How to pick the best AC power supply

Your Power Supply Dictates Your Performance

The power supply is perhaps the most misunderstood aspect of performance in a system. Most people look at wattage alone in order to determine the power that the supply contains when the truth is much more nuanced. Higher wattage does not always mean a better power source.

On the other hand, some people tend to believe that the power source that comes with the system is automatically correct. This is not always true, but since power sources do not get as much attention as graphics cards or other sexy components, the problems that incorrect power sources cause are not always fixed in a timely manner.

– How to Choose a Power Supply

There are no definitive measures on how to choose the correct power supply for your system. However, there are some indicators that can provide you with circumstantial evidence of the quality of a power source.

First of all, make sure you have a power source from a reputable company. Cheap power sources give you exactly what you pay for – even power sources that are marked similarly to brand-name power sources will not perform with the same accuracy or precision.

You will always be able to tell a reputable company by the warranty that they provide you. Every power source should come with a guarantee for performance for the first few months at least. If you are having trouble researching reputable power source companies, Corsair, Seasonic, and Antec are three companies that you can depend on in a pinch.

Higher-quality power supplies are almost always heavier than their less reputable competitors. High-quality supplies need the weight for extra capacitors as well as for chokes and other internal components. There also needs to be some weight allocation for the heat dissipation mechanism. Power supplies that are able to get rid of heat more readily will perform at a higher level for a much longer period of time.

– The Rumor of the Cooling Fan

Contrary to what you may believe, a larger cooling fan that moves more air at a faster rate will actually cause less noise than a smaller fan. Do not judge the heat dissipation capabilities of a system by the amount of noise that it makes.

– Checking the Pinning System

One of the main things that you should check with your power supply is the pinning system that comes with it. This is what will make your power supply compatible with your system as a whole; no matter how durable your power supply may be, if it does not fit the rest of your pins, then you will not be able to connect it.

– The Output of Your System

The wattage ratings that are advertised on most power supplies is the peak power that a supply can provide. What you are actually looking for is the consistency of the power supply, not the peak power. For the best way to determine your consistent power supply, you should definitely invest in a power supply wattage calculator. You will only have to make this investment one time, and it can be used for virtually every power supply that you have to purchase in the future.

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How Apple Is Changing the International Data Roaming Game

Instantly connect to a local data network in more than 90 countries and territories

Data roaming was once one of the great pain points of traveling. Slowly, but surely, it is easing up—and perhaps going away all together. A short history, for the uninitiated: first, the EU proposed legislature to end roaming on the European continent by 2017 (a bill that was just approved today). Then T-Mobile made it free to roam in 120-plus countries (sluggish network speeds be damned). A third development was the perhaps quietest—Apple launched a technology called Apple SIM poised to instantly connect travelers with local data networks the second they touched ground in an international country. The only catch? They didn’t have any significant telecom partners available when the technology deployed, so the development flew largely under the radar.
Until today, that is. This morning, Apple and GigSky have announced a partnership that includes the ability to instantly connect to a local data network in more than 90 countries.

For now, the technology is limited to iPad—AppleSIM has been coming pre-installed on iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 models with WiFi + Cellular capability (and have been since that model debuted last year). They’re also available at Apple stores for a mere $5 if one isn’t already in your device. Not sure whether you have one already? Simply pop out the SIM card and see if there’s an Apple logo on it.
Now there’s only one caveat that remains: at this point, Apple could confirm no plans to bring the technology to iPhone. But perhaps a year from now, we’ll have another surprise to report on that front.
This article originally appeared on Travel + Leisure

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Aj Bhardwaj Shows 10 Most 'Hidden' Gmail Features You Must Useful Ever

Gmail  is available across all your devices Android, iOS, and desktop devices. Sort, collaborate or call a friend without leaving your inbox.
Here's over to 10 Gmail Labs features you should enable right now.
Undo send
We've all been there: You spend half an hour writing a strongly worded letter, hit send, and realize you probably shouldn't have done that. Thankfully, Gmail's Undo Send feature — available in Gmail Labs — is there to save you from yourself.

After sending an email, Gmail will wait a predefined number of seconds (5, 10, 20, or 30, configurable in Gmail's settings) before sending. During this period, you can hit the "Undo" button to take back your mistake.
Even if you don't foresee needing it, it's a lot better than yanking out your Ethernet cable, so you might as well keep it around just in case. I use it far more than I'd like to admit.
Custom keyboard shortcuts
We love keyboard shortcuts. It's no secret. The shortcuts in Gmail are some of our favorites, allowing you to ninja your way through Gmail with just your keyboard — and they even add a few every once in a while.

However, if you don't find Gmail's default keybindings very intuitive, the Custom Keyboard Shortcuts feature — available in Gmail Labs — lets you customize your own shortcuts from Gmail's Settings page.
Preview external services in messages
Gmail has quite a few labs that let you preview things like videos, documents, voicemails, and images in emails if they're sent from certain services. For example, if one of your contacts sends you a message with an address in it, the Google Maps Preview Lab will automatically show you that address on a map.

