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On Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:31 PM, "Richard Morton" <richard.e.morton@gmail.com> wrote:</div>
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all this means I have a huge powerbill... so I am reading this with interest and reading that a i3 with 35w tdp is nearly as quick as the q6600 I have is quite astounding.</div>
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Have you ever considered cputhrottling? That is what I do on my frontend machine (running powernowd), which will scale the cpu during idle down from 2.8mhz to .35mhz, and I can tell the difference by how much heat the ps is disappating. When running full blast the back of the slim case and fan is warm to the touch, when idling, cold. I notice no difference in performance, since when the cpu is needed, it goes right back up.</div>
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Also, I have disconnected the floppy and anything else non-essential. Having it power down the disk might help as well. You can cut quite a bit on a normal machine just by doing that...</div>
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Kris B.</div>
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