[ringzero] Re: general hardware question

Not sure which A64 you are running, but generally speaking, A64s have one of 
the highest MIPS/W ratios out there. I don't have any figures for Intel's 
Core 2 Duo, but my understanding is that it is about equally good.

The issue isn't just with the processor. These days, graphics cards can 
consume several folds more power than the reminder of the system. Another 
place where power runs high is RAM, though the industry is seeking to lower 
that with DDR2, and then DDR3 when it makes it mainstream.

IMHO, if you are that power concious, you should move to notebooks, as the 
silicon that goes there is usually the creme-dela-creme when it comes to 
power consumption.

People in general are becoming sick of buying space heaters for computers 
(for most users, it has to do with the noise generated by the massive 
cooling required, not power bills as power is still relatively cheap), and 
it seems the industry, in general, is moving to address those concerns.

The past decade saw a crazy MHz race, which was outrunning the technology 
available, and that led to those sharp increases in power figures. Now that 
manufacturers are hitting physical limits in terms of power density, they 
seem to have come back to their senses, and finally moving towards more 
sensible, and energy efficient designs.


Regards,
IraqiGeek
www.iraqigeek.com


On Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:50 PM GMT,
ed <ed@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've been trying to get someone on /. to list this question for me as,
> well, I am tired of my current hot, noisy, expensive to run Athlon 64.
> A nice idea, I thought my world would change when I got it, instead,
> the world is changing because we have it, glaciers are breaking away
> etc etc.
>
> Basically my question is this:
>
> "It seems that all the advances in home computer hardware incur
> expensive use of power, the more MHz the more power it drains for top
> of the range equipment. Do any of the slashdot readers have any advice
> for purchasing a replacement computer that is reasonably fast,
> reasonably quiet and does not hurt the environment? The key point here
> is for lower power use whilst maintaining reasonable performance.
> Scaled up a little, this should also be good practice for business to
> implement, when I take a walk around a server room, or a data center I
> wonder just how much waste electricity is spent."
>
> Since /. are probably not going to run this (it's been pending a while
> now), can someone suggest an alternative to this noisy beast?
>
> TIA.
>
> --
> Regards, Ed                      :: http://www.bsdwarez.net
> just another unix person


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