Silly power requirements, an over hyped myth?

[Tom|Nbk]

now im sure that the hiper psu has around 75% efficiency so that means if your pulling 400w from the mains the power the actual components are pulling from the psu is 25% less than the wall socket which means your system has a 300w power draw.??? seems to be low to me.

Seems spot on to me

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I thought you could only run a single monitor with SLI?

I dont think the guy was actually gaming with it after I spoke to Mark, so the one screen wont of effected him, he just wanted to run 4 monitors.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Some *crazy* numbers posted in this thread, lucky my Core Duo system only uses 57watts at idle...

Welcome to the high end , you want powerful hardware = high power usage.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Just for everyones information I paid £12 for mine. Check the bay

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Tom, if you're still up for running tests could you say what the peak power use is while running the power supply test that is part of s&m (some russian tool which is good for stressing components, available here: http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/be_cpu.html).

Oh and while I agree that using 1kw psu's is overkill right now, there are some benefits. One is that the psu will be running at only 40-60% of its rated output and thus its components will be far less stressed (I would worry about running a psu at 85+% of its rated output 24/7 for any great length of time). Another is that some of these new 1kw units are actually some of the most well-built ones around (I'm thinking of the thermaltake toughpower 1000w/1200w, review here: http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=115). Their efficiency puts other brands to shame and they remain rock-solid in terms of voltage regulation and ripple.

Yes they cost an arm and a leg, but when most of the guys using them are already splashing out oodles of cash getting sli'd 8800ultras/crossfired 2900xts, water/phase-cooling for their rig, 24+" monitors, quad-core extreme editions, I doubt they are going to be squeamish about spending in the region of £175-250 for a power supply.

No problem, I still have the unit and will give that a go later.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

What's that monitoring thing you have Jokester looks rather nice.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

How does this monitor power consumption?, I think ill have to get one of those I like it a lot

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Just ordered one of those controllers, I'll have to get round to selling my old one now . 30 quid seemed a bargain.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Forno do you think I could get away with an oced quad (Q6600) from what you have seen?

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I'll not be bothering then Just saved me some cash cheers

 

[Tom|Nbk]

anyone tried plugging a PS3/360 into one of those the meters to see what their power consumption is?

Will plug into my 360 later

 

[Tom|Nbk]

anyone tried plugging a PS3/360 into one of those the meters to see what their power consumption is?

Ok done this test for you with my 360.

Idle (360 Dashboard Mode) = 134w

In Game = 165w

This is nothing compared to our systems.