How much power does your PC consume?

Posted By: Adam Bomb | Feb 13th @ 12:00 AM

So how much power do your PCs draw? And how do you figure that out?
Those were the questions that I asked Grant after he recently updated the machines in some of the classrooms he manages. His problem was even more complex: He needed stronger/better/faster machines, but he was at capacity on his circuits, so he needed to do it without increasing power draw.
In this video, Grant walks us through some of his methodology in measuring and benchmarking power consumption on a few machines, and shares the results with us.
It leads to some interesting conclusions, and some good food for thought for anyone trying to make energy conscious decisions around PC purchases.

Tags: benchmarking, cpu, Green, power, watt's up

Rating:

Views (12,903)

Comments (4)

Downloads

neil

This is very cool. The power savings are pretty incredible and if you add the added 70% performance increase and the reduced heat output, this is certainly something that the govenment or magazines should start to focus on.

AdamBomb

the two tools Grant uses can be found at http://mersenne.org and http://iometer.org. These tools aren't supported by Microsoft, standard disclaimers apply, blah blah blah.

System

Pingback from Jeff Sandquist - Microsoft Evangelist - Where the heck have I been?

System

Pingback from Little Miss Enviro Geek : Comprehensive list of Vista Power Management resources...