[mythtv-users] Opinion on a P4 Backend // HDD Throughput

[David Brodbeck]

On Mar 5, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Chris Ribe wrote:
> If your backend is in an air conditioned room, consider replacing  
> your processor.  A 2.8 GHz Prescott P4 will consume close to 40W  
> more than a similarly powerful and pin compatible $70 1.6 GHz  
> Allendale Pentium , which will translate to roughly $35/year in  
> energy savings assuming a rate of $.08/KwH and AC running 25% of the  
> time.

It's something, isn't it?  At work I'm looking at consolidating some  
of our existing servers onto multi-core Xeon systems.  We're short on  
A/C capacity, and the power and heat savings are pretty startling.

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