Like the Jarry said in the video, leave the Atom side running all the time for downloads and such. The idle consumption was 30 watts. For downloading, you don't need anything near a quad core that consumes 250w. When you want to use the downloaded file the next morning, turn on the P45 side and rock and roll. I can certainly see the value in this product if the price is right.
You would probably be better off getting two separate boards, or just sticking to an efficient QC system.
ION boards have been tested with a slightly lower power consumption of around 25w at idle, although the memory and HDD could easily make a difference of 5w.
'Green' QC systems have been found to use around 60w at idle.
Its definitely an interesting concept, but I prefer the flexibility of two boards, it is possible to mount two boards in the same case and share the PSU already.
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Like the Jarry said in the video, leave the Atom side running all the time for downloads and such. The idle consumption was 30 watts. For downloading, you don't need anything near a quad core that consumes 250w. When you want to use the downloaded file the next morning, turn on the P45 side and rock and roll. I can certainly see the value in this product if the price is right.
You would probably be better off getting two separate boards, or just sticking to an efficient QC system.
ION boards have been tested with a slightly lower power consumption of around 25w at idle, although the memory and HDD could easily make a difference of 5w.
'Green' QC systems have been found to use around 60w at idle.
Its definitely an interesting concept, but I prefer the flexibility of two boards, it is possible to mount two boards in the same case and share the PSU already.