Power Consumption
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.
Lastly, moving on to the power consumption of the board and we find the MSI board positioned within the middle of our other two boards with fairly low power usage at idle and load. When overclocked, we saw the MSI board utilising less power at idle than when the board was running stock speeds and even with the hefty overclock, the power consumption didn’t surpass 270 Watts.
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