![]() Maybe part of it is the latest Windows 10 update which supports the new Speed Shift technology in Skylake. These are impressive numbers, much better than I expected. 56w Prime95 full CPU load + Rthdribl full GPU load.40w Lego Batman 3 high detail 720p gameplay. ![]() 13w active standard netflix (720p?) movie playback.Here's what I measured with my trusty kill-a-watt: The real story is how idle power consumption was reduced another 33 percent. The 6100T I chose is dual-core plus hyperthreading, which I consider the sweet spot, but there are some other Skylake 6000 series variants at the same 35w power envelope which offer true quad-core, or quad-core plus hyperthreading – and, inevitably, a slightly lower base clock rate. About all you can do is slap more cores in there, to very limited benefit in most applications. The steady march of improvements in my HTPC build over the years lets me look back and see how far the old beige box PC has come in the decade I've been blogging: 2005 ~$1000 512MB RAM, 1 CPU 80wĪs expected, the per-thread performance increase from 2013's Haswell CPU to 2016's Skylake CPU is modest – 20 percent at best, and that might be rounding up. ![]() I love this little machine to death it's always been there for me and my family. It's the only always-on workhorse computer in our house, it is utterly silent, totally reliable, sips power, and it's at the center of our home entertainment, networking, storage, and gaming. ![]() I've loved many computers in my life, but the HTPC has always had a special place in my heart. ![]()
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