POWAAAH Efficiency.

[GlassBomb]

So with the release of Maxwell and the GTX 750 Ti being so power efficient. It came to my mind; "Gee, I wonder why nobody is trying to make the most efficient 'gaming' PC ever". Yes, yes. I know that some parts of the world the electricity is super-cheap and whatnot. But this would still be interesting to me.

 

So what I am basically thinking of, is a PC that would draw as little power as possible. Whilst still being able to play current games in ~medium settings, at 1080p. The resolution for your average Joe's TV.

 

What would your selection of parts be?

[ViruZ_HUN]

yeah

 

 

EDIT - WOT, i did not even write this? sorry:)

[Cwazywazy]

Well, with Maxwells actually being good at mining I would buy a bunch of them and overclock them for power efficient mining

 

(I think I saw someone say they do about 300KH/s. My 650ti does about 50-60 and uses more power.)

[Prokart2000]

maybe i3 as its dual core but not too bad on performance

[Lord Pantaloons]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y23r

[Panda of the Shadow]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y2gL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y2gL/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y2gL/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($127.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI IMPACT Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($82.95 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 400W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $905.86

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 13:41 EST-0500)

 

Some of these are just for lols (like the motherboard) and Hyper 212 EVO is used because the Dark Rock 3 isn't on pcpartpicker 

[Wiflare]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y23r

made a slight revision on the psu

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y2wE

[s3ns3]

made a slight revision on the psu

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y2wE

for a pc that uses under 100W thats the worst eficient psu to think off. seasonic G 360 is more than enough

 

the most eficient are the ones with i3 T and 750 Ti  yeah

BUT

 

for for gaming on high even ultra in some games i3 4130 and r9 270 are the most eficient. gpu uses 115W(double than 750Ti but hey,its not 200+) and a seasonic g 360 or  X400.

[GlassBomb]

I too would have gone with that CPU/GPU combo.

 

I think it's pretty crazy how we are almost able to go under the <100W threshold for reasonably fast system. 

 

[TheDigitalRealm]

Why not under-clock an i5?

[s3ns3]

Why not under-clock an i5?

because,i3? and you want 3000+mhz

[TheDigitalRealm]

because,i3? and you want 3000+mhz

Yes, but if your making an efficient GAMING rig, then surely an i5 makes more sense? Underclock it to about 3.4 GHz and drop the voltage as low as you can: Hey presto! super low power i5 that performs really nicely in games.

[Jumper118]

FX9590 and 4X290X's in cf

wait wrong thread   

[s3ns3]

Yes, but if your making an efficient GAMING rig, then surely an i5 makes more sense? Underclock it to about 3.4 GHz and drop the voltage as low as you can: Hey presto! super low power i5 that performs really nicely in games.

thats not underclock thats stock. for very eficient quad there is i5 4670T. 45W tdp

[AHaskin14]

People put the money in to get performance not efficiency. You can do as much as you can to make it more efficient but I feel as though you would sacrafice too much performance. Additionally, it sounds cooler to have a quad titan black sli custom water cooled led light rig than it does to have a "low power i3 and 750ti with heatsink fans only to reduce power"

[TheDigitalRealm]

thats not underclock thats stock. for very eficient quad there is i5 4670T. 45W tdp

Nope, stock would be 3.5 GHz. Anyway, it's about the voltage, not the frequency.