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wincytoday at 5:47 AM1 replyview on HN

I just wish I could run my air conditioner and my desktop computer at the same time without flipping the breaker. The RTX 5090 is a space heater and will easily peg at the 600W it’s rated for, and so with that and an air conditioner window unit, I have to run a long cable from another unused room if I want to do anything that stresses the video card.


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jacquesmtoday at 10:50 AM

You can use nvidia-smi to reduce the powerdraw of the card to just below what will trip the breaker.