That is showing just CPU power draw. I have a minipc that sips 2W idle according to onboard stats but wall meter shows 18W.
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Azazel@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
If btop is to be believed my server pulls a tiny 1.5W on idle. Given everyone else’s numbers I’m wondering if that’s true of btop is confused. It’s an old optiplex 3050.
Regardless my main rig which is regularly running expensive simulations is often ~200W so my server and home labbing is a rounding error
airgapped@piefed.social 1 day ago
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Unlikely, as it isn’t being measured from the outlet. That being said, an idle server technically could be that low, but literally every part would have to be the most efficient version of what it is, and almost nothing happening on the server.
There are USB chargers that use more than that sitting at idle.
andrewoidxyz@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Hardware Haven did a video about chromeboxes running linux and their idle power draw was pretty impressive (being x86 they were sitting at 2-3w i believe)
Azazel@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yeah that was my feeling. It seemed unrealistically low.