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Date:      Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:24:05 -0700
From:      VDR User <user.vdr@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org,  nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de
Cc:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Subject:   Re: Low-power HTPC etc
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wro=
te:
> =C2=A0> > Well, the Atom N330 has a TDP of only 8 W, which isn't
> =C2=A0> > that bad for a 1.6 GHz 64bit 4-way processor (2 cores +
> =C2=A0> > hyperthreading).
> =C2=A0> >
> =C2=A0> > Of course, ARM processors may certainly have even better
> =C2=A0> > performance/watt ratio. =C2=A0But I think I stay with i386-
> =C2=A0> > compatible hardware for my particular case.
> =C2=A0>
> =C2=A0> Btw there's also the Celeron SU2300 which has a TDP of 10 W and i=
s
> =C2=A0> about twice as fast as the N330 Atom as you can see e.g. here:
> =C2=A0>
> =C2=A0> =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Bench=
marklist.2436.0.html
>
> Interesting page. =C2=A0But I think that the benchmarks need to
> be taken with a grain of salt. =C2=A0For example, the SU2300
> seems to be twice as fast only in the single-threaded
> benchmarks. =C2=A0In the multi-threaded benchmarks, the SU2300
> is only a little faster (10 - 20 percent).
>
> The Atom will be more than enough for me. =C2=A0There are several
> fanless (!) mainboards with a dual-core Atom (330 or D525)
> that have the ION chipset with full-HD MPEG acceleration
> via VDPAU. =C2=A0I'll probably combine that with an SSD in order
> to get a completely silent system without any moving parts.

I have a couple atom/ion boxes which I use for dedicated htpc/hdtv.
Works great.  I didn't even bother with an ssd due to price vs. needs.
 Instead they're installed on sdhc cards.  No probs what-so-ever.



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