newtekie1
Semi-Retired Folder
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- Indiana, USA
Processor | Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz |
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Motherboard | AsRock Z470 Taichi |
Cooling | Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans |
Memory | 32GB DDR4-3600 |
Video Card(s) | RTX 2070 Super |
Storage | 500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache |
Display(s) | Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28" |
Case | Fractal Design Define S |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard is good enough for me |
Power Supply | eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro x64 |
my lounge has:
TV
media PC
giga switch
2x routers
smoothwall
wireless access point
NAS
if i could take 5W off each of those... it'd so be worth it. replacing the media PC and smoothwall with two of these would save me decent wattage, whereas replacing with an atom wouldnt.
Replacing the media PC with either would likely save you big watts. However, maybe I'm ignorant of the subject, but wouldn't the smoothwall machine require two NICs to function properly? Making either choice a no go for that application. I guess you could have a USB modem, but those suck...
And while there probably are a very few situations where the power difference would matter, for the most home users it won't, and the faster ION chipset is well worth the minor power difference.