PSU (power supply) load calculator

Overview

If you use built-in video on the motherboard, just put in qty 0 for video cards. same goes for sound cards.
Enter your own values in the hand-picked column. These values were calculated from a spreadsheet using voltage and current values, with the exception of the motherboard.
The result is Watts. Over-rate your power supply, meaning, add an extra 50-80W to the power supply's rating to what you calculate here.
Values calculated are peak wattage consumption, such as would occur during heavy gaming.

Since I don't have every number correct, this is not an authoritative reference yet.

SPSU (power supply) load calculator application

	IN				OUT
processor/CPU-----------------------------------------------------------------
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
amd Opteron Barcelona socket F/L1
amd athlon 64x2
amd athlon 64/64fx
amd thunderbird
amd athlon xp
amd sempron
amd duron
intel pentium D								805 & 820 are 95W. All else is 130W
intel Core 2 Quad Extreme
intel Core i7
intel P4
AMD Phenom II
intel celeron
video-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
basic								8600 takes 45W.
high-performance (geforce 580 293W, 480 298W, *adobe 470, 460 152W)								video: 8800GT requires 26A@12V(312W)
motherboard-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
motherboard 5/4/2011
drives-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
DVD drive 5/4/2011
blu-ray burner (need info)
hard disk (hd's are green now and take only 10W) 5/4/2011
floppy drive (USB or regular internal - 5V@0.5A) always been this way - 5/4/2011
RAM/memory-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
SDRAM (each)
SDRAM gamer (each)
DDR (each)								2.9 is based on 1GB pc3200
DDR2 (each)
DDR3 (each) (24GB 4.365W DDR3-1333 ECC, 1.890W DDR3-1066 non-ECC, 2.225W DDR3-1600, DDR-2133 1.8W) 5/4/2011
ports-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
USB ports
IEEE-1394 ports (got this from the spec) 5/4/2011
cards-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
PCI Sound Card 5/4/2011
PCI card (audio cards use 10W, don't know about tv tuners) 5/4/2011								6-port USB card at .5A per port=6×5v×0.5A=15W
PCI-e/PCI-e Gen 2.0x16 card (guesswork based on video card and audio card numbers) 5/4/2011								new spec gives 150W
PCI-X card								new spec gives 150W
misc-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
fans (include cpu fan - 250mm led fan is 4.8W, regular fan is 3W) 5/4/2011
keyboard & mouse 9/18/2006
networking-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
PCI Network Card (NIC) 5/4/2011
PCI wireless Card (Linksys WMP300N or WMP600N?) 5/4/2011
SUMMARY-----------------------------------------------------------------
	IN				OUT
Item	min	max	hand-picked	qty	min ext	max ext	hand-picked ext
TOTAL WATTS

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ps-usage.xls - Excel 2003 spreadsheet version

Check at corsair.com and extreme.outervision.com for a calculator that figures out # of HD's and type of graphics card and tells you what wattage of PSU to buy! since expansion is usually inevitable, plan on 2 hard drives and 2 optical drives (total: 4).

references: blu-ray watts,