I've got a spare 2.4B PIV and a spare XP2500+ Barton (locked). I'm planning on using one of these cpu's in a HTPC setup. In order to get a totally silent box I'm thinking that the cpu could be underclocked to reduce voltage/heat/cooling requirement. I don't need any great processing power. I've no experience of underclocking and would welcome anyone's views on this. Which of these two cpu's would be a better candidate? I also need to find a micro-atx motherboard with onboard graphics and would like to know if anyone has any recommendations.


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). I'm planning on using one of these cpu's in a HTPC setup. In order to get a totally silent box I'm thinking that the cpu could be underclocked to reduce voltage/heat/cooling requirement. I don't need any great processing power. I've no experience of underclocking and would welcome anyone's views on this. Which of these two cpu's would be a better candidate? I also need to find a micro-atx motherboard with onboard graphics and would like to know if anyone has any recommendations.
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. At that speed you'll have power to spare for any HTPC application short of real time MPEG4- re-encoding or whatever.