I appreciate the article take time to produce but any hints on which components you are comparing?
Will it be AMD v Intel & Dual v Single Core CPU?
I presume you will be working on the basis of finding the overall lowest power consuming set-up that is still capable of running WHS standard features?
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Re: Any hints?
The project has been delayed due to overload on the editorial team. In reality, the quest for "the overall lowest power consuming set-up" is really not what the article meant to be about. Yeah, we'll certainly cover that to some degree, but.... Anyone who has studied SPCR reviews can assemble a low power system, and almost any reasonable combination of components from the last.... 5 years of PC technology can run WHS. IE, a Pentium 3 1ghz will probably do it fine with a 250W 80+ PSU.Firetech wrote:I appreciate the article take time to produce but any hints on which components you are comparing?
Will it be AMD v Intel & Dual v Single Core CPU?
I presume you will be working on the basis of finding the overall lowest power consuming set-up that is still capable of running WHS standard features?
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Re: Any hints?
Appreciated - same with everyones workload nowadays...MikeC wrote: The project has been delayed due to overload on the editorial team.
In reality, the quest for "the overall lowest power consuming set-up" is really not what the article meant to be about. Yeah, we'll certainly cover that to some degree, but.... Anyone who has studied SPCR reviews can assemble a low power system, and almost any reasonable combination of components from the last.... 5 years of PC technology can run WHS. IE, a Pentium 3 1ghz will probably do it fine with a 250W 80+ PSU.
I that isn't the purpose of the article then I'll look elsewhere as I already know how good the OS itself is.
The Acer EasyStore was $399 recently with free additional 1TB drive as a special launch price--actually it might have been $499 CAD. It appears to be hitting e-tailers for $450-500 without the bonus drive regulary but is backordered.
The looks like a nice unit, from Acer of all people and the fan seems to be swappable.
The looks like a nice unit, from Acer of all people and the fan seems to be swappable.