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Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:15:57AM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> About the only time I shutdown is when the power fails. My puter only |
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>> pulls about 150 watts so I just leave it running 24/7. |
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> Gosh, power must be really cheap in your corner of the world (or is it just |
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> stupidly expensive over here?) I wouldn’t call 150 W “only”, especially for |
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> a 24/7 device. Or is that the maximum under load? |
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> Right now I have a Pentium 4 3 GHz heater sitting under the desk -- I got it |
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> last year for free from a company that had written it off. It idles at 95 W |
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> and reaches around 130 (or was it 150) under load. When I sit at the desk, I |
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> notice the warm air rising from underneath because over time it dries up my |
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> eyes. ^^ |
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> Add to that an old 17″ CCFL monitor (25 W) and consider my use scheme, |
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> that’s almost 1 kWh per day (don’t know exact prices, but 1 kWh costs around |
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> 25-30¢ right now). |
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> I am so looking forward to the new machine I’m going to build in very few |
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> months. Haswell idles at under 20 W. 8-) |
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> (I know: today’s power requirement to manufacture chips is also ridonculous, |
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> too, but considering all other benefits and my usual consumption behavior |
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> over the years, I have a clean concience *g*) |
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Well, that power does include monitor, modem, router and such. I figure |
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those don't pull very much. I think the most my newer monitor will pull |
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is 40 watts. I was sort of comparing to my old puter that pulled about |
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500 watts with a old CRT monitor. It ran 24/7 as well. My TV runs |
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pretty much 24/7 too. If I am compiling something that really has the |
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CPU and such running pretty hard, it will go to about 180 watts. That's |
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the most I have ever seen at least. Those readings come from the |
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display on my UPS. |
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I think our power here is around 7¢ a KW. If ours ever gets to 30¢, |
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well, let's just say that someone is going to be ducking. Folks here |
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won't tolerate that. It could get really ugly. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |