Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-30 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/12 07:28, Michael Mol wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/12 06:08, Michael Mol wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Nikos Chantziaras

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Montag, 30. Juli 2012, 10:08:24 schrieb Michael Mol: On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/12 07:28, Michael Mol wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/12 06:08, Michael Mol wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-30 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:36 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: When you have full load, the CPU won't clock down. So nothing saved there. When you're considering full load, the TDP becomes a useful estimation of relative power consumption between different processors. If you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:36 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: SNIP Amp meters are less than $50 USD. They clamp around the power cord, or any wires inside the computer you can fit the clamp around. SNIP hth, James I haven't read this thread but I do use one of these which costs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-30 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:36 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: SNIP Amp meters are less than $50 USD. They clamp around the power cord, or any wires inside the computer you can fit the clamp around. SNIP

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP MB power? Hard drive power? Hard disk power GPU power? DRAM power? The 5 above can easily become the dominant power hogs. I use an Intel

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-30 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 30.07.2012 19:14, schrieb Michael Mol: On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:36 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: SNIP Amp meters are less than $50 USD. They clamp around the power cord, or any wires inside the computer

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Michael Hampicke gentoo-u...@hadt.biz wrote: SNIP Spinning disks consume surprisingly little power once they're up to speed. My GPU, by comparison, doesn't seem to reduce heat generation very much when relatively idle. Idle on a GPU (in Linux) might be more

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-29 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/12 05:23, Philip Webb wrote: i5-2550K FX-4100 both use 95 W (some of the more costly AMDs use 125 W ). Note that power savings are not important if you're not using a laptop. CPU power savings on a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : CPU : AMD FX-4100 ?

2012-07-29 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/12 06:08, Michael Mol wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/12 05:23, Philip Webb wrote: i5-2550K FX-4100 both use 95 W (some of the more costly