you just need to use the right prefix (kilo, mega, giga, tera, etc) on the unit.
Oh, thanks.
Bruh, it’s PC Gamer.
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
28,000,000 watts
That’s usually written as 28MW. I know some Americans don’t like Metric much, but one of the points of metric is that you don’t ever need to write that many zeroes - you just need to use the right prefix (kilo, mega, giga, tera, etc) on the unit.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Remavas@programming.dev 2 months ago
Because Joule is the SI unit of energy, meanwhile the Watt is the SI unit of power, equivalent to one Joule per second.
“Converting” joules to watts would be like converting m/s to US dollars.
HerrBeter@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I liked the analogy but I do think it would be clearer to say something like joules = money in bank account and Watt = spending per second
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
True, but 28 million watts really puts things in perspective when your average PSU is less than 1000w.
magi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Exactly. This is literally a PC gamer article. Writing it out like that really puts it into perspective for the average reader.
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
That’s true.
Unrelated but I wish it was easier to find lower-wattage PSUs. My local PC store doesn’t have anything under 650W. I know modern GPUs use a lot of power, but not all PCs use a GPU! I have a home server where 400W would be more than enough, yet the smallest I could find was 550W, in stock from just one manufacturer (Be Quiet).
tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean, it should be fine, just because the PSU can provide more watts doesn’t mean the system is actually using that much power. I have an 800w PSU in my gaming rig, but its average load is only 240 - 320w during gaming (I’ve measured it by powering the system with a portable Ecoflow battery).
dan@upvote.au 2 months ago
It runs fine, it’s just less efficient.
calcopiritus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Way easier to compare 28MW to 1KW.
randon31415@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, it is 28 times more!