PC energy consumption

littleange

Hibernate uses around the same power as S3 and takes longer to come back on (requires pressing the power button rather than a key on the keyboard)

£7 at Lidl on Monday

superscaper

ssjx wrote:

Hi,
Maplin do a handy power monitor (item code: L61AQ) if you want to find out exactly how much power is being used.

Also, you may want to take a look at enabling the Hibernate function for quick starts in XP.

Strangely I've just bought the exact same thing after reading the start of the thread except I got it off ebay as it was slightly cheaper. I should find it useful jotting down the exact power usage of all my electrical appliances not just my pc.

ssjx

@littleange_com
With hibernate you can actually turn the computer off is what i meant. Uses even less power that way

@superscaper
I bought the monitor because i was also curious about what everything was actually using. I think my computer set up used about 70w ish including the monitor (tft) which is not too bad.