From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 1 21:58:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0831237B401 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 21:58:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from 002.216-123-229-0.interbaun.com (002.216-123-229-0.interbaun.com [216.123.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7870443F43 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 21:58:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.zp.ua) Received: from 128.216-123-229-0.interbaun.com ([192.168.0.224]) by 002.216-123-229-0.interbaun.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h1235cr60292 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 2003 20:05:39 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.zp.ua) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lower power SMP boxes? Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:56:00 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <200301312312.h0VNC5bQ007170@apollo.backplane.com> <200302011921.h11JLnrk016623@apollo.backplane.com> <3E3C36E7.1A77AABA@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <3E3C36E7.1A77AABA@mindspring.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200302011956.00791.soralx@cydem.zp.ua> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > The easiest thing to do is under-clock a very fast processor, if > what you want to do is drop power requirements, as you've said. I would _really_ like to watch this process: you underclocking new Xeon 2GHz to 1GHz (minimum speed of VIA Nehemiah), trying to lower Vcc by 0.1V at most and get it working, and finally putting passvie radiator on it :) 50 Amps actually isn't too much, and 55W of heat - it's only 2 medium-power soldering irons... 8) 01.02.2003; 18:49:57 [SorAlx] http://cydem.zp.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message