Is your old computer costing you more than you think?
23.02.04
Re-using old computers as servers around the home or office is a common solution and convenient to the growing need for always-on machines as a HTPC (Home Theater PC) systems, safety monitoring of the solar panel, home automation, downloading weather station, and. Since the older machines have outlived their usefulness as office or servers they are like found money, save the cost of purchasing a new dedicated machine. But with the rising cost of electricity and awareness of the need to conserve these machines can cost you more than you think.
I've been waiting for this motherboard for a long time; finally a MythTV frontend which can quietly play high definition video and sip electricity while doing so. And one with so many ports on the back: HDMI, DVI and VGA for video; TOSLink Coax, SPDIF optical, HDMI and analog for audio. Gigabit Ethernet. Plenty of USB ports and one eSATA port. A feast of port flexibility. I would not run this board fanless. I played a 1080i MPEG2 over the air video on it without a case and my infrared thermometer read the GPU temperature at 60°C, which is fairly...
