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by vwsplitty
Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:06 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: 540 i3 Higher Than Expexted Idle Wattage HTPC Wrong PSU????
Replies: 6
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Re: 540 i3 Higher Than Expexted Idle Wattage HTPC Wrong PSU?

CASE/ ANTEC FUSION REMOTE BLACK. From memory, this case comes with some sort of display in one of the DVD bays, which is hooked up to the case's power supply. I'm not sure if this display alone would account for the extra 20w or so though. Just a thought anyway. You could try unplugging the display...
by vwsplitty
Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:16 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: 540 i3 Higher Than Expexted Idle Wattage HTPC Wrong PSU????
Replies: 6
Views: 3684

540 i3 Higher Than Expexted Idle Wattage HTPC Wrong PSU????

Hi All, As the title says i im pulling higher idle wattage from my i3 HTPC than i expected.I have just built a HTPC from the following parts: MB/ GA-H55M-USB3 PSU/ CORSAIR 450W VTX RAM/ 4GB 2x2G CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 XMP CPU/ Intel Core i3 540 3.06G s1156 SSD/ 60GB OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G VERTEX2E HDD/ 1TB WD S...