On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Shane Hathaway wrote:
Some other figures I've gathered: My desktop machine, an AMD64 3200 with a
SATA drive and a low-end NVidia card, draws 75W most of the time and 120W
when it's computing a lot. It has a 480W PSU only because I don't want to
worry about meeting the current requirements for each power rail. The
"ondemand" frequency scaling accounts for a savings of about 8W (it reduces
83W to 75W.) My 19" LCD monitor draws 30W; it replaced a 15" CRT that drew
over 100W. My laser printer consumes 10W when it's idle and 700W when it's
heating up.
I've wondered about computer power usage for ages. Thanks for posting that!
-J
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