[geeks] FS: Quad-Proc Opteron workstation (new sunhelp.org server drive!)

[Phil Stracchino]

On 11/08/10 09:54, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 08:17:57AM +0200, Jonathan Groll wrote:
>> I would be curious to calculate what the electrical cost savings of
>> the new server will be (on a bit of a green computing kick at the
>> moment). You didn't happen to measure it''s power draw did you?
> 
> I've got a Kill-a-Watt; I can always do comparisons.
> 
> I know the TDP of the (will-be) quad-core Phenom II X2 555 is only
> 80W, while each Opteron 280 is 95W.

Is that 80W with only two cores active, though?  What's its TDP with all
four cores running?

I'm planning for a total forklift upgrade of babylon5 pretty soon, and
planning to build it around a Thuban-core X6.  That's 130W TDP, which is
the same as the 965 X4.

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