is 150w power usage normal for an idle PC?

>>56300577
For desktop, its quite high.

>>56300591
Damn.
I guess its my gpu freaking out due to multiple monitors, or just AMD

>>56300577
She dies

>>56300577
Maybe you have many hard disks revving up for the glory of Rome?

>>56300737
2 HDDs, 1 SSD

>>56300577
for mine it is
but it has 2 xeons, 4 hard drives and the gpu has to run 4 monitors

Actually it's a bit high but it's not outside the standard range.

>>56300577
My new i5 4690K + Rx 480 idles at 70W.
My old Phenom X3 + 9800GT idles at 140W.

>>56300577
Specs?

>>56302109
i5 4590
R9 390
16gb ddr3 ram
2 hdds, 1 ssd
2 monitors

how do you check power usage?

>>56302158
kill-a-watt meter

>>56302158
There are various different ways. The most straightforward is to purchase a "kill-a-watt" for $20 which plugs into a wall. It includes an outlet for you to plug your device in and it measures usage in watts.

If your power company supports it- you can use them to monitor computer power usage. Our power company measures power usage by the hour and you can check this usage online. What you can do is get a "baseline" without PC on, then turn the PC on and idle it for a few hours and check the difference and from there, determine power usage. The kill-a-watt is much more straightforward though.

>>56300577
Dat Arab in pic.

>>56300577
Yes.


>>56300718
Who is she?

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>>56300718

How can I measure my idle consumption?

>>56302278
put a ruler up to it

>>56302216
still waiting the sauce

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>mfw my setup draws 202W from the wall at the moment

i7 5775C
Mpower z97
16gb ballistix tracer
GTX960
512gb 850 pro ssd
Few hdd's internal, few external
Mouse, kb, drawing pad, racing wheel, usb mic
EVGA G2 750W

all while shitposting here

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>>56302284
Adolf Hitler is a good start

https://youtu.be/LXOaCkbt4lI?t=710

a 7 GPU 2 processor 15k$ build draws 250 idle.
You need to rethink the fuck are you doing there m8

>>56302503
I dont know what the fuck is going on
is my AMD GPU spazzing out because of the monitors? Ive heard of shit like that happening

>>56302715
Check the temps, something must be wrong and is leaking power like crazy.
Unless you are using a 12k monitor or some shit i don't see how else you can explain it

You are using a PSU from a reputable company and not some $10 "1kw" one from your local Chinese import store, right?

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>>56300649
>multiple monitors, or just AMD

Yup.

>>56303498
>fix multi-monitor power usage with Fiji
>break it again with Polaris

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>>56302278
go to a hardware store and get a Kill A Watt meter
if you're weird order it online

>>56303529
Fiji "fixed" it by having HBM, which uses a lot less power. The inherent problem of their memory needing to run at full speed to avoid instability in multi-monitor setups remained.