On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:24:49 +0200, Edward wrote in message <CAKENem5Kr0tL0mH10LZxFu3R=el_zt-8w5qhscv88fhv6hs...@mail.gmail.com>:
> Quote: "if you build your own boards" > > You mean design my own computer motherboards?! Excuse me, but that is > definitely the task of experts, not computer end users. Yes, I have > knowledge about transistors, logic gates and some circuits employing > them, but that is NOT enough. Furthermore, even if I were capable and > had the resources to design and make my own motherboards, that would > not guarantee me that the actual work horses, the CPU cores, were > clean. > > Quote: "Not everybody uses (recent) x86 :p" > I have a functional Pentium 4 (hyperthreading) but I do not use it. > The reason is electricity consumption, ..pipe it into your home heating system, as an heater. ;o) > noise, ..fans? See above. ;o) Disks, hang them in rubber band slings. > and above all, lack of performance. ..might still have enough omph to work e.g. as a tor etc proxy server. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
