Hello fellow perfectionists.
Is it worthwhile to disconnect the 4molex from your optical drive once you have installed windows and the few programs that still get distributed through a physical media? I haven't used my dvd drive in months.
How much power does an idling optical drive use?
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Re: How much power does an idling optical drive use?
Not sure how much they use at idle. I've stopped adding DVD drives and use thumb drives. They can hold more data than even a Blu-Ray, and are faster.
Some of my systems still have DVD drives for ripping.
Some of my systems still have DVD drives for ripping.
Re: How much power does an idling optical drive use?
I remember a few years ago I measured the power consumption of a PC with and without optical drive, and the difference was about 2W (I think... it was quite a while ago). I don't know if that is a typical value, because I only tested one.
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Re: How much power does an idling optical drive use?
I removed the optical drive from my old rig, and the kill-a-watt could not tell the difference at the socket. I don't know the margin for it, but my guess is in the 1-2 W territory mentioned in the previous post.