File/Web Server Power Usage

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File / Web server specs

AMD sempron 2700
abit an7
geforce 440mx
2*512mb pc3200 ram
2 * 750gb
2 * 500gb
1* 400gb
2 * 320gb
and a couple of others

2 * 4 port sata controllers (nothing Special)

couple of NICS

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now i have turned off what i can in the BIOS (sound etc) and my power usage idles around 170w which to be honest i would like to reduce.

my theory states that thsi would cost me roughly £131 a year (24/7 at idle @ 8.6p a KWh)

so if i can knock this down to about 100w i would save myself £56 a year (see where im going with this)

any good accountant will ask when do you want a return on investment?
well i reckon if i could build a low power CPU + mobo combo for less thatn £56 i could get that in a year

only concern is that it will have to store up to 12 HDDs i can use my existing PSU ram and HDD controllers if necessary (2 PCI slots).

my initial thoughts were of atom but if you have any better ideas i thought this might be a little challenge to you.
 
Replace the small drives with large geen drives and that should give you a good power reduction.
 
yeah i was thinking that but right now i have plenty of space so i'm happy with the drive allocation i was planning on build a fully redundant Fileserver in a years or 2 time so would rethink HDD requirements then but i beleive i could make a greater power reduction by replaceing the MOBO CPU GPU combination with something cheap and low power

that perhaps in later years could be turned into a router or something
 
Consider replacing the sempron with a Turion ML or if possible a Turion MT.
 
Ockie said:
Replace the small drives with large geen drives and that should give you a good power reduction.
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Ive got to agree with Ockie on this one
You have approx 3.5tb right now 4x 1tb WD GP would save you a lot more energy than a new cpu/mobo
less drives use less power..create less heat...box overall uses less power because it is running cooler.


Also with an Atom you would need to buy a new HDD controller...only 1 slot
 
I went for low power from the start, when I started building mine, so I had it easier than you.
I have 6.36TB usable storage using 86W. And that is with all the hard drives idling.
When they power down it uses 64W.
Raid controller is about 10W
Every WD 1TB GP drive uses 4.2W
I have a giga matx board with G35 graphics and all voltages lowered and an 500GB WD GP drive for OS.
The CPU is E8200, down-clocked to 2GHz but I will replace it with at at least E7200, or even better E5xxx series

If you need any other info please ask.
:)
 
that sounds fantastic a 7200 + g35 would probably set me back around £110 so would be looking for recovering costs after 2 years hwo do the celerons rate in terms of power for a simple web / fileserver a 1400 @ £35 woudl be great (and probably more powerful than the old 2700 anyway)
 
I'm sorry I meant G33.
G35 uses more power and it is for nothing that is important in this case.
My board is GA-G33M-DS2R.
7200 will bring it down a few W down and I expect 5200 to do even a bit better.
Clock them at 1.6GHz and you've got a winner. :)
 
anyone know how the celeron 1400s idle?

site says they have a tdp of 65w but i cant see how that is true
 
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