[Gllug] Cheap rackmount servers
Nix
nix at esperi.org.uk
Tue Aug 24 23:24:48 UTC 2010
On 24 Aug 2010, lucian at lastdot.org spake thusly:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> wrote:
>> I hoped this would save me some power, but my power bill fell by *three
>> quarters*
>
> That's a wow! Thanks for sharing, didn't imagine the difference in
> power usage is so massive.
Well, the old machines were between five and ten years old, long
predating the days when either Intel or AMD started paying any attention
to power consumption of desktops. If the machines being replaced are
newer I'd expect less power saving.
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