Re: My Latest 8-core Project
For what it's worth, the NVS510 didn't go to waste....my DVR needed a GPU, and this one is perfect. It doesn't strain a bit with all the IP camera feeds when only driving one monitor. 
Nice upgrade!
Indeed the Quadro M4000 isn't that power hungry (only 120 Watts TDP, which these days is considered as "pocket change" in terms of power use), but still considerably more than the Quadro NVS510's measly 35W TDP.
Of course, since you aren't doing any gaming or serious rendering, I imagine that M4000 will be idlying most of them time... which means around 30-50W power use maybe. Whereas the NVS510 was probably running to at least 50% load due to those IP cameras, if not more... and very likely using 25-30W. Thus, the difference in power consumption likely won't be that much, indeed. But on the positive side, now you have a card with much more "headroom" than before (should you ever want to run, say, 2-3x more cameras than now. ) Either way, whatever you do, it's probably not a good idea to push that M4000 card to high loads. 120W TDP for a single-slot cooler solution... yeah, it's gonna run quite hot. Probably 80-90C at full tilt, and loud too. 
But for desktop use, it should be more than alright. 
Anyways, PC specs still look great. Has it really already been 7 years since you've built this? Gee, time flies! Well, here's to another 7 then:
Indeed the Quadro M4000 isn't that power hungry (only 120 Watts TDP, which these days is considered as "pocket change" in terms of power use), but still considerably more than the Quadro NVS510's measly 35W TDP.
Of course, since you aren't doing any gaming or serious rendering, I imagine that M4000 will be idlying most of them time... which means around 30-50W power use maybe. Whereas the NVS510 was probably running to at least 50% load due to those IP cameras, if not more... and very likely using 25-30W. Thus, the difference in power consumption likely won't be that much, indeed. But on the positive side, now you have a card with much more "headroom" than before (should you ever want to run, say, 2-3x more cameras than now.
) Either way, whatever you do, it's probably not a good idea to push that M4000 card to high loads. 120W TDP for a single-slot cooler solution... yeah, it's gonna run quite hot. Probably 80-90C at full tilt, and loud too. But for desktop use, it should be more than alright. Anyways, PC specs still look great. Has it really already been 7 years since you've built this? Gee, time flies! Well, here's to another 7 then:
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