kWh meter software?

[ScottEvil]

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.

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[windmill]

maybe try joulemeter http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/fe9e10c5-5c5b-450c-a674-daf55565f794/

[lbr]

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..

[ScottEvil]

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.

[grue]

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.

it's called a kill-a-watt (although there are other products under different names that do the same thing). costs around $30.

[e521]

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

[vm1990]

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