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Title: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: imkane on December 08, 2017, 02:09:32 AM Is there a linux app that'll do this effectively?
Or should I buy a power meter? Thanks in advance :) Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: Vann on December 08, 2017, 02:12:01 AM You NEED a power meter if you are building mining rigs. Otherwise you can only guess what the true power draw at the wall is.
Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: dagarair on December 08, 2017, 02:12:05 AM get a killowatt meter and you will tell instantly and most accurately.
Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: tadeus1 on December 08, 2017, 03:59:16 AM Killowatt if you are in USA or TPLINK HS110 if you are in Europe/Asia would do the trick too.
Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: jillscarbrough on December 08, 2017, 04:10:36 AM Power meter (like killaWatt) will talk about actual electricity being used, how much power used when the system is idle, working, GPUs when Idle or working.
Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: imkane on December 08, 2017, 04:25:58 PM Ok it sounds like the Kill-A-Watt measures at the outlet, but how do I measure the consumption of EACH individual AMD GPU?
Maybe a setup like this? lol http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-performance-benchmarks,3784-3.html Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: Tidsdilatation on December 08, 2017, 05:35:27 PM To get a reliable reading you should really buy a watt-meter. One of those you put in your outlet. This is the only way you will know for sure how much power you're using. Diffrent miners have power settigns aswell, but these are not reliable i have found out.
Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: NameTaken on December 08, 2017, 05:54:13 PM I use Corsair Link to see AC input, DC output, efficiency, temperature, fan speed, etc.
Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: imkane on December 08, 2017, 06:06:35 PM To get a reliable reading you should really buy a watt-meter. One of those you put in your outlet. This is the only way you will know for sure how much power you're using. Diffrent miners have power settigns aswell, but these are not reliable i have found out. Yeah but that will just tell me the total system usage, not the usage of each individual GPU. Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: Vann on December 08, 2017, 06:12:06 PM One way is to use a dual PSU setup where the primary PSU is for motherboard and risers and a secondary PSU for the GPU VGA power. You can then use a power meter to measure the power consumption on that PSU.
Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: fanatic26 on December 08, 2017, 06:13:00 PM Does nobody know how to actually measure power draw? Use an amp clamp and do some basic math
Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: imkane on December 08, 2017, 06:39:57 PM I use Corsair Link to see AC input, DC output, efficiency, temperature, fan speed, etc. That doesn't help me since I'm running ethOS (Ubuntu) ;) Title: Re: Best way to measure power consumption for (6x) AMD RX 570 running ethOS? Post by: imkane on December 08, 2017, 06:46:14 PM Does nobody know how to actually measure power draw? Use an amp clamp and do some basic math This is what I was thinking. Just using a multimeter to measure Amps and Volts and multiplying :) I'm just not sure where to connect the positive from the multimeter on the RX 570 card. Anyone know? Or maybe I can connect it to the PCI slot or riser? |