What's the component that consumes most power in a computer?
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I've never been a serious hardware guy, so I got this question. What's the component that consumes the most in a computer? And more generally, how is distributed (more or less) the consumption among different components (processor, MB, RAM, disks, graphic card, WiFi) ?
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Usually it's the video card and CPU - in that order as far as max consumption goes. A Core i7 920 is spec'd for a max draw of 130W An ATI HD4870 is spec'd for 225W max draw. In reality both consume significantly less power, but the video card still …
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