marklings;386685 Wrote: > It strucks that for about the same money (say 300 to 400 Euros) you can > buy a dedicated low power silent or quasi silent PC. TranquilPC and > many others. Wouldn't that be a far superior choiche from any stand > point ? Like a lot of things, it depends. First of all, you shouldn't assume that a "green" pc has both higher processing power *and* equal-or-better energy use specs. More processing power usually requires more energy. It can be done, but you should be wary of making (or accepting) any blanket claims on the subject.
For example, I ran my SC for about 3 years on a LinkStation HG NAS. It consumes 14 watts when running, and does not support suspending to RAM (S3) or hibernating. I recently switched to a low-power pc (MSI Wind barebones desktop). It is much zippier than the LinkStation, and having an x86 processor (instead of the LS's PowerPC) makes SC upgrades a lot easier. With the OS installed on a CompactFlash card and the music on a quiet 2.5" 500GB laptop hard drive the MSI is quieter than the LS, but it's not completely silent. Also, the MSI consumes 22w when running, or 50% more than the LS. A big advantage of the MSI, however, is that it supports ACPI power saving, so when set up to automatically suspend when my SBs are off the _average_ electricity usage is less than the NAS. But getting the suspend to work under Ubuntu has been a bit fiddly. In short, it all depends on the specific hardware and what you do with it, but I've come around to seeing that an energy-efficient PC can be far superior to a NAS for about equal cost. -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it. MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.10) feeding: Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Kitchen/Dining: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pairs Polk RC60i; Living room: SB3 > Technics SA-EX140 > Bose Acoustimass 3; Bedroom: Boom + SBC; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB2 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58489 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
