On 7/18/07, Marvin T. Pascual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello John, > > On Wed, July 18, 2007 9:02 am, John Homer H Alvero wrote: > > Im also preping up a new box for home. I'm also looking at a good TV > > Card for MythTV. I'm thinking of one of those low power consumption > > CPU since i will be leaving the box online most of the time. > > First and foremost, make sure that you're buying a low watt CPU. For AMD > based CPUs, you can look for it at http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/
The site has serial numbers for some of the same models. How do you know which one is the low power version (35 vs. 62 watt)? For example, there are three different Sempron 3400+: http://amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/details.aspx?opn=SDD3400IAA3CN http://amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/details.aspx?opn=SDA3400IAA3CN http://amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/details.aspx?opn=SDA3400IAA3CW All are AM2 and 1.8 GHz, but SDD3400IAA3CN is 35W and the other two are 62W. In most computer warehouse-type stores like PC Express, which are cheapest, you only see the CPU when after you already paid. (I also noticed that the 35W version is hotter than the 62W version.) _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
