latest and mildly cheap at the wall power needs tester?

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latest and mildly cheap at the wall power needs tester?

Post by ~El~Jefe~ » Sat Dec 26, 2015 1:45 pm

I remember things like Power Angels. I think I need such a thing to see max draw on my PSU. I have too many oddball component combinations and I am unsure I will be approaching the max on my seasonic 460 fanless
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Re: latest and mildly cheap at the wall power needs tester?

Post by CA_Steve » Sat Dec 26, 2015 2:47 pm

P3 Kill a Watt is what I use. It's cheap and reasonably accurate for >10W.
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Re: latest and mildly cheap at the wall power needs tester?

Post by ~El~Jefe~ » Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:05 pm

thanks Steve. buying that now.
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Re: latest and mildly cheap at the wall power needs tester?

Post by Behemot » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:47 pm

If you want to know the power draw of your components, you are doing it on the wrong side of the PSU. Get clamp meter for that.
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Re: latest and mildly cheap at the wall power needs tester?

Post by ~El~Jefe~ » Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:33 pm

no need for that. just for total wattage to see if i am overly stressing my psu.
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