On Wednesday, 30 August 2017 04:17:27 BST R0b0t1 wrote: > Unfortunately this isn't a viable strategy because typically you will, > in a few months, if not a single month, spend more in electricity > costs than you would purchasing a new single board computer.
Are you sure of this? Perhaps in a commercial 24x7x365 high compute cycle application this would hold water, but in the case of a home PC running 14 hours a day at maximum power you might save enough to buy a small spinning SATA drive after a year, or a Raspberry Pi without peripherals, but not a new PC. Of course, if: 1. your PC is not running at full speed all the time; 2. it is not a PentiumD dual core (were they the most power hungry?); 3. you're not still running a CRT monitor; 4. you tend to suspend to RAM when not in front of it; 5. a new PC is not at least 50% more efficient; 6. the price of electricity is not exorbitant (I pay approximately £0.13/KWh + £0.29/day) then you will need other reasons to upgrade. When the PC you're using is a laptop, then the case for upgrading on grounds of savings on electricity costs alone is even more tenuous. -- Regards, Mick
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