Found this topic a little late :| . Just put together a 'value' system with an Celeron G1610, Gigabyte GA-B75-D3H m/b and an existing DVD and HDD. I didn't know what to expect since I haven't built Intel in a while, but I was very surprised to measure the idle system power consumption at 25 watts! R...

For those of you who want to downgrade an older AGP gaming rig to use for non-GPU intensive work, look for surplus IBM Riva TNT cards. I just got an 8MB (!) one locally at PCLiquidator for $10 bucks. No special drivers required for Win2K or Ubuntu Linux 6.1. Saved me ~15 watts idle p/c over a GF2 GT...