I’ll just come out and say it: 50W. I know, I know an order of magnitude above what’s actually needed to host websites, media center and image gallery.

But it is a computer I had on-hand and which would be turned on a quarter of the day anyway. And these 50W also warm my home, although this is less efficient than the heat pump, of course.

What’s your usage? What do you host?

  • qazEnglish
    3•9 months ago

    ~25W which consists of:

    • Mini PC
      • Lenovo Thinkcentre M700 Tiny
      • i5-6500T
      • 8GB DDR4
      • 500GB SSD
    • External USB 3.5" enclosure
      • 2 x 2 TB HDD
    • Network switch
      • 4 Ports Gigabit

    I’ve been thinking about upgrading because the CPU isn’t that fast, the RAM ain’t that much and I want to add a few more HDD’s. I’ve seen a pretty interesting Lenovo P520 with 64GB RAM a CPU that’s 3x times as fast and room for 6 HDD’s for €350, but the power consumption I can see online (80W) isn’t that appealing with European electricity prices.