May 10 , 2008

Shuttle SG33G5M with graphics card Asus EN8500GT + PC62 PSU

The PC62 PSU is advertised as a 200 Watt noiseless power supply. Because a graphics card can consume a lot of power nowadays I was very interested in the combined power consumption of Shuttle SG33G5M + Asus EN8500GT graphics card. The Asus card is rated as a system with 'low power consumption' of about 40 Watts. On several websites you can read that a 400 Watt PSU is necessary. Is this true? No...

Measurements show that the Asus 8500GT is really a low power consumption graphics card!

Thanks to a new Voltcraft Energy Check 3000 I have a nice impression of the power consumption of the computer + PC62 PSU.

During startup of the computer I saw peaks of 115 Watt.

• system idle: about 75 Watt
• system + blu-ray playback from blu-ray disc (cpu-load about 35%): 91 - 96 Watt
• system + blu-ray playback from external harddisc (cpu-load about 35%): 89 - 94 Watt

I think it's safe to state that the PC62 PSU with its high efficiency rate is an excellent choice for the Shuttle SG33G5M + Asus EN8500G graphics card.

SG33G5M configuration:

• Intel Core2 Duo E6750,
• 2 Gb DDR2 667mhz Dual Channel Dane-Elec,
• HD Samsung Spinpoint 250 Gb Sata2,
• Pioneer BDR-202. CD-DVD-Blu-Ray
• Asus EN8500GT/HTP/256 Silent graphics card
• Operating system: Vista Home Premium

UPDATE: Ferbuari 1, 2009

Shuttle SG33G5M with graphics card Gigabyte GV-R455D3-512I + PC62 PSU

ATI Radeon HD 4550 graphics card with lower power consumption!!!

* total system power in Watts: computer + power supply