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| Thread ID: 82722 | 2007-09-05 19:56:00 | How much power does a computer use (In dollars and cents) | Fishy (10540) | Press F1 |
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| 588327 | 2007-09-05 19:56:00 | I was just wondering how much power does it use? I've got a CRT, plus my computer which uses, according to this (www.extreme.outervision.com) uses 285W of power. How much would it cost in dollars and cents terms in both these scenarios: Gaming, Downloading stuff with the crt on standby. Per hour would be preferable. I did use google but did not come up with and dollars and cents terms. Thanks guys. |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 588328 | 2007-09-05 21:41:00 | Find out how much power CRT uses . Documentation will tell you that . Take the power figures (with or without CRT as the case may be) and multiply by the hours they are running . Divide by 1000 and then look at your powerbill for the cost of a unit . here in timaru about $0 . 14 . So example for 285W on for 5 hours . 285 x 5 = 1425 . 1425/1000 = 1 . 425 * . 14 ~ 20cents . I think Cheers F |
timaru2007 (12408) | ||
| 588329 | 2007-09-05 22:06:00 | Try Googling for "pc Kill-A-Watt" and you might find a pc with similar specs to yours that has been measured for actual load with a plug in Kill-A-Watt or similar meter. Then do the timaru2007 calculations. Your PC case will probably be using around 120-150W. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 588330 | 2007-09-06 22:07:00 | Thanks for that timaru | Fishy (10540) | ||
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