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Hi all,

I'm looking at building a HTPC with plex media server and one in which i will be able to stream games to my nvidia shield. As this will be left on 24/7 power consumption is a major factor in the purchase, my question is whilst idle and doing light loads how would the power consumption differ (I have no concern when performing at high load when gaming)?

Thanks!

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5 minutes ago, x360720x said:

Hi all,

I'm looking at building a HTPC with plex media server and one in which i will be able to stream games to my nvidia shield. As this will be left on 24/7 power consumption is a major factor in the purchase, my question is whilst idle and doing light loads how would the power consumption differ (I have no concern when performing at high load when gaming)?

Thanks!

"3-5W/7W in idle/movie watching, 67W average gaming, 72-75W fully stressed card for 1050 TI". i do not know about the 1060's power comsumption.

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Are you going to use it for gaming? If not, I don't see what a 1060 would give in addition to a 1050ti? If gaming, then by all means go for the more powerful card.

 

Idle is 9w for the 1060, 1050ti is 7.5w idle.

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal,4679-6.html

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti,4787-6.html

 

That's a "big" difference if running off solar, batteries etc. It's a drop in the ocean if running of the wall in both power use and power  cost differences (for non gaming draw, they are both about equal).

 

If gaming as well, the power difference is larger (almost double power use on the 1060 under load). But as the rest of the PC, TV, heating, lights etc in the house being used while gaming, unless we are talking 24/7 mining/streaming to 100s of servers, it don't make much difference. But as said, if on a really tight budget (batteries in an RV, or student residence with wall electricity meter! ;) ). Most people are happy paying the extra $/£10 a month on electricity (though it may be as little as $/£10 a year :P ).

 

As an example, 12 GPUs running in a mining rig, might cost $92 a month in electric... so 1 1060 would only cost about $4 a month in electric, compared to a 1050ti at $2 a month in electric... *if you run them 24/7 mining!*

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