My motherboard (Mini-itx) is running with a fanless processor VIA C3. Do you know tools who give estimation of watt consummation ?
2007/7/10, Brian Candler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I'm trying to make a small router/firewall running with OpenBSD but > before > > > setting up this I want to know her electric consummation. > > > > > > I have recently discover a linux software whose name is: powertop. > > > > I don't think there's a powertop port for OpenBSD just yet, but for > > the application you are talking about here, there are a number of > > options for running with less power hungry hardware such as the units > > from soekris or other modest clock speed units. In general, for a > > routerish unit you could cut significantly on power requirements by > > throwing out the parts you don't need, eg going for serial console > > instead of that graphics card with its own cooling, aiming for lower > > power CPUs and so on. > > Seconded. > > Look for systems which are "passively cooled" - i.e. have no fan. This > generally means they don't generate much heat in the first place. For > example, there are VIA processors which only consume a few watts. Some of > these have crypto accelerators and hardware random number generators built > in, which is an extra bonus :-) > > As well as the really tiny systems like the Soekris, you could look at > mini-ITX motherboards from the likes of Epia. My home desktop system is an > Epia M-10000 in a fanless case. I've not measured its power consumption, > but > I think it's pretty low. > > Regards, > > Brian. > > -- Can you correct my english !!??!! ^_^
