On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:30:46 -0800 (PST), you wrote: [snip]
>You should also look at power consumpution (the fans are going to drive >you nuts sometimes). I have noticed that the Core 2 processors are >faster but seem to run the fans a lot less than the Pentium Ds. > [snip] I can say that you are quite right about the above. I just finished building a rack mount server last week with a Core Duo 2.4G processor with copper pipe cooling running Win 2003 64 bit. It runs cooler than any server I've ever owned and performs very well. The fans are running on slow speed all of the time. It is a domain controller and also supports a SQL Server 2005 Enterprise 64 bit installation. tell you bosses (engineers) good work... Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin 1775 Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. http://www.n5ge.com http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com

