<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>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div>On 04/07/2014 11:09 AM, Darcy Casselman
      wrote:<br>
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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>
          wrote:<br>
          <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>
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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>
                >>> --<br>
                >>> -<br>
                >>> Jason Locklin<br>
                >>> <a href="http://artsweb.uwaterloo.ca/%7Ejalockli" target="_blank">http://artsweb.uwaterloo.ca/~jalockli</a><br>
                >>> PGP: 9551 BD8F BCCC 5763 9FD9 9C5E 99F2
                DE4E 2972 C74D<br>
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                >>><br>
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