Tom's Hardware tested several USB SSD drives. The Samsung EVO 840 series does not have a significant change in the amount of operating power until you go beyond 500GB:
The 120GB-1TB drives at idle draw between .30 to .32 watts.
Operating, they draw from .85 to .98, while the 1TB drive draws 1.35 watts.
Anand Tech also tested some USB SSD drives in 2015. They noted that the initial specification for USB only had provisions for 0.75 watts of power – 150 mA at 5 V. USB 2.0 bumped that to 500 mA, or 2.5 watts, and USB 3.0 specified 900 mA at 5 V, or 4.5 watts.
Given that, if the Pumpkin unit uses a USB 1 port, then it is limited to .75 watts and would not power the Samsung SSD. If it is USB 2.0, it is limited to 2.5 watts and can easily power any of the Samsung SSD drives.
Power consumption for thumb drives is difficult to obtain. It can be measured with a modified cable. Tom's Hardware did so back in 2005 and found a 16MB memory stick drew .15 watt in use. A 2014 paper I found showed a typical USB thumb drive used 185 mA in use and 65mA at idle. At 5V, these are .925 and .325 watts, so in use it uses slightly less to slightly more power than do the Samsung EVO 840 120-500GB units (.85 to .98W).
Conclusion: If you can use a typical USB thumb drive, you can use the EVO 840 120 through 500GB drives with no problem. If the Pumpkin port is USB 2.0 or higher, then you can also use the 1TB drive.Statistics: Posted by 20160203 — Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:29 am
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