Old server hardware - R710 vs R730 power efficiency? (alien.top)

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Wondering if anyone has a feel for the power efficiency of older server hardware. I'm reading posts from people who say they have R710 with lots of hard drive and it IDLES at 160W with 8 hard drives. So...if you take the hard drives out of the equation, it's probably still like 120W. Is that just how inefficient old computers are? Kinda like incandescent bulbs are less efficient than LED bulbs? How efficient is the R730 compared to the R710?

My 6 year old desktop computer is 60W idle with a GPU, and 30W idle without the GPU. Seems like a huge difference. It's like $70 more per year to run a R710 than my old desktop with a GPU. Is that correct?

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[-] Kleppy_is_Geek@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I put 6 SSDs in mine and it sits around 170W doing absolutely nothing. I got it for free. I wouldn't spend $20 on one now.

I replaced it with an AliExpress "4 port, 2.5GB Router" Intel N6000 Supports 64GB RAM 4 port 2.5GB NVME

The storage isn't record setting, its a single PCIE channel but I'll be damned if I couldn't run 4-8 basic VMs on it.

$225 after adding 32GB RAM and a 1TB drive

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