On 2010/10/30 20:26, Clark Martin so eloquently wrote:
On Oct 30, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Tina K. wrote:
My Power Mac draws about 500 watts, a Mac Mini is going to use
significantly less, and external HDDs use very little. 800 watts
is more than enough for those two devices.
It's unlikely your PM draws 500 W. It's power supply is rated for
around that much but actual use is rarely even close to that. I
haven't tested any PM G4 but the PM G3 B&W I tested drew 67 W.
It would be hard to draw 500W, even with the monitor running off the
PM's power supply.
According to Mactracker the maximum wattage for my PM is 604 watts.
Given that it runs both CPUs at 100% at all times the power consumption
has to be high considering the amount of heat it puts out. As I
mentioned previously I have yet to close the window in that room despite
overnight freezing temperatures.
Tina
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