theelf Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Hi guys, apologize my english Right now, my computer is a Dell USFF 745, Dual Core 1.6ghz, 4Gb ram, SSD 128GB kingston, runing XP x64. runs great, i have no complains at all But this year i want to change all electrical system to use only solar power (im so tired of pay electrical bills ). Im forced to change all my electrical stuff to a low powered ones, to save battery Mi idea was one of this small computers that look like a pendrive, runing windows 10, and install XP x64. They are easy to buy, and cheap... But for what I see, the latest intel generation supported in Xp x64 is the 3rd one, true? Any ideas of some small low power computer, i can found easy and cheap on ebay, that i can install XP x64? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I wonder if a UPS (Backup Power Supply) would "trickle charge" and hold enough juice to power your Dell? SFF towers usually don't pull that much (watts). In addition, Voltage tolerances (+/-) may not affect it (that much). Research Volts/Watts/Amps and how they interact with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibya Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 26 minutes ago, theelf said: Hi guys, apologize my english Right now, my computer is a Dell USFF 745, Dual Core 1.6ghz, 4Gb ram, SSD 128GB kingston, runing XP x64. runs great, i have no complains at all But this year i want to change all electrical system to use only solar power (im so tired of pay electrical bills ). Im forced to change all my electrical stuff to a low powered ones, to save battery Mi idea was one of this small computers that look like a pendrive, runing windows 10, and install XP x64. They are easy to buy, and cheap... But for what I see, the latest intel generation supported in Xp x64 is the 3rd one, true? Any ideas of some small low power computer, i can found easy and cheap on ebay, that i can install XP x64? Thanks Add a good UPS with a big Battery and Enjoy . Those MiniPC are not powerful enough also make sure to have a low watt monitor. Best Of Luck A great EchoFriendly Step Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelf Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Thanks, but my idea is to use less power, not to dry my battery faster. Using my Dell is not a option, i was checking and some of this small mini PCs and they need less than 10W vs 140-180W of my Dell, big difference Most of this new atoms, are similar to my C2D 1.6ghz in performance, is not a problem abot performance Still looking, is not easy sadly Edited April 20, 2016 by theelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) You can find quite a few mini-itx or similar with very low power requirements, AFAICT the issue might be with drivers (XP64 is not exactly the most common OS around), particularly I doubt that the TV-sticks are likely to have suitable drivers available. Maybe, just maybe, you could have an overall "better" experience using a laptop, if you are "stuck" to XP 64 bit. ZOTAC is one of the few manufacturers that have (had) a model, the ID13, that has XP 64 bit drivers AFAICR, but there may be of course other ones: https://www.zotac.com/us/product/mini_pcs/id13 jaclaz P.S.: The cheapest I could find around is 140 Euros (you will have to add RAM and Hard disk - better a SSD ) IMHO not that bad, considering how much they costed earlier:http://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/874154/Zotac-ZBOX-SD-ID13-barebone-system-Processor-Intel-Atom-D525-2x-18-GHz Edited April 20, 2016 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelf Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Thanks jaclaz, this Zotac look good, like a powerfull thin client or a netbook without screen, looking at the AC adaptor, i think will be maximun 35W, for sure less, 15-25W I will add to my "watch list" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnX Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 You could put in a lower power CPU along with an SSD into that PC, which should result in lower power draw. I say its worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Out of topic, but what's going on with the GeForce cards? NVIDIA sold them to ASUS or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnX Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 On 5/9/2016 at 0:54 AM, HarryTri said: Out of topic, but what's going on with the GeForce cards? NVIDIA sold them to ASUS or something? No, nVidia still makes GeForce cards. ASUS is just a (very vocal) nVidia partner, which may be the reason you made such an assumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Thanks for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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