Low power recommendations?

[see.dante]

I'm wondering what the recommendations for a low power setup. Since HexOS isn't arm compatible, I'm wondering if there recommendations are. If anyone has success with a low idle setup, would love to know!

[Mobius]

here are some low power server builds (not necessarily on hexos/truenas)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LHvT2fRp7I6Hf18LcSzsNnjp10VI-odvwZpQZKv_NCI/edit?gid=0#gid=0

These are just some general things to keep in mind
you can can expect each hdd and ssd to add 2-7w at idle.
not using a discrete gpu will save you 10-20w at idle
keeping peripherals unplugged (monitor, keyboard, mouse) help a bit
old amd cpus have trouble if c states are enabled. (c states are kinda sorta low power modes)
fan power draw ads up
skip the rgb
 

[PsychoWards]

In addition to what M said, low idle power draw doesn't necessarily mean, low performance hardware, modern high performance HW also has amazing power savings potential & idle power draw, so you don't need to go low performance, or old HW.

Some easy wins are disabling unused HW/parts in the BIOS (Audio, onboard NIC if a dedicated NIC is used, Wifi etc...) 

 

[see.dante]

Thanks! Right now I have an apple silicon Mac mini acting as my local lab, and using a killawatt I've been impressed with the average draw for my uses, but there's no real way to expand the storage.

Didn't even consider just disabling a bunch of unused HW. Thanks for the advice!

[Mobius]

apple silicon seems amazing and sometimes i can't shut up about how it would be amazing if i could run a home lab on apple silicon or apple comes out with a gaming handheld.

looking forward to hearing what hardware you end up on.

most important piece of advice is before you commit to your parts list, you should post it here and see if anyone has any recommendations.

so many little things to keep in mind that are non factors when building say a gaming pc.