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Low power main boards

  • 03-10-2010 3:37pm
    #1
    jozi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭


    I hope to get started on a car pc project over the coming months. Been out of the pc building loop for a long time!

    Looking for some advice on small and lowpower main boards, preferably something not to under powered.

    Am I right in thinking my main options will be a atom based board or are the latest intel/amd offerings low enough power to be able to run in a car?

    Would be nice if low power also didn't mean no video


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  • #2
    hugoline
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭hugoline


    I built a low power computer about 4 month ago (although not for car pc but currently desktop use and then as a HTPC soon)

    Intel DH57JG Motherboard (mini-ITX), Intel core i3 530, 2Ghz Ram, 320Gb 2.5" HDD, PicoPSU-120

    Works perfectly well, plays any videos I tried so far (up to 1080i) and uses 18-19 Watt on idle (with HD spinning), and just shy of 70W when all cores are fully pushed. This measurements are all at the 220V side, taking into account the max 80% efficiency of the Poweradaptor (to 12V) I am using, the figures should be even better. So I don't see any problem for running that setup in a car.

    Quite happy with the build and has plenty of computing power for what I use it for.


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