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Low Power Computing

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by OleJ, 11 May 2008.

  1. OleJ

    OleJ Me!

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    I'm on an Epia M10000G right now and I need both SATA and Gbit networking which means that I need to upgrade but what to upgrade to?

    My mission is pretty clear: As much CPU horsepower at as low Wattage as possible.
    It's a home server and I need to run VNC, Apache, MySQL, PHP, PeerGuardian, uTorrent and CZDC.
    So basically my demands are pretty simple.

    The big question is: How low power consumption can this be done with?

    I've got 3 HDDs (1 PATA, 2 SATA) that need be connected. And I guess that's pretty much it.
    Snappy is always good. If for instance a solution with an intel mobile CPU would reach down to around 20-30 Watt on Idle, then that would be really sweet.

    If you have a suggestion or know where to find info on power consumption of "everything" then please share your thoughts :)
     
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  2. Cupboard

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  3. OleJ

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    No idea about the power consumption tbh. I just come across that when I was looking at cheap mini itx computers and though "ooh it has 2 sata connections"
     
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    Jetway JC62 (nv 8200, mini itx - review soon :D) or AMD 780G and a 45W Athlon.
     
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  8. OleJ

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    Looks like someones trying to score from the goodwill here at Bit-tech.net. What a waste of time copying like that.

    Perhaps Bindi should look into it because it seems they're ripping bt's entire forum.
     
  9. Jamie

    Jamie ex-Bit-Tech code junkie

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    Are there more examples of our threads on their forums?
     
  10. OleJ

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    Just read gxi's thread on his dead Alienware laptop and remembered I have an Acer laptop lying around. I know that it won't ever top 60W in consumption, so perhaps doing something to this could be a solution?
    It's got one PCMCIA that I could use for Gb ethernet and 2 USB ports I could use for external HDDs...
    My only worry with this is stability. Any recommendations? What makes a laptop a bad idea for a low power server? How much of a power increase will an external HDD cost me?
     
  11. OleJ

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    Click on the link above and then go up one level and you'll see they've duped the entire forums. And they're doing it constantly to keep their copy "updated".
    They have some smart bots that copy content and threads but adds other user names.
     
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    Jamie and I dunno wtf is going on, very strange. It's some Indian site :worried:
     
  13. OleJ

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    Would you mind sorting all the dupe forum stuff into its own thread?
    Thanks :)
     
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    i am very offended at that, i cant believe thats happened! i am tempted to fill this reply box with

    'THERE STEALING FROM BIT-TECH.NET' AS THERE ARE SCUM, AND THEY LOVE NAZI WHORES!
     
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    I wonder if this thread will be mirrored as it is now? Or could someone edit there post from earlier on and see if it is reflected.
     
  17. Cupboard

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    I think we might be deviating slightly from OleJ's question...
    I found it because of the motherboard Bindi mentioned. It seems very rare!
     
  18. OleJ

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    I may have found something on my own by now: Intel D945GCLF
    Mini-itx board with on-board Atom processor at 1.6Ghz. It apparently consumes less than 90 Watt.

    Quoted from a review at minipc.de:

    PCMark 2005
    Windows XP / Windows Vista
    1635 / 1421

    Stromverbrauch (Power Consumption)
    Bootphase 33W
    Idle 26W
    Last (Load) 36W
    CD/DVD Load 31W
    DVD 31W

    And it apparently even runs Vista... looks like a very good candidate. Can't wait to ditch the Epia board with its' incredibly noisy little fan.
     
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    That is the new version of the one I posted apparently. And it only seems to have 10/100Mb lan
    Other than that, it sounds rather good. A 2W CPU :D
     
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  20. OleJ

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    Yup a 2W CPU!! :)
    And yeah I read about the 100Mb LAN but figured that I'd just use the PCI for that then :) As long as either SATA or Gb LAN is there I have the other as PCI although I'll definitely prefer not to run SATA via the PCI :)
     

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