PicoPSU advice
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:46 am
I have put together a media centre PC with the following components:
Intel DH67BL motherboard
Intel Core i3 2100 CPU
2 x 2GB Kingston Value DDR3 1333MHz RAM
Crucial m4 64GB (Boot)
2 x 1TB WD green hard disks (media storage)
SATA DVD-RW drive
This is currently powered by an old Antec Earthwatts EA-380 ATX power supply and draws ~30W from the mains at idle. Load is about 20W higher, but this machine will spend the majority of its time decoding video at very low CPU usage so it is idle draw that I am most concerned with.
I am considering switching the power supply for a PicoPSU. I have a few old laptop 19V power bricks to experiment with, so the obvious choice is the Wide Input 120-WI-25, a combination which should be very efficient.
So that I can make a decision, can anyone tell me what kind of idle power draw can I expect with the PicoPSU?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Intel DH67BL motherboard
Intel Core i3 2100 CPU
2 x 2GB Kingston Value DDR3 1333MHz RAM
Crucial m4 64GB (Boot)
2 x 1TB WD green hard disks (media storage)
SATA DVD-RW drive
This is currently powered by an old Antec Earthwatts EA-380 ATX power supply and draws ~30W from the mains at idle. Load is about 20W higher, but this machine will spend the majority of its time decoding video at very low CPU usage so it is idle draw that I am most concerned with.
I am considering switching the power supply for a PicoPSU. I have a few old laptop 19V power bricks to experiment with, so the obvious choice is the Wide Input 120-WI-25, a combination which should be very efficient.
So that I can make a decision, can anyone tell me what kind of idle power draw can I expect with the PicoPSU?
Thanks in advance for your help!