Power consumption

[nick9871]

So I was just wondering if anybody noticed a increase in their power bill after replacing their old system. For those of you that had G5's then I would imagine its not a big upgrade. I had a relativley outdated Athlon 64 single core with a 480W max power supply. I beleive the MP's is aroudn 1400W max?

I was just curious, not worried about affording it or anything, just pure curiousity.

Oh and the curiousity struck b/c when i woke up the beast from its first sleep my lights dimmed (as if i was turning on a vacuum) LMAO!!!

 

[Transeau]

my Mac Pro (3Ghz, 6GB memory, 2x 150G Raptors, 2x 320G Seagates, X1900) pulls 233 Watts under normal usage. I haven't seen it go above 350W yet.

 

[livingfortoday]

How are you tracking power consumption? I've been curious to know what the real draw of my Mini and my G4 tower is, but don't know how to go about gettin' that info.

 

[slughead]

My power company made a mistake this month and isn't charging me.

I'm scared.

On topic: The Mac Pro takes much more power, on average, than my dual 2.5ghz G5 did. On the other hand, I turned sleep mode off on the G5 so it wouldn't mess up the servers I had running.

Everything about my Mac Pro takes more power--more processors, higher clock, higher RAM clock, more hard drives, etc.

 

[Transeau]

How are you tracking power consumption? I've been curious to know what the real draw of my Mini and my G4 tower is, but don't know how to go about gettin' that info.

I use a SeaSonic Power Angel
http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews/powerangel/

 

[tvbi]

I use kill-a-watt .. forgot how many watt exactly but I remember it costs pretty much around $8/month if it's on 24/7 (average use). $2 dollar more when comparing that to a AMDx64 pC I have