Building a gaming PC

[tw]

Originally Posted by glatt

I thought we covered this.
"Power Consumption:
up to 225W2 additional 6 pin PCIe power required"

That is not the power it consumes. That is an inflated number that customers are told. If the spec was written for a designer, it lists amperes for each voltage. Why is nobody's computer toasting bread? That question alone demonstrates wide variation between what is actually needed verses what a majority recommend.

The card may consume just over 100 watts. So we tell the computer assembler to provide a supply with an additional 225 watts. An example of why reality and what most computer assemblers recommend often varies significantly for other computer parts. We can also discuss another popular myth associated with Arctic Silver.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by tw

That is not the power it consumes. That is an inflated number that customers are told.

So how, specifically, do you find the real number?