Q6600 AND E5200 Power usage in real terms.

[easyrider]

Running stock in a HTPC what is the real world difference in Power usage between the two?

Big wayne?

How much money will I save?

 

[Big.Wayne]

How much do you pay per kWh?

How many hours a day will the PC be running?

What is the Idle and Load power wattage of the system as measured by a Watt-O-Meter thingie?

[edit] are you undervolting both chips?

 

[easyrider]

Not sure about the KWH?

If you were running them 24/7

Then what would be the difference?

No undervolting

 

[Linx]

If you we're running them on 100% load there would be about a 30W difference which is 720W Extra a Day.
About 5-6p difference a day dependant on how you a kw/h costs you and assuming it will be on full load which i doubt.

 

[sastusbulbas]

You may also want to take into consideration the extra fan wattage to cool the Q6600 and the noise it will add.

 

[easyrider]

If you we're running them on 100% load there would be about a 30W difference which is 720W Extra a Day.
About 5-6p difference a day dependant on how you a kw/h costs you and assuming it will be on full load which i doubt.

what would idle be?

cheers

 

[easyrider]

You may also want to take into consideration the extra fan wattage to cool the Q6600 and the noise it will add.

I have the zalman 9500 running at 7v so its silent.

I'm just trying to ascertain if changing to a E5200 would be that much better for the environment and my electricity bill.

 

[gurusan]

Well the wolfdales really don't use much power....here's my E7200 clocked to 3.8ghz 1.34V under 100% load (orthos stress cpu). Stays between 36-45ish Watts. Here's a screeny of the highest I've seen.

 

[Happy]

My Everest ultimate (lastest build) doesn't have the GPU A or CPU wattage ratings Any ideas?

 

[pastymuncher]

My 3.33Ghz E5200 rig, 2x1Gb pc2 5300 Patriot Extreme, Gigabyte P35 DS3R, 3850 Pro 512mb, Creative Audigy 2ZS, Samsung sata DVDRW, Seagate 7200.10 sata 320Gb hdd, Zalman ZM-MFC2 multifuction controller, 4x 120mm fans, Akasa Neo Vortexx, 92mm fan on the cpu cooler, Enermax Pro82+ 385w psu pulls 80w at the wall idle and 205w when running Orthos and Fur at the same time. Running at stock speeds only knocks a couple of watts off.

Don't know if that's any help to you?

 

[gurusan]

My Everest ultimate (lastest build) doesn't have the GPU A or CPU wattage ratings Any ideas?

It will show if the hardware supports it. Some Asus boards have the EPU chip thingy which monitors current draw I believe....and 4870s show VRM current draw....as do GT200 cards