February 16, 20206 yr So I have two systems: a main rig that runs windows (Parts list here) and a home server (Parts list here). My server has an R7 3700x and a 1650 (non-super, it was a dumb buy), and it idles ~140W measured from the wall. With the GPU removed, it idles at about 100W. I'm not using the GPU for anything currently (I intend to pass it through to a windows VM to use the server during LAN parties) and there are no drivers installed within unraid for it. (Maybe that's the issue?) The main rig has a 2080 ti and an r9 3950x, and yet it idles at ~80W measured from the wall, which is significantly lower than the server, even with significantly better hardware. I guess I have nothing to base this off of, but it really seems like the power draw from the server is unexpectedly high, especially a ~35W idle power draw from a 1650 . Has anyone else noticed anything like this? Is there anything I can do to lower the power draw? According to Netdata, background processor use when nothing is being accessed and no VMs are on is ~0.4%, so it's not background tasks causing the issue.
February 16, 20206 yr Author Installing the NVIDIA version of unraid dropped the power usage down to 120 watts, so I'm thinking this may be driver related after all. I believe I heard that unraid 6.9 is going to use the linux 5 kernel, right? I think that includes better support for Ryzen 3000, so maybe that will help reduce the power consumption of the server. Edited February 16, 20206 yr by cbc02009
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