Best G41 mobo and e3400, tight budget low-consumption box
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For all we know he could be running at blocked multiplier - in this case 6. He could very well just set one voltage fir this clock.
Here's some figures for Celly 420 and E3200 on my previous MSI board.
Celly 420 @ stock 1,6 @ stock 1,3V
Idle 39W
F@H 53W
Linx 58W
Celly 420 @ 2,66 @ stock 1,3V
Idle 40W
F@H 61W
Linx 69W
E3200 @ stock 2,4 @ stock 1,285V
Idle 38W
F@H 58W
Linx 69W
See any similarities? That's the 65nm vs 45nm process. Speaks for itself.
I've just gotten my brand new shiny G31M and I'm playing with it now. OC, undervolting, stability tests, special GB power saving features and of course wattage. As soon as I'm done testing and putting numers in tables, I'll post it.
EDIT
Some quick undervolt (def clock, 1,0V in bios, C1E on, EIST off), >1h Linx stable, and still going to go down
Idle 35W
F@H 42W
LinX 52W
Here's some figures for Celly 420 and E3200 on my previous MSI board.
Celly 420 @ stock 1,6 @ stock 1,3V
Idle 39W
F@H 53W
Linx 58W
Celly 420 @ 2,66 @ stock 1,3V
Idle 40W
F@H 61W
Linx 69W
E3200 @ stock 2,4 @ stock 1,285V
Idle 38W
F@H 58W
Linx 69W
See any similarities? That's the 65nm vs 45nm process. Speaks for itself.
I've just gotten my brand new shiny G31M and I'm playing with it now. OC, undervolting, stability tests, special GB power saving features and of course wattage. As soon as I'm done testing and putting numers in tables, I'll post it.
EDIT
Some quick undervolt (def clock, 1,0V in bios, C1E on, EIST off), >1h Linx stable, and still going to go down
Idle 35W
F@H 42W
LinX 52W
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Setting in bios is 0,9V or 0,87 now.DanceMan wrote:No, it's running at 0.9V at idle under EIST (Speedstepping).Wilhelm-Tell wrote:I'm running my E1200 at stock speed and 0.9V.
measured it with one of these, not sure how accurate they are. BTW the Maxtor drive gets pretty hot. Modern drives runs a lot cooler.
Yeah it could be old maxtor's and 65nm's fault, I'd swear on it.
I should use a 7200rpm 200gb Samsung (not as green as my own f2 and f3 5400rpm but... better than nothing).
I think you can go even lower, maybe 0.9v.
I should use a 7200rpm 200gb Samsung (not as green as my own f2 and f3 5400rpm but... better than nothing).
omg, can't wait to get my hands on e3400 (I'm still waiting for my local dealer to buy it).Some quick undervolt (def clock, 1,0V in bios, C1E on, EIST off), >1h Linx stable, and still going to go down
Idle 35W
F@H 42W
LinX 52W
I think you can go even lower, maybe 0.9v.
Just finished mounting it!
However I don't understand why does one core only is shown, while they should be two.
However I don't understand why does one core only is shown, while they should be two.
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cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU E3300 @ 2.50GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 1203.000
cache size : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 5003.89
clflush size : 64
Desktop LGA775 sucks power. Why not just get a CULV laptop?
$400 gets you
5.5W TDP 1.4GHz Core 2 Solo SU3500
GMA 4500MHD
ICH10M which supports SATA multipliers
up to 8GB of DDR2-800 (using somewhat expensive 4GB SODIMMs)
Lower power use than Atom N270 netbooks.
I am about ready to sell my G31M-ES2L + E5200. They have held up quite well for their age, but the AMD "Regor" Athlon II's are cheaper and can overclock and undervolt better (and at the same time!) and 740G/785G are much better chipsets.
$400 gets you
5.5W TDP 1.4GHz Core 2 Solo SU3500
GMA 4500MHD
ICH10M which supports SATA multipliers
up to 8GB of DDR2-800 (using somewhat expensive 4GB SODIMMs)
Lower power use than Atom N270 netbooks.
I am about ready to sell my G31M-ES2L + E5200. They have held up quite well for their age, but the AMD "Regor" Athlon II's are cheaper and can overclock and undervolt better (and at the same time!) and 740G/785G are much better chipsets.
Because I paid 130eur for this, and am selling the old stuff (athlon xp) for about 100e, and a CULV is probably even less fast than athlon xp.
Assuming some 15w for your laptop vs 47w for my build, I won't save those 400$ on the electrical bill in the next decade (furthermore, we are going to die in 2012
)
Assuming some 15w for your laptop vs 47w for my build, I won't save those 400$ on the electrical bill in the next decade (furthermore, we are going to die in 2012
)
While I'm very happy with my GB G31 board, I'm swapping it for a similar Asus with HDMI. First of all, it won't cost me 
, second - the Asus undervolts as well, third - has HDMI, fourth - I need change from time to time to keep me entertained
Oh, and I'm ditching the GT220 - it only adds to the power consumption and is just to strong for playing HD content.
, second - the Asus undervolts as well, third - has HDMI, fourth - I need change from time to time to keep me entertained Oh, and I'm ditching the GT220 - it only adds to the power consumption and is just to strong for playing HD content.