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- Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Low idle power motherboards and CPUs?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8063
Re: Low idle power motherboards and CPUs?
Obvious contenders for low idle power: Mac Mini (<10W idle) - a laptop in desktop clothing (Core2Duo) http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=59331 OLPC XO-1 (laptop) - idle about 7-8 W, but if you shut off things like the screen backlight and the radio you can trim that by a watt...
- Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:01 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Low idle power motherboards and CPUs?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8063
Re: Low idle power motherboards and CPUs?
What are your lowest idle systems with non Atom CPUs? 10W idle, probably going to be difficult with currently available platforms. Something VIA-based might work. Zacate's coming out soon and it's pretty promising if you want an ultra low power build. AMD's Bobcat APU benchmarked: the age of the At...
- Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:27 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Low idle power motherboards and CPUs?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8063
Low idle power motherboards and CPUs?
Hi, Atom motherboards show idle of around 20W in SPCR tests whereas Atom netbooks typically consume around 10W idle (and sometimes with screen on). Any idea on the potential sources of this 10W difference? Is it possible to buy current motherboards+CPU with 10W idle or less, Atom or other x86? What ...
- Wed May 26, 2010 1:28 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Fan Test System, 2010
- Replies: 89
- Views: 61916
Hi, Do you have by any chance measured the amp taken by the fans? We have voltage but no way to get to the watt consumed by the fans :). Thanks! We did report that in previous reviews but not sure whether we'll bother in future -- the power is minuscule esp. for slow fans. Typically no more than a ...
- Tue May 25, 2010 3:04 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Fan Test System, 2010
- Replies: 89
- Views: 61916
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:23 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: How much power does your system draw at idle (Poll)
- Replies: 70
- Views: 60080
http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47129 - Seasonic S12 II 430 W (220V AC) - ASUS M2A-VM - 8GB = 4x2GB of transcend RAM PC5300 - Maxtor 500GB SATA STM3500320AS - AMD Phenom 9500, AMD stock cooler - no case (on my test bench) - cost of about 620 euros with 19.6% VAT included (Franc...
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:19 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:49 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
Note: BIOS 1705 for the ASUS M2A-VM released on 20080331 fixes all stability problems I had with the previous BIOS version, I got more than 60 hours of stress testing without problem: guerby@gcc04:~$ uptime 23:46:09 up 2 days, 14:37, 5 users, load average: 17.24, 17.54, 17.62 So in the end a very ni...
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:40 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Sparkle Power's 250W 80 Plus SPI250EP
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31847
There IS indeed a database of AC/DC converters.... at Energy Star . The link on the right column of that page to... For Consumers : Product Lists : AC-DC Adapters PDF will pull up (or let you download) a 66-page list of adapters with measured efficiency. It's difficult to search, however; you might...
- Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:43 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Sparkle Power's 250W 80 Plus SPI250EP
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31847
- Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:02 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
Take a look at this review at Anandtech which shows an 8800 GTX system consuming 77W more than a HD 3870 at idle. The ATI card consumes roughly 15 to 25W at idle which places the 8800 GTX close to 100W. If I compare my own data for a Q6600/IGP against the Techreport Q6600/8800 GTX system the differ...
- Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:39 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
Any idea on how they get those numbers? Is it Windows Vista + graphic card which is sucking 116W at idle? I don’t know how they manage to get it that high with a single VGA card; that’s quite an achievement. :lol: Scott from Tech Report confirmed by email his measures, so my guess is that 8800 ...
- Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:42 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
If I look at:
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14424/15
They report a Phenom 9500 system idle at ... 193W !
46W more than the max wattage I was able to draw from my phenom 9500 setup.
Any idea on how they get those numbers? Is it Windows Vista + graphic card which is sucking 116W at idle?
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14424/15
They report a Phenom 9500 system idle at ... 193W !
46W more than the max wattage I was able to draw from my phenom 9500 setup.
Any idea on how they get those numbers? Is it Windows Vista + graphic card which is sucking 116W at idle?
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:52 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:29 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:07 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:04 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
I tested a Q6600, Gigabyte G33M-S2, Intel IGP, Samsung 400GB SATA, 2x1GB DDR2-900, Silverstone 300W fanless PSU: Idle / Prime95 x4 Stock voltage – 66.5 / 141W RMClock - 65.5 / 122.5W BIOS 1.05V - 58.5 / 107W Thanks for posting! Does the consumption goes up core per core? Ie test with 1xprime95, 2...
- Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:38 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:50 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20226
ASUS M2A-VM + Phenom 9500 experience report
Hi, Just to share my experience measuring power consumption with my Volcraft Energy Monitor 3000: - Seasonic S12 II 430 W (220V AC) - ASUS M2A-VM - 4x2GB of transcend RAM PC5300 - Maxtor 500GB SATA STM3500320AS - AMD Phenom 9500, AMD stock cooler - no case (on my test bench) - cost of about 620 euro...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:13 pm
- Forum: Consumer Advocacy
- Topic: Seagate RMA
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22365
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:06 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Fanless cooling of slow processors?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5654
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:43 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Fanless cooling of slow processors?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5654
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:08 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Fanless cooling of slow processors?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5654
Thanks again! Last piece of information is what was the heatsink for the AM2 Sempron, I'm looking thorugh Mariner and Palindroman post history... Mariner summary is there: http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=315515#315515 bog standard Sempron 3200 ... ASRock ALiveNF4G-DVI ... 1.4GHz...
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:38 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Fanless cooling of slow processors?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5654
what about the Intel side? pentium/celeron M are good when undervolted,but motherboards are expensive. mobile core (2) duo expensive and overkill for your application. standard c2d has high idle power consumption. Ok I'll stick with AMD for this project (my desktop has a E6600 :) ). I still haven't...
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:39 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Fanless cooling of slow processors?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5654
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:04 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Fanless cooling of slow processors?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5654
Fanless cooling of slow processors?
Hi, Is it possible to passively cool a slow or slowed processor? I don't need cpu power, so massive underclocking is ok (it's for a cheap home made Linux router). Target is to use only the power supply fan. What cheap processors (currently available on the market) are more likely to work in this set...