Low power computing - was Any suggestions, please?

[Derek Maciel]

I'd even recommend getting a USB external drive because when it's not
in use, you can unplug it and therefore save power (like, those
commercials that say "Oh, your phone charger is not plugged into your
phone, but it's still using power".)

On 11 September 2010 19:00, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Derek Maciel <ishidableach at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Right, on Newegg you can get a few miniITX barebones that use a VERY
>> low amount of power, and combined with a low-power CPU and only
>> integrated graphics, it doesn't really generate a lot of heat either.
>>
>
> The Atom has a higher MIPS per voltage ratio than CPUs like say the
> Core 2 Dual or Core iX CPUs.  They're designed to higher performance
> with less electricity.  ARM is the same way, which is why you can have
> the Unreal 3.0 and Doom 3 engines run on them and the CPU doesn't even
> sweat.
>
> ExtremeTech did a piece once on how to build an Ubuntu PC for about
> $200.  They recommended a miniATX motherboard + CPU combo using the
> Intel Atom processor which had an Intel x3100 GPU on-board, USB 2.0,
> SATA, and a PCI slot (not PCIe though).  They didn't include an
> optical drive, but those are really cheap nowadays.  The MicroCenter
> in Rockville, MD was selling a ton of IDE DVD-RW internal drives for
> like $25-$30.
>
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