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General => Users => Topic started by: Olberd on June 08, 2007, 10:37:48 pm

Title: Power usage of the core
Post by: Olberd on June 08, 2007, 10:37:48 pm
Does any of you know how much electricity a typical core uses during heavy, normal and idle usage?

What experience do you have with saving power on the core (standby or shutting down during nighttime or such).
Title: Re: Power usage of the core
Post by: sharlee_angelo on June 11, 2007, 11:59:01 am
98% depends on your hardware (cpu, mainboard). today, the hardware is built to consume not so much energy.
Title: Re: Power usage of the core
Post by: Olberd on June 21, 2007, 08:34:50 pm
Yes, it's dependent on the hardware and on usage.

I'm looking for a lower bound on electricity usage.
Has anyone measured their core's idle power usage or any?
Title: Re: Power usage of the core
Post by: afilep on August 20, 2007, 03:19:11 pm

What experience do you have with saving power on the core (standby or shutting down during nighttime or such).

I am interested in this as well. I understand that the core is meant to be up at all times, however I am going to use it mainly as a media centre for now. No need to keep it running at full blast while I am sleeping :).  Based on my experience with various distros, I know that power management can be a little tricky...