[b3lvedere]

Thanks for the idea. Currently i have a Raspberry Pi3 with an external USB-SATA 1TB disk connected which is on 24/7 doing stuff like PiHole, Navidrome, etc. I wonder if putting that all on a fairly new laptop with all the energy savings enabled would actually be more energy efficient.

[t0mas88]

Even on a fairly old one (my "home server laptop" is 8 years old) it's really close in terms of power usage. And the laptop is much faster than the Raspberry and usually comes with fast SSD storage built in.

[b3lvedere]

I'm still in doubt. I don't really need a huge performance boost, though the 1Gbps Ethernet connection of a laptop would be nice.

According to specs my Pi 3 takes 5.1V and 2.5A which is 12.75Watt. An HP (Probook 650 G3) laptop takes 19.5V and 2.31A which is 45.045Watt.

I know it does not eat up all that maximum power, but i still wonder if even the best power saving options would make it less than 12,75Watt.