tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202507793705383029.post3468459602455489366..comments2023-10-26T01:41:49.462-07:00Comments on The home of a Very Grumpy Bunny: Extreme Tech's Turn in on the Stove TopAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08951185953504736035noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202507793705383029.post-76274877349434301622007-04-13T01:31:00.000-07:002007-04-13T01:31:00.000-07:00I want to put together two PCS that are reasonably...I want to put together two PCS that are reasonably energy efficient.<BR/><BR/>Im thinking reasonable performance, 1-2Gbyte Ram, Midrange 3D cards,-good for most games. Lots of hard disk space.<BR/>I started off looking at the CPU's. 64 bit CPUs has the edge on 32 bit CPU's in terms of efficiency - Remember Transmeta. Ill be running Linux on these PC's.<BR/>It seems like the AMD are a bit better than Intel with efficiency, if only because their specs are more easily available.<BR/>For example the following 35Watt/45Watt AMD Athlon 64 CPUS would suffice:<BR/>(3500+ Orleans, 3800+ Windsor, 3800+Lima, 3500+ Lima) - Socket AM2 Motherboards.<BR/><BR/>Now it gets harder, I need a Motherboard and a video card (NVidia works fine on linux, but I think the ATI support has inmproved lately).<BR/>I assume an integrated motherboard-video card would be more efficient than a separate Motherboard/Video card. I dont know where to look up efficiencies of Motherborads/ Video cards and Combos.<BR/><BR/>Does anybody know the energy ratings of Video cards? <BR/>And Motherboards?kris van der merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781649383104973174noreply@blogger.com