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Well thought it might be a good idea to make a thread to help or just simply imform others that are curius about there power usage. And to help those who are thinking of upgrading or just buying older tech to give them some idea what the power usage they could be expecting.

So if you have a Kill A Watt or\and UPS or another way to get PC Power consumption or\and other computer related items please post it.

Please post the system details as accurate as possible and IF possible separate power usage for the system LCD A/V usages at idle and maximum.

Pictures are welcome.

Here's mine just to give a idea how.

MSI 880GMA-E55
Phenom II x2 ( unlocked to x4 )
2x2GB @1333 V1.65
Onboard ATI 4250 ( not overclocked )
250GB+320GB SATA WD drives ( 1 fan on HDD )
CoolMax 600w PSU
None essentials
KB Logitech M305 mouse And IDE DVD drive



System IDLE 63-72w ( typically 72w )
System max unkown yet as i have only got it running last night and will be added soon
OCCT test with large data set 171w
Monitor 20-40w ( my setting 20w )

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Intel Q9550 @3.5Ghz
Asus Maximus Formula x38
4x2GB @821
2x Intel SSD X-25
4xWD250YS HDD's
XFX 4890 @ 920 \ 1000
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad

System Idle 180-205w
System typical Max 350w
System stressed Furmark 410w

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Inspiron 1764 ( 17" laptop )
Intel i5 430M CPU
HM55
Intel HD graphics
320GB HDD
2x2GB @1333

System Idle 35w
System Max 55w

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P4 2.4Ghz
Intel mobo ( DELL )
ATI9600XT
WD 320 IDE HDD
250w DELL PSU

Sytem Idle 75w
System Max Not tested

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PIII 600hz
Intel mobo ( SONY )
Intel graphics

System Idle 55w
System Max not available

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ABit KN8 SLI
AMD 3800+ x2
WD 320GB HDD
nVidia 7900GTOCSC \ nVidia 9800GT
CoolMax 600w

Sytem Idle 150w \ 108w
System max Both cards took the system in the lower 200w as the systems dead now i can no longer test the max.

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Other items
ONKYO A/V HT-R8230 35w
PSW505 12" Sub ( unknown as yet )
PS3 Slim 90w ( need to do more testing with that )
Toshiba 40" HDTV 90w ( Native 1920x1080 )
Samsung 204B 20w
 
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228W idle, Cool and quiet disabled, Max performance power plan.
342W Load (real load in games, not synthetic tests). I have almost the same Max power consumption in different games (ME2, BFBC2, etc.).

Measurements taken from UPS monitoring program, tested with DMM and Ampere meter.
 
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Cards (Idle then Load):

ATi HD5770 - 150w / 231w
ATi HD5850 - 152w / 294w
ATi HD5870 - 168w / 328w
ATi HD5870 - 180w / 524w (CROSSFIRE)

nVidia GTS450 - 146w / 272w
nVidia GTS450 - 169w / 398w (SLI)
nVidia GTX460 - 149w / 273w
nVidia GTX470 - 201w / 362w
nVidia GTX570 - 165w / 418w

That enough? All i have atm.
 
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Cards (Idle then Load):

ATi HD5770 - 150w / 231w
ATi HD5850 - 152w / 294w
ATi HD5870 - 168w / 328w
ATi HD5870 - 180w / 524w (CROSSFIRE)

nVidia GTS450 - 146w / 272w
nVidia GTS450 - 169w / 398w (SLI)
nVidia GTX460 - 149w / 273w
nVidia GTX470 - 201w / 362w
nVidia GTX570 - 165w / 418w

That enough? All i have atm.

if i have money tree i would do the same
 
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wow you must have an oil field or u have computer shop
 

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wow you must have an oil field or u have computer shop

Lol y'all should have seen my old list its not hard to amass that much crap. I'm disappointed only one cpu and mobo :p
 
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whats the point of waisting money on crap when u don't use it?
 

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whats the point of waisting money on crap when u don't use it?

i have an entire box of s754 chips that i use for benchmarking and binning chips. there are tons of uses most of my extra stuff was put into rigs i built my younger brothers and sister back home. as well as a HTPC for my dad. its nice to have extra parts when shit breaks too

Equal test bed that way, cda

yea i know but still fun to test a shit ton of CPU's as well as GPU's i have always wanted to see a review with a handful of both to see what the best bang for the buck combo was along with power consumption and such
 
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Give me £2000 and i'll make you such list.
 
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Thanks keep'em coming :).
 
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KillAWatt shows 295watts being consumed while crunching+folding
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oh shit i lost my ampere meter
 
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These are from my 24/7 crunchers, so it's CPU stress only with low power graphics:

Sandybridge
i7 2600K @ 4.6GHz
P67-UD4
8400GS
95W Idle
165W (CPU)Load

Nehalem
i7 950 @ 3.8GHz
Rampage 3 Extreme
8400GS
233W (CPU)Load

Wolfdale
E6300 @ 3.5GHz
G31M-E2SL
HD5450
71W Idle
120W (CPU)Load


And this was my old cruncher/folder/gaming PC:
Nehalem
i7 920 @ 3.8GHz
X58A-UD5
2x SLI GTX 275
587W (CPU + GFX)Full load
 
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got a cruncher/folder
athlonIIx3@x4 2.9ghz 4gb ddr2 gtx460 stock clocks but unlocked shaders(gtx470)
KillAWatt shows 295watts being consumed while crunching+folding

Ehm, what? You have a GTX460 unlocked to a GTX470. No i dont think so. Not possible, at all!
A GTX465 maybe?
 
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These are from my 24/7 crunchers, so it's CPU stress only with low power graphics:

Sandybridge
i7 2600K @ 4.6GHz
P67-UD4 w/
8400GS
165W Load

Nehalem
i7 950 @ 3.8GHz
Rampage 3 Extreme
8400GS
233W Load

Wolfdale
E6300 @ 3.5GHz
G31M-E2SL
HD5450
120W Load

And this was my old cruncher/folder/gaming PC:
Nehalem
i7 920 @ 3.8GHz
X58A-UD5
2x SLI GTX 275
587W Full load

Be nice to see some idle usage when possible :).
 
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Be nice to see some idle usage when possible :).

OK, took out the Killawatt and measured the SB and C2D and updated my post. The other ones I'm afraid I don't have anymore so can't test their idle.
 

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I have one of these laying around at home:



Maybe I can use it. :p
 

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Forgot all about this thread BUMP :p
 
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