<story><title>DIY quest for a 6 watt high-end desktop computer</title><url>http://ssj3gohan.tweakblogs.net/blog/8217/fluffy2-59-watt-high-end-desktop-computer.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ChuckMcM</author><text>This guy should totally go work in Google&apos;s platforms power group, they would love him and give him better tools to work with.&lt;p&gt;That said, its inspiring to see folks tinkering at this level. I desoldered the floppy connector on a motherboard so it would fit into a case once and the guy who needed it was shocked that such things could be done successfully. I was pretty amused until I realized an whole bunch of people who are really bright technically have artificially limited themselves to just making changes in software. That is too bad. Old PC&apos;s are really easy to get hold of and great for practicing your rework skills, get an old Metcal iron off Ebay or somewhere, a magnifying visor, and boom go to work.&lt;p&gt;The author didn&apos;t mention a weight limit but you can passively cool the CPU with a copper heatsink on the back of that monitor, something like 9&quot; x 21&quot; of copper fins has a lot of surface area to work with. Might save a bit of power there too.</text></comment>
<story><title>DIY quest for a 6 watt high-end desktop computer</title><url>http://ssj3gohan.tweakblogs.net/blog/8217/fluffy2-59-watt-high-end-desktop-computer.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>polshaw</author><text>whilst it is an impressive job, the title is misleading; it&apos;s 6W &lt;i&gt;idle&lt;/i&gt;.. 75W load.</text></comment>