If you take the below as an example.
100w for a system idling is a significant amount of energy. Over the course of a day that's 2.4kWh.
Now I appreciate the hard disk motor is on all the time and using ~15w. And the PSU is adding to the load slightly because it's not 100% efficient.
But for the other components like CPU/motherboard/gfx, where is the power being used if the components are essentially idle?
100w for a system idling is a significant amount of energy. Over the course of a day that's 2.4kWh.
Now I appreciate the hard disk motor is on all the time and using ~15w. And the PSU is adding to the load slightly because it's not 100% efficient.
But for the other components like CPU/motherboard/gfx, where is the power being used if the components are essentially idle?