Get an HP T5000 series. I use that for my home firewall; no fans and no
noise. With 3 NICs it uses less than 1A.
OpenBSD 4.4-beta (GENERIC) #976: Fri Jul 11 16:41:38 MDT 2008
pvalc...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5800 ("GenuineTMx86" 586-class) 732
MHz
cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP,CMOV,SER,MMX
real mem = 251146240 (239MB)
avail mem = 234598400 (223MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 10/10/03, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfa2b0, SMBIOS
rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0800 (31 entries)
bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD version "786W2 v1.07" date 10/10/2003
bios0: Hewlett-Packard hp t5000 series
acpi0 at bios0: rev 0
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP
acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S5) LAN0(S5) USB0(S4) USB1(S4)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2
acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0xa000
cpu0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Transmeta LongRun Northbridge" rev 0x03
"Transmeta Mem1" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 not configured
"Transmeta Mem2" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 0 function 2 not configured
em0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82546GB)" rev 0x03: irq 11,
address 00:04:23:ab:6e:68
em1 at pci0 dev 11 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82546GB)" rev 0x03: irq 10,
address 00:04:23:ab:6e:69
vga1 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "ATI Rage XL" rev 0x27
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VIA VT8231 ISA" rev 0x10
pciide0 at pci0 dev 17 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x06: ATA100, channel
0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: < 256MB ATA Flash Disk>
wd0: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 245MB, 501760 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4
pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled)
uhci0 at pci0 dev 17 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1e: irq 5
uhci1 at pci0 dev 17 function 3 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1e: irq 5
viaenv0 at pci0 dev 17 function 4 "VIA VT8231 PMG" rev 0x10: failed to map PM
I/O space
vr0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "VIA RhineII-2" rev 0x51: irq 15, address
00:0b:cd:6d:81:ae
ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 5: OUI 0x004063,
model 0x0032
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
biomask 71ed netmask fded ttymask ffff
umass0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "SMI Corporation USB DISK"
rev 2.00/11.00 addr 2
umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <, , 1100> SCSI0 0/direct removable
sd0: 991MB, 126 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 2030592 sec total
softraid0 at root
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:31:52PM +1000, Timothy Hume wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My current PC is not very healthy. I am considering building a new low
> power consumption machine. I want something a bit more powerful than a
> Soekris, but it doesn't have to be the fastest machine around. I will
> be using the machine for web browsing, Email, managing my digital
> photos and so on. The main requirement is that the machine is quiet
> and has a low power consumption so I can leave it on all the time. I
> obviously want to build something which works "perfectly" with
> OpenBSD.
>
> Is it possible to build something like I describe which uses under 30
> Watts, and if so, what hardware would people recommend?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim.
