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2016/07/26 20:07:07 (permalink)
I currently have a 7-8 year old Kingwin 730w PSU that is rated at 72% efficiency.  I am wanting to start cutting my electricity usage to save some money and I leave my PC running 24/7.  My first question is exactly what is the efficiency rating of the 80+ Titanium Power Supplies.  My second question is, how much energy do you think replacing my current PSU with a 750w Titanium would save me per month?  I realize no one can give me exact figures.  I'm just looking for approximations.



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    Re: Questions about efficiency 2016/07/27 14:56:17 (permalink)
    If you go to the 80Plus Certification website http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/80PlusPowerSupplies.aspx (or the Wikipedia page) you can find the efficiency table (show below) that describes the level of efficiency under each tier of load. Based on your previous unit's efficiency rating, which is probably lower after being used for so long, you would essentially be gaining the difference between that advertised rate and the certified rate of the new unit. 
     
    On their site, they have a descriptive pdf on the testing process and how they calculate efficiency so you can see what specifically they test. Pretty much it is the sum of power output divided by the sum of power input, but they mention this as 'real power' so that would imply they are making some adjustments from nominal readings; though for most intents and purposes you can probably ignore this.
     

     
    So roughly, at 72% efficiency you're getting 540W out of every 750W you put in. => .72=540W/750W
     
    If you increase your efficiency to 80%, you would only need 675W to pull the same 540W of power; which would save you 10% in required input power to run the same system. => .8=540W/675W => .1=(750W-675W)/750W
     
    At Titanium (90%) you would need 600W for that same 540W which would be a 20% decrease in required power to run the system.
    => .9=540W/600W
     
    Of course these numbers are ideal, but for demonstrative purposes I think it gives a reasonable description of the process. 

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    Re: Questions about efficiency 2016/07/27 15:33:51 (permalink)
    You would save about 20% of your current PC wattage @ 50% load
     
    If you saved 100 W/hr
     
    100W X 24 hr = 2400W or 2.4 KW/ day  X  (number of billing days)  X  (electric co Rate $/KW  ) =  $$$ saved
     
    SO: using the average $ 0.086 cost of electric where I live.
     
    2.4 KW/Day x 30 days x $0.086/KW = $6.192/month savings per 100W/hr saved
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    Re: Questions about efficiency 2016/07/30 18:54:01 (permalink)
     
    Just go with the Evga 1300w  and you'll be happy like I am.       =)

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    Re: Questions about efficiency 2016/07/30 19:09:34 (permalink)
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    Just go with the Evga 1300w  and you'll be happy like I am.       =)


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    Re: Questions about efficiency 2016/07/31 06:06:03 (permalink)
    I'll never use that much power, and didn't have enough money for that so I went with the 750.



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