I bought one of those power meters that plugs in between the wall socket and the computer to measure the current draw etc.
I tested it on an I5 4670K system with a GTX970 gfx card and 16gb RAM with a 1TB Seagate HDD
At idle , it pulls only about 50W and when used during benchmarking, it rises to about 150W - I remember a 500W PSU being regarded as the minimum for this combination - can that be right or is my meter not working correctly?
I tested it on an I5 4670K system with a GTX970 gfx card and 16gb RAM with a 1TB Seagate HDD
At idle , it pulls only about 50W and when used during benchmarking, it rises to about 150W - I remember a 500W PSU being regarded as the minimum for this combination - can that be right or is my meter not working correctly?