[PLUG] low power desktops

Eitan Tsur eitan.tsur at gmail.com
Mon Dec 15 00:08:38 UTC 2008


I built a system based on the D201GLYL2 (celeron based, not atom) board I
picked up from Iguana Micro (locally in Hillsboro), about a year ago.
Including a GeForce 6200 and a 60-80 or so watt 12V DC/DC power supply, the
entire system draws maybe 40 watt from the wall plug at full-load.  (most of
that is the video card).  Can even play halflife 2 at 1920x1080 on low to
mid settings, so I'd assume the processors are plenty fast for what the
average user would need.

-Eitan-

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Ian Burrell <ianburrell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:
> >
> > Denis Heidtmann and I are researching low-power Mini-ITX desktop
> > systems to replace his somewhat balky machine.  I will probably
> > be duplicating the solution for my wife's office - her current
> > ITX system is hot and unreliable.  There are some Intel Atom
> > based ITX systems that look interesting - see for example:
> >
> > http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=2
> >
> > Built in DVI video is needed.  These will be used primarily for
> > browsing and email and openoffice;  just enough compute power
> > to play an online video is good enough.  Accomplishing that
> > with the lowest wall power possible is the goal.  Given the
> > modest storage needs, perhaps we can even replace the hard disk
> > with a CF card, increasing reliability and reducing power further.
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
>
> You might want to consider the Eee Box with Atom processor, DVI
> output, laptop hard drive, and slim case.
>
>  - Ian
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