AMD Athlon X2 3250e 22W TDP Processor

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What psu did you have in mind while doing the math? The foxtronn psu they used here gives quite impressive results.
For comparison an setup with an GBT 780g S2H board an 4850e, 2GB DDR2 800 mem at 1.8V and 160GB sata2 hd and an seasonic II 330W psu requires ~39W AC in idle and ~85W AC with worst case load (CoreDamage).
Should be round ~30W/77W AC with the fortron. Doing an rough estimation now and simply using (77W-30W)/2 as the delta results in an 30W/53,5W AC consumption.
Close to your estimantion and without taking lower mem and board requirements into account.

I use thos SilenX on my wc setup, really very silent, I like em too.

+1 for not using the word HTPC here.

Wasn't really bringing a psu in to the math but it would have to have a high efficiency coupled with low watts. I had found a link to power consumption of boards hold on its in the original thread about this cpu, I will link it.

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.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ame=AMD%20740G
average cost of 740G $56.00 with hd2100 graphics.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ame=AMD%20780G
average cost of 780G 79.85 with hd3200 graphics + better southbridge + wider variety of board options.

Worth the $25 difference IMO and what amd should be pushing for with this UVC line of cpu's. This Psu would fit the bill. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151059