The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Following-Dangerous on 2024-12-23 04:08:54.

I’m experimenting with unraid on a i3-12100 and it idles at 22 watts without hdds spinning.

I used the same unraid usb on an N97 mini PC with a 12v power supply and it idles at 10 watts without the hdds.

I’m curious if I’ll be able to achieve similar wattage with the Hardlkernel H4 Plus (N97) with their 19v/7a power supply that can provide power to 4 hard drives + 1 M.2 drive. That’s all I really need in terms of number of drives. So I’m wondering if I should just get that and have a small setup instead of my i3-12100 atx tower.