28 Sep
2006
28 Sep
'06
8:39 p.m.
The actual power draw of this system is less than a 3-way lightbulb on full bright? Call me shocked... Rather than hibernating my PC at night I should get my 4 year old to sleep with her light off... (yes I run XP on the machine in question). On 9/27/06, Jamie Guinan <guinan@bluebutton.com> wrote:
#3: AMD64 x2, Tyan motherboard with NVidia chipset, Coolermaster Centurion case. This is my main system these days, it runs quiet, and I'm happy with every part of it. Wattage numbers:
[model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+] Off:4W linux (idle):81W 1 core spinning: 112W 2 cores spinning: 145W