G31 And E7200: The Real Low-Power Story
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Test Setup
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CPU II | Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (45 nm, 2.53 GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache) |
Mainboard I | Foxconn G31MG-S, Rev 1.0 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Intel G31, BIOS: 817F1P01 |
Mainboard II | Gigabyte EG31MF-S2, Rev. 1.1 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Intel G31, BIOS: F4g |
RAM | 2x 2 GB DDR2-1066 Chaintech AU2G732-12GH001 |
HDD | Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, 500 GB |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | 7,200 RPM, SATA/300, 32 MB cache |
DVD | LG GGW-H20L |
Power Supply | Fortron FSP220-60LE, 220 W |
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Operating System | Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 (Build 6000) |
Operating System Sysmark | Windows XP SP2 |
DirectX 10 | DirectX 10 (Vista default) |
DirectX 9 | Version: April 2007 |
Intel Graphics Drivers | 15.11.1.1545 |
Intel Chipset | INF: 9.0.0.1008 |
Java | Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 1 |
We used a Fortron FSP220 power supply (on the right), which is sufficient for powering any mainstream PC without discrete graphics. Thanks to this power supply, the power efficiency went up considerably compared to our reference PSU, the Cooler Master RS850-EMBA (the PSU on the left).
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