PC Power Consumption, Measured Numbers

[Andy]

Measured by Kill A Watt P4400 (p3international.com)

Athlon 64 3000+
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro
512 MB RAM
eVGA GeForce FX5500 AGP
FusionHDTV II
WinTV 401
3 200 GB Hard Drives
DVD+/-RW Drive
Floppy Drive
Power Supply: Works W64BF-SBL 400w
Power (CPU 0 - 1 %): 114 Watts; PF: .62
(CPU 100 %): 158 Watts; PF: .66


Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Epox EP-8RDA
512 MB RAM
ATI AIW 7500 Radeon AGP
FusionHDTV II
WinTV-D
1 180 GB & 1 200 GB Hard Drives
CD-RW Drive
Floppy Drive
Power Supply: Works W400D-TS
Power (CPU 0 - 1 %): 137 Watts; PF: .71
(CPU 100 %): 161 Watts; PF: .71


Athlon XP 2400+ Thorton
Gigabyte GA-7S748
512 MB RAM
ATI AIW 7500 Radeon AGP
FusionHDTV II
2 160 GB Hard Drives
LGE DVD-RAM Drive
Floppy Drive
Power Supply: SH-200MATX
Power (CPU 0 - 1 %): 123 Watts; PF: .66
(CPU 100 %): 149 Watts; PF: .63


Via C3-900 Ezra
Soyo SY-7VEM
256 MB RAM
Netgear FA-310TX
MyHD MDP-100
200 GB Hard Drive
DVD-ROM Drive
Floppy Drive
Power Supply: QMax LC-B200SFX
Power (CPU 0 - 1 %): 50 Watts; PF: .67
(CPU 100 %): 62 Watts; PF: .68


Intel Celeron 2.6G Socket 478
ECS l4s8a2
512 MB RAM
ATI Rage 128 AGP
120 GB Hard Drive
DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive
Floppy Drive
Power Supply: TTGI TT-340SS
Power (CPU 0 - 1 %): 63 Watts; PF: .67
(CPU 100 %): 108 Watts; PF: .68


Intel Pentium 3 1G
Intel D815EPEA2
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 7000 PCI
Netgear FA-310TX
160 GB Hard Drive
CD-RW Drive
Floppy Drive
Power Supply: Enhance ATX-1125B
Power (CPU 0 - 1 %): 50 Watts; PF: .66
(CPU 100 %): 70 Watts; PF: .68

 

[~misfit~]

Measured by Kill A Watt P4400 (p3international.com)

<snip>

Thanks for these numbers Andy, really good to know.

Cheers,

 

[Spajky]

Intel Pentium 3 1G
Intel D815EPEA2
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 7000 PCI
Netgear FA-310TX
160 GB Hard Drive
CD-RW Drive
Floppy Drive
Power Supply: Enhance ATX-1125B
Power (CPU 0 - 1 %): 50 Watts; PF: .66
(CPU 100 %): 70 Watts; PF: .68

my setup:

Intel Celeron Tualatin 1.0A@1,35GHz
MSI 6163pro, 256Mb ram
nVidia Riva128ZX
QuantumF+As 20Gb /7,2k-2Mb/
Teac CD-rom 40x
Iomega Zip100 atapi
FD
PSU 300W /made of 4 ones canibalized/
power factor around 65%; 7 fans + w/o monitor:

on suspend: 45W
idle 50W
full load 60W (3D game running...)

/measured using common house electric counter/
)

 

[CBFalconer]

<snip>

Thanks for these numbers Andy, really good to know.

Those numbers are probably quite reasonable for evaluating the
cost of leaving the beast on, but they don't cover the much higher
requirements on power on, or even when spinning up spun-down
drives (mine are set to spin down after 10 inactive minutes).