Server

[Pauleft]

I have a quick question if a person is running let's say a Minecraft server or a csgo server how much wattage idle could the computer be taking?

[fuzz0r]

Depends on your hardware.

[Pauleft]

Just now, fuzz0r said:

Depends on your hardware.

Well let's say a 1080 and an i7 8700 plus a 850 watt psu 

[Mnky313]

25 minutes ago, Pauleft said:

Well let's say a 1080 and an i7 8700 plus a 850 watt psu 

If you're only running the game server GPU is basically irrelevant (using idle wattage of probably <10W), depending on how many people are on each server and how active everyone is you could pull a good amount of power for an 8700 but I doubt it, assuming the servers aren't maxed out you probably will only pull an average of <100W, my guess is around 80W with peaks above 100W.
(and that's wattage from the wall accounting of PSU efficiency.)

Edited November 5, 2019 by Mnky313
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