pogoplug running archlinuxarm or consumer router running openwrt. Otherwise, I would suggest a Celeron G530 (Sandy bridge) based machine. Reuse your old case, hdd, and PSU Then add: (Example from USA stores) <ul><li> <a href="http://slickdeals.net/f/4684402-New-June-Rebate-ECS-H61H2-M2-1-0-LGA-1155-Intel-H61-HDMI-Micro-ATX-Intel-Motherboard-14-99-AR-FS-Newegg">http://slickdeals.net/f/4684402-New-June-Rebate-ECS-H61H2-M2-1-0-LGA-1155-Intel-H61-HDMI-Micro-ATX-Intel-Motherboard-14-99-AR-FS-Newegg</a></li> <li><a href="http://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?forumchoice[]=9&q=G530&showposts=0&archive=0&firstonly=1&bcsi_scan_082EA17FE118A781=pwLh3fyuvNBg/skAx0msGLdiBBM/AAAAqh0fTw==&bcsi_scan_filename=newsearch.php">http://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?forumchoice[]=9&q=G530&showposts=0&archive=0&firstonly=1&bcsi_scan_082EA17FE118A781=pwLh3fyuvNBg/skAx0msGLdiBBM/AAAAqh0fTw==&bcsi_scan_filename=newsearch.php</a></li> <li>Ram of your choice.</li></ul>$50 + $15 + $30 < $100 <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Tom Schouten <<a href="mailto:tom@zwizwa.be" target="_blank">tom@zwizwa.be</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi List, Recently I've been doing some math and found out that running a 100W machine 24/7 at my parent's back home cost me about 150 Euros/year (Belgian electricity is quite expensive, about 20 Eurocents/kWh more than double of what it is here). The 100W was measured with power meter over period of 24h so is probably quite accurate. Includes PC, GB ethernet switch + wireless router. Anyone have an idea of how to replace this with something more power-efficient? I recently ran into [1] which seems like a nice solution. Not sure about the power though. It probably can go lower still. This[2] might be nice too. The main purpose for the server is backup, VPN, asterisk, email with spamassassin+clamav, apache and to serve as print server and gateway for the home network, maybe also PLEX but that can also run on a "real" PC if necessary. [1] <a href="http://mocko.org.uk/b/2012/06/17/how-i-store-my-1s-and-0s-zfs-bargain-hp-microserver-joy/" target="_blank">http://mocko.org.uk/b/2012/06/17/how-i-store-my-1s-and-0s-zfs-bargain-hp-microserver-joy/</a> [2] <a href="http://www.androidauthority.com/via-android-pc-arm-49-dollars-88209/" target="_blank">http://www.androidauthority.com/via-android-pc-arm-49-dollars-88209/</a> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>