Quote Originally Posted by chew* View Post
The reccomended chipset for under 45w consumption with this chip is 740 advertised here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ighlight=3250e

If we look at this chart we can see that a 780G platform consumes only a few more watts than 740G http://www.silentpcreview.com/article859-page5.html

I rounded it up to 50 watts. The small cost of watts is worth it for the better performing IGP imo.
GBT will ship new mATX boards with 780/SB750 also newer 740g boards, may be worth waiting.
Thanks for the silentpcreview link, looks interesting but need to sleep now. Only had 1hr yesterday. Only saw they used an laptop hd.