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| Thread ID: 90458 | 2008-06-03 23:23:00 | Make you think. . . . | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
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| 675375 | 2008-06-03 23:23:00 | Interesting link (www.stuff.co.nz) - I noticed in the latest issue PC Authority that their review of LCD monitors includes power consumption. Does anyone check consumption/efficiency before they buy PSU's or monitors etc?? |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 675376 | 2008-06-03 23:56:00 | I don't but then I don't own an LCD or Plasma anything. PSUs are bought for the requirements of what they need to power, plus quality brands and no other criteria. This might be a bit old but: According to tests conducted by IST, Hardware Support, tests showed the following. On a Pentium 4, 1.7GH machine: * during boot power in watts is close to 110w * during idle, no power management,. close to 60w * during full power saving, no hard disk spin, machine in sleep mode, 35w This means that each PC consumes roughly the same amount of energy at it's highest usage level as a 100w light bulb. A Sony 17" monitor, by far our most common, consumed 75w when in use. The total power consumption of a typical PC and monitor does not consume more than 175 Watts of energy at its highest rate. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 675377 | 2008-06-04 00:01:00 | Thats without 6 HDDs, 15 LED fans and 3 8800 GTXs. :p Interesting article, though. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 675378 | 2008-06-04 01:25:00 | Was just reading that article on stuff. A PS3 uses five times as much as a fridge? | the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 675379 | 2008-06-04 01:41:00 | From Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) The power consumption of the initial PlayStation 3 units based on 90nm Cell (microprocessor) CPU ranges from 170–200 watts during normal use, despite having a 380 watt power supply.[7] The power consumption of newer PlayStation 3(65nm process)units ranges from 120-140 watts during normal use. So even at 380 watts, it uses less than a computer. That's 20 watts less than my TV, so it's good enough for me. |
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| 675380 | 2008-06-04 09:10:00 | No way. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 675381 | 2008-06-05 01:22:00 | Oh yes, my TV DOES use 400 watts (62" rear-projection, people are life-sized). | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
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