Asus F1A75-I Deluxe FM1 Motherboard Review

To test power consumption, we monitor the overall power of the system through a plug-in electricity usage monitor at an idle and load state. This allows us to show the fluctuation between how much power draw the system takes at idle and at load. By monitoring the overall usage of the whole system, it gives an easy comparison if you wish to do the same yourself as opposed to buying very expensive individual testing equipment.

We love looking at power with these boards as they use very little and this is no different. At stock a mild 38.3 watts were used to let things tick on by, and with this board being aimed at the HTPC market, the user will hardly find it peaking over this as they will generally be run at idle more than load for the majority of the time.