My 44 core dual Xeon doesn’t idle at even 50 watts.
An old i5 isn’t gonna break the bank, especially on nas duty where a bunch of drives will draw more power just waiting to spin up and access some data than the cpu will waiting to get instructions to do so.
It’s a uhh haswell ep I think. They really throttle down to like 1ghz when left alone. Without the drives, about 47 or so.
That’s reported from the power management controller, so it’s on the high side.
If you’re not already, use some kind of kill-a-watt style inline meter to make your measurements it’s a good investment. Just figuring out what leaving a lamp on during the day costs is cool.
My 44 core dual Xeon doesn’t idle at even 50 watts.
An old i5 isn’t gonna break the bank, especially on nas duty where a bunch of drives will draw more power just waiting to spin up and access some data than the cpu will waiting to get instructions to do so.
Out of curiosity, what specs are you running and what does it idle at? I have a mini itx system that idles at 40w, so I relate to their point
It’s a uhh haswell ep I think. They really throttle down to like 1ghz when left alone. Without the drives, about 47 or so.
That’s reported from the power management controller, so it’s on the high side.
If you’re not already, use some kind of kill-a-watt style inline meter to make your measurements it’s a good investment. Just figuring out what leaving a lamp on during the day costs is cool.