Mini-PC offers nice balance of low power consumption and good performance.
We tested Enano Computers' EX7200 ($1500 as of 9/12/07) for "Green PCs: A First Step," a story on energy-efficient computing. What we found was a cute, compact PC that's peppy in performance and light on power consumption.
We tested Enano Computers' EX7200 ($1500 as of 9/12/07) for "Green PCs: A First Step," a story on energy-efficient computing. What we found was a cute, compact PC that's peppy in performance and light on power consumption.
The reason for both traits, partly, is that the EX7200 uses a 2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7200 notebook processor, which uses less power than a desktop processor. Equipped with 3GB of RAM, our test unit earned a 79 in our WorldBench 6 Beta 2 benchmarking tests. That score is above average among recently tested value desktops. Its integrated graphics, however, gave our test unit a bottom-of-the-barrel graphics score.
But the EX7200 does well as an energy-efficient PC, consuming the least energy among the three desktops tested for this story. (The other two were HP's rp5700 Long Lifecycle Desktop and Dell's OptiPlex 755 Mini-Tower.) When idling, it drew a constant 24 watts. While performing our WorldBench beta's multitasking and Photoshop scripts, it consumed 4.6 and 5.2 watt-hours, respectively. (Watts measure a static rate of energy consumption. Watt-hours measure the energy used for a time-based task.)
But the EX7200 does well as an energy-efficient PC, consuming the least energy among the three desktops tested for this story. (The other two were HP's rp5700 Long Lifecycle Desktop and Dell's OptiPlex 755 Mini-Tower.) When idling, it drew a constant 24 watts. While performing our WorldBench beta's multitasking and Photoshop scripts, it consumed 4.6 and 5.2 watt-hours, respectively. (Watts measure a static rate of energy consumption. Watt-hours measure the energy used for a time-based task.)
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