Hi there guys, I had a go at this myself but came to a value which I thought was completely off so am asking here for some help.

 

I've got a rig with Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise installed on it and the following specs:

• AMD Athlon 64 X2
• 2GB DDR2 Ram
• Single Optical Drive
• 160GB IDE Hard drive 5200RPM
• 500GB SATA Hard drive 7200RPM

No monitor or any other peripherals, I'm remoting in as needed.

 

Can anyone work out the power consumption of this rig for me please (in watts)? It's only acting as a media/active directiory server with the odd temporary teamspeak/minecraft server.

 

Thanks.

It will really depend on the current load and that's hard to compute. For instance, my PC uses about 120W when only doing desktop work, but can go up to 400+ when playing 3D video games. Simply attach an ammeter and monitor the power consumption during the various stages (idle, load) and then you should be able to come up with a pretty good average value.

It will really depend on the current load and that's hard to compute. For instance, my PC uses about 120W when only doing desktop work, but can go up to 400+ when playing 3D video games. Simply attach an ammeter and monitor the power consumption during the various stages (idle, load) and then you should be able to come up with a pretty good average value.

Yeah, since I'm only using it for file storage and media files, I doubt my consumption will be high.

 

Time to dig out my toolbox I think.

I have thing like this:

Edited June 13, 201510 yr by leftas