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 23, 2021 at 10:22 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> 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 usually use a mental rule of thumb that for every watt of >> 24/7/365 >>> power consumption costs about $1 per year. Obviously this is >> failing >>> as electric rates keep going up. So to first order of magnitude a >> 100 >>> watt server would cost around $100 a year, but if the server was >> using >>> the whole 400 watts it would cost more like $400 a year. >>> >>>>> If my home web server is using 100 watts an hour that mean 100 >>> watts *>> 30 days * 24 hours or 72K watts. >>>>> >>>>> I'm thinking 72 * .1085 = $7.81 a month. >>> >>> KINDNESS >>> >>> is most VALUABLE when it is GIVEN AWAY for >>> >>> FREE >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss