[mythtv-users] New System - Looking for Feedback

[Yan Seiner]

R. G. Newbury wrote:
>
> Have you *tried* to find a small power supply lately? I had to go 
> looking in early December and the lowest powered PS I could find was a 
> 350 Watt unit. I ended up with a 400 watt modular so I would not have 
> to deal with a dozen unwanted wires.
>
> I spoke to an engineering representative of SilverstoneTek at CES and 
> put a bug in his ear about this. He seemed quite interested and mildly 
> surprised at the low levels we generally run at...well below the 80% 
> efficiency band for most power supplies. Hopefully it will result in 
> something. (Just remembered I promised/threatened to email him, and I 
> know where his business card is..will do that tomorrow.)

I find it pretty bizarre... We (as in the generic we) spend $$ on LED 
lighting, solar water heat, small cars, but when it comes to computers, 
we still want the 800W afterburner power supply.  Go figure.  I'd love 
to see the cost of solar power power and batteries drop and the size of 
hard drives go up to the point where I can run my 7 TB of raid off of 2 
- 4 TB drives, each drawing 7W, instead of the 12 hard drives I have 
now.  And replace my flame throwing backend with a quad-core ION setup, 
all running off a solar panel on the roof.

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