Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:29:39 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: Stefan Walter <sw@gegenunendlich.de> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Athlon XP-M/PowerNow for desktop system? Message-ID: <200501131729.JAA20704@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:08:30 %2B0100." <20050113140830.GA1953@kyuzo.dunkelkammer.void>
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Stefan Walter <sw@gegenunendlich.de> wrote:
> 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).
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Darryl Okahata
darrylo@soco.agilent.com
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