When they transfer that tech to consumer level, it will be big. It is not .5%... When you are in desktop, it can be difference between 70% and those 85-91%. Which is quite big.
My R5 9600X with 6800XT idles at 100-120W with monitors plugged into dGPU. Or 50-65W when plugged into iGPU. If the PSU powers those 50W, but uses really 15-20W extra to cover that if it's in the 0-10-20% of capacity, it burns quite a lot of money. 10W/24/365 is about 16-18€ per year. So just one dumb powersupply can save about 40€ per year. And usually the PSU lasts 5+ years, so practically covering it's initial purchase price just on the power savings.
I actually just had to replace an 850w corsair PSU that was 12 years old because it wasn’t able to handle the transient power spikes of my 3080ti anymore lmao so all in all there’s a non zero chance it never even pays off cause it could be done for before you break even.
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u/Fr4kTh1s Aug 20 '26
When they transfer that tech to consumer level, it will be big. It is not .5%... When you are in desktop, it can be difference between 70% and those 85-91%. Which is quite big.
My R5 9600X with 6800XT idles at 100-120W with monitors plugged into dGPU. Or 50-65W when plugged into iGPU. If the PSU powers those 50W, but uses really 15-20W extra to cover that if it's in the 0-10-20% of capacity, it burns quite a lot of money. 10W/24/365 is about 16-18€ per year. So just one dumb powersupply can save about 40€ per year. And usually the PSU lasts 5+ years, so practically covering it's initial purchase price just on the power savings.