If you don't need the GPU-acceleration of the newest chipset generation (AMD 780G ect.) you should buy the a motherboard with the Nvidia 630a chipset. The most energy saving boards are the "AsRock AliveNF7G" and the "Abit AN-M2". The AsRock AliveNF7G supports undervolting in the BIOS, the Abit doesn...

I read in the german magazine c't that Dell now sells ATX Systems again and these Dell-non-BTX-Systems aren't really quiet.

I've got a Dell E251 with an X2 5600+ and an ATI X1300 Pro. On the X1300 Pro there's a big heatsink, but not with expensive things like heatpipes. On the CPU there's a big tower cooler, nearly as big as a Scythe Ninja, but because of the costs also without heatpipes. In the power supply there's a sl...

The Turion should work on Asus K8V SE (VIA K8T800), undervolting should be possible too. I read that some people use Mobile Athlon64s (35-TDP-Watt) on this motherboard. I plan to do the same as you want, to put a Turion64 MT in a desktop-machine. What should I do first: 1. Buy a 19 inch TFT or 2. Bu...