eXtreme PSU Calculator Update

So, as you can see reviews are different. What we know is that 8800 GTX consumes about 136W at load (145W declared by NVIDIA btw). Go figure.

Not targeted at you, but for those wondering abou possibly differences...

The reviews are different because of the different motherboards utilized and different workloads generated for each review. The bit-tech article used the generally more power-hungry nForce 680i SLI motherboard, while the TechReport used an nForce4 SLI board.

Generally in power-consumption reports, a major area for differences is in the PSUs used -- one can be more efficient than the other. That results in different system power draw to produce the same power delivered. ie: Two PSUs are used; PSU-A is 70% efficient, PSU-B is 85% efficient. To deliver actual power of 100W, PSU-A consumes 142W (30% wasted in the process), PSU-B consumes 117W (15% wasted in the process). General generic PSUs are around 60-70% efficient, while the top-notch PSUs are close to 85% efficient. Another major difference is at what temperature are the PSUs rated efficiency. Most generic PSUs top efficiency is rated at low temps that are not realistic as to it's true operating environment.

Here's a pretty good read up on PSU Myths.
 
Here's a pretty good read up on PSU Myths.
Except that's a dealer page. You can hardly expect them to be impartial.

The very first claim I find a little suspect really. If you get a bigger power supply reasonably you'd exoect it to have bigger components capable of handling bigger loads. So the idle current of the bigger transformer should reasonably be larger than for the smaller powr supply. Assuming all othr factors arethe same.

Peace.
 
May 2, 2007 - eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update

May 2, 2007


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update


The following changes were made:

Pro version:

Added recommended Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) rating.

Lite and Pro versions:

- added NVIDIA 8600 GTS graphics card
- added Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 2930 MHz Kentsfield
- added Ultra ChillTec Thermo Electric CPU Cooler.


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Can anyone tell me where one gets the 12v current draw of graphics cards, and the low end GeForce 6200 and the 6150 embedded graphics in particular.

The recommendations for PSU ratings are skewed towards high spec graphics cards, and it is getting to be damn difficult to calculate the minimum PSU requirements for a HTPC type system with low end graphics cards.

Basically I am looking to add a Geforce 6200 PCIe card and a 4 port USB card to an Asus V2-AH2 barebones to a system with an Athlon 64X2 3800+ processor (65W eco version), 2GB of DDR2 RAM, two Seagate 320GB SATA 2 drives, and one DVD writer. The reason is to allow me to play around with multi-seat and dual view capability.

The PSU is a good quality Asus 300W unit with (3.3v@25A, 5V@25A) 180W max total & (12v1@18A, 12v@18A) 22A max total & -12v@0.8A & +5vsb@2A

USB power draw will be minimal, so the 3.3 and 5v lines should be OK, but are the 12v lines going to be OK?

The hard drives draw a peak of 2.29A off 12v each at startup.

How much would the integrated Geforce 6150 and PCIe Geforce 6200 graphics cards be expected to draw off the +12v line, and is the existing 300W power supply enough?
 
eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update - 5/22/2007

May 22, 2007

eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update

The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:

Video Cards

- added ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (626/2000)
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

CPUs

- added Intel Core 2 Duo E6650 2330 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2660 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Itanium 2 9052 1600 MHz Montecito

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July 21, 2007

eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update

The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:

RAM:

- added DDR3 SDRAM

Drives:

- added DRAM and Flash SSDs (Solid State Drive)

Liquid cooling:

- added Gigabyte GBT Pump
- added D-TEK DB-1 Pump
- added D-TEK PT DDCT-01s Custom Delrin DDC Pump
- added D-TEK DTC-D5 Vario Pump
- added XSPC DC1000 Pump
- added XSPC DC750 Pump
- added XSPC X2O 400 Pump


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August 3, 2007

August 3, 2007


The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:


Graphics Cards:

- added ATI HD 2900 XT 1GB GDDR4
- added ATI Radeon X1950 XT
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS


CPUs:

Socket AM2
- added AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 1900 MHz Brisbane
- added AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 2100 MHz Brisbane

Socket 939
- added AMD Opteron 185 2600 MHz Denmark

- added Intel Celeron 420 1600 MHz Conroe-L
- added Intel Celeron 430 1800 MHz Conroe-L
- added Intel Celeron 440 2000 MHz Conroe-L

Socket LGA775
- added Intel Xeon 3040 1860 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Xeon 3050 2130 MHz Conroe
- added Intel Xeon X3210 B3 2133 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3220 B3 2400 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3210 G0 2133 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3220 G0 2400 MHz Kentsfield
- added Intel Xeon X3230 2667 MHz Kentsfield

