Tips for system power draw

[Lord Clorophilla]

I'd like to see if any of you guys know how to test maximum power draw from one's system. I've seen some suggestions to stress CPU and GPU, but I'm still clueless about the rest of my hardware (optical drive, hard drives, ssd...)

[monjessenstein]

Best guess would to get a powermeter and hook your pc up to it.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, Lord Clorophilla said:

I'd like to see if any of you guys know how to test maximum power draw from one's system. I've seen some suggestions to stress CPU and GPU, but I'm still clueless about the rest of my hardware (optical drive, hard drives, ssd...)

You need a kill a watt to measure the power from the wall, then just run a CPU + GPU benchmark at the same time, or just run a game if you're not sure your system could handle a real stress test

 

If you're feeling insane run Prime 95 or Cinebench and Furmark at the same time, at your own risk.

[r2724r16]

HWMonitor shows total power consumption AFAIK. You can also use a power meter for the most accurate answer. 

[Amazonsucks]

My UPS has continuous monitoring of power consumption both on its LCD and on my PC via its USB connection and software.

 

I would go with APC over Cyber Power though.