energy efficient PC

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PassMark - CPU Mark > Low Mid Range CPUs - Updated 17th of November 2012

Thanks for that link Doc, giving some good info (and triggering some more thought).

The whole story is now unraveling!

I'm currently using as my day to day a Dual Core E5200 (1302@Passmark) with a TDP of 65w, on 2 x 1 gig of ddr2 in dual channel mode, single ssd sata3. I'm happy with the performance with the onboard gfx, and indeed overall. Just wanna reduce the energy bill (this is just a part of a bigger project, LED lighting, LED tv over plasma, energy efficient appliances etc etc). But they still need to meet a standard that's acceptable in performance terms!

The atom 330 is on a Zotac board, with 4 Gig ddr2 in single channel, 2 x ssd Sata3 in raid striped. I bought it (at a bargain price) just to see how it performs, with the fallback that it could make a decent HTPC/FreeNas system in the event it wasn't good enough as a day to day PC.

Anyway, amd 350 seems to fall 1/2 way between the 330 atom and my e5200 (both of which are at ddr 2 and running win 7 pro @32 bit) and not reaping the full benefits of the Sata3 SSDs.

Do you think that the AMD350, with 2 x Sata3 SSDs striped and 8gb ddr3 running 64bit Win 7 Pro will get close to or equal the e5200 in performance terms?

Looks like the g600t and i3 may be out of the window here

Sorry for the Tome

Phil

Note to wonderinguy34, had email of your input (appreciated), don't know why it hasn't appeared in thread here. Unlikely to need gfx card either way to be honest.