Socket 771
- added Intel Xeon E5335 2000 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon X5365 3000 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon LV 5128 1866 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV 5138 2133 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV 5148 2333 MHz Woodcrest
- added Intel Xeon LV L5310 1600 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon LV L5320 1866 MHz Clovertown


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eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update - 9/25/2007

September 25, 2007


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update


The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:


RAM

- added ability to select FB DIMMs
- added ability to select up to 32 sticks of RAM


PCI cards

- added TV Tuner Satelite reception card
- added TV Tuner Cable reception card
- added TV Tuner Antenna reception card


Video Cards

- added NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 1024MB

- added ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 128MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 256MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 512MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
- added ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 512MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB

- added ATI FireGL V3600
- added ATI FireGL V5600
- added ATI FireGL V7600
- added ATI FireGL V8600
- added ATI FireGL V8650


CPUs

- added Intel Xeon E5330 2133 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon E5340 2400 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon E5350 2667 MHz Clovertown
- added Intel Xeon LV L5335 2000 MHz Clovertown


- added Intel Xeon E7210 2400 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7220 2933 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7310 1600 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7320 2133 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7330 2400 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon E7340 2400 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon X7350 2933 MHz Tigerton
- added Intel Xeon LV L7345 1866 MHz Tigerton

- added Opteron 1220 2800 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1222 3000 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1222 SE 3000 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1210 HE 1800 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1212 HE 2000 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1214 HE 2200 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1216 HE 2400 MHz Santa Ana
- added Opteron 1218 HE 2600 MHz Santa Ana

- added Opteron 2218 HE 2600 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 2220 2800 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 2222 3000 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 2222 SE 3000 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 2224 SE 3200 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8218 HE 2600 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8220 2800 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8222 3000 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8222 SE 3000 MHz Santa Rosa
- added Opteron 8224 SE 3200 MHz Santa Rosa

- added Opteron 2344 HE 1700 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 2346 HE 1800 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 2347 1900 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 2347 HE 1900 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 2350 2000 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 8346 HE 1800 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 8347 1900 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 8347 HE 1900 MHz Barcelona
- added Opteron 8350 2000 MHz Barcelona

- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3200 MHz AM2 Windsor


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eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update - 11/5/2007

November 5, 2007


eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update


The following changes were made in Lite and Pro versions:


Graphics Cards

- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
- added ATI FireGL V3300
- added AATI FireGL V3350


CPUs

- added AMD Athlon XP 2900+ 2000 MHz Barton


Water Cooling Kits

- added Koolance PC4-1000
- added Koolance RP-1000


Water Pumps

- added Danger Den DD-CPX1
- added D-TEK DDC-3.1
- added D-TEK DDC-3.2
- added Gigabyte DP-600
- added Koolance PMP-400
- added Koolance PMP-450


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eXtreme Power Supply Calculator update - 01/08/2008

January 8, 2008

The following changes were made:

Graphics Cards:

- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB

- added ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 3850 512MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 3870


CPUs:

- added Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2667 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3000 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3166 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2833 MHz Yorkfield
- added Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2667 MHz Yorkfield
- added Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2500 MHz Yorkfield

- added AMD Phenom 9500 2200 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9550 2200 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9600 2300 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9650 2300 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9700 2400 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9900 2600 MHz Agena


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eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update - 3/12/2008

March 12, 2008

The following changes were made:

Graphics Cards:

- added NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1024MB
- added ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

CPUs:

- added Intel Core 2 Duo E8190 2667 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Celeron E1200 1600 MHz Allendale
- added Intel Xeon E3110 3000 MHz Wolfdale

- added AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2500 MHz
- added AMD Sempron 64 3800+ 2200 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 3000+ EE 1600 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 3200+ EE 1800 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 3400+ EE 1800 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 3500+ EE 2000 MHz AM2 Manilla
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1100 1900 MHz AM2 Sparta
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1150 2000 MHz AM2 Sparta
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1200 2100 MHz AM2 Sparta
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1250 2200 MHz AM2 Sparta
- added AMD Sempron 64 LE-1300 2300 MHz AM2 Sparta

Pro version:

Added ability to select 3-Way SLI and Quad CrossFire X in Pro version.

