Does LPS make sense with an ethernet-connected NUC?

[elan120]

17 hours ago, Mike Rubin said:

As far as I can tell, the current generation of NUC requires 19v, 4a, and 200w.

That figure seems a bit off.  19V and 4A is 76W, not sure how the 200W figure got in there.

 

Based on the review I read about NUC 10 (NUC 10i7FNHAA), Intel’s Frost Canyon NUC is quite good at power consumption.  It consumes less than 10W (9.8W) at idle, in Cinebench, power draw hit a maximum of 98 watts, then sustained itself at 57 watts after thermal throttling limited the processor, so pending how much you plan to push it, the power supply choice might not be too limited.

 

As a reference, I ran a server using Intel i9-9900KS CPU, and the CPU consume around 85W when using HQPlayer upsample from Redbook to DSD256 with their most demanding 7ES modulator.

 

 

 

17 hours ago, Mike Rubin said:

Also, can any of you recommend a bargain 19v LPS that can power a NUC 10?

I have used Keces P8 in the past with good result, so that will be the one I recommend in the lower cost category.