Re: cost to operate.

2021-07-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Based on what we have been discussing I assume my 400 watt power supply may be drawing much less power based on actual usage. Therefore maybe my computer might only be using 60 watts... making the cost lower. Your thoughts. On 2021-07-22 21:39, Mike Bushroe via PLUG-discuss wrote: I usua

Re: cost to operate.

2021-07-23 Thread Austin Godber via PLUG-discuss
60 W sounds possible. I have a fairly beefy videocard GTX1080Ti, on my machine, it idles at about 57W, spikes up to maybe 180 W when doing something computationally difficult. On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 10:22 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Based on wha

Re: cost to operate.

2021-07-23 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
Power supply ratings are their maximum output they are capable of. Computer power supplies are going to be oversized (if the computer was built right) otherwise they wouldn't last for very long and would run very hot.  Computers, especially modern ones,  power usage is going to vary wildly from

Re: cost to operate.

2021-07-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I understand a little bit more, now. Thanks!! On 2021-07-23 11:02, Austin Godber via PLUG-discuss wrote: 60 W sounds possible. I have a fairly beefy videocard GTX1080Ti, on my machine, it idles at about 57W, spikes up to maybe 180 W when doing something computationally difficult. On Fri, Jul

Re: cost to operate.

2021-07-23 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thank You Brian!! PI maybe a project down the road. On 2021-07-23 11:16, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: Power supply ratings are their maximum output they are capable of. Computer power supplies are going to be oversized (if the computer was built right) otherwise they wouldn't last for v