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On Wednesday, 30 August 2017 04:17:27 BST R0b0t1 wrote: |
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> Unfortunately this isn't a viable strategy because typically you will, |
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> in a few months, if not a single month, spend more in electricity |
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> costs than you would purchasing a new single board computer. |
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Are you sure of this? |
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Perhaps in a commercial 24x7x365 high compute cycle application this would |
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hold water, but in the case of a home PC running 14 hours a day at maximum |
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power you might save enough to buy a small spinning SATA drive after a year, |
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or a Raspberry Pi without peripherals, but not a new PC. Of course, if: |
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1. your PC is not running at full speed all the time; |
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2. it is not a PentiumD dual core (were they the most power hungry?); |
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3. you're not still running a CRT monitor; |
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4. you tend to suspend to RAM when not in front of it; |
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5. a new PC is not at least 50% more efficient; |
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6. the price of electricity is not exorbitant (I pay approximately £0.13/KWh + |
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£0.29/day) |
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then you will need other reasons to upgrade. When the PC you're using is a |
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laptop, then the case for upgrading on grounds of savings on electricity costs |
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alone is even more tenuous. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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