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| author | Bill <bill@billserver.senders.io> | 2021-08-07 12:34:24 -0400 |
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| committer | Bill <bill@billserver.senders.io> | 2021-08-07 12:34:24 -0400 |
| commit | 4027bfd0b8582cd90268fe9f6ee12e187e4e6072 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e637ca96e61398794fb047ee239920b27bc05fe /gemlog-staging/re-scrawl.gmi | |
| parent | bf859ff38be464727c9540852ccccd1f0b2ca929 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/gemlog-staging/re-scrawl.gmi b/gemlog-staging/re-scrawl.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0f1684 --- /dev/null +++ b/gemlog-staging/re-scrawl.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# re: Service lives of old computers vs. how much electricity it takes to run them + +=> gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~adiabatic/scrawlspace/ adiabatic scrawl for 2021-05-07 + +Now my computer isn't nesrly as old as suggested in this post. I have a 10 year old computer powering my home server. It is a i2500k with 16GB of DDR3 and a brand new EVGA power supply. This machine is more than just my gemini capsule though. It is my NAS, Webserver, Filesync host, discord bot host, and Minecraft server. + +It does all of this fsirly well too leaving plenty of computing power around. But this post has gotten me curious. How much power does each machine draw. I often leave my desktop PC powered on as well, andI wonder of the two, which is using more watts and really how much servers like rhese draw. + +I plan on adding a second PC to the house for my girlfriend. She has a Macbook pro but it is not up to the task of doing the video editing she does. So if I was building an rig for her how much extra $$ is my power bill going to rise. + +I think though this scrawl made me rethink grabbing another rPi (currently my 3B is a pihole) and |