Thread: Does switching off and on consume more power than standby?
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sjgadsby is offline sjgadsby
2008-02-07 , 20:32
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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
Desktop computers don't run off batteries so we don't notice it, but they too may consume more power starting up than being left on standby.
Yep. For instance, look at hard drive specifications. This Toshiba drive--just picked at random--consumes 4.7 watts at start up, but then drops to 0.85 watts when idle and 1.9 watts when reading or writing.