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> I've found that most desktop PC-s have idle power usage around 35-50W. My desktop server uses 50W at idle. ASRock Z390 motherboard, Pentium G5400, 32GB RAM,
by Gareth321 4y ago
> I've found that most desktop PC-s have idle power usage around 35-50W.
My desktop server uses 50W at idle. ASRock Z390 motherboard, Pentium G5400, 32GB RAM, no GPU. There are 15HDDs, but 50W is with all of them spun down. It hits 120W will all disks spun up and CPU under load. I've come to the conclusion it's the motherboard, because the parts individually shouldn't draw that much power.