Any chance of a glossary please?

cozumel · Jul 25, 2008, 07:22 PM

Just thinking it is sometimes hard to keep up with all the latest specs and technical words / phrases for people (like myself) who have some knowledge but nothing in depth. Sometimes in DH reviews reference is made to an industry standard or architecture without an explanation of what it actually means in real-life to the average layman/laywoman. (I am a layman lol)

So back to the thread title. Any chance please of a sub-forum or sticky thread within the reviews or hardware sections that contains a glossary of terms used, with explanations, so that we all fully understand. It could just be added to review by review.

Thanks for your time and consideration

Edit: In my humble opinion, it would make the review sections more complete

Zardon · Jul 25, 2008, 08:00 PM

that certainly doable.

In the meantime is there anything in particular I can address in here to explain it ?

cozumel · Jul 25, 2008, 08:35 PM

Thanks. The most recent one was in Grace's review of the Corsair HX. On the specs it has EPS standard. I think this is voltage reg for workstations but not sure. Haven't really bothered researching it over the last year or so as its for workstations so it does not effect me. But it is still nice to know!!

Grace · Jul 25, 2008, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cozumel

Thanks. The most recent one was in Grace's review of the Corsair HX. On the specs it has EPS standard. I think this is voltage reg for workstations but not sure. Haven't really bothered researching it over the last year or so as its for workstations so it does not effect me. But it is still nice to know!!

The EPS is another standard like ATX, meant for workstation motherboards. It is a standard adopted by SSI (I cannot clearly remember, but that must be Server System Infrastructure). They have some funny ideas sometimes, like back in the Pentium 3/AMD Thunderbird era when the EPS standard was a funny straight 6-pin connector.

Jul 25, 2008, 07:22 PM	#1
cozumel I'm dangerous but cute... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Under the waves... Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	Any chance of a glossary please? Just thinking it is sometimes hard to keep up with all the latest specs and technical words / phrases for people (like myself) who have some knowledge but nothing in depth. Sometimes in DH reviews reference is made to an industry standard or architecture without an explanation of what it actually means in real-life to the average layman/laywoman. (I am a layman lol) So back to the thread title. Any chance please of a sub-forum or sticky thread within the reviews or hardware sections that contains a glossary of terms used, with explanations, so that we all fully understand. It could just be added to review by review. Thanks for your time and consideration Edit: In my humble opinion, it would make the review sections more complete __________________ Don't worry about money - Be a beach bum! Scuba Rocks

Jul 25, 2008, 08:35 PM	Thread Starter #3
cozumel I'm dangerous but cute... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Under the waves... Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	Thanks. The most recent one was in Grace's review of the Corsair HX. On the specs it has EPS standard. I think this is voltage reg for workstations but not sure. Haven't really bothered researching it over the last year or so as its for workstations so it does not effect me. But it is still nice to know!! __________________ Don't worry about money - Be a beach bum! Scuba Rocks

Jul 25, 2008, 08:00 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	that certainly doable. In the meantime is there anything in particular I can address in here to explain it ?