[ale] Building a server for a harsh-ish environment

[Jeff Hubbs]

What about laptop CPUs?

I have a machine based on a K6-2+/500 (ostensibly a laptop CPU) and one
of the things I've noticed about it is that it doesn't run very hot. 
Now, it's meant for a Socket 7 mobo, and that's pretty long in the
tooth, so you might look for more modern choices.  I know this doesn't
say much about at what absolute temperature it can run stably, but it's
a thought.

I do have a 1GHz t-bird that runs WAY too hot even with decent fans.  As
I speak, it's sitting with its CPU at 118F and a system temp of 87F, and
it only seems to crash on account of WinME and/or buggy apps (someday
I'm gonna check its heatsink mounting).  

As for sources, there's always eBay.  That's where I got the K6-2+.  

- Jeff

On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 19:33, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> I have a client for whom I'm likely to build a Linux
> web/mysql server in the near future. Its only job will
> be to maintain a small (<10MB) DB and serve up Zope
> pages related to that DB, strictly for internal use.
> So far, no problem, I can build the required machine
> from new parts for a couple of hundred $$.
> 
> The problem is, the machine will live in a building
> where the A/C is not very reliable. It's possible
> that the temperature in the room where this machine
> lives may occasionally reach 90F. I need it to
> be reliable, not fast, so I'd really like to build
> something like a 200Mhz P2 or similar, rather than
> one of the 1.5Ghz monsters that seem to be growing
> on trees these days. However, I want to build it
> from new parts. So does anyone know of a source
> for such things? Or would it be reasonable to
> under-clock a faster chip to reduce its heat
> output? Are there mobos out there that will
> support lower clock speeds than 500Mhz?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Joe
>  "I'd rather chew my leg off than maintain Java code, which
>  sucks, 'cause I have a lot of Java code to maintain and the
>  leg surgery is starting to get expensive." - J. Knapka
> 
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