On 2011-07-04 22:32, Grant wrote: > That's the FM1 socket, right? I only see two FM1 CPUs on newegg.com
Yep. > right now. They're quad-core and 100W. I guess the advantage there > is they have graphics on the CPU. A 65W CPU would be better but when > it comes out I suppose. Yes, since a htpc doesn't need a powerful cpu (or a powerful gpu) I would wait for the low power version. Acc. to Wikipedia the A6-3600/3800 should be released (30th of June) so it shouldn't take long for Newegg to get them? I guess you could always ask them... My thinking is this: A htpc doesn't need a powerful cpu/gpu combo but if you're running Gentoo on it, and planning to do the compiling on the machine itself, it's still nice to have a few cores available. If you are patient or can do cross-compiling (I haven't actually tried these myself) on another machine there are even lower power alternatives (Intel Atom, AMD Fusion): http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_CPU_on_Board/E35M1M/ http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_CPU_on_Board/AT5IONTI/#overview http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3681#ov http://vr-zone.com/articles/asus-at5iont-i-review/11811-10.html Haven't looked at the details, just did quick search... Well, I guess you could find even lower power alternatives as well... ARM maybe? But that's another story! Best regards Peter K
