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Need advice on a one pc home
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Is this really true? Modern components have fairly robust power saving capabilities. Just because it's got a 750W power supply doesn't mean it's drawing 750W all the time.
Yes, it's really true.
It's not really 10x unless you're comparing to something like an N100 mini PC. It's not unusual for a gaming PC to idle around 100 watts though. That does get expensive if it's on 24/7.
Yeah, a sff mini pc draws below 10 W on idle, so the math is about right, even if a gaming PC can also draw as low as 40 Watt on idle if you buy a reasonably powered gpu.
I assume most people running a dedicated personal server are using that or something similar. In the case of RPi or similar SBC it will be even more.
My gaming PC takes 250w while gaming, my diy mini pc daily driver desktop takes 40w while working, my mini pc server running proxmox takes about 15w on average. The difference is over 10x in my case.
I said at idle.