Hi,
So I bought a cheap compaq evo desktop d51u system to use it as an always on low performance/power server or as a box for running untangle.
after I received it i cracked open the case to checkout the power supply and it says it outputs 50W max on the power supply.
This can be confirmed by looking on the website:
Looking under Ultra-Slim Desktop
Item #10
Compaq specs
Then I ran cpuz and the from the best I can tell it is a Pentium 4 Northwood 2.0 (2.0ghz)
So I looked up that chips TDP on wikipedia:
Wikipedia
there it says that chip has a tdp of > 50 watts.
This thing also has a hard drive and room for cd drive so how can the chip itself have such a high tdp while the power supply is only outputting 50 watts? Wouldn't the chip itself burn out the power supply?
What am I missing here?
Thanks.
So I bought a cheap compaq evo desktop d51u system to use it as an always on low performance/power server or as a box for running untangle.
after I received it i cracked open the case to checkout the power supply and it says it outputs 50W max on the power supply.
This can be confirmed by looking on the website:
Looking under Ultra-Slim Desktop
Item #10
Compaq specs
Then I ran cpuz and the from the best I can tell it is a Pentium 4 Northwood 2.0 (2.0ghz)
So I looked up that chips TDP on wikipedia:
Wikipedia
there it says that chip has a tdp of > 50 watts.
This thing also has a hard drive and room for cd drive so how can the chip itself have such a high tdp while the power supply is only outputting 50 watts? Wouldn't the chip itself burn out the power supply?
What am I missing here?
Thanks.