Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus -- REBOOT OK THIS A.M.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Michael Mol wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM,  <felix@crowfix.com> wrote:
>> I finally ran out of excuses to not reboot after a night powered off, and it did.
>>
>> It's all running normally now, but I think it's time for me to take the hint, grab a clue, and start researching a replacement.
> I think you'll find the power consumption of modern systems absolutely
> delightful compared to 8yo systems. I was amazed to see that
> server-grade xeon CPUs can be had for ~250USD, with a 77W TDP. 5-6
> years ago, my Phenom 9650 was a 120TDP part for almost that much when
> not on sale. (Yes, I know Intel and AMD don't calculate their thermal
> data quite the same way, but it seems comperable enough.)
>
> --
> :wq
>
>


I agree.  My old rig, AMD 2500+ CPU with about 2Gbs of ram, a couple
hard drives and a FX-5200 video card pulled about 400 watts or so, not
counting the monitor.  My new rig, AMD 4 core 3.2Ghz CPU, 16Gbs of ram,
4 hard drives and a GT-220 1Gb video card and it pulls less than 150
watts and just barely over 200 watts when compiling something and using
the drives a lot while doing it.  That includes a LCD monitor too.  My
old rig had a CRT monitor.  Power hog big time which is why I didn't add
it to the power being pulled. 

I did some math, my new rig is almost 8 times faster/powerful than my
old rig but pulls much less than half the power even when fully loaded. 
I might add, I think the old rig was idle when I measured that. 

I bet you could find some really old and cheap mobos, say a year or two
old but still new out of the box, and build a cheap system and have a
lot more powerful system that pulls less power from the wall.  I saw a
Gigabyte mobo the other day on newegg for like $40.00.  I'm sure the
model is a year or two old but still, its better than a 8 year old. 
Also, memory is cheap for those too.  Most likely the CPU would be too. 

Sure is a weird problem tho.  Sounds like something I would run into
myself.  ;-) 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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