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Electrical question / How many amps does my PSU draws

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Hello anybody,

I recently installed a bunch of stuff in my room and am currently using 9amps of power, my billow is rated at 15amps.

I have a gaming desktop with a OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Modular PSU :
http://world wide web.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017

I'yard wondering if this ability supply draws more than than 3 amps. If so, would a low-end laptop use less than iii amps of power?

Thank you

Kursun
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Your power supply does not decide how much current your PC draws. You lot may take a 5000W ability supply, it doesn't mean your PC volition draw that much current. The capacity of your power supply but means that it can supply that much power in case information technology is needed.

Your cpu, gpu, number of hdds, and then on determine the amount of electric current drawn.
Yes, a laptop draws a lot less current than a desktop. Their cpus are engineered to take low electric current depict.

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Here's HWMonitor information, it may exist useful :

Hardware monitor ITE IT8721

Voltage 0 12.18 Volts [0xF4] (+12V)
Voltage one 5.04 Volts [0xF0] (+5V)
Voltage two 0.97 Volts [0x51] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 3 i.69 Volts [0x8D] (VIN3)
Voltage four 1.37 Volts [0x72] (VIN4)
Voltage 5 iii.37 Volts [0xE1] (+3.3V)
Voltage 6 1.94 Volts [0xA2] (VIN6)
Voltage vii 2.60 Volts [0xD9] (VIN7)
Voltage 8 1.67 Volts [0x8B] (VIN8)
Temperature 0 28°C (82°F) [0x1C] (CPU)
Temperature 1 25°C (77°F) [0x19] (Mainboard)
Fan 0 918 RPM [0x2DF] (CPU)
Fan ane 631 RPM [0x42D] (FANIN1)
Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM0)
Fan PWM 1 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM1)
Fan PWM 2 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM2)

Kursun
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Here's HWMonitor data, information technology may exist useful :

Hardware monitor ITE IT8721

Voltage 0 12.18 Volts [0xF4] (+12V)
Voltage 1 5.04 Volts [0xF0] (+5V)
Voltage ii 0.97 Volts [0x51] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 3 ane.69 Volts [0x8D] (VIN3)
Voltage iv one.37 Volts [0x72] (VIN4)
Voltage v three.37 Volts [0xE1] (+3.3V)
Voltage 6 i.94 Volts [0xA2] (VIN6)
Voltage 7 2.threescore Volts [0xD9] (VIN7)
Voltage 8 1.67 Volts [0x8B] (VIN8)
Temperature 0 28°C (82°F) [0x1C] (CPU)
Temperature one 25°C (77°F) [0x19] (Mainboard)
Fan 0 918 RPM [0x2DF] (CPU)
Fan 1 631 RPM [0x42D] (FANIN1)
Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM0)
Fan PWM 1 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM1)
Fan PWM ii 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM2)

Those are voltages, not amount of current fatigued.
If you lot are sensitive about currents fatigued and ability consumption you may better buy a simple and inexpensive digital Wattmeter. I use i past Tchibo. Information technology is something similar this:
http://world wide web.ebay.com/itm/Energy-Ability-Watt-Meter-Monitor-buster-Voltage-Volt-with-Eu-European-plug-220V-/130859299314?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e77d271f2
With something similar that you can measure how much current a device draws or how much power it consumes.

Unless you lot have a monster video menu your pc probably consumes about 150W. Add to that about 30W for your monitor.

  • #five
I wouldn't call my PC a beast simply, it's pretty skillful for a 400$ custom congenital.

I can however play the newest games at max settings :

PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Modular
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.00ghz
HDD: Western Digital Blue Caviar 500GB
MB : ASUS M5A78L-M
Monitor : HP w2207h 22"

Kursun
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You can calculate minimum psu Wattage from here: http://world wide web.farthermost.outervision.com/PSUEngine

Just I suppose that figure is not what your pc actually consumes. All-time mode to larn that would be to use a elementary digital wattmeter as I mentioned earlier.

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So - if you're but wondering if your pc will trip the breaker, the respond is no. If you've but got 6 amps left, and then that equates to 6A at the plug voltage. Ability (in watts) is voltage ten current (amps). So if you lot're in the UK and so your 6A gives yous 6x240=1440W, if y'all're in the U.s. I call up you accept 110Volt sockets and then that'southward 6x110=660W. Your PSU is capable of cartoon 600W maximum, with your spec pc it'south never going to hit that, and so you'll exist fine.

However - how are yous measuring the 9A yous're currently drawing past the breaker? You must have some pretty enormous electrical items (kettles/hoovers etc.) to be drawing that much and they're not on all the fourth dimension :).

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However - how are yous measuring the 9A you're currently drawing by the breaker? You must take some pretty enormous electrical items (kettles/hoovers etc.) to be drawing that much and they're not on all the fourth dimension :).

Information technology was written in the user'south manual, one uses four.5amps, the second one 1.0amp and the third one iii.5amps.
And yes, they're on all the time. I'm running stuff like air conditioners, dehumidifiers etc...

As well, the rule is never to use more than than 80% of the breaker's capacity.
80% of 15 is 12 and then, I'chiliad currently using 9 amps / 12 amps.

I'chiliad pretty certain if i ditched my gaming desktop and used a laptop instead i wouldn't get by 12 amps.

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Hi, sad for the tardily reply - and I didn't retrieve of air conditioners etc. Sounds like you've got some pretty heavy equipment in your room :)

I'm guessing you're in the US and have a 110V at the plug socket - and if y'all don't want to exceed 12 amps total, that leaves yous three amps and therefore 330W. I'm nigh certain you wont even reach 300W with your pc, had a quick google of reviews of builds with your carte du jour and I can't find any which claim to describe above 274W - most have more power enervating processors as well.

If yous're still concerned, get with Kursun'south advice and get yourself a wall meter, run something like 3d Mark 06 to stress your gpu, watch the wallmeter and tape the max wattage. I use one by enegnie on my rig - which has an i5, XFX 7950, 3 hard drives and 2 disk drives and I've never exceeded 290W.

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