Watts

Forum discussion tagged with Watts.
  1. M

    Question PSU for a 2080 Super ?

    Build Mother board: x370-f gaming Cpu: ryzen 7 2700x Gpu: Gigabyte 2060 triforce oc Ram: G-skill 32gb 3200mhz Corsair: tx650m 80+ gold 650watt Os drive: 250 gb ssd Storage drive: 4tb hdd WD blue M.2: 2tb Samsung 970 emo plus Case: cooler master h500 So I have a 2060 right now and I am thinking...
  2. P

    Question Need to know if my psu can handle all this

    Hello everyone. I have this pc: CPU: intel xeon e3 1270 v3 3,5ghz RAM: 1X8GB ddr3 1600mhz 1x4GB ddr3 1600mhz GPU: Geforce 1060 GTX 6gb (edited) STORAGE: SSD kingston 500 gb MOTHERBOARD: asus h81m-k PSU: SENTEY 600W 80 PLUS BRONZE HBP600-GS...
  3. C

    Question 3080 Consuming 110 W in idle

    Hello dear forum members! Recently upgraded from a 3060 ti to a 3080 FE. My 3060 ti consumed 50 W while idle which seemed a reasonable amount due to my 3 monitors setup, all of them being 1080p, 2x60 hz and 1x 390hz. But now this 3080 FE consumes between 107-108 W, where 107 W is the...
  4. RSK01

    Question Laptop charger- from 150W to 180W?

    Hello! I have unusual problem with GPU, caused by PSU(that’s what i think). So the machine i use is laptop ASUS Tuf Gaming A15(2020) with fabric 150W charger for my model/FA506II/. I found in internet that close specification also use 180W charger. My problem with GPU is random utilization from...
  5. H

    Question Help with choosing a good psu

    https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/CMQmMb Estimation watts is around 300 , what would a good tier power supply be? Any recommendations? ( keeping it near 600 euros )
  6. X

    Question Can I fit a replacement PSU in my Dell PC case ?

    I have a Dell Vostro 3888. I have been wanting to upgrade It but the PSU inside It Is pretty small. It isn't a cube like the PSU I am buying, it is a cuboid but a small one. I searched all over for its name but I couldn't find It, all I know is the PSU was made by Dell, here is a pic for...
  7. consptheory77

    Question How many watts does a hard drive consume and how much heat does it produce?

    I am going to build a new desktop system this year to replace my rapidly aging Haswell build from 2015. The Haswell motherboard only has three SATA ports, but I use my desktop as media server, among other things, and I have five external USB drives attached, three inside the case. Now, with...
  8. W

    Question Power consumption of z790 motherboards?

    Can't find information on this. Where power consumption is tested it's with a cpu on it and not isolated. Does anyone know the answer?
  9. W

    Question Thunderbolt power question

    Monitors can run without power supplies off Thunderbolt ports. As can external HDD enclosures. Do Thunderbolt compatible monitors if connected to a Thunderbolt motherboard, then add load to the PSU, and how much? Thunderbolt seems to transmit less watts than large monitors with power cables...
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    Question Will my PC with an 850w PSU draw lots of power without a GPU?

    Hey guys! So basically I live in Peru and here 1kw= S/0.60 = $0.16 I am building my gaming PC and it's basically all done but for the GPU, I want to save until the 3080 reduces it's price a bit. I want to know if my PC will consume a lot of power if I am playing games like Sea of thieves...
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    Question Will 5 watt speakers damage something if connected to pc?

    So I have this pair of computer speakers, but to get the power they have to be connected to a wall plug. However I find this annoying and noticed it uses USB to power the speakers, so I decided to use it on my pc rear IO. However, I did a search online and it said that USB 2.0 is able to...
  12. interference

    Question about laptop GPU's comparison to desktop.

    Hello i am thinking to buy a laptop with 2070 super 115w or 3070 with 140w.So my question is what is that 2070 super and 3070 compared to a desktop GPU.Because i know that there is difference between laptop and desktop GPU's. I know that the watts are important.I was told that on the laptops i...
  13. Iver Hicarte

    [SOLVED] If a Power Supply is 750 watts, does that mean you pull 750 watts of power also from the wall?

