05-16-2017, 04:19 PM
I have a system currently running just 8gb of ram, and a pentium 3.3 dual core CPU. In that system I also have 1 GTX 1070 and 1 GTX 1080, both founders edition. My current PSU is a Corsaire 1000 watt, and many have told me on these forums that if I wanted to put a 3rd GPU in there I would most certainly need a bigger PSU. So I wanted to measure my current pull on the PSU and bought one of these:
http://a.co/2iIYEVe
Now, in idle state that meter reads about 100watts, and when I start pushing my GPUs using hashcat, the meter jumps up to about 300w. My question is this. Does that accurately show my current pull on the psu or merely the pull from my wall. Even if another GPU pulled another 200w wouldn't that only put me at half of the PSU's capacity, or am I thinking about this wrong.. Educate me please.
I guess the question is:
Is there a way to read the pull on the PSU and not the wall outlet or are they the same?
http://a.co/2iIYEVe
Now, in idle state that meter reads about 100watts, and when I start pushing my GPUs using hashcat, the meter jumps up to about 300w. My question is this. Does that accurately show my current pull on the psu or merely the pull from my wall. Even if another GPU pulled another 200w wouldn't that only put me at half of the PSU's capacity, or am I thinking about this wrong.. Educate me please.
I guess the question is:
Is there a way to read the pull on the PSU and not the wall outlet or are they the same?