[geeks] New Intel Atom-based barebones system

wa2egp at att.net wa2egp at att.net
Sat Aug 16 10:11:14 CDT 2008


> It would be most interesting to know if these power consumption
> figures tally up with those reported by an ammeter or kill-a-watt at
> the wall. Do they?
> 
> Obviously we can expect some power loss from the PSU, but otherwise it
> would be a good test of the accuracy of the onboard sensors.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jonathan 

I don't think so.  My Ultra 80 draws about 120 watts on the average which is far lower than figures presented.  Mine is measured not gleaned from the numbers on the power supply label.
My son's latest PC draw <200 watts and he loaded it up.

Bob



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