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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1695649" data-attributes="member: 56379">Just another thought…since you mentioned low end gaming PC for casual.&nbsp; It's really surprising how much electricity (watts) Mac Pro's use compared to Mac-Mini's, iMac's, and Apple portable computers.&nbsp; I have a watt-meter than I play with every now &amp; then to see the energy consumption of various devices.Just idling a Mac Pro 1,1 can use in the neighborhood of 130-150 watts.&nbsp; Start gaming...making the video card &amp; cpu's do some work…and you could be talking 250-300 watts (or more).&nbsp; Other Apple devices can use far less than 100 watts when doing low-end gaming.Electricity use may not really be an issue.&nbsp; Just mentioning it since I happened to have investigated the electricity use of a Mac Pro 1,1 recently.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />- Nick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1695649, member: 56379"] Just another thought…since you mentioned low end gaming PC for casual. It's really surprising how much electricity (watts) Mac Pro's use compared to Mac-Mini's, iMac's, and Apple portable computers. I have a watt-meter than I play with every now & then to see the energy consumption of various devices. Just idling a Mac Pro 1,1 can use in the neighborhood of 130-150 watts. Start gaming...making the video card & cpu's do some work…and you could be talking 250-300 watts (or more). Other Apple devices can use far less than 100 watts when doing low-end gaming. Electricity use may not really be an issue. Just mentioning it since I happened to have investigated the electricity use of a Mac Pro 1,1 recently.:) - Nick [/QUOTE]

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