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What is your computers idle power consumption

274w :o (without the monitors)
 
Over-clocked idle:
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Over-clocked fulled loaded CPU + GPU:
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Courtesy of my 1500va APC UPS.

That is without my monitors, they add about ~100-watts between the two.
Edit: I also ran Kombustor (Furmark) with elevated priority with Prime95 right behind it to ensure max load.
 
jesus that seems high, i dont even load that high and i'm running crossfire
 
Aquinus said:
That isn't a computer, that is like saying my cell phone draws 500mA at 3.5 volts.
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not a computer? surely you jest. your cellphone is also a computer.
 
~120W is my typical idle sans monitor. Without underclocking the GPU and CPU, it is around 180W. :D
 
Mussels said:
jesus that seems high, i dont even load that high and i'm running crossfire
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Games usually don't tax a computer 100%. Keep in mind that is with Furmark running with elevated priority and wprime running in the background, so the GPU, CPU, and Memory are running as hard as they can with both the GPU and CPU running overclocked.

We all know how much power AMD chips love to eat. Nom nom nom. Where is a picture of Pac-Man when you need it. :P
 
6.8w idle, laptop

w/ wifi on and screen brightness third lowest setting :) gigantic battery lasts me around 10 hours of real use.

The (Legendary) ASUS UL30VT. Games well too, Core2Duo overclockable to 1.9ghz and Nvidia 210m switchable graphics.
 
borrowed a power meter from work and i was surprised at the result, idle mine draws 200-230 watts
cnq off obv as its at 4.05cpu 3.2 nb 1800mem gfx idleing but in performance profile so one isnt turning off, I expected more given the two pumps and 13 120 fans plus main rig:eek:

at load i was taken aback ,500-650 watts absolute max loaded and about 550watts folding 100% on all available cores etc:) ,not bad though im doubting that meter a bit:rolleyes:
base unit only :cool:
 
theoneandonlymrk said:
borrowed a power meter from work and i was surprised at the result, idle mine draws 200-230 watts
cnq off obv as its at 4.05cpu 3.2 nb 1800mem gfx idleing but in performance profile so one isnt turning off, I expected more given the two pumps and 13 120 fans plus main rig:eek:

at load i was taken aback ,500-650 watts absolute max loaded and about 550watts folding 100% on all available cores etc:) ,not bad though im doubting that meter a bit:rolleyes:
base unit only :cool:
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Was that with just the CPU loaded, or GPUs loaded as well, because if that includes the GPUs, that isn't unreasonable.
 
people always get thrown off because "oh, my PC wont run on a 600W generic PSU, therefore my PC must need more than 600W to run", failing to take into account that most cheap PSU's over-rate themselves and have their wattage available on the wrong rails (EG, heaps on 3.3V, crap all on 12V)
 
mhmm

70-100watts idle

201watts Max load.

According to my "Efficiency Vermont" Free wattage meter from CVPS

I used 3d studio max to bang on the CPU (100% all 4 cores) 119 watts
Then ran BF3 which hammers my GPU right up to 100% and CPU right around 75-90%.
201 watts


Any good CPU/GPU benchmarks that push CPU and GPU to 100%?


Most power company's will loan you one for a few months to test power consumption throughout your home. At no cost.
 
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Lost Hatter said:
70-100watts idle

201watts Max load.

According to my "Efficiency Vermont" Free wattage meter from CVPS

I used 3d studio max to bang on the CPU (100% all 4 cores) 119 watts
Then ran BF3 which hammers my GPU right up to 100% and CPU right around 75-90%.
201 watts


Any good CPU/GPU benchmarks that push CPU and GPU to 100%?


Most power company's will loan you one for a few months to test power consumption throughout your home. At no cost.
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i find OCCT's inpack x64 test + furmark (fullscreen since i have two GPU's) really hammers up the power.
 
Total system (including monitor, speakers, and ADSL modem):

Idle 150-160W (120-130W case only)
Max Load 415W (Kombustor X-treme burn in + IBT "very high")
 
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Using Kill-A-Watt directly to PC PSU (no peripherals)

Idle = 185 Watts
Load (Crysis for instance) = 345 Watts
 
Aquinus said:
Was that with just the CPU loaded, or GPUs loaded as well, because if that includes the GPUs, that isn't unreasonable.
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everything , both gpus loaded max plus cpu:)

Mussels said:
people always get thrown off because "oh, my PC wont run on a 600W generic PSU, therefore my PC must need more than 600W to run", failing to take into account that most cheap PSU's over-rate themselves and have their wattage available on the wrong rails (EG, heaps on 3.3V, crap all on 12V)
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if said to me , i Know cheap psu's are shit , i just honestly thought my pc needed more watts then my 850 corsair TX gives but at 650 watts max that clearly isnt the case, hmm i must just be ocin wrong in some way , i had thought mine was BSODíng beyond these stable speeds(cpu4 nb3.2 mem1800) due to my PSU
 
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Mussels said:
people always get thrown off because "oh, my PC wont run on a 600W generic PSU, therefore my PC must need more than 600W to run", failing to take into account that most cheap PSU's over-rate themselves and have their wattage available on the wrong rails (EG, heaps on 3.3V, crap all on 12V)
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It surprises me how many people don't realize this. You get what you pay for.
 
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Also cheap PSUs will give you higher wattage reading on the wall, because of the poor efficiency.
 
radrok said:
Also cheap PSUs will give you higher wattage reading on the wall, because of the poor efficiency.
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this is true. when i went from OCZ (mid range) to corsair (high end, but similar wattage - 700W to 750W) i shaved about 40W off my systems load.
 
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