Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard

From: Don Lewis (truckman_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 05/16/03

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To: edhall@weirdnoise.com

    On 16 May, Ed Hall wrote:

    > Like Matt says, you'd only get such a system if power, noise, or size
    > is a strong factor. Power here in PG&E-land is a significant cost --
    > I figure that my ~40W system will pay for itself in a couple of years
    > compared to the average 200W drawn by most 2GHz+ boxes out there.
    > But it's only a bit faster than my old 333MHz P-II -- fast enough for
    > surfing, modest development, and as a front-end to other networked
    > systems.

    Speaking of power consumption, my firewall box uses a standard Socket
    370 motherboard and one of the newer Celerons, which I underclocked. The
    disk is an IBM 2.5 inch 10 GB drive. I think the power supply is the
    standard ATX form factor, but I think it's only rated at 90W. According
    to my handy Radio Shack watt meter, it draws 39 W.

    I went this route because I wanted an affordable low-power machine that
    could use ECC RAM.

    It's also the quietest machine in the house, though probably not nearly
    as good as the EPIA.
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