eric76 said:

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Does anyone know the power consumption of these compared to regular desktop computers?

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TDP of a normal desktop cpu is usually ~65-125 watts. The TDP of the N100 is 6W.

Idle power draw of these mini PCs will likely be in the single digit watts with max power draw ~35W

There's a lot of factors with full desktop, but just to put a very rough number on it, maybe 1/10th of the power consumption?

boy09 said:

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eric76 said:

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Does anyone know the power consumption of these compared to regular desktop computers?

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TDP of a normal desktop cpu is usually ~65-125 watts. The TDP of the N100 is 6W.

Idle power draw of these mini PCs will likely be in the single digit watts with max power draw ~35W

There's a lot of factors with full desktop, but just to put a very rough number on it, maybe 1/10th of the power consumption?

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Thanks. That's just the information I needed.

I'm looking at getting three to five to replace various low-use but vital servers, all of which are getting rather old. Using less power would definitely be an advantage.

I had been thinking of using Raspberry Pi devices for them, but this could be better.

Looking at them last night, I saw some with two Ethernet Ports. Those could be very useful to build an office firewall. The typical small business and home firewalls are pretty limited.

I've purchased some G-Shock cases from AliExpress and haven't had any issues. Yeah, it's a Chinese knockoff (or factory reject), but I'm not paying $100+ for some of the official colors of bezels that PAC Parts wants.

eric76 said:

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boy09 said:

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eric76 said:

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Does anyone know the power consumption of these compared to regular desktop computers?

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TDP of a normal desktop cpu is usually ~65-125 watts. The TDP of the N100 is 6W.

Idle power draw of these mini PCs will likely be in the single digit watts with max power draw ~35W

There's a lot of factors with full desktop, but just to put a very rough number on it, maybe 1/10th of the power consumption?

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Thanks. That's just the information I needed.

I'm looking at getting three to five to replace various low-use but vital servers, all of which are getting rather old. Using less power would definitely be an advantage.

I had been thinking of using Raspberry Pi devices for them, but this could be better.

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For anyone interested, i just saw these are on sale on Amazon for $129right now, which is pretty much in line with Aliexpress's normal pricing.

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Looking at them last night, I saw some with two Ethernet Ports. Those could be very useful to build an office firewall. The typical small business and home firewalls are pretty limited.

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Only a single NIC on this model though..

looks like the link is not what you intended.

Oops. Fixed.