On Friday 22 April 2005 10:05 am, you wrote:
Check out speedfreq. It will let you set the policy by hand, or adjust it dynamically, and let you monitor it.
ooooh Cheers for that, looks very interesting, I saw CPUFreqD in the SuSE package selection but it only seems to support some mobile chips. Your one looks more interesting.
I always use the dynamic policy, and as a result, in its usual idle state my AMD64 3500+ (in an ASUS A8V Deluxe) uses less power and generates less heat than the P4 it replaced. And provides more performance when I need it, and can run 64-bit should I so desire, but without forcing me to. Lovely.
That looks pretty close to what I want. Still need to do something about the fans. The PSU has thermal control fans (2 of them) but is a bit optimistic about fan speed. The front case fan is disconnected because with the rear case fan and the twin fan PSU I draw enough air past the drives to not need it. The rear case fan and CPU fan are supposed to be running under the Cool 'n; Quiet thing my board has but seem to just run at full speed (ACPI isn't aware of them) all in all the machine is louder than I would like.
You must of had a similar problem with your case Martijn (assuming you have all the fans connected) I scoped it at the last kit meet and it is the same (very expensive but lovely) Cooler Master case my previous machine was housed in. From memory that had 4 case fans (plus PSU, CPU etc)
Also, if you want to experiment with the energy costs of your various bits of hardware, you're welcome to borrow my power meter; it can be quite illuminating (CRTs really are power monsters), and gives you a different perspective.
Thanks for the offer but I have one here, it's one of those rainy day things I keep meaning to get around to.