Desktop PC Electric Consumption

[CrispyPeddler]

Hi, im trying to find something like kill-a-watt to monitor electricity usage for my pc. any recommended brand? saw some sell at lazada like S$50 some like S$10....

so just asking if anyone use such product and any better brand for recommendation.


*ps. sorry if wrong place to post this

 

[wwenze]

Personally I prefer it to have a cable... As in it itself has a cable terminated with a power plug. So that you can actually read the thing while it is connected to the socket.

Backlight is very useful to have.

 

[CrispyPeddler]

Backlight? Its a brand? Never use b4. How does it work? Plug it to main socket..extender connect to the electric monitor..all pc stuff (monitor,speaker,desktop etc) all connect to the said extender?

 

[||||||||||]

Some meter got backlight lah.... You can see at night or at dark places

I use to have one, but the lcd spoilt cannot see any numbers liao

 

[CrispyPeddler]

Any brand to recommend? Just need basic watt per hr day month so i can see how much my pc electric cost per month

Ps...trying to convince my SO its not my pc that contribute bulk of the bill

 

[yusoffb01]

whats your specs? power supply calculator is accurate. you can buy the cheap $10 wattmeter on lazada it works well. in my case less than 200w with monitor on when low usage. 400w when gaming

 

[CrispyPeddler]

whats your specs? power supply calculator is accurate. you can buy the cheap $10 wattmeter on lazada it works well. in my case less than 200w with monitor on when low usage. 400w when gaming

Just updated my rig profile.. basically i7-8700k with 1080ti. was thinking to get the tp link hs110 for power monitoring..not sure its accurate though...

either tplink hs110 or P3 International P4460 Kill A Watt

 

[watzup_ken]

whats your specs? power supply calculator is accurate. you can buy the cheap $10 wattmeter on lazada it works well. in my case less than 200w with monitor on when low usage. 400w when gaming

Agree. Those cheap wattmeter on Lazada works well enough.

 

[Koenig168]

Any brand to recommend? Just need basic watt per hr day month so i can see how much my pc electric cost per month

Ps...trying to convince my SO its not my pc that contribute bulk of the bill

Actually, it probably is.

Fridge, aircon, PC and storage water heater. These are the big four.

 

[serverxeon]

Cooling and heating elements take up most electricity. Heater aircon boiler kettle induction cooker microwave

 

[Hailgod]

Cooling and heating elements take up most electricity. Heater aircon boiler kettle induction cooker microwave

why use a boiler when u can use a gtx 480

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[SGJoe86]

I am using two different type of power meters:
- Two from Lazada, those big bulky white unit with backlight and display, cost around $20 per pcs. Good thing is it comes with inbuilt display, can read off the power reading on the fly. Bad thing is that it's tall and bulky, cannot use on wall plugs that are on top of shelves and corner unit.
- One from TP-Link, Kasa HS110 Smart Wifi Home plug with monitoring function. More value for money at $39.90 from Hachi.tech, it comes with smart home function where I can control and monitor it from my mobile phone.

My PC build ---> is consuming around 200W on idle and low load, and up to 250W when overclock and high load.

 

[wwenze]

My computer idles at 40W... Are u guys mining or what... Or kenna malware that mines when idle

My HTPC is 40W on load...

 

[CrispyPeddler]

I am using two different type of power meters:
- Two from Lazada, those big bulky white unit with backlight and display, cost around $20 per pcs. Good thing is it comes with inbuilt display, can read off the power reading on the fly. Bad thing is that it's tall and bulky, cannot use on wall plugs that are on top of shelves and corner unit.
- One from TP-Link, Kasa HS110 Smart Wifi Home plug with monitoring function. More value for money at $39.90 from Hachi.tech, it comes with smart home function where I can control and monitor it from my mobile phone.

My PC build ---> is consuming around 200W on idle and low load, and up to 250W when overclock and high load.

i think im gonna get HS110 at lazada for 39.90..at least it has alot of feature. but just to check, whats your thought on this item? is it accurate or always haywire number?

 

[CrispyPeddler]

why use a boiler when u can use a gtx 480

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lol. kill 2bird with 1 stone

 

[SGJoe86]

i think im gonna get HS110 at lazada for 39.90..at least it has alot of feature. but just to check, whats your thought on this item? is it accurate or always haywire number?

In terms of the statistics capturing, the numbers are accurate and update is almost realtime. I like the design and small profile, plus the additional smart home function is a big bonus as it opens up the possibility of setting up other smart home devices now that I know what it is capable of.

 

[FinalTidus]

Guys my PC idles around 20-25W, 50W when casually surfing web and watching youtube videos and 250W-300W when intensive gaming on games like DOOM(2016) and FFXV.

Is this normal? I feel its on the high side especially on gaming.

My rig overclocked. =>

 

[Koenig168]

Guys my PC idles around 20-25W, 50W when casually surfing web and watching youtube videos and 250W-300W when intensive gaming on games like DOOM(2016) and FFXV.

Is this normal? I feel its on the high side especially on gaming.

My rig overclocked. =>

Once you get past a certain CPU frequency, voltage and power consumption rises disproportionately. OC to 5GHz will certainly use a lot more power.

 

[FinalTidus]

Once you get past a certain CPU frequency, voltage and power consumption rises disproportionately. OC to 5GHz will certainly use a lot more power.

Maybe I should try to lower voltage a few notches and downclock my 5ghz to 4.8ghz to see if lowers power significantly.

 

[kasosei]

need include monitor power too?