Phenom II x4 905e to replace 4850e can PICO handle it?
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Phenom II x4 905e to replace 4850e can PICO handle it?
Hi there,
I feel that its time for a CPU upgrade. I'm thinking Phenom II x4 905e.
Mainly because I play quite a bit of Football Manager 09 which is pretty CPU heavy when playing with large databases loaded.
Currently i'm running a 4850e on my Jetway NC81-LF(onboard WiFi) with 4 gigs of RAM and a Intel SSD.
Its all powered by my picoPSU-120 + 110w brick.
Here's my current power usage:
Idle (on desktop): 33,6W (4850e multiplier x5 and @ 0,85v)
Prime95: 72,2W (4850e multiplier x12,5 and @ 1,15v)
RTHDRIBL: 70,7W
Prime + RTHDRIBL: 80,3W
3DMark06: 72,9W
I can ofcourse hook the parts up to a normal ATX PSU and undervolt the x4 905e before installing the pico but I have no idea if the x4 905e is a good undervolter or not.
Can the pico + brick handle a switch from 4850e to the x4 905e?
I feel that its time for a CPU upgrade. I'm thinking Phenom II x4 905e.
Mainly because I play quite a bit of Football Manager 09 which is pretty CPU heavy when playing with large databases loaded.
Currently i'm running a 4850e on my Jetway NC81-LF(onboard WiFi) with 4 gigs of RAM and a Intel SSD.
Its all powered by my picoPSU-120 + 110w brick.
Here's my current power usage:
Idle (on desktop): 33,6W (4850e multiplier x5 and @ 0,85v)
Prime95: 72,2W (4850e multiplier x12,5 and @ 1,15v)
RTHDRIBL: 70,7W
Prime + RTHDRIBL: 80,3W
3DMark06: 72,9W
I can ofcourse hook the parts up to a normal ATX PSU and undervolt the x4 905e before installing the pico but I have no idea if the x4 905e is a good undervolter or not.
Can the pico + brick handle a switch from 4850e to the x4 905e?
NC81-LF and AMD Phenom II X4 905e
Did your NC81-LF work with the AMD Phenom II X4 905e?
I would like to know because I have an NC81-LF would love to upgrade to quad cores...
Thank you for your response.
-Tim
I would like to know because I have an NC81-LF would love to upgrade to quad cores...
Thank you for your response.
-Tim
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Would also be curious to know.
For sure the 05 BIOS rev supports Propus and Rana core so Athlon II X4 6xx is OK. The Magic-Pro website (same board, except in Chinese!) seems to indicate Phenom X4 and X3 up to 65W are OK.
For sure the 05 BIOS rev supports Propus and Rana core so Athlon II X4 6xx is OK. The Magic-Pro website (same board, except in Chinese!) seems to indicate Phenom X4 and X3 up to 65W are OK.
http://jetwaycomputer.com/NC81.htmllorenct wrote:Looks like I found my answer at jetwaycomputer dot com, page NC81.html
FYI: Looks like I cannot post a URL until I have 3 posts...
Lists all the supported CPUs with BIOS Update A09.
Yeah!
Well I haven't bought a 905e because I didn't get an answer here.
I'm not really keen on buying one until i'm almost 100% sure it will not kill my pico.
Reading this tempts me to buy a 905e.petieken wrote:I had the 905e on a J&W Minix 780G, 2x2GB DDR2-800, ATI Radeon HD4670, 7200rpm Sata HDD, DVD burner, 1 case fan, 1 cpu fan.
This unit was powered by a 135W PSU, never had power problems with it. All voltages and frequencies stock.
Did you measure the power consumption?
Unfortunately not. I just bought the watt-tester two weeks ago.
I now have the 905e on a regular ATX motherboard:
I now have the 905e on a regular ATX motherboard:
I'm going to use the Mini-ITX as an Internet/HTPC, and I don't need a quad core CPU for that . Those 250u/260u processors (25W TDP) would be great for this project, but I don't think they are available yet (retail).petieken wrote: Power consumption is about 65W idle.
Under full load (OCCT power supply test CPU+GPU) power consumption is ~130W.
System components are:
BeQuiet PurePower L7 300W PSU
Gigabyte MA770T-UD3 motherboard
AMD Phenom II 905e (quad core @ 2500Mhz)
OCZ 2x2GB 1600Mhz Gold AMD Edition, timings 8-8-8-24 (1T) @ 1.64V
Sapphire ATI HD4670 512MB GDDR4
Seagate 1TB 7200.12
LG DVD burner
Card Reader & Floppy Drive
Scythe Kabuto CPU cooler with Slipstream PWM fan
stock Lian Li case fans (to be replaced with 800rpm Slipstreams)