Wow, 23W. That's insane. I think you've got me convinced that an S479-based motherboard is the way to go. :-) Thanks for the advice, it's invaluable. I'll continue to follow your tests/reviews with interest. bean1975: I was wondering whether I can use the DVI connector and the VGA port at the same t...

Wow, thanks! You're the man!

Food for thought. I need to get down to about 40W because of the enclosure. But I can play some tricks, like using an external PSU and flash memory instead of a hard disk for the system itself. I'll have to think about it again.

Taking small steps is the engineering process in a nutshell. Lots of small steps add up. If you want to make a real change, you must move the mass consumers. Getting them to change their habits substantially with the sole purpose of saving energy is extremely difficult. It's much easier to invest in...

Aha, interesting. About i945GTm-VHL: it's a bit expensive (such is life of course) but can I be sure it supports dual-head? I couldn't find dual-head mentioned anywhere for this motherboard. I'll have a look at the Asus board with the riser card - I haven't seen anyone using an ADD2 card so I'm a bi...

I'm looking for a low-power motherboard + CPU combination. I need dual-head support and micro-ATX and would prefer Intel chipsets since Intel are sponsoring open source Linux drivers. So I was thinking about Conroe945G-DVI. But Smilingcrow's comparison indicates that the Merom-based motherboard has ...