Extreme 3 power unit power draw?

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   My Extreme 3 is on its way, scheduled to be delivered Oct 6th.

I'm wondering how this 1250W power unit is going to affect my computer room.

Presently I have a puter with a 400W pu, printer, 2 powered USB hubs, cable modem, wireless router, 19" LCD monitor, 2+1 speaker system and the occasional external HD all plugged into 2 power strips/surge protectors which share the same double wall socket.

If I continue to use the same setup, but with the 1250W pu am I asking for trouble?
Or are the neighborhood lights going to dim whenever I power up my computer. LOL
This thing pulls more power than my microwave.

I don't have many options. Maybe pulling a heavy duty extension cord from another socket in the room?

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jcs Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Quote Reply Topic: Extreme 3 power unit power draw? Posted: 30 Sep 2009 at 10:15am
	My Extreme 3 is on its way, scheduled to be delivered Oct 6th. I'm wondering how this 1250W power unit is going to affect my computer room. Presently I have a puter with a 400W pu, printer, 2 powered USB hubs, cable modem, wireless router, 19" LCD monitor, 2+1 speaker system and the occasional external HD all plugged into 2 power strips/surge protectors which share the same double wall socket. If I continue to use the same setup, but with the 1250W pu am I asking for trouble? Or are the neighborhood lights going to dim whenever I power up my computer. LOL This thing pulls more power than my microwave. I don't have many options. Maybe pulling a heavy duty extension cord from another socket in the room?

Psimon Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 249	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Sep 2009 at 1:54pm
	Well, dunno if this helps in comparision, but here you go: 333w - no monitor, just my rig (Corsair 1000HX) + cable modem + router 356w - the above with monitor Now this is "idle" usage. I booted up Prime95 and stressed the CPU, and the wattage jumped to 530w. Yow! Heh, I have similar worries about my APC 1300 Back-UPS (780w). Interesting how the runtime numbers begin to wilt as I power on the other devices attached to it: 12 minutes - computer, monitor, cable modem, router, printer (IDLE) 9 minutes - the above plus a PS3 6 minutes - the above plus a Samsung HDTV I bet I could drive it down to 1-2 minutes or even less with everything on and my rig at LOAD . . . I'm just hoping the magic blue smoke doesn't start to leak out of my poor UPS. Edited by Psimon - 30 Sep 2009 at 1:55pm
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Extreme 3 power unit power draw?

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