Posted on 19 February 2010. Tags: Atom, Benchmark, clarkdale, Core i3, Core i5, energy saving, h55, h57, heat dissipation, home servers, hsf, htpc, hyperthreading, i3-530, i5-650, intel atom, intel pro, Low Power, matx motherboard, n330, NVIDIA, package solution, power consumption, Review, video encoding, WHS, Windows Home Server
Intel’s Clarkdale and H55/ H57 platforms are quite intriguing for several reasons. First, the performance is fairly good starting at 2.93ghz, and with hyperthreading, it is possible to get closer to a quad core performance in some tasks where multiple cores do well, such as video encoding. A second aspect is that Intel moved the IGP to an on package solution and really cut the power consumption/ heat dissipation of the platform. Finally, the cost of an i3-530 or i5-650 CPU plus a motherboard is often in the $200 or less range, making them quite affordable.
Two great uses for the chips are home servers and HTPC’s. Low power consumption and low heat generation ultimately enable lower acoustic signatures, as well as lower TCO through lower electric draw.
Core i5-650, Gigabyte H55M-UD2H, Dual Intel Pro/1000 GT PCI NICs
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Posted in Low Power Servers, Non-drive Components
Posted on 13 February 2010. Tags: Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Low Power
As I posted previously, the new Clarkdale based chips (or Intel’s 2010 Core line-up) are quite nice chips. Speed wise, they are similar in performance to the venerable Core 2 Quad Q6600 (often faster) yet come equipped with integrated graphics and a much refined process (32nm on the CPU core for the i3/i5′s and 65nm for the Q6600). The net result is that the power consumption is particularly great on the new chips.
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Posted in Low Power Servers
