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.
Using well under 90W at idle, the board is a great energy saver, and throughout most of its use rarely went over 16ow, only when we really pushed it did it hit 225w.
good review, Im buying the similar Z77 D3H, I hope its more OC friendly and let me change the cpu vcore.
there is an error in the power consumption page, it says 16ow instead of 160w
A really annoying review. Why? OCing is not examined because it is assumed by the author that because the overclocking is limited a buyer should not be interested in it. What is the point?… IF THAT WERE THE CASE THEY WOULD BUY THE H77M-D3H! Jeez. Thanks for naught.