Since it's spending 80% of the time in the HTPC mode, I'd like to minimise the power draw. The current config is i5 4570 + GTX670 + SSD. All the components do a good job of keeping the idle power ...

but Intel's Arc graphics cards suffer from relatively high power draw for their performance. That's true not only under load, but also when idle. While even the monstrous GeForce RTX 4090 will ...

One drawback of these modules, particularly when working with batteries, is the idle current draw, on the order of 1 to 1.5mA. Fear not, however — there is a workaround, courtesy of [Aka Kasyan]. ( ...