On Tuesday 18 September 2012 22:03:15 Dale wrote: > My biggest expenses, refrigeration and heating/cooling. I have a > large fridge, two deep freezers, two window A/C's for summer and a > large heater for the winter. Compare any of those to my computer, > the computer is a rounding error. My main rig, monitor, router, DSL > modem and printer pulls about 150 watts at most. At most would be > while it is compiling or something. When idle, ~100 watts. I > figured it up once and I think it costs about $12.00 a month to run. > Heck, when I have a $200.00 power bill, rounding error comes to > mind. Heck, taxes and fees on the power bill is more than my puter > uses. I would much rather fuss about the taxes than my puter. I > use my puter. lol
Didn't you say once that you run a BOINC application? I forget which one. That would keep your CPU use at 100%. Here I run four at a time continuously, and according to gkrellm the CPUs sit at 60 - 65C. Just giving a little back to the community that I gain from. I have an audio amplifier downstairs that consumes 96W on standby. Now that _is_ excessive. Keeps that corner of the room warm though. -- Rgds Peter
