Is this a good Energy-Efficient PC Build?
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Is this a good Energy-Efficient PC Build?
Just wanted to ask if any of you see any improvements/compatibility issues on this build. Looking to put together an energy-efficient PC that doesn't sacrifice too much speed. Its mostly a mainstream pc that I occasionally program on. I don't do any gaming although I might connect this pc to my hdtv once in a while (hence the mATX and the case).
Budget is about $1000 so I'm under it at this moment. I'm planning to reuse my 24" monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Processor: From what I gather, the i3-540 is the best performance per watt (I've been waiting for the AMD Fusions to come out but its just too far off.) I'm using the IGP so I don't need a dedicated graphics card (mainly to save electricity). I'm pretty sure since it comes with the heatsink and fan, it would also come with the thermal paste but I'm not too sure.
Hard Drive: Getting a X-25 80GB SSD for the OS and the apps. The secondary hard drive is the only non-energy conscious part - its a Western Digital Caviar Black but its only a little over a watt I would be sacrificing so I can live it.
Memory: G.SKILL ECO Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X650 Gold 650W. The power supply is definitely overkill but its one of the cheaper 80 Plus Gold from a reputable brand.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Budget is about $1000 so I'm under it at this moment. I'm planning to reuse my 24" monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Processor: From what I gather, the i3-540 is the best performance per watt (I've been waiting for the AMD Fusions to come out but its just too far off.) I'm using the IGP so I don't need a dedicated graphics card (mainly to save electricity). I'm pretty sure since it comes with the heatsink and fan, it would also come with the thermal paste but I'm not too sure.
Hard Drive: Getting a X-25 80GB SSD for the OS and the apps. The secondary hard drive is the only non-energy conscious part - its a Western Digital Caviar Black but its only a little over a watt I would be sacrificing so I can live it.
Memory: G.SKILL ECO Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X650 Gold 650W. The power supply is definitely overkill but its one of the cheaper 80 Plus Gold from a reputable brand.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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650W PSU will run with low efficient in your build so you don't get the benefits of 80+ gold with it. Go for Seasonic X-400, it reaches decent level already at 80W.
Your selected CPU is great, just for correction best performance / watt is reached with VIA processors. The don't have on board video but company has those chipsets to pair with the processor.
* All benchmarks normalized to performance/TDPmax of the VIA C7 processor @1.5GHz
Your selected CPU is great, just for correction best performance / watt is reached with VIA processors. The don't have on board video but company has those chipsets to pair with the processor.
* All benchmarks normalized to performance/TDPmax of the VIA C7 processor @1.5GHz
Last edited by maalitehdas on Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
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As efficiency goes, the SeaSonic X650 is pretty decent. It's not really that far removed from the X400.maalitehdas wrote:650W PSU will run with low efficient in your build so you don't get the benefits of 80+ gold with it.
X650: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article986-page4.html
X400: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1062-page5.html
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DC X400 X650
20 69.8 65.1
40 80.4 77.3
65 84.5 82.6
90 85.4 86.6
150 88.8 88.3
200 92.2 90.8
300 90.9 91.7
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