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Energy Consumption Measurements

We took a look at the overall system power consumption in order to have some numbers that allow for a comparison that is close to what a system will look like. It includes all the system components such as the processor, motherboard and RAM, one graphics card, two hard drives and a DVD drive. We do not include the energy consumption numbers of peripherals such as the display.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.