Does the larger the hard disk capacity, the more electricity it consumes?



hard-disk electricity

Does the larger the hard disk capacity, the more electricity it consumes?

As 500GB, 1TB, 2TB get bigger, do you eat twice as much electricity?


542 2016-04-26 Gentleman

A. 1

There is no difference in hard capacity and power consumption.
It varies depending on the speed of rotation.
The sooner you run out of electricity.
5400 rpm is about 5 to 6 W and 7200 rpm is about 10 to 11 W.


Gentleman 9 years ago 0

A. 2

It also depends on the size of the hard disk.
It depends on whether it's an SSD or not.
It's roughly as below.
3.5" Hard Disk: Approximately 10W
2.5-inch hard disk: approximately 5W
SSD: Approximately 2.5W
It works the same way as above, but the hard disk does not actually work continuously, but it is in a standby state if it is not used.
Atmospheric conditions, it goes down to one-third.
A hard disk in a computer is a component that doesn't use much electricity, so you don't have to worry about the electricity bill.
Rather, CPU or graphics cards eat a lot.


Gentleman 9 years ago 0


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