[Solved] Alternative to Intel's atom

Is there a mobo+cpu that comes close to atom's power consumption , and that can be used on the desktop ?
These are my options :-

1. Use Intel atom
2. Get some laptop cpu to work with a power efficient micro-Atx mobo. can someone think of such a combo ?
3. Find some low wattage desktop cpu+mobo. I don't think there is any.

I have my reasons for avoiding atom and Via's nano. Would love to hear suggestions for cpu+mobo combo that is ultra low in power consumption.

Thanks

an AMD single core Athlon

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103240

this with

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813153120

would be way more powerful but it was the cheapest and lowest power set i could find

a 250 watt power supply should suffice

Oh I am not worried about that. I want to know the actual power consumption of such a setup (in Watts)..

i got around 125 watts depending on USB and optical drives

go here and put in ur config and see what u get

http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

CPU is rated at 35W but actully runs lower.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116039

Motherboard runs about 35W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128357

You won't find another x86 CPU with as low a power consumption as an Atom and better performance, but there are plenty which can give better performance per watt with higher total power consumption. Tom's has had a number of 'Atom vs X' articles for various CPUs comparing performance per watt.

You probably want to look for the lowest idle power and then consider underclocking until the maximum load power is less than your limit. Even the i5s may be good enough if you underclock them, their idle power looks pretty good.

OK I am confused. According to this article the max power consumption of the whole setup is only 60W .
Q1. ) is this correct? does the whole system really consume only 60W
Q2. ) is this the psu input value or output value ?

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^ok.. this is really really good. 60 W at the wall is a bit unbelievable considering taht most rigs go at about 200-300w , atleast thats what everyone says..

Thanks all for replying ,specially badtrip