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April 9, 2008

eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update

The following changes were made:

Graphics Cards:

- added NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
- added NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
- added NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 384MB
- added ATI RADEON HD 3650 256MB
- added ATI RADEON HD 3650 512MB
- added ATI RADEON HD 3450
- added ATI RADEON HD 3470


CPUs:

- added AMD Phenom 8400 2100 MHz Toliman
- added AMD Phenom 8600 2300 MHz Toliman
- added AMD Phenom 9100e 1800 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9750 2400 MHz Agena
- added AMD Phenom 9850 2500 MHz Agena
- added AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2800 MHz AM2 Brisbane
- added Intel Xeon L5410 2333 MHz Harpertown
- added Intel Xeon L5420 2500 MHz Harpertown
- updated list of AMD Athlon 64 X2 processors for socket 939


TEC Coolers:

- added CoolIT Systems Freezone Elite
- added CoolIT Systems Boreas MTEC


WC Kits:

- added CoolIT Systems PURE CPU


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September 10, 2009

eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Mega Update

The following changes were made:


Graphics Cards:

- added ATI Radeon X1950 GT


WC Kits / TEC:

- added CoolIT Systems Domino A.L.C.
- added Cooler Master V10


CPUs:

- added Intel Core i7 860 2800 MHz Lynnfield
- added Intel Core i7 870 2930 MHz Lynnfield
- added Intel Core i5 750 2660 MHz Lynnfield
- added Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2210 2200 MHz Wolfdale-3M
- added Intel Pentium E6500 2930 MHz Wolfdale-3M
- added Intel Celeron 450 2200 MHz Conroe-L
- added Intel Celeron E1400 2000 MHz Allendale
- added Intel Celeron E1500 2200 MHz Allendale
- added Intel Celeron E1600 2400 MHz Allendale
- added Intel Celeron E3200 2400 MHz Wolfdale-3M
- added Intel Celeron E3300 2500 MHz Wolfdale-3M
- added Intel Xeon L3110 3000 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Xeon E3120 3166 MHz Wolfdale
- added Intel Xeon E3113 3000 MHz Wolfdale-CL
- added Intel Xeon L3014 2400 MHz Wolfdale-CL
- added Intel Xeon L5248 3000 MHz Wolfdale-DP
- added Intel Xeon L3360 2833 MHz Yorkfield
- added Intel Xeon X3380 3167 MHz Yorkfield
- added Intel Xeon W3503 2400 MHz Bloomfiel
- added Intel Xeon W3505 2530 MHz Bloomfield
- added Intel Xeon W3550 3060 MHz Bloomfield
- added Intel Xeon W3580 3330 MHz Bloomfield
- added Intel Xeon L3426 1860 MHz Gainestown
- added Intel Xeon X3430 2400 MHz Gainestown
- added Intel Xeon X3440 2530 MHz Gainestown
- added Intel Xeon X3450 2660 MHz Gainestown
- added Intel Xeon X3460 2800 MHz Gainestown
- added Intel Xeon X3470 2930 MHz Gainestown
- added Intel Xeon W5590 3330 MHz Gainestown
- added Intel Xeon L5530 2400 MHz Gainestown

- added AMD Sempron 140 2700 MHz Sargas
- added AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 2200 MHz Orleans
- added AMD Athlon 64 LE-1620 2400 MHz Orleans
- added AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 2600 MHz Orleans
- added AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 2700 MHz Lima
- added AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660 2800 MHz Lima
- added Athlon II X2 240 2800 MHz Regor
- added Athlon II X2 245 2900 MHz Regor
- added Athlon II X2 250 3000 MHz Regor
- added AMD Phenom II X3 700e 2400 MHz Heka
- added AMD Phenom II X3 705e 2500 MHz Heka
- added AMD Phenom II X4 900e 2400 MHz Deneb
- added AMD Phenom II X4 905e 2500 MHz Deneb
- added AMD Phenom II X4 965 3400 MHz Deneb
- added AMD Opteron 1224 SE 3200 MHz Santa Ana
- added AMD Opteron 2350 HE 2000 MHz Barcelona
- added AMD Opteron 2352 2100 MHz Barcelona
- added AMD Opteron 2354 2200 MHz Barcelona
- added AMD Opteron 2356 2300 MHz Barcelona
- added AMD Opteron 2358 SE 2400 MHz Barcelona
- added AMD Opteron 2360 SE 2500 MHz Barcelona
- added AMD Opteron 2372 HE 2100 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2373 EE 2100 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2374 HE 2200 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2376 2300 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2376 HE 2300 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2377 EE 2300 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2378 2400 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2379 HE 2400 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2380 2500 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2381 HE 2500 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2382 2600 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2384 2700 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2386 SE 2800 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2387 2800 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2389 2900 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2393 SE 3100 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 2419 EE 1800 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 2423 HE 2000 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 2425 HE 2100 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 2427 2200 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 2431 2400 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 2435 2600 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 2439 SE 2800 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 8350 HE 2000 MHz Barcelona
- added AMD Opteron 8374 HE 2200 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 8376 HE 2300 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 8379 HE 2400 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 8381 HE 2500 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 8386 SE 2800 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 8387 2800 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 8389 2900 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 8393 SE 3100 MHz Shanghai
- added AMD Opteron 8431 2400 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 8435 2600 MHz Istanbul
- added AMD Opteron 8439 SE 2800 MHz Istanbul


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