[mythtv-users] CPU power (was Possible small HD frontend)

[Brian Phillips]

John Drescher wrote:
>>  On my X2, it made a bit difference (reference my just recent post).
>> I've  also tried it on a dual 3GHz Xeon P4, and tho the cpu slowed
>> and the machine  was stable, the kill-a-watt showed no difference at
>> all, but the machine  was definitely slower.  I hope this weekend to
>> try it on a dual Opteron  machine I have to see it it makes a
>> difference. 
>> 
> On a dual processor dual core 2.6GHz Opteron the difference for me
> was over 60W. 

So 15 W per core? 30 W per processor?

Brian Phillips