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General => Users => Topic started by: Olberd on June 08, 2007, 10:37:48 pm
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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).
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98% depends on your hardware (cpu, mainboard). today, the hardware is built to consume not so much energy.
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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?
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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...