John Andersen wrote: \> In that case you are truly on a fools errand. > > You will NEVER save enough energy with this CPU to recover > your costs. Vastly more power could be saved by huge passive > heat sinks and getting rid of fans.
That may be true, however I have observed (measured) that a modern CPU under load will consume as much as 30 watts more than when it is idle. > Running a computer headless saves well in excess of > 80 percent of the power utilized by the typical desktop > computer. Finding the lowest consumption disk drives > or running fewer of them will save more. But chaseing > after the miniscule savings on this CPU, especially > since you will probably have to replace the mobo tu > use it will save you nothing. It's already headless. Just doing my part to not use more resources than are necessary. Thanks. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
