[Freedombox-discuss] Energy efficient Intel server

[monkeyiq]

On Tue, 2012-03-27 at 16:36 +0200, Rob van der Hoeven wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Last week i build a new Intel Pentium system that is very energy
> efficient. Idle power consumption is just 23 Watt, max power consumption
> is 53 Watt (no graphics). It can be used as a FreedomBox server/general
> purpose PC or both...

I was digging into low idle power recently too. One thing that I noticed
is that at lower watts many PSU might not be as efficient was one would
have hoped. Running the show of a more laptop style PSU seems to be a
good choice.

The below only compares an 80plus PC PSU though...
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1105-page5.html