Quote Originally Posted by plonk420 View Post
you got burnt out, or the hardware did? :D

at THAT many machines, wouldn't replacing them with 4-8 i7s be more energy efficient?

a friend and i calculated that the energy saved between an Atom and a 939 Athlon 64 was $20 in a year. not enough to pay for itself... at least in 4+ years... however, with 27 machines, i wonder what the difference would be...?

edit: oh, reexamining your number of units crunched in a day, it might take 16 (give or take 4) i7s to do the same number of units (if seti is a benchmark for the number of units an i7 would make in a day). THAT wouldn't pay for itself very quickly ;)

As to being burnt out, it was me, the hardware still runs but is not competitive anymore.

Energy savings is but one of the concerns when upgrading/replacing hardware. The 2 top concerns for me are "getting the most bang for the buck" in the projects I'm interested in running and my budget. And 27 machines is just what I have running ATM, there more that I have yet to replace or upgrade so an I7 may get thrown into the mix.