Apollo wrote:
~misfit~ wrote:

I agree about todays HOT cpu's consumption, but as Matt was talking
about a 200W psu I was thinking PIII / Low-end athlon/duron systems.
I have no experience of recent Intel procs, but I don't think I'd put
a PIV system together using a 200W psu ;o)

And yet some builders do, mainly outfits like Compaq. I don't know about
latest systems but I've seen older P4's with 200 w PSUs.

It all depends on your CPU. A PrescHOT has a thermal dissapation of
about 103 watts so it's fair to assume that it's using at least that
amount plus a little more. Motherboard circuitry uses a fair few
watts (have you ever put your finger on the power FETs on a running
PC, or wondered why northbridges have heatsinks/fans?) as well. An
AMD XP Athlon 32-bit dissapates around 83 watts.

I'm curious now, any idea what my cpu would consume; mobile XP2400
35W @
1.35v standard vcore - set at 1.93v. There must be some correlation,
it can't be linear or it would only be around 50W and I wouldn't need
my wetware setup.

Yeah definitely not linear. I can only speculate but I'd say it would be
around/above the 100 watt mark, possibly as high as 140 watt.

I wish I knew someone with one of those sockets that measure power
consumption, I'd definately borrow one for a while just to see what
I'm using, I wonder if any tool hire shops have them?

I've thought the same thing. I'd like to know *exactly* what a PC uses. I've
been involved in discussions like this in several NG's over the years and
nobody seems to have a definitive answer. Hard data.

Cheers,
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~misfit~