On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:24:49 +0200, Edward wrote in message
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> Quote: "if you build your own boards"
>
> You mean design my own computer motherboards?! Excuse me, but that is
> definitely the task of experts, not computer end users. Yes, I have
> knowledge about transistors, logic gates and some circuits employing
> them, but that is NOT enough. Furthermore, even if I were capable and
> had the resources to design and make my own motherboards, that would
> not guarantee me that the actual work horses, the CPU cores, were
> clean.
>
> Quote: "Not everybody uses (recent) x86 :p"
> I have a functional Pentium 4 (hyperthreading) but I do not use it.
> The reason is electricity consumption,

..pipe it into your home heating system, as an heater. ;o)

> noise,

..fans? See above. ;o)
Disks, hang them in rubber band slings.

> and above all, lack of performance.

..might still have enough omph to work e.g. as a tor etc proxy server.

--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.