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Re: How much power would i be using?
by
Salain
on 21/06/2011, 17:41:51 UTC

But also take into consideration.... you arent using the full 850 watts. Watts = Volts x amps

Ohms Law

If you are in the US Volts is 120 on standard outlet

http://www.angelfire.com/pa/baconbacon/page2.html

With the Amps i gave you.. At full load you are using 648 watts.

So you are looking at $43.55 per month.

The AC voltage at the wall doesn't matter, your computer's power supply converts that into lower voltage DC.  As far as I know, a 12V rail supplies a lot of the power to a video card.  So a good graphics card would probably pull over 25Amps at 12V DC.  At the end of the day, that isn't something you need to worry about since computer equipment manufacturers report the maximum Wattage requirements to you.  Those computer parts can then be paired with a power supply which is also simplified to watts in the "big label" literature.  If you're building a computer it is good to know the amperage at each voltage, but it isn't a necessary consideration for this discussion.