320W Total, how much Wattage is your system?

iamTakeo

iamTakeo

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Hey guys,

I just tried out my new toy, a socket power meter from a cheap supermarket for about £7. Heres some things I've tried so far.

Eee laptop (700) - 30W max
Amd system 3800 X2, 8800GT - 270W max
Intel system [email protected], 8800GT SLi - 320W max

The tool also records how many kwh you've used in a period of time, and you can add your price for kwh to see how much money on energy you've used. Pretty cool!

EDIT: worth noting that I'm only measuring the power cable of the computer, other things like monitor, sound system etc is not included.
EDIT2: If I wanted to power the eee using only solar power, the cost of the panel and inverter etc would be in the region of £200
 
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found it in *****, next to some rotary saws :D
I like your rig, a lot of hard work into such a small space.
 
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E6600, 8800gt 512mb only 150W max ingame around 100W when on desktop. Been recording how much ive used since the beginning off the month. Seems that 40p perday is my average. Also went round the house doing other stuff, costs 1p to boil a kettle.
 
greywolf said:
E6600, 8800gt 512mb only 150W max ingame around 100W when on desktop. Been recording how much ive used since the beginning off the month. Seems that 40p perday is my average. Also went round the house doing other stuff, costs 1p to boil a kettle.
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I was watching that Britain from Above documentary. They said they have to turn on hydroelectric powerstations that were on standy and import electricity from France just because East Enders or something just finished and everybody was turning on their kettle.

I'm getting about 230W surfing OCUK =/
 
Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz 1.475V + 8800GTS 512 SLI = ~480W in crysis = 48.5 FPS 16x10

Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz 1.275V + 8800GTS 512 SLI = ~390W in Crysis = 45.8 FPS 16x10

3dmark06 just uses far less hence crysis is my new power draw champion.....

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iamTakeo said:
I'm getting about 230W surfing OCUK =/
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346watts surfing overclockers :(

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decto said:
Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz 1.475V + 8800GTS 512 SLI = ~480W in crysis = 48.5 FPS 16x10

Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz 1.275V + 8800GTS 512 SLI = ~390W in Crysis = 45.8 FPS 16x10

3dmark06 just uses far less hence crysis is my new power draw champion.....

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thats 100Watts extra for 3FPS and 600mhz :eek:

apeZ - I'm using a £7 plug from ****that gives me a reading.
 
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iamTakeo said:
thats 100Watts extra for 3FPS and 600mhz :eek:

apeZ - I'm using a £7 plug from ALDI that gives me a reading.
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Indeed it is.... Hence I typically run it at 3Ghz since I can set the Core to less than the VID and northbridge, VTT to 1.2v (min) and run cool and quiet.

Goes to show that a high clocked CPU doesn't make a huge difference in games.

It's even worse at 19x12 ....... 3.0Ghz = 41.8, 3.6Ghz = 43.1

Surfing OCUK.... 220W ....

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My UPS says i'm drawing 117W surfing OcUK, that's made up of an E6300, ATI 4850, 2GB RAM & 1 HDD.
 
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