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