HTPC power consumption

[Tjalfe]

official cost for electricity here is $0.065 or so too, but with the other charges etc, it ends up at around $0.13

how about your monitors?.. my 21" CRT's are ~90W each. I only have them on when I use the computer though.

[Mehen]

neither of those PCs have a monitor (they are servers)

Both my LCDs are rated at 35W though, not sure how much they actually use

[WyWyWyWy]

Pentium M's draw way less power than you'd think!

A 37w PC using Pentium M is very achievable.

Have a look:

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2005/06/21/the_next_generation_of_cool

[az]

Yes, they do - and I think this thread is about the question whether or not HTPC makers should use mobile CPUs. I say: Yes, they should.

[VJ]

You mean like the Shuttle M1000:

http://global.shuttle.com/Product/System/M1000.asp

Here is a review:

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2568

It is more like an upscaled laptop than like a downscaled desktop.


Jörg