watts used from a 600w psu
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watts used from a 600w psu
i bought a watt monitoring device(18bucks) so i plugged in to my gf's pc(easier to reach the power plug)
her computer is similar to mine
600w psu(some ultra x cheap thing)
1.9amd x2 oc'd to 2.9
2gb
1 320g drive
1 dvdr
8800gts
so it reads in watts
off-5
standby-8
idle-132
load-197
i mean i have all the computers(we have 4 in the room) set to standby s3 after 1hr of non use but what does the 132 idle watt usage translate into?
i'm pretty bad w/ math and numbers but know about money heh. for reference
19in crt 63w
22in lcd 23w
dyson vacuum 120w
lamp 88w(shows 100w on the bulb)
ps2 30w
projector 215w
microwave-105w
routers/cordlessphone 5w or less
toaster-867w!(yes i did the measurement 3x)
i don't know about electronics or whatever, but whats it gonna run me leaving my computers on in idle mode running at 132w.
her computer is similar to mine
600w psu(some ultra x cheap thing)
1.9amd x2 oc'd to 2.9
2gb
1 320g drive
1 dvdr
8800gts
so it reads in watts
off-5
standby-8
idle-132
load-197
i mean i have all the computers(we have 4 in the room) set to standby s3 after 1hr of non use but what does the 132 idle watt usage translate into?
i'm pretty bad w/ math and numbers but know about money heh. for reference
19in crt 63w
22in lcd 23w
dyson vacuum 120w
lamp 88w(shows 100w on the bulb)
ps2 30w
projector 215w
microwave-105w
routers/cordlessphone 5w or less
toaster-867w!(yes i did the measurement 3x)
i don't know about electronics or whatever, but whats it gonna run me leaving my computers on in idle mode running at 132w.
well i did some research online i guess your power company charges by the khw(or kilowatt per hour)
and i think my bill said it was anywhere from 8c to 9c per khw, i live in virginia if thats any indication.
so if we're doing this by hours, and there are 720hrs in a month(roughly, 24*30)
and my idle computer does 132w is this correct?
720*.132*.08=$7.60
a month?
and i think my bill said it was anywhere from 8c to 9c per khw, i live in virginia if thats any indication.
so if we're doing this by hours, and there are 720hrs in a month(roughly, 24*30)
and my idle computer does 132w is this correct?
720*.132*.08=$7.60
a month?
Last edited by Lanx on Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: watts used from a 600w psu
I think you've missed a zero at the end in both cases. Or your power meter was priced $1.8, not $18.Lanx wrote:(...)
dyson vacuum 120w
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Re: watts used from a 600w psu
Yeah, now that I think about it... it says 1200W on the Siemens King here and 650-800W is the range my microwave cooks at.subsonik wrote:I think you've missed a zero at the end in both cases. Or your power meter was priced $1.8, not $18.Lanx wrote:(...)
dyson vacuum 120w
microwave-105w
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