tenures of any SNL cast member.
22. "___ to Apollo" : ODE
"Ode to Apollo" is an 1815 poem by John Keats.
The poet John Keats is famous for writing a whole series of beautiful odes. The most renowned are the so-called "1819 Odes", a collection from the year 1819 that includes famous poems such as "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode to Psyche".
25. Basic process of genetics : VARIATION
Genetic variation is a fundamental behind the process of natural selection. Genetic variation is the result of mutations occurring in genes. If a mutation results in an individual that is more fit for survival, then the principle of "survival of the fittest" makes is more likely that the individual will mate. The mutation can then be passed onto offspring.
29. Currency superseded by the euro : LIRA
The word "lira" is used in a number of countries for currency. "Lira" comes from the Latin for "pound" and is derived from a British pound sterling, the value of a Troy pound of silver. For example, the lira (plural "lire") was the official currency of Italy before the country changed over to the euro in 2002.
30. Actor McShane : IAN
Ian McShane is an English actor, famous in his homeland (and to PBS viewers in the US) for playing the title role in "Lovejoy". In this country he is perhaps better known for playing the conniving saloon owner on the HBO western drama "Deadwood".
32. "Listen, ___ the sound be fled": Longfellow : ERE
"Listen, ere the sound be fled" is a line from the 1879 sonnet called "My Cathedral" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
41. Rapper ___-E : EAZY
Eazy-E was the stage name of rapper Eric Lynn Wright. Eazy-E had a pretty liberal lifestyle, fathering seven children with six different women. In 1995, he died due to complications from AIDS. He was only 32 years old.
43. Repetitive inits.? : OCD
Apparently obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is the fourth most commonly diagnosed mental disorder, making it about as common as asthma.
44. Dweller in ancient Persepolis : MEDE
The Medes were an ancient people that lived in what is now northwestern Iran. The Medes held sway in the region only for about 60 years, until Cyrus the Great came along and defeated Astyages, the king of Media (not to be confused with Howard Stern, the self-proclaimed "king of all media"!).
Persepolis is located in modern Iran, just northeast of the city of Shiraz. The earliest remains of the city date back to around 500 BC. Much of the city's construction took place during the reign of King Xerxes the Great.
46. Self-titled platinum album of 1986 : ENYA
Enya is a musician from County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland. She started out her musical career with her family band called Clannad, before going solo. Now Enya is Ireland's best-selling solo musician.
47. Eligible to be called up : ONE-A
Class 1-A registrants in the Selective Service System maintained by the US government, are available for unrestricted military service.
51. Oxygen's electrons, e.g. : OCTAD
The element oxygen has the atomic number of 8, and has eight elections within each atom.
53. Relative of Mme. : SRA
The equivalent of "Mrs." in French is "Mme." (Madame) and in Spanish is "Sra." (Señora).
54. Global economic org. : IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established at the end of 1945 with 29 major economies supporting and funding an effort to stabilize economies across the globe after WWII. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., today the IMF has 187 member countries.
61. Singer Rimes : LEANN
LeAnn Rimes has been a country music star since she was 13 years old. In 2008 she disclosed publicly that she suffered from the autoimmune disease psoriasis. She has been active since then in raising money to fight the disease and helping fund cancer research as well. So, not only did Rimes win three Grammy Awards in 1997, she also won a 2009 Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Country Music.
62. Lycée attendee : ELEVE
The "lycée" is the last stage of secondary education in France.
French for school is "école", and French for pupil is "élève".
64. Constellation next to Hercules : LYRA
Lyra is a constellation that includes the star Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky. The constellation Lyra is surrounded by the neighboring constellations of Draco, Hercules, Vulpecula and Cygnus.
65. The hare, notably : LOSER
"The Tortoise and the Hare" is perhaps the most famous fable attributed to Aesop. The hare takes a nap during a race against the tortoise, and the tortoise sneaks past the finish line for the win while his speedier friend is sleeping.
