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I'd be very surprised if your desktop draws .8 kW when you're browsing the web. Your discrete GPU should be drawing around 10 W at idle, and you're averaging <
by semi-extrinsic 12y ago
I'd be very surprised if your desktop draws .8 kW when you're browsing the web. Your discrete GPU should be drawing around 10 W at idle, and you're averaging < 30% of your CPU's < 150 W TDP. That's at most 60W, so with a HDD and some fans and 20% loss in the PSU you're maybe touching 100 W.
- MichaelGG 12y agoComposited desktops, heavy scrolling? Doesn't that kick up the GPU significantly?