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You could play Quake. Might be able to play Cube. 2009/12/10 Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, bas wrote: > >>> The atom CPU is reltively low-power (wattage), however the rest of the >>> components on the motherboard aren't )-: >> >> dam, thought i was on a winner too ! >> >>> And if it's an intel board, the fan will fail after 3 months of 24x7 use >>> - I've had 3 now do this >> >> awww, wish you had not told me that, its been running now for about 6 >> months 24/7, did the whole thing meltdown ? (dustbin job) ? > > No. And one of these boxes is currently sitting in a data centre in > Sheffield... It's a bit warm, but still going fine. > > (Have you actually checked yours to see if it's still running???) > > See: > > Âhttp://unicorn.drogon.net/hot.png > > I suspect the room AC is helping somewhat. The only other fan in the box is > in the PSU which I don't have the ability to monitor... > > It had a few days of going slow, then seemed to be OK again, then just gave > up totally. > > (It's gradually getting hotter because the CPU load is gradually increasing > over time!) > > The other 2 were at home - one is my workstation - the fan started to get > noisy and go slow, so I changed it - same for the backup server - noisy and > slow/grating sounds. Replaced that too. They're cheap plastic bearing fans > running stupidly fast. There are better fans out there! > > However, there are now fanless Atom motherboards available, so it's going to > be replaced with a pair of these soon. I'd use a cluster of Geodes if my > cheapskate clients didn't want VoIP codec transcoding - the Geodes are > rubbish at that - one failling of slower processors with small caches. > > Gordon > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- Dan Dart _____ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html