A friend recently bought a Cyberpower UPS which is showing less than 60 watts for a basic i5 Windows 7 desktop computer at idle plus LCD display. There is no separate video card.
Have others seen very low wattage readings with newer computer systems? It is hard to believe that power consumption could be that low. As a test, a 100 watt light bulb was plugged into the UPS and power did increase by 100 watts. The readings appear to be accurate.
It appears that many new LCD monitors are under 20 watts. Disk drives are apparently quite low also. USB 2.0 supplies a maximum of 2.5 watts which is enough for many backup drives.
Have others seen very low wattage readings with newer computer systems? It is hard to believe that power consumption could be that low. As a test, a 100 watt light bulb was plugged into the UPS and power did increase by 100 watts. The readings appear to be accurate.
It appears that many new LCD monitors are under 20 watts. Disk drives are apparently quite low also. USB 2.0 supplies a maximum of 2.5 watts which is enough for many backup drives.
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