How much power does your computer consume?

[mmj_uk]

I'm kind of hoping that lots of people have one of those mains wattage meters with this thread but here goes...

I just experimented with mine and here are the raw numbers:

IDLE = ~190W
Intel Burn Test (CPU maxed) = ~360W
Furmark extreme burn (GPU maxed) = ~480W

So with a quick bit of math I make that 650W maximum usage were I to fully load both the CPU & GPU at the same time, lucky then I have an 850W PSU.

My specs are i7 @4ghz, GTX480 @850mhz, 12gb ram, watercooling pump, external soundcard, hdd/dvd-rw etc.

 

[RJC]

Done some power testing the other day with my power meter and see what my rig pulled from the mains:

615w with Prime & Fur Mark running
405w with Prime running
503w with Fur Mark running
272w Idle

Old thread below may help:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17957765&highlight=630w

 

[mmj_uk]

Old thread below may help:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17957765&highlight=630w

Doh! I didn't know there was already a huge thread I'll post in there then.