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Michael Mol wrote: |
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> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM, <felix@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I finally ran out of excuses to not reboot after a night powered off, and it did. |
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>> It's all running normally now, but I think it's time for me to take the hint, grab a clue, and start researching a replacement. |
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> I think you'll find the power consumption of modern systems absolutely |
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> delightful compared to 8yo systems. I was amazed to see that |
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> server-grade xeon CPUs can be had for ~250USD, with a 77W TDP. 5-6 |
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> years ago, my Phenom 9650 was a 120TDP part for almost that much when |
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> not on sale. (Yes, I know Intel and AMD don't calculate their thermal |
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> data quite the same way, but it seems comperable enough.) |
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> :wq |
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I agree. My old rig, AMD 2500+ CPU with about 2Gbs of ram, a couple |
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hard drives and a FX-5200 video card pulled about 400 watts or so, not |
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counting the monitor. My new rig, AMD 4 core 3.2Ghz CPU, 16Gbs of ram, |
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4 hard drives and a GT-220 1Gb video card and it pulls less than 150 |
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watts and just barely over 200 watts when compiling something and using |
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the drives a lot while doing it. That includes a LCD monitor too. My |
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old rig had a CRT monitor. Power hog big time which is why I didn't add |
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it to the power being pulled. |
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I did some math, my new rig is almost 8 times faster/powerful than my |
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old rig but pulls much less than half the power even when fully loaded. |
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I might add, I think the old rig was idle when I measured that. |
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I bet you could find some really old and cheap mobos, say a year or two |
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old but still new out of the box, and build a cheap system and have a |
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lot more powerful system that pulls less power from the wall. I saw a |
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Gigabyte mobo the other day on newegg for like $40.00. I'm sure the |
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model is a year or two old but still, its better than a 8 year old. |
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Also, memory is cheap for those too. Most likely the CPU would be too. |
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Sure is a weird problem tho. Sounds like something I would run into |
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myself. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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