> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply A gaming computer with a 1000 watt power supply will reastically

> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply A gaming computer with a 1000 watt power supply will reastically have a 50W idle load. It's only if the CPU and GPU are fully utilized (like in a gaming scenario) that it might draw several hundreds of Watts.