[mythtv-users] Happy Anniversary

[Steven Adeff]

On 9/22/06, Henry A Harper III <hah at alumni.rice.edu> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Steven Adeff
> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:52 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Happy Anniversary
> >
> [...snip...]
> > The problem is, even at idle modern CPU's still use somewhere around
> > 100-150W (from what I remember reading at TomsHardware). I don't quite
> > know how suspend works, but I assume it basically "turns off" the CPU,
> >
>
> I guess that depends on what exactly you mean by "modern CPU" :)
>
> My mythbox has a 65W (max) Athlon 64 x2 4600+...the whole box does put out a
> little more heat than my HDDirectTivo but not a whole lot more.

Your right, I was reading the system draws, which included a video
card and 7200rpm harddrive.
Apparently the Core Duo's use even less power than your x2! wow...

-- 
Steve
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