PSU Calculator

[mnemonik23]

August 3, 2007


The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:


Graphics Cards:

- added ATI HD 2900 XT 1GB GDDR4
- added ATI Radeon X1950 XT
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS


CPUs:

Socket AM2
- added AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 1900 MHz Brisbane
- added AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 2100 MHz Brisbane

Socket 939
- added AMD Opteron 185 2600 MHz Denmark

- added Intel Celeron 420 1600 MHz Conroe-L
- added Intel Celeron 430 1800 MHz Conroe-L
- added Intel Celeron 440 2000 MHz Conroe-L

Socket LGA775
- added Intel Xeon 3040 1860 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Xeon 3050 2130 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Xeon X3210 B3 2133 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3220 B3 2400 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3210 G0 2133 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3220 G0 2400 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3230 2667 MHz Kentsfield

Socket 771
- added Intel Xeon E5335 2000 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon X5365 3000 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon LV 5128 1866 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV 5138 2133 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV 5148 2333 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV L5310 1600 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon LV L5320 1866 MHz Clovertown


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator

[mnemonik23]

September 3, 2007 - eXtreme Outer Vision, an innovative provider of online computer
enthusiast tools, today announced a new type of eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Pro
subscription – Lifetime limited access.

"We received a number of requests from our members and online users to create a
permanent type of subscription." commented Axel Brown, Editor-in-Chief,
eXtreme Outer Vision. "After careful consideration we agreed to create
such subscription and allow computer enthusiasts to enjoy the
eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Pro for many years!"

For more information on the eXtreme Power Supply Calculator, please visit the
eXtreme Power Supply Calculator page here:
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp


Sincerely,

Olga Cordsmeyer
Owner
eXtreme Outer Vision
http://www.extreme.outervision.com

[aidanjt]

Does "eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Pro" come with accurate power consumption results?

[Thorsson]

Well if a fairly normal Quad core system (no SLI/Xfire, no water pumps, 2 HDDs, mild OC) really consumes 1084W on 100% CPU usage then yes.

[DanceswithUnix]

Huh? I just put in a 3.1GHz quad core with 8800 Ultra and got 364W. What video card did you use to get to 1084W?

In fact, I just tried with quad 6850s (16 cores total) and it only came to 688W.

I guess we are demonstrating that this isn't trivial to use

[Fraz]

Hmm, reckon that's telling porkies for my system. It's claiming I need 700W+ psu...

Well, I'm getting a energy usage monitor in the post tomorrow, so I'll see how truthful it is. If it is correct, I'm amazed my PSU hasn't already given up the ghost, as it's only 580 Watts...

[aidanjt]

According to the PSU calculator (521W calculation) my 4 year old 420W Tagan PSU should have went nuclear when I used it on my current system. The real figure should be somewhere closer to 300W, tops.

[kalniel]

My computer should also have melted, and that's not even including the wireless card as there isn't an option for that, or for overvolting RAM.

Maybe in a subset of cases it's appropriate, but for a lot it seems wildly out.

edit 2: Nope.. user error! Fixed user and it's now much better.

[DanceswithUnix]

I get 270W for my system, which seems a little high but not too far out.

[Fraz]

Hmm, reckon that's telling porkies for my system. It's claiming I need 700W+ psu...

Well, I'm getting a energy usage monitor in the post tomorrow, so I'll see how truthful it is. If it is correct, I'm amazed my PSU hasn't already given up the ghost, as it's only 580 Watts...

Hahahaha - it's officially bollocks. Look at <----- My System. What do you reckon the maximum power draw of that is, with all four cores going, and the graphics card fully loaded?!

285 Watts at the wall socket!

So, My PSU is ~80% efficient, so the actual components are only using ~230 Watts.

So what on earth is the point of a 700W+ PSU?! Clearly you can easily power a twin 8800 Ultra gaming rig with a 500W psu... 600 is already more than enough!

[Clunk]

Have you got a linky for the energy usage monitor please?

[Agent]

Have you got a linky for the energy usage monitor please?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Plug-in-Power-...QQcmdZViewItem
Something like that Clunk?

[Clunk]

That should do it mate cheers, I want to have a look at how much this draws at full welly

[Agent]

I want one too. My last one had an incident with a foot which caused it to stop working.
Just don't have the cash this second.

[Clunk]

You can borrow this one after I have electrocuted it a bit

[Giraffe]

Useful instrument (got mine from Maplin). Old box was 108W idle; new one (with C&Q enabled) is 45W.
BTW, all the fuss over TVs on stand-by: my 2yo Philips is 0.9W!