<div dir="ltr">The primary use case she's building for is for render jobs that take 3+ days on her current (admittedly 12-year-old) machine. She's not looking for a low-power machine.<br><br>Darcy.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:34 AM, CrankyOldBugger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">What if she mounted shares on a NAS box instead of local HDDs?<div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 April 2014 11:32, Darcy Casselman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dscassel@gmail.com" target="_blank">dscassel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>1TB isn't nearly enough.<br><br>More like 8.<br><br></div>Darcy.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:21 AM, L.D. Paniak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com" target="_blank">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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OK. What amount of disk capacity are we talking about? Anything up
to 1TB can be done today for a reasonable amount of coin on SSD.<br>
What are the interfaces for specialized hardware? PCIe? Interface
count?<br>
<br>
I suspect you can build a remarkably fast system inside of 150W with
a bit of research. Intel E3-series v3 Xeons/Haswell CPUs pack a
pile of performance into 60-80W - at a decent price. Especially if
the software uses recent instruction extensions eg AVX.<div><div><br>
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<div>On 04/07/2014 11:09 AM, Darcy Casselman
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<div>I'd agree, but she wants to do video and audio rendering.
She needs multiple spinning platter harddrives and some
specialist video capture and sound hardware.<br>
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I was able to talk her down from needing a 750W+ power supply
(she doesn't need 3D graphics at all), but yeah, something in
the 500W neighbourhood is more reasonable.<br>
<br>
Darcy.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:56 AM, L.D.
Paniak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com" target="_blank">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I agree.
I have been using pico-PSU/AC brick solutions on systems up
to<br>
100W with great success. For 95%+ of computing that more
than enough to<br>
get the job done.<br>
<br>
There are many "mini-systems" of this type available:<br>
<a href="http://www.canadacomputers.com/search_result.php?checkVal0=0&subcat04=5&checkVal1=1&checkVal2=1&checkVal3=1&checkVal4=1&checkVal5=1&checkVal6=1&checkVal7=1&checkVal8=1&checkVal9=1&pagePos=0&keywords=&manu=0&search=1&ccid=1203&cPath=7_1203" target="_blank">http://www.canadacomputers.com/search_result.php?checkVal0=0&subcat04=5&checkVal1=1&checkVal2=1&checkVal3=1&checkVal4=1&checkVal5=1&checkVal6=1&checkVal7=1&checkVal8=1&checkVal9=1&pagePos=0&keywords=&manu=0&search=1&ccid=1203&cPath=7_1203</a><br>
<br>
Especially good are the Intel NUC series (if a little more
expensive).<br>
<br>
I recently bought a 430W Corsair ATX PSU and the smell of
the fancy<br>
paint finish nearly knocked me off my feet. It took several
days to<br>
dissipate. I am not sure what the motivation is here.<br>
<div>
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On 04/07/2014 10:44 AM, Jason Locklin wrote:<br>
> Just for fun, this would be approximately the best
you can do while<br>
> staying safely under 150Watts and staying
reasonably priced:<br>
><br>
>> PCPartPicker part list: <a href="http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO" target="_blank">http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO</a><br>
>> Price breakdown by merchant: <a href="http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO/by_merchant/" target="_blank">http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO/by_merchant/</a><br>
>> Benchmarks: <a href="http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO/benchmarks/" target="_blank">http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nyKO/benchmarks/</a><br>
>><br>
>> CPU: Intel Core i3-2120T 2.6GHz Dual-Core
Processor ($160.80 @ Amazon Canada)<br>
>> Motherboard: MSI H67MA-E35 (B3) Micro ATX
LGA1155 Motherboard ($88.02 @ Amazon Canada)<br>
>> Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
($79.99 @ Canada Computers)<br>
>> Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5"
Solid State Disk ($129.99 @ NCIX)<br>
>><br>
>> Total: $458.80<br>
>> Estimated Wattage: 109W<br>
>><br>
>> Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts
when available.)<br>
>> (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 10:33
EDT-0400)<br>
> That would scream running Linux, but would be
lacking for gaming. No<br>
> idea what Windows needs nowadays though. That
website is too much fun.<br>
> Now, back to work... right...<br>
><br>
> -Jason<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon 07 Apr 2014 10:02:49 AM EDT, Darcy Casselman
wrote:<br>
>> She has rather formidable power requirements,
but we were talking about<br>
>> whether something like this was available. I'll
pass it along. Thanks.<br>
>><br>
>> Darcy.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Jason Locklin
<<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com" target="_blank">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Have you thought of building a low-power
system with something like one<br>
>>> of these: <a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104186" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104186</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Transformer is sealed in plastic, so no
dust/smell from it. Thinking<br>
>>> about building a system like this with one
of the low-power Haswell<br>
>>> chips and an SSD, myself (not for the
smell, I just like<br>
>>> power-efficient, quiet machines).<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Jason<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On 14-04-05 03:56 PM, Darcy Casselman
wrote:<br>
>>>> PC hardware question, not specific to
Linux, but some of you folks may<br>
>>> have<br>
>>>> ideas.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> My partner has some rather significant
allergies and sensitivities. She<br>
>>>> also needs to replace her 12-year-old
desktop computer.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> In general electronics tend to be okay
for her, but the power supply<br>
>>> seems<br>
>>>> to be a stumbling block. New power
supplies smell really bad, triggering<br>
>>>> her sensitivities. And they're blowing
that bad air into her living<br>
>>> space.<br>
>>>> Does anyone know of a retailer that
sells power supplies that she'd be<br>
>>> able<br>
>>>> to crack open a bunch and give them a
sniff-test?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Is there somewhere we can look at used
power supplies, preferably from<br>
>>>> hopefully neutral office environments
(rather than, say, the homes of<br>
>>>> smokers or pet owners)?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> We're not entirely sure what it is in
the power supplies that is<br>
>>> triggering<br>
>>>> her. We know that the PVC wiring is
bad (I'm not holding out much hope,<br>
>>>> but if someone knows of a manufacturer
that coats their wires in<br>
>>> something<br>
>>>> other than PVC, that would be very
useful to know). But we've tried a<br>
>>>> bunch and haven't come up with much
luck.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Any suggestions would be helpful.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thanks!<br>
>>>> Darcy.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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>>> -<br>
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