[HECnet] My newest toy

On 13 Jan 2013, at 14:17, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote: I'll have to plug in my watt meter and see just how much my Itaniums do actually consume; however, bang (CPU speed) for the buck (power use), I would wager that the Itanium is better. As a ready reckoner, 2 1.3GHz/3.0MB Itanium2s with 1 PSU, 8GB of RAM and no graphics board runs at over 250W at IDLE. Under loa you are looking into the region of 4-500W. They chuck out a lot of heat too. Not something you want to try running in a confined space on a summers day! -- Mark Benson http://DECtec.info Twitter: @DECtecInfo HECnet: STAR69::MARK Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.