how to montoring my psu watts

[benny670]

hi i am wanting to know how i can test how many watt my computer is using and i dont have muilmeter and i dont want at the momment how can i test my watts

all help i would be nice

[Noxious020189]

Well I belive the olny way is if the motherboard is able to monitor them, or you might have to get a mulitimeter, cause unless you can touch it with your finger and get "wacked" off it and tell how many watts taht is then more power to you :lol: it's a joke

[IYP]

there are monitors tht you can put between the plug and the wall socket

[stuka666]

Isn't there any kind of software that can be good for testing?

[uOpt]

Here's a thread about it. I link to the one I use:
http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=571511#post571511

[stuka666]

Here's a thread about it. I link to the one I use:
http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=571511#post571511

Thanks,

I looked around a bit and OCCT can be helpfull as well.

Cheers

[Plague_oc]

do you mean the watts being used by the psu as a whole or seperate components?

[Fresh Daemon]

If you want to measure the power draw of your system from the wall outlet in watts, search eBay for "kill-a-watt". Should be able to find one for not too much.

If, as you hinted in your post, you are unwilling to buy any equipment you won't have much luck. You could try making a mathematical calculation based on the known amp draw of your system components at the given voltages adjusted for your power supply efficiency but the margin of error will be enormous.