How many watts are you using in your computer?

[bobsmith1492]

Ha.... 999057; that's quite the overclock at 9000 V Vcore!

 

[ShadowBlade]

exactly 300W

 

[rh71]

314w

 

[grjr]

I'm guessing about 125W but that might be too high

Celeron 600
256MB PC133
815E mobo w/integrated gfx
Intel Pro 10/100 NIC
WD 120GB SE HDD
(1) 92mm zalman fan
(1) 80mm zalman fan

 

[RU482]

according to my trusty Kill-a-watt, I am currently using 238W

XP2500
2 x 256MB pc3500
2 x 80GB drives
DVD-RAM drive
radeon 9700 pro
3 fans
19in CRT
Cable modem
Wired router
basic speakers
IP3000 printer

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: redly1
according to my trusty Kill-a-watt, I am currently using 238W

XP2500
2 x 256MB pc3500
2 x 80GB drives
DVD-RAM drive
radeon 9700 pro
3 fans
19in CRT
Cable modem
Wired router
basic speakers
IP3000 printer

The printer, CRT and router shouldn't count towards your computer use, heh.

I should say that my box alone uses 132W while idle and 168W while full bore.

15" CRT adds another 85W.

 

[Aquila76]

403W.

I don't think this is very accurate, though, because of the fixed mobo power usage. I have an SLI board with all the nF4 goodies (NIC, 1394, audio, etc.) and an extra molex power plug on the mobo. I know for a fact it takes more power than my old mobo w/nothing onboard.

 

[logic0010]

602
if thats right i need a new power supply
4 raptors
2 ide 80s
amd64 3200
41g sticks of ram 5 80mm high flow fans
lcd display
bay firewire
usb
floppy
card reader
tv tuner card
usb pci
watercooling 2 pumps
4 ccfls
dvd rom
dvd burner
audigy 2 frount kit
pump relay card
frount usb firewire acess
to much crap and a fan controller

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: 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

I've created that worst-case scenario more than a few times.

 

[exdeath]

Calculated 608 watts.

Powered by a Enermax 465 watt PSU...

Should probably look into getting a 700 watt SLI PSU...

Any suggestions?

 

[Umberger]

484

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: dighn
244

 

[cbuchach]

398W

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

345W

 

[microAmp]

Probably not right for the laptop...

Laptop 159 Watts
Desktop 357 Watts

 

[Kalvin00]

235

 

[sipuncher]

402w on a 350w psu... good thing I don't use everything at once

 

[stevty2889]

According to that, I needed a 449w PSU..I ran a 350w enermax..
P4 2.8E @3.5ghz
2x36gb raptors
6800GT
cdrw/dvd combo
3x120mm fans
4x256mb sticks of ram
pci wireless nic
pci sound card

Running a 460w enermax with system is sig, says I need 496w

 

[Icepick]

298 Watts

 

[compudog]

282 by that, but I have a 430 running nice and stable.

 

[zephyrprime]

357 but I know for a fact that I am actually using 149 watts. This calculator is a bunch of bunk. Even when running games, I nowhere near 357.

One example of the bunk in this calculator is the the usb section says that each powered usb device uses 5 watts even though the usb spec only provides 2.5watts of power per device. Even with power supply inefficiency calculated in, a usb device does not use 5 watts.

Before anybody jumps to go buy a 600 watt power supply, I would suggest getting a kill-a-watt power meter.

 

[Aenslead]

its says 238W

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

304W. Guess my 450W Coolmax has plenty of room for growth. And it's quiet, too!

 

[jbkane26]

:Q

 

[Cobalt]

235w on a TruePower 2.0 430.