My i7 pc only take 87w !!

[welliam]

Hello,
I read fro my APC software that my i7 PC only take 87w, can any one explain
?

 

[saaiello]

At Idle your CPU should only be using around 30 or 40 watts so at the time you ran that test you must have been at Idle I guarantee you put some load on that and you will only get a few minutes of battery time.

 

[welliam]

I am currently using temp low end gfx card , if I get the gtx 470 how much is the expected load while playing ?

 

[Lmeow]

Well, the GTX 470 is relatively power hungry, and the total system power consumption of a Core i7 965 3.2GHz system with a GTX 470 would probably be around 350W to 450W while running Left 4 Dead, taken from Techreport.

 

[welliam]

Best answer selected by mdk4ever.