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whilst it is an impressive job, the title is misleading; it's 6W idle.. 75W load.
by polshaw 14y ago
whilst it is an impressive job, the title is misleading; it's 6W idle.. 75W load.
- ck2 14y agoBut it would spend a very tiny amount of time at full load? My i3 desktop is almost always at a low of 80watts (with monitor, router, cablemodem, UPS) - full load at 150watts only happens when I fire up something with graphics (early model without GPU acceleration) and even then settles down.
- mmphosis 14y agoI agree, the title is misleading. And, I see a big fan on the board. The "low-end" Raspberry Pi, not including the monitor, draws a maximum of 3.5 Watts = 5 Volts DC x 0.7 Amps http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5068 http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50... And, RPI doesn't have a fan.
- archangel_one 14y agoThe fan looks to have been replaced in a later picture. I've got a RPi here which is doing sterling service for several tasks, but it certainly wouldn't be satisfactory for desktop use like he appears to want - that machine is a Core i5, the two are lightyears apart! Plus the convenience factor - the RPi won't power USB devices that want more than a minimal amount of juice (an external 2.5" HDD, for example) whereas this machine could happily drive them at a temporarily increased power draw.