Today I used a Waltage and current meter to measure the power rating of my office PC :
(The Max power rating is measured when the machine is running the prime95 torture test)
1. Core i7 920 oc to 3.33Ghz/6GB DDR3-1333 RAM/Nvidia GT260+ GPU/2x1TB Seagate HD+1x500GB WD HD
Idle : ~165W (core temp : 47C), Max : 316W (core temp : 89C), 6W-9W when poweroff
2. Dell Otiplex GX620 Pentium D 2.8Ghz/2.5 GB DDR2-800 RAM,/Nvidia NVS280
Idle : ~104-110W, Max : 196W
3. Dell Precison 530,/Pentium Xeon 1.8Ghz x2/2GB Rambus RAM, Nvidia Quadro NVS 280
Idle : 95W, Max : 160W
4. Dell Otiplex GX755 C2D E8400 3.0Ghz
Idle : 56W, Max : 96W
5. Mac Mini Core Duo 1.6Ghz
Idle : 18W, Max : 32W
6. UltraSparc II 440Mhz/1 GB RAM/2×73 GB SCSI disk/6×36 GB SCSI disk box
Idle : ~153-155W, without the 6×36 GB SCSI disk box : ~63-64W
Other Computer Accessories
1. Dell 24″ UltraSharp LCD : 50W
2. Dell 15″ UltraSharp LCD : 10W
3. Dell 19″ UltraSharp LCD : 15W
4. Cisco 2950T switch : 2W~5W
5. 3com 6 ports Gigabit sw : ~8W
6. Cisco 1721 router : 1W~8W
7. Cisco IP phone : ~< 1W
Other Computer models
1. Dell Precision 470, 2xPentium Xeon Processor 2.8Ghz, 2x 146 GB SCSI disk
Idle : ~170W, it still consume ~8W when poweroff until you unplug the power cord…
2. Dell Precision T5400, 1 Xeon 5420 2.5Ghz processor, 2x 146GB SAS HD
Idle : ~143-147W, consume ~13-15W when poweroff
3. Dell Precsion 490, 2x Xeon 5120 1.86Ghz, 2×146 GB SAS disk
Idle : ~187-193W
4. Dell Precsion 490, 2x Xeon 5120 1.86Ghz, 2x500GB SATA disk
Idle : ~~167-172W (it seems that using SATA disk save ~20W)
5. Dell Precision 450, 2x Pentium Xeon 2.4Ghz, 1×36 GB SCSI disk, 1x146GB SCSI disk
Idel : ~143-146W, consume ~6W when poweroff
6. Thecus NAS5200, 5X500GB SATA disk : ~72W
7. Thecus NAS4100, 4X500GB SATA disk : ~58W
8. H3C S5100 24 ports Gigabit switch : ~15W (1/2 load)
9. Cisco 2960G 24 ports Gigabit switch : ~44W ( 9 ports used)
10. Dell PowerEdge 850, Pentium D 2.8Ghz, 2x500GB SATA disk
Idle : ~104-110W
11. Dell Optiplex GX280, Pentium 4 2.8Ghz, 2x320GB SATA disk
Idle : ~84W, consume 4W when poweroff
12. Dell Optiplex GX270, Pentium 4 2.8Ghz, 1×80 IDE disk
Idle : ~45W
13. Dell Optiplex GX260SD, Pentium 4 1.8Ghz, 1×40 IDE disk
Idle : ~40W
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