If you don't need the power, why not buy a CPU that is designed to save
power such as the VIA C3? Or are there any recent Intel CPUs for
Desktops designed to save power?
BTW: There is no difference between GMA-3100 or X3100...but I think for
Desktop boards the integrated graphics chip from Intel is called X3000
and is faster than the "mobile" X3100.
Peter
Jan Willies wrote:
Hello,
I'm about to buy a new PC which will be running 24/7. Currently I have
the Core2 Duo E6550 (2,33 GHz, 4 MB, 1333 MHz FSB) in mind but I'm a bit
nervous about the huge FSB speed. The system will spend most of the time
doing nothing and I'd like to save as much power as possible in that
state.
I don't think Linux-PHC will help me much, because it can't set a lower
voltage than the lowest standard voltage on C2Ds. It only saves power
when reducing the voltages of every higher clockspeed down to the
lowest, but that doesn't apply in my case since the CPU is idle most of
the time. (I'll try it anyway)
Another approach would be to lower the FSB. Is it possible from Linux
without rebooting? I read about the lfsb utility on sourceforge but the
last release is two years old, I wonder if there's something new.
Any hints are greatly appreciated.
regards,
jan
PS. The mainboard I plan to buy is the Intel DG33BU, which I hope is
supported well from Linux, although I'm not quite sure how big the
GMA-3100 <-> X3100 difference is (no gaming, just video playback and
compiz).
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