Power

Summary of taggart’s computer power usage

new desktop

case: SilverStone Sugo Series SG05B-USB3.0
mainboard: ASRock B85M-ITX
cpu: low power quad core cpu (1265lv3)
RAM: 2×8gb DDR3-1666 RAM
Drives: 2xSSD, 2xHDD (note this case can’t hold them all, I am migrating the data off the HDDs soon)

peak boot ~70W
idle 32W
cpuburnX9 ~78W

old desktop

HP xw6400
dual core cpu, 4×1gb RAM, no disks, ATI video card, tuner card

peak boot 179W
idle 151W
cpuburnX3 197W

Summary

The new computer has 4x the CPUs, 4x the RAM, faster graphics, and uses 20% of the power when idle and no more than 40% of the power when using 100% CPU.

current displays

24" LCD, non-LED
on 65W
asleep 1.3W

13" LCD, non-LED
on 17W
asleep 1.1W

Newer ~24" LED LCDs are supposed to use ~25-30W.