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On 08/30/2017 07:42 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> On 2017-08-30 09:32, Mick wrote: |
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>>> Unfortunately this isn't a viable strategy because typically you |
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>>> will, in a few months, if not a single month, spend more in |
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>>> electricity costs than you would purchasing a new single board |
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>>> computer. |
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>> Perhaps in a commercial 24x7x365 high compute cycle application this |
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>> would hold water, but in the case of a home PC running 14 hours a day |
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>> at maximum power you might save enough to buy a small spinning SATA |
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>> drive after a year, or a Raspberry Pi without peripherals, but not a |
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>> 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 |
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>> £0.13/KWh + £0.29/day) |
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>> then you will need other reasons to upgrade. When the PC you're using |
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>> is a laptop, then the case for upgrading on grounds of savings on |
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>> electricity costs alone is even more tenuous. |
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> Also: how long is the replacement going to last? Anything with flash as |
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> the main storage will be back at the recycling station (ideally) within |
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> a couple of years. This includes all the consumer routers I've ever |
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> had, including the beloved blue Linksys. |
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This is the reason I was looking into a UBNT router for my home - if you |
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pop the cover off it has a USB port with a stick plugged in. Stick |
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fails, insert a new one and do a recovery. There's several threads on |
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their forums where this has happened and users successfully replaced the |
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USB thumb drive and were back up and running. That it can route at near |
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gigabit speeds doesn't hurt its chances either. |
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Dan |