Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>2. Which type of processor, memory etc will give the most bang for the buck?
>> We rarely see anything beyond P2-250's, so I would have to pay retail for
>>that.
>
Here is a calculation I did about six months ago
AMD K6/2 500 MHz (plus fan) 45 pounds Sterling
Super-socket-7 motherboard 45 pounds
32M 100Mhz RAM 20 pounds
Old 486 to put it in 1 pound
To this one should add the cost of electricity. The computer draws about
40 Watts. A Watt costs about 0.60 pounds per year. For, say, three years
of computation, add
120 Watt-years of electricity 72 pounds
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Total 183 pounds
That's 36.6 pence per MHz; or, since I am writing it off after three
years, 0.389 pence per trillion cycles.
--
Tony
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