Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 12:58:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org> To: edhall@weirdnoise.com Cc: drais@wow.atlasta.net Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard Message-ID: <200305161958.h4GJwFM7058958@gw.catspoiler.org> In-Reply-To: <200305161931.h4GJVxnM023264@screech.weirdnoise.com>
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On 16 May, Ed Hall wrote: > Like Matt says, you'd only get such a system if power, noise, or size > is a strong factor. Power here in PG&E-land is a significant cost -- > I figure that my ~40W system will pay for itself in a couple of years > compared to the average 200W drawn by most 2GHz+ boxes out there. > But it's only a bit faster than my old 333MHz P-II -- fast enough for > surfing, modest development, and as a front-end to other networked > systems. Speaking of power consumption, my firewall box uses a standard Socket 370 motherboard and one of the newer Celerons, which I underclocked. The disk is an IBM 2.5 inch 10 GB drive. I think the power supply is the standard ATX form factor, but I think it's only rated at 90W. According to my handy Radio Shack watt meter, it draws 39 W. I went this route because I wanted an affordable low-power machine that could use ECC RAM. It's also the quietest machine in the house, though probably not nearly as good as the EPIA.home | help
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