2023-08-13, 06:53 PM
Thanks for your input. I'll consider the 2x8 RAM setup. The 1080p streams question was more related to benchmarking and some of my family have limited bandwidth - hence the question.
I had a dig around regarding the I3-12100's power consumption, from what I found the idle power is anywhere between 5 and 16W. So I'm guessing 10W. I was also reading around the subject and unless you've got something like a Raspberry pi (which would have a super low power consumption). 10W idle isn't too unusual for a consumer CPU.
Frustratingly, Intel doesn't publish typical idle wattages or efficiencies. The biggest power draw will be the motherboard (at 55W idle). Apparently, it is relatively efficient for an alder lake compatible motherboard.
I had a dig around regarding the I3-12100's power consumption, from what I found the idle power is anywhere between 5 and 16W. So I'm guessing 10W. I was also reading around the subject and unless you've got something like a Raspberry pi (which would have a super low power consumption). 10W idle isn't too unusual for a consumer CPU.
Frustratingly, Intel doesn't publish typical idle wattages or efficiencies. The biggest power draw will be the motherboard (at 55W idle). Apparently, it is relatively efficient for an alder lake compatible motherboard.