PC Power Consumption

[da_ging]

My main rig, just rig only not monitor etc

E5200 @ 3.75Ghz
MSI P45 platinum
4GB DDR2 @ 513Mhz
BFG OC2 GTX260
Audigy 4 soundcard
2 * WD 640GBs + 1 500GB seagate
1 dvdrw drive
4 120mm fans
650W corsair TX psu
XP 32bit

idle 136w
intel burn 196w
still need to run it with the gpu loaded, will edit when I've done that

I could probably lower those by a little bit as I haven't fully tweaked the voltages and power settings yet

[GT-R]

Core2 Duo E7200 @ 3.8ghz
Asus P5K-E wifi-ap
4gb Corsair Dominator 8500
640gb WD
7300gs
Corsair TX650W

Update (new overclock)

123w idle
247w load

Update (downgraded gpu from 4770 to 7300gs)

96w idle
170w load

[GT-R]

My main rig, just rig only not monitor etc

E5200 @ 3.75Ghz
MSI P45 platinum
4GB DDR2 @ 513Mhz
BFG OC2 GTX260
Audigy 4 soundcard
2 * WD 640GBs + 1 500GB seagate
1 dvdrw drive
4 120mm fans
650W corsair TX psu
XP 32bit

idle 136w
intel burn 196w
still need to run it with the gpu loaded, will edit when I've done that

I could probably lower those by a little bit as I haven't fully tweaked the voltages and power settings yet

Running with the gpu loaded will make a huge difference!

[DanceswithUnix]

Just upgraded my server and put the power meter on its plug before and after the upgrade (new CPU for it).

Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard
OCZ 400W PSU
1TB Samsung F3
PCI ethernet card: 3c905 (to give 2 ports overall)
PCI Freeview TV card (Hauppauge 909)
1GB DDR2 ram (Crucial, 667MHz, 2 sticks).

Was 52W idle on the old single core 3000+ (TDP 69W)
Now 59W idle on a stepping G2 X2 5600 (2.9GHz, TDP 65W).

So I used 7W to get a 2x idle and 3x peak CPU power available. Wonder if this board can undervolt so I can get that back

[stavr0s2k3]

Does anyone out there measure the power consumption of their rig with a plug in power meter?
Mine runs 118w idle and about 220w full load running prime95 and furmark.

Hi, i dont mean to change the subject of this thread but just out of interest what sort of plug in power meter are you using and where did you purchase it please, i am interested in this as i have some stuff i'd be interested in monitoring


thanks

[watercooled]

I think this is the one most people use, and the one I have: http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=38343

[GT-R]

I think this is the one most people use, and the one I have: http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=38343

Thats the exact one!