On 2017-08-30 09:32, Mick 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.
> 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. Also: how long is the replacement going to last? Anything with flash as the main storage will be back at the recycling station (ideally) within a couple of years. This includes all the consumer routers I've ever had, including the beloved blue Linksys. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. Do obvious transformation on domain to reply privately _only_ on Usenet.
