I've just enabled C1E on my undervolted Athlon II x2 240. Power consumption of my rig dropped only 1w idle, from 30-31w to 29-30w. For the moment, no errors or strange behavior.

I've just finished my new main pc. I use it mainly for office, web browsing/downloading, play music, video encoding, burn dvds, retouch photos. No games. My goal was to have a powerful pc wiht a low power consumption (to "stay green" and save the bills). Previously I had an atom 330 rig but atoms ar...

I have a Samsung Widescreen 17" 740NW (not Led). Consumes only 13w.

I don't need another screen for the moment, but in Mexico is possible to buy the Benq Widescreen 18.5" G922HDAL (Led), with (promised) 17w power consumption.

The main problem for Picos is the power brick. It's difficult to find one efficient, powerful and cheap.
I will try a pico 120-wi with a 120w 18.5v brick, that seems enough for my new rig (Athlon II).

I'm pretty used to picos: actually I have a picopsu90 for my atom330 rig with a 60w power brick, and it works just fine (not really hot). I run this pc all days since more than one year, without any problem. I'm tempted to build an i3 low power system with a picopsu120 with a 120w power brick. I thi...

and what about the ECS H55H-M ? looks quite basic, and probably low power consumption.

For those who care, I monitored the temperature of the D945GSEJT in a fanless M350 setup with no HDD. Idle in Ubuntu was roughly 50C. Idle in BIOS setup was 60C (no power saving?). MPrime with 2 threads running a type 2 burn-in max out between 75C and 80C. This is all in a 25C room. All very toasty...

Originally I was thinking about an Intel D945GSEJT . Seems like a perfect fit - it's a completely fanless ITX sized motherboard, with an option to have a 12V external power supply. I even got a used suitable power supply from a friend (had an opportunity to get one for nearly free). I run a D945GSE...

I think an interesting comparison would be with the 945GSE-based board SPCR reveiwed here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/Intel_D945GSEJT_with_Morex_T1610 The 945GSE uses less power -- but how much faster is the D510M0? this is the point. I have a D945GSEJT rig, that idles at 15w. So, slightly less ...

I guess it would indeed depend on the application but let's be realistic: the first P4s were made in 2000! So "the P4" is not a useful category really. I interpret their document as recommending only mainstream CPUs (irrespective of brand and designation so no Atoms but also no Celeron 420, no Athl...

I have a good experience with 2.5" hdds for desktop use. No problem at all. As wrote by others, these disks are smaller, quieter and more frugal on power consumption.
I don't know if a 24/7 use could damage them: my pc is active only 6 to 8 hs p/day.

I tested windows 7 on a nettop (atom330, 2gb ram), and yes, it runs quite well (install very fast) and has a nice look too, but is definitively slower than XP sp3 (i have a recorted and tuned version of it). Windows 7 consumes a lot of resources, too many for "frugal" PCs. For now, I'll stay with XP...

for now XP is still a better OS than win7 1. performance: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-xp-vs-vista-vs-7/ 2. multicore management: http://www.infoworld.com/t/platforms/generation-gap-windows-multicore-273 3. battery life: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/13/testing-finds-window...

I have the following mini-itx system motherboard d945gclf2 (atom 330 ) with 3 3.5" hdd (one wd green and the other 2 regular seagate 7200 rpm hdds) 1 pc sata adapter would a 90w or 120w pico psu be sufficient for this system I have the same board with 1 x 2.5 hdd, and 1 x optic drive. For this buil...

Fit-PC2 is great, but you can't upgrade the RAM, it is onboard. Anyway the CPU is enough good to do the average work tasks: surfing the web, office... (all my PCs are atoms) Do you really need a huge screen? A 17" has lower power than 22" (my Samsung consumes only 13 watts). Don't seem very convenie...

would be nice to find a moBo with these culv processors. Could be more powerful than atoms with a little more power consumption.

my 2wire 2700hg (modem/router) consumes only 6 watts.

I tried puppy (usb boot) on a new atom build. Yes it is very fast and responsive, nice looking too. But for my main PC (for daily work) I prefere XP.

a good alternative fanless solution is an intel D945GSEJT Atom N270 board in a Morex 350 case. No need for fans because the case has numerous small holes to allow natural airflow. Power consumption is around 11w. CPU temperature is safely around 55-60 degrees. I have it, running windows XP. Is power...

I have no idea how people can live with 80GB, much less 30GB. I have Vista 64 Ultimate installed, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Management Studio 2008, three games, Valve HL2 series, all of them including Orange Box, Prey, RTCW:ET, a bunch of smaller programs to work with MKV and SRT files, I have XP sp3...

Do we really need this stuff in our cars, are they not for driving?. I tend to think stuff like this and visual GPS provides an unneccesary distraction that will end in more collisions and ultimately death. agree, cars are for transport. Carputers are unnecessary. In my opinion is better, when need...

very nice!
I have built a pc with the same board in a morex 350 case. The main advantage of your homemade case is that you can add that usb headers that don't fit in mine. I have only the three usb ports embedded in the board.

Where did you buy the power switch?

I would suggest you an Intel D945GCLF2 board (with dual core atom 330 attached). Cheap price, good performance, low power consumption.
I use it for daily work: office, internet and occasional .avi watch and dvd rip.

A review:
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardw ... _atom_330/

I would pay a bit more and buy Zotac ion.

would be cheaper and funnier to build oneself an atom rig. I did two, one with 230 and other with 330.
Ion is a plus, but is better wiht an atom dual core.

I have (just tried, not installed) the 10cm version of this. I'ts nice for small spaces, very quiet, but airflow is too low.

I've installed a 9cm gelid silent fan next to the moBo, attached to a fan controller (1200 rpm). Very good fan: almost inaudible (less than 20dba, I suppose), with a good airflow. Cheap also: around 10 bucks with shipping (ebay). It is to create airflow on the cpu (atom 330) and the northbridge (945...

my 2.5" FUJITSU MHZ2160BH G2 (160gb) is nearly silent. I have also another 2.5" fujitsu in other pc (250gb) and is also very, very quiet.

very interesting rig, unbeliavable low idle power consumption.

But how can picopsu provide enough power to a Quad?!

yes, a 80 w power brick is enough to feed a 90 w picopsu with a 3.5" hdd. I have this system and it works.
Intel atom 330 board with 3.5" hdd + 1 optical drive + picopsu consumes only 32 w idle (peak to 48 w).