On 12/22/2009 1:52 PM, Mike Miller wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Randy Clarksean wrote: > >> Ok .. just purchased a used Dell PowerEdge 6850 on Ebay. 4 CPUs at 3.16 >> GHz. I purchased it to make a computational box out of it ... wanting >> the 8 cores and lots of memory. > > > How much electricity does that thing use? > > Mike > I'm curious to see around how much did it cost you? I love picking up slightly outdated beefy machines, build myself a dual Nocona awhile back but have been looking to add to my collection ;-) I'm curious to see how much 'lectricity is used too, under high load of course. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments