<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 3, 2007 10:24 AM, Tim Schmidt <<a href="mailto:timschmidt@gmail.com">timschmidt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<p><DEFANGED_div class="Ih2E3d">On Dec 3, 2007 10:16 AM, Justin Denick <<a href="mailto:justin.denick@gmail.com">justin.denick@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I just picked up a real gem from <a href="http://globalcomputers.com" target="_blank">
globalcomputers.com</a><br>><br>> Intel Pentium D 3.0 socket 775<br><br></p><DEFANGED_div>Pentium D's aren't the most power friendly CPUs in the world (to say<br>the least). The consumption difference between comparable Pentium D's
<br>and Core 2 Duos can easily total > $100 / year if you leave your<br>computer on all the time. Spending a little more up front can<br>actually save you money in the near-middle term. :-/<br><font color="#888888"><br>
--tim<br></font><p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div></p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div class="Wj3C7c">_______________________________________________<br>grlug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a><br><a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug" target="_blank">
http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</a></p><DEFANGED_div></p><DEFANGED_div></blockquote><p><DEFANGED_div><br>They do kick out quite a pile of heat. Maybe that can translate into savings on your gas bill? ;-)<br><br>I know with the thermostat set on 56 (college kids) my room stays pretty toasty with the D cranking out some VM's all night long.
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