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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
TDP doesn’t have much to do with idle power draw, that’s more based on the age of the CPU and specific type (standard, U, or T skus)
Comment on Is this a bad option for a home server?
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
TDP doesn’t have much to do with idle power draw, that’s more based on the age of the CPU and specific type (standard, U, or T skus)
crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Exactly. Just as a real world example for OP, my home server has an i5 7400 with the same TDP. At idle the whole system draws around 10.5W, measured from the wall.