jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Dec 20 13:38:15 CST 2007
Oh I absolutely agree. Systems are designed to perform a function and they are usually designed with the minimum requirements to perform that function. I think that for the average user the HP is exactly the right combination. I do think however that the power delta between the processor selected and the X2 USING THE NEW 65nm CHIPS would be small. Again it is hard to tell because they don't give us the part number but there are two Semprons listed in the NewEgg list, one a 65 watt and another a 45 watt. The X2 can be had in a 65 watt chip: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103046 The thing to remember too is that the processor is probably less than 25% of the total power drawn. The motherboard almost certainly draws more than that by itself, each hard disk draws some and the power supply itself consumes some power. So if the total is let's say 150 watts, dropping the processor power by 20 watts gives a total of ~13% power savings. Not insubstantial as a % of total but certainly not a deal breaker either. OTOH more memory = more power, and for it's intended usage the Sempron gets the job done, AND it is cheaper to boot, so it absolutely does make sense to do that. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 2:08 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows Home Server update Well I was just reading a comment thread on it here: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PowerConsumptionOfTheHPMediaSmartHPHomeServer. aspx And it would seem that people in countries outside the US of A think that low power consumption is extremely important as their cost of power is a lot higher than we are used to presently. According to info there, this system will run for about $3 a month here in USA but would cost more than $10 a month in Germany and more than that in Denmark. It's not running SQL Server with 100 million row tables. The 1.8Ghz Semperon and 512Mb RAM will be OK for most of us. ;-) GK On 12/20/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > LOL. I am sure that was in the mix somewhere, right up there with the > sales edict that it come in under $600. > > ;-) > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com