[mythtv-users] Possible small HD frontend

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 22, 2008, at 8:01 AM, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>>
> There is a cpufreq daemon that does the same thing, on my P4 3.0 I had
> the frequency drop from 3000MHz to 1250MHz and I thought that I was
> saving electricity. I plugged the computer into a Kill-A-Watt
> electricity meter. At idle the box was using 91Watts, it did not  
> matter
> if the CPU was at 3000 or 1250 same 91 W, but the box was slower at  
> 1250
> then 3000. Under load it would use 115 W. I did not measure the
> temperature. I gave up on the speed step.

Hard to believe it made no difference at all, but the slowdown would  
seem to indicate that the clock was in fact being slowed.

Amazing what those Kill-a-Watt units can do, they are a very good  
investment.

beww