Comment on Mini PC for Jellyfin
Mazoku@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
The thing that matters more than the TDP is how much power they draw at idle. It’ll likely be idling or turned off more than it will be on. And even when on, it probably wont be hitting its max TDP just playing some media unless you’re transcoding to 4k or something.
theorangeninja@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Is there a percentage of the TDP which is usually the idle power draw?
stuner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, they’re almost entirely unrelated. Almost all CPUs will idle close to 0 W (with correctly working drivers). The main idle power contribution comes from the mainboard and other devices (e.g. disks). The Mini PCs you mentioned should have a very low total idle power, probably below 10W.
Check out Wolfgang on YouTube, he has some great videos on the topic: youtu.be/Ppo6C_JhDHM
Mazoku@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Gamers Nexus reports 44W at idle with the G4560 which is already more than the G5400T’s MAX TDP of 35W, so it’s a pretty significant difference.
Assuming the RAM and other components are similar, I’d go with the G5400T system.
Mazoku@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately no, which can make it a pain to figure out. You’d have to research the CPU itself.