From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 15:34:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C31016A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:34:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.onlinefix.de (mail2-out.titan-networks.de [217.140.72.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FA843D4C for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:34:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sw@gegenunendlich.de) Received: from kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void ([217.140.77.242]) (authenticated bits=0)j0HFY3Ti028736 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:34:04 +0100 Received: by kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 03B163EC8; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:34:02 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:34:02 +0100 From: Stefan Walter To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050117153402.GA875@kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void> References: <20050113140830.GA1953@kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void> <200501131729.JAA20704@mina.soco.agilent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200501131729.JAA20704@mina.soco.agilent.com> X-PGP-key: http://www.gegenunendlich.de/swalter-rsa.asc X-PGP-fp: 85D8 6A49 22C7 6CD9 B011 5D6A 5691 111B 12B9 E0B3 Organization: Infinity Approximation Task Force X-PGP-key: http://www.gegenunendlich.de/swalter-rsa.asc X-PGP-fingerprint: 85D8 6A49 22C7 6CD9 B011 5D6A 5691 111B 12B9 E0B3 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: Athlon XP-M/PowerNow for desktop system? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:34:07 -0000 --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Darryl Okahata in gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hardware: >> I considered an Athlon XP-M because it consumes less energy and should be >> cooler than the desktop variant. If you can't change the voltage of the >> CPU on an ATX board, that's OK, but I'm not sure if it's really worth >> buying it if I possibly can't throttle the frequency when it's idle. > > It may still be worthwhile, if you live in an area with expensive > electricity. I've forgotten the exact numbers, but the XP-M CPUs tend > to use significantly less power than the regular desktop CPUs (something > like 30-40+W less). A few months back, I built a 2200+ XP-M-based > system which only uses up around 80-90W, and this could have been even > lower, had I not also installed a power-hungry TV capture card > (Hauppauge PVR-250). Thanks for the info. I might give it a try, then. Stefan --=20 No reading beyond this point --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iQGVAwUBQeva6laRERsSueCzAQIsAAv/YR8RPsWLvcEHPV74TsH70Qb8xXlDbDgk ObZHlsCoFlLJEMIPlMuPZzugi+m6xCCjnth65hsbN+kQXpgSobLMxRsHblZ2xkmn eIbBx27WATe/JPwDoVVp4cNNq8Z2svcgctqj0s3hw2hjYtveIUr73PP+29k3OHMO y/7ivMISFA3XvgQvklvzrOVJswsljEibcAgl+ewDOMrVdfZq1nRotYQDRR6wegmU 8KaAmTGHnhqJmWF60jqzwQ68FQa5Cz+v+uux+0q3RZ/bdgfNxVKvOcZ+6n+SLXPY f4nu0FvnGsNIiWqe9UB6hqkGYQm9a3ARD9kFIfxn+FibZkG9cDd6mf1jh7Ko/5Tx t5ZP68DtKbAFr3BhZAMgU9zaBdjvme8ehVtZjb451F+9H3wA4lSF02VWkuXFGkh/ VOkW2dKP0032WW8lrngv0Smgn8+T/Kp8QmFhJnkPnfALEup3/De4GQg/8DdiANlI sTVTDXMGgizW3DEqMosI9VH+CySEVGyg =vuOG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh--