Low power use, low heat cpu?

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I need to build a new system soon. Have not done so for several years,
so not up on the latest hardware. What are good cpu's for low power
consumption and low heat generation? Overheat tolerance also a plus if
available. I don't need the fastest thing out there. Minimal power use
and heat are the essential factors.

I am particularly unfamiliar with all the new AMD cpu's. (Built many
pc's with previous AMD chips from 200mhz up through Athlon XP2800). Any
quick blub appreciated.
 
I need to build a new system soon. Have not done so for several years,
so not up on the latest hardware. What are good cpu's for low power
consumption and low heat generation? Overheat tolerance also a plus if
available. I don't need the fastest thing out there. Minimal power use
and heat are the essential factors.

I am particularly unfamiliar with all the new AMD cpu's. (Built many
pc's with previous AMD chips from 200mhz up through Athlon XP2800). Any
quick blub appreciated.
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A laptop would be one solution.

Or this article compares a couple of solutions that you might
normally find in a laptop. Pentium-M versus Turion.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article300-page6.html

There are also some small form factor boards, with reduced
power consumption. Most of the platforms give around 1GHz
performance, so they may not be what you are looking for.
However, I think with a decent Pentium-M stuffed in the
second (DFI) board, it would perform pretty well.

This site keeps track of them:
http://www.mini-itx.com/

VIA EPIA SP 13000 LVDS Mini-ITX Motherboard (VGA output ?)
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=444#p1628

DFI G5M100-N Pentium M Mini-ITX Motherboard
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=2#p1630

Now, this board would perform. It can take a FSB533
version of the Pentium-M.

"Pentium-M Meets PCIe : AOpen¹s i915GMm-HFS Motherboard"
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/print_content.asp?id=pm915

Here are the price lists for Intel and AMD processors.
You can quickly see how much Pentium-M and Turion will
set you back.

Look for "780 (2M L2 cache 2.26 GHz 533 MHz FSB 90nm)"
http://www.intel.com/intel/finance/pricelist/

The Turions are at the top of the list:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_609,00.html?redir=CPT301

Turion naming convention is explained here:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_12651_12659,00.html

HTH,
Paul
 
I need to build a new system soon. Have not done so for several years,
so not up on the latest hardware. What are good cpu's for low power
consumption and low heat generation? Overheat tolerance also a plus if
available. I don't need the fastest thing out there. Minimal power use
and heat are the essential factors.

I am particularly unfamiliar with all the new AMD cpu's. (Built many
pc's with previous AMD chips from 200mhz up through Athlon XP2800).
Any quick blub appreciated.
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I would take AMD Athlon 64, socket 939



http://www.hqhardware.net - high quality computer hardware
 
Hunter said:
I would take AMD Athlon 64, socket 939



http://www.hqhardware.net - high quality computer hardware
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Go AMD Athlon 64, socket 939 where motherboard supports Cool & Quiet. My
system has 3700 CPU, but it runs most of time at less than half speed unless
it needs to speed up (games) At the moment my system temp is 40C, CPU is
41C with stock cooler @ 1400 RPM.
Mike.
 
Michael said:
Go AMD Athlon 64, socket 939 where motherboard supports Cool & Quiet. My
system has 3700 CPU, but it runs most of time at less than half speed unless
it needs to speed up (games) At the moment my system temp is 40C, CPU is
41C with stock cooler @ 1400 RPM.
Mike.
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Your stock cooler runs at only 1400rpm? Mine never goes below 3000rpm
and my cpu temp is lower than yours. Or are you volt modding the fan so
it runs at a lower rpm?
 
For overall value and performance I would go AMD 64 Socket 939. Bot
the AMD 64 Venice and Intel P4E Prescott run the same 90nm core an
1.40v, so I'm assume the power consumption should be on par. Dua
cores would be cooler as their voltage is at 1.30v. For noise,
would replace the stock with a Zalman CNPS7700-Cu copper cooler. Ha
a 12cm controllable fan with a noise level of 20db @ 1000rpm
 
For overall value and performance I would go AMD 64 Socket 939. Both
the AMD 64 Venice and Intel P4E Prescott run the same 90nm core and
1.40v, so I'm assume the power consumption should be on par. Dual
cores would be cooler as their voltage is at 1.30v. For noise, I
would replace the stock with a Zalman CNPS7700-Cu copper cooler. Has
a 12cm controllable fan with a noise level of 20db @ 1000rpm.
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Corresponding P4E's draw twice the amount of power as A64.
The fastest AMD single core, the FX57, draws less power than the
slowest P4.
 
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