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Subject: Re: How many watts? Speed Kills.

Author: Bo Persson

Date: 09:12:58 06/07/01

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On June 05, 2001 at 17:45:38, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Dear Jeroen,
>
>If an AMD 1.3 Ghz is pulling 73 watts then I think that the dual 1.2 Ghz should
>pull about 130 to 140 watts.  Adding a monitor and a printer and you could be
> up to 500 watts.

No, 450 watts is enough. :-)

See http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1483&p=10


> Sounds expensive.

Yes, but FAST!

> Try running that on a hot summer day and you
>will really need an air conditioner.  That is another 1000 to 6000 watts.

Not a problem where I live! Would rather save on the heating costs during the
winter...

>Maybe we should wait for the 0.13 micron processors that only use 60% of the
>present computers power.
>
>
>Tim "Watt miser" Frohlick
>
>


Bo Persson
bop@malmo.mail.telia.com



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