07-28-2019, 12:36 PM
I found plenty that consume more than 5W.
Regarding Samsung:
SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB: Average: 5.4 W, Maximum: 10 W (Burst mode)
SSD 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 250GB: Average: 5 W, Maximum: 8 W (Burst mode)
Since SSD use more power when writing than reading, that "Average" could be the mean of those two numbers. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any set of standards.
The larger the drive the more power it uses. Someone posted about installing 2TB. So putting a $550 2TB drive in a $200 laptop with only 4GB of RAM:
SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 2TB: Average: 6 W, Maximum: 10 W (Burst mode)
The HP EX900 M.2 250GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 3D TLC NAND sells for around $35, one site listed its power consumption as "3.52W max", another "2.99W (Active)".
Regarding Samsung:
SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB: Average: 5.4 W, Maximum: 10 W (Burst mode)
SSD 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 250GB: Average: 5 W, Maximum: 8 W (Burst mode)
Since SSD use more power when writing than reading, that "Average" could be the mean of those two numbers. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any set of standards.
The larger the drive the more power it uses. Someone posted about installing 2TB. So putting a $550 2TB drive in a $200 laptop with only 4GB of RAM:
SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 2TB: Average: 6 W, Maximum: 10 W (Burst mode)
The HP EX900 M.2 250GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 3D TLC NAND sells for around $35, one site listed its power consumption as "3.52W max", another "2.99W (Active)".