2013-12-10, 02:09
My i3 uses 20watts full up and playing stuff from what I've seen. My TiVo uses over 45watts! Fire up the tv and I see a draw close to 200 with them all together and then it settles down to around 145, the stereo draws some too. I leave my NUC running, it uses less power than the ion it replaced! I shudder to think about what my desktop may be drawing by comparison but I did try to choose parts wisely. The NUC isn't a big deal in my household and I'm not going to sweat the sleep issues others have suffered. I maintain it via ssh and the SMB shares so I like to have it running. I admit its ability to wake from sleep is really nice and if I ever stop fiddling with them perhaps I'll look into it more. If it helps I'll try sleeping my i5 with a full desktop from XBMC to see if it acts differently than Openelec when I have a chance...