I shall be glad to know know where I can find the standard or average power
requirments (wattage) of various system components - CPU, memory, hard
drives, motherboard and so on.

The accompanying manuals for these devices are often sketchy on the actual
power consumption, but do supply source specifications only. Doing some
research recently I found that this is true for many components! Or, maybe I
did not read things right.

This is for academic interest only though the inquisitiveness was triggered
by some power supply issues we are looking into.

Thanks for any insights.

Regards.

Jay

Jay wrote:

> I shall be glad to know know where I can find the standard or average
> power requirments (wattage) of various system components - CPU,
> memory, hard drives, motherboard and so on.
>
> The accompanying manuals for these devices are often sketchy on the
> actual power consumption, but do supply source specifications only.
> Doing some research recently I found that this is true for many
> components! Or, maybe I did not read things right.
>
> This is for academic interest only though the inquisitiveness was
> triggered by some power supply issues we are looking into.
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> Regards.
>
> Jay

I got this link by Googling for "computer components wattage
requirements":
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article...85,pg,2,00.asp

You could do the same, maybe varying the search term to get more links.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

That was exactly what i was looking for! Thanks very much!

Regards.

Jay


"Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Jay wrote:
>
>> I shall be glad to know know where I can find the standard or average
>> power requirments (wattage) of various system components - CPU,
>> memory, hard drives, motherboard and so on.
>>
>> The accompanying manuals for these devices are often sketchy on the
>> actual power consumption, but do supply source specifications only.
>> Doing some research recently I found that this is true for many
>> components! Or, maybe I did not read things right.
>>
>> This is for academic interest only though the inquisitiveness was
>> triggered by some power supply issues we are looking into.
>>
>> Thanks for any insights.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Jay
>
> I got this link by Googling for "computer components wattage
> requirements":
> http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article...85,pg,2,00.asp
>
> You could do the same, maybe varying the search term to get more links.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

You may want to check this website: Power Supply Calculator
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

Regards,

NBouc



"Jay" <jay@no.spam> wrote in message
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>I shall be glad to know know where I can find the standard or average power
>requirments (wattage) of various system components - CPU, memory, hard
>drives, motherboard and so on.
>
> The accompanying manuals for these devices are often sketchy on the actual
> power consumption, but do supply source specifications only. Doing some
> research recently I found that this is true for many components! Or, maybe
> I did not read things right.
>
> This is for academic interest only though the inquisitiveness was
> triggered by some power supply issues we are looking into.
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> Regards.
>
> Jay
>