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Re: Seasonic X-Series - PC Notes Dec 2010
      11/05/11 10:58 PM
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Don’t forget that reviews of PC hardware that show power consumption for the whole system are measuring AC input and power supplies are rated for DC output.
So for a system that is measured as using 350W at the wall with a P/S that is 85% efficient at that wattage the P/S is actually outputting 297.5W.

My i5-2500K system as a whole consumes ~100W DC with all 4 cores 100% loaded with Orthos. The CPU alone has a TDP of 95W which helps you to see that TDP often has a loose relationship to real world power consumption which many people don’t appreciate.

So 460W DC is a hell of a lot of power especially if it’s from a top tier company like Seasonic.

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* Seasonic X-Series - PC Notes Dec 2010 stube40 10/05/11 06:25 AM
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