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0 pointsmschuster911y ago0 comments

> It's not like it's drawing a ton of power on idle

Probably even drawing less than a "normal" PC PSU would just burn to heat in losses, lol. 3 watts of total idle power consumption, that's nuts how low it is...

Your average PC PSU hits up to 95% efficiency, so even at maximum efficiency at full load it would burn like 30 watts.

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xxs1y ago

The quote efficiency on most PSU would be around the half load (more or less). The total system draw does not include the power supply - it will have its own losses esp on low end, still likely in the 80s

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0 pointsmschuster911y ago0 comments

> It's not like it's drawing a ton of power on idle

Probably even drawing less than a "normal" PC PSU would just burn to heat in losses, lol. 3 watts of total idle power consumption, that's nuts how low it is...

Your average PC PSU hits up to 95% efficiency, so even at maximum efficiency at full load it would burn like 30 watts.

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xxs1y ago

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