2. Native : ABORIGINE
Even though the term "aborigine" is often associated with the indigenous peoples of Australia, in the widest sense "aboriginal" refers to any indigenous race. The Aborigines were a people in Roman mythology, the oldest inhabitants of central Italy.
5. ___ lily : ARUM
Arum lily and calla lily are common names for the flowering plant genus Zantedeschia. Zantedeschia species contain calcium oxalate, making them very poisonous.
6. Noël Coward play : EASY VIRTUE
"Easy Virtue" is a play that Noël Coward wrote in 1924 that falls into the genre of drawing room melodrama. "Easy Virtue" was made into a silent film in 1928 by Alfred Hitchcock. Another movie version was made in 2008 with a great cast including Jessica Biel, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas. I recommend that one ...
7. Football stat. : ATT
Attempts (Att.)
8. Cosa ___ : NOSTRA
Apparently "Cosa Nostra" is the real name for the Italian Mafia. "Cosa Nostra" translates as "our thing" or "this thing of ours". The term first became public in the US when the FBI managed to turn some members of the American Mafia. The Italian authorities established that "Cosa Nostra" was also used in Sicily when they penetrated the Sicilian Mafia in the 1980s. The term "mafia" seems to be just a literary invention that has become popular with the public.
11. Inscription on stained glass, maybe : CREDO
"Credo" is the Latin word for "I believe".
12. "The New Yorker" cartoonist Ed : KOREN
Ed Koren writes political cartoons for "The New Yorker".
18. Xbox competitor : WII
The Wii is the biggest-selling game console in the world.
24. Some legal bigwigs: Abbr. : AGS
Attorneys General (AGs) head up the Department of Justice (DOJ). When the office of the Attorney General was created in 1789 it was a part-time job, with no departmental support. The Department of Justice came into being in 1870.
27. Leader of ancient Troy? : TAU
The Greek letter tau would be the leading letter in the word "Troy".
36. Revered Chinese figure : SUN YAT-SEN
Sun Yat-sen is known as the "Father of the Nation" in China, and is uniquely revered in both the mainland of China and on the island of Taiwan. During his rule as president of the country he promoted his political philosophy known at the Three Principles of the People, namely nationalism, democracy and the people's livelihood.
37. Athenian general who wrote "History of the Peloponnesian War" : THUCYDIDES
Thucydides was a historian from Ancient Greece who has been dubbed "the father of scientific history", a nod to his rigorous gathering and analysis of evidence.
38. 2002 Salma Hayek film or its title role : FRIDA
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, famous for her self-portraits. She was married to the equally famous artist Diego Rivera. Kahlo was portrayed by the actress Salma Hayek in a film about her colorful life called "Frida" released in 2002.
40. Nonspeaking role on "CSI" : DEAD BODY
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" is apparently the most-watched television show worldwide.
44. Comfy footwear, briefly : MOC
"Moc" is short for "moccasin" shoe.
59. Band with the '79 album "Discovery" : ELO
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
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For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:
1. Full of tears, say : SAD
4. Thanksgiving song : PAEAN
9. Behind : BACK
13. Name that's one syllable in English, two syllables in Japanese : ABE
14. Sister of Melpomene : ERATO
15. Copy, briefly : REPRO
16. "Was ist ___?" : LOS
17. Custodial tool : DUST SWEEPER
19. Put out : IRK
20. Literary March : AMY
21. Comic Meadows formerly of "S.N.L." : TIM
22. "___ to Apollo" : ODE
23. Needed : VITAL
25. Basic process of genetics : VARIATION
28. Keenly waiting : AGOG
29. Currency superseded by the euro : LIRA
30. Actor McShane : IAN
31. Some keep waiting for them : TIPS
32. "Listen, ___ the sound be fled": Longfellow : ERE
33. "Phooey!" : NUTS!
