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<blockquote data-quote="Mars Warrior" data-source="post: 39821" data-attributes="member: 10351">Good to know! And the 120-180W bricks I saw for laptops all have small fans inside to prevent overheating&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; And as flokel already pointed out, by using RMClock you can seriously lower the total power consumption for an A64 based system. I did some testing with MP that showed me that MP still performs very well while the CPU was locked down to a max speed of 1.2GHz @ 1.1V using RMClock...And altough I never took power consumption measurements, the CPU fan stopped working after that speed/voltage combination was set as long as I didn't close the venting holes in the top of the desktop case :shock: I will certainly post the system once build&nbsp; 8) And I think not all ppl are looking for only a small case but also a very quiet HTPC. The combination of an external power brick and a low power A64 (using RMClock) should help and who knows make it even possible to use a passive 1U/2U CPU heatsink <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mars Warrior, post: 39821, member: 10351"] Good to know! And the 120-180W bricks I saw for laptops all have small fans inside to prevent overheating :D And as flokel already pointed out, by using RMClock you can seriously lower the total power consumption for an A64 based system. I did some testing with MP that showed me that MP still performs very well while the CPU was locked down to a max speed of 1.2GHz @ 1.1V using RMClock... And altough I never took power consumption measurements, the CPU fan stopped working after that speed/voltage combination was set as long as I didn't close the venting holes in the top of the desktop case :shock: I will certainly post the system once build 8) And I think not all ppl are looking for only a small case but also a very quiet HTPC. The combination of an external power brick and a low power A64 (using RMClock) should help and who knows make it even possible to use a passive 1U/2U CPU heatsink :o [/QUOTE]

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