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In case you missed the first installment of this series, it was here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2390507
Currently, I have two Q9300 rigs (not currently in service), two G3258 rigs with 7950 3GB cards (one not built yet), two Asus N2830 laptops (one on hold for a neighbor to buy), and several Winbook TW700 tablets (1GB, 16GB, Win8.1 w/Bing).
The Asus N2830 laptops were purchased as low-cost, low-power replacements for the Q9300 rigs. The TW700 tablets were purchased as a replacement for the Asus N2830 laptops (as even lower-cost and lower-powered replacements).
The G3258 rigs were kind of for gaming if I wanted to do any, and DC.
All of these rigs were connected via HDMI to two 24" LCD TVs used as monitors.
Usage is web browsing (this forum), and Skype, and some DC and gaming, on the desktops.
The N2830 laptops and the Z3735-based TW700 tablets (quad-cores, even!), were both adequate for my basic usage. Only problem was, in order to get the N2830 laptop to display in 1080P on my 24" LCD, I had to use WIN+P, and select "External display only", and then close the lid. But in order to take a Skype call, I had to open the lid again, and select "both displays", which lowered the resolution on the main monitor to 1366x768, and re-arranged my desktop windows. It was a minor PITA.
So I got the TW700 tablets. Only 1GB RAM was somewhat limiting, but with the 16GB eMMC, paging wasn't so bad. Skype was fine. Those have a USB2.0 host port, and a micro-HDMI out, so with the help of a USB hub with a charging port, and an adapter cable for the HDMI, I was able to use it as a makeshift desktop. I could even use the camera for Skype by leaning it up against my monitor at the right angle.
However, the one tablet I was testing for that duty, I found lots of "Disk" warnings in Eventlog, mentioning I/O retries.
Edit: This thread is not actually about saving the environment. Hence the quotes in the title. It's about bang for buck in low-power rigs.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2390507
Currently, I have two Q9300 rigs (not currently in service), two G3258 rigs with 7950 3GB cards (one not built yet), two Asus N2830 laptops (one on hold for a neighbor to buy), and several Winbook TW700 tablets (1GB, 16GB, Win8.1 w/Bing).
The Asus N2830 laptops were purchased as low-cost, low-power replacements for the Q9300 rigs. The TW700 tablets were purchased as a replacement for the Asus N2830 laptops (as even lower-cost and lower-powered replacements).
The G3258 rigs were kind of for gaming if I wanted to do any, and DC.
All of these rigs were connected via HDMI to two 24" LCD TVs used as monitors.
Usage is web browsing (this forum), and Skype, and some DC and gaming, on the desktops.
The N2830 laptops and the Z3735-based TW700 tablets (quad-cores, even!), were both adequate for my basic usage. Only problem was, in order to get the N2830 laptop to display in 1080P on my 24" LCD, I had to use WIN+P, and select "External display only", and then close the lid. But in order to take a Skype call, I had to open the lid again, and select "both displays", which lowered the resolution on the main monitor to 1366x768, and re-arranged my desktop windows. It was a minor PITA.
So I got the TW700 tablets. Only 1GB RAM was somewhat limiting, but with the 16GB eMMC, paging wasn't so bad. Skype was fine. Those have a USB2.0 host port, and a micro-HDMI out, so with the help of a USB hub with a charging port, and an adapter cable for the HDMI, I was able to use it as a makeshift desktop. I could even use the camera for Skype by leaning it up against my monitor at the right angle.
However, the one tablet I was testing for that duty, I found lots of "Disk" warnings in Eventlog, mentioning I/O retries.
Edit: This thread is not actually about saving the environment. Hence the quotes in the title. It's about bang for buck in low-power rigs.
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