Thanks for the advice scaryjim. Unfortunately, i tried undervolting and if i went below 1.20v, my pc would start freezing or rebooting.
I gave up on it mate and now the only way forward is to get a NAS/MEDIA SERVER. You mentioned an E350, but which one? Can i use that as a NAS, so that i can share the media around the house?
How about this gigabyte for £90? It's just a low power PC, so you can do anything with it that you're currently doing with your AM3 setup. You get a slower CPU, but a more powerful GPU, than your current setup.
It might be worth looking at a Llano A4 based system. Idle power consumption is even better than for the Core i3 CPUs!
@ jim - thanks for the link mate. Couple of questions:-
1. It doesn't state how low the power is and i can't find any info on the net...i'm looking for 25ish watts max - on for 24/7.
2. Could this be used as a NAS?
@ cat - thanks very much. I'm gonna have a look at this now.
Cheers
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=50
The A2000 packs all this into a 135 x 120 x 260 mm (5.3 x 4.7 x 10.2in) package - just 4.2 litres in volume.
Motherboard: 1.5GHz VIA C7-D Processor and VX800 Chipset with VIA Chrome9 Graphics and VIA VT1708B Vinyl 8 channel HD audio supporting up to 2GB DDR2 667/556/400 SODIMM Memory.
Drive Bays: Bootable Type 1 Compact Flash Slot underneath Motherboard; 2x 3.5in SATA 3GB/s Drive Bays with integrated SATA Data/Power connectors.
Front Panel: Power Switch; Reset Switch; USB 2.0 Port; Power, LAN activity, LAN speed, WLAN and HDD activity LEDs.
Rear Panel: VIA VT6130 Gigabit Ethernet port; 12V DC-In (AC Adapter Provided); 3.5mm Mic and Line In; 2x USB 2.0; VGA monitor output.
Power Supply: Internal DC Board and External Universal 75W 110-240V AC Adapter. Power consumption at the plug about 19W without drives attached.
Booting and OS Support: The A2000 can to be booted from USB, LAN, one of two 3.5in SATA Hard Drives mounted internally or from Compact Flash using its built in Compact Flash Adapter. Supports (minimum) Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 (System Monitoring Utility and Security Suite provided), Ubuntu 8.04, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (Service Pack 2) and FreeBSD.
£59+vat + del.
great system for its price abaxus, but wheres the wattage?
No idea.... but with a via C7 it cant be much.
Originally Posted by nasorpc
reading; you're doing it wrong!
lol...thats way too much, considering its an ultra low power pc.
It's in there
"In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship."
sorry badass...i didn't see it. I'm trying to do several things at once...sorry again
I use a HP Microserver as my media storage (running Windows Home Server) and a couple of the WD TV Lives as players. Works a treat.
You can get the HP Microsever for £250 plus £100 cashback still I think:
http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-prol...ack-658553-421
And Scan are doing the WD TV Live players at £80 each at the moment.
The HP Server only uses something like 10watts last time I checked (and thats full wack, drops to about 5 when idle). Just install one of the free linux distros on it with a media server like twonky.
I have never checked the power, is it really that low?
It's something like that, maybe a few watts more. I know it's rediculously low! Obviously depends on how many hard drives you have.
Although a couple of reviews seems to say its nearer 35 watts so could be my meter thats wrong!
yeah sounds way too low to me, 4 hard drives alone would be a good few watts!
Is your tv DLNA compatible?
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With Quote
