i convinced my work to get me the Watts-Up? tool so I've posted a few preliminary readings on my
site.
My desktop consists of:
Enermax 350W FCA
XP1900
MSI Turbo2
1GB SDRAM
MSI FX5600
M-audio 7.1 PCI
Netgear 10/100 NIC
Samsung 52x CDR/CDRW/DVD-ROM
Maxtor 60GB 7200 2MB
Maxtor 250GB 7200 8MB
NewQ Platinum
The average idle reading was 149W
into the PSU. More readings to follow!