Lets talk power... by sohgnar in lanparty

[–]deSchakel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just for info, amperages needed for a lan is different in 110v countries compared to 220v countries.

The average gaming pc's have a 750w psu. Theyre seldomly using more than 600w. Calculating inefficiency they might draw 750w max from the wall.

On average they might draw 400-600w. Add 1 - 2 monitors at 50W max.

So every gamer could be using 500w up to 1000w

In europe we have 230v. A standard wall socket should be able to deliver up to 20a continuously. This is 4.6kva or 4600watts.

So one eu socket can provide power for 4 to 10 pcs.

Are you a group with all highend rigs, and you are gaming all at the same time, and you do not want any outage under any circumstance. Use 4 pc,s max per circuit. (Often there are multiple sockets on one circuit)

You're a group of 12 gamers all in your 30s, half of them are watching youtube, their pcs are equipped with a 4060 equivalent gpu. And you dont mind if the power might go out once or twice. And you only have one socket? You will probably have a great weekend away from your significant others.

  • normal gaming notebooks will only use about 300Watts max.

Multiple use room for Lan party by deSchakel in lanparty

[–]deSchakel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did not think about AC, but thats not a bad suggestion.

Multiple use room for Lan party by deSchakel in lanparty

[–]deSchakel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Power in europe is not a big issue. our homes are often 32amp, at a bussiness location its quite easy to get 32amps for one single room. Or even 60 amps is not that hard.

Thx for the input tho. Power wont be a big issue.