Sapphire Edge HD2 Mini PC Review
Andy Ruffell / 13 years ago
Power ConsumptionTo 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.
At idle the unit used extremely low amounts of power due to the Atom/ION combination of components used.
Even at load, the item gave surprising results with just a few extra watts used whilst Prime 95 was running.
