Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 08:15:57AM -0500, Dale wrote: >> About the only time I shutdown is when the power fails. My puter only >> pulls about 150 watts so I just leave it running 24/7. > Gosh, power must be really cheap in your corner of the world (or is it just > stupidly expensive over here?) I wouldn’t call 150 W “only”, especially for > a 24/7 device. Or is that the maximum under load? > > Right now I have a Pentium 4 3 GHz heater sitting under the desk -- I got it > last year for free from a company that had written it off. It idles at 95 W > and reaches around 130 (or was it 150) under load. When I sit at the desk, I > notice the warm air rising from underneath because over time it dries up my > eyes. ^^ > Add to that an old 17″ CCFL monitor (25 W) and consider my use scheme, > that’s almost 1 kWh per day (don’t know exact prices, but 1 kWh costs around > 25-30¢ right now). > > I am so looking forward to the new machine I’m going to build in very few > months. Haswell idles at under 20 W. 8-) > (I know: today’s power requirement to manufacture chips is also ridonculous, > too, but considering all other benefits and my usual consumption behavior > over the years, I have a clean concience *g*)
Well, that power does include monitor, modem, router and such. I figure those don't pull very much. I think the most my newer monitor will pull is 40 watts. I was sort of comparing to my old puter that pulled about 500 watts with a old CRT monitor. It ran 24/7 as well. My TV runs pretty much 24/7 too. If I am compiling something that really has the CPU and such running pretty hard, it will go to about 180 watts. That's the most I have ever seen at least. Those readings come from the display on my UPS. I think our power here is around 7¢ a KW. If ours ever gets to 30¢, well, let's just say that someone is going to be ducking. Folks here won't tolerate that. It could get really ugly. Dale :-) :-)
