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I'm willing to accept your point if you or they, can confirm that they are in fact talking about an optiplex that idles at 8W, which I doubt, for 43 dollars. D
by alias_neo 3y ago
I'm willing to accept your point if you or they, can confirm that they are in fact talking about an optiplex that idles at 8W, which I doubt, for 43 dollars.
Despite DELLs willingness to slap the same series number on everything from an ATX tower to a "paperback book", they are far from the same thing.
I'm willing to accept I may be wrong, so let's see.
- abwizz 3y agopower consumption is a strong point. there are a lot of old desktops that idle >10W but there also are some (not as old typically) that go below. if you want to be sure, use an old (skylake and above) laptop and give it a usb3-eth plug. my latitude e7470 idles at around 3W (powertop)
- stonogo 3y agoHere you go. https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Shared-Content_data-Sheets_Documents/en/OptiPlex-7050-Towers-Technical-Specifications.pdf https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Shared-Content_data-She... First page, the one on the right. I don't see why you'd doubt an 8-watt idle, since it's basically a laptop processor and chipset. Please note that these models are available with both 35W and 65W TDP processors; I'm talking about the (generally cheaper) 35W models, of course.
- alias_neo 3y agoI hear you. But we're crossing wires here. I doubt the original poster is talking about the small "book" sides micro form factor at ~$40. I expect that one to cost at least double, if not more (a quick eBay search outs the micro form factor at closer to a £200 average), and the tower form factor, with it's 240W PSU is likely to be drawing much more than ~8W in a typical configuration. My point stands; if you want to spend £35 on an x86 machine, youll pay in electricity costs, spend ~£200+ and overall youll likely save money overall if it lasts a decent period.