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ArcticFox · June 8th, 2004, 09:17 PM

You are asking a difficult question, my friend.

I think there are two ways to find out - first, we need to know every part, model number, and size of all the components in every computer. EVERYTHING.

Or, alternatively, you could buy one of these, a Watts Up? or Watts Up? Pro:
http://www.dom.com/products/wattsup/index.jsp

Slap it on a PC, fire up an intense benchmark, and see what it's sucking. Repeat on all systems. Also, open Notepad so it's a huge span of white (white takes the most power for a CRT, all guns are firing versus a black screen, no guns are firing) and see what the monitor does.

June 8th, 2004, 09:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
ArcticFox I'm silently judging you Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lincoln City, OR Posts: 5,377	You are asking a difficult question, my friend. I think there are two ways to find out - first, we need to know every part, model number, and size of all the components in every computer. EVERYTHING. Or, alternatively, you could buy one of these, a Watts Up? or Watts Up? Pro: http://www.dom.com/products/wattsup/index.jsp Slap it on a PC, fire up an intense benchmark, and see what it's sucking. Repeat on all systems. Also, open Notepad so it's a huge span of white (white takes the most power for a CRT, all guns are firing versus a black screen, no guns are firing) and see what the monitor does.