--- On Mon, 4/13/09, Timothy Hume <t...@nomuka.com> wrote: > From: Timothy Hume <t...@nomuka.com> > Subject: Low power OpenBSD machine > To: misc@openbsd.org > Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 7:31 AM > > 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?
I've gotten good results with version 1.0 of the Fit-PC (www.fit-pc.com). You can probably still get one of those on clearance for US $195. Looking at the specs, I'd expect the newer version to work well too (although with only one LAN port, I wouldn't be able to use it for my application).
