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