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 How much power does your pc really need?, Interesting article using up to date pc.

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cks2k2
post Jun 29 2007, 10:55 AM

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QUOTE(ikanayam @ Jun 29 2007, 10:48 AM)
I skimmed through the article and I'm surprised that they didn't test power draw when switching on the system. I would think that might be one of the times where power draw is close to maximum because all the hard drives spin up etc.
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Right -> the highest power draw is during boot-up when all your drives start spinning up/CPU/GC fan etc.
IIRC that's the main reason that you are not recommended to have > 2 peripherals attached to the same power cable OR use Y-splitters.

 

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