Re: HOWTO: Build an energy-efficient Ubuntu box
If ye're able to land them in your country, the following components can be used to build as energy-efficient a system as I've been able to discover, with sufficient power reserves for expansion at a later date:
VIA® pc3500 Platform (C7-D or Nano X2 or X4 CPU; CN896 chipset; planar Chrome9 GPU)
Antec® Earthwatts™ 650 Platinum™ (20max A@+3.3VDC; 18max A@+5VDC; four 30maxA@+12VDC rails)
The pc3500 is already fully supported by LinUX Kernel 3.3, the X.org Unichrome GPU server, and the ALSA snd-intel audio driver; the onboard PCI-Express x16 slot allows for SCSI or high-performance video at a later date, the legacy PCI 2.0 slot a variety of multimedia options.
Last edited by bcschmerker; February 19th, 2013 at 06:00 AM.
Reason: Grammar fixes
nVIDIA® nForce® chipsets require discrete GPU's up to Pascal and appropriate nVIDIA Kernel modules.
Most intel® ExpressSets™ and AMD® RS-Series are fully supported in open source.
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