From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 19 02:46:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51AA3106567A; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:46:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from user.vdr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 056918FC0C; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyj12 with SMTP id 12so5474295iyj.13 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:46:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ohcp25uEpn1sUzrVRLYDvoRIbM6ksmKVWmbJwYso9Qk=; b=xm1q2MCdM8Cp5nlgTVHmXMbbbSijqQyPA/9VBA6fRWw1ZPhcmG3y1nqub6QxKQv3OM DGqNOh2pA3iCUgMVpyqnk1ulFGwt06U6hRnq5dZZdQU7LF/yIvWoQ+hlICsM/PN/e7RX 6Cbr2GwMC7ROd7jCSsoDAVbLm+MngYa8QFx08= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DesUI0HGQTyImnWRswdoCZXhxeDu2iM4iu/r/9IpwYzeoI0F3XxjdWDNEKvmd93wvM wdbP9jzpkamRMhVxmr8Mc5RrKIPhgGQ0yF7IedG1jZcoB85vqIQ/pY2ZBj7YBqEx/JPF ZU0L5hWHxZ4/H95t904IyS9z2TCzppR4q1zeU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.147.3 with SMTP id l3mr2551000icv.353.1300501445999; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:24:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.206.82 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:24:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201103182328.p2INSUmB034700@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <201103182328.p2INSUmB034700@lurza.secnetix.de> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:24:05 -0700 Message-ID: From: VDR User To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Oliver Fromme Subject: Re: Low-power HTPC etc X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:46:17 -0000 On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Oliver Fromme 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.