How many watts are you using in your computer?

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Anubis

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Originally posted by: PricklyPete
Mine looks to be about 367 Watts.

I've been having some problems lately that seem to be related to my PSU...which is an Antec 380W....might upgrade to a 430W soon.

i have the 430 and its a tank,
 

chcarnage

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My Macs are not supported on this website, but I measured my hardware with a wattmeter.

G3 Tower (old, 450 Mhz CPU):
20W in standby
70W for normal usage
70W for the 17" CRT

iBook (800 Mhz):
3W in standby
20W for normal usage, no energy saving options active
 

Eli

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Interesting, let's see how accurate it is for me.. since I know how many watts my computer uses.

Hmm... this seems to be for selecting a power supply?... Your computer doesen't draw nearly that much from the wall.

I have a 420W PSU.. It says I need a 312W minimum PSU.. That's probably true.

But at the wall, my computer only draws ~180W while starting up, ~168W while 100% CPU and 132W while idle..

I'm running a Mobile Athlon XP/2600+(2.08ghz) at 2.4GHz @ 1.65v
1x 512mb PC2700
1x 128mb PC2700
ATI Radeon 7000 series
5x 7200rpm HDD
CDRW..