From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 6 17:00:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B89A31065673 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:00:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f214.google.com (mail-fx0-f214.google.com [209.85.220.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EDDF8FC0A for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so184279fxm.43 for ; Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:00:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=vIKbe2pbHYZgwq9MMShdI8frdg5Qw97TQXLnbHCFZx0=; b=nDQVUoXzcYWWRrEkzFOhugzE5gvKFD/6fe/mnVW9UUHGs/MuqXOQhJwiyjSgtRCE7x /Ipk1DHbRVp5pHvZnF0KVd7favSvqF09Wd+h505+vSDH0N5mjPgcz8uqW1ycKzkHdLvh rnng7myxPLaCeepxgM+/kte/z2vj6x34hCZns= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=VZuyy4r1JvvE037Dq+JnRN4qENCnvvcME1zcOgjFQllHQ8YtJwRrEp5aukTuzVqYa7 fdNCG1w3BOsHzz5Y3ZwE1iT5aBXu7ab1uBVCIkSIcB36ETRbkkA9EDIGxs3SapJx2cA2 9ZSPkGIONUawyBwkch5AUEuFtLCTYDms66oIk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.66.17 with SMTP id l17mr4535011bki.51.1244307604139; Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:00:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <139b44430906050557v4ce23a13r259535c3e839deb0@mail.gmail.com> <20090605232213.GA73749@owl.midgard.homeip.net> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:59:43 +0100 Message-ID: To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Gabriel Lavoie , freebsd-questions , Valentin Bud Subject: Re: Opinion request about a file server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:00:06 -0000 2009/6/6 Wojciech Puchar : >> Not counting the CPU and its power circuitry, I would be very suprised i= f >> the other components on a normal motherboard pulled as much as half of >> that >> even when under load. >> >> In fact a typical modern desktop computer will, when idle, draw less tha= n >> 100W for the whole system. =A0It is not even difficult to put together a >> system that will stay under 100W even when under load. >> > but power supplies are not really efficient when used at small load. > maybe some newer are better... > Mine has a 250W PSU in it, and draws around 45W (measured with a power meter)... In the UK it thus costs ~=A345 (US$70) per year, at the current E.O.N. rate. Not too expensive! Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?