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I'm now down to 14.7W at the lowest, through stopping processes I wasn't aware were running, stopping start-up programs from running in the first place, disconnecting the HDMI cable and a USB HD-DVD drive which was connected, as well as a number of other minor things. I may experiment with...

I've got my idle power consumption down to 19.3W now, but don't know what to try next, to make further savings. Are there any links to which BIOS settings can be tampered with (I haven't found any guides and there's SO MUCH history here to look through)? I've already looked through the...

I have a Corsair CS550M PSU, which is a Gold+ supply, so although not the best, it should be pretty good. As far as the BIOS is concerned, I’ve activated all the ‘C’ states and have reduced fan speeds by one level, so it goes as low as 21.3W or thereabouts. i only have a CPU fan and the...

Thanks for the suggestion! There don't seem to be any Z170N Mini-itx boards available outside of China or the US, so I'll need to keep an eye on eBay. Any other recommended boards? I did review the hardware list attached to this thread, but finding any available hardware at a reasonable...

Hello, I'm looking for some advice on my low energy NAS build (repurposing a PC I built 6 years ago). It has the following components: Gigabyte GA-H270N-WIFI motherboard Noctua NH-L12 LP CPU cooler Intel Core I5 7500T S1151 Kaby 8GB DDR4 RAM 4TB Western Digital Red 3.5” 5400RPM HDD...