Power Meter Energy Monitor reading Query

R3X

R3X

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Hi I have one of those Power Meter Energy Monitors I get 65watts showing with the power at wall reading with my core i5 desktop pc.

But does this take into account the power supply also ?

Or do I have to add the p/s units 300watts to the 65watts to get the full figure?
 
thanks for reply reason why I asked this question was I was reading a review which said the opposite here:

http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-nuc-kit-d54250wyk-review-the-nuc-gets-haswell-power_124251/7

But this was regarding a intel nucs power adaptor + the intel nuc itself, reviewer stated with the power supply + intel nuc pc you would get close to actual 65watts combined usage. (36watts p/s and 30 on the intel nuc)

So I take it since the PC has an internal power supply it does not quite work in the same principle compared to laptops or similar?
 
Works in the same way, but the reviewer has worded things a little weirdly. You're measuring the power draw from the wall with your plug, which is the total power the PC is pulling from the wall at that moment. Doesn't matter whether all the components (including the PSU) are inside a case, or in two separate pieces (PSU in the power lead) like a laptop/NUC.

In the review, they state the NUC pulled 4.3 - 4.7W at idle. At full CPU load, they were only seeing 30W used. They then say if you load up everything on the NUC (CPU, GPU, SSD, etc) you could, in theory, get close to the 65W maximum rating on the power supply. When they tried this in practice by running Prime95 and 3DMark together, it still only pulled 30W in their tests - so nowhere near hitting the maximum the PSU is rated to provide.
 
thanks confused, I think I get it lol so its a bit like saying that combined p/s and nuc could reach and max the 65w but it still hit 30w either way.
 
R3X said:
thanks confused, I think I get it lol so its a bit like saying that combined p/s and nuc could reach and max the 65w but it still hit 30w either way.
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Yeah, the PSU in the NUC can supply up to 65W, but during their testing they couldn't get the NUC to actually need more than 30W.
 
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