My PC power consumption ?

Question

i have the following configuration can anyone tell the amount of power my PC consumes - pentium D 820 , asus P5PE mobo , 512 mb ddr ram , samsung 80 gb hard disk , samsung DVD writer , optical mouse , keyboard , floppy disk drive . please my electric bills are driving me crazy ...

to power down does it mean putting the monitor on standby or PC to hibernate ? what should i do apart from putting monitor to standby after 20 mins ?

Answer 1

The cause is your 820D, which is one reason why Intel moved to the 9xx series, if my memory serves me right, it can draw upto 165w at full power just for the CPU, the 9xx series drops to around 95-130w.

Also change your power saving to power down after say 30mins.

I would imagine your setup would draw from 120W to 200W per hr,this is assume you are using onboard graphics.

I have upgraded all our computers to AMD AM2 energy models, on paper it looks great, 65W max, and Cool'n;Quiet will power down when CPU has nothing to do, dropping it down to around 20-30W before power saving kicks in.

Answer 2

It relies upon on your pc Configuration. My pc makes use of alot greater power than my pc besides the incontrovertible fact that it is because of the fact i've got have been given 2 7950 GTKO great Clocked Vid enjoying cards, a 1100 watt PSU, and eight tricky drives interior it. additionally, your visual show unit should be taken into effect besides exterior audio equipment, and the rest you have linked to your individual computing gadget this is outfitted into your pc.

Answer 3

About 300 watts at worst.

Answer 4

I find it hard to believe your computer is the cause of your high electric bill by itself.

Answer 5

Try to get a solar powered PC . . .