Which Athlon for a low heat iDEQ 200N ?
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 1:54 pm
Hi, first post here!
I want to build a small, quiet and cool PC to put on my desk. Most of my needs should be filled with a 1GHz or lower Athlon and the iDEQ 200N integrated GeForce 4 MX, but I'd also like to be able to play stuff like Half Life 2 when it's out. (my "needs" include DVD/DivX playback, eMule, and playing/programming low-end 2D/3D games)
So, I was thinking of putting an underclocked/undervolted mobile Athlon XP-M into an iDEQ 200N, in order to lower the heat as much as possible. And when HL2 is out, I could put the XP back at its normal speed or even overclock it, if necessary.
What I'd like to know is if the Athlon XP-M is a good choice, or if a standard Athlon would do, and which model/speed I should get...
I've spent the last 2 days looking for information about the nForce2 chipset, Athlon CPUs and underclocking/undervolting, and it's really complicated for a newbie like me :-}.
I've found an Athlon XP-M 2200 for sale at 75 euros here in France, but after thinking a bit I realised that:
- Frequency = 1.8GHz
- FSB = 133/266 MHz
- Multiplier = 13.5
...and I've read that it's impossible to select a lower multiplier than 13.5 with the iDEQ 200N, if the CPU multiplier is >= 13.5. Is it right?
That means I'd have to lower the FSB in order to underclock it, which would reduce the performance quite a bit... or wouldn't it?
If I could make the XP-M 2200 run at [email protected] (I have no clue if it can), the new power consumption would be 45*(100/133)*(1.3/1.45)² = 27.2W. Right? (the store that sells this CPU states it's 45W)
That sounds like a decent drop from the original wattage... but I wonder if performance would drop a lot too.
...
So I guess that basically my question is: what CPU should I get for an iDEQ 200N, that can both run HL2 and be underclocked to produce low heat/noise?
(note that I don't expect to be able to play such a game at full quality setting)
Thanks for reading, and sorry for the long post ;-).
I want to build a small, quiet and cool PC to put on my desk. Most of my needs should be filled with a 1GHz or lower Athlon and the iDEQ 200N integrated GeForce 4 MX, but I'd also like to be able to play stuff like Half Life 2 when it's out. (my "needs" include DVD/DivX playback, eMule, and playing/programming low-end 2D/3D games)
So, I was thinking of putting an underclocked/undervolted mobile Athlon XP-M into an iDEQ 200N, in order to lower the heat as much as possible. And when HL2 is out, I could put the XP back at its normal speed or even overclock it, if necessary.
What I'd like to know is if the Athlon XP-M is a good choice, or if a standard Athlon would do, and which model/speed I should get...
I've spent the last 2 days looking for information about the nForce2 chipset, Athlon CPUs and underclocking/undervolting, and it's really complicated for a newbie like me :-}.
I've found an Athlon XP-M 2200 for sale at 75 euros here in France, but after thinking a bit I realised that:
- Frequency = 1.8GHz
- FSB = 133/266 MHz
- Multiplier = 13.5
...and I've read that it's impossible to select a lower multiplier than 13.5 with the iDEQ 200N, if the CPU multiplier is >= 13.5. Is it right?
That means I'd have to lower the FSB in order to underclock it, which would reduce the performance quite a bit... or wouldn't it?
If I could make the XP-M 2200 run at [email protected] (I have no clue if it can), the new power consumption would be 45*(100/133)*(1.3/1.45)² = 27.2W. Right? (the store that sells this CPU states it's 45W)
That sounds like a decent drop from the original wattage... but I wonder if performance would drop a lot too.
...
So I guess that basically my question is: what CPU should I get for an iDEQ 200N, that can both run HL2 and be underclocked to produce low heat/noise?
(note that I don't expect to be able to play such a game at full quality setting)
Thanks for reading, and sorry for the long post ;-).