The C7 will be about as fast as your PIII give or take. It's slower than my Sempron 3000+@1ghz/.9V in everything except for CPU MD5 (hardinfo benchmark) and uses the same power more or less. I'm betting that w/ a m-atx/onboard video the Sempron 3000+ rig would use the same or less power since it only uses about 10W more than my C7 system, all things being equal. What 1.5ghz C7 are you getting? Also, what kinds of use/users do your rigs see? That's just as important as anything else IMO.
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