Thanks for your reply piglover (that is strange to type)... I think if I am careful I can work within the restrictions of the 150W. I will probably build the machine and test using a regular 300 watt PSU to see what kind of maximum load it pulls (keeping in mind the lower efficiency of a traditional...

I'm planning a new htpc build and am thinking of the pico psu 150W I want to build a Intel based machine using Intel G41 graphics (HDMI) with a tuner card and up to three hard drives. With undervolting a PentiumDualCore E6300 I think I can keep this setup under 150 Watts max. There does not seem to ...

Not sure where to post this... I am working on a new HTPC build and looking to use the Hauppauge HVR-2250 (PCI-E Dual Analog/Digital Tuner). I could not find any numbers on the cards power consumption so I emailed Hauppauge support to get the power consumption. Their answer came back as "approximate...

So my previous power testing was all done with the battery removed to make sure that the power readings where not affected by the battery charging or the battery supplying power to the system. I should now run the tests again with a battery since the Macbook and Macbook Pro drop their performance wh...

Power Consumption Tests: Aluminum Macbook 2.0Ghz 2GB Ram 160GB HDD Screen Power- the screen is about 4watts from the lowest brightness to the maximum brightness. The lowest brightness power consumption is very close to being completely off as I see no drop in the power measurement when I turn the sc...

Thanks for the posts...so far this is the only info regarding actual power consumption of the new Macbooks I've seen on the web. Seems like Silent PC is place to find people who care about power consumption and understand how it directly relates to the amount of heat the cooling system is having to ...

Hi Mike,

Can you let us know about the "custom built, virtually silent AMD A64X2 system".

Thanks

Here is the url for the thread over on Mac Rumors:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=584750

I've posted a request for Aluminum MB or MBP owners to do some power consumption tests and post the results over on macrumors: Just thought I would post it here too as this is the spot for users with power meters and a preference for quiet machines: I'll post the link in my next post: "Thank you to ...