Of all the parts of the PC, which one uses the most power... the moniter, speakers or the CPU?? And how much??

Question

Of all the parts of the PC, which one uses the most power... the moniter, speakers or the CPU? And how much??

An approximate figure of the power comsumption of the 3 parts will do...

Answer 1

This site appears to have all the info in detail:
http://www.trentu.ca/admin/po/eab/computerenergy.shtml
And I have Five of these at home, wow, good thing I don't have to foot the bill for the electricity for these things at work :-)

Answer 2

hard to say, it depends on your setup and your equipment. The order would be CPU, Monitor, speakers. As for the percentage at least 75% would be CPU unless you have a ridiculous monitor. The speakers are usually external but in your setup they must be connected to the computer somehow instead of jsut plugged into a wall socket. Speakers probably less than 10% compared to CPU and the monitor would use the remaining power. If your problem is not having enough power, consider upgrading your power supply because most systems make require more than standard power. Browse the internet for further information. Glad I could help

Answer 3

If you have an LCD they use next to no power. The amount of power used by the speakers simply depends on the type of system you have, but no matter how big, again the amount of power they use is pretty small. If you have a higher end graphics card those use massive amounts of power. The fans can also use a lot as well as the CPU. It really just depends on the configuration of your computer!

Answer 4

There is no queston about it, your processor will be the heaviest user of power, hence the massive heatsink and fan, followed by the graphics card which has probably also got a heatsink and fan if it's more than basic graphics.

Answer 5

The motherboard. typically about 300W

Answer 6

Open control manager and have a look, it varies.