Ever wondered how many Watts your PC ACTUALLY uses?
Well I brought an energy monitor from Amazon and would like to share my results.
Out of curiousity I also tested some devices when they are plugged in but turned off (eg a monitor can be turned off using the button on the display)
Product used to check watts - Plug-In Power and Energy Monitor (link below)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Q7PJGW/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I started off on my PC. The spec of it is below.
//Main PC
-Specification
Corsair ax 850Watt gold PSU
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77
3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i5-3570K
SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series
1TB Western Digital HDD
3TB Western Digital HDD
3TB Western Digital HDD
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7870 OC Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter
Mouse - Razer DeathAdder 2013 6400 DPI
Microsoft Wired Keyboard 200
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO AMD Intel Processor Cooler
CPU FANs - 2x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM
Coolermaster HAF922 Case with 2x 200mm fans
2 x G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24)
Test results when checking the Watts used in different scenarios
computer idle = avg 70Watts, max 95Watts
bf3 = avg 200Watts, max 215Watts
planetary annihilation avg 190Watts, max 201Watts
tf2 = avg 160Watts max 174Watts
tf2 & planetary annihilation avg 190Watts max 199Watts
compressing a large file = avg 130Watts
So turns out this machine could probably get away with a 300Watt PSU pretty easily. Suprised me!
I wonder how efficient the PSU would be if I did actually get a gold 300 Watt PSU. I will buy one and find out!
//Old LCD monitor (Samsung T220 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor)
avg around 41 Watts
//Cisco 3550
turned off 0 Watts
avg around 45 Watts
//Freenas server
turned off around 1.5Watts
avg 120watts, max 141Watts
//Light in attik (Flourescent)
turned off = 0 Watts
turned on = avg 10 Watts
//2 desk pc speakers
off = 3.8Watts
on = 4.8Watts
//Main Monitor (BenQ XL2420T)
off = 0 Watts
on = 30 Watts
//Raspberry Pi
avg 3.5Watts
Well I brought an energy monitor from Amazon and would like to share my results.
Out of curiousity I also tested some devices when they are plugged in but turned off (eg a monitor can be turned off using the button on the display)
Product used to check watts - Plug-In Power and Energy Monitor (link below)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Q7PJGW/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I started off on my PC. The spec of it is below.
//Main PC
-Specification
Corsair ax 850Watt gold PSU
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77
3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i5-3570K
SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series
1TB Western Digital HDD
3TB Western Digital HDD
3TB Western Digital HDD
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7870 OC Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter
Mouse - Razer DeathAdder 2013 6400 DPI
Microsoft Wired Keyboard 200
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO AMD Intel Processor Cooler
CPU FANs - 2x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM
Coolermaster HAF922 Case with 2x 200mm fans
2 x G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24)
Test results when checking the Watts used in different scenarios
computer idle = avg 70Watts, max 95Watts
bf3 = avg 200Watts, max 215Watts
planetary annihilation avg 190Watts, max 201Watts
tf2 = avg 160Watts max 174Watts
tf2 & planetary annihilation avg 190Watts max 199Watts
compressing a large file = avg 130Watts
So turns out this machine could probably get away with a 300Watt PSU pretty easily. Suprised me!
I wonder how efficient the PSU would be if I did actually get a gold 300 Watt PSU. I will buy one and find out!
//Old LCD monitor (Samsung T220 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor)
avg around 41 Watts
//Cisco 3550
turned off 0 Watts
avg around 45 Watts
//Freenas server
turned off around 1.5Watts
avg 120watts, max 141Watts
//Light in attik (Flourescent)
turned off = 0 Watts
turned on = avg 10 Watts
//2 desk pc speakers
off = 3.8Watts
on = 4.8Watts
//Main Monitor (BenQ XL2420T)
off = 0 Watts
on = 30 Watts
//Raspberry Pi
avg 3.5Watts
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