Right, that's my thinking...it's probably not a huge deal for most applications....

semi-extrinsic · on April 13, 2015

I'd be very surprised if your desktop draws .8 kW when you're browsing the web. Your discrete GPU should be drawing around 10 W at idle, and you're averaging < 30% of your CPU's < 150 W TDP. That's at most 60W, so with a HDD and some fans and 20% loss in the PSU you're maybe touching 100 W.

MichaelGG · on April 13, 2015

Composited desktops, heavy scrolling? Doesn't that kick up the GPU significantly?

Shivetya · on April 13, 2015

would not want to see how many batteries or other storage you would want to put in to support a hospital. without some easy power generation you could be in a lurch real quick

funkyy · on April 13, 2015

This sounds like maximum it can use, but still sounds really high.

bane · on April 13, 2015

Yeah of course, I'm exaggerating for effect. Still, I have two monitors that eat up about 25-30W each, and I also have a desktop with an Power Supply rated at 800W.

I have no idea what the entire setup uses when I'm web surfing, but the spare bedroom I'm in gets noticeably warmer. Would it kill me for the system to just spin down a little and make me wait and extra 2 or 3 seconds for a page to load?