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> Do you actually care about power consumption in a desktop computer under very heavy workload? yes, many people do, especially since that becomes heat in your
by paulmd 5y ago
> Do you actually care about power consumption in a desktop computer under very heavy workload?
yes, many people do, especially since that becomes heat in your room.
> By the way, the M1 Ultra has a 370W power supply, so really the question is do you really care about the difference between 300 and 400 watts in this use case?
Complete non-sequitur, you could put a 1.5kw power supply on an R7 5700G or an i3, that doesn't mean it pulls 1.5kw.
you also should be able to express this without using the flamebait style, that is not appropriate or welcomed on this site. Instead of "by the way...." you can simply say "the M1 Ultra pulls 370W so ...." (or you could, if that were true).
- sudosysgen 5y agoThere is no easy way to know how much the Mac Studio can pull without using a wall meter. We know that reported power consumption is inaccurate on M1 devices, from Anadtech's testing of the M1 Max, and I doubt it's very different on the Mac Studio. In any case, the difference is not going to be much. As far as heating a room, really, I can assure you that you will barely notice 100W. There are screens that will use more power than that (such as, amongst others, the XDR screen). I say this as someone who lived with a 900W power hog of a computer in places where temperature hits 42 in shade.