Power Consumption and Temperatures
Power Consumption
To measure power consumption we, use a “killawatt” meter and measure the total system power draw at the wall. We run three different use-case scenarios for 5 minutes and take the average reading.
Now the N3150 options start making sense. A mere 31W load, or under 24W while watching a HD video makes this the perfect option for a HTPC.
Temperatures
To measure the temperatures, HWmonitor will be used. The idle temperature will be recorded from the average core temperature and load temperature will be measured after 2 minutes of Cinebench and Unigine Heaven running together.
Well, those temperatures are very respectable, under 62°c at load. When the R9 290X is added, it produces extra heat itself, but the fans aided air circulation.
I’m thinking that psu is so overboard for the these Braswell’s that the power consumption is questionable. I doubt even a normally efficient psu is working well at such a fraction of its capability.
It also would have been interesting to see them up against something more relevant – like j1900/j2900 boards or the like.
Still, a lot of information here. Thanks.