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Well, actually the setup draws >25W what results in round about 50€/year. :P
I really don't want so spend more on electricity and as I don't have a closet to park a server in, I decided to go for this completely noiseless setup.
Running since years 24/7 on a compact flash card without a single hiccup!
Using it as Plex server with a sshfs mount, local fileserver and testing environment.
Do YouTube videos lag when they're full screen? I have a Inspiron 530s I upgraded (E8400, 6GB RAM) and it's kinda choppy. I'm driving a massive 24" Sun Microsystems AI24PO display though so maybe that's why..
My server is a desktop I built a year ago that I upgraded a bit to run ESXi. It's nothing fancy and mostly retrofitted. It's got a A10-6790K CPU, a stick of 8GB Kingston RAM, two 500GB WD HDDs, and two gigabit NICs. It's perfect for learning on, but I'm in for more RAM soon. It all resides in a massive CM Storm Scout case.
They may have different graphics adapter..
My Optiplex 755 has integrated intel GMA.. I tested it in 1080p in full screen it has about 62 dropped frames. At 720p no dropped frames running at 1680x1050 resolution.
While it's not really choppy in 1080p I did feel like playback was slower, while in 720p it was fine.
May I ask how much you paid for the case?
I tested with this
I guess it's not overly choppy but definitely not as smooth as 720p.
I paid around $80 for it when it first came out and I don't regret it. It's a solid case with a lot of airflow and the red LEDs which are pretty cool.
Where I am, it averages about 10 cents per kWh, the stock v30l uses about 15 watt, so give or take about $15 - $20/yr.
still not bad I think.
Your case's front looks amazing! Every IT admin's dream haha
My low end box.
I wonder if that has an optical drive....
This kind of servers with 1GB ram and ultra light on electricity are very good for webservers.. in my opinion
Yes, it would work quite well for that.. I got an IDE to SATA adapter and thinking about using an SSD on it.
Also good for a router, pfsense and mikrotik installed just fine.. But it only has one Ethernet port so I would need to add a USB Ethernet Adapter.
It's an NAS with 3 HDDs mounting on the paper board wall. The other 2 are under the mobo.
Am I seriously the only one who thinks using a cardboard box for (in-use) electrical components isn't the most appropriate idea?
Or am I missing something?
What's your expected scenario of what will happen? The hard drive will suddenly halt and catch fire? Or the RAM? You're probably one of those people who turn off their router any time they leave home.
@msg7086
Here's my 1U, just gotta find some rails for it before I rack it :P
Hot n ready
Dual P4's, that box is definitely HOT!!
Next time I'll order the XL, so I can add a hot swap feature..