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Exershio
August 3rd, 2008, 01:48 AM
My current computer has a 175w power supply (I CANNOT upgrade it. It's a 14pin proprietary compaq model and there just are no upgrades), and I want to see how much power out of that 175w my computer is using.

Is there a command I can run in terminal or something I can do to measure it?

nick09
August 3rd, 2008, 02:20 AM
Grab one one of these:
http://www.seasonic.com/letter/products/powerangel/pr040603.htm

p_quarles
August 3rd, 2008, 02:39 AM
Install powertop from the repos. It will measure power usage and recommend commands to run that can help reduce consumption.

Exershio
August 3rd, 2008, 07:46 AM
Install powertop from the repos. It will measure power usage and recommend commands to run that can help reduce consumption.

Thanks, I'll check that out.