Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:44:49 06/08/01
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On June 07, 2001 at 12:12:58, Bo Persson wrote: >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 Monitor and printer would not draw power from the computers power-supply. They are powered separately. 75 watts for a CPU is not alarming today... IE my quad xeon has 3 450 watt power supplies, so that it can also keep up with 4 xeons, plus 10K disks, etc. > > >> 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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