What is your computers idle power consumption

[claylomax]

It's much less, only 487W for the system (no monitors or speakers). I don't know for sure why it's lower, but could it be because the game is CPU limited and VSync is just putting more load on the GPUs?

It happens to me with some games; power goes up with vsync on and down when it's off, it's supposed to be the other way around.

 

[Mussels]

I hate to think what mine is =/

high. 4870's didnt really have a working 2D idle.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

You do realize doing that is putting your computer at risk? I would get a bigger PSU if you really think you're getting close to it or you might find that a new motherboard, CPU, or video card will be in your future if not all of them.

i do, in the short term ive downclocked a bit for longevity and stability, the corsair psu i believe, as your pointing out killed my q6600 and mobo due to lack of juice, ive a plan in hand to build a seperate psu(12v) just for my watercooling bits and then run them off that, but ive only got a massive torodial tformer(150Va) here so, i may have to wait till next payday as im still paying back santa:shadedshu

corsair psu's rock though people i thought this a bad one but its safety features kept it alive and it does more then the 850 advertised im guessin

 

[Aquinus]

i do, in the short term ive downclocked a bit for longevity and stability, the corsair psu i believe, as your pointing out killed my q6600 and mobo due to lack of juice ive a plan in hand to build a seperate psu(12v) just for my watercooling bits and then run them off that but ive only got a massive torodial tformer here so, i may have to wait till next payday as im still paying back santa:shadedshu

corsair psu's rock though people i thought this a bad one but its safety features kept it alive and it does more then the 850 advertised im guessin

I have an 800-watt corsair PSU and I have no complaints. Nice plan though.

 

[Gzero]

high. 4870's didnt really have a working 2D idle.

Yeah they do, its called knocking a few odd mhz off the gpu core and that's about it.

Shocking how big difference there is in the modes on the 4890 in comparison.

Now to find a way to stop Flash locking clocks to media mode when it isn't even playing a video without disabling video acceleration. Would save a few £'s if it stayed in it's lower power state since no way does Flash need that kind of clock power.

 

[claylomax]

With Cool and Quiet on, my idle power is 180w and with C'n'Q off is around 220w.
Please note that power consumption changes depending on room temperature and the inside temperature in the psu itself. My idle power can be 170w (C'n'Q on) after just booting the pc and after idling for two hours doing nothing the meter reads 180w-185w; the same thing done in the summer would give me these readings: 190w and after a while 210w; but this is on a hot summer day.

 

[specks]

might as well guess 1.5W, go get a meter!

Meh. I'm not running a beast rig so its ok for me not to have a meter.

 

[Black Panther]

Desktop in system specs (everything but excluding speakers) = 266W idle... 450W gaming, 500W running Unigine Heaven. Seems highish..

 

[AsRock]

Desktop in system specs (everything but excluding speakers) = 266W idle... 450W gaming, 500W running Unigine Heaven. Seems highish..

Yeah thats what my 775 Maximus was like ( just not that bad ) around 185-220w until i changed the mobo and idles dropped to about 120-135w with that cpu your using and around 150w with a Q9550.

Although was no 266w idle DAYUM..

 

[trickson]

187w idle. My system is power hungry!

 

[fullinfusion]

Idle

 

[Black Panther]

Yeah thats what my 775 Maximus was like ( just not that bad ) around 185-220w until i changed the mobo and idles dropped to about 120-135w with that cpu your using and around 150w with a Q9550.

Although was no 266w idle DAYUM..

Well, my monitor alone takes up 100W of that, so the tower idle is really 166W

 

[AsRock]

Well, my monitor alone takes up 100W of that, so the tower idle is really 166W

aah much better, yeah my HDTV takes 90w ..

 

[Aquinus]

aah much better, yeah my HDTV takes 90w ..

That's not too bad for an HDTV. I can tell you my Plasma uses a lot more than 90-watts but the response time and contrast is absolutely amazing. Have to be careful with burn in, but I can typically wipe the screen if I don't let it go too long.

 

[Batou1986]

According to Hot Hardware is 13w on my Zbox which i use most of the time.
I have no idea what my main rig uses.

 

[AsRock]

That's not too bad for an HDTV. I can tell you my Plasma uses a lot more than 90-watts but the response time and contrast is absolutely amazing. Have to be careful with burn in, but I can typically wipe the screen if I don't let it go too long.

Whole reason i do not own a Plasma but the power usage of them is dropping just not enough for my interest.

I don't to have to use 700w of electric just to play a game or any were near it haha..

 

[Aquinus]

Whole reason i do not own a Plasma but the power usage of them is dropping just not enough for my interest.

I don't to have to use 700w of electric just to play a game or any were near it haha..

The max power output of my 42" plasma is something like 250-watts and it depends on how bright the screen is, and honestly the picture quality is worth it and I got it for a great deal. Ghosting goes the way of the dinosaur with this display and because of how Plasma works, each pixel is its own light source so black really is black and white is very bright. No backlighting means bad-ass contrast.

I completely understand though because LED backlit LCDs use < 100-watts for displays of similar size, but you'll be hard pressed to find a similar contrast ratio (forget dynamic contrast crap.)

 

[Mussels]

The max power output of my 42" plasma is something like 250-watts and it depends on how bright the screen is, and honestly the picture quality is worth it and I got it for a great deal. Ghosting goes the way of the dinosaur with this display and because of how Plasma works, each pixel is its own light source so black really is black and white is very bright. No backlighting means bad-ass contrast.

I completely understand though because LED backlit LCDs use < 100-watts for displays of similar size, but you'll be hard pressed to find a similar contrast ratio (forget dynamic contrast crap.)

my 24" uses 23W at default settings.

as good as a plasma can be for quality, you gotta add on air con costs on top if you run it in summer, which adds to the running costs.

 

[Aquinus]

my 24" uses 23W at default settings.

as good as a plasma can be for quality, you gotta add on air con costs on top if you run it in summer, which adds to the running costs.

You should check out where I live again. AC usually isn't a problem and honestly, half of my apartment doesn't have AC and that doesn't bother me.

 

[Easy Rhino]

currently 5 watts

 

[Aquinus]

currently 5 watts

Laptop? I have a 13" Macbook Pro for work that doesn't even idle that low. You have peeked my interest.

 

[AsRock]

The max power output of my 42" plasma is something like 250-watts and it depends on how bright the screen is, and honestly the picture quality is worth it and I got it for a great deal. Ghosting goes the way of the dinosaur with this display and because of how Plasma works, each pixel is its own light source so black really is black and white is very bright. No backlighting means bad-ass contrast.

I completely understand though because LED backlit LCDs use < 100-watts for displays of similar size, but you'll be hard pressed to find a similar contrast ratio (forget dynamic contrast crap.)

Hell no it could be picture perfect 250w is to just turn a TV on is worth it but of course imo . Gaming TV AV some thing else electric company going hit ya for it as a lot of places charge you even more after a certain amount..

currently 5 watts

Ha my system turned of takes that lol.. And at least with Cyberpower UPS they do not tell you this you have to use some thing like a Kil A Watt and that will tell you what each things taking while turned off ( standby ).

We hover around 40w in the living room due to standby..

 

[Mussels]

my laptop idles at 11-13W, incl screen.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Laptop? I have a 13" Macbook Pro for work that doesn't even idle that low. You have peeked my interest.

ipad 2 idling

 

[Aquinus]

ipad 2 idling

That isn't a computer, that is like saying my cell phone draws 500mA at 3.5 volts.