Well, given that the el cheapo boxes come with 90 watt power supplies, I
would say an "average" user doesn't exceed that. Naturally, my machines
would chew up a 90 watt PS and spit it out. A typical hard drive consumes 5
to 20 watts depending on speed and age (my new IBM 10,000 RPM drive uses 11
watts). Processors can consume in excess of 30 watts by themselves, hence
the beefy heatsinks on overclocker machines (not that I would ever overclock
my machines <g>). The only other power hungry device common in PCs would be
the graphics card. Most high-end graphics cards sport heatsinks with fans
and can tax the limits of crappy motherboards to supply the necessary power.
Matt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 7:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] ATX Support
>
>
> Mogens J�ger wrote:
> >
> > Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > > Greg Stewart wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Now why would you shudtdown in the first place? <grin>
> > > >
> > > > --Greg
> > > >
> > > > > I have a atx system so i want my linux to shutdows
> automatically i know my
> > > > > 98 does how to in linux ?
> > > > >
> > >
> > > yeah...anyway. Why would you want to shut it down. It is
> more than able
> > > to run indefinately without being rebooted or shutdown.
> that's the Linux
> > > way!
> >
> > In my simple opinion - we are some, who cares about the escalating
> > power-consumption.
> > My computer is not part of a network (besides my internet),
> so when I go to
> > sleep, I don't see, why I should waste valuable energy!
> > But OK - i must confess - I am an european, and we do many
> things different over
> > here!
> > Sincerely
> > Mogens J�ger
>
> Ok...that's a valid reason. And while we're at it has anyone
> really come
> up with an amount or rate of power consumption for a normal single
> processor box? I would be real interested to know what it is.
> --
> Mark
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