<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 at 20:50, MJ via GLLUG <<a href="mailto:gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
My Phenom MOBO went kaput, PSU + PCU or MOBO duno/<br>
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NOW only hardware daily I have is EeePC for emails, but everithing is Slooooooow.<br>
My last kernel compile was Pentium 450Mhz running Mandrake, in late 90ties. <br>
Would specific kernel compile specific to EeeePC improve speed, or is this mostly bloated <br>
desktop even LXDE?<br>
<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>A Raspberry Pi 4 is going to be quicker than that old thing.</div><div><br></div>I had an old PC and measured how much power it used.<div>I then measured how much a bottom of the range AM4 used.</div><div>After replacing the old PC with the new AM4 one, I have saved over £100 per year on electricity.</div><div>I did the calcs before the recent price rises, so it might even be £200 by now.</div><div>An AM4 motherboard and ram and CPU probably costs about £300.</div>But it sits idle at about 60W. Intel and AMD CPUs don't clock so low as ARM CPUs.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>You can also get new laptops for < £300. <br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>A Raspberry Pi is more like less that 5W, so even more power money is saved.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards</div><div><br></div><div>James</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div></div></div>