    Title says it, if a power supply is a 750, 950 or 1000 watt power supply, does that mean it pulls out that much power from the wall? To my knowledge I think it's not (correct me if I'm wrong) but if it doesn't then, how much power does a computer usually pull out from the wall?
  14. appletatoes

    [SOLVED] PCIe Riser Power Consumption

    Hello, I would like to know how much power is being pulled, in watts, from a PCIe riser. I'm just trying to figure out the breakdown of power being consumed by my mining rig. The risers that I have are PCE164P-N08 and is VER009S. Thank you, Appletatoes
  15. Iver Hicarte

    [SOLVED] Can you buy the separate extra 4 pin atx connector for the motherboard?

    Good day, Motherboards nowadays come with the extra 4 pin ATX power socket together with the regular 8 pin ATX socket. My question is can you buy that extra power cable? Because my power supply originally does not include that cable and I upgraded to a motherboard with that extra 4 pin ATX...
  16. R

    [SOLVED] Control fan speed by PSU watts load?

    Is it possible to control a "case fan" speed from a MB header by how much watts are currently loaded into the PSU? Asus FanXpert 4 only offers speed curves using various different temp readings in system. All google searches get crowded out by questions asking about fan watt draw (the fan...
  17. J

    [SOLVED] How many watts are future-proof?

    I plan to get a rtx 3080 which needs a recommended 750 watts. I do plan to upgrade the graphics card in the future, so I would like to know how many watts for a psu I should get to be safe in the future.
  18. E

    [SOLVED] GPU Using Little Amount of Watts

    Hi, so I have an RX580 4gb and I think it might be using to little watts. I've seen videos online of other Rx580s using around 150W while mine only goes to as far as like 90W sometimes. In MSI Afterburner, it only lets me go up 50% power usage while people can go up to 125% which is what the...
  19. Spaghetti123

    [SOLVED] 850 watt psu enough for i9-9900k OC and rtx 3080 OC?

    I've been choosing between whether i not should get a 850w psu or 1000w, does 1000w seem a bit overkill?
  20. OrdJk

    [SOLVED] Will this power supply be able to reliably power these components ?

    https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/txm-series-2017-config/p/CP-9020132-UK CPU : ryzen 7 2700x GPU: rtx 2060 super
  21. N

    Question Looking for a good PSU to run an i3-9100f + GTX 1050 + 8GB RAM

    Hello everybody. I'm going to buy an i3-9100F soon to upgrade from my Pentium G4400; together with this Pentium I'm currently running a GTX 1050 and 8 gigs of DDR4 RAM. My current PSU is crap though, it's a generic Sentey BCP-500XS which was included with the case I bought. So far it has worked...
  22. R

    Question UPS for voltage regulation

    Hello, I am wanting to get a UPS for my home theater system. I know any UPS wouldn't be able to power a home theater for very long, what I am interested in is the power regulation, power info as well as the surge protection. Power fluctuations are not good for electronics and a UPS with AVR...
  23. A

    [SOLVED] EPS connector

    How many watts can suply only the 8 pin connector? In some websites I saw 235w and in anothers up to 336w.
  24. J

    [SOLVED] Power Supply Question/Backup UPC

    So, I'm about to buy a backup battery for my PC, I live in Florida so that means lots of very brief power surges, and I'm scared that my pc will get fried one day. So I have one already, but it's not enough for it to sustain gaming without beeping incessantly. I'm looking to get a 600w APC...
  25. N

    Question x5675/ GA-EX58-UD3R OC with 500w Psu?

    Picked up the combo for a really good deal and planning to squeeze more performance out of it. The lowest wattage psu i've read some guy use was a 550w, so im wondering if i can get away with a Evga 500w white to get a decent overclock. Aswell the guy I picked this up from said it pulls 450-500w...
  26. E

    [SOLVED] Will my Be Quiet Dark Rock 4 fit my corsair 275r case?

    Hey there! I am creating my first PC build and I am super excited about it. Here is a link to all my PC components I am getting if it helps https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Z29qzY My biggest concern is that I am not entirely sure if my CPU cooler is going to fit into my case? and if it does is...
  27. M

    PC Restarting When GPU Is Under Load/Reaches ~70 degrees

    Hello, Recently, I've been having a rather annoying problem with my PC. It has been restarting randomly and as I decided to dig deeper into the issue, ran a multitude of benchmarks (Prime95 and Heaven Benchmark 4.0) and got a couple of GPU logs from GPU-Z, I came to the conclusion that the...
  28. S

    2.5'' ssd used with M.2.

