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Thanks for the idea. Currently i have a Raspberry Pi3 with an external USB-SATA 1TB disk connected which is on 24/7 doing stuff like PiHole, Navidrome, etc. I wonder if putting that all on a fairly new laptop with all the energy savings enabled would actually be more energy efficient.


Even on a fairly old one (my "home server laptop" is 8 years old) it's really close in terms of power usage. And the laptop is much faster than the Raspberry and usually comes with fast SSD storage built in.


I'm still in doubt. I don't really need a huge performance boost, though the 1Gbps Ethernet connection of a laptop would be nice.

According to specs my Pi 3 takes 5.1V and 2.5A which is 12.75Watt. An HP (Probook 650 G3) laptop takes 19.5V and 2.31A which is 45.045Watt.

I know it does not eat up all that maximum power, but i still wonder if even the best power saving options would make it less than 12,75Watt.




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