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Re:Ask HN: Should I turn off my idle machine over the weekend? by ac29 on Friday September 27, 2019 @05:43PM (#21096546)
> 100W when idle

That's significantly off - my Skylake desktop PC idles around 15-25W (I just checked with a kill-a-watt).

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Re:Ask HN: Should I turn off my idle machine over the weekend? by vortico on Friday September 27, 2019 @06:11PM (#21096718)
Hmm, I've always used 100W as a reference. Maybe I got that from server estimates?
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Re:Ask HN: Should I turn off my idle machine over the weekend? by Havoc on Saturday September 28, 2019 @12:11PM (#21101149)
It used to be a good estimate not so long ago. Things have improved dramatically recently

You see the same on laptops. Each generation seems to come with a smaller wattage brick

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Re:Ask HN: Should I turn off my idle machine over the weekend? by rambojazz on Saturday September 28, 2019 @12:44AM (#21098510)
That would be more like it. 100W for an idle desktop/laptop PCs sounds pretty high.
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Re:Ask HN: Should I turn off my idle machine over the weekend? by SamReidHughes on Friday September 27, 2019 @09:35PM (#21097793)
My dual socket Xeon desktop half a decade ago idled at 94W.
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