On Thu, 22 May 2008 18:18:48 +0100 Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk allegedly wrote:
I /think/ that the cpu in these machines uses a totally insane amount of leccy. You'd probably save more by buying a better machine and using less leccy in the space of a year over what you'd save on the purchase price.
See http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm.
Pentium D 925 not listed, but they aren't the most energy efficient of the intel range (a core 2 duo draws around 6-70 watts). Even so, a power differential of 70 watts over a year of 24x7 running adds probably about 80-90 UKP
Mick
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