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I actually measured the whole system. With motherboard, HDD, SSD and RAM it idled at 30W. CPU took only 7w from all of that.
by SomeRndName11 3y ago
I actually measured the whole system. With motherboard, HDD, SSD and RAM it idled at 30W. CPU took only 7w from all of that.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoHow did you measure CPU draw?
- SomeRndName11 3y agoReported by the motherboard's current sensor.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoIs that accurate?
- Dalewyn 3y agoCPU and mobo sensors are accurate enough for casual measurements and conversations like this. The numbers I cited earlier were reported by the CPU's package power sensors which were in turn read by LibreHardwareMonitor.
- SomeRndName11 3y agoWell if you count expected power consumption of each component and limited efficiency of the power supply, plus reports of people idling their 3470 based machines at 12w (full system) yeah, good enough. I mean what is your point? The 35W idle for Ivy Bridge CPU only is a ridiculous claim, that should be retracted IMO.
- squeaky-clean 3y ago(Not the same commenter) HWInfo64 can report your CPU power consumption. Some digital power supplies can also give power for specific parts, like corsair iCue compatible PSU's