Power Draw Calculator

[dunc]

Hi all,

Is there any software I can use to calculate the power draw of my system in realtime? HWMonitor tells me how much my CPU pulls and I know that my GPU pulls 30watts max but I'm clueless about everything else like fans and ODD's

[Chaz]

Wait just actually read what you said, sarcasm withdrawn.

[Spaceboy]

Hi all,

Is there any software I can use to calculate the power draw of my system in realtime? HWMonitor tells me how much my CPU pulls and I know that my GPU pulls 30watts max but I'm clueless about everything else like fans and ODD's

Unfortunately a software only solution isn't possible... if you really want to know you'd be better off with a hardware power meter, or guesstimating based on totalling up individual component power draw.

Also I'd be surprised if your GPU pulled only 30W, sure you don't mean 300 ?

Wait just actually read what you said, sarcasm withdrawn.

Not really what the OP was asking

[dunc]

It's a 6450

Also, it would be interesting to know what Chaz said, I didn't see

[Spaceboy]

It's a 6450

Also, it would be interesting to know what Chaz said, I didn't see

It was the sarcastic version of telling you to google for "psu calculator"

[Chaz]

The only way you could do it afaik would be to use a pass through current monitor plug into the mains, no software option would work really. Or you could use one of those psu calculators and just subtract your cpu and gpu from the number it gives you to get a rough idea.

[Supermoose]

Yeh I hav one. Maplins sell them and you would be surprised how much power things use!

[El Wayneo]

just post your spec on here, its not hard to give a rough guess within 50W.

[greecean]

Yeh I hav one. Maplins sell them and you would be surprised how much power things use!

i have one from maplins too, i was surprised how little power mine used