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On Saturday 27 November 2010, Matthew Marlowe wrote: |
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> Volker, |
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> > Even my rig - hotter, doesn't reach 300W when I artificially torture the |
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> > system. Normal 'max' load is in 200W range. An normal desktop? Under 100. |
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> OK -- just to find out the truth I've attached a kill-a-watt to my current |
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> workstation which is ~4yrs old w/ slow cpu and ancient video card but |
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> has been upgraded w/ 7 SATA Drives: |
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> Idle - ~285W |
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> Light Use (emerge --sync) - ~310W |
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> Kernel Compile w/ video app running and minor torture- ~340W |
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4 year old = sucks a lot of energy. A modern cpu, a modern chipset and a |
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modern card uses a lot LESS energy idle AND under load than 4,5 year old stuff. |
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You can go down as 60-70W desktop usage with a small EE amd cpu and a gigabyte |
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board with onboard graphics. With a little bit of tuning even less. |
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