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| Thread ID: 96386 | 2009-01-08 21:35:00 | Power costs | aidanmaz (7180) | Press F1 |
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| 736486 | 2009-01-09 03:15:00 | Yes I used to think that computers did nor draw much power, and leaving them on 24/7 was OK. And yes my misses always moaned at me when the power bill arrived. Overall I do think their power use is significant and I now turn two of my machines off when I am not using them, and just leave the one on 24/7. Since I have been doing this I am sure our power bill has gone down. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 736487 | 2009-01-09 05:53:00 | Overall I do think their power use is significant and I now turn two of my machines off when I am not using them,Since I have been doing this I am sure our power bill has gone down. Seeing as I have a PC shop I have a good idea of what they use. Other items there drawing power: Electric kettle LED sign Phone And I use about 100 units a month. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 736488 | 2009-01-09 06:13:00 | I have actually monitored the use of an older 2 GHZ P4 some time ago, it averaged 140 Watts/hr (3.36 units per day) (no monitor) with a calibrated power analyser. That's about $21 per month at 20c/kWh or $42/month for the two. But pctek has the right idea, the meters sold by DSE etc are about $20 and are quite accurate. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 736489 | 2009-01-09 06:45:00 | sounds like a mission for 2morro then xD | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 736490 | 2009-01-09 06:54:00 | My PC (in my sig below) consumes about 180W including the monitor on idle. 90% of the time it will be idle. Heavy load will consume about 270W including monitor. Note my PC is at the high-end side, decorated by fancy lights and LED fans too. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 736491 | 2009-01-09 07:03:00 | okay cool, im sort of getting an idea, cheers | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 736492 | 2009-01-09 07:07:00 | My PC (in my sig below) consumes about 180W including the monitor on idle. 90% of the time it will be idle. Heavy load will consume about 270W including monitor. Note my PC is at the high-end side, decorated by fancy lights and LED fans too. why do they PSU with such high watts when u can run something like that on heavy load with 270w? |
pcuser7895 (12979) | ||
| 736493 | 2009-01-09 07:13:00 | why do they PSU with such high watts when u can run something like that on heavy load with 270w? Not sure. I've heard though the GPU and CPU can peak at insane power consumption ratings for a few seconds. If the PSU can't supply that much power even for a few seconds, the PC would crash. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 736494 | 2009-01-09 07:20:00 | 270w is the average power usage in heavy load? | pcuser7895 (12979) | ||
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