My quad core Intel based desktop machine with 2.5Tb of disk consumes just 40 watts.
Power factor, UPS, computer
Jan 03, 2014
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Similar spec here, similar consumption.
I like raw power :-)
You snipped the bit where I said they were servers.
Servers can do interesting things too.
I used to have a blog entry on blogs.sun.com explaining the difference in low power factor between phase shift (capacitor/inductor), phase control (light dimmer), and switched mode PSU.
Sadly, Oracle killed the blog when they acquired Sun as it wasn't 100% business related, but I still have an early non-blog version of the article at:
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IIRC we pinched a couple of still from those for the wiki ;-)
Nice work!
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