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Title: kWh meter software? Post by: ScottEvil on April 06, 2013, 06:02:27 PM So I see a lot of comments just pointing towards various online solutions to calculate voltage and kWh usuage for PC components but is there any solution for something already built? I'd like to find some free software that just tells me how much voltage I'm currently drawing under various workloads.
This looks like it might work: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor-pro.html but I wanted to hear from others on what their preferences might be. Title: Re: kWh meter software? Post by: windmill on April 06, 2013, 06:44:49 PM maybe try joulemeter http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/fe9e10c5-5c5b-450c-a674-daf55565f794/
Title: Re: kWh meter software? Post by: lbr on April 06, 2013, 06:52:48 PM If you are talking about current power consumption of different parts of PC - no such software exist.
If about whole PC - max = PSU max or am I missing something.. Title: Re: kWh meter software? Post by: ScottEvil on April 06, 2013, 07:26:45 PM If you are talking about current power consumption of different parts of PC - no such software exist. If about whole PC - max = PSU max or am I missing something.. Well I've read that all software is dependent on what info the motherboard/components will feed to it. So you may be right no solution exists. There was one guy who I saw said he had a meter on his UPS that he used to see how much voltage was being used. That sounds like some solution. Perhaps the only solution would be to have a piece of hardware between the computer and the wall socket. Title: Re: kWh meter software? Post by: grue on April 06, 2013, 07:30:32 PM If you are talking about current power consumption of different parts of PC - no such software exist. If about whole PC - max = PSU max or am I missing something.. Well I've read that all software is dependent on what info the motherboard/components will feed to it. So you may be right no solution exists. There was one guy who I saw said he had a meter on his UPS that he used to see how much voltage was being used. That sounds like some solution. Perhaps the only solution would be to have a piece of hardware between the computer and the wall socket. Title: Re: kWh meter software? Post by: e521 on April 06, 2013, 08:15:39 PM you can buy an adaptor and plug it directly to the socket for probably 10-15$
I don't think it's possible to write any software for this Title: Re: kWh meter software? Post by: vm1990 on April 06, 2013, 08:25:19 PM no its not possible to get a software that monitors how much the computer is using (not unless you own a very very high end server) best bet get a power usage meter that simply pugs into the wall socket and then plug your computer into that there pretty cheap and have all sorts such as how many watts and amps a computer is using
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