Re: how many W a PSU for non-gaming Debian?

[Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>]

Henning Follmann wrote:

>> I've heard that for gaming you would want a 600~800W PSU
>> [1] but how do I know how many W I need for my computer
>> use? I think the most resource-intense I do would be
>> compiling and watching multimedia on mpv. [2]
>
> That depends on the components in the computer. The reason
> why gaming configuration often require a more powerful power
> supply, because these use parts which consume in general
> more power (gpu mainly).

Okay, but if I don't play games will the GPU still require
that much?

The GPU is a

  msi Nvidia Geforce GT 710, 2GB DDR3, PCI-E2.0, HDMI+DL-DVI-D

I think the other components are

  case
  fans
  keyboard
  motherboard
  RAM
  SSD

are any of those negligeable?

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