[mythtv-users] silent and low-power: AMD or Intel?

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

2009/5/27 John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com>:
> either manufacturer and use cpu frequency scaling. The chip will use
> less than 20W at idle and at the lowest frequency. Also use
> independent drives instead of a raid. That way you may be able to
> power down drives when not in use.

AFAIK and it was discussed on this list, frequency scaling on Intel is
only useful to limit a processor from over-heating and will not change
the power consumption significantly, if at all