[ubuntu-uk] downloading slow torrents & energy consumption

[doug livesey]

So these Viglen machines are recommended as low consumption options?

2009/4/9 Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com>

> Alan Pope wrote:
> > 2009/4/9 javadayaz <javadayaz at gmail.com>:
> >> i raised this topic of torrents and low powered green machines a while
> ago
> >> if anyone remembers!
> >>
> >
> > Indeed, and I'm also using another Viglen for doing exactly that. A
> > viglen running torrentflux is perfect for this task.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Al.
> >
>
> I would also like to recommend many of the the Mini-itx type boards
> based around either VIA or Atom CPUs.
>
> My home server is based in a Jetway Mobo (with dual 100MB LAN i/f) and
> it has a VIA C7 processor and 1G of RAM. I stuck a 320MB HDD in the box
> when I built it.
>
> The whole thing draws about 15W from the plug. It runs Ubuntu Server,
> Our business telephone system on Asterisk, acts a development platform
> (Apache MySQL, PHP, SVN blah blah blah) and is left on 24/7.
>
> FYI I got the mobo from here:
> http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11212
>
> I bought a case and PSU from eBay IIRC (It's an InWIN box for uATX or
> smaller mobos) that cost about £15.
>
> It has been very reliable. And, oh yes, I down-clocked it from 1.2Ghz to
> 1Ghz. I could probably go lower but it makes little difference to power
> consumption.
>
> HTH
>
> Al (Another one!)
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