I have now built my system: Motherboard: GA-MA74GM-S2 CPU: Athlon AM2 5050e (I could not get a 4850e at the time) HD1: Seagate ST960817SM, 2.5", 60GB SATA-2 HD2: 500Gb Hitachi SATA-2 P7K500 PSU: picoPSU 120w with 110w power brick Memory: 2Gb (2X1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2 PC5300 (taken out of my PC whic...

Has anyone got any figures for the AMD Athlon X2 5050e?

I'm not going to be able to start buying bits for this until late march. In the meanwhile you guys have got me into playing around with my GA-MA69G-S3H PC. First I tried under-volting it to 1.15v which was fine, and then I downloaded the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet drivers. Most of the time when idling, this...

How much can you "undervolt" an Sepron LE? -daryl Have a look here for lowest voltages and frequencies and this calculator I bumped in to. @jessekopelman, I also thought of swapping the CPU's, but I was not sure of the extra power consumption I would find with the underclocked and undervolted 65w 4...

Many thanks for all your advice. I wish there were a simple answer! With your answers and doing a lot more reading, it looks like the most talked about solution is a 740G motherboard like the GA-MA74GM-S2. Some people seem to recommends the Sempron LE-1250 while others go for an Athlon 4850e. Prices...

Hi, I am looking at building a headless NAS/Router/E-mail box running ClarkConnect linux (based on CentOS/RHEL), and I am after a value for money low power unit. It is destined for my attic so space is not too important, but it should be fairly quiet as it will be over a bedroom. From issues I have ...