R@H watt's at load

[shadowscotland]

Got one of those Wattage meters the other day and finally hooked it up to my home rig.

[email protected] (266*9) - 88w idle - 126w load 43c
[email protected] (300*9) - 90w idle - 130w load 45c
[email protected] (333*9) - 93w idle - 138w load 47c
[email protected] (350*9) - 92w idle - 136w load 50c
[email protected] (360*9) - 94w idle - 142w load 53c
[email protected] (367*9) - 96w idle - 146w load 54c (unstable after 5mins)

All at 1.35v in the bios (lowest setting) my cpu need a 1.4v to get above 3.3 stable

Only an extra 20w from 2.4 to 3.3 much lower than I thought
temp are with stock cooler btw, Raptor as OS and R@H drive

 

[verbal]

I've got one of those plug-in meters too. It's putting up the voltages that really hikes the watts used. My system uses almost identical amounts of power at the same speeds as yours. Mine is a E6550 with two HDD and a low power GPU (NV 7200GS)

 

[theheyes]

Now test the kettle!

 

[oceaness]

Now test the kettle!

lol always fun!

The electric radiator heaters are great fun too

Maybe test an energy saving light bulb, see whether there all there cracked up to be and whether there actually worth it