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Originally Posted by Dilbert1234567
For reference, my server, an AMD XP 2700+, with 12 hard drives, 3, 120 mm fans, pulls just under 300 watts. However, I have a 600 watt PSU inside, because most of the wattage is from the 12 volt rails and no 300 watt PSU can support the amperage I draw on the 12 volt rail because of all the hard drives, and fans.
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My PC, AMD64 3700+, 3 harddrives, 3 80mm fans and 1 nvidia 6600GT videocard draws around 90 watts from the PSU (according to that PSU) when browsing. I imagine it'll be a bit higher when playing games.