On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:59:00 -0600, "philo" <philo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Sorry, following up via your post because my feed doesn't see the
original. :)
>"Ht****irs" <ht****irs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:2abda83e-c0a7-4499-aac2-b1340f782fdb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Consider the PC that is bought by the average person :
>> Intel or AMD based CPU,
>> Motherboard,
>> RAM
>> Hard disk
>> CD/DVD drive
>> 15" monitor
>> Keyboard, mouse, speakers
<snipped inaccurate figures>
>> A discrete graphics card that can offer better performance than the
>> onboard variant will consume upwards of 75 Watts. So for such systems
>> the total intake is 225 W.
I'd have to disagree, my partner has a system meant for gaming, it has
2 highend (or used to be) 8800GTS graphics card running in SLI mode
with an overclocked E6300 processor. If I didn't remember wrongly when
we did this test, the actual system consumption when deliberately
loaded up, was than 250W. For the heck of it, we hooked it up to a
350W PSU and it worked fine. The 19" LCD consumes 50W max if I didn't
read it wrongly. So that's 300W max.
Anyway, your assuming of 225W for an *average* system is likely way
off given that's pretty much what a highend gaming set consumes. I've
people mentioned as low as 120~150W for an average system with
graphics card. So if you remove the graphics card, I'll say the system
would likely use 90W to 120W on a modern set up.
I'll see if I can check on an average config later in the day since
the meter isn't with me now.
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