System Power Consumption too high?

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Snowsniper2

Snowsniper2

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What is normal power consumption for a gaming machine?
I measured my systems power consumption and i nearly choked seeing that it was around 200 watts under load.
What could i do to reduce my power consumption?

Specs are

Core I5 3570k
8gb Ram
Inno3D GTX560 1GB
Asus P8H61-M LE
Aopen Nagas G5 Case
ThermalTake litepower 500 watt
Lamptron FC-5 V2 fan controller
2x 500GB samsung Sata 2 mechanical harddrive



Would upgrading and removing one of my mechanical hard disks reduce power?
The power supply is awful i know and its on the list of things to upgrade but at the moment im not pleased with the ammount of power im drawing
 
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markwp
HERE is a nifty little tool that may help you. If you know your electric cost ($ per kwh), it will give you a pretty fair estimate. I'm guessing you might spend ~$10/month if you are gaming hard.

Mark
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Im measuring at the wall power consumption i know that this can run the setup as ive been running it without any issues for nearly a year, after reading some of these other threads about this ive seen that my systems at the wall power consumption is actually quite low in comparison to most other machines
 
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Snowsniper2

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Ok after looking more in depth about this i have found that my systems power consumption is actually quite low and i have found some ways to minimize power usage when the system doesnt need the extra performance.
 
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Thanks for that Mark appreciate it, and no im not really gaming hard, my system is usually turned off during the day and at night, i probably game for about 2-3 hours each day sometimes less sometimes more.

But again thankyou for your response
 
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