You can mix the power supplies, but you have tou avoid it when possible, and in your case, is possible. Besides, I would never use a 350W old psu in a new computer.
450W is just in the limit of a new and powerful computer. I have a 600W Zalman and I use around 460W at full load (specs in my signature). And Watts is not the main thing in a PSU (it's like the megapixles in a camera). The 12V lines and their amperage goes first
One last thing, avoid the cheap and crappy ones. PSU is more important than people thing...

Quote from geeman1 :

So you have one those Core i7 + Quad SLI systems overclocked to the max then?....

For that you need at least a nice 800W psu in order to keep the system safe. Keep in mind this is like a car. Take a Renault Twingo to the highway at 150km/h for a long trip, constant speed, and it will be hot, the fuel compsuption will be "huge" and the engine will suffer. Do the same with a 911 in 6th gear and you'll be fine.

Quote from gezmoor :

...You're looking at it purely from the point of view of someone who is trained

Exactly, because the rest of the designers who I have to compete with and the chief designer are trained people as well. So that was my point: they will understand the design and appreciate any small difference, but the customer won't. So why that effort? That's something I'll ask to one of my teachers next day

Quote from gezmoor :

(and arguably obsessed because of that training) with the detail of car design..

Wrong. Details is the last part, when the 75% of the job is done. The key are the proportions.

Quote from gezmoor :

...You're looking at it purely from the point of view of someone who is trained

Exactly, because the rest of the designers who I have to compete with and the chief designer are trained people as well. So that was my point: they will understand the design and appreciate any small difference, but the customer won't. So why that effort? That's something I'll ask to one of my teachers next day

Quote from (and arguably obsessed because of that training) with the [B :

detail[/B] of car design..

Wrong. Details is the last part, when the 75% of the job is done. The key are the proportions.

iPhone is a good looking phone with an excellent interface while a device with Windows Mobile is less atractive, you can not do everything with your fingers and runs slower, but at least is useful

That old man should be in a residence receiving mental treatment :bananadea

Where Tarquini, Muller, Gene and the others will go now?

Mine had a problem with the motherboard. There were some problems with the spare parts supply so finally the store is giving me my money back.
So now I need a new one, but nothing in the market right now seems to be interesting for me. HTC have some stupid details in their design (microSD car under battery cover, etc), Android is still to new... I'll wait for new models...

Quote from Wilko868 :

Munich.

Sunderland or Newcastle?

(Y'all know what to say )

Newcastle

Gay or lesbian?

Try to find him

Quote from JJ72 :

But car designers get paid a lot, so stick with it!!

I agree with the other part but this is sadly wrong Car designers are idiots, because they could earn much more designing yatchs, furnitures, condoms or bikes. And is much easier to get a job in those areas as well. So, why cars then? Just because for us doing what we love is more important than money

Quote from JJ72 :

...Not everyone is sensitive to forms, but those examples are really vastly different from each other.

Exactly, and that's why for example the game here in the forum "Guess the car" is a piece of cake for me while for some guys is really hard.

I think you're designer right? That's why you understand my point

To be honest the only similar thing I see is that all of them are cars Usually people only see and understand the basic shape of a car and some graphics, but for me there is much more than that, proportions is the key of any design and not everybody understand it. And that's why I was wondering that, because is pointless to waste time doing something that the average customer will never understand

Quote from spankmeyer :

No, horrible design just has many names.

If you think it's beautiful or it's awful is your opinion and it's up to you, but when something is not similiar to something is not an opinion, it's a fact.

Quote from Dajmin :

Just remember that until you have the minimum required specifications (and in car terms this means shedloads of safety equipment and a minimum ride height) designing any vehicle is a waste of time.
You could come up with the most beautiful car ever created but when the engineers come back and say "the front needs to be higher for SUV impact zones, the sides need reinforced to withstand more force, the rear needs raised to meet NCAP standards" and the brief says "the boot needs to be bigger, it needs more headroom, those lights aren't big enough" your idea goes to hell

Yeah I'm a car designer student so I know how it works We also have to fight against ergonomist everyday

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

The saloon looks bit like a uglyfied jetta tdi cup car.....

Quote from Jordan2007 :

Just reminds me Seat Leon Hatchback.....

Quote from gezmoor :

However, methinks it will take at least a second if not third look to distinguish the new Focus from the new Astra...

Quote from spankmeyer :

...Looks like a mix of old 206, Saab and Kia.

Quote from danthebangerboy :

Is it just me or does the side view look a little bit scirocco-ish?

Sometimes I wonder why teachers want me to think so much about design and to do a lot of research if at the end of the day customers (you) don't understand anything and end up with comments like these :zombie:

Quote from jonaz lindberg :

mine atm, quite like it

That's ****ing cool man

Many Asian noodles like this, different flavours

I can speak Spanish with 3 different accents: canario, aragones and neutral. I can switch between all of them in just 0.000001s. That's because I've lived in many cities around Spain and I get accents quite easily. Now living in Italy I'm starting to get the Torinese accent

Yeah nowadays even graphics cards are named GT

Quote from JasonJ :

...then you are educating them. Which is a good thing.

And hard. Some of them cry when you explain them that NFS and Race Driver are not simulators

Quote from bavorak :

...I think the problem is they dont feel the speed because going 80kph in lfs is like going 30kph in a real car...if you dont feel the forces it really degrades feeling of speed

That's because of the fov. One of the main things which help you to feel the speed are the sides of the road passing fast. The problem is, with a single screen is not possible to see the sides as you'd do in real life. Try to adjust the fov to lets say 20 degrees and drive your car at 200kph. It looks like if you were parking the car at 0.5kph. Some other games add fake effects like motion blur, inexistent vibrations, etc to compensate this lack, but we know how LFS is so we don't want that. 3 screens is a good solution

And yeah, I have the same story when I talk someone about LFS

Quote from gezmoor :

Hmm yeah.. I can really see the practical implementations for such a vehicle.. NOT.

Interesting engineering project, but in reality no one is ever going to need to drive through such terrain, (as there will nearly always be an alternative route), and if its absolutely neccessary to get in to such places helicopters would be a quicker and far more efficient mode of transport.

Who cares if it's practical of not? Be happy and do things just for fun

I feel hungry, I think I'll cook something

Just completed the single player campaign. That's a really nice game if you ask me.

Quote from Furiously-Fast :

Swindon has vtak aswell

Check out the size of that spoiler! Must give it 40 more horses. Which it does, so now it has 240bhp. <3

Not 40hp, but you can be sure it gives 40kg of downforce

Yeah, a teacher told me even car designers use it everyday at work
Keep working, that's how I started with Photoshop

I have tried this game many many times, since the first version. The developmet is even slower than LFS and even though the idea is cool, I have never enjoyed it. Last version is 0.8.7 Beta but IMO it should be called 0.000001 Alpha since looks as unfinished as it did 5 years back.
Hopefully someday will be more enjoyable because I really like the concept, but is in a too early stage for me