Low Power CPU?

[daryll]

Hi all,

Been out of this for a good few months..just wondered what the lowest power CPU you can currently get is?

Its going to be for a media pc so will need a bit of performance but nothing special.

 

[smids]

Thought about getting a Dothan (pentium-m) - they are about as low as you can get really. You'd need a compatible mobo and 479 ASUS adapter though.

Did I misunderstand power as in Watts and not processing power?

If I did, then I blame my exams .

Look at something like a 3000+ AMD64 - they can be picked up really cheap 2nd user and if not, semprons aren't too bad.

 

[daryll]

Thanks smids, yep I meant power as in watts..sorry its my fault..it was a rushed post

 

[Gashman]

your best of going with athlon 64, it will end up costing you much less in the long run, socket 479 processors are horribly expensive, so are the motherboards, i mean £100 for something with two ram slots and a PCI-E, bit steep in my opinion

 

[smids]

your best of going with athlon 64, it will end up costing you much less in the long run, socket 479 processors are horribly expensive, so are the motherboards, i mean £100 for something with two ram slots and a PCI-E, bit steep in my opinion

Only if you buy the 533 bus versions. The 400mhz bus versions are cheap and so are the processors - £30 or so for a 1.6ghz usually. Thats more than enough power for media (p4 2.8ghz-ish) and will use vry little power and possibly even be able to run passive/ultra low noise heatsink/fan. I think youcan pick up the ASUS compatible motherboards for about £30-50 and then the adapter at about £20. Then again, I'd probably say A64 3000+ like yourself as hassle wise, it's much more user friendly.

Enable Cool'n'Quiet on the A64 and it downclocks to about 900mhz at idle, saving a lot of power.

 

[=assassin=]

I'd get an A64 3000+ venice and undervolt it (should take 1.2v at 1.8Ghz easily I think), or even underclock it as well - nice and cheap, plus good performance.

 

[Minstadave]

I'd get an A64 3000+ venice and undervolt it (should take 1.2v at 1.8Ghz easily I think), or even underclock it as well - nice and cheap, plus good performance.

That would be the way I'd go, either a S754 Sempron E revision or a S939 Venice.

Tried Pentium Ms using the CT-479 adaptor but its all a bit of a bodge tbh.

 

[woodsy2k]

If you can find one, a Turion MT-28 or higher will use 25W at 1.6GHz and upwards. Or the ML-28 or higher will use 35W at 1.6GHz and upwards.

Might pay more for one of those than a sempron mobile (S754), but they come with SSE3 and 64 Bit instruction sets.

I personally have all three lol. Got a Turion MT-34 in the media pc, Sempron mobile 2600 25W in the yet to be completed file server, and a A64 3700 in the main pc.