Power consumption

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Cheng Fan Soon Send message Joined: 3 Oct 05 Posts: 76 Credit: 4,581,394 RAC: 15	Message 1157917 - Posted: 1 Oct 2011, 15:55:34 UTC Last modified: 1 Oct 2011, 16:10:22 UTC How much total power do 7 PCs use? I am going to run Seti@home on 7 PCs. 1 Laptop (Centrino Duo) 4 Pentium IV 2 Pentium III Anyone can give an estimate? (at the moment running on 5 PCs - 4 Pentium IV and 1 laptop) ID: 1157917 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1158071 - Posted: 2 Oct 2011, 0:37:49 UTC There are a couple of other variables. The largest is the graphics card. Basic cards don't use much power, but the highest powered ones can use as much as the CPU. Disk drives also use power, so the number of these is fairly important in the calculation. However, figure 200W to 400W each as a basic estimate. BOINC WIKI ID: 1158071 ·
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60	Message 1158119 - Posted: 2 Oct 2011, 3:01:38 UTC - in response to Message 1158071.   the pentium III's should be put in a museum. they aren't very fast and can easily be outran by any $20 modern CPU. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope ID: 1158119 ·
Davoud Send message Joined: 10 Oct 11 Posts: 13 Credit: 208,301 RAC: 0	Message 1161060 - Posted: 10 Oct 2011, 21:20:16 UTC - in response to Message 1158119.   the pentium III's should be put in a museum. they aren't very fast and can easily be outran by any $20 modern CPU. Is it not worth to have 2 extra P3 compare to nothing if he is willing to use them? ID: 1161060 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1161086 - Posted: 10 Oct 2011, 22:59:52 UTC - in response to Message 1161060.   the pentium III's should be put in a museum. they aren't very fast and can easily be outran by any $20 modern CPU. Is it not worth to have 2 extra P3 compare to nothing if he is willing to use them? If he still has a use for the computers, and they can do that job, they can join SETI and make them productive here. BOINC WIKI ID: 1161086 ·

 
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