<span class="gmail_quote">On 3/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Timo Boettcher</b> <<a href="mailto:spida@spida.net">spida@spida.net</a>> wrote:</span><br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> I've been measuring stuff like crazy with the Kill-a-Watt I recently got for<br>> my birthday. Great geek toy.<br>I did something like that, too:<br><a href="http://blog.spida.net/index.php?/archives/3-Powerusage.html">
http://blog.spida.net/index.php?/archives/3-Powerusage.html</a><br>Note that this is a combined frontend/backend.<br><br>Pentium-M with two hdds, two pvr350, ... -> 90W.</blockquote><div><br>Nice chart. I really like the way you measured each component. One of my next projects is to make a combined front/backend on this platform. Basically it will be adding a hard drive, PVR-350 card, and slim dvd player to the existing setup.
<br><br>Your experience matches up fairly well with my expectations (which are wild guesses.) I figure I'll be somewhere around 30-35 watts. We'll see.<br></div><br>-Pete<br><a href="http://www.mythpvr.com">http://www.mythpvr.com
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