How many watts are you using in your computer?

[Imaginer]

311W

Just about teetering on my PS max power of 330W.

(OT in an OT thread, if I have to jiggle a power connector to get even one HD spinning and the HD is not making any clicking noises and I have made sure that its the only HD connected, is it a PS failure? Plus, I also had 2 HD go bad an another one not recognzing at times but wont make clicking noises)

 

[Serp86]

296W

And I'm on a 300W PSU that came with my case. Never guessed it would be this close

 

[mnemonik23]

Hello everybody!

First of all I'm glad that most of you like the tool

Couple of comments.

1) Just a reminder: Please Note: The Wattages listed below are maximum peak wattages for each component. The total amount this calculator figures is for all devices running at peak utilization.

2) eXtreme PSU Calculator was designed based on the PC Desktop components. I saw that some of you were using it for calculating wattage for laptop... I'd like to say that the results will not be correct since laptop components are consuming less power than desktop ones.

3) I received many requests for Mobile Athlon XP... So here you go. Btw, there is more new stuff

4) If you subscribe to the eXtremeOV mail list you will receive the updates related to the calculator. Like this for example:

"May 29, 2005.

The following changes were made:

- added Mobile Athlon XP CPUs
- added AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego
- added AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego core
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual-Core
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual-Core
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual-Core
- added Dual-Core AMD Opteron 265, 270, 275, 865, 870 and 875"

Best Regards,
eXtremeOV

 

[eelw]

Originally posted by: mnemonik23
1) Just a reminder: Please Note: The Wattages listed below are maximum peak wattages for each component. The total amount this calculator figures is for all devices running at peak utilization.

Even if so, it's still over 30% off the actual measured power consumption at full load.

 

[Staples]

292 for me. I don't know how everyone is getting above 350W.

 

[quakefiend420]

381

 

[mnemonik23]

Originally posted by: eelw

Originally posted by: mnemonik23
1) Just a reminder: Please Note: The Wattages listed below are maximum peak wattages for each component. The total amount this calculator figures is for all devices running at peak utilization.

Even if so, it's still over 30% off the actual measured power consumption at full load.

Could be. Did you measure your video card consumption by yourself?
I personally saw many online reviews where difference for the same video card was ~10-50W ! So I took the middle.
nVidia and ATI said that they are not providing this info to the public. It just a video card. But there are more components...

Also I used the maximum wattage values per component group.
For example: if your CD-ROM Drive consumes 10W but there is another brand that consumes 20W - the maximum wattage will be listed.

If you see any wattage problems please let me know and I'd gladly fix them

 

[amdskip]

389w

 

[HamburgerBoy]

207 watts for my 350 watt power supply.

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I have no idea which CPU I'm using

Dell Dimension 4600 with P4 2.8/800, which one is it?

You can use CPUId to find out

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: mnemonik23
Hello everybody!

First of all I'm glad that most of you like the tool

Couple of comments.

1) Just a reminder: Please Note: The Wattages listed below are maximum peak wattages for each component. The total amount this calculator figures is for all devices running at peak utilization.

2) eXtreme PSU Calculator was designed based on the PC Desktop components. I saw that some of you were using it for calculating wattage for laptop... I'd like to say that the results will not be correct since laptop components are consuming less power than desktop ones.

3) I received many requests for Mobile Athlon XP... So here you go. Btw, there is more new stuff

4) If you subscribe to the eXtremeOV mail list you will receive the updates related to the calculator. Like this for example:

"May 29, 2005.

The following changes were made:

- added Mobile Athlon XP CPUs
- added AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego
- added AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego core
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual-Core
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual-Core
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual-Core
- added Dual-Core AMD Opteron 265, 270, 275, 865, 870 and 875"

Best Regards,
eXtremeOV

Heh, I'm using a Mobile AthlonXP, but it's not in a laptop.

 

[PaidLess]

278 according to the webpage

 

[Bateluer]

452w, but I only have a 430w PSU

 

[The Green Bean]

369 fo me

 

[oogabooga]

319 watts

 

[krcat1]

299W. I have a 350W PWS

 

[BW86]

According to that 394. Hmm, my 350W runs it no problem

 

[EyeMWing]

397w. This is incorrect. My PSU is a 350w Enermax; even with Enermax's reputed 10% overkill factor, this thing should've exploded by now.

Calculator is OFFICIALLY bunk.

 

[jbkane26]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
397w. This is incorrect. My PSU is a 350w Enermax; even with Enermax's reputed 10% overkill factor, this thing should've exploded by now.

Calculator is OFFICIALLY bunk.

this only tells you the watts if everything in your computer is running at maximun power all at once, which is not too likely to happen

 

[JBird7986]

A whopping 320 Watts

 

[LouPoir]

446 watts

 

[Bassyhead]

298w

 

[DiZASTiX]

269 watts out of the 450 I have...

Wouldn't the chipset play a role? I'm suprised that wasn't an option...

 

[JulesMaximus]

366W

 

[bobsmith1492]

265 for the desktop (mobile XP at 2.2)

159 for the P-M lappy; 164 OCd.