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Optimising your desktop architecture to gain power efficiency

No. of hours (per week) that desktop devices are turned on
Current electricity rate in kWh (National average = £0.08) £
   
No. of desktop PCs
No. of thin clients to be deployed
No. of PCs to remain
   
Current annual cost to power existing desktop infrastructure £
Estimated cost to power thin client devices* £
Annual energy cost saving £
Annual energy cost saving (%)
 

* Does not include energy consumption of servers needs to power thin client devices.

 

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Assumptions:

  • Average energy consumption of a typical desktop PC = 350w/h
  • Average energy consumption of a typical thin client device = 30w/h
  • The number of hours of utilisation are the same for both desktop PCs & thin client devices

 
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