On Tuesday 22 May 2007 19:44, Ric Moore wrote: > On Monday May 21 2007 11:47:09 pm Dave Stevens wrote: > > 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. > > A case in point was the Sheriff of Harris County (Houston) Texas who was > interviewed in Newsweek concerning the excessive force and brutality > demonstrated by his police force. The reporter asked him why they all were > outfitted with 45 Magnums? His reply, "...cause is it the biggest F***ing > gun I could find." This may apply in your case as well. :) Ric indeed :-) well it develops that 2 watts per gigabyte would be a conservative planning value, so I guess 128 watts max for RAM then disk, cpu, video etc and UPS to match. Thanks to all. Dave -- The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
