schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1664arrow-down17
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minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoUsed Mini PCs, brand name, like Lenovo tinys, are now my go to. Slightly larger, but orders of magnitude more capable, and often power sippy.
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-242 minutes agoThey still make use of desktop CPUs that can pull 120W and up to 250W under heavy loads. So light on power? Maybe. But power sippy? Not against an M4 Mac, which can be as little as ⅙ as much under a similarly heavy load.
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·42 minutes ago Take a zero off there, bud. Base power draw of a current i7 14700K under load is typically around 120/125W. Full power draw in maximum turbo mode (PL2) is 250W. Ignorance doesn’t survive long in the face of manufacturer specifications.
Used Mini PCs, brand name, like Lenovo tinys, are now my go to. Slightly larger, but orders of magnitude more capable, and often power sippy.
They still make use of desktop CPUs that can pull 120W and up to 250W under heavy loads. So light on power? Maybe. But power sippy? Not against an M4 Mac, which can be as little as ⅙ as much under a similarly heavy load.
Take a zero off there, bud.
Base power draw of a current i7 14700K under load is typically around 120/125W.
Full power draw in maximum turbo mode (PL2) is 250W.
Ignorance doesn’t survive long in the face of manufacturer specifications.