Hence the question of having a powerful processor? One Debian turns with a facility has gnC)nC)rique 800mhz, good work. Processor mult-core 3.00ghz not utility for firewall and desktop.
On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:44:37 +0100, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> I can also show you PIII systems that draw more than 300W, and I >> discarded one a while ago that probably could have maxed out at well >> over 500w. >> > > I was shocked to find my nforce board draws around 130 watts, when > it's switched OFF!!!!!!! and with the new graphics card can push upto > 700 watts > > And No, I'm not kidding > > Needless to say, I now have a multitap with switch on my desk as the > power button. > > p.s. People should be aware that, ARM and atom have met similar ground > for speed but they are like risc chips and usually a 500mhz does half > the work of a full/non emulated instruction set chip also at 500mhz. > > Check out atom on wikipedia for more info. > > Risc chips in phones etc. do even less work per cycle. -- @plus
