Power Consumption

Ansar Mohammed ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Mon Aug 15 03:43:06 UTC 2005


I have a via EPIA board with a travla aluminum case and 2 external 160GB
drives.. They have served me well but really wanted to get faster (SCSI)
drives.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Newman
> Sent: August 14, 2005 8:21 PM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Power Consumption
> 
> On 8/14/05, Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Many of us here have more than one computer at home. Some of us I
> believe
> > have as maybe a small network. I was wondering how does everyone deal
> with
> > the impact on your hydro bill?
> 
> I like playing video games, and if I want to play any recent ones that
> means firing up the power-hungry monster that I'm using right now.
> Unfortunately 3D card manufacturers would rather sell you an air
> conditioner to attach to your case than produce something efficient
> and cool. CPUs used to be the same way but I hear that some
> motherboard manufacturers are making desktop boards that take mobile
> processors!
> 
> On the other hand, when I walk through my neighbourhood and realise
> that 75% of the houses on my block run their central AC all the time,
> I don't feel so bad about running a 300W power supply and a CRT.
> 
> My network only has two machines at the moment and unless I can
> replace this one with something more efficient I think it's going to
> stay that way. You might want to think about the kinds of services
> that you need and pick your hardware from there.
> 
> For example, the Linksys NSLU2 is a cheap, efficient, Linux-based file
> and print server. Simply hook up an external hard drive and attach it
> to your network. There's also an active hacking community at
> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
> 
> If you need something more capable, consider building an EPIA box. If
> you really wanted to be serious about it you could put the OS on a CF
> card, then host files off of external hard drives. When you don't need
> them, you just turn them off!
> 
> Finally, I don't mean to blaspheme, but if you're looking for a family
> computer, you could do a lot worse than a Mac Mini, power-wise.
> 
> Just some suggestions!
> 
> Mike
> 
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