How do I purchase a ultra low power CPU such as the 5500u?
Looked on ebay and shopping.google.com. Theyre all sold with laptops. I want to see if I can install one in a barebone kit for home server purpose
Posted Mar 24, 2022, 2:45 AM UTC
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They're BGA, currently your only option would be to get an APU (5600G would be the closest, although 5500U is Zen2 while 5600G is Zen3) and just set a low TDP.
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is this possible in ubuntu?
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I use cpuFreq gnome extension to throttle cores or turn them off.
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For a desktop solution, the 5600g is your best bet. Since it's a monolithic design, instead of chiplets like Ryzen Desktop cpu's, it has low idle power and is very efficient overall.
Also Alder lake is pretty efficient at idle too.
Otherwise you'd need to purchase a mini-pc or laptop, though that is a good option for an efficient server.
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Actually you can buy mini PC that come with 5500U(or 5700U). For example you can search for Morefine S500+ 5500U Mini PC. My friend ordered few for home office / mini server and its working great.
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similarly Asus has their PN51, and if you want something a bit more potent i think they were planning a PN52 with the H variants. I hope they at some point also ship the 6000 series in that form factor, as they may make for a nifty Steam console.
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Yes, 6000 series H or even HX version would be nice, but additional cost for DDR5 would inflate the price a lots at least for next while...
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I know this does not exactly answer your question but I have a HX90 from here https://www.minisforum.com I'm in no way aflliated with them. I use it for a home server. I got the barebones kit and put a 1TB SSD and 32GB of CL20 3200Mhz ram. They might have close to what you are looking for.
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It consumes 120w. Probably not what im looking for unless I can lower the tdp somehow
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That's total system draw. How were you planning on getting past the power requirements for the motherboard and its components?
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That's the maximum power draw. During basic tasks it should consume much less, probably around 10-20W, potentially less.
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What do you need it for?
If you want something small and power-efficient I'd suggest looking into Ryzen Embedded products like the 4x4 BOX by ASRock. They also make them with mobile BGA chips if you don't need the ECC certification.
An even lower-power alternative is a Raspberry Pi if you don't NEED x86.
If you want to slot something into an old PC for something that consumes little, consider an old laptop OR just down-clock whatever chip you have to make it run cool...
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Now here's the practical advice. Wait two weeks for the ryzen 5 5500. It's basically the same thing, just on an am4 package, with higher default power limit. Set whatever power limit you want to in the bios.
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Wait two weeks for the ryzen 5 5500. It's basically the same thing
5500 is a 5600g with the iGPU lasered off (I guess?), 5500U on the other hand is a Zen2 APU, it has more CUs than the 4600U but it has the same amount of CPU cores, although the 4600g has the same amount of CUs as the 5500U.
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I was mixed up on what silicon is reused where.
So the answer here is to wait two weeks and get a 4600g.
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This is possible? Any documentation?
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Each motherboard manufacturers bios is slightly different. Should be possible.
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Of you need an igpu, go with the 5600g or 4600g.
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You don't.
It's a mobile CPU that is soldered on and not sold to consumers.
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