Operating Guidelines
Version 1.20
17.1
16.2
12.1
9.3
24.3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Watts
EP IA M 10000 EP IA M E6000 EP IA V10000 EP IA VE5000
Intel 845-
based M B
P entium 4
1.7G
Idle
In this comparison, the power consumed while standing idle is compared and the VIA EPIA M-
Series mainboards draw around 60% of the power that the reference platform draws.
30.4
21.9
24.4
14
71.1
0
10
20
30
40
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80
Watts
EPIA M 10 0 0 0
EPIA M E6 0 0 0
EPIA V 10 0 0 0
EPIA V E50 0 0
Int el 8 4 5- b ased
M B Pent ium 4
1.7G
Running Office Apps
Lifestyle PC systems will be used most for digital media applications but they will also be able to
be used as fully functional PCs. The comparison above uses CC Winstone 2001 to compare
power consumption while carrying out standard office tasks like word processing, manipulating
spreadsheets and web browsing. In this comparison, the fanless VIA EPIA ME6000 mainboard
uses less than 30% of the power used by the reference platform. It is interesting to note that the
fanless VIA EPIA5000 uses less than 20% of the power used by the reference platform.