35. Abbr. at the bottom of a letter : ENC
36. All the time?: Abbr. : SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
39. Prefix with week : MID-
41. Rapper ___-E : EAZY
43. Repetitive inits.? : OCD
44. Dweller in ancient Persepolis : MEDE
45. Clover locale : LEA
46. Self-titled platinum album of 1986 : ENYA
47. Eligible to be called up : ONE-A
48. Like many breakfast cereals : SWEETENED
51. Oxygen's electrons, e.g. : OCTAD
52. Cousin : KIN
53. Relative of Mme. : SRA
54. Global economic org. : IMF
56. Tie one on at dinner, maybe : BIB
57. Inconceivable : UNDREAMED OF
60. Spanish bear : OSO
61. Singer Rimes : LEANN
62. Lycée attendee : ELEVE
63. Traditional : OLD
64. Constellation next to Hercules : LYRA
65. The hare, notably : LOSER
66. G, e.g. : KEY
1. Show eager anticipation : SALIVATE
2. Native : ABORIGINE
3. Common site for 36-Across : DESKTOP CALENDAR
4. Brake, e.g. : PEDAL
5. ___ lily : ARUM
6. Noël Coward play : EASY VIRTUE
7. Football stat. : ATT
8. Cosa ___ : NOSTRA
9. Nectar detector : BEE
10. Common site for 36-Across : APPOINTMENT BOOK
11. Inscription on stained glass, maybe : CREDO
12. "The New Yorker" cartoonist Ed : KOREN
15. Doesn't leave : REMAINS AT
18. Xbox competitor : WII
24. Some legal bigwigs: Abbr. : AGS
26. "Anything else that you require?" : ARE WE DONE?
27. Leader of ancient Troy? : TAU
29. It may leave a sour taste in your mouth : LEMON
34. Peripheral basilica feature : SIDE AISLE
36. Revered Chinese figure : SUN YAT-SEN
37. Athenian general who wrote "History of the Peloponnesian War" : THUCYDIDES
38. 2002 Salma Hayek film or its title role : FRIDA
40. Nonspeaking role on "CSI" : DEAD BODY
42. Last of 26 : ZEE
44. Comfy footwear, briefly : MOC
46. Paint type : ENAMEL
48. Halloween prop : SKULL
49. Like some fancy sauces : WINEY
50. Procter & Gamble brand : ERA
51. Tender : OFFER
55. "Gangway!" : MOVE!
58. Chain in biology : RNA
59. Band with the '79 album "Discovery" : ELO
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Gestational diabetes
usually does not cause symptoms distinguishable from those that commonly occur in pregnancy. If symptoms do occur, they may be similar to those in nongestational diabetes. These may include:
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Diabetes and pregnancy.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists website. Available at:
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American Diabetes Association
website. Available at:
Hod M, Jovanovic LG, Di Renzo GC, et al, eds.
Textbook of Diabetes and Pregnancy.
Independence, KY: Taylor and Francis; 2003.
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Jean Paul Lal, son of director-actor Lal, got engaged to Blessy last month. Now, they have announced their wedding date to be on December 26, the day after Christmas.
The wedding will take place at Vallarpadom Church, Kochi. Jean Paul is the elder son of Lal and wife Nancy. Blessy is the daughter of Varghese Chacko and Kuttiyamma. The function will start from 4.30 pm and the family has arranged a reception at Bolgaty Palace from evening 6.30 pm.
Jean Paul Lal made his debut as a director with the movie Honey Bee starring Asif Ali, Bhavana and his father Lal in the lead. The movie was a Blockbuster. Jean said that he will be doing a sequel after sometime with the same cast, titled Honey Bee 2. But, the new movie will not see Bhavana. She will be replaced by none other than Nazriya Nazim, says sources.
Meanwhile, Jean Paul Lal has announced his yet another movie titled Hai, I Am Tony. The movie will again see Lal and Asif Ali. Nazriya plays the female lead in this movie too. "The movie will revolve around three main characters that will be played by Papa (Lal), Asif Ali and Nazriya Nazim," confirms the young director. "The rest of the cast is yet to be finalised, and the film would be a unique visual treat for the audience," he added.