I have one of these - http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm
comes in at <15W 2009/4/13 Nico Meijer <li...@familiemeijer.org>: > Hi Timothy, > >> Is it possible to build something like I describe which uses under 30 >> Watts, and if so, what hardware would people recommend? > > I am very happy with several mini-itx systems, both from VIA and from > Jetway. > > For instance, a VIA VB7002 with 1.5Ghz C7-D CPU and 2Gb of RAM cost me 89 > euro's, including 19% VAT. A kernel build takes some 15 minutes and a full > `make build` 120 minutes. I'm using this baby for a low power server, so I'm > not bothered by the Unichrome graphics thingy. > > Intel has a few mini-itx desktop boards, both with Atom and Celeron CPUs > that are dirt cheap; I have a few of those running perfectly aswell. > > You could equip them with 2.5" harddisks to keep the power consumption > pretty low, probably below 30 Watts. > > Good luck!... Nico > > -- Adam Retter
