[mythtv-users] Lowest power HD frontend?

[Mike Perkins]

On 28/05/13 20:46, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 5/28/2013 2:01 PM, Jeff Siddall wrote:
>> I just went and measured my IONITX fronted and it idles at 23 W and peaks at
>> 28 W when playing 1080p video.
>
> Last time I checked, my 55W TDP system was runing 25W idle and 32W playing 1080p
> video.  45W was the absolute maximum I managed to coax out of it.  Had I gotten
> a DC-DC power supply (like a PicoPSU) with an external brick, I could be running
> around half that within the case itself, and stored the brick behind my cabinet
> in the open air.
>
Using a PicoPSU brings other benefits. Any power supply itself expends power on 
its own. I have noticed that using a PicoPSU vs. a Flex-ATX PSU on the same 
motherboard can drop total wattage by half. Those things are designed for 
low-power use, where a regular PSU might not be. (Of course, YMMV.)
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Mike Perkins