Try decide here between an Atom D510 (or D525 if it comes out) and i5-650 Core.
Let's assume same PSU and SSD. Both systems with have 4 gigs of ram (2x2 gig sticks).
Our main concern here will be power usage while idle.
The setup:
Atom
CPU/Board: Super Micro X7SPA-HF
i5 Core
CPU: i5-650 Core
Board: Super Micro X8SIL-F
This review shows the i5-650 beating the Atom N330 in idle power usage. How does the N330 compare to D510 though?
Atom:
This one shows the D510 around ~20W idle, which is pretty impressive; while this one shows it coming in around ~26W. Granted these are different boards.
i5-650:
Here we have ~51W idle, but this also has a beefy ATI card in it; but at least we know it's in the ball park. The orignal one I posted says about ~31W. This one is showing the i5-661 at ~35W with low end graphics.
Conclusion[?]
Nothing is apples to apples here to hard to tell what real world would be between them. But from all this, would it be safe to assume that both setups above would be within 5 watts of each other while idling?
Do you think I could tweak down the i5 to get under 30W while idle?
Let's assume same PSU and SSD. Both systems with have 4 gigs of ram (2x2 gig sticks).
Our main concern here will be power usage while idle.
The setup:
Atom
CPU/Board: Super Micro X7SPA-HF
i5 Core
CPU: i5-650 Core
Board: Super Micro X8SIL-F
This review shows the i5-650 beating the Atom N330 in idle power usage. How does the N330 compare to D510 though?
Atom:
This one shows the D510 around ~20W idle, which is pretty impressive; while this one shows it coming in around ~26W. Granted these are different boards.
i5-650:
Here we have ~51W idle, but this also has a beefy ATI card in it; but at least we know it's in the ball park. The orignal one I posted says about ~31W. This one is showing the i5-661 at ~35W with low end graphics.
Conclusion[?]
Nothing is apples to apples here to hard to tell what real world would be between them. But from all this, would it be safe to assume that both setups above would be within 5 watts of each other while idling?
Do you think I could tweak down the i5 to get under 30W while idle?
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