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Re:Home computing for $5/month by mindslight on Thursday August 17, 2017 @03:18PM (#15039946)
OP mentioned a server, so 24/7 is indeed what I was shooting for. 35W was a figure from when I plugged a Thinkpad T61 (Core 2 duo, as well) into a Kill-a-Watt. I actually did use that machine as a traveling server.

You can obviously buy newer tech for even better power efficiency, but that gets into a discussion of accounting for capital cost vs recurring.

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Re:Home computing for $5/month by pmlnr on Thursday August 17, 2017 @04:58PM (#15040934)
35W for a t61?! Undervolt it, core2 can still do it from sw only, set the cpu governor to conservative, turn off the display - it's a server -, the modem, the firewire, the pcmcia, the expresscard, wifi - again, server, cable is good - <10W. I'm using a T400 like this with 2x2TB HDD.
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Re:Home computing for $5/month by wlesieutre on Thursday August 17, 2017 @04:01PM (#15040321)
Ah I saw laptop and assumed normal laptop use.

I just put together a home server, I need to get a power meter and see what it's using.

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