Low Power Workstations

[Danp]

I've looked into low power machines before like the ones tinygreenpc.com sell. Personally, I find the lower priced machines are not up to much spec wise and once you start looking at something that I would call useable and have a good life span the price shoots up. Yes, the cost would be offset against power saved, but would it really?

 

At the moment I am looking for a machine that I can leave running 24/7 at the football club for myself to remote connect to or sit at when I'm down there. This also got me thinking about what could be used in school (this is EduGeek after all!). Replacing a whole suite of 20 would be expensive but again, how much cheaper would they be to run over a period of time? We aim for a 4-5 year cycle of machines.

 

If this is anything to go by then maybe I should not bother caring, 'worse' machines apparently only cost sub £10 a year to run anyway

[NB9457]

NComputing or Thin Clients could reduce power consumption as a whole when using more machines/terminals.

 

We use i5 intel NUCs. At idle they use around 5w and whenat full load (which is rare) around 45w. A lot less then the old clunky RM machines they replaced!

[Danp]

NComputing or Thin Clients could reduce power consumption as a whole when using more machines/terminals.

 

We use i5 intel NUCs. At idle they use around 5w and whenat full load (which is rare) around 45w. A lot less then the old clunky RM machines they replaced!

 

We have some NUCs around too, mostly offices where they have a habit of being left on for days and days and days!

 

Do I just buy this

 

HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF

 

i5 4570 3.20GHz,

8GB RAM (PC3L-12800U 1600MHz)

New 120GB SSD

DVDRW

Windows 10 Professional Installed

New Keyboard & Mouse

2 years Warranty

 

£297

 

Or a NUC for £500+

[NB9457]

This maybe: https://www.ballicom.co.uk/acer-dt-vnheg-034-.p1256834.html

[Passat1983ICTech]

have a look at ict direct

[Danp]

This maybe: https://www.ballicom.co.uk/acer-dt-vnheg-034-.p1256834.html

 

Thanks, but no ram, drive or win code then pushes the price up.

 

have a look at ict direct

 

Where do you think the HP spec came from