alt Hacker NewsHow is power consumption? I think often desktops have higher power supplies inside, fans etc, while an old laptop will only use a few W when idle.
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SSLy • yesterday at 2:16 PM
A ThinkCenter usually is just a laptop with no screen or keyboard. I have one.
btop says CPU takes 1W when "idle" (seeding some torrents), no idea what the rest of the board and NVMe could take.
numpad0 • yesterday at 1:49 PM
The wattage on labels on PSUs are just safe max power draw, above which the supply has the right to shut itself down. It's not 1:1 representative of idle draw.
lp92 • yesterday at 1:55 PM
They still use only a few watts at idle.
Somewhere around 8 watts idle would be typical running windows with a screen attached etc [1]
Of course, there are a wealth of hardware options out there, so it varies. I've heard as low as 4 watts.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veRja-F4ZMQ