Atom/Celeron systems with low idle power consumption?

[TOMillr]

I'm looking for a SoC system with support for Intel Quick Sync which has very low idle power consumption.

Are there any Atom or Celeron-based systems on the market, which could be used as a 24/7 NAS device and have similar low-power idle states to ARM chips?

For example, I've considered using an Odroid XU4Q SoC that draws around 2W when idle. If there's an Intel chip out there that might come in at 3 to 4W but with the added benefit of supporting hardware transcoding through Intel Quick Sync, I'd rather use that...

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Asrock has quite a few boards with onboard BGA small cores @ sub 10W TDP. But for a NAS in most cases you'll need an additional SATA controller, as Atoms only support two SATA devices.

But for low idle power consumption, the first step is the PSU. If you allow sleep mode most modern systems will have a sub 1W idle load, and only use more power when actually doing work.

 

[whm1974]

Asrock has quite a few boards with onboard BGA small cores @ sub 10W TDP. But for a NAS in most cases you'll need an additional SATA controller, as Atoms only support two SATA devices.

But for low idle power consumption, the first step is the PSU. If you allow sleep mode most modern systems will have a sub 1W idle load, and only use more power when actually doing work.

In which case, it better to get a higher performing CPU in case you need it later.

 

[IntelUser2000]

If you are ok with the Odroid XU4Q, then you'd be ok with the UP products.

http://www.up-board.org/upsquared/

The highest line has the Apollo Lake chips which support QuickSync.

If you want to go low idle power, then I wouldn't go for the ITX boards. You have to get a more integrated solution like the UP boards. The ITX boards are optimized for flexibility rather than low power consumption. With the ITX board you'll end up at 8-10W idle assuming you get a picoPSU.

 

[whm1974]

If you are ok with the Odroid XU4Q, then you'd be ok with the UP products.

http://www.up-board.org/upsquared/

The highest line has the Apollo Lake chips which support QuickSync.

If you want to go low idle power, then I wouldn't go for the ITX boards. You have to get a more integrated solution like the UP boards. The ITX boards are optimized for flexibility rather than low power consumption. With the ITX board you'll end up at 8-10W idle assuming you get a picoPSU.

Those UP boards looks to be more flexible then the Raspberry-Pi for certain usages.

 

[TOMillr]

Those UP boards looks to be more flexible then the Raspberry-Pi for certain usages.

Very interesting indeed. Never heard of those before. Any information on idle power consumption for the various UP boards?

 

[whm1974]

Very interesting indeed. Never heard of those before. Any information on idle power consumption for the various UP boards?

This is the first time I've heard of them. However I'm not a maker so...

 

[IntelUser2000]

Very interesting indeed. Never heard of those before. Any information on idle power consumption for the various UP boards?

Yep. Here it is.

Previous generation.
https://forum.up-community.org/discussion/1303/power-consumption-of-the-core

Apollo Lake.
https://forum.up-community.org/discussion/1275/power-consumption-under-windows-10

So a few power consumption values with Windows 10 Pro (with the Intel N4200, 8GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, monitor via DisplayPort connected, WLAN/Bluetooth enabled, usb-wireless-mouse):

Idle desktop: 3,5W
Youtube HD-Video Fullscreen: around 5W or less
Shutdown (fan running): 0,6W

 

[whm1974]

Not bad at all on the power consumption. What about the N4200 performance?