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On 07/04/2011 09:39 PM, pk wrote: |
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> On 2011-07-04 22:32, Grant wrote: |
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>> That's the FM1 socket, right? I only see two FM1 CPUs on newegg.com |
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> Yep. |
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>> right now. They're quad-core and 100W. I guess the advantage there |
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>> is they have graphics on the CPU. A 65W CPU would be better but when |
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>> it comes out I suppose. |
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> Yes, since a htpc doesn't need a powerful cpu (or a powerful gpu) I |
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> would wait for the low power version. Acc. to Wikipedia the A6-3600/3800 |
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> should be released (30th of June) so it shouldn't take long for Newegg |
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> to get them? I guess you could always ask them... |
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> My thinking is this: A htpc doesn't need a powerful cpu/gpu combo but if |
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> you're running Gentoo on it, and planning to do the compiling on the |
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> machine itself, it's still nice to have a few cores available. If you |
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> are patient or can do cross-compiling (I haven't actually tried these |
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> myself) on another machine there are even lower power alternatives |
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> (Intel Atom, AMD Fusion): |
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I've run two different Atom boxes as desktops - a 300 and now a D525. |
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With an SSD my total power usage, with 4GB of DDR3-800 RAM, is typically |
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less than 30W. And it's quite responsive. The 300 was a dog but the 525 |
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is great. |
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