ziz a dumb question?

[Erik Trulsson]

On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 03:55:43PM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sat, 01 May 2010 11:59:52 +0100, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh at onetel.com> wrote:
> > Seriously? Or joking? How did you measure it?
> 
> Well... erm... in fact... I didn't measure anything, I just
> utilized the numbers. :-) Modern PCs come with a 700 W power
> supply (and more)

Some modern PCs come with such hefty power supplies.  Most come with
far more modest power supplies.
A typical modern PC (not one equipped with the absolutely fastest CPU
and graphics card, but rather one intended for office use) normally
draw less than 200W under load.

If you take a modern PC optimized for low power consumption (such as a
laptop) it will draw less than 50W under load.  (For really low-power
computers it will be less than 30W.)


>, and the specs for my AS/400e 9406-170 say
> 654 W with expansion unit (326 W without), measured kVA values
> (according to manual) are similar. Weight is 70.5 kg, and
> size is two big towers side by side.
> 
> 
> 
> > My 2 year old desktop uses 
> > 60-100 watts depending on how hard it's working.
> 
> Sounds like a notebook / laptop class computer.
> 
> 
> 
> > 10 disks and lots of 
> > noise must use a few watts, though size and weight wouldn't have that 
> > much influence per se :)
> 
> But it's more than 10 years old, too old to seriously
> measure something! :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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