Wow, 11w seems great. I would like to build home server based on your build, as the numbers are awesome. Just one, probably stupid question - how much power does hdd consume when it is spun down? Kinda funny, that according to spec LSI2008 hba would consume 6.5w alone, half of rest of the system ov...

This is my first PC build. Here are my numbers for power consumption of my Haswell-refresh PC. I searched hard for these numbers before building my PC and found them only at few sites, so I am posting mine here for benefit of others. 1. Processor: Intel i3-4150 2. Cooler: Stock Intel 3. Motherboard:...