There are also preview Labs for Google Voice, Yelp, and Picasa if you or your contacts use those services.
Auto-advance
If you cycle through a lot of messages at once, it's probably really annoying that Gmail takes you back to the inbox whenever you delete, archive, or mute a conversation.

The Auto-advance feature, available in Gmail Labs, lets you choose what Gmail does in this situation, so you can go straight to the next (or previous) email whenever you delete or archive a message.
It's small, but a good time saver and a fix for a pretty big annoyance.
Unread message icon
Gmail's tabs might light up when you have new messages, but if you want a quick glance at how many unread emails are in your inbox, Gmail Labs' Unread Message Icon will do the trick.

It's perfect for keeping Gmail in a pinned tab, but make sure it doesn't distract you: after all, you shouldn't be answering email as soon as it comes in. So if having it on tempts you to constantly check your inbox, keep it off.
Send & Archive
Just head into Gmail's General Settings and click the "Show "Send & Archive" button in reply" radio button. From now on,


when you're composing an email, you can send your message and archive the thread in one fell swoop-keeping your inbox clean and tidy.
Apps search
If you use Google Docs or Google Sites, Apps Search (available in Labs) is a great feature that extends Gmail's search capabilities to those two apps. That way, when you search for something in Gmail, it'll also bring up matching search results from Docs and Sites below the Gmail ones.

That way you can do all your Google-related work in one, consolidated tab.
Default 'Reply All'
Arguably the most controversial feature of the bunch, this lets you set your default reply action to "Reply All" instead of "Reply". Often, when multiple people are involved in an email thread, one person will break off by accidentally hitting the "Reply" button instead of "Reply All", and then everyone else misses that part of the conversation.

Save yourself from being that person by tweaking this option in Gmail's general settings. On the occasions you want to reply just to one person, you'll still be able to do so by hitting the drop down menu next to the Reply All button.
Canned responses
If you find yourself doing a lot of repetitive typing, the Canned Responses lab will save you serious time. Enable it in Gmail Labs, type in the messages you find yourself sending over and over again, and then send them in the future with the click of a button. You can even send them automatically using filters, which makes for a useful vacation responder.

Note also that you can use OS-wide text expansion if you need to do this outside of Gmail — though Gmail's canned responses can be used no matter what computer you're on. They're even available on your phone.
Quick links
While features like starred messages and Multiple Inboxes are great for accessing oft-needed labels or messages, Quick Links can access just about anything, right from Gmail's sidebar.

Once you enable Quick Links in Gmail Labs, you'll see a box on the left, in which you can add one-click access to any bookmark able URL in Gmail—including saved searches, specific messages, labels, or anything else.
You can just use them as a handy grab bag of links, or even turn them into a killer to-do list.

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How BMW Uses Racing to Make Its Cars Better

How the car maker uses the track to shape its image and its product

On a crystalline day in late-July 1894, the Parisian gazette Le Petit Journal organized what is widely considered the first motoring competition. The paper’s editor, Pierre Giffard, surmized of contest of then-new, so-called horseless carriages from Paris to northern Rouen would boost circulation. It was a rough trial. Many of the 69 vehicles that entered never made it. Those that did traveled at a glacial average speed of 11 miles per hour. But the stunt coincided with the beginning of the automotive era, and manufacturers ever since have seen in racing a chance to test their technology and influence potential customers in the process. (A vehicle made by Peugeot was among the top finishers.)

German auto makers BMW AG, Audi AG, and

Mercedes-Benz are racing pell-mell against each other for the industry’s luxury-car sales crown, but the huge sums they are spending to get ahead are beginning to erode profits.

In their quest for growth, the three German brands that dominate the global market for premium cars and sport-utility vehicles are spending tens of billions of euros to develop new technologies, build factories and churn out new models.

BMW defended its global lead last year, selling 1.81 million BMW brand cars, outpacingVolkswagen AG’s Audi, which sold 1.74 million cars, and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, which sold 1.65 million vehicles.

Today, automakers from Ford to Ferarri count on motorsports to help spread word of their worth. It gives engineers and designers bragging rights over their competitors. The marketing doesn’t hurt either. In this video, TIME takes a look at BMW’s racing history and how its participation in motorsports influences the cars even the most cautious customers drive.

Seal Team 6 are now invisible warriors in a global manhunt machine

A New York Times investigation published today unveiled the inner-workings of Seal Team 6, the elite naval force best known for capturing Osama Bin Laden and until those events, the most secretive unit of the US military.

The tale charts how the mythologized unit, which began as a small group reserved for rare missions, morphed into what the Times called a “global manhunting machine” filled with invisible fighters that outsiders never knew about—or could hold accountable.

The story is significant not just because of the new, gory details it unveils about excessive killing and civilian deaths, but because it exposes yet another thing the US government does not want its citizens to know about. The unit carried out America’s dirtiest work around the world, showcasing what happens when elected lawmakers avert their gaze in an attempt to secure plausible deniability on the grandest scale.

“This is an area where Congress notoriously…

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