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Did you do anything particular to get 15W? I have recently measured my AMD AM1 system, which sits at 40W with 8GiB RAM, 2 HDDs and a couple mostly idle VMs on i
by rhn_mk1 7y ago
Did you do anything particular to get 15W? I have recently measured my AMD AM1 system, which sits at 40W with 8GiB RAM, 2 HDDs and a couple mostly idle VMs on it.
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoI'd check the BIOS to see if there are any power saving options, and/or unclocking/undervolting the CPU. 2.5" HDDs and SSDs use about the same amount of power, but 3.5" HDDs use 2-3x more. So you could potentially save 12 watts if you're using 3.5" drives. Make sure your PSU is a high efficiency one, and isn't too low, or or too high wattage. From what I've read the maximum efficiency is in the 40-80% range.
- scns 7y agoMaximum efficiency is at 50%
- eropple 7y agoI do undervolt it and I aggressively spin down the drives. (My concern is mostly storage and redundancy, not performance.)