How much electric would this use? Stock and undervolted TDP for the system?

Bencher said:
How many hours do you actually play on your computer? Cause if you are playing 2-3 hours a day - its rather pointless trying to save energy. Also keep in mind that for example the 3600 you are thinking about isn't particularly efficient. Especially when you are using your PC for browsing for example. I have a 3700x at stock and a 12900k, and the 3700x easily draws 4-5 times as much as my 12900k when im browsing the web. My 12900k sits at like 10 to 20watts while browsing and even youtube, the 3700x doesnt drop below 20 and it even peaks up to the 40-50 watt range.
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I have 2 macbook pro's I can use for browsing that use 65w tdp. this would only be used for gaming. the 8 hour a day thing was a safe guard worst come worst as I'ma borderline insomniac so would def happen some evenings - I just wanted a worst come worst cost usage with excessive hours, if that makes sense?

I'm not tempted to just go RX6700 and keep it at 1080p as that's 175w tdp, so undervolted system at 1080p on a 27" monitor that uses 20w tdp (aoc g2790vxa) would be ideal.

But I'm very worried now regardless it'll still eat 300w + and be pointless So I'm not sure if I should bother at all now... I'd definitely play atleast 4 hours a day if I goto the trouble of spending all this money secondhand/new parts or not!

My car yet again is tempting me to put naughty bits of carbon fibre/repaint it and do a few more handling/visuals... And she usually wins sigh lol.

I might just get myself a an older mac mini (with the same 65w tdp hardware as my current macbook pro) and that same 27" 1080p monitor and keep the existing main macbook pro as a storage machine for everything I care about/backup - then it's only powered on for that and is easily mobile and I can plug the mac mini into the tv with my logitech keyboard/touchpad combo or at the desk with the new monitor as required when I fancy a desk experience.
 
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I find my energy usage depends on how demanding the task I am doing at the time is, eg as I type this on a ryzen 3600 and 6500xt the cpu is using 3.5w and the gpu 7w. In a youtube video the 3600 usually uses less than 10w and often around 5w, the gpu usage is around 10w and not the maximum figure of the manufacturer. If I play an old undemanding game on the 6500xt like LOTRO the gpu hovers around 20w.
A Ryzen 5600 and Radeon 6600 would have a recommended psu of 450w. However, the wattage would vary very much demanding on how new and demanding the game is. TBH even in Cyberpunk 2077 I can easily get my Radeon 6800 to use about 160w with some ray tracing on rather than the manufacturers quoted TDP. I wouldn't have an issue with buying a Ryzen 5600 and a Radeon 6600 at £249 and then using techniques like frame capping as you say to lower the wattage most of the time.
 
ASMB said:
I find my energy usage depends on how demanding the task I am doing at the time is, eg as I type this on a ryzen 3600 and 6500xt the cpu is using 3.5w and the gpu 7w. In a youtube video the 3600 usually uses less than 10w and often around 5w, the gpu usage is around 10w and not the maximum figure of the manufacturer. If I play an old undemanding game on the 6500xt like LOTRO the gpu hovers around 20w.
A Ryzen 5600 and Radeon 6600 would have a recommended psu of 450w. However, the wattage would vary very much demanding on how new and demanding the game is. TBH even in Cyberpunk 2077 I can easily get my Radeon 6800 to use about 160w with some ray tracing on rather than the manufacturers quoted TDP. I wouldn't have an issue with buying a Ryzen 5600 and a Radeon 6600 at £249 and then using techniques like frame capping as you say to lower the wattage most of the time.
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You are probably not taking into account the io wattage on the 3600. There is no way it drops to 3.5w while browsing. The iod by itself can get up to 20-25 even at idle
 
Bencher said:
You are probably not taking into account the io wattage on the 3600. There is no way it drops to 3.5w while browsing. The iod by itself can get up to 20-25 even at idle
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Idle fans have managed to get it down, but yeah, not 3.5w for the whole CPU. There seems to be two main issues: the voltages used when XMP is enabled and/or the memory is above 2666 and secondly: some apps (the kind of ones that most gamers leave running all day :cry: ) seem to prevent the CPU from idling properly.
 
Bencher said:
You are probably not taking into account the io wattage on the 3600. There is no way it drops to 3.5w while browsing. The iod by itself can get up to 20-25 even at idle
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Indeed you need to get the power your system uses from the wall socket as that iswhat you pay for rather than an individual component.

I have an OC'd system and it idles over 120w doing not a lot. The CPU says it is taking buggerall.

In fact something I posted on one of keefs many electricity thread on another forum might be interesting to some on here.

System in cpuz sig 5950x with 3080Ti, playing PUBG, wall power of my box.

Unlimited 1440p is about 300-330fps
Unlimited 4k is about 150-170fps

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