Last year I built my first budget htpc. The specs currently are
Antec Minuet 300 case
MSI K8NGM2-FID with 3.6 Bios and CnQ enabled
Athlon X2 4200
2x512MB 4200 Crucial ram
250GB Samsung HD
Imon inside for remote control
I used to have Win xp Pro and CnQ was working beautifully throttling...
I have the MSI K8NGM2-FID board in my HTPC and cool'n'quiet was working perfectly with xp sp2 but it doesn't work in Vista home premium. I tried all power schemes tried all the settings (CnQ enabled in BIOS) but nothing works. Cool'n'quiet was a nice way reducing the noise and heat of my case...
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