Athlon XP-M/PowerNow for desktop system?

[Stefan Walter]

Darryl Okahata in gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hardware:

>> I considered an Athlon XP-M because it consumes less energy and should be
>> cooler than the desktop variant. If you can't change the voltage of the
>> CPU on an ATX board, that's OK, but I'm not sure if it's really worth
>> buying it if I possibly can't throttle the frequency when it's idle.
>
>      It may still be worthwhile, if you live in an area with expensive
> electricity.  I've forgotten the exact numbers, but the XP-M CPUs tend
> to use significantly less power than the regular desktop CPUs (something
> like 30-40+W less).  A few months back, I built a 2200+ XP-M-based
> system which only uses up around 80-90W, and this could have been even
> lower, had I not also installed a power-hungry TV capture card
> (Hauppauge PVR-250).

Thanks for the info. I might give it a try, then.

Stefan
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