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Correct. My computer pulls ~250 watts idling. It can easily go into 750 watts mining with a video card. I would imagine it can pull 320-375 watts at max cpu load.

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250W seems like really high idle consumption.

GFX cards don't idle nearly as well as CPU's; I would guess that is the reason. A 350W GFX card may idle around 150-200W.

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