2011-01-13, 19:33
Superorb Wrote:^^ You need to relax man. Yes, of course your top of the line box will crush my 10 year old CPU, that should be pretty obvious. The only thing my HTPC box does is XBMC, that's it. So, it doesn't need to be a power monger. I could afford several of your builds, but why waste the money if it is not needed? Yes, you may have two BD drives and lots of encoders, but do you ever run EVERYTHING at once to consume that much power? Yes, computers may need more power than before, but an additional hard drive will consume an extra 5-10watts of juice. Your 8 channel encoder doesn't require hundreds of watts to run. Your CPU will consume MAYBE 150watts at full load. Have you hooked up a meter to measure how much power you're actually drawing from the wall? I bet you'll be surprised.
draws 390 w @%10varience at ilde (30% user load considered idle)
draws 630 w @%10varience on system load test.. not a 100% device load..(burner kicking all 13 hdds at load) believe me before spending that money i did the math. i do have a degree.