Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 Motherboard Review

Power Consumption
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.

The 1366 socket isn’t the newest on the market, and when compared to the likes of Sandybridge, it doesn’t boast many energy saving features. Therefore at idle and load, the results were quite high for power draw at the plug, but this isn’t anything short of what we expected in the first place.