Gigabyte G1.Sniper2 Z68 Motherboard Review

To test power consumption, we monitor the overall power of the system through a plug-in electricity usage monitor at an idle and load state. This allows us to show the fluctuation between how much power draw the system takes at idle and at load. By monitoring the overall usage of the whole system, it gives an easy comparison if you wish to do the same yourself as opposed to buying very expensive individual testing equipment.

At stock, the idle and load power consumption figures are fairly low, whilst when overclocked the extra voltages needed, pushed the load temperature past the 300Watts figure, though any decent power supply will cope with this type of power.