what do you think will be the future power requirements of PCs?
it seems like they require more power everyday but more effort is being put into building more reliable efficinet machines and i was wondering if it would level out, say at about 300 watts?
different types of pcs will have different power requirements as always. personal home computers and small office PCs will me made as environmentaly firendly as possible as they are most common plus the lower power usage will mean cheaper running costs. less than 200watt?
high performace gaming pcs (over £2000) will probably still be gas guslers (>400watt?) but what about mid priced pcs? typically around £1400 that will be used in multimedia applications. do you think they will remain at about the 300watt mark?
future of PSUs and power requirments
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The power draw of a typical PC will probably be determined by what sells in large quantities. That means that you as end customer is actively chooseing what you want.
If people keep going for faster CPU's, GPU's etc but still like their PC's to stay on a decent noise level you will probably see something in the 300-400W range.
If more people go for low power silent machines, like VIA C3 chips etc, then we will see a larger focus from more manufacturers on the heat/power issue on all components.
Unfortunately we see far too little focus on how much power the machines draw at idle/standby/hibernate and off mode.
It is not uncommon that a computer+screen+printer+router/modem/... etc draws 100W together when they are turned off. So this is where we can really save on the electricity.
If people keep going for faster CPU's, GPU's etc but still like their PC's to stay on a decent noise level you will probably see something in the 300-400W range.
If more people go for low power silent machines, like VIA C3 chips etc, then we will see a larger focus from more manufacturers on the heat/power issue on all components.
Unfortunately we see far too little focus on how much power the machines draw at idle/standby/hibernate and off mode.
It is not uncommon that a computer+screen+printer+router/modem/... etc draws 100W together when they are turned off. So this is where we can really save on the electricity.