    I have an Acer Aspire A515-51-50Y5. It's fitted with a 250gb M.2 SSD. I have a 2.5" 500gb ssd but there is no sata cable. I have found a socket for the cable inside. How do I find out if the socket is ''live''? Can I get a cable, plug the 2.5'' in and use it as extra storage?
  29. K

    Fire on Motherboard

    I have an aorus z390 and I have been messing around with the rgb functions with the fusion app. I had connected my 3 case fans which all share an RGB header to the RGB header on the motherboard and everything seemed fine. The fans defaulted to green and I went to change the color in the fusion...
  30. A

    What is horsepower, and how can I use this measurement to calculate if I can move something at a specific rpm?

    First, I'm sorry if this is the wrong subject to post this under, and for how long and convoluted the tile was. Let me explain. I'm building an electric scooter with my friends, and I was surfing Google for electric motors. This is the one I plan to purchase: http:// I understand torque is...
  31. N

    Nothing coming up on my monitor

    Finished with my build. Now I need to install windows. One problem, the computer is operational, however nothing is showing up on the monitor. Anyone know what’s wrong? Here is some information that may help. The monitor is connected to the motherboard via vga.
  32. D

    triple monitors different size crash when game is launched

    Hey guys! Everytime I start a game on my PC, my PC crashes and the monitor detect no signal anymore. I want to play the games (LoL, Assissins, Fornite) on only one monitor (ROG swift) . This works when I start my PC with only this monitor powered on. But if I launch the game with the other two...
  33. C

    Are nylon cable ties safe to use in PCs?

    I am looking at nylon cable ties on amazon. I googled nylon and electricity as well as static. Nylon by itself does not conduct electricity but it apparently can absorb moisture and this can allow it to conduct electricity. Also I was wondering about how nylon might create static which...
  34. G

    Upgrade Choice Overload

    Time to upgrade my trusted Asus P67 Sabertooth & heavily OC'd i5-2500K. The question is low end X299 or sweet Z370 bundle??? I'll need the next mobo to last about 4 years! Used for Gaming and mostly Arma 3, currently at 1920. Not bothered about RGB, but good audio needed and will OC as much as...
  35. M

    cpu i5 6500 false overheat

    I've developed a problem the past couple days. i5 6500 skylake can't overclock, don't game. Nvida Geforce 960 gpu. The ASUS (mother) software and CPUID HW software show it over heating. But its not any heat coming off the fans which are clean. System is running normal , no indication of...
  36. S

    Looking for GPU

    I am using long time pc with configuration motherboard- AMD M5A78L-M LX V2 Processor-AMD FX4100 Ram - 8gb slot Can I install GPU- GTX 1050 ti OC expedition? Is it compatible
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    1080ti low fps all games

    i have 1080ti sli ( sli diabled ) i97900k @ cpu3.30ghz 32gb ram i run at 4k issue is i have a i7 980ti running the same games smooth where is this pc seems to stutter on all games..... i disabled intel 3.0, ive re installed windows, as you see i disabled sli (as couldnt get any boost from...
  38. W

    2500 USD Ryzen 1800x build

    hello i need to build a pc for gaming/editing/rendering. i would like it to be with the amd Ryzen 1800x because it is 399 usd rigth now on amazon. i dont need monitor nor software and keyboard/mouse. i edit in 4k and play in 4k or 1440p. also i can only buy from amazon since neweeg and other...
  39. T

    5960x overclock big air vs aio

    Hello, I recently upgraded from a 5820k to a 5960x. I was wondering if an aio such as the x62 kraken, 115i, evga clc 280mm improve the thermals compared to a r1 ultimate which I have already. The r1 kept my 5820k oc to 4.5 w/1.275vcore at 78c during stress tests. With the 5960x, attempting a...
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    Hot power cords

    I just bought a dell envy laptop running win 10. When I charge the computer the charger block gets warm/ hot. Is this normal?