How much power you use?

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    zCexVe said:
    tho maha kammaliyek. :p :p
    And this is not a repost.Its V2.0. this is 2.5 :p Now its more accurate.

    This is shans.Note that 450W PSU is a generic one.He cant get 450W from That.
    Even mine can do 480W stable.
    Oh, you hav the best stuff :P
     

    Anusha

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    zCexVe said:
    yeah :) Anusha too :) :) :p :p
    I don't!
    Anyway this is not so accurate. I checked the components separately.

    CPU = 26-44W
    Motherboard = no idea, but less than 25W because it's a 965 bases board
    RAM = operatioanl 1.296x2 + 1.872 = 4.464W, say 5W
    VGA = 20-60W (X800GTO 18-48, X850XT 26-66W so mine should be somewhere in the middle, more towards X850XT's)
    Hard drive = 13W max
    DVDRW = 22W max (if not operational, negligible)
    FAN = 80mm @ 7V = 1.05W
    Monitor = 37W max
    Mouse = 0.5W
    Keyboard = 0.5W

    So basically, my whole PC would use 208W max!!! In idle state, it will use around 100-120W.
     

    zCexVe

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    Anusha said:
    I don't!
    Anyway this is not so accurate. I checked the components separately.

    CPU = 26-44W
    Motherboard = no idea, but less than 25W because it's a 965 bases board
    RAM = operatioanl 1.296x2 + 1.872 = 4.464W, say 5W
    VGA = 20-60W (X800GTO 18-48, X850XT 26-66W so mine should be somewhere in the middle, more towards X850XT's)
    Hard drive = 13W max
    DVDRW = 22W max (if not operational, negligible)
    FAN = 80mm @ 7V = 1.05W
    Monitor = 37W max
    Mouse = 0.5W
    Keyboard = 0.5W

    So basically, my whole PC would use 208W max!!! In idle state, it will use around 100-120W.
    In here.
    Theoritically that might be.But u hav to plu in a amp meter to the power line to check how much power u use actually.They say they hav done it.
     

    Anusha

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    zCexVe said:
    In here.
    Theoritically that might be.But u hav to plu in a amp meter to the power line to check how much power u use actually.They say they hav done it.
    These are NOT theoretical values. These are actual values gathered from various sites.

    But PSU efficiency will affect here. But we set it to 100% in that form. That's not accurate at all.
     

    zCexVe

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    Anusha said:
    These are NOT theoretical values. These are actual values gathered from various sites.

    But PSU efficiency will affect here. But we set it to 100% in that form. That's not accurate at all.
    Thats system load.Not the PSU efficiency.I think that means when the system uses all its things at the same time with all the CPU cycles etc.(thats impracticable like)
     

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    zCexVe said:
    Thats system load.Not the PSU efficiency.I think that means when the system uses all its things at the same time with all the CPU cycles etc.(thats impracticable like)
    Seems you are correct. But, that's not only impractical, but also false. What's the system load actually means? Every component is not used the same way and/or at the same time.
     

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    Anusha said:
    Seems you are correct. But, that's not only impractical, but also false. What's the system load actually means? Every component is not used the same way and/or at the same time.
    Yes thats true.I wanted to put that on coz that will be the maximum use.power usage will be about 2/3 of that most of the time.
     

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    zCexVe said:
    Yes thats true.I wanted to put that on coz that will be the maximum use.power usage will be about 2/3 of that most of the time.
    Or much less. For example, right now, the CPU is idle, VGA card is in 2D mode, DVD Burner is idle. That's a lot of power :D
     

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    blood_brotha said:
    clawhamma 3200+
    crucial 512*2 pc3200
    120gb maxtor 7400
    Nforce 250 by gbyte
    old fujitsu monitor crt
    sony DVD RW DRU810A dual layer
    Onboard VGA da duwanne?
     

    zCexVe

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    Anusha said:
    Or much less. For example, right now, the CPU is idle, VGA card is in 2D mode, DVD Burner is idle. That's a lot of power :D
    CPU+VGA eats the power a lot in most cases.In my case OCed CPU+VGA @ 100% needs 190W equals half the load.So one needs to lower the power shud save his CPU cycles and Huge graphic works.
     

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    zCexVe said:
    CPU+VGA eats the power a lot in most cases.In my case OCed CPU+VGA @ 100% needs 190W equals half the load.So one needs to lower the power shud save his CPU cycles and Huge graphic works.
    That's bad! Don't play games much :D