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Richard Mitnick
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I am interested in the possibility of augmenting my crunching with a laptop, so low voltage, but not slow, quad or hyper-threaded quad.
----------------------------------------I have a desktop with an I7-920 and it flies in Win7 64bit. But it is 45nm, it's definitely not low voltage, and that is all I see available. Does anyone have any experience with a low voltage reasonably quick quad or hyper-threaded quad. Thanks. |
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GIBA
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Are you looking for low power consumption processors ?
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You can start with the Intel website.
The i7 Mobile family has a wide range of options, you should pay some attention to the MAX TDP column, but there are many other variables to consider. For example: the Core i7-820QM has 4 HT cores (8 threads) with a max TDP of 45Watts (45nm) and a Base Frequency of 1.73GHz (max 3.066 GHz with turbo) whereas the Core i7-610E has only 2 HT cores (4 threads) BUT with a Max TDP of 35 W (32nm), 2.53 GHz Base Frequency (3.2 GHz with turbo). You'll do more parallel work on the i7-820QM, but slower. Which one is better? I'm not really sure, but surely the i7-610E would run cooler. Also important to reduce power consumption, if this machine is mainly for WCG and/or other distributed computing projects, go for integrated graphics that consumes just a few watts, unless you plan to crunch for DC projects that uses the latest GPUs. |
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Richard Mitnick
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Yes, low power consumption. But, not slow.
----------------------------------------I did already look at the Intel products. The problems I see are based in the 45nm silicon chip. Definitely integrated graphics, and I put the monitor to sleep after 5-10 minutes. I also elevate the laptop about an extra 5/8" to allow circulation. I just do not see anything which looks good for what I want theoretically. I thought someone might have real time experience. My I7-920 in a desktop runs very cool. To that I can attest. But I think it would be foolish to put that in a laptop. Laptops are not well ventilated and the fans are generally laughable. The Core i7-610E looks like a possibility. |
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The i7-6xx are 32nm parts. I have a laptop with a Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz (P7350) that crunches WUs fast enough and I'm sure it's very power efficient. I'd bet a 2.0GHz 32nm Core i7 is even better (much more processing power with probably less energy requirements).
Look at this table: http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=43560,43559,47934,48139,43122,43124, |
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Richard Mitnick
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bono-
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