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Dell OptiPlex 3050 Micro idle power
Idle
12.5 W
Load
—
Yearly cost at idle, 24/7
$16.43
at $/kWh
- Type
- Mini PC
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-7500T (7th gen, quad-core)
- NIC
- 1× 1GbE Intel I219
- Price band
- $55–90 used
- Idle (as reported)
- 11–14 W idle (120 V, quad-core)
- Method
- Wall meter (ServeTheHome 120 V)
- Source
- Dell OptiPlex 3050 Micro TinyMiniMicro guide — ServeTheHome
- Source date
- 2021
- Dataset
- SolvoHQ homelab-mini-pc-dataset (CC BY 4.0) (repo)
- Accessed
- 2026-10-19
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