True power consumption?

bartoc · Post by **bartoc** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:30 am

I have a seasonic 380W that is working fine.

I plan to upgrade my venice 3000+ to an opteron 170 and my 6600 to a 8800GTS 320MB.

With NIC card, 3 HDs, DVD writer and 120mm fan, opteron and 8800, this site gives 440W.

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

I often read that the real power needs are lower by a good margin from calculators and nominal values.

How far off am I with my speculations?

Oleg Artamonov · Post by **Oleg Artamonov** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:54 am

bartoc wrote:How far off am I with my speculations?

Core 2 Extreme X6800 + Foxconn 8800GTX + 2xSATA HDDs + 1xSAS 15k HDD = 280 W (3DMark'06).

burebista · Post by **burebista** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:16 am

E6400/ABIT QuadGT/BFG 8800GTS 640/2GB RAM/1 HDD/1 DVD/1 Tv Tuner = 160W DC in games.

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:26 am

Hello,

Your machine will probably only use 200watts:

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bartoc · Post by **bartoc** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:36 am

one worrying part is that the card requires 26A on the 12V rails on paper and that my seasonic 380 has only 25.

J. Sparrow · Post by **J. Sparrow** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:04 am

If it really needed 26 A, it would have a peak power consumption of 312W, sounds like too much even for an 8800.

Oleg Artamonov · Post by **Oleg Artamonov** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:09 am

bartoc wrote:one worrying part is that the card requires 26A on the 12V rails on paper and that my seasonic 380 has only 25.

8800GTS itself needs less than 9 A.

bartoc · Post by **bartoc** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:50 am

Got to love bogus numbers from card makers =/

floffe · Post by **floffe** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:52 am

Well, if it were to be used conjunction with a Pentium D that used 10A off the 12V rails, those numbers aren't so horribly overstated... Remember, it's for the whole system and not just one component.

YugenM · Post by **YugenM** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:26 pm

7900GTX,Presler 930, 2GB dual channel, 2 HDDs, P5WD2 pulling 220W AC while playing Day of Defeat: Source. 160-ish idle

Most I've ever seen from this PC is 242W

kater · Post by **kater** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:20 pm

My system needs 100W from the wall when idling, 220W when gaming seriously, and reached 255W when I loaded it unrealistically (Orthos, 3DMark, defrag, burning, etc.)

aristide1 · Post by **aristide1** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:21 am

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

This site kills me, they now have a pro version they expect you to pay for.

andyb · Post by **andyb** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:34 am

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

This site kills me, they now have a pro version they expect you to pay for.

Thats outragous, its just like buying Norton Internet Security - a waste of money that doesent meet a single claim - hopefully it wont bring a PC to its knees when installed though.

Andy

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