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Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?



On 2021-03-07 at 22:53, Felix Miata wrote:

> Linux-Fan composed on 2021-03-08 03:35 (UTC+0100):
> 
>> Wrt. power I usually start from CPU + GPU
> 										
> I used an online calculator
> https://www.bequiet.com/en/psucalculator
> on this system with

Applying the power-consumption handwave estimates from Linux-Fan's
larger mail, that would be:

> i3-7100T (TDP 35W) supports up to 3 displays up to 4096x2304

35

> 1 2.5" SSD

+15

> 2 3.5" Hitachi Deskstars

+20

> 1 DVD writer

+10 (assuming the same power requirements as a HDD, which seems at least
ballpark plausible)

> ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro cooler
> 4 fans

+ some unknown factor.

> The calculator showed I'd be using 37% of a 300W power supply, 25% of the
> installed 450W PS.

35 + 15 + 20 + 10 is 80. 25% of 450 is 112.5. 112.5 - 80 is 32.5.

32.5 watts for the fans plus the motherboard, and allowing for wiggle
room for mis-estimation, doesn't seem terribly unreasonable.

> Finding actual power consumption of a motherboard is apparently brutal. Specs in
> the manuals to mine say nothing about power consumption. DDG & Google in 20+
> minutes weren't helpful either.

I've encountered the exact same problem...

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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