On the SPCR forums I found a link posted by someone, which led to a *really* in depth and good article on how many watts PC's use up. This was in response to the typical n00b user thinking that he/she needs a 10000W PSU for their system, when in reality most PC's use very little power, and only the HIGHEST end gaming PC used about 500W.
I remember in the article the author used a very advanced way of monitoring the DC load by soldering all the power lines from the PSU to a advanced watt meter and was able to measure the watt usage on any of the lines any at given time.
I *really* enjoyed the article and would *really* like to read it again does anyone know what I'm talking about and have the link?
Anyone have the link for how many watts you *really* need?
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