Power consumption QC5000M

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   I have a custom MiniPC barebone with a QC5000M board.
CPU ist AMD Athlon A4-5000 Quad-Core. No FAN.
I bought this june 2016. Unfortunately I do not find the power-supply.
I use a 12V 5A = 60W supply, which seems to work. The dealer told me that they
have delivered it with a 75W power supply.
The usage of this Hardware will be only with
Screen (HDMI)
Keyboard
Mouse
LAN

I tried to find out the power consumption from the user manual.
There is nothing mentioned at all.

Where can I find information about the power consumption.

Rgds

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hpcraith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2024 Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote hpcraith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Power consumption QC5000M Posted: 19 Jun 2024 at 12:06am
	I have a custom MiniPC barebone with a QC5000M board. CPU ist AMD Athlon A4-5000 Quad-Core. No FAN. I bought this june 2016. Unfortunately I do not find the power-supply. I use a 12V 5A = 60W supply, which seems to work. The dealer told me that they have delivered it with a 75W power supply. The usage of this Hardware will be only with Screen (HDMI) Keyboard Mouse LAN I tried to find out the power consumption from the user manual. There is nothing mentioned at all. Where can I find information about the power consumption. Rgds

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Online Points: 23378	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jun 2024 at 2:51am
	The A4 5000 is a very low power embedded CPU. It should be more than fine with a 60w power brick. You can see the peak power draw in this review from Techspot: https://www.techspot.com/review/671-amd-a4-5000-kabini/page2.html Under full load on both the CPU and GPU (Prime 95 and Furmark) the system pulled just 23w. I am guessing your custom MiniPC is using a Pico/equivalent power adapter to allow for external power bricks, either way, your 60w brick is overkill in the configuration you are using. A 75w brick would only really be needed if you were to install a mid range or higher PCIe GPU that needs more power. That would be more or less pointless as the CPU would bottleneck anything more than a low end GPU. I hope this answers your question.