Do you have any idea how much the NAS using that old CPU is consuming out of that? (HDDs should be about 5W each and SSD around 2W.)
My current PC has a similarly old CPU, i5 4670k (and gtx 1060 6gb gpu) with 16gb ram, not sure if I want to reuse it as a nas when i get a new pc since these older CPUs arent that powerful anymore and quite poor efficiency so should be quite the power draining…
I don’t. I think I measured it alone when I put it all together but only to check that it wasn’t excessive. Less than 30W at idle and it never does much work. <1% utilization is normal, a touch more when full backups run but that’s it.
I know that might seem excessive these days but spending real $ to save power when I make more power than I can use (and the power company doesn’t pay me sh$t for it) just doesn’t make good economic sense.
Yeah in your case with solar power it probably wont matter.
Hybrid tube amps have consumed more power and made more heat than anything besides my air conditioner!
Priorities man!
Anyone wondering if computers with Intel and Nvidia inside should have a splash screen which reads “This system will self-destruct in 30 seconds”? 
its impressive how badly 50 series has launched, I haven’t heard anything going wrong with intel besides allegedly windows needing an update to improve performance to what they said it should be?
Their battlemage GPUs have some pretty bad CPU overhead issues.
ah forgot about that, they need to let their software cook some more yeah
The two prior Intel CPU generations have a defect that causes it to degrade sooner than it should. The “only issue” with the current gen is reduced performance without power savings vs AMD.
Nvidia’s use of a single 12 pin connector on the RTX 5090 along with no monitoring per wire is a fire hazard. Any jump in power draw would redline the cable due to the spec maxing out at 600 watts.
Nvidia also related GPUs that have missing ROPs that will reduce performance by several percentage points. So even if you have a non combustible card you might not be getting what you overpaid for.
Not a great year for PC gaming in general, and AMD may miss another opportunity to gain market share in the GPU space yet again. 
amd 7800x3d’s were finally selling (on sale) for msrp again, 9800x3d’s still out of stock everywhere.
saw people were outraged at placeholder 9000 GPU prices but those don’t match the leaks of price expectations, next month we will find out for sure.
AMD has been asking reviewers what they think the price should be, but who knows what the final price will be. I guess we may find out tomorrow during the stream (at least MSRP).
Currently seems like some motherboard manufactures mainly Asrock might have pushed the 9800x3d too hard and some are failing so its been a terrible time honestly for everybody.
Motherboard manufacturers have been pulling that for years, so I am not that surprised. That is why reviewers have recommended checking the BIOS setting on first boot in the past.
As I have said several times on this thread, I will be sticking with my current setup for a while. Most of my money is going into my Headphone setup and Headphone collection lately anyway. 
Yeah…all this shit is why I almost want to hold out on getting a new pc this year…but my ancient pc really aint holding up now…(i5 4670k + 1060 6gb)
(used pcs are also kinda bad nowadays, I guess its a result of how the new stuff is…)
Really dunno what im supposed to do…I had the thought about buying that new pc and just ditch the gpu for now and reuse my 1060 lol.
This is my planned build atm.
https://www.inet.se/datorbygge/b1607653/7600-b580
Don’t forget about NVIDIA having driver issues for the first time in a decade. The last two driver releases are causing black screen issues at least a far back as 30-series cards. I had to revert back to the Dec 05(?) release to stop it. Supposedly they are fixing that this week, but who knows.
I have an Intel 13900k and my main work rig and it started blue screening like crazy a little over a year ago. Intel at least did an RMA for me. Have not had any issues with my 4090. Though the reports on the 50 series have made me hesitant to even consider paying for an upgrade. Doesn’t seem worth it honestly.
The 4090 has headroom on the 12pin connection, but the 5090 is pushing right up against the spec max (any sudden high power draw will redline it). It is good that Intel made good on the warranty as it is their fault that they put out a product that had defects right out of the fab.
This gen is definitely a hard pass for all, unless your computer dies.
Yikes! 
I think not having that FOMO within me nowadays makes me realized that I am not really missing a lot lately when it comes to PC parts, particularly the GPU space lately. It’s so unfortunate that many of us who are looking forward to upgrade their GPUs are finding it hard to be reasonable since so far Nvidia has produced nothing but paper launches lately and they will do it again, for most people are still gonna buy it sadly. The 30 series was already a disaster and I am sure the eventual future cards are gonna follow soon.
Also no, I have no fucking hope on AMD for they’re gonna fuck it up. Intel needs more optimizations to their drivers for I really want them to thrive, to give some competition to the brands regardless if it’s small or large in scale. Also yeah, obligatory “Fuck you Nvidia!” and “Fuck you Jensen!” for your bullshit again which is not surprising.
I honestly love (hate) that basically everybody is betting that AMD is gonna fumble the bag, AMD has not missed missing a gpu launch for over a decade in my opinion and doesn’t help their software stack is nowhere near Nvidia. I own an rx 6900 xt and has been basically forcing my work through it even though a cheaper rtx 3060 would be nearly as good in some cases. Hell on my Windows 11 install microsoft uninstalled my drivers and replaced them with some random one. Its like a mega whammy that they not often that competitively priced at start and not the best software support. They never recovered from merging with ATI and made so many choices that did not pay off at all with their only win off the top of my head being being able to beat out Nvidia with Freesync being common.