power consumption?

liquidmonkey

liquidmonkey

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any idea what an idle computer would consume in power?
the only program running on it would be utorrent and it would need to access only one HDD i have.

my power supply is 650 watts.
 
Vipernitrox

Vipernitrox

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Why in this part of the forum?

To answer your question. We need much more info. What hardware are we talking about?
 
Okedokey

Okedokey

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An idle computer of any spec would consume around 150W from experience. However pleaser post full system specs to give us even a basic clue as to what you are running. We're not mind readers ;)
 
wolfeking

wolfeking

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Idle usage from what I am seeing is:
RAM: 4 watts per DIMM. 24 watts total.
GPU: 159.4 Watts idle.
CPU: 98-120 Watts idle depending on vcore.
HDD: 10 watts or less each.

your chipset will also consume some power, but I don't see much info on how much. oing from the numbers above though would come out to 313 watts I think. But it seems a bit high to me.
 
Geoff

Geoff

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The wattage of the power supply doesn't matter for idle consumption, as that is only the peak power it's rated at. Get a kill-a-watt meter, it works great for determining how much power things draw!
 
Okedokey

Okedokey

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WRXGuy1 said:
The wattage of the power supply doesn't matter for idle consumption, as that is only the peak power it's rated at. Get a kill-a-watt meter, it works great for determining how much power things draw!
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I know that mate, but if hes referring to a computer that has a 650W PSU and his sig has a PSU of 750W any logical person would conclude that hes referring to a different computer in regards to his question.

Secondly, as I said, unless you want a very accurate result, you are looking at around 150W idle.
 
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