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[kikicoco1334]

i just sold my windows 7 ult 64 and 32 set on ebay got about $150ish (after paying ebay) left over i am thinking about building a new computer with that money, my pentium 3 movie/file server (177-45-34-FPS) is getting a little too old, it was a dell OptiPlex GX110 (slimline) that i added 512MB SDR / 1GHz Pentium 3 w/ new HSF (tried with pentium 3 tualatin woun't work) / 1TB HDD (250+250+500GB) and some case mod too and keep droping $$ in to it it's just now worth it

no i am looking at a new Intel Atom 330 set D945GCLF2D (newegg) and A1019HG (newegg) for $130 and then drop 2 IDE 250 and a 1TB in to it
this is going to be set up:
Intel Atom 330 D945GCLF2D
[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121383]
Athenatech A1019HG.150
[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811190109]
Samsung M378T5663QZ3-CE6 with G.Skill F2-8800CL5 SPD :D
[http://www.memoryten.com/pc/010770/DDR2-240p-PC2-5300-2GB/]

the idea of this system is that
LOW power (150W)
MID performance that's able to play music large capacity (330 dual core + 2GB DDR2 + 1.5TB HDD)
no need for movie play back but would be nice if passable
cheep as passable :thumbsup:

this system will be on 24/7

i already have the ram all the HDD the nb cooler i am thinking about snap it on:good:
all i need now is the motherboard and the case

what do you guys think about this new setup i will take all recommendations

[rickss69]

Have you considered one of these kiki? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115222

No graphics card needed and is butter smooth. (In my 24/7 atm)

[kikicoco1334]

i have and i was looking at the i3s but comes to $$ and power atom is a little bit more power effective
thanks for the idea really..
i am trying to put the $$ low as much as passable building price and electricity money the power supplie in the pentium 3 is 110W

[Neuromancer]

If you are going ATOM dont go 945 chipset AT ALL

Get one of the ION boards.. Half decent GPU and over-clocking to boot :)

I have been using hte ATOM 230 (same speed as 330, but has HTT instead of dual core) and I have to admit...if you can get a ATOM CPU and a 9400M setup for $50... it is worth it. Unfortunately they cost 3 times that and you can just build a real dual core setup that uses not much more power and totally destroys it in performance for the same price.

[kikicoco1334]

If you are going ATOM dont go 945 chipset AT ALL

Get one of the ION boards.. Half decent GPU and over-clocking to boot :)

I have been using hte ATOM 230 (same speed as 330, but has HTT instead of dual core) and I have to admit...if you can get a ATOM CPU and a 9400M setup for $50... it is worth it. Unfortunately they cost 3 times that and you can just build a real dual core setup that uses not much more power and totally destroys it in performance for the same price.


yeahi was gonna go with the ion boards but the thing is $$$$$!!!!! :D

do you know if this board overclocks with softwares at all?:clapping:
i have been reading on the egg and google everything like that and it's not really out puting anything about overclock with software, and there is no overclocking ability in the BIOS:thumbdown:
i am not really LOOKING for overclocking on this board much.. i just want it to be stable

btw
230 is atom single core with HTT
330 is atom dual core with HTT?
i know the 330 is dual core and in newegg some guy said it was HTT

[Neuromancer]

Personally? I say dump the atom and grab yourself a nice cheap AMD duallie.

$40 for board.. (new price) and grab a REAL gpu for another $20... (last time i bought a cheap chepa GPU it was the 3450 with HDMI for $20 on the egg)

Always the used market as well.. although eBay will not be your friend on the cheap cheap

Gotta remember one thing... ratings for AMD chips are for top of family. And even then at stock they probably do not hit it. IE all processors in a family are rated for say 65W... that technically means... the highest one MIGHT hit 65W TDP..

Since no one has mastered the art of getting more heat from a substance than electricity provides... well commone sense

Ye olde 4200 chip is documented to run 42W at load despited having a 125W TDP rating.. simply because the 6000 was built on the same arch... and is a pig also. Dunno why AMD chose to adopt the methods of TDP rating they did...especially since Intel went the other route and said "we hope (fx fx fx) this will come in at XXX TDP" but it is what it is.


anything 700 series chipset.. (oh IGP on them is awesome too) I play games on a HD3200 ITX setup :) older games.. but more flawless than my 4890 and newer games... soo

You said 150W max... EASILY doable with a AMD dualie.

If you do want to go intel, G41 is only option.. same power as the g31 but half the power bill. Personally I would not use ether (I have) g31 sucks for HDTV controls, and G41 does as well, although afterwards I heard they added DXVA... meh.. I doubt it works as well. PErsonally I dont like nVidia for that either.. it has these funky sliders to control resultion on an HDTV.. so that instead of fixing over/unerscan.. you just adjust the resolution .. which on my nviad GPU HTPC.. means my 720p LCD screen is running at about 638P kinda fucked up aint it?

People wonder why I am an ATI fanboy...


You are in my town now, and TBH, that is AMD country


(for the record, in an effort to stay current I have been running an ATOM setup, also been running 7 on 3 systems...2 of which are amd... i dont get the netbook thing since you can get a faster p3 laptop for much cheaper... for desktop? I would NEVER consider ATOM it cant even handle internet browsing IME)

[kikicoco1334]

hmm... i gotta look in to that one, i haven't use amd for number of years now