How To Measure Pc Power Consumption. By James Norris 06 September 2015. Are you building a modern gaming PC low power HTPC media server or maybe you need to figure out power requirements for a rack in a data center.
The best way to check the power consumption of your components this way is by going to any power supply manufacturers website. You will probably get the best answer by using something like a Kill-a-watt meter. All you need to do is plug the device into a wall outlet then plug your PCs power cable into the plug built into the power meter.
Manually calculating this requires that you multiply the total amps of all components by the total volts of all components.
Microsofts free Joulemeter utility gives you a rough estimate of a Windows systems power consumption. Answer 1 of 28. This power meter will let you take an accurate measurement of your PCs power consumption available from Amazon Home Depot hardware stores. It is an external device that can measure the amount of power consumed by your device.
