Arctic MC001-BD Blu-Ray Entertainment Center Review

To test power consumption, we monitor the overall power of the system through a plug-in electricity usage monitor at an idle and load state. This allows us to show the fluctuation between how much power draw the system takes at idle and at load. By monitoring the overall usage of the whole system, it gives an easy comparison if you wish to do the same yourself as opposed to buying very expensive individual testing equipment.

This unit really shines when it comes to power usage, and so it should with a nice array of low powered components. At idle, a very low 29 Watts was being used, and at load, things only jumped up slightly to 34.4 showing that the electricity company will really be on your side if you are running one of these machines.