Power reading?

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Rydawg5143

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Is there a program that shows how much power you are using? As i'll be upgrading mobo and going xfire soon enough, im curious
 
program? yes... is software reliable for such efforts? not really. whats better? a hardware solution. Pickup a P3 International Kill-A-Watt from Amazon or somewhere instead. ;)
 
enginurd said:
program? yes... is software reliable for such efforts? not really. whats better? a hardware solution. Pickup a P3 International Kill-A-Watt from Amazon or somewhere instead. ;)
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QFT.

Don't bother with any software solution.

Though straight from Corsair's mouth:
Redbeard said:
Be very careful with Kill-a-watt type devices and power supplies with Active PFC. Sometimes they can get power readings that are significantly off. In one or two cases I've seen them declare my power supply to be over 100% efficient.
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ordered the kill a watt from egg. So this isnt good to use with my corsair 750 ? will it blow my machine up :p
 
Rydawg5143 said:
ordered the kill a watt from egg. So this isnt good to use with my corsair 750 ? will it blow my machine up :p
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No it won't kill anything. Just don't take what it reports with your Corsair PSU as a solid fact. Maybe a guideline. But trust me, you'll find other uses for that Kill-A-Watt. First time I got one, I went around my home measuring the power of everything.

Good to know that my rig is just a drop in the hat compared to the other stuff running on electricity in my home :)
 
It should work fine. I have 5x Corsair PSUs, and the Kill-A-Watt works fine with all of them. Your computer doesnt hold a candle to a central A/C or large refrigerator. :p
 
@ Danny
I had already thought about that. Sounds liek something more to tweak with :)

@ Eng
I was hoping i could start my own nuclear power plant in my house, but then i dont think the watt machine eould do much good!

Though it will be interesting to see ehich uses more power the 3-4 fans i plug in and turn on or my friends AC wall unit.
 
You could get a software solution that attaches to a Kill-a-watt like device. The Watts Up Pro (IIRC) is the one that has an interface (ethernet, USB? forget which) that will allow you to monitor the performance in real time. The Kill-a-watt will only allow manual tracking (give or take its limited tracking and recording capability).
 
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