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Hi Dan, |
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on Sunday, 2007-10-28 at 18:30:17, you wrote: |
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> Of course you can build a low-power system and probably get by without |
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> any fans at all if you're clever, and if you outsource the hard drive |
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> to another computer you get a fairly low power design that's silent. |
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> But not nearly as low power as an integrated device. |
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> Or as small. |
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The one that probably comes closest is a VIA Cx system. I got a Cobalt |
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Cube a while ago to replace my current guzzler of a server (old HPPA |
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workstation) and to experiment with other unusual CPUs a bit, and while |
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it's pretty, small, low-power and rather quiet, it's also quite slow. So |
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I've just ordered a passively cooled 800 MHz VIA C7 nanoITX board to |
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replace the MIPS hardware in there and get something that can handle HD |
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encryption and Samba at a decent speed on top of the routing. The plan |
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is to build the syatem on HD and move it to a CF card later so I can |
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spin down the big HD when it's not in use. If it works out it will be a |
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damn neat system, but anyway it's still four times the size of a WRT54 |
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and consumes twice the power. That's the most powerful chip I've found |
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in the 20-30 watts-per-system range though, all the recycled stuff I've |
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run so far doesn't even come close. |
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cheers, |
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Matthias |
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