On Monday 21 May 2007 20:33:22 Ed Greshko wrote: > Dave Stevens wrote: > > I'm building a new box that will use a DDR2 2G reg/ECC chip. I need to > > estimate power draw for the system and can't seem to find a reference. > > Its Kingston Value Ram, if that matters. The box _will_ run Fedora. > > Are you saying you want to know the power draw of the Kingston DDR2 2G > reg/ECC chip and the folks and Kingston can't help you? > > Even if that is the case, isn't the power draw of any memory chip > negligible when compared to the rest of the system to the point where it > has no meaning? > > Are you trying to decide what kind of PS to buy? > > And, oh yes, it is OT. ok, Ed, it IS OT. The motherboard will take 64GB of RAM and two Opteron Socket F CPUs. Kingston is closed over the weekend and holiday, so I thought I'd query the list. The question really is how much power supply do I buy if I anticipate loading the board right up over its lifetime. Dave
