Reply 20 of 29, by bertrammatrix
tarik wrote on 2025-08-27, 15:50:RetroPCCupboard wrote on 2025-08-27, 15:45:tarik wrote on 2025-08-27, 15:39:How many watts of power do these processors actually consume?
Is your goal actually low power (as I think any P4 build is low power compared to modern gaming PCs), or is it that you just want a quiet system?
If the latter, I'd be inclined to just replace stock fans with something like Noctua, and use a modern PSU that stops the fan under low loads
I want both silence and longevity in terms of heat. The main goal is actually to build a system for games from the 1998–2002 era.
Silence and longevity? That era of P4 isn't good for neither. I suppose the motherboard could be ok if recapped, or if indeed populated with non garbage caps from factory. But still, longevity and P4....is kind of an oxymoron