Thermaltake TR2 RX 850 watts

[fernandofg]

I have a thermaltake TR2 RX 850 watts (win7 64bits)
I have this power supply because I have 40tb raid0, that is 10 hard disks (4tb each) inside, also I have a graphic card shaphire 2gb.

But I believe each hard disk consume 50 watts, that is 400 watts + the graphic card

My question is about power consumption, I am paying a big bill of power every month in my house and my computer is ON 16 hours at day becaise I work here all day and part of the night

My question is, this power supply is consuming 850 wats per hour always? or consume only the hardware connected, even if I turn off all hard disks (they are only backup so they can be OFF), the consumption will be less or this has nothing to do with that


Thanks in advance

 

[bignastyid]

A single hdd does not use 50w. Most 3.5" hdds use less than 10w, when idle they will use even less. .
PSU only delivers what the system requires.

 

[fernandofg]

A single hdd does not use 50w. Most 3.5" hdds use less than 10w, when idle they will use even less. .
PSU only delivers what the system requires.

Thanks a lot for your answer
So, a 300 watts poswer supply will be enough for my system if I decide the remove the thermaltake?

Regards

 

[bignastyid]

Without knowing the full specs of the system I can't tell you what size psu you need.

 

[fernandofg]

Without knowing the full specs of the system I can't tell you what size psu you need.

Thanks, here are the details

Win7 64
Mobo: X99-UD4
CPU: i7-5820 3.30Ghz
Video: Sapphire Toxic 11217-02-40G / 299-1E272-000SA AMD Radeon R9 270x 2Gb GDDR5
10 hard disk 4tb each
16gb RAM

 

[bignastyid]

A 300w psu would be a bad idea(your cpu and gpu can use more than that). That cpu and gpu are not exactly power efficient.

Where it seems like you are wanting to hit the psu effciency sweet spot look for a 620w or larger psu. Also the higher the 80 plus rating the more effcient the psu will be. Finding one with atleast 10 sata power connections might be fun. Might require a couple splitters.

 

[fernandofg]

A 300w psu would be a bad idea(your cpu and gpu can use more than that). That cpu and gpu are not exactly power efficient.

Where it seems like you are wanting to hit the psu effciency sweet spot look for a 620w or larger psu. Also the higher the 80 plus rating the more effcient the psu will be. Finding one with atleast 10 sata power connections might be fun. Might require a couple splitters.

Thanks for the info bignastyid
What I am trying to know is how much my PC is consumming in power, because like I say earlier my power bill is very high in my house, so, I am trying to define what devises will be removed from my house, my PC will not be one of them offcourse, but still want to know how many watts is consuming

So, resuming, my PC is consuming 600-650 watts ''every hour'' in real life, right?

REgards

 

[bignastyid]

How much power it uses depends on what its doing. When it's idle its likly only using 100-150w. Under full load you are probably around 500w. If you want to see exactly how much it's pulling from the wall get a Kill A Watt monitor.

 

[fernandofg]

How much power it uses depends on what its doing. When it's idle its likly only using 100-150w. Under full load you are probably around 500w. If you want to see exactly how much it's pulling from the wall get a Kill A Watt monitor.

Thanks a lot for your help

Regards