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 Dec 5 2019, 03:48 PM
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hmm, this is an interesting thread, now I think my old phenom II will have a new purpose
 something I'm worried about which is power consumption, if I were to build my NAS with phenom II and running it 24/7, any idea will it cost a lot for my electricity bill? |
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Dec 7 2019, 04:01 PM
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QUOTE(C-Fu @ Dec 7 2019, 12:23 AM) I have no idea sorry. It's too vague. Phenom II I think is 125W at max, and need to calculate drives (15W per drive) and mobo+ram sticks (50? 100? Can't remember). Some enable hdd spindowns, but since you won't save that much with spindowns but introduce more wear and tears, I'd personally recommend AGAINST it. very detailed explanation there, really appreciate the breakdown and easier for me to do some planning. I guess if i were to carry on with Phenom II, might need to try to downclock + downvolt to achieve better power efficiency, but testing stability may be another hassle. Will see how to move on from thereThen it comes to your house tariff. 100kWh? 300kWh? 100kWh is 33.40 cents. so if your rig is at max load 24/7 and using 130W + 60W (4drives) + 100W = 300W, that would mean 0.3kWh x RM0.35 x 24h x 30 = RM75.60 per month, the absolute worst-case scenario. Hence a good efficient PSU will be your best first investment, second is a low-powered proc (like E5 2650L instead of E5 2650). |
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