My PC wattage output in idle?

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Without the monitors:
Idle depends on your settings, if you are using fixed voltage for the overclock or not but I would say less than 100W from the PSU
Browsing probably around 120W from the PSU (150W from the wall)
Load probably around 350W from the psu (450W from the wall)
 
But to be 100% sure you should buy a Power Meter, they cost around £15.00.

you will get the read from the wall... if your PSU is a 80%, you just need to take 20% from the value you get from the wall to see the System power draw from the PSU.
 
I think it will probably be slightly less than that. I'd guess a little under 300 watts for absolute full load, though that's pretty hard to achieve. Which would mean at 80% efficiency, 360 watts at the wall.

Idle's more difficult to estimate, I'd probably guess around 60 - 70 watts.

The IIyama is 29 watts
The Samsung is 27 watts but not sure whether thats ECO mode or not. Probably not. So if ECO 75% means a 25% reduction in power that'll be about 20 watts.

Easiest way is to get yourself a plug in type watt meter as Drangueos suggests.
Think it's ok to link these as OcUK don't sell them, so no compeition?
Plug-In Power and Energy Monitor - I have one that looks exactly like the pic.
Energenie Power Meter - Cheaper but not such good reviews
 
oceaness said:
I think it will probably be slightly less than that. I'd guess a little under 300 watts for absolute full load, though that's pretty hard to achieve. Which would mean at 80% efficiency, 360 watts at the wall.

Idle's more difficult to estimate, I'd probably guess around 60 - 70 watts.
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I still think would be more on load because he is overclocking both CPU and GPU.
 
Ouch that's a lot just for browsing, I know it's cause CPU and GPU are OC'd. Shame you can't easily switch between OC and no OC without rebooting, as I'm guessing you wouldn't see any difference for menial tasks like that, other than a bigger electricity bill lol.
 
oceaness said:
Ouch that's a lot just for browsing, I know it's cause CPU and GPU are OC'd. Shame you can't easily switch between OC and no OC without rebooting, as I'm guessing you wouldn't see any difference for menial tasks like that, other than a bigger electricity bill lol.
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Actually you can, if you use a software to overclock...
Like asus ai suite, you can overclock the CPU on windows.
 
My spec in sig shows a draw of 158w when net browsing, (includes monitor). Max load ive seen was 586w running 3dm11 with an oc on the gpu's. Run them at stock for games. Also im using fixed voltage for the cpu overclock.
 
Although you can measure current draw, and therefore calculate watts drawn with a £3 multimeter it is very dangerous (as with all mains voltage fiddling) and not recommended.

I'd buy a plug in power meter to be honest if you really need to know the power draw.
They can be useful to see what is costing you the most around the house, for example I found that my old Sky+ box was burning near 40W just sitting there doing nothing and that my i7 920 PC without monitor burns 110W and only a few Watts less without the 1Ghz overlock.

I also worked out that my GPU burns 40W extra just because I had a HDMI cable plugged in for my TV, even when it was not using it as an extended display. What basically happens is that the card swiches to mid clocks when you have 2 monitors enabled (not necessarily active) and that draws more power. I now use Ultramon to activate and switch monitors. I'm all for saving on my leccy bills.
 
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Tealc said:
I also worked out that my GPU burns 40W extra just because I had a HDMI cable plugged in for my TV, even when it was not using it as an extended display. What basically happens is that the card swiches to mid clocks when you have 2 monitors enabled (not necessarily active) and that draws more power. I now use Ultramon to activate and switch monitors. I'm all for saving on my leccy bills.
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*Unplugs the TV* :eek:
 
My home server is a xeon 1270 quad (8 thread) with 32gb ECC ram and a c206 chipset.

Also running 22 hard drives.

idle/monitor cctv cameras/serving files - draws between 144-168 watts according to the UPS software.
 
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