PC Power usage

[SHG_Marsh]

IS there a way to find out how many watts my PC is using? I want to get new parts but i don't know if I need to get a new power supply. I am not planning on changing my CPU/GPU right now but new fans,motherboard, etc. I currently have a 450 watt power supply. 

[Turtle Rig]

4 minutes ago, SHG_Marsh said:

IS there a way to find out how many watts my PC is using? I want to get new parts but i don't know if I need to get a new power supply. I am not planning on changing my CPU/GPU right now but new fans,motherboard, etc. I currently have a 450 watt power supply. 

Corsair i Series of PSUs will alow you to use iLink and look at the PSU wattage usage among other things like temp or fan etc.

[SHG_Marsh]

19 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Corsair i Series of PSUs will alow you to use iLink and look at the PSU wattage usage among other things like temp or fan etc.

I have a gigabyte GPU

[Vorg]

You can get hand held meters that have a part the clips around A/C wire to find how much is flowing through. But I think they require the wires to be split out. putting both through, they tend to cancel each others EMF 

[Turtle Rig]

14 minutes ago, SHG_Marsh said:

I have a gigabyte GPU

You will be using about 300 to 400watts when gaming.  At idle you will be at 130watts avg.

[Beerbuddy]

You can use https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ and put in all your components and it will show you an estimate of how much wattage your PC should be using.  GPU and CPU are usually the largest consumers so good chance you'll be fine!

[LogicalDrm]

Unless you have some super-extreme setup, it will be up to 300W draw from the wall.

[Spotty]

What parts do you currently have? What model CPU & GPU? 

What parts are you planning on upgrading?

 

Which 450w PSU do you have? Should have a model number printed on the label on the side of the unit.

[seon123]

3 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

You will be using about 300 to 400watts when gaming.  At idle you will be at 130watts avg.

Ah, yes, with a Gigabyte GT610 and a G3240, he'll be drawing 300-400W at load, and 130W at idle... No. Without knowing the specs, you can't tell what the power consumption will be. 

[Turtle Rig]

3 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Ah, yes, with a Gigabyte GT610 and a G3240, he'll be drawing 300-400W at load, and 130W at idle... No. Without knowing the specs, you can't tell what the power consumption will be. 

Your right seon123, totally right.  However Im taking into case, the different computers at work and the fun we had on them and my own experience with stats to show for it.  My rig in the sig is like 160 watts idle once you use it it will get close to 200watts,, worth case Ive seen is like 240 watts I believe.  Once you play a game its using like 400 watts plus!!!

[Stefan Payne]

With the G3240 and GT610 we're talking about something in the region of 100W, maybe 150W.

 

300-400W is with High end GPU and CPU. 

Something like GTX 780ti, HEDT and/or high OC.

Stuff like that.

 

But with such a low end System, never ever. You can power like 3 of those with that power.

[Spotty]

Just now, Stefan Payne said:

With the G3240 and GT610 we're talking about something in the region of 100W, maybe 150W.

@seon123 was being sarcastic, responding to the other person who said that the system would use 300-400W under load and 130W when idle - without knowing what parts the OP has.

OP hasn't told us what parts he currently has. Though looking at his profile, looks like Ryzen 5 1500x + RX 560 with an EVGA BT 450w.

Quote

System

• CPU
  ryzen 5 1500x
• Motherboard
  MSI b350m gaming pro
• RAM
  Patriot Viper Elite 8gb ddr4
• GPU
  radeon RX 560
• Case
  NZXT S340
• Storage
  120gb Kingston SSD/1tb WD Blue HHD
• PSU
  EVGA BT 450
• Display(s)
  Sceptre C248W-1920R
• Cooling
  Fans
• Keyboard
  Corsair K55 RGB
• Mouse
  Corsair Harpoon RGB
• Sound
  HyperX Cloud Stinger
• Operating System
  Windows 10 Home 64-bit
• PCPartPicker URL
  https://pcpartpicker.com/user/PJSeilerr/saved/L8QQVn

 

 

8 hours ago, SHG_Marsh said:

I am not planning on changing my CPU/GPU right now but new fans,motherboard, etc.

If you're just replacing the motherboard or changing case fans then wattage won't be an issue.

[Stefan Payne]

2 hours ago, Spotty said:

@seon123 was being sarcastic, responding to the other person who said that the system would use 300-400W under load and 130W when idle - without knowing what parts the OP has.

Oh, yeah, I knew that, still thought it might be a good idea to tell people who don't know much about Power Consumption, how little that system might use.