Re: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives

2020-08-17 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-17 13:30, James Allsopp wrote: Hi, I'm using an old Core 2 processor in a case with 5 hard drives, one of which is an SSD. It's a server but doesn't get hit particularly hard, so I'm wondering what the options are to try and conserve power with it as it's generating rather a lot of he

Re: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives

2020-08-17 Thread Dan Ritter
James Allsopp wrote: > Hi, > I'm using an old Core 2 processor in a case with 5 hard drives, one of > which is an SSD. It's a server but doesn't get hit particularly hard, so > I'm wondering what the options are to try and conserve power with it as > it's generating rather a lot of heat. I've loo

Fwd: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives

2020-08-17 Thread Andrew Cater
This also to the mailing list - someone else may find it useful as a starting point. -- Forwarded message - From: Andrew Cater Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 8:37 PM Subject: Re: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives To: James Allsopp Put some cheap slow running quiet fans in

Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives

2020-08-17 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, I'm using an old Core 2 processor in a case with 5 hard drives, one of which is an SSD. It's a server but doesn't get hit particularly hard, so I'm wondering what the options are to try and conserve power with it as it's generating rather a lot of heat. I've looked at powertop, but there didn'