Looking for low watt cpu

PearlJammzz · Sep 25, 2009

I have a MATX setup now for my server (just downloads w/ BT, and serves files to my HTPC. It does little else, ever.) that supports am2, am2+, and am3. Currently it's equipped w/ a single core am2 3000+. Anyone have a chart listing the power consumption of AMD processors? I am trying to see if I can get the price of running this guy a little cheaper if at all while giving it a little bit of a performance boost (although the performance isn't rlly much needed. It wouldn't hurt if I could do my encoding on this machine as well one day instead of using my q6700 machine).

Any help would be MUCHO appreciated!

Neo3000 · Sep 25, 2009

PearlJammzz said:
I have a MATX setup now for my server (just downloads w/ BT, and serves files to my HTPC. It does little else, ever.) that supports am2, am2+, and am3. Currently it's equipped w/ a single core am2 3000+. Anyone have a chart listing the power consumption of AMD processors? I am trying to see if I can get the price of running this guy a little cheaper if at all while giving it a little bit of a performance boost (although the performance isn't rlly much needed. It wouldn't hurt if I could do my encoding on this machine as well one day instead of using my q6700 machine).

Any help would be MUCHO appreciated!

What's your hardware config? If you have a mobo that supports the most recent AMD CPU's just get the Sempron 140 and undervolt it until Prime95 croaks. Should be a nice improvement on a 3000+ running at 1.8 GHz.

mxthunder · Sep 25, 2009

I 2nd the Sempron 140 idea.

Bobnova · Sep 25, 2009

Me too.
Failing that, get a 4850e, they're rated at 45w and can generally be undervolted nicely. I expect a modern sempron to be better though, being 45nm instead of 65.

Archer0915 · Sep 25, 2009

905e (65W) is great and usually get 2.8-3.0 on stock volts.

QuietIce · Sep 26, 2009

Archer0915 said:
905e (65W) is great and usually get 2.8-3.0 on stock volts.

I agree! That's a good choice for low-watt quad processing ...

PearlJammzz · Sep 28, 2009

That Sempron 140 looks nice. Being AM3 though, does that mean I'll have to switch out my ram for DDR3? My board supposedly supports AM2+ and AM3. I'll be all over it if I can keep my DDR2 ram still, and be able to use it.

Bobnova · Sep 28, 2009

All AM3 cpus (so far, at least) can be used in AM2+ (and AM2?) motherboards with DDR2 ram.

tweakboy · Sep 28, 2009

Get a triple core Phenom X3 ,,, gl

Archer0915 · Sep 28, 2009

PearlJammzz said:
That Sempron 140 looks nice. Being AM3 though, does that mean I'll have to switch out my ram for DDR3? My board supposedly supports AM2+ and AM3. I'll be all over it if I can keep my DDR2 ram still, and be able to use it.

If a board supports DDR2 it cant run DDR3. AM3/AM2+/AM2 is only referring to